Jefferson County, Oregon agent, Julius Binder works with 4-H horse project members in preparation for a 5-day trail ride into the Cascade Mountains. 28 persons including 6 adults and 27 horses participated.
Buena Margason Maris Mockmore Steinmetz was born in Salem, Oregon on 2 August 1898. She attended the University of Oregon and George Washington University for a short time. She attended the University of Puget Sound, receiving a BA degree in 1936. She taught school in Tacoma for a year before coming to Oregon State College, where she earned a MS degree in Home Economics in 1939. Steinmetz taught at OSU before becoming Dean of Women in 1941, serving in that capacity until 1948. In 1943 she took a leave of absence to work in the highest woman's job at the Hanford atomic project for the DuPont Co., returning to OSC in 1944. Steinmetz received a War Department citation for her work. She was active in the American Association of University Women. On 18 December 1967 she passed away in Portland.
Photo was used in the June 1974 Oregon Stater, vol.8 no.4. O. E. Mikesell was a faculty member for the Albany Extension Service for 40 years. After serving as a 4-H Agent from 1934-1943, Mikesell became an Agricultural Agent from 1943-1974.
Duane Johnson worked with the Extension Service for 41 years, 1959-2000. Johnson held several positions including Acting Program Leader and State 4-H Leader.