Margaret Ziemnick 4-H papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MS-1010

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Papers, 1949-1961, related to Margaret Ziemnick’s involvement in the Busy Needles 4-H Club of Hubbell, Michigan. Included in the collection are state-level meeting packets, recognition award certificates, camp group photographs, song sheets, and leadership project packets, which include photographs and newspaper clippings.

Dates

1949-1961

Conditions Governing Access

Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

Conditions Governing Use

Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from Michigan Technological University Archives & Copper Country Historical Collections.

Biographical Note

Margaret Ziemnick was born in 1937 to Mr. and Mrs. Fred (Frederick) Ziemnick of Hubbell. She attended Sacred Heart High School. Ziemnick was a member of the Busy Needles 4-H Club of Hubbell, Michigan for which her parents served as leaders. While Margaret completed projects in the areas of sewing, leathercraft, knitting, canning, and photography; she excelled in baking. Ziemnick won the Houghton County pie baking championship in 1955 with her cherry pie.

Margaret Ziemnick married Frederick “Fred” Kekko, changing her name to Margaret Kekko. Fred Kekko died in April 2013.