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when they get ready for their ice cream suppers and other money- 

 making activities. So I think it is strengthened in that way, 

 and that is the way to get the good out of the union of the two 

 in our programs. 



This is an old organization, and I am sure most of you here 

 know better what has been done for the farmers than I do. We 

 hope that through our work the community may be made 

 stronger and country life more attractive. 



I want to tell you a little of what we have done in the way 

 of improvement in our high school. We have put a stove in the 

 hall above for entertaining our friends, where our socials are 

 held and where fellowship is fostered. Then we have put 

 shades at the windows and made other little improvements. 

 Our activities, too, have also taken form along other lines. 

 We have decided to have a declamation contest in the township 

 between the eleven districts, and are offering a gold medal to the 

 winner. This is to encourage work to which but little atten- 

 tion has been paid. 



WOMEN'S CLUB WORK IN THE COUNTRY. 



(Mrs. Ivan Phillips, Kingsville, Johnson county, Mo.) 



I have been asked to tell you briefly something about 

 development in our community. I think this comes to me by 

 our having Professor Emberson out there last summer to dedi- 

 cate the new high school building. 



I will tell you first just a little bit of how we are situated. 

 Jackson township is in the extreme northwestern portion of 

 Johnson county. It is nine miles square and the nearest rail- 

 road is four miles from the southern boundary. On the north, 

 eight miles from the boundary, is another railroad. We have 

 no cities, no mines. We are altogether in an agricultural coun- 

 try. There are two country villages; general stores where we 

 may get needful supplies. One is at Pittsville in the eastern 

 part and one at Elm near the center. 



In 1909 there seemed to be a kind of mania for street fairs 

 passing over our country. It dawned upon the mind of some 

 of our good men: Why not Elm have a street fair. It was 

 considered a huge joke for miles around — Elm with a street 

 fair! But we had that fair, and there never was a movement 

 started anywhere that so drew the people together. The old 



