iinois Home Bureau Joins 

 Women of A. F. B. F. 



A FURTHER step toward stiengthen- 

 ing the close relationship between 

 the Illinois Home Bureau Federa- 

 tMn and the Farm Bureau wa.« taken re- 

 cently when the Illinois Home Bureau 

 . V joined the newly created Associated 



Women of the American Farm Bureiiii 

 F"ederatioii. 



Mrs. Leonard J. Killey. Monmouth. 

 Warren county, president of the Illinois 

 Home Bureau since January 1934, repre- 

 sented her orfranization at the prelimi- 

 nary meeting of the Associated W'omen 

 during the A. F. B. F. convention al 

 Nashville in December. She is now serv- 

 ing on the legislative committee of thi' 

 national organization. 



Mrs. Killey. a soft-spoken, sweet-faced 

 woman was born on a Henderson county. 

 n ■»>■'■ 111. farm, writes Helen M. Crane of Ros»-- 



ville, secretary of the state federation. 



Three years after the close of the 

 World War, she and Mr. Killey estab- 

 lished a new home on an old homestead 

 and began to find their place in the 

 life of the community. Because they be- 

 lieved that orte got out of life just what 

 he or she put into it, they gavejof their 

 time to .school and coninninity activities. 



' Loyal Supporter 



From the very first mention of Home 

 Bureau in Warren county, Mrs. Killey 

 was a lo.val supporter. When the tem- 

 porary chairman of the organization 

 found it necessary to resign, Mrs. Killey 

 was asked to fill the vacancy. At that 

 time the small son was .scarcely a year 

 old, and she felt that she had too many 

 little folks to be able to give so much 

 of her time to outside work. Feeling, 

 however, that privilege of home and 

 community demanded .some responsibil- 

 ity, she promised to do her best if the 

 women of her county would stand back 

 of her. That promise they faithfully 

 kept. 



"I never could have done the things 

 I have at home or in my own county 

 and state without the co-operation of 

 my family and friends. My own family 

 are 100% Home Bureau," said Mrs. Kil- 

 ley with a smile. "I have always had 

 loyal support at home in all I've at- 

 tempted to do in Home Bureau work. So 

 faithful were the women of my own 

 > community that when they wanted a 



name for their unit, they proposed a very 

 flattering tribute to me that my name. 

 Jennie Killey, be used as the name for 

 the unit. It has been an inspiration to 



MRS LEONARD J KILLEY 



me. 1 have felt I must not fail my own 

 group." 



With a happy beginning in her own 

 local group, Mrs. Killey gradually began 

 to take an active interest outside her 

 own county. She served on a state com- 

 mittee. She entered the district speak- 

 ers contest, in the midst of a music and 

 drama tournament of which she wa.< 

 chairman, and won the decision of the 

 judges. Her name was placed on the 

 list of state speakers available for Home 

 Bureau work. During the early music 

 and drama tournaments in Illinois, Mrs. 

 Killey was one of the district chairmen. 



Active In Community 



Always believing in community build- 

 ing and in Farm and Home Bureau or- 

 ganizations, she has found many things 

 to do, and has spread her interest and 

 enthusiasm into many groups. The fam- 

 ily are active church members and find 

 time to do their share of the work in 

 their church. \ Being interested in the 

 problem of education for the boys and 

 girls of today, she accepted the privileg<» 

 of representing the mothers of her town 

 on the School Board. 



Her interest in 4-H Clubs for girls 

 has never wavered through the years her 

 own two little girls were growing old 

 enough to become members. Last sum- 

 mer, for the first time, both Helen Jaan 

 and Marcella were club girls. Mrs. Kil- 

 ley, anxious that as many as possible of 



the little girls in the r neighborhood 

 have a way of attending these 4-H club 

 meetings, could always be found, on club 

 day, with her car packed full of happy 

 girls, going to club meetings. Victor, the 

 seven year old son, ha^^a few years yet 

 to grow before he can be a 4-H club boy. 



The Killey home is not a mere house 

 where the children come for food and 

 sleep, but a real home. There is a book 

 oa.se filled with books and interesting 

 little stones and curios picked up by 

 Mr. Killey on his trips through the 

 States. \ piano in one corner of a room 

 with a music lesson book on it, for two 

 of the children are taking lessons. Then 

 there is another room with flowers in the 

 window, and a little yellow canary sings 

 gaily in his cage. The play room, per- 

 haps the most fa.scinating of all, with a 

 small desk, a chair or two, a table with 

 a doll perched precariously on the eJge 

 so that it n\ight look out of tHe window, 

 and books to interest the children. Per- 

 haps you might find on the table a pic- 

 ture book, ready for coloring, with jnany 

 colored crayons at hand. .\nd of c«urse. 

 Daddy has a corner for his L work, as 

 does Mrs. Killey for hers. ■ 



In her little more than a year as presi- 

 dent of the Home Bureau Federation. 

 Mrs. Killey has been privileged to make 

 many contacts with homemakcrs and 

 leaders in other states. She was a dele- 

 gate to the Rural Homemakers Confer- 

 ence in Washington, D. C. in November, 

 presenting Illinois' Home Bureau Health 

 Work in the afternoon session of the con- 

 ference. With the guidance of such ;» 

 capable president we are expecting the 

 1. H. B. F. to make progress in attain- 

 ing its hopes and ideals. 



Approve Membership 



In Associated Women 



The board of directors of the Illinois 

 .\gricultural Association recently ap- 

 proved a membership application in the 

 .\ssoeiated Women of the \. F. B. F. 

 Under the new I. A. A. family member- 

 ship the entire family of a Farm Bureau 

 member residing in the home is entitled 

 to organization benefits. 



The new organization reports approxi- 

 mately 150,000 members in 12 states 

 with a potential membership of more 

 than a million American farm women. 



Officers of the Associated Women are 

 Mrs. .\bbie C. Sargent, New Hampshire, 

 president; Mrs. Ellsworth Richardson, 

 Iowa, vice-president; Mrs. Florence Bo- 

 vett, Nevada, secretary; W. R. Ogg, Chi- 

 cago, treasurer. Directors are Mrs. 

 Naomi T. Giles, Afabama; Mrs. Cora L. 

 Tyler, New York; Mrs. Loulie Redford, 

 Missouri; and Mrs. Mabel D. .\hart, Cali- 

 fornia. Mrs. Chas. W. Sewell is execu- 

 tive director. 



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