Tazewell Girl Wins 



State Essay Contest 



I'liylli- Jean Weit-cli. a l:;-\c:ii ,,1.1 

 [iiipil nf the Lone Tree -cIkmiI ih;ii 1»>I 

 avail in Tazewell cuiiiit\. \\,n\ tin- ~',ale 

 I.A.A. l-'arm Huteaii caUiiiler c^-ay icri 

 test. 



Secoiul I'laie wcnl ti. (;ia(i- HiKl'tc. 

 17-year old student ot ihe Kiikwou.l 

 high school in Wamn iminly. and thinl 

 to Thelnia .Malslniiy nl' I...wdi r in Saiiya- 

 nion county. 



Honorable mention im the cxcellein-x 

 of their essays was given l.tuilN- Wrijrhi 

 ot' Riverton. Saniranion coiuity: .Mary .!.• 

 Welbourne of Barry. I'ike county; and 

 .Millard I'hillips ,.f the .Ml. I'ulaski 

 lownship hitrh school in I.Mj;an county. 



The fii-t ihree prize> aic as follows: 

 <l) $5(1 IT-Jewcl wrisi watch. (L'l 

 leather traveling Kay. atid i-'.) fomitaiii 

 |>en and pencil set. 



The decision of the judm'-. I'lank 

 RidKway. aKricuItural editor ..f ilie (hi- 

 cagro Tribune; Kloyd Keepers. nianaKitijr 

 editor. Prairie Farmer; and (iifford 

 Krnest. a^rricidlural writer. ('hicaK" 

 l>aily News, was niven following; a care- 

 ful reading of the essays submitted 

 from 1!< coiHities I'ntered in the contest. 



The first piize essay ap|>eal«'d !.. 

 the judges becau-e of it,< oriy inalit.\ . 

 fine sentiment an<i clean-ciit. stiai^rht- 

 forward expression, -rhls essay is out- 

 standing for a tiiil c,f l:; year-."' said 

 .Mr. Kidjiway. "anil iKaily >h..w- that 

 the author f(dlowed In-r own .>ritriiial 

 style and thought in writing ilie >tor.\. 



"There were many other good <'ssays 

 in addition to those mentioned- alio\c. 

 .s^ome were perhaps better in expression 

 and diction than the pri/i- winner-, bin 

 all things considereil we gave -pecial 

 emphasis to originalit\ on the part ••f 

 the writer in e\pre--ing his ot her nwi; 

 thoughts."" 



Approximately '.'.on e>-ay- were writ- 

 ten liy Illinois farm boys and pjirls in tin 

 I. .A. -A. Farm Bureau caleiular e>sa\ 

 conte>t. The conlestants were allowed 

 to choose their nwn -ubjec! based on the 

 informatii'ii given ii; the PJ-page l'.i:;.'i 

 calendai- designed and |>iiblished by the 

 I»e|)artineni of Information. -More thai 

 i).5.0»t(i calendars weit- cli-tributed. 



Farm Adviser S. (J. Turner lep.irled 

 that !.'!•> essays wert- written in their 

 calendar essay conte-t. \\ . V. .Miller of 

 Kendall county reported No. W. I). .Mur- 

 I>hy of Kdwards county •'>n. II. .\. .Myer- 



of DeWitt county J"_', I;. .1. I.aibI ' 



.McLean county :UI. .John t^. .^cott of ('la\ 

 county 27. N. II. .Vndersoii of I.ogau 

 county Z'k etc. Other counties which 

 particijjated are Warren, .^angamon. 

 Hike. Tazewell. Menard. Knox. Kffing- 

 hani. Peoria, Whiteside. .Mercer. Winne- 

 bago and -Madison. 



county —Bernadine Byford. age l->, .Al 

 liion; McLean county Daniel Moore. 



<'olfax: Winnebago county -- Kennetl, 

 (ioi<ley. |)uraiid; .Madison ctiuniy — Mar 

 guerite Wilhelm. Collinsv ilie; HeWitt 

 county - Krnest Thorp. 



Phylliv .lean \\ erlsch 



"I am of ll,e opininn tluil ttie essay 

 contest was ver.v effective in calling at- 

 tention to the calendar." reports S. ('•. 

 Turner, Livingston county farm adviser. 

 ■■.\s 1 have glanced through the essays 

 I would .iudge that consi<lerably more 

 tlian half .-de from non-Farm Bureau 

 iiiinibei-.' childien. I was surprised to 

 Iniil ho\x grateful the school teacher- 

 apparently were for receiving the cal- 

 itider-. In -i\ years llie onl\ letters of 

 appreciation that have been received by 

 this office were from rural school leai'li- 

 i-i- in thanks for their calendar-." 



In Kiiidall county, the supcrintenib n' 

 • if schools recommended the essay con 

 l.e-t to the rural school l<'achers as part 

 of a b'cal civics study. The S."> essay- 

 w'ere written by pupils ■attending coui, 

 tr.v -cho(ds in the nitu- townships of thi- 

 -mall county. "In securing this respop-> 

 ur -ent each school in the county a ca! 

 ■ •tidar ami wrote a letter to the teache-' 

 an<l one member of the .sdiool board tell 

 ins; al'out the prizes and giving the 

 rules." saiil Farm .Adviser W. P. .Miller. 



('ounty winner- whose essays were en 

 teied in the -tate contest were as fol 

 l.iw-: .'sanganoin county- Thelma Mal.-- 

 btiry. l.owder and Lucille Wright, age IT. 

 Kiverton; Warren county — fliace Iligbee. 

 IT, Kirkwood; Tazewell county I'hylli- 

 .lean Wert-eh. l'l, I)(diivan; Pike county 



.Mary .lo Welbourne. Han-y; Kni.x 

 county Frances .s^tevens, Ma<iiion: Me- 

 naiil county liichard Primm, l-'i, Tallula: 

 Logan count.v - Millard Phillips. .Mt, Pu 

 laski; Kffingham county Kriu'st Schott- 

 man, .Monlrose: Peoria county Kenneth 

 liowtoii. Trivoli; Whiteside county 

 Claire (i.-ell. .Morrison; .Mercer county 

 Harriet Hi>fer. .Aledo; Livingston T()unly 



Kuth Bennett, Pontiae; Kendall coun- 

 ty — Kenneth Naden. Piano; Clay county 

 — Norma Wieler, Clay City; Kdwards 



FIRST PRIZE ESSAY 



.'^u^•^•t'ssful ('(Htpcration KesuUs In 

 ax Happier Farm Life 



H> Phyllis .lean Werlsch. Age I:;. 

 Delavan. 'I'a/e»ell Coiint\ 



Farm familie- neeil lo learn all aboiu 

 -iiccessful cooperation. Being situated 

 ilifferently than their i<iwn friends, they 

 are more deiiendent on each other. They 

 need to know and umlerstand each other 

 ihoioughly in order to get t|ie most co- 

 operation in the home. 1'alents need to 

 be developed so that pleasant pastimes 

 may be at hand when there are idle mo- 

 ments. Pastimes that involve each other 

 also call for cooperation. The farm faniil\ 

 must not only learn to play together in 

 a cooperative way but must also learn 

 the value of working together — not only 

 'to perform hi- own work luit to be will- 

 ing lo help others when needed. To be 

 liappily successful each member f>f the 

 home must be willing, unselfish, coura- 

 geous, ambitious, punctual and thorough 

 in whatever he does. But to love each 

 other in the home isn't enough for suc- 

 cessful cooperation. The fann laniily 

 needs contact with people outside the 

 liome. They need church connections to 

 keep them firm in their id<'als. .\o home, 

 whether in town or on the farm, can be 

 liappil.v successful without religious in- 

 fluence. They also need to belong to 

 other organizations which further de- 

 velop their business ability, social, and 

 physical life. The father of the family 

 should by all means be a member of the 

 Farm Bureau. Ihrough their coopera- 

 tive efforts, the farm family saves 

 money, by buying such things as seed, 

 gasoline, and hog .serum. The Farm Bu- 

 reau stands back of the farmer in i Gov- 

 ernment affairs relating to the welfare 

 • if the farm family. It is an organiza 

 tion that helps the farmer to help him- 

 s<'lf. The mother in the home needs to 

 become a member of the Home Bureau, 

 .•-lie needs outside contacts also and can 

 be a more intelligent mother through 

 Home Bureau education, where coopera- 

 tion is the keynote. There .should be 

 children in every farm faniil.x' to coni- 

 plete the happiness of the home. As they 

 grow older the -I-H clubs await them. 

 Through this organization, again there 

 is cooperation and outsi(|e interests which 

 develop young folks and make them 

 more worthy. The farm family who 

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