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to go liomt for there were sandwithcs 

 and colfee on a long table in the back of 

 the room, prepared by Mrs. Fxwis 

 Schaakc. Mrs. Gus Papc, Mrs 1:. L. 

 Hciinkamp and Mrs. Anna Stunkel. Mr. 

 M.igg was right in his statement about 

 the magic ol ' (.ommunity spirit" devel- 

 oped when people eat and talk together 

 with one finger in the handle of a cup. 

 Young and old alike enjoyed the ne.xt 

 hour of good fellowship. 



Our community dub has been most 

 valuable in helping us get more real liv- 

 ing out of life, volunteered one man. 

 It helps in the development of our 

 younger folks by giving them a chance 

 to take responsibility in our programs. 

 said a feminine member. "It stimulates 

 more interest in all worth-while com- 

 munity projects, commented a third. 



Cietting together to exchange ideas 

 and have good times is not new on the 

 farm. Such groups have been holding 

 monthly meetings throughout the state 

 for many years. According to D. V.. 

 I.mdstrom of the ( ollegc of Agriculture, 

 over 500 rural community units, similar 

 to the one at I't. Russell, held meetings 

 during iy36. 



The Ft. Russell community unit started 

 like many others, lour years ago they 

 didn't have any community meetings 

 there. But folks felt the need of getting 

 together. The Madison County Farm Bu- 

 reau had encouraged the holding of reg- 

 ular meetings in each community. True, 

 they met once a month tor worship in 

 the old Presbyterian ( hurch at Liberty 

 Prairie, but everyone didn't belong to the 

 same Church, .so some one said: "Why 

 don t we ha\e a Community Club.-' " An- 

 other said: 'Why not dig out the base- 



You Just Can't Stop a ''Fella'' When 

 He's Got a Sandwich in One Hand 

 and a Finger Hung in the Handle of 

 a Coffee Cup 



ment of the C!hurch f" But there v\ as no 

 money. Ihe Woman s (,lub had an idea. 

 '1 hey met and suggested that the whole 

 community turn out. dig out the base- 

 ment and help in the construction of a 

 room to be known as "The (ommunity 

 Room. It takes the women to get 

 things started. It was only a short time 

 during the summer of ly.V^ until the 

 room was completed. As manv .is I ~ 

 men with pickes. sho\els and scrapers 

 were there to do their part. 



Farm Adviser T. W. .Ma\ w.is calleii 

 in tor assistance in getting the new club 

 organized. G, G. Pape was elected the 

 tirst president. He had been a leader in 

 talking up the idea. 



An important feature of the I't. Russell 

 CJub is the janitor. At the beginning of 

 the year, assignments are made for e.uh 

 meeting. A different man ser\cs each 

 month. It's his [ob to see that the room 

 IS in order and to unlock and lock the 

 door. E, C. Kayser was the official jan- 

 itor for the October S meeting. 



During the day previous to the meet- 

 ing, practically every farmer in the com 



mumty was busy cleaning seed wheat, 

 preparing the ground, or actually seed- 

 ing. About 6:00 o clock it started to 

 rain, and continucil throughout the even- 

 ing. But in spite ot the busy season and 

 the ram, there were \ 2^ peojMe packed 

 into the small commuiHtv room 



"5 Farm Bureau Families 

 This lummumty unit takes m all of 

 the I'arm Bureau members in lort Rus- 

 sell township. At present there are ~'> 

 I'arm Bureau families in the township 

 and i"" Home Bureau memlx-rs. Tliere 

 are two lx)ys -l-H Clubs with a total en- 

 rollment of about H) bovs Fred Heepke. 

 president of the (ommunity (.lub. is also 

 leader of the Oak Grove i H (lub. trnst 

 Klopmier is leader of the Liberty Prairie 

 iH (lub. I-rnst is also an active mem- 

 ber in the Madison ( ounty Country 

 \'outh group which takes in young peo- 

 ple from the ages IH to 2H. llie Busy 

 (jirls (-H (Auh has an enrollment of 

 al)Out IS. It IS led by Mrs, Flmer Pape. 

 About lO young men and young women 

 from tins community are members of the 

 Madison ( ountv ( ountrv '('outh ( lub. 



PART OF THE 12S AT THE OCT. 8 MEETING 

 "They dug out the basement with picks, shovels, and scrapers.' 



NOVEMBER, 1937 



