

E. C. EAYSER 

 Turns the Kay in th* Lock. 



ITS FOR THE WHOLE FAMttY 

 "They take great pride in the young people and 

 give them opportunities." 



Present officers of the community club 

 are: Fred Heepke, president; E. L. Helm- 

 kamp, vice-president; Mrs. Wm. Ho- 

 mann, secretary; Norman Flagg, educa- 

 tional chairman; Elmer Pape, entertain- 

 ment chairman; and Mrs. Louis Schaake, 

 social chairman. 



According to Mr. Flagg, Farm Bureau 

 membership in his township has in- 

 creased about 50 per cent during the past 

 two years. While it is impossible to at- 

 tribute the increase in membership en- 

 tirely to the local community unit, he 

 feels that no work of the Farm Bureau 

 is bringing more lasting results than this 

 type of monthly, social and educational 

 meeting, with a varied program of music, 

 talks, discussions and lunch. 



In Madison county there are five other 

 community units which are holding meet- 

 ings. One of the most successful is the 

 St. Jacobs Community Unit. According 

 to Farm Adviser May, one of the fine 

 things about the Fort Russell group is 

 that the members in the community 

 wanted the unit, felt a need for it, and 

 have kept it going without much as- 

 sistance from the Farm Bureau office. 



The next meeting, which will be held 

 on November 12, has been designated as 

 Home Bureau Night and Miss Mary 

 Strubinger, home adviser, is in general 

 charge of the meeting, assisted by Mrs. 

 C. H. Knoche, Mrs. C. Campbell and 

 Mrs. Erwin Plegge. 



Annual election of officers will be held 

 in December, followed by a discussion on 

 Dairying — Edmund Pape, Henry 

 Ukena, Fred Klopmeier with Christmas 

 Thoughts and Ideas by Miss Birdie Kay- 

 ser, Mrs. Louis Schaake, Mrs. Walter 

 Wiemers, Mrs. Wm. Zoelzer. 



Each year they plan 1 1 meetings omit- 

 ting the July meeting because it is such a 

 busy month and they feel that the omis- 

 sion of one monthly meeting adds pep 

 and enthusiasm for the rest of the pro- 

 grams the remainder of the year. Average 

 attendance at the meetings is about 125 



people. In these community meetings, the 

 program is planned for the entire fam- 

 ily. The folks in Fort Russell commu- 

 nity are builders of the future as well as 

 the present. They take great pride in the 

 young people and offer them opportun- 

 ities to work into places of responsibility 

 in community activities. 



Things have been popping ever since 

 the first unit meeting in this wide-awake 

 community where folks work together 

 for better rural living. 



Following are the subjects for monthly 

 meetings adopted at the beginning of the 

 year when all the programs and committees 

 in charge of each are made up. Note that 

 none of these meetings depends on the 

 presence of the farm adviser or an outside 

 speaker. 



May 14.— ALFALFA— John Krause 

 LIMESTONE— Chas. Havelka 

 TRIP TO SO. CAL. LAST FEB.— N. G. 



Flagg. 



Music ! Entertainment ! Lunch ! 



June 11— WORK OF COUNTRY YOUTH 



CLUB — Alvin Helmkamp, Howard 



Morrison, Ed. Havelka 



COUNTRY VS. CITY LIFE— Orville 



Plocher, Highland 

 Music! Entertainment! Lunch! 



Aug. 13— HOW IMPROVE RURAL SOCIAL 

 LIFE— G. Kabel, Mrs. E. C. Kayser 



SOIL CONSERVATION— J. Neunaber. 



H. Strohmeier, Mr. Fisher of Soil 



Conservation Service 

 Music ! Entertainment ! Lunch ! 



Sept. 10— HOME EQUIPMENT FOR THE 

 LADIES— Geo. Kabel, Mrs. John 

 Rozum 



WHEAT— Seed, smut, Hessian Fly date, 

 land preparation, etc., G. G. Pape, 

 Fred Helmkamp, Clarence Stahlhut. 



Music! Entertainment! Lunch! 



Oct. 8— MARKETING FARM PRODUCTS— 



Wm. Heepke, Arthur Helmkamp, 



Jno. Gusewelle 

 4-H CLUB WORK— Mrs. H. Heepke, 



Jr., Mrs. Paul Wiemers 

 (6 miles north of Edwardsviile on route 



112) 

 Music ! Entertainment ! Lunch ! 



Nov. 12— HOME BUREAU NIGHT— Miss 

 Strubinger, Home Adviser, in charge, 

 assisted by Mrs. C. H. Knocke, Mrs. C. 

 Campbell, Mrs. Erwin Plegge 

 Music ! Entertainment ! Lunch ! 



Whiteside County is building the 



first unit of its county-wide cooperative 

 cold storage locker system at Prophets- 

 town. 



The place of community meetings in 



building and maintaining Farm Bureau 

 membership was the principal topic 

 discussed at an lAA district conference 

 in Salem Oct. 22. Principal speakers 

 were Father George Nell of Effingham 

 and George Thiem of the lAA. Chester 

 McCord, lAA director presided. 



The state corn husking contest spon- 

 sored by Prairie Farmer and the Bureau 

 County Farm Bureau will be held near 

 Van Orin No*. 1. Winners of County 

 Farm Bureau husking contests will com- 

 pete for the state title and the right to 

 represent Illinois at the national contest 

 in Missouri. 



Congress will convene Nov. 15 for a 

 special session called by the President. 

 Farm surplus control legislation may or 

 may not be passed at this session. The 

 wages and hours of employement bill 

 will be one of the chief matters con- 

 sidered. 



The Ogle County Farm Bureau gave 



a dinner to its state championship base- 

 ball team at the Oregon Country Club, 

 Saturday night, Oct. 2. Gold baseball 

 watch charms were presented to mem- 

 bers of the team. General Agent Clair 

 Bradford was largely responsible for 

 organizing the team, the first to win a 

 state title the first year in the State 

 League. Chief speakers were Leslie V. 

 Drake and George Thiem of the lAA 

 staff. President Lee M. Gentry presided. 



Dec. 10— ELECTION OF OFFICERS 



DAIRYING — Edmund Pape, Henry 



Ukena, Fred Klopmeier 

 CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS AND IDEAS 

 — ^Miss Birdie Kayser, Mrs. Louis 

 Schaake, Mrs. Walter Wiemers, Mrs. 

 Wm. Zoelzer 

 Music ! Entertainment ! Lunch ! 



Janitors: May — A. Stahlhut. June — Wm. Ho- 

 mann. August — N. G. Flagg. Sept. — F. 

 Klopmeier. Oct. — E. C. Kayser. Nov. — 

 J. Morrison. Dec. — H. Ukena. 

 Suggested Topics for Debate, (Impromptu) 

 Which is worse, a Dry or a Wet season? 

 Was there more Happiness 50 years ago 

 than now? 



Will there be more happiness 50 years 

 hence than now? 



"We've 



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