Production Credit Associations 



Annual Meetings Scliedule 



V ^^ ETWEEN seven and eight 

 ^^~/\ thousand farm folks are ex- 



/ J pected to attend the annual 



meetings of production credit associa- 

 tions in Illinois during the first two 

 weeks in February. 



"A year ago," says Ray E. Miller, 

 secretary of the Production Credit Cor- 

 poration of St. Louis, "more than 6,800 

 farmers, their wives and friends at- 

 tended the annual meetings of the 21 

 associations operating in Illinois. Dur- 

 ing 1938 the associations have in- 

 creased about one-fifth in membership 

 over the previous year and a similar 

 increase in annual meeting attendance 



can be expected • — or even larger, if 

 the weather is good." 



While the meetings are strictly busi- 

 ness sessions of the stockholders — 

 members of the association, most of the 

 production credit associations invite a 

 number of Farm Bureau members and 

 others to the meetings in order that 

 they may learn about the cooperative 

 credit system and the services which 

 the production credit associations have 

 to offer. 



Here is the schedule of meetings 

 each of which will be addressed by an 

 official from the Credit Corporation, 

 St. Louis. 



SCHEDULE OF 1939 ANNUAL MEETINGS 

 SIXTH DISTRICT 



ILLINOIS 



W. S. Brock 

 President 



Jan. 6 



Feb. 6 



Feb. 



7 Bloomington 

 10:30 A.M. 

 Y. W. C. A. 

 Bloomington 



Feb. 8 



Feb. 9 



Feb. 10 



Feb. 14 



Feb. 15 



Ottawa 

 10:30 A.M. 

 Farm Bureau 

 Auditorium 

 Ottawa 



Joliet 



10:00 A.M. 

 First 



Lutheran Ch. 

 Joliet 



W. P. Oliver 

 V-President 



Kewanee 

 10:30 A.M. 

 Wesley Hall 

 Kewanee 



Rock River 

 11:00 A.M. 

 Coliseum 

 Stefling 



Blackhawk 

 10:00 A.M. 

 I.O.O.F. Hall 

 Freeport 



Lotus 



10:00 A.M. 

 American 

 Legion Home 

 Woodstock 



Verm. Co. 



10:15 A.M. 

 First Presby- 

 terian Church 

 Danville 



Decatur 



10:00 A.M. 

 Masonic 

 Temple 

 Decatur 



R. E. Miller 

 Secretary 



Monmouth 

 10:00 A.M. 

 y. M. C. A. 



Monmouth 



Macomb 

 10:00 A.M. 

 III. Theatre 

 Macomb 



Jacksonville 

 10:00 A.M. 

 Grace Meth- 

 odist Church 

 Jacksonville 



Miss. Valley 



10:45 A.M. 

 Clark Theatre 

 Pittsfield 



Carlinville 

 10:00 A.M. 

 Elks Hall 

 Carlinville 



Champaign 

 10:00 A.M. 

 First Metho- 

 dist Church 

 Champaign 



Fox Valley 



10:00 A.M. 

 Sugar Grove 

 Community 

 House 

 Sugar Grove 



Massac County Rural Youth group was 

 host to the Rural Youth Organizations of 

 neighboring counties on Jan. 10. Represen- 

 tatives of Pulaski, Union and Johnson coun- 

 ties were present. Dr. Troy L. Sterns of 

 S.I.N.U., Carbondale, was the speaker. 



G. C. Bates 

 Asst. to V.P. 



111. Fr. Gr. 

 12:30 P.M. 

 Roberts Hotel 

 Carbondale 



G. N. Byrne 

 Attorney 



Belleville 



10:00 A.M. 

 Turkey Hill 

 Grange 

 Belleville 



Harrisburg 

 10:00 A.M. 

 Harrisburg 

 Country Club 

 Harrisburg 



Wabash 

 10:00 A.M. 

 U. B. Church 

 Lawrenceville 



Qiarlestoo 

 10:00 A.M. 

 Lincoln 

 Theatre 

 Charleston 



Bob Cothern Killed 



In Automobilp Accident 



R. P. Cothern, 61, who for two years was 

 organization director with the Kankakee 

 County Farm Bureau, died January 14 in 



, the Paxton hospital as 



^^^^ a result of injuries 



^•j^^^k suffered in an auto 



^B' y accident Friday morn- 



^^^^^^J ing, Jan. 10. Always 



^^^H^n a loyal Farm Bureau 



^^^BnB worker, he was 



^^^Hv member of the execu- 



^•SH^p^^^^ 1 tive committee of the 



^H[^3S ^HBH ^'^'^'^ County Farm 

 ^^I^^J^^^I^I Bureau for many 

 years. "Bob" Cothern 



R. P. Cothern 



was active in Farm 



Bureau insurance service from its beginning, 

 having served as general and special agent 

 in Ford county and general agent in Kan- 

 kakee county. Although his work was in 

 Kankakee he lived in Ford county. 



More than 1000 Farm Bureau people at- 

 tended the eleventh annual meeting of Will- 

 DuPage Service Company at Joliet, January 

 7. President Mark McClure announced the 

 completion of the company's most successful 

 year, with $49,736.35 dividends ranging 

 from 5 to 15%. New directors elected were 

 Leo Pauling, Andrew Quigley, and Loren J. 

 Carver. C. H. Becker of Illinois Farm Sup- 

 ply Company, H. S. Wright and L. W. 

 Braham, farm advisers were speakers. 



Donald Kirkpatrick gave the principal ad- 

 dress at the joint annual meeting of Knox 

 County Farm Bureau and Knox County Oil 

 Company at Galesburg, January 7. Fifty-four 

 per cent of the farmers in Knox county, num- 

 bering 1270, were members of the Farm Bu- 

 reau the past year, according to Farm Ad- 

 viser Kemp. The Oil Company paid patron- 

 age dividends totaling $33,815.81, averaging 

 $30.44 per Farm Bureau member customer. 

 Rates of dividends were 20 per cent on lubri- 

 cating oil and grease, 15 per cent on Magic 

 Aladdin (gasoline), paint, tires, and other 

 miscellaneous products, I2V2 per cent on sta- 

 tion and dealer business, and the same on 

 third grade gasoline and tractor fuel. A. L. 

 Doubet of Williamsfield replaced B. L. Baird 

 as director. 



At Jersey County Farm Supply Companys" 

 tenth annual meeting, Jerseyville, January 4, 

 Manager Otto Wilson announced the most 

 successful year, earnings at a new high and 

 record patronage dividends of $20,018.24. C 

 H. Becker spoke to an audience of 700. 



QUOTA MAKERS 

 Organization directors irom 8 counties making their 1939 

 quotas were h' ed at breakfast Tuesday at the lAA con- 

 venticn. Left to light are: Perry Schmoellinger. Bond county; 

 P. C. Hill, president, Wayne County Farm Bureau; lohn Boland, 

 Whiteside; Wayne Lienbach, Henderson; Marvin Fairchild, 

 Stephenson; Eugene Meyers, Brown. Piatt and Kankakee 

 county men not in picture. 



FEBRUARY. 1939 



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