/ZutJ YOUTH 



By Frank Gingrich 

 "Kick Offs," "Huddles," and "End Runs," 



brought more than 250 young people from Il- 

 linois and other midwest states to the Mid- 

 West Farm Bureau Training School, at East 

 Lansing, Michigan, July 17. John Schuett, 

 president, McHenry County Rural Youth, 

 headed the list of fourteen delegates from 

 eight counties in Illinois. 



Those in attendance from Illinois were: 

 Raymond Hanley, Grundy county; Opal 

 Stackhouse, Mercer; Anna Bell Gray, Mercer; 

 Mildred Meis, Livingston; Earl Stackhouse, 

 Knox; Ralph Swarens, Boone; Kenneth Fer- 

 rill, Macon; Norman Trummel, Macon; 

 Helen Chamberlain, Macon; Aileen Cox, 

 Macon; Mabel Ripley, Shelby; Howard Gas- 

 ton, Shelby; Edward Plegge, Shelby. 



The program, designed for an exchange of 

 ideas between states, gave an opportunity for 

 more than 200 to take an active part in group 

 discussions. 



Illinois Rural Youth Caravan Tour dates 



have been tentatively set for October 9-14 

 and October 2J-28. One delegate from 

 each county is invited. 



Historic spots in Henderson County were 

 visited by more than 50 Henderson young 

 people last month. Emily Combites, secre- 

 tary, reports that many were surprised to 

 find the wide variety of soils and agricul- 

 tural practices in the county. 



LaSalle County's First Annual Banquet 

 was held in Ottawa, July 18th. Alice 

 Mudge was installed as their new president. 



Farm Youth Day at Cimco Farm, Havana, 



August 3, has a variety program which 

 should interest young people who live in 

 central Illinois. Field trips and discussions 

 begin at 10.00 A.M. 



Hair styles and cooperative livestock mar- 

 keting was the basis for discussion at the 

 last meeting of Edwards County young peo- 

 ple. Tommy Millar was careful to report 

 that these meetings were held in SEPA- 

 RATE sections. 



"Nuts and Bolts" — is the astounding 

 title of the play recently produced in Fulton 

 County. Clarence Berry forgot to send the 

 rest of the details. 



New printed programs telling about the 

 State Young Adult Camp to be held at East 

 Bay on Lake Bloomington, August 20-26, 

 are now available. A variety program in- 

 cludes discussions on the home, personality, 

 world forces, social hygiene, and commu- 

 nity life. Music, hikes, nature study, and 

 all camp sports will put you in better trim 

 for another year's work. Plan to attend. 



Thirty young p«ople from Henry County 

 will leave Cambridge at 4:00 A.M., August 

 26th, for a two-day study and inspection 

 tour of Chicago. Ralph Taylor, assistant 

 farm adviser and Dorothy Whitton, home 

 adviser, were in the lAA offices, July 15, 

 making detailed arrangements for the trip. 



Sangamon county farmers are post- 

 ing their land with "No Trespassing" 

 signs furnished by the Sangamon Coun- 

 ty Farm Bureau. 



WILL COUNTY RUBAL YOUTH ORGANIZE 



Institute 



The 15th annual session of the Amer- 

 ican Institute of Cooperation will be 

 held on the University of Chicago 

 campus August 7 to 11. A program 

 may be had by writing the Department 

 of Information of the lAA or calling 

 at the county Farm Bureau office. 



Secretary Henry A. Wallace is sched- 

 uled to speak Monday evening, August 

 7. On Tuesday evening, August 8 

 the president of the Scottish Cooper- 

 ative Wholesale Society, Neil S. Beaton 

 of Glasgow and Raymond Percy As- 

 kew, general marketing inspector for 

 the Ministry of Agriculture in Ireland 

 are scheduled to speak. 



The relation of monetary policies 

 to price levels of basic commodities 

 will be handled by Chester C. Davis 

 of the Federal Reserve Board and Fred 

 Sexauer, president of the New York 

 Dairymens League. 



At the general session Friday morn- 

 ing, August 11 lAA president Earl C. 



Smith will lead the discussion on inter 

 group cooperation. Scheduled speakers 

 include C. V. Denman, Clifford V. 

 Gregory, George Lawson, secretary 

 Minnesota Federation of Labor, and 

 Fred H. Clausen of Wisconsin, a man- 

 ufacturer. 



Farm and cooperative leaders from 

 over the country are scheduled to ap- 

 pear on the program. A number of 

 lAA staff members will take part. 



The Munson Soil Conservation Dis- 

 trict in Henry county between Gen- 

 eseo and Cambridge is the second 

 such district to be organized in Illi- 

 nois. In the referendum July 1, 175 

 land owners voted for it and 200 

 against. About 200 farms and 35,000 

 acres are involved. If approved by 

 the state board, the soil conservation 

 service, according to State Coordinator 

 Bruce Clark, will assign several tech- 

 nicians to the area to help map out 

 an erosion control program. 



Legislative Voting Record 



(Cont'd from 

 page 21) 



No. of Milk Control Plumbing Fruit and Bang's 



Members Sessions (House only) Amendment Vegetables Disease 



(By Senatorial Dist.) Served For Against For Against For Against For Against 

 50th District (Alexander, 

 Franklin, Pulaski, 

 Union, Williamson 

 Counties) 



Sen. Karraker 4 x x 



Rep. Browner 4 x x x z 



Rep. Howell 1 x x 



Rep. Palmer 2 x x x x 



51st District (Hamilton, 

 Johnson, Massac, 

 Pope, Saline 

 Counties) 



- Sen. Thompson 4 x x x 



Rep. Field 3 x x x x 



Rep. Powell 3 x x x x 



Rep. Tuttle 5 x x x x 



AUGUST. 1939 



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