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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



February f 1931 



February, 1 



New Board of Directors to Guide 1. A. A, in 1931 



ChnN. li. Bnten 

 15th 



Geo. B. MuIIer 

 16th 



A. B. Schofleld 



irtii 



'Sam. Sorrells 

 -21at 



Frank Oexner 

 22nd 



W. li. Cope 

 23rd 



Chns. Marshall 

 24th 



Fred Diets 

 25th 



ONLY two changes were made in 

 the board of directors of the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association in the 

 election Thursday night, January 29, 

 at the recent annual meeting in Spring- 

 field. The directors re-elected were 

 Harold C. Vial, Downers Grove, 11th 

 district; C. E. Bamborough, Polo, 13th 

 district; C. J. Gross, Atwood, 19th 

 district; Samuel Sorrells, Raymond, 

 21st district; W. L. Cope, Salem, 23rd 

 dist,; Fred Dietz, De Soto, 25 th dist. 

 A. N. Skinner, Yates City, 15 th dis- 

 "trict, and George J. Stoll, Chestnut, 

 17th district, retired voluntarily. 



Bates and Schofield 



The 15 th district chose Charles L. 

 Bates of Browning, Schuyler county. 



as its representative on the I. A. A. 

 Board. Mr, Bates was born 54 years 

 ago in Browning township, Schuyler 

 county, on the farm where he now re- 

 sides. He attended country school in 

 his community, high school in Brown- 

 ing, and later, two years in business 

 college, after which he returned to the 

 farm where he is engaged in dairying 

 and general farming. 



Mr. Bates is a charter member of the 

 Schuyler County Farm Bureau, served 

 six years on its executive committee 

 and four years as president. He is now 

 serving on the board of the Schuyler 

 Service Company. Mr. Bates has five 

 married daughters, and two sons 20 and 

 10 years of age. Both of the boys are 

 at home. 



The 17th district chose as its direc- 

 tor A. B. Schofield of Paxton, Ford 

 county. Mr. Schofield was born at El 

 Paso, Woodford county, where he be- 

 gan farming in 1919. A year later he 

 moved to Jackson county, where he 

 operated a 1,280 acre farm for seven 

 years. In 1926 he bought the 160 acre 

 farm southwest of Paxton, where he 

 now resides. His crops are marketed in 

 the form of whole milk and hogs. 



Mr, Schofield served several years on 

 the executive committee of the Ford 

 County Farm Bureau, the past two 

 years served as president. He also 

 served as president of the Ford County 

 Service Company. The new meitiber 

 takes an active interest in directing Jo- 

 cal schpol and community affairs. 



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 the delegates 

 for 1930 pr 

 intensive atte 

 of co-operatiA 

 branches. Tl 

 the Board of 

 of the Associ 

 best and com 

 these instruct 



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 endeavor to { 

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 portunity to 

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 thereby and 1 

 feed the parti 

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 price of sue 

 degrees of su 

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 Act and the 

 operative mai 

 has easily doi 

 the Associati< 

 closed. 



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 tive associatic 

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 governmental 

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