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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



July, 1931 



Eighty Office Secretaries 



. -, Attend Four Meetings 



Keeping of Records, Making Re- 

 ports, Relationship Prob- 

 lems Considered 



EIGHTY Farm Bureau office secre- 

 taries representing 67 counties at- 

 tended the four conferences held at 

 Centralia, Decatur, Galesburg and Chi- 

 cago on June 30, July 1, 2, and 7 re- 

 , spectfuUy. 



The purpose of the meeting was to 

 discuss uniform methods of accounting 

 and making reports. A conference simi- 

 lar to these was held in Chicago last 

 year with the result that a number of 

 secretaries requested the I. A. A. to hold 

 sectional meetings in 1931. 



The following program was given in 

 each of the four conferences: 



Purpose of Conference and Farm Bu- 

 reau Outlay — Secretary G. E. Metz- 

 ger. 



Farm Bureau Records, Collections, 

 Membership Records and Reports — L. A. 

 Evans. 



Life Insurance, Employers' Liability 

 Insurance, Automobile Insurance, Stan- 

 dardized Uniform Commercial Depart- 

 ment Records — F. E. Ringham. 



Fire, Wind and Hail Insurance — J. H. 

 Kelker. 



Limestone Project — Mr. Evans. 



Relations with Serum Association, 

 Livestock Project, and Getting Ready 

 for an Audit. — Mr. Ringham. 



In the last three conferences C. C. 

 Ramler of Country Life discussed life 

 insurance records; at Chicago, R. A. 

 Cowles, treasurer, and Mr. Metzger dis- 

 cussed membership and collection re- 

 ports. 



Centralia 



Office secretaries attending the Centralia con- 

 ference were as follows: Garnet Sefton, Clay 

 county; Evelyn Orr, Edwards; Ruby Lawn, 

 Effingham; Marion F. Garner, Marion; Margaret 

 Dunn, Monroe; Edna Black, Pulaski-Alexander; 

 Gladys Allen, Wabash; Mildred Howell, White; 

 Jewell Y. Grimes, Williamson; I. Marie Weig- 

 and, Jefferson; Rose Apple, Clark; Bertha 

 Hutchinson and Harriet Summer, Lawrence; 

 Zelah Halderby, Gallatin; Loretta Witter, 

 Wayne; Mrs. Harry M. Campbell, Washington; 

 Alma Meyer, Clinton; Luther H. Robertson, 

 Montgomery; Louise Hoffman, Jackson; Fern 

 Blair, Randolph; Gladys M. Reiling, Johnson, 

 and Mabel R. Britt, Bond. 



Decatur 



Those attending the Decatur conference were: 

 Agnes L. Cuskaden and Juanita Holaday, Doug- 

 las; Mildred E. Williams, Edgar; Ferry A. 

 Coultas and Louise Campbell, Scott; Gladys 

 Graven and Dolores Baptist, Shelby; H. Poison, 

 Macon; Elenora Mayfield, Madison; Mildred 

 Weller, Macoupin; Lucile Sneeden and Hazel 

 Mellon, Pike; Mildred Mennekin, Adams; Ber- 

 nice M. Waring, Menard; Faye Lindsey, De- 

 Witt; Marguerite Van Meter, Sangamon; Clara 

 Murgatroyd and Ruth Six, Morgan; D. C. Hall, 

 Christian; Edna Ransom, Champaign, and Mrs. 

 Good, Montgomery. 



Galesburg 



The following were at the Galesburg meet- 

 ing! Grace Carpenter, Brown; Lorene R. Kuntz 

 and Alice Edmunston, Peoria; Lillian Sargent, 

 Schuyler; Marie Johnston, Warren; Audrey M. 

 Martin, Henderson; Elizabeth Hayes, Hancock; 

 Esther Zentmire and Thelma Calclasure Mercer; 

 Ethel Wedell and Ruth Keeler, Knox; Myrtle M. 

 Miller, Fulton; Isola Cault, Henry; Cora Kerns, 

 Stark, and Rwby Waymark, McDonough. 



Chicago 



Those attending the final meeting at Chicago 

 were: Marie Storm, Boone; Florence Bart- 

 lett, DeKalb; Grace Arundale, Grundy; Edythe 

 Fewell, LaSalle; Veda L. Sharer, Whiteside; 

 Mildred Weed, Will; Maude Stipp, Vermilion; 

 Marguerite H. Moss, McHenry; Dorothy H. 

 Barton, JoDaviess; Elma E. Towne, Clara Moede 

 and Helen Heintz, Cook; Evelyn Bauer and 

 Ruby Knox, Lake; Cleo E. Conter, DuPage; 

 Selma Anderson, Kane; Mabel Andorfer and 

 Thelma Prytherch, Lee; Hannah L. Wilson, 

 Livingston; Hattie A. Carman, Ogle; Alfreda 

 Thulean, Bureau; Hazel E. Kenyon, Carroll; 

 Violet M. Stein, Winnebago, and La Vine Inge- 

 munson, Kendall. 



Hail Losses Reported 



— — In Several Counties 



Farmers Mutual Insurance Coverage 

 Passes Tw^o Million Mark, 

 Still Growling ■ 



Hope for Reduction 



Peach Freight Rates 



With peach harvesting time almost at 

 hand, Illinois peach growers aided by 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association still 

 have hopes of securing reduced freight 

 rates over eastern railroads giving them 

 an outlet in the eastern and New Eng- 

 land states for their excellent peach 

 crop. 



Every effort Is being made to speed 

 the decision of the Central Traffic Exec- 

 utive Committee which now has the 

 proposal under consideration after an 

 appeal from the Central Freight Asso- 

 ciation. 



Although the immediate success of 

 the proposal is imperiled by the impend- 

 ing proposal of the railroads to increase 

 all rates 15 per cent, peach shippers are 

 still working for a favorable decision in 

 time for the 1931 crop. 



DeKalb County Picnic 



Sycamore, June 24 



The old-fashioned picnic spirit was 

 revived on June 24 when 600 DeKalb 

 County Farm Bureau members attended 

 the annual picnic at Municipal Park, 

 Sycamore. 



After the basket lunch LaSalle and 

 DeKalb county baseball teams, members 

 of the Illinois Farm Bureau Baseball 

 League, met in a close game which La- 

 Salle county won by a 7 to 6 score. 

 McKenzIe of DeKalb allowed only 9 

 hits to 17 given by Geheber, LaSalle 

 hurler. DeKalb errors and bunched hits 

 by LaSalle won the game. 



L. A. Williams, manager of the 

 Country Life Insurance Company, was 

 the speaker of the day. 



SEVERE hail storms in various sec- 

 tions of the state continue to add to 

 the toll of early summer storms which 

 has already run into thousands of dol- 

 lars' worth of damage to corn and 

 small grain. 



Losses were reported In the west- 

 central part of Fulton county on July 

 2 as a result of the second severe hail 

 storm in Fulton county this summer, 

 the first having done considerable dam- 

 age near Lewistown June 17. \ • •;■ 



Farmers in Champaign county also 

 reported losses from a hail storm on 

 July 2. A disastrous storm on June 25 

 left a trail four miles wide and eight 

 miles long near New Berlin in Sanga- 

 mon county, causing a loss of thousands 

 of dollars to farmers in that section. 

 Losses were sustained by farmers in the 

 Chicago area where hail fell on June 23, 

 two days prior to the Sangamon storm. 



$2,284,888 In Force 



Many farmers in these sections were 

 protected by insurance against hail. 

 Protection through the Farmers Mutual 

 Reinsurance Company up to July 6 had 

 reached a total of $2,284,888. This 

 company is saving farmers $10 on each 

 $1,000 policy as compared with rates 

 charged by the nearest state-wide com- 

 petitor. 



Here Is an example of the way hail 

 losses are computed by the Farmers 

 Mutual: 



An applicant subscribed for $3,000 

 worth of hail insurance on his 100 acres 

 of growing crops. If he had a total loss 

 he would receive $3,000. If he had only 

 a partial loss the adjuster would reach 

 an agreement with the policyholder as 

 to what per cent of his crop had been 

 damaged. 



Suppose 40 acres had been damaged 

 50 per cent. The $3,000 would be di- 

 vided by 100 to find the amount of in- 

 surance per acre, which in this case 

 would be $30. Fifty per cent of $30 

 would be $ 1 5 per acre loss. Forty mul- 

 tiplied by $15 would total $600, the 

 amount the member would be paid. — 



THE SCOT COMES BACK 



The Scot, goat of many an anecdote, occa- 

 sionally turns the tables. 



Lord Alness, in his autobiography, tells about 

 an English political meeting. One of the candi- 

 dates patriotically orated, "I have been born 

 an Englishman, I have lived an Englishman, 

 and I hope I shall die an Englishman." 



From the back of the hall, in an unmis- 

 takable accent, came the question: "Mon, hae 

 ye no ambeetion?'' 



