fage Sixteen 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



January^ 1932 



65 Counties Join in 



Farm Bureau Frolics 



50,000 Illinois Farm Folks Turn Out 



For Jubilee, Drive Through 



Rain and Mud 



A ROLLICKING good time by an 

 estimated 50,000 Illinois farm 

 folks featured the 65 County Farm Bu- 

 reau jubilee meetings held on the night 

 of December 12. 



Muddy roads and freezing rain over 

 most of the state had no appreciable 

 eflfect on the attendance, according to 

 reports. Practically every meeting had 

 a capacity crowd. 



Champaign county reports that 1,000 

 people drove through the rain from all 

 parts of the county to take part in the 

 frolic. All seats and aisles at the Liv- 

 ingston county jubilee were filled be- 

 fore 7:30. DeKalb county had 2,500 

 present and turned many away because 

 the building was too small. Lee county 

 had l,5irO; McHenry, 1,500; Peoria, 

 1,200; Stark, 1,200; and the others 

 ranged irom 250 up. Gallatin county 

 prepared for an attendance of 200 and 

 had a turn-out of more than 1,200. 

 36 Counties Contest 



The outstanding event of the evening 

 at many gatherings was the contest 

 staged by 36 counties to choose local 

 "Country Life Queens" for 1932. More 

 than 600 farm girli entered the com- 

 petition. Other features were story tell- 

 ing contests, liars' contests, old fash- 

 ioned style shows, one-act plays, pa- 

 geants, and dances. Refreshments were 

 served at most of the meetings. 



A half-hour radio program presented 

 by Country Life Insurance Company 

 over station WMAQ, Chicago, between 

 8 and 8:30 p. m. linked the county 

 meetings, during which winners of the 

 "Country Life Queen" contests and in- 

 surance returns by counties were an- 

 nounced. L. A. Williams, manager of 

 Country Life, and V. Vaniman, director 

 of insurance service for the I. A. A., 

 made short talks. A musical program 

 by the studio orchestra proved popular. 

 Doughnuts to Dunk 



The following telegram from Presi- 

 dent Albert C. Kolmer of the Monroe 

 County Farm Bureau in the St. Louis 

 territory was typical of many: 



FULL HOUSE IN MONROE 

 COUNTY LISTENING. SORRY 

 THE REST OF YOU CAN'T HEAR 

 OUR FARM BUREAU GERMAN 

 BAND. THERE ARE A DOZEN 

 BEAUTY QUEENS HERE TO 

 DANCE WITH AND A BARREL 

 OF DOUGHNUTS TO DUNK. 

 PLEASE SEND DIRECTIONS. 



Mark Foster, general agent in Mer- 

 cer county, writes that 14 girls entered 



THEY WERE3 ENTRANTS IN LAKE COUNTY'S "COUNTRY LIFE ftUEBN" 



CONTEST. 

 Standing (left to right): Erlene Barron, Frances Douer^vilo, Ella Grevel, Grace 

 Umbdenstock, Leona Bloom (winner), Alice 'Wanko, Rose Henkel, Martha Te- 



kampe, Margaret Van Zandt. 

 Seated (left to right): Vivian Davis, Mildred Elsburr, Hasel Dillon, Marie Duba, 



Ruth Thies, Alma Read. 



the "Country Life Queen" contest at 

 Aledo. Every township was represented. 

 "Some folks drove nearly 25 miles over 

 roads that were anything but good to 

 be with us that evening," he said. "I 

 know that folks were there who have 

 never before attended a .county-wide 

 Farm Bureau meeting." Louise Lang- 

 head was chosen as "Country Life 

 Queen." 



Three hundred and eighty-five at- 

 tended the Lake County meeting at 

 Gurnee. Leona Anne Bloom won the 

 title of "Miss Lake County" over 15 

 competitors. 



1,500 in McHenry 



McHenry county had 19 entrants in 

 the "Country Life Queen" contest, 

 which was won by Ruth Andreas. 

 More than 1,500 gathered at St. Mary's 

 gymnasium for the event. Among the 

 other features on the program were an 

 old time fiddlers' contest, an old time 

 square dance, and modern dancing. Re- 

 freshments of cider, milk and dough- 

 nuts were furnished by the insurance 

 department of the Farm Bureau and 

 served by a committee of the Home 

 Bureau. 



About 350 attended the jubilee in 

 "Edwards county. Robilee Coad was 

 winner of the beauty contest over nine 

 entrants. A story telling contest was 

 one of the most enjoyable events of the 

 evening, according to Delbert Saxe, gen- 

 eral agent. 



29 "Queens" Here 



Livingston county reports 29 entrants 

 in the beauty contest, in which Mildred 

 Fischer was named "Country Life 

 Queen." The Roeschley Brothers quar- 

 tette of Flanagan wa« featured in sev- 

 eral selections. ' *' " if '• . 



John D. Bryant, general agent in De- 



Kalb county, writes that nineteen girls 

 entered the DeKalb beauty contest, rep- 

 resenting every township. Marian Mc- 

 Conaghie was winner. "The contest was 

 enthusiastically received and wiU have 

 to be held in a place twice as large next 

 year," he said. An old fashioned style 

 show, as the closing act of the evening, 

 was a great drawing card. 



St. Clair county had nine entrants in 

 the contest, with Bernell Emmerich 

 named as winner. The attendance was 

 about 300. Community singing, a hus- 

 bands* ahbi contest, vocal numbers, and 

 other features by local talent made up 

 the remainder of the program. 



The Winners 



Winners of the "Country Life Queen" 

 contest in other counties heard from are 

 as follows: Bond county, 13 entrants, 

 Rowena Stevenson winner; Champaign 

 county, 15 entrants, Bernita Kurzweg 

 winner; Effingham county, Evelyn 

 Lloyd winner; Henderson county, 15 

 entrants, Angeline Painter winner; 

 Henry county, 1 1 entrants, Evelyn Mc- 

 Neal winner; Johnson county, Thelma 

 Reeder winner; Knox coimty, 17 en- 

 trants, Dorothy Woolsey winner; Ma- 

 rion county, Nora Michel winner; 

 Montgomery county, Ruth Whitlock 

 winner; Piatt county, Martha Haw- 

 thorne winner; Pike county, Virginia 

 Riley winner; Pope county, Dorothy 

 Layman winner; Rock Island county, 

 15 entrants, Ernestine Gifford winner; 

 Shelby county, 6 entrants, Ruth Whit- 

 aker winner; Washington county, 6 

 entrants, Rose Pero winner; Wayne 

 county, 11 entranu, Clara Clark win- 

 ner; White county, 10 entrants, Mary 

 Ridcnoxu- winner; Woodford county, 

 Mary Park winner; Cook coimty, 62 

 entrants, Laura Schoei«b«ck winner. - 



Champ< 



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 County 

 ited with se 

 the Champ 

 this fall. 



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 pany, belie 

 Farm Bure: 

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 tained. 



The fact 

 of the 1,34 

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 vice Compa 

 whole-heart( 

 ship. 



In additio 

 members, 2: 

 cured durin 

 orders were 

 totaling api 

 Some 1,23 5 

 non-membei 



The ann 

 Urbana Dec 

 7 per cent 

 ferred stock 

 age dividenc 

 Another 5 

 has been di 

 The 10 per 

 ing to 725 1 



DeWitt 



Walker I 

 DeWitt Co 

 ports that t 

 cent patrol 

 year which 

 cent was pa 

 mainder wil 

 7 per cent ( 

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 company h; 

 petroleum 

 chinery, an 

 75 per cen 

 Farm Bure: 



Thirty-oi 

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 tires and S 

 last four I 

 Farm Suppl 



The 193 

 on Deceml 

 shels as cc 

 bushels pre 

 year averaj 

 753,000. 



