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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



June, 1932 



Mildred Frltchley 

 Richland Co. 



Dorothy Liayman 

 Pope Co. 



Anfceline Painter 

 Henderson Co. 



Norma Hlcka 

 Greene Co. 



Louise Laushead 

 Mercer Co. 



A Few of the Girls Who Will Compete in State ^^Country 

 Life Queen Contest at the Illinois State Fair 



Beauty Contest Feature • 

 Farm Bureau Day Aug. 26 



37 Counties Enter State-Wide 



Competition To Select Country 



Life Queen 



VISITORS at the State Fair on 

 August 26, the date set aside 

 as Farm Bureau Day, will have an 

 opportunity to see winning farm 

 girls from 37 counties compete for 

 the title as "Country Life Queen 

 of Illinois." 



A similar contest with 10 coun- 

 ties competing was held last year 

 before a crowd which filled the 

 Farm Bureau tent to capacity. 



"If the increased interest in the 

 counties as shown by the number 

 of county contests is a true crite- 

 rion, we expect this feature to be 

 one of the high spots of the day," 

 declared V. Vaniman who has 

 charge of the contest. 



More than 600 girls entered the 

 county contests last December for 

 the privilege of representing their 

 respective counties in the state 

 contest. Entrants were judged on 

 beauty, poise, personality, style, 

 accomplishments, and character. 

 One of the requisites is that con- 

 testants be members of Farm Bu- 

 reau families or members of fam- 

 ilies holding policies in Country 

 Life Insurance Companies. 



The state contest is being 

 planned as a part of the activities 

 at the Farm Bureau tent on the 

 fair grounds. The location of the 

 tent will be the same as last year, 

 south and east of the race track. 



The tent will be provided with 

 plenty of chairs for visitors, a 

 free check room, and other facil- 

 ities. The I. A. A. and associated 

 companies will have displays 

 showing their activities and prog- 



ress during the year. Most of the 

 officers, directors, and staff mem- 

 bers of the I. A. A. will be in 

 Springfield on Farm Bureau day. 

 Winners in the county contests, 

 who will enter the state compe- 

 tition, are as follows: 



Rowena Stevenson, Bond coun- 

 ty; Irene Hill, Boone; Bernita 

 Kurzweg, Champaign; Anna Ho- 

 mann. Coles; Laura Schoenbeck, 

 Cook; Marian McConaghie, De- 

 Kalb; Robilee Coad, Edwards; 

 Evelyn Loy, Effingham; Lucille 

 Duffey, Gallatin; Norma Hicks, 

 Greene; Angeline Painter, Hen- 

 derson; Evelyn McNeil, Henry; 

 Maude M. Bonnett, JoDaviess; 

 Thelma Reeder, Johnson; Dorothy 

 Woolsey, Knox; Leona Bloom, 

 Lake; Rita Downs, Lee; Mildred 

 Fischer, Livingston; Ruth An- 

 dreas, McHenry; Nora Michel, 

 Marion; Louise Laughead, Mercer; 

 Myrtle Ruhl, Monroe; Ruth Whit- 

 lock, Montgomery; Marjorie Wil- 

 mot, Peoria; Martha V. Haw- 

 thorne. Piatt; Vera Riley, Pike: 

 Dorothy Layman, Pope; Mildred 

 Fritchley, Richland; Ernestine 

 Gifford, Rock Island; Ruth Whit- 

 acre, Shelby; Bernell Emmerich, 

 St. Clair; Mabel Oertley, Stark; 

 Rose Ann Pero, Washington; Clara 

 Clark, Wayne; Mary Olive Ride- 

 nour. White; Maxine Chamness, 

 Williamson; and Mary Parks, 

 Woodford. ^ 



W. A. Herrington, formerly 

 farm adviser in Stephenson coun- 

 ty, has been employed to do 

 special work as field man for the 

 Illinois wool pool. He will continue 

 the work until the end of June, 

 visiting all the counties in the 

 wool producing area giving in- 

 formation and instructions to wool 

 marketing committees and in- 

 dividual growers. 



linois Farm Supply Co. 



Breaks Record In April 



Illinois farmers during the 

 month of April purchased more 

 than five and one-half million 

 gallons of petroleum products, or 

 more than 700 carloads, through 

 the Illinois Farm Supply Com- 

 pany, central buying agency for 

 the 52 co-operative service com- 

 panies in the state. 



This is the largest volume of 

 any month in the five years the 

 company has operated, all com- 

 modities showing an increase over 

 the corresponding month in pre- 

 vious years. 



Gasoline sales were 3.6 per cent 

 higher than in any previous April, 

 kerosene sales 29.1 per cent better, 

 tractor and burner fuel 449.9 per 

 cent, and lubricating oil 5.5 per 

 cent. 



The gallonage of all petroleum 

 products handled during the first 

 eight months of the present fiscal 

 year exceeds the volume for the 

 same period last year by a sub- 

 stantial margin. The volume dur- 

 ing the last eight months was 

 more than the entire gallonage 

 during the fiscal years of 1929 and 

 1930. This indicates that farmers 

 are realizing more and more the 

 economic value of co-operative 

 purchasing as a means of re- 

 ducing production costs. 



The Egyptian Service Company, 

 with headquarters at Salem, be- 

 gan operations the middle of May 

 with four trucks working in 

 Marion county and adjacent terri- 

 tory. Vermilion County Service 

 Company has been incorporated, 

 a manager employed, and property 

 leased in Danville for the installa- 

 tion of bulk station equipment. 



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