August, 1932 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Thirteen 



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Anna Homann 



Ruth Whitlock 



Dorothy C. Vroolsey Martha V, Hawthorne Bemell Emmerioh Emegtine Gifford 



Country Life Queen Contest Features 

 II Farm Bureau Day at State Fair 



Two major attractions which 

 promise to bring out a larger at- 

 tendance than usual on Farm Bu- 

 reau Day, Friday, Aug. 26 at the 

 Illinois State Fair are the Country 

 Life Queen contest, and the award- 

 ing of state prizes to the lucky 

 ticket holders who registered at 

 one of the 90 county Dedication 

 Day celebrations on July 4. 



Farm Bureau headquarters as in 

 past years will be located in a large 

 tent east and south of the race 

 track grandstand. Checking facil- 

 ities, chairs, drinking water, and 

 other conveniences will be available 

 for Farm Bureau members who at- 

 tend the Fair any day from Aug. 

 20-26. Placards and charts arranged 

 about the tent will visualize the 

 work of the Farm Bureau and I. 

 A. A. in serving members. 



The first prize in the registration 

 contest will be *a fine automobile in 

 the medium priced field, the second 

 prize a lower-priced car, and the 

 third a handy chest of carpenter's 

 tools. The winners need not be 

 present but no one is eligible who 

 failed to register on July 4th in his 

 or her respective county. 



The Country Life Queen contest 

 will see 37 of the finest young 

 women representing as many coun- 

 ties in downstate Illinois. All are 

 champions, having won their re- 

 spective county contests. 



The county winners in the Coun- 

 try Life Queen contest who are ex- 

 pected to enter the competition at 

 Springfield follow: 



Rowena Stevenson, Bond county; 

 Irene Hill, Boone; Bernita Kurzweg, 

 Champaign; Anna Homann, Coles; 

 Liaura Schoenbeck, Cook; Marian Mc- 

 Conaghie, DeKalb; Robilee Coad, Ed- 

 wards; Evelyn Loy, Effingham; Lucille 

 Duffey, Gallatin; Norma Hicks, Greene; 

 Angeline Painter, Henderson; Evelyn 

 McNeil, Henry; Maude M. Bonnett, Jo- 

 Davless; Thelma Reeder, Johnson; 

 Dorothy Woolsey, Knox; Leona Bloom, 

 Lake; Rita Downs, Lee; Mildred 

 Fischer, Livingston; Ruth Andreas, Mc- 

 Henry; Nora Michel, Marlon; Louise 

 Laughead, Mercer; Myrtle Ruhl, Mon- 

 roe; Ruth Whitlock, Montgomery; 

 Marjorie Wllmot, Peoria; Martha V. 

 Hawthorne, Piatt; Vera Riley, Pike; 

 Dorothy Layman, Pope; Mildred 

 Frltchley, Richland; Ernestine Glfford, 



Rock Island; Ruth Whitacre, Shelby; 

 Bernell Emmerich, St. Clair; Mabel 

 Oertley, Stark; Rose Ann Pero, Wash- 

 ington; Clara Clark, Wayne; Mary 

 Olive Ridenour, White; Maxine Cham- 

 ness, Williamson; and Mary Parks, 

 Woodford. 



"We believe the Country Life 

 Queen contest is of outstanding im- 

 portance," said V. Vaniman of the 

 I. A. A. who will be in charge. "It 

 is necessary that agriculture ad- 

 vance in its culture and apprecia- 

 tion of the best there is in woman- 

 hood as well as to advance eco- 

 nomically. The young women in this 

 contest have been chosen because 

 of their fine character, intelligence, 

 personality and other qualities as 

 well as for their natural physical 

 beauty. 



"The Farm Bureau movement is 

 to be congratulated for laying em- 

 phasis on this phase of farm life. 

 This contest, while only two years 

 old, has attracted the favorable at- 

 tention and support of the Home 

 Bureau. 



"It is inconsistent for us to give so 

 much attention to the improve- 

 ment of farm life and the develop- 

 ment of better farm practice and 

 then neglect the human and social 

 side. I predict that this movement 

 within the near future will spread 

 into all the other states for it is 

 sound and constructive." 



37 Girls Connpe+e In 



Contest State Fair 



By V. Vaniman 



With 37 young ladies — each one a 

 winner in her county — entering the 

 contest to determine the "Country 

 Life Queen of Illinois for 1932," in- 

 dications are that standing room at 

 the state meet will be at a premium. 



This contest will be held at the 

 State Fair, Springfield, on Farm 

 Bureau Day, Friday, August 26, at 

 11:30 A. M. 



The 1931 contest with only 10 

 contestants filled the 60 x 90 foot 



Farm Bureau tent to capacity. This 

 year's contest will in all probability 

 be held in the coliseum if suitable 

 arrangements can be made. 



Grace, poise, dignity, sincerity, re- 

 serve, personality, modesty, self- 

 possession, charm, intelligence and 

 vivaciousness, and physical attrac- 

 tiveness will be given consideration 

 by the judges in determining the 

 winner. 



Emphasizes Culture 



Illinois Farm Bureaus are the 

 first in the United States to hold 

 a state-wide beauty contest. Aver- 

 age attendance in the counties in 

 1930, where contests were held, was 

 600; in 1931 the average attendance 

 was 720, Gallatin County made 

 arrangements for an attendance of 

 250 and 1100 came out. 



The Country Life Queen contest 

 is designed to honor and emphasize 

 the high type of culture and young 

 womanhood found in rural Illinois. 

 Should agriculture have a culture 

 of her own or should she derive it 

 from the city? Should country peo- 

 ple cultivate grace, charm, poise, 

 self-possession? 



The more culture a person has 

 managed to attain the more inde- 

 pendent he is of outward circum- 

 stances. Uncultured people live in 

 the world without being conscious 

 that to be alive at all is one grand 

 mystery. Culture has the faculty of 

 enabling us to be happy in the 

 only way wherein most human be- 

 ings can be happy — in complete de- 

 fiance of thei? surroundings. Like 

 charity defined by St. Paul culture 4 

 is not puffed up, does not show it- 

 self as something ponderous, ma- 

 jestic, pompous, imposing, it does 

 not show itself at all. 



"Old Inferiority Complex" is go- 

 ing to have a hard time to survive 

 among farm people that attend the 

 Country Life Queen contest at 

 Springfield. The ideals set up be- 

 fore our young people determine 

 what the future generation will be. 



