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Number 11 



NOVEMBER, 1933 



Volume 11 



Many Join In Campaign 



Captains And Lieutenants Report Progress In First 10 Days Work. 



THE Mobilization campaign is 

 speeding up. More than 1,000 

 . new members were reported 

 signed the first ten days. Approxi- 

 mately 2,000 members were brought 

 into good standing. Reports Indicate 

 that between 50 and 55 counties are 

 working satisfactorily and that others 

 are getting under way. 



"The differences in results among 

 counties are due more to captains and 

 lieutenants than to conditions," said 

 Secretary George E. Metzger. The ac- 

 complishments of individual captains 

 and lieutenants seem to bear out this 

 belief. Otto Steffey of Henderson 

 county, for example, wired: "October 

 19 largest day in Henderson county. 

 Seven teams, 19 lieutenants working. 

 Made 45 calls, signed 25 new members. 

 Nine of remaining favorable. Lieuten- 

 ants Earl Brokaw, Ray Louden, Clif- 

 ford Thompson of Media township, 

 saw 10 men and signed them all. Noth- 

 ing can stop us now." 



32 Out of 36 



In Woodford county Ellis Sharp was 

 high man in collections with 32 out of 

 36 in two days. Edward R. Schertz 

 signed five new members in the first 

 three days of the campaign. Ben Roth 

 signed three in Roanoke township in 

 one day. One township has three times 

 as many members as it had two years 

 ago. 



Twenty-five new members joined in 

 Kendall county during the first week. 



Whiteside signed 38 new members 

 and brought 40 present members into 

 good standing the first week, Gapt. 

 Lowell S. Johnson reported. This is 

 the best record of the first week's 

 work. 



Knox county signed 34 and collected 

 57 items. '"" ■/'■'"■ > \\;v':.:- ■.^ ■■'•■'' ■ 



Gapt. Houghtby of DeKalb county 

 reported 17 lieutenants working, 10 

 new members signed and 48 delin- 



quents restored to good standing. 

 "The campaign is gaining momentum," 

 he writes. "We expect to keep right 

 on going. Some of the lieutenants 

 haven't started yet, but they will as 

 soon as the corn is harvested. Tax 

 petition going over in fine shape." 



17 In One Township 



J. W. Whisenand writes from Peoria 

 county that Frank Graham, John 

 Griggs and Paul Harker of Elmwood 

 township worked together and signed 

 17 in that township. "The secretary 

 of our mail-carriers' association re- 

 ceived one of the special issues of the 

 I. A. A. REGORD," said Whisenand. 

 "He is very much pleased with the 

 I. A. A. road program and states that 

 he is recommending that mail-carriers 

 join the Farm Bureau. He himself has 

 joined." Peoria has 96 new members. 



"We have 50 lieutenants actually 

 working, 6 new members signed, 66 

 delinquents collected. The outlook is 

 brighter," writes Gapt. A. P. Gooper, 

 Goles county. - ; ;^ 



"Six of our lieutenants have re- 

 ported nine new members," reports 

 G. O. Garlson from Mercer county. 

 "We do not want our members sold 

 entirely on the commercial services as 

 there is a bigger objective in farmer 

 organization. After a man once be- 

 comes a member his dues are a small 

 factor if he makes any use of the 

 Farm Bureau." 



John L. Hawker, Glark county, re- 

 ports eight new members and nine 

 collections with the campaign gaining 

 in momentum. . • . 



From southeastern Illinois reports 

 show that farmers are generally fa- 

 vorable to the I. A. A. and I^arm Bu- 

 reau and that new members are being 

 signed. Shortage of ready cash seems 

 to be the only obstacle to a widespread 

 signup. 



William Stevenson of Henderson 

 county interviewed 22 prospects and 

 signed 18. 



In Mason county Gaptain Keith 

 and Lieutenant Hall wrote 19 mem- 

 bers in two days, John C. Moore re- 

 ported. Forty-one had been signed in 

 this county by Oct. 19. "We are do- 

 ing our best to get Mason county's 

 quota," writes Keith. 



Ten lieutenants working in Macon 

 county, reports Gapt. Emory Parks. 

 Three members signed on Oct. 18. 

 Other reports in brief are as follows: 

 Ogle county — 8 members signed, 17 

 delinquents restored. — L. D. Garmi- 

 chael; B. D. Gate, Saline county, re- 

 ports 21 members signed with 10 

 lieutenants working; Eugene Gurtis, 

 Ghampaign county, wired on Oct. 16: 

 "11 new members from October ninth 

 through 14th and collected |1,181 

 cash." 



In St. Glair county Oscar Grossman 

 reports 17 new members signed, 10 

 delinquent memberships collected; 

 Walter H. Scott of Scott county re- 

 ports 16 signed; Rock Island county 

 six new members, 11 delinquents c< I- 

 lected, 



21 In Hancock 



M. G. Lambert from Hancock coun- 

 ty reports 21 new members signed and 

 many delinquent memberships re- 

 stored. Twenty-five lieutenants work- 

 ing. ' ' ' • 



George W. Deppert, Tazewell coun- 

 ty, reports 12 new members and 12 

 collections. "Our campaign is just 

 getting a good start," he says. "The 

 boys seem to be enthusiastic about 

 their work." 



In Morgan county David Reynolds 

 reported 24 members signed, 33 col- 

 lections made with 16 lieutenants 

 working. 



Harry L. Leeper of Fulton county 



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