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|. F. S. Annual Meeting, 



5 Decatur, Oct. 18th 



Co-op Expert to Speak 



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The eighth annual meeting of Illinois 

 Farm Supply Company will be held at 

 the Orlando Hotel in Decatur Thursday, 



• October 18. To it will come the officers, 

 directors, and managers of the 58 affi- 



: Hated County Service Companies to hear 



■'■ from F. E. Herndon and L. R. Marchant, 

 president and manager of I. F. S. respec*; 



. tively, the story of the greatest year in 

 the company's history;^ .^^ .'; : 



The principal speaker will be F, W. 

 Peck, Cooperative Bank Commissioner for 

 the Farm Credit Administration, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. His subject will be "Effi- 

 cient Business Procedure for Farm Coop-: 

 eratives," which should interest everyone 

 : who is active in the development of the 

 cooperative movement in this state. 



During the session, nine directors for 

 the ensuing year will be elected to the 

 state company from the voting group as- 

 sembled. The present directors are: 

 Grant Broster, Grayville; J. M. Eyman, 

 Warrensburg ; Frank J. Flynn, Wood- 

 son; Fred E. Herndon, Macomb; H. A. 

 V Keele, Chesterfield; Harry Ebbert, Mon- 

 trose; Thos. J. Penman, Yorkville; E. E. 

 Stevenson, Streator; and Geo. F. Tullock, 

 Rockford. There will be reports from the 

 management on future plans of the com- 

 pany as well as a full discussion of all 

 phases of Hlinois Farm Supply Company 

 operation during the year. 



a membership among Farm Bureau sons 

 and daughters between 15 and 20 years 

 old. To date 28 counties have organized. 

 ,j More are rapidly getting set up. During 

 September each of the organized coun- 

 ties held al least two rousing meetings 

 with big attendance, Livingston taking 

 the honors with no less than 12 meet- 

 ings. 



They're a serious bunch — these young- 

 sters — as they listen to lectures and 

 study up for their driving exams which 

 will entitle them to a badge of merit if 

 they pass, signifying driving excellence 

 and a thorough knowledge of the "rules 

 , of the road." A quick appraisal of the 

 requirements has convinced them that 

 it's going to take some real skill to win 

 a badge. So the word's going around 

 that it's an honest to gosh honor to be- 

 long to the Skilled Drivers Club and no 

 foolin'. County Farm Bureau officers 

 report a busy time of it handing out reg- 

 istration blanks and test questions to 

 aspirants for the honor of belonging. V 

 - What's more, there's a chance that 

 some youngster may win county honors 

 and a cup — or district honors and a trip 

 to the Annual Meeting of the I. A. A. 



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Boys And Girls tune Up "~^~~^ 

 For Skilled Drivers Club 



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"Every barn lot a proving ground" 

 Si^ems to be the slogan of the more than 

 300 sons and daughters of Farm Bureau 

 members in each of the 28 counties who 

 have organized their Skilled Drivers 

 Clubs sponsored by the safety division 



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If the space once reserved for farm 

 implements be taken over by the family 

 bus being put through turns, stops, 

 starts and solemn measuring of slides 

 and skids, let no parent be perplexed. If 

 he finds himself becoming interested in 

 the rules of safe driving being studied 

 by his offspring, let it not be considered 

 weakness. For school and highway of- 

 ficials, no less, have become interested 

 in this wise Farm Bureau plan and are 

 working for its success. Chambers of 

 Commerce vote it a great idea. Insurance 

 companies breathe easier for^the younger 

 generation and hint at lower insurance 



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Plans perfected, the Skilled Drivers 

 Club set forth during September to build 



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at Quincy where the big, silver cup for 

 statewide honors will be awarded. 



So, there'll be plenty of practising in 

 the barn lot this fall. And Farm Bureau 

 members who ordinarily ride to town sit- 

 ting on the edge of the seat as their heir 

 takes the corners on two wheels will now 

 sit back and relax with a Skilled Drivers 

 Club member behind the wheel. 



Dr. Geo. H. Locke, director of the San , 

 Joaquin county, California Farm Bureau 

 spent a day recently in the I. A. A. of- 

 fices getting tips on the set-up and serv- 

 ices of the state and county organiza- 

 tions. "Your McLean County took the 

 A. F. B. F. 'biggest county membership* 

 cup away from us last year," said Dr. 

 Locke, "but we're out to recapture it at , 

 the next meeting." Dr. Locke has missed 

 only three of the monthly meetings of ' 



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his County Farm Bureau board in 20 

 years. He also has attended an average : 

 of 10 Farm Bureau "center," or comriu- 

 nity meetings in his county or adjoining 

 counties each month during this period. 

 "Don't die until you have seen the won- 

 ders of California," is Dr. Locke's mes- 

 sage to Illinois members. 



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