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domestic. As the mothers who send 

 their sons to war; as citizens who bear 

 their full share of the burden of the 

 conflict; as guardians of family and fire- 

 side; we believe that women should at 

 Ictag last be given a voice at the peace 

 table." 



Among the highlights of the ninth 

 annual convention of the Associated 

 Women was the program and vesper 

 services Sunday afternoon featured by 

 the Great Lakes Naval Training Station 

 choir and addresses by Rev. C. H. New- 

 ham, pastor of the Covenant Methodist 

 Church, Evanston, and W. C. CoflFey, 

 president of the University of Minne- 

 sota and recipient of the Farm Bureau 

 Distinguished Service Award in 1942. 



Monday night's audience enjoyed the 

 privilege of hearing Sister Elizabeth 

 Kenny, famed Australian nurse, tell of 

 long years of work with those who had 

 been stricken with infantile paralysis. 

 She told the story of successful treatment 

 of the disease among the bush families 

 of Australia and how she came to this 

 country and explained her methods to the 

 leading medical men of America. At 

 first she was rebuffed, but as patients 

 under her care regained use of their 

 crippled bodies, her contribution to man- 

 kind became recognized. As Sister Kenny 

 brought this great message to her listen- 

 ers, none could help but feel the imprint 

 of a truly great personality. 



Clara R. Brian Honored 



Miss Clara R. Brian, McLean county home 

 adviser ior 24 years, received from Mrs. 

 Spencer Ewing, county past president a 

 pin symbolizing life membership in the 

 Associated Country Women oi the Worid. 



Mrs. Floyd Thomas, president oi the Mc- 

 Lean Home Bureau, leit, and Mrs. Merie 

 Norris, second vice-president, participate 

 in ceremony. 



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Handiciaft Day Popnlai 

 With Stark Home Bniean 



Stark County Home Bureau held a 

 most successful "handicraft day" early 

 in December with an attendance of 

 some 80 interested women, reports 

 Mrs. Anna H. Robertson, new home 

 adviser. The major 

 event was textile 

 painting and other 

 projects including 

 stippling, m a king 

 hot-mats, w o o d - 

 burning and uses 

 for feed sacks 

 which have been 

 bleached. Since the 

 meet ing, several 

 units have ordered 

 sets of textile paints for use within 

 their groups. 



Mrs. Robertson reports that this was 

 the most popular meeting she has held 

 since coming to the county in the last 

 of October. A graduate of the U. of 

 I. College of Agriculture home eco- 

 nomics department, Mrs. Robertson has 

 had experience as a teacher and office 

 worker with the superintendent of 

 schools in Wayne county. 



Miss Clara R. Brian, home adviser 

 for 24 of the 25 years that McLean 

 County Home Bureau has been or- 

 ganized, was recently honored with a 

 presentation of a life membership in 

 ithe Associated Country Women of the 

 World. 



The membership came as a gift from 

 the McLean County Home Bureau in 

 recognition of Miss Brian's service to 

 the rural women of the county. 



Each life member of the international 

 organization is given a page in a per- 

 manent book, especially designed and 

 beautifully bound, which is kept in 

 London. On this page is recorded the 

 story of the work and accomplishments 

 of the life member. 



Mrs. Spencer Ewing, past president 

 of the McLean County Home Bureau, 

 and the Illinois Home Bureau Federa- 

 tion, made the presentation. In ^ re- 

 sponse. Miss Brian said, "The honor l^e- 

 longs to the members throughout the 

 county as much as to me, for without 

 them it would be impossible for me or 

 any one person to achieve very much. 



Miss Brian was graduated from Il- 

 linois Wesleyan University in 1915, 

 and went to the University of Kan- 

 sas, where she was head of the home 

 economics department until 1918. She 

 then returned to McLean county to aid 

 in a program of food conservation 

 which led to the organization of the 



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county Home Bureau. She was named 

 its first adviser. 



Miss Brian left the county in 1926- 

 ~to study at the University of Minne- 

 sota, and when she concluded her work 

 she was asked to return to McLean: 

 county as her successor had resigned be- 

 cause of illness. Miss Brian has the 

 longest continuous record of service 

 for any home adviser in the -United 

 States. She has served as president of 

 the Illinois Home Advisers Association 

 and of the National Association of 

 Home Demonstration Agents. 



What Jhe fflemberi Sa^ ' 



Illinois Agricultural Association Rec- 

 ord : 



Enjoy reading the Record and the 

 news therein. Can't describe the area 

 we are in but we are doing all right. 

 Have received letters from Ted Sham- 

 baugh, Oakley, 111., and Alfred E. 

 'Ack " Bodman, Bement, 111. Both ex- 

 pressed the tremendous efforts the 

 farmers are putting forth in helping 

 win this war. We in the service ap- 

 preciate these efforts and they cer- 

 tainly refute any attempts to belittle 

 the efforts of the farmers. They speak 

 of 16 to 24 hours per day in sowing 

 and harvesting time. 



Major Edward A. Crumm 



JANUARY, 1944 



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