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school 

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 ■ans^s^ 

 ts and 

 citizen- 

 thwart- . 

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 ed. 



domestic. , As the mothers who stud 

 their sons to war; as citizens who hear 

 their full ^arc of the burden of the 

 conflict; as guardians of family and fire- 

 side; we lx?|ieve that women should at 

 long last he given a voice at the peace 

 tahle." 



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 Hy Rev. f . H. New ' 

 ham, pastor of the Covenant Methodist 

 Church,- Evanstpn, and W. C. C otTey. 

 president of the University of Minne- 

 sota and recipient -of the E'-acm Bcfreau 

 Disfinguished Service Award ur 19-4- . 



Monday night's audiencc-/Wi joyed the 

 privilege of hearing Sfsttt , riizabetli 

 Kenny", famed Australian nurse, t-ell of 

 ,' long yean of work with those who had 

 been strickef* ' with 'infantile parajysis. 

 She told the story of successful treatment." 

 of. the disease among the bush 'families 

 of Au tralia ind how she came to thi< 

 country and ex^ilaitied her methods to the 

 leading medical men of America. lAi 

 first she was rebuffed, but as patients, 

 under her care rega'ined use of their, 

 crippled bodies", her contribution to mart- 

 kinii became recognized. As Sister Kenny' 

 brought tbk great -niessage, to her li>«en- 

 ers; 'none could help but feel t^K. imprint 

 of a truly great perspnalky. , , ■• 



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Clara R. Brian Honored 



Handicraft Day Popular 

 With Stark Home Bureau 



Stdfk 'Coontj' Home Bureau held ;i 

 most sucrcssfuj^'-ljandicraft day " early 

 tn Dectmhir ^witli aji attendance of 

 SO interested women, reports 

 Anna H. Robertson,- -flew hom« 

 adviser. The major 

 event was- textile 

 painting and other 

 projects including 

 stippling, m a king 

 "hot-mats, • w 6 o d - 



burnint 



ind 



and uses 

 for feed sacks 

 -whic'li have b ee n 

 bleached. Since the 

 meeting, several 

 units have ordered 

 sets of textile paints ^or use wflhin 

 fbcir groups ■ ,. .'■ V ^- 



Mrs Robertson reports that this-^-as 

 the most popular meeting she has held 

 since coming to the county in the last 

 of October A graduate of the U. of 

 1 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. McLean county home 

 adviser for 24 years. ' received from Mrs. 

 Spencer Ewing. <rountY past president, a 

 pin symbolizing life membership in the 

 Associated Country Women of the World. 



Mrs. Floyd Thomas, president of the Mc- 

 Lean Home Bureau, left, and Mrs. Merie 

 Norris. second vice-president, participate 

 in ceremony. 



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fvlcoLcan ^rronic- ^y^dviser f' ait 24 



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: -^ Nli-ss Clara R. Brian, home adviser 

 for 24 of fhe 2.? years th.it McLean 

 County Home*!'B&reau has been or- 

 ganized, was r^cenlly honored with a 

 presentation of a life membership, in 

 the Associated Country Women of the 

 Yorld; , ,. • • 



The membership came as a gif< from 

 the' McLean Coftnty Home Bureau in 

 recognition of Miss Brian's service to 

 the* rural womeiti of the county. 



Each life member of the international 

 organizafibn is. gi\en a page in a per- 

 manent book, C!specially. designed and 

 beautifully bound.' which is kept in ' 

 London. On this p;vge is recorded the 

 stoty of thework jind^complishments 

 of the life member,, * 



, Kirs,. Spencer Ewing. " past president 

 of the McLean County Home Bureau. 

 artd the Illinois Home Bureau I'edera 

 tipn. made the presentation. In re 

 sponse. Miss Brian said. The honor be- 

 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 191'S. 

 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 



county Home Bureau. She was named 

 Its first adviser. 



Miss Brian left the- county in X'^H- 

 to study at the University of .Minne- 

 sota. and_ when she concluded her work 

 she was asked to return to McLe.M^ 

 county as her successor had resigned be- 

 lause ot illness. Miss Brian has the 

 longest continuous record ot service 

 for any ' .h'orne ad* iser m the United 

 States. Sli{; has served as president of 

 the Illinois -.Home Advisers Association 

 .ind lit the National Association of 

 Home Demonstration Agents. 



Illinois Agricultural Assoiiation Re> 

 orJ : ■' 



Lii)oy reading the Rkdki) and fhi. 

 .!• ws therein. Cant describe the areM 

 \cc are iiT but we are doini; all right, 

 Mavi- received letters from Ted Sham- 

 haugh, Oakley, III., and Alfred L 

 .Ack' Bodman. Bement. III. Both ex- 

 jTessed the tremendous etTorts the 

 tarmers are putting forth in helping 

 win this war. We in the service ap- 

 preciate these efforts and thev cer- 

 tainly refute any attempts to belittle 

 the efforts of the farmers They speak 

 of 16 to 2-i hours per dav in sowing 

 and harvesting time. 



Major rdward A. ( rumin 



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