..; AS FARMERS 

 FORWARD GO" 



its «..,il t.ir tin UKi.ilOO i..mi- 



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By O. D. Brtssenden, Organization Director 



THI! drJM.- that put lariii Hurc.iii ini.ni- 

 hcrship III Illinois over tlic l(K),(HKl 

 mark at the lAA annual mLttiiiu is still 

 goinf; strong as cviilLni.ci.1 trom rcport> 

 coming' in from ( oiinty larm I^inx.iu 

 annual meetings. 



Htrt s an txainplc: wlicn Moultrie 

 lOiinty held its annual meeting; Oci. \(>. 

 It hail ''■)'■) members, or one short of its 

 uoal, so Tom Wright, COD, went oiit 

 and ^'ot that SOOth nicinber. Moultrie, 

 of toursf, was over its lOO.OOO t;oal at 

 the time of the lAA annual meeting. 



DuFatrc tounty is shooting tor a co.il 

 of 1200 memluTS arid at its annual meet 

 ins;. Dec. 1 *>. had only 12 more to go. 

 Probably by the time this i>sue of the 

 Rfcdrd is off the press that 1 200-mark 

 will be history. 



Kankakee County larm Bureau at it^ 

 annual meetinc Dec. II. presented a 

 membersliip re[X)rt that's worth notini: 

 Here are a few liijures: in 19.^ l Kanka 

 kee had .^00 I'arm Bureau members with 

 _M^ paid up, and in 19JS, the member- 

 ship was 1130 with 1098 paid. Inci 

 dentally, the Kankakee I'arm Bureau dis 

 tributed an attractive annual report, 

 utilizing the cover scheme of tiie organ 

 ization worker's kit in -the recent lOO.OOd 

 campaign. Inside p.igcs ot the lOver. 

 both front and back were occupied by an 

 honor roll of the members' boys aiiel 

 girls in the .services, with special recogni 

 tion being given to those who have made 

 the supreme sacrifice. 



Due lo limited space in the annual con- 

 vention is^ut lit the lAA RiCOKP some ot 

 the reports of outstanJinfi injividu-il .11 

 aimplishmcnts in the lOD.OUO c.impai^n wen. 

 held over until this month, liven a 60-pasi 

 issue devoted txclu>ivclv to these accoiii 

 plishments would he inMifficicnt to tell all 

 of the storv. but here are a tew hij;hliclit^ 

 reported to the iir>;ani2atioii ilirectoT\ ol 

 rice. 



In liird ioimi\. F. B. Radlitt, who In 



Ntrvin^ his tir'^t tt 1 in .is Jirector, h.ul nini 

 new ineinbeiv to his cndit in addition to 

 some assists. I- W. 'I'leken. COD, s.u s 

 Our niemhersliip comnntrei. inen .ire more 

 leteimined th.ui tAer to answir iritRs nt 

 t.irniers .iiul their ofi;,iniy.itio(i ,h\ HiiiKimi: 

 .1 stri.nm.1 or,i;.ini^,ilion. 



"leamuork. persistence ami sceini.; pros- 



ptLts put CouuJv iount\ o\i.r the loO.OOi) 

 ijuot.i. Directors, members an*l employees 

 all did their part," s.u s >\'illiam I,. Stein- 

 neck, (!OD Hu;h m.iii w.is Director Adolph 

 I, liurk, who .ilom. .iuikJ ei>;ht iie« mem 

 he I s. 



As an cx-solilicr. ihis is uhat Hari>ld 



Xt.d, Peori.i to!int\ » -ri: 011/ iri' -n i-lirt ctoi. 

 h.is to sav ahout the loo. 000 member .t;oal 

 .itt.iiniiHiit, ■ AVh.it lOO.uoiJ Farm Bureau 

 iiienihtrs nie.ins tn nu ' It irte.ins tli.it when 



^our sons and my buddies return to us, we 

 will have proof that we did everything 

 within our power to help them finish the 



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M. H. .Austin, Whiteside (X)!), reports 



th.it .1 hn.il ihetkup shows his eountv ii.id 

 '; memSers over its quota in the lOO.DDII 

 canipaifin. 'Our total ineinbership now 

 st.mds at 1 " 1 1 . wliitli IS JO.S more th.m one 

 vcar JKo.' 



Here are some comnic-nis taken from the 

 lAA annual meeting that are worth letord- 

 ini; in the annals of organization history 



W. H .Smith, Woodford county, pioneer 

 F.irm Buttau meinher, — "This is one t>f 

 the happiest days of my life. I was one of 

 the tust Farm Bureau workers I started in 

 Lake county in 191 >) helping; to build the 

 membership that this or>»anization now lias. 

 So many things have been accomplished we 

 never thou>;ht about at that time. I want 

 to say that bein>; here with this or>;ani/a- 

 tion toilav m.ikes mc' very, very happy. 



Every Farmer in This Township a Member! 



Every Berea township iarmer a Morgan County Farm Bureau member. That's the 

 record of these organization workers and new members. Standing, left to right: Harold 

 Stewart, township chairman; Lester Martin, Farm Bureau director of township 16-9; 

 Homer Butler, new member: Fred Hagen, township director; John Leahy, new member; 

 Don Huston, 4-H club leader. Seated, left to right: Clarence Duncan, new member, and 

 Albert Nail, a tireless worker for the Farm Bureau. 



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Effinuham jountv went over its quota 

 m the campaign by three, and high men 

 were Clarence Wilnieth with ill new mem 

 hers, and Glen Percival with sfven. A. f 

 Zie>;ler. COD, reports that in five sections 

 of Lucas township in Ftfin>;ham count\ 

 every acre of land is covered by a Farm 

 Bureau membership with the exception ot» 

 ■ ine HO acre'farm. The tenant on this place 

 has indicated he will join the F.irm Biire.oi 

 in the near future 



In Macoupin county, .Arthur Mansholi. 

 signed l-l members by himself and helped to 

 sign twci more Elmer Loehr signed 10 

 members, and Herb Mieher signed eight 

 new members and his township was the first 



EVI!RY tarmer in the township a 

 Farm Bureau member I That's 

 something of a record and it's just 

 what the folks in Berea township, Mor- 

 gan county have accomplished. Mem- 

 bers in the township have always felt 

 that it could be accomplished and 

 started out this fall with the spirit of 

 'Now Is The Time." and a dream came 

 true. 



When asked what formula was used, 

 Don Huston, -i-H club leader and 

 worker, replied, ''When we explained 



what the barm Bureau was doing and 

 what it had accomplished for every 

 farmer in the land - well they just 

 said - - 'Sure I'll sign.' 



The workers are pretty much agreed 

 that information brings understanding, 

 and understanding in this case creates 

 a desire to help and be a part of m 

 great movement. 



Township Chairman Harold (Bud) 

 Stewart says. "Our quota now is. Hold 

 That I. ine. " 



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