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Because children's garments and 

 work clothes have been hard to buy 

 many homemakers are bringing their 

 sewing machines back into use. With 

 the return of more home sewing came 

 the discovery that some sewing ma- 

 chines were in need of adjustment and 

 repairs. As a result many requests 

 were received by home economics Ex- 

 tension leaders for sewing machine 

 clinics from county Home Bureaus. 



In answer to this demand, five sew- 

 ing machine clinics have been held in 

 Jacksonville, Monmouth, Amboy, 

 Bloomington and Pickneyville. Attend- 

 ing the clinics were the home advisers 

 and one leader from each county. Co- 

 operating with the home economics 

 Extension, the department of agricul- 

 tural engineering at the U. of I. College 

 of Agriculture furnished Frank An- 

 drew of Palmyra as instructor. Andrew 

 will be remembered as the U. of I. 

 graduate farmer who developed the 

 circular method of mechanical plowing. 



With the completion of the clinics, 

 the home adviser and county leaders 

 are now holding clinics in their re- 

 spective areas, and are reporting large 

 attendance and high interest. 



There are two bulletins available 

 which may be of great aid in keeping 

 sewing machines in operation. One of 

 these is "Sewing Machine Cleaning and 

 Adjusting," Farmer Bulletin No. 1944, 

 which may be secured by writing the 

 United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Washington, D. C. Another bul- 

 letin is available at the U. of I. Home 

 economics Extension, "Aids to Home 

 Sewing." 



Home advisers get some pointers on sew- 

 ing machine maintenance from Frank An- 

 drew, Macoupin county former, who is 

 best known for his invention oi a robot 

 control ior circular plowing. Seated are 

 Mrs. Leono I. Calvin, Ford county: Mrs. 

 Helen Turner, Edgor, and Miss Lorennie 

 Berry, Piatt. Standing are Miss Marian 

 Simpson, Tazewell; Miss Clara Brian, Mc- 

 Lean: Mrs. Ila Wells, Woodiord: and Miss 

 Lola Antisdell, Peoria. 



Conservation Keynotes 



Clothing Project Work 



Conservation is the keynote of the 

 clothing work being done this year 

 throughout the state by Home Bureau 

 units. Programs have been planned 

 and set up to meet the needs of the 

 various counties and women are doing 

 their best to make what they have last, 

 and to buy new clothing only when 

 absolutely necessary. 



Edgar county women feel that a 



great deal can be accomplished by 

 working in small groups. Last year, 

 in response to requests for special work 

 in clothing construction, Mrs. Helen 

 D. Turner, home adviser, planned short 

 courses or classes for groups of inter- 

 ested women. They met one day or 

 evening each week for a period of 6 

 or 8 weeks. 



Each member decided on a garment 

 she wished to make and Mrs. Turner 

 assisted in selecting patterns and mate- 

 rials as well as wtt^jj^onstruction prob- 

 lems. Leaders of 4-H clubs formed a 

 special group and met with Mrs. Turn- 

 er once every two weeks for training in 

 clothing construction. 



This year clothing is the major pro- 

 gram for Edgar county. Interest in 

 the county-wide program developed as 

 a result of the splendid work done by 

 women and 4-H club leaders working 

 in small groups. 



Postwar Readjnstment > 

 Women's Program Theme 



Looking Forward to the postwar 

 world is the theme of the homemakers' 

 program for the 43rd annual Farm and 

 Home Week, at the U. of I., Feb. 8-10. 

 Two of the special sessions will be de- 

 voted to rehabilitation, a problem of 

 vital concern to every citizen today. 



On Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 8, Dr. 

 T. R. Sarbin of Northwestern Univer- 

 sity, will discuss, "Psychological Re- 

 habilitation of the Returning Soldier." 



Miss Beatrice Wade, associate pro- 

 fessor and director of occupational 

 therapy, U. of I., will discuss the "Rela- 

 tion of Occupational Therapy to Re- 

 habilitation" Thursday afternoon, Feb. 

 10. 



Women oi the Paris unit oi the Edgar 

 County Home Bureau model the garments 

 in their project study. Leit to right are 

 Mrs. Earl Mathews. Mrs. I. E. Russell, Mrs. 



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L. O. DuBois, and Mrs. B. A. Kinnedy. 

 Mrs. Kinnedy is demonstrating the prac- 

 tical use oi the inexpensive clothes iona 

 which the women made. 



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