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Here ia (ust a unall portion of the 107 

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AS FARMERS 

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' ORGANIZATION NOTES 



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By O. D. Brissenden 



EVERY FARM BUREAU member 

 will be pleased to know that the 

 membership in the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association stood at approximately 

 105,000 members as of April 1, 1944. 

 This represents a most gratifying in- 

 crease since November 18 when it was 

 announced that we had climaxed our 

 100,000 campaign by exceeding that 

 goal. 



Many individuals and many county 

 Farm Bureaus have made outstanding 

 contributions that have gone unmen- 

 tioned in this column. It is regrettable 

 that such recognition cannot be given 

 in every instance, and information as 

 to such accomplishments will always be 

 appreciated. Send it in ! 



The American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion is now inaugurating a program 

 with a Million Farm Bureau members 

 in the United States as a long time 

 goal. The immediate goal is "100,000 

 more in '44", which should be ex- 

 ceeded by a good margin. County 

 Farm Bureaus in Illinois will be given 

 their individual goals in the Million 

 Member program in the immediate 

 future. It can be predicted now with 

 the splendid increase above indicated 

 that Illinois can be expected to do its 

 part. 



Annual AFBF Midwest Training 



School will be held June 19, 20, and 

 21 in the Wisconsin Hotel, Milwaukee, 

 Wis. 



The committee of 65 made a record in 



membership acquisition during March in 

 Greene county when 82 members were 

 signed, according to L. R. Lee, COD. The 

 membership, according to the latest report, 



MAY. 1944 y. :-}■:''■ 



County Farm Btueau membership drive 

 ond later signed 173 members. 



stands at 969 — only 31 short of the goal 

 of 1000. By the time this issue of the 

 RECORD is off the press, the goal may be 

 reached. On April 1, a year ago, the 

 membership was 758. 



Our hats are off to Fulton county! In a 



recent membership campaign some 173 

 new contracts were secured. During the 

 last of March the membership figure was 

 reported at 1378 and Fulton County Farm 

 Bureau expiects to reach 1400 at an early 

 date. J. S. ("Scott") Rowley, Canton, was 

 top man in the drive with 24 member- 

 ships. 



Miss Helen Cough- 



lin of Highland town- 

 ship, Grundy county, 

 is the daughter of one 

 of the early members 

 of the Farm Bureau 

 and in a recent mem- 

 be r s h i p campaign 

 served as chairman in 

 her township. She 

 not only drove one of 

 the cars, but helped 

 to sign six new mem- 

 bers in one day. 



Leo Sharp, Macoupin COD, reports a 



successful March drive with 100 new 

 members signed. A system similar to that 

 used in the Madison county campaign was 

 used with prospect letters mailed to 300 

 persons. In several of the townships, the 

 organization workers signed all of the pros- 

 pects who had received letters. 



Kankakee County Farm Bureau's recent 



campaign brought in 87 paid-up member- 

 ships, five post-dated, and seven signed 

 with the promise to pay at the office, ac- 

 cording to W. W. Holmes, COD. 



Bureau County Farm Bureau's recent mem- 

 bership drive brought the total number of 

 new members signed since Nov. 1, to 252. 

 This is 188 per cent of the county's new 

 membership quota. C. A. Markman, COD. 

 reports that letters sent to prospects prior 

 to the campaign were of considerable aid. At 

 Bureau's recent "MM" meeting the follow- 

 ing goals were set: 1800 members by Oct 

 1, 1944, and a membership of 2168 by Oct. 

 1, 1945. The latter represents 75 per cent 

 of all potential members in the county. 



Moultrie county closed a week's effort 

 recently with 33 new members, reports Tom 

 Wright, COD. 



Clay, Richland, Shelby, Champaign, Jas- 

 per, Macon and Crawford counties have 

 conducted new member meetings on an area 

 basis with reported attendance from 300 to 



1400. 



Recently receiving the title of "Stem 



Winders', are the following who have 

 reported one new member for each working 

 day since Oct. 1 : J. Walker Robbins, Cham- 

 paign county; Thomas Drummond, Clark; 

 C. H. Mills, Cook; Lee Mosher, DeKalb; 

 William Steinbeck, Grundy; Clarence John- 

 ston, Iroquois; W. W. Holmes, Kankakee; 

 Earl J. Hays, LaSalle; L. R. Culp, Living- 

 ston; A. B. Culp, Macon, and Frank R. 

 Loucks, Will. 



Edgar county scores again! H. Zeiss 

 Gumm, COD, reports more than 900 in 

 attendance at a recent reception for new 

 members. 



Richland county closed a well-organized 

 campaign March 23 with 83 new members. 



At the right is ]. S. Rowley, Canton, who 



signed 24 of the 173 new members in the 



recent membership drive in Fulton county. 



Left is Kenneth L. Flake. COD. 



lockers 



By Frank Gougler 



President G. A. Lichtenwalter of the 

 Shelby Locker Service recently announced 

 that his association is going to expand 

 its locker plant from its present capacity 

 of 458 lockers to 746. 



Manager Clarence Veech reports that he 

 has sufficient names on the waiting list to 

 more than fill the added 288 lockers. 



In addition to providing space for the 

 new lockers, another room of 12 by 13 

 feet is being prepared for a curing room. 

 This will facilitate the handling of cured 

 meats and lard rendering. 



Monday night, April 17, more than 75 



farmers and their wives met in the Mowea- 



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