y?«W YOUTH 



By ElUwerth O. Lyon 



Repons from 24 counties show 

 Rural Youth bond purchases as of 

 April 20 to total $49,461.90. If all re- 

 ports could be obtained, the total un- 

 doubtedly would be considerably 

 larger. 



Knox county ranks first in bond pur- 

 chases reported with $5,468.75; War- 

 ren is second with $3,755.75; McLean 

 is third with $3,675, and Tazewell is 

 fourth with $3,381.25. 



Plans for May activities in Kankakee 

 county include a bowlin/? party. The theme, 

 "War-Time Marriages" was presented in 

 April by a Rural Youth member and the 

 home adviser. 



McLean county recently featured a panel 

 discussion on a theme dealing with mar- 

 riages and the choice of residence. 



President Lucille Denby of Macoupin 



county writes of their carnival: "We took 

 in $370 and gave $275 to the Red Cross. 

 It was fun and good activity for the club." 

 Washington county reports a contribution 

 of $50 to the Red Cross — the result of a 

 waste paper collection project in which 

 16-2/5 tons of paper was collected. Brown 

 county has contributed $20 and Wayne and 

 Randolph each $25 to the Red Cross. 



Mac Shauman of Warren county says, 

 "We are having very good attendance at 

 our meetings. We had about a dozen new 

 members enrolled last meeting." Included 

 in the program was a "very interesting dis- 

 cussion on 'Marriage in War-Time' ". 



"March Winds" was the theme of the 

 March meeting for White county. Everett 

 Strum, president, says that some interesting 

 tall stories blew out of the meeting. Wayne 

 county has put on a similar program with 

 success. 



Norman Rickenberg, president of Ran- 

 dolph County Rural Youth, reports an in- 

 teresting talk at the last meeting by a for- 

 mer missionary. Rev. Muehl, his theme 

 being "Ramblings in China". 



Clark county set a bond quota which was 



double that of last year and has already 

 gone beyond the half-way mark. This 

 group is now making a drive for new mem- 

 bers. 



Tazewell county is finding ways of pre- 

 senting Rural Youth to the people of their 

 county. President Franklin Allen said re- 

 cently, "We have led recreation for the 

 Peoria Youth Rally and gave a demonstra- 

 tion of square and folk dances before the 

 Delavan Rotarv Club, and lead the recrea- 

 tion in the 4-H Rally in Morton. 



Adams County Rural Youth has a steady 

 attendance of 40 to 45 each month according 

 to President Harold McConnell. Circuit 

 Judge Fred Wolfe addressed a recent meet- 

 ing. The May 23rd meeting is to be a hay 

 ride party at Columbus. 



Fulton county Rural Youth mambors ro- 

 cently enjoyed a costume party in "Sadie 



Several members of Rural Youlli groups 



of Edgar and Livingston counties have be- 

 come blood donors to the Red Cross. 



Members of Rural Youth groups of the 

 following counties have taken part in radio 

 broadcasts during recent weeks: Woodford. 

 Bureau, Peoria, Livingston, Fultun and 

 Tazewell. 



Homer Blunier, president of Woodford 

 County Rural Youth, states that on April 

 13 "a box social was held with a grand 

 time by all". This was guest night with 

 all county seniors as guests. Mr. Ralthe, 

 from the Regional Research Laboratory in 

 Peoria, discussed the work that the Research 

 Laboratories are doing to help win the 



The Rural Youth of Warren county is 



getting behind the salvage, paper and tin 

 can drive which is being sponsored through- 

 out the county in May. 



Knox county had an attendance of 240 at 



its annual banquet. Was it the main course 

 — oysters — which attracted such a large 

 attendance? At the regular April business 

 meeting Dr. Raye Ragan of the First Meth- 

 odist Church in Galesburg, spoke to the 

 group on "Racial Problems '. 



Winnebago county held its annual ban- 

 quet March 31. Farm Adviser Henry Brun- 

 nemeyer was present as were Everett Phelps 

 (with Mrs. Phelps) and Clint Miller, Farm 

 Bureau members and leaders as well as 

 "perpetual" Rural Youthers. They spoke 

 briefly and brought the greetings of the 

 Farm Bureau. 



The two Rural Youth clubs of Ogle 



county held a county-wide banquet March 

 30. The attendance was good in spite of 

 the snow drifts. Gpod-natured bantering 

 and pleasantries by the various speakers 

 from the two groups inspired witty replies 

 which caused much laughter and developed 

 an attitude of good will. 



Other counties reporting well attended 



annual banquets are: Pulaski-Alexander 

 (with pot-luck style and an abundance of 

 food). Saline (many parents present). Chris- 

 tian (various Farm Bureau leaders attend- 

 ing), Wabash (with visitors from Wayne 

 and White counties). 



Hawkins' style. There ore approximately 

 60 actiTe members in the group. 



DeKalb Rural Youdters are able to at- 

 tract large numbers to their meetings by 

 sending out "snappy" cards with appropriate 

 drawings and messages calling all mem- 

 bers. Also, those who are able to do so. 

 provide "rides for gasless gals and guys." 



Brown county is mailing out "The Little 



Brindle Breeze ', a monthly newspaper, to 

 members who are serving in the armed 

 forces — 51 at present. Mamie Spiers, 

 president, reports: "Our April meeting was 

 one of the smallest on record, but the 

 weather man was playing tricks and kept 

 many of our members away. Mr. Price, 

 agricultural teacher at the local high school, 

 was present and gave an instructive talk on 

 Sanitation in the Raisirfg of Livestock' . 



Cook county is to be congratulated on a 



new project — the publication of the 

 ■Ruralite," a news letter of the Cook Coun- 

 ty Rural Youth. The reason for the 

 Ruralite" is stated in the first issue: "To 

 keep in touch with the members in the 

 armed forces. " This group recently held 

 its fifth annual banquet with W. B. Peter- 

 son, director of distribution, Illinois Farm 

 Supply Company, as speaker of the occa- 

 sion. 



Agnes Morton, president of Macon Coun- 

 ty Rural Youth, writes that plans are 

 under way for the annual banquet to be 

 held in June. Slie says that since Decatur 

 is the Soybean Capitol, their banquet is to 

 be held there and is to be built around the 

 soybean. Plans are also developing for a 

 May breakfast. 



Montgomery County Rural Youth is plan- 

 ning its annual dinner for May. 



Draft Plans for Annnal 



4-H Camp Jnne 25 to 28 



Plans have been made to take care of 

 300 4-H club members at the East Bay 

 camp at Lake Bloomington, June 25 to 

 28. 



Room will be provided for 300 

 members of 4-H clubs in 12 central 

 Illinois counties. 



L. J. Hager, Marshall-Putnam farm 

 adviser, has been named camp director; 

 H. D. Van Matre, Iroquois farm ad- 

 viser, dean of boys; Miss Marian 

 Sympson, Tazewell home adviser, dean 

 of girls, and Miss Jesse Campbell, Liv- 

 ingston home adviser, secretary. 



MAY. 1944 



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