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AN APPEAL was made during April 

 to all County Home Bureaus in 

 Illinois by Mrs. R. W. Stamey of 

 the Illinois Home Bureau Federation 

 to place the full support of their mem- 

 bership behind the 1944 campaigns 

 for United China Relief and the Red 

 Cross Clubmobile. Mrs. Stamey is 

 Federation chairman for these two 

 projects in the state which are spon- 

 sored by the Home Bureau's national 

 organization, the Associated Women 

 of the American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion. 



"Our County Home Bureaus were 

 very generous in contributing to China 

 Relief in 1942 and 1943, but there 

 is still a great need for relief to the 

 gallant people of China, " Mrs. Stamey 

 reports. 



"Our money gives aid to the women 

 and children in China by supplying 

 medical care in hospitals equipped by 

 us. Our support has a very substantial 

 monetary value and means much in 

 the relief of suffering in China. 



"Another project this year is the 

 Red Cross clubmobile. It is a vehicle 

 outfitted with a doughnut machine, 

 coflfee urn, newspapers, magazines, 

 writing materials, and in many in- 

 stances a victrola with records or a 16 

 mm moving picture outfit. 



"It is operated by three American 

 Red Cross girls and a trained mechanic. 

 These clubmobiles are driven to iso- 

 lated spots where service men are on 

 duty far from the club centers in the 

 largest cities. They also go to many air 

 fields where they serve doughnuts to 

 returning bomber crews. They drive 

 as close to the fighting front as is 

 possible and are a link to home for 

 the boys. They have proven to be a 

 big boost to morale. 



"Yes, they do come high — $3,500 

 original cost and $21,000 a year to 

 operate, but home makers all over the 

 United States will have an opportunity 

 to cooperate in this undertaking. Club- 

 mobiles are now operating in Great 

 Britain, Australia, North Africa, Italy, 

 Sicily and India and will no doubt 

 be operating in other outposts by the 

 time our contributions are made. 



"Will you get this information to 

 your units asking their cooperation in 

 these two worthy projects? As your 

 contributions come to me I will send 

 them immediately to Mrs. Charles Se- 

 well, administrative director of the As- 

 sociated Women of the AFBF. 



"A full report of each county's 

 contribution will be given at the 1945 

 annual meeting of the Illinois Home 

 Bureau Federation." 



Mrs. Stamey's address is rural route 

 No. 1, Urbana, 111. 



Safe Home Program Draws 



7758 Families In State 



There are 7,758 families in 41 Illi- 

 nois countries enrolled in the 1944 

 safe homes program sponsored to re- 

 duce home accidents which last year 

 killed 33,000 Americans. 



Miss Gladys J. Ward, home manage- 

 ment specialist. University of Illinois 

 College of Agriculture, reports that 

 this year's enrollment is a good in- 

 crease over last year, when some 5,000 

 families in 60 counties were regis- 

 tered. Awards based on county safety 



reports will be made at the end of the 

 year. 



McLean county with 739 families 

 registered leads in 1944 enrollment 

 figures. LaSalle county with 550 is 

 second. 



Last year — the first for the pro- 

 gram — Mason county won the award 

 for having the largest number of en- 

 rolled families reporting no accidents. 

 Lake county was honored for having 

 the lowest per cent of accidents among 

 families enrolled. 



The program is sponsored by the ex- 

 tension service. University of Illinois 

 College of Agriculture, the Illinois 

 Home Bureau Federation and the Na- 

 tional Safety Council. 



Tri-Cil 



Egj;s poached in milk are delicious. The 



use of milk not only increases the food 

 value, but it also adds to the flavor and 

 delicacy of the eR^s. 



Vegetables should always be scalded before 



packaging for freezer locker storage. Scald- 

 ing destroys enzymes and aids in retaining 

 flavor, color, and nutritive value. 



Cases for storing silver should be red, 



gray, green or tan in color rather than white. 

 The sulphur in bleached material may cause 

 tarnish. 



Wayne Home Bnrean Keeps 

 Going Withont Adviser 



Wayne County Home Bureau is 

 looking for a home adviser, but until 

 it finds one the board of directors 

 is performing an oustanding job in 

 keeping the organization intact and in 

 maintaining a real program. 



At 'he annual meeting April 6 in 

 the Fairfield High School, Home Bu- 

 reau members of the county re-elected 

 the board to continue the supervision 

 of activities. 



The Wayne County Home Bureau 

 was organized April 1, 1942, and Miss 

 Ruby Elliot, now Mrs. Lowell Young, 

 was secured as home adviser. Mrs. 

 Young left Dec. 1, 1943, to join her 

 husband who is in the Army and sta- 

 tioned in Texas. Since that time the 



Here is the board of the Wayne County 

 Home Bureau that is carrying without 

 the aid of a home adviser. Left to right 

 are Mis. Edgar Koontz, Mis. Raymond 

 Lyons, treasurei; Mrs. Roy Feam. vice- 

 piesident; Mrs. Mabel C. Brock, pres- 

 ident; Mis. Guy McEibben, secretary: Mis. 

 Alonzo Bowyer, Mrs. L. B. Einunel, and 

 organized in April, 1942. Absent is Mrs. 

 Geo. Felix. 



Home Bureau Federation and the Na- 

 without a home adviser. 



The women who have on the ex- 

 cutive board of the Home Bureau ever 

 since it was organized are Mrs. Mabel 

 C. Brock, president; Mrs. Guy 

 McKibben, secretary; Mrs. Alonzo 

 Bowyer and Mrs. O. A. Towns. Other 

 board members are Mrs. Raymond 

 Lyons, treasurer; Mrs. Roy Fearn, vice- 

 president; Mrs. George Felix, Mrs. 

 L. B. Kimmel and Mrs. Edgar Koontz. 



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