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high school the size of Tri-City that is 

 not available in smaller schools is the 

 grouping of students in classes according 

 to their abilities. For example, all fresh- 

 men have an opportunity to enroll in 

 elementary algebra. At the end of the 

 first semester, those who fail are placed 

 in a class of practical mathematics. If 

 they pass the second semester of this 

 course they receive credit for the first 

 semester's work in algebra. 



Larger enrollment also makes it pos- 

 sible to teach home making, commercial 

 subjects and sciences and to sponsor 

 extra-curricular activities such as art, 

 dramatics, public speaking and other cul- 

 tural subjects. 



The new school building, situated on 

 17.2 acres of land, is well adapted to the 

 modern needs of a rural high school. It 

 contains a combination library-study hall, 

 well-equipped classrooms, science labora- 

 tories, special laboratories for agricultural 

 and home making, a room in which stu- 

 dents may eat their lunches and which is 

 equipped to serve as a cafeteria some time 

 in the future, commercial room, clinic 

 room, shower and locker rooms, and 

 gymnasium-auditorium for athletics, phy- 

 sical education, dramatics and community 

 meetings. 



Cost of the building was $138,000 and 

 equipment cost was $15,000. 



People of the district formerly seri-ed 

 by three separate schools now look upon 

 the Tri-City school as a real community 

 center. Various organizations use its 

 facilities for a meeting place including 

 the Farm Bureau, women's clubs. Red 

 Cross, etc. The school has been host to 

 the Sangamon county literary, music and 

 track meets and basketball tournaments. 



Of the seven directors on the board, 

 there are two each from Buffalo, Daw- 

 son and Mechanicsburg, and one from 

 Buffalo Hart. All are farmers. 



Per capita cost of operation for the 

 last school year was $144.12, about the 

 same cost as experienced in the three 

 smaller districts. Educational fund rate 

 is $1 and building fund 50 cents. As- 

 sessed valuation of the district is 

 $2,684,231. 



Homemakers who are planning to 

 brighten their homes for the coming of 

 spring will be interested in a pamphlet 

 "Refinishing Furniture" prepared by Miss 

 Dorothy J. Iwig, home furnishings spe- 

 cialist, U. of I. College of Agriculture. 



Detailed instructions are given for the 

 three main steps needed in the refinishing 

 process — removal of old finish, prepara- 

 tion of surface for new finish and ap- 

 plication of new finish. The pamphlet 

 may be secured from the home adviser or 

 by writing the College of Agriculture. 



By Wllfivd Shaw 



The recent death March 21 of Alex P. 

 "Archie" McPhedran of Ogelsby re- 

 moved a pioneer Illinois advocate of co- 

 operative milk marketing. 



Mr. McPhedran was one of the most 

 sincere and capable leaders in coopera- 

 tive milk marketing activities in Illinois 

 over the past 20 years. He was one of 

 the original organizers of the La Salle- 

 Peru Milk Producers in the early twen- 

 ties and served continuously as its presi- 

 dent until his health required less active 

 participation. 



Mr. McPhedran was also one of the 

 organizers of the Illinois Milk Producers 

 Association and served as its president 

 from its original organization date in 

 1933 until his health prevented his con- 

 tinuance in this office. While he had 

 not been active in either organization for 

 a few years his interest had remained as 

 keenly in this movement as ever. 



Mr. McPhedran's whole-hearted belief 

 and devotion to farm organization was 

 not confined to milk marketing but was 

 also exemplified in his support and mem- 

 bership in the Farm Bureau and Illinois 

 Agricultural Association. The develop- 

 ment and accomplishments of cooperative 

 milk marketing and the Farm Bureau in 

 Illinois were always a source of great 

 pride and satisfaction to Mr. McPhedran. 



Illinois cooperative milk marketing as- 

 sociations and the Farm Bureau will miss 

 the kindly, energetic, and able "Archie" 

 McPhedran. 



Pure Milk Association of Chicago in 



April purchased the milk receivin>; and 

 coolin/; plant at Sharon, Wis., formerly 

 operated by a local cooperative ^roup. The 

 milk received at this plant is Grade A 

 milk produced by PMA members. Acquisi- 

 tion of this plant is in keeping; with PMA's 

 program of expanding its country plant 

 operations in the Chicago milk shed. PMA 

 now owns and operates the following coun- 

 try milk receiving plants in Illinois — 

 Lisle, Hinchley, Chicago, and St. Charles 

 (leased). In Wisconsin — Kansasville 

 Sharon and Salem. The Kansasville plant 

 is equipped with a dryer, A portion of 

 the operations of the Chicago plant is the 

 bottling and sale of milk in Chicago. 



The Sangamon Farmers Milk Cooperative 

 of Springfield recently employed George 

 Cantrall as manager of that association. 

 Cantrall was born and reared on a farm 

 in Sangamon county and recently has been 

 engaged in dairy work in Springfield. The 

 Sangamon Farmers Milk Cooperative is the 

 milk bargaining association for producers 

 supplying the Springfield market. 



An eight-county meeting was held March 



22 in the Public Library at Carmi, attended 

 by the county farm advisers, representative 

 milk producers, and milk distributors of 

 eight southeastern Illinois counties. This 

 meeting was called to discuss the serious 

 milk price situation in that section of the 

 state and to plan a way and means of cor- 

 recting the inadequacy and inequities in 

 milk prices to its producers and also of 

 retail character between the counties and 

 cities in this area as compared with ad- 

 jacent areas in Indiana and southwestern 

 Illinois. A committee was elected composed 

 of county farm advisers, milk producers 

 and milk distributors from the area who 

 have been meeting and who are preparing 

 an area petition for milk price changes and 

 relief, for submission to the Chicago 

 O. P. A. Regional Office for their action. 



A hearing was scheduled at 10 a. m.. 



April 28 in the City Hall in Rock Island 

 by the dairy & poultry section of the WFA 

 to consider proposed amendments to the 

 Quad Cities milk marketing order which 

 have been submitted jointly by the Oualit>- 

 Milk Association and the I & I Milk Asso- 

 ciation. The amendments proposed have 

 to do with the present order method of 

 pricing Class IV milk and also procedures 

 in the classification of milk purchases. 



The following are the blended prices re- 

 ceived by producers supplying the respective 

 Illinois markets. All are March prices for 

 3.5% milk f.o.b. dealers platforms (except 

 Chicago) and are for milk meeting the re- 

 spective milk ordinances: 



Bloooiington _ 42.41 



Canton 235 



Champaign iJOO 



Chicago 3.09 



Danville 2J7 



Decatur 2.70 



DeKalb 2.74 



Frecport ..._ 2.77 



Galesburg „ 2.65 



Harrisburg 2.60 



Jacksonville 2.40 



Kewanee 2.55 



USalle _ 2.68 



MoUne 3.08 



Peoria 2JB9 



Pontiac _ 2.40 



Quincy 2.36 



Rockford _ 3.07 



Springiield 2.60 



St. Louis 3.44 



Streator 



The following are the gross blended 

 prices paid to producers for milk in the 

 following named cities throughout the 

 United States, and are quoted on a i.^'/'r 

 butterfat basis delivered f.o.b. dealers plat- 

 forms (with exceptions noted) as reported 

 by the respective milk cooperatives. These 

 prices are for February unless otherwise 

 noted : 



Baltimore $3.85 



Boston 3.84 



Chicago 



(70 mile rone) (March; . . 3.09 



Denver 2.87 



Detroit 3.57 



Evansville 2.98 



Indianapolis 3.51 



Kansas City 3.59 



Milwaukee 3.00 



New York 



(201-210 mile rone) 3.89 



Pittsburgh _ 3.58 



Seattle (March) 3.10 



St. Louis (March) 3.44 



St. Paul (March; 2.97 



Washington. D. C. (Dec.) . . 4.06 



MAY. 1944 



