Amendment" to the state constitution 

 and pointed out that if a constructive 

 attitude were not taken to allow for a 

 classification of property for taxing pur- 

 poses, which is not possible under the 

 present revenue article of the constitu- 

 tion, we may find ourselves in a very 

 serious position in trying to meet the 

 tremendous financial obligations in the 

 years ahead. 



Township Honors Youth 



In Service of Country 



Dix township in Ford county had 

 one of the biggest turn-outs of farm 

 p)eople in many years at a program 

 May 8 in Elliott honoring 120 young 

 men and women who are in the mili- 

 tary services. 



The Farm Bureau units of Guthrie 

 and Elliott in Dix township decided 

 early in the year that they wanted to 

 pay tribute to farm and village young 

 people who are serving their country 

 around the world. Arthur Noland, 

 chairman of the Elliott unit, and Ar- 

 thur Berck of the Guthrie unit, started 

 in January to make plans for recogniz- 

 ing the unselfish service and devotion 

 of the personnel in uniform. 



As the result of hard committee 

 work and thoughtful planning by the 

 oflFicers, the parents and friends of all 

 » the young people assembled at the 

 Village Hall in Elliott, 300 strong in 

 a beautiful tribute to the memory of 

 the men who had made the supreme 

 sacrifice, Howard Noland, and Billy 

 Burdette, and to the two prisoners of 

 war from the group, Fred Zander and 

 Edward Freise. 



The stage setting for this occasion 

 was one of beauty with the service flag 

 of 120 stars forming the background 

 and spring flowers and the American 

 flag in the foreground. The program 



Here are the members of the committee 

 planning the recognition ceremony for the 

 foung service people oi Dix township. 

 Ford county. Left to right: Mrs. F. A. 

 Farmer, Mrs. C. E. Colwell, Mrs. Arthur 

 Noland. Mrs. Mildred Anderson, Mrs. 



participants sat in "V" lines from the 

 service flag. 



High point of the program was the 

 dedicatory address of Rev. R. M. 

 Luedde of Gibson City, who called at- 

 tention to the five points of the service 

 stars on the flag, indicating that they 

 stood for the service man's aff^ection for 

 home, friends, community, country, 

 and God. 



The service flag was purchased with 

 funds contributed by friends of the 

 young people represented by the stars. 



Illinois Farmers Ship 



Corn to War Industries 



According to a report made by AAA 

 officials on May 18, midwestern farmers 

 have pledged nearly 50 million bushels 

 of corn for use in war industries. 



On that date state- AAA officials 

 showed 49,250,068 bushels had been 

 offered for sale in the 125 designated 

 counties since the government purchase 

 plan went into effect April 26. 



Illinois has pledged 20,465,000, 

 Iowa, 21,937,035, Nebraska, 3,852,680, 

 Minnesota, 2,094,053, and Indiana, 

 901,000. 



Leroy M. Smith, north central regional 

 AAA director, said that as soon as suffi- 

 cient corn is delivered, or put under 

 contract to meet essential needs of proc- 

 essors until the 1944 crop comes in, the 

 freeze order can be lifted. 



Sangamon Principal is 



Hired on Staff of lAA 



John K. Cox, principal since 1938 

 of the Tri-City High School, Buffalo, 

 Sangamon county, has been employed 

 by the Illinois Agricultural Association 

 to be in general charge of studies of 

 rural schools and rural school prob- 



Grotia McGuire, Mr. McGuire, Arthur 

 Berclc Arthur Noland, Eugene Fisher, 

 Mrs. Arthur Berck, Mrs. Homer lohnson. 

 H. D. Triplett form odviaer, and Mrs. Del- 

 mar Underwood. 



lohn K. Cox 



lems. He was scheduled to begin work 

 June 1. 



Mr. Cox for the immediate future 

 will devote most of his attention to 

 the problems of rural schools and will 

 carry a large part of the responsibility 

 for research and field contacts relating 

 to these school problems. 



Mr. Cox was reared on a farm hav- 

 ing been born July 8, 1905 at Burgin, 

 Ky., 30 miles south of Lexington. He 

 received his bachelor and master de- 

 grees at the University of Kentucky, 

 and attended summer school at North- 

 western University. 



His teaching career started at the 

 Crab Orchard High School, Ky., where 

 he served as an instructor and coached 

 athletics for one year, 1928-29. He 

 held a similar position in the high 

 school at Kenney from 1929 to 1933, 

 and then was hired as principal of the 

 high school and superintendent of 

 grades at Buffalo. When the district 

 was reorganized in 1938 he became 

 principal of the Tri-City High School 

 in Buffalo. 



For two years prior to January, 1944, 

 Mr. Cox was president of the Sanga- 

 mon County Principals' Association 

 and now is president of the Sangamon 

 County Teachers' Association of 800 

 members. 



Mr. Cox has been a Farm Bureau 

 member for 11 years and has had his 

 life, household and car insurance with 

 the Farm Bureau insurance companies 

 during that period. He has served on 

 committees of the Mechanicsburg unit 

 of the Sangamon County Farm Bu- 

 reau, and has played on unit and Coun- 

 ty Farm Bureau all-star softball teams. 

 He was on the team for men over 35 

 years of age which went to the finals of 

 the Sports Festival the last year that 

 the event was held. 



He is a member of Phi Delta Kappa, 

 honorary educational fraternity, and 

 other church and professional organ- 





izations 

 and ath 



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