Hu^al YOUTH 



By cilsworth D. Lyon 



Rural Youth "bonds for bombers" 

 drive had moved up to the encour- 

 aging figure of 56^.651.70 by May 20. 

 Faithful and tareful reporting of all 

 bond purchases should enable the 

 Rural Youth of Illinois to reach the 

 goal of SllO.OOO by June 30 for the 

 purchase of the ambulance plane — 

 first project for 19 li. 



Macon County Rural Youth in its 



May meeting heard an informative ad- 

 dress given by an Army Lieutenant 

 who had recently returned from one of 

 the fighting fronts. He spoke of being 

 transported from the front lines in an 

 ambulance plane of the type which the 

 Rural Youth of Illinois are sponsoring. 



Tazewell County Rural Youth which 



ranked second place in the state last 

 year in the sale of bonds, has a catchy 

 slogan to aid its campaign for 19 ij. 

 It is "Try to buy more war bonds for 

 T. R. 'N'." This group is working not 

 onlv for T. R. Y., but for Rural Youth 

 throughout the state and for our men 

 in the services through this bonds for 

 bombers program. A picnic is being 

 planned for the afternoon of Jiuie 25 

 to be held at Mineral Springs Park. 

 Pekin. 



Morjian Countv sends its Newsleticr "The 



Morqan county Rur.il 'Wuilli R.inibkr" cacli 

 mfint'i to .(0 service men throutthout the 

 worM .IS well .IS (o former niemhers. This 

 firiiup hell! its annual spring hanquot and 

 'i.ince in April. Reprelicntativcs were pre^ 

 cnt from Brown. Christian, Fulton, Kane, I.a- 

 Sallc, McDonou,i4i .\n^ Pike counties 



Kenneth Wilson, president of M(>nt);onierv 

 fi'untv. had the privilLCe of introcfucinq the 

 dean of farm advisers in Illinois. A. T. Sny- 

 der, at the eiclith annual banquet May I"". 

 The banquet was .ittcndcd bv 1 10 Rural 

 Youthers and Farm and Home Bureau lead- 

 ers. 



Bond countv had Vice-President Talmagc 

 DeFrees of t'-t- Illinois Agricultural Associ- 

 ation as spe.ik<-r at its fourth annual ban 

 quet Nfay His theme was "Roads of Ad 

 Venture .ind Romance." 



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Brown county featured a "Torches for 



I reedom" program Mav ^ with SS attend- 

 •ng. "Three recent weddinqs lost us four 

 members." savs Mamit- Spiers, president, 

 brown county responded with 12 volunteers 

 i r the mobile blood donnr unit visiting 

 '.'uincy in Mav. 



The Rural Youth of Bureau countv plan 



'"< donate blood to the blood bank June 2". 



Rural Vouth group has been organized m 

 the county, and for the first two mt-etings 

 there has been a grand turn out. 



Plans are under way for a Rural ^'ou(h 



festival including Carroll. .Stephenson, Ogle, 

 Lee and Whiteside counties It is to be held 

 in either July or August, according to 

 Lawrence E. Woessner. president of Carroll 

 county. 



Lawrence county plans a "big and gloritied 



hay ride and v^iener roast for lune meeting. 

 All Rural Vouth members are welcome," 

 s.iys Clair A. Piper, president. 



Eleanor Fulton, secretarv of Randolph 

 County Rural Youth, reports an attendance 

 of <;<) at the 10th annual banquet May 1. She 

 further reports, I think our 10th annual 

 banquet was quite a success and everyone 

 cnioyed the evening" This group is plan- 

 ning a hay-ridc party and weiner roast for 

 their lune meeting. 



Thelma Sturgeim presided at the annual 



banquet of the Fdgar Countv Rural '^'outh 

 May 16. Miss Clareta NX'alker s message in 

 the form ol a poem was well received. 



Dorothv Rhodes, secretary of Peoria 



county sends a full and well written repf.rt 

 of the Mav mect.iig. Some outstanding fea- 

 tures of the evening were; A donation to the 

 Red Cross, the showing of tlie movie by Mr 

 Xeal. assistant farm adviser, on safety en- 

 titled. A Stitch in Tjme." the reading and 

 amendment of the constitution, and the mak- 

 ing of plans fur a debate on "Marriage m 

 ^X'.lr Time." TweKe new members uere re- 

 ported at the meeting. 



lames W'ehrlv. president of the Cireenc 



countv .group, reports that the annual b.in- 

 quet was held on the date of the regular 

 meeting in April. At the Mav meeting Miss 

 NLirian Ashfonl led a discussion on "The 

 Vi'omans Land Armv. " 



President Richard Clint's recent report of 

 Clark C(vuntv says. "New members are still 

 cciming." This county held election of of- 

 ficers at the April meeting Flag identifica- 

 tion and flag etiquette were the subiects of 

 talks given by two members ot the club. 



A former Rural ^'outlier, Les Frankland. 



now in the service and who has been in tht 

 Aleutian Islands spoke at the May meeting 

 of the Edwards county Rural Youth. 



Glenn Eisenbrandt, 18. Will county, re- 

 ceived this plaque May 18 in St. Louis in 

 recognition of winning state honors in 

 the national 4-H rural electrification con- 

 test in 1943. 



W. i. Cireen, president, VXabash county, 



repiirts th.it its recreational leader. Mary 

 Pole, is leaM::g in lune lor the Army 

 \i;rse s Curps. 



The .Max meeting of Macoupin i«»unt% was 



a xeiv suciesstui guest-paienl nigiit with lis 

 pe<iple in attendance. 



Lucille Denbv. Macoupin s president, be- 

 gan work as assistant to Mrs Sunny Schroed- 

 er Benson in the recreational phases uf Rural 

 >iicioli>gv Extcnston at I'rbana. Vue-Presi- 

 de.'it Emma Pcoklington will take over tiic 

 duties ot president. 



Winnebago iount\'s .Mav meeting was a 



gutsf nitti.: 



\\ hiteside countx held a skating pari\ in 

 April. \l the May Rural Vouth meeting Mrs. 

 .■\nsijus. whii left .\orwav two days lutore 

 rile inv.ts:i'n g.i\e an .i.idress nn that toun- 



llenr\ countv enjovttl a barn dante Ma\' 



2. .ind Ruh\ Kleiiiau rip.iris u was a great 



^ lutes-. 



Kane county will hold a semi-formal dance 



i;ne 9. at the Hampshire gvmnasium. Bettv 

 Tetple sends this interesting news: "A new- 



Here is the pursuit ship named in recog- 

 nition of the S75,000 War Bond purchases 



made by Illinois Rural Youth in the last 



quarter of ld43. 



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JUNE, 1944 



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