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ORGANIZATION NOTES 

 By O. O. Bissenden 



Chriiiian Ci>unt> harm Bureau Martctl an 

 iiilcnsivc iiKinDtrsiup diivc on a tnwn'-inp 

 b.iMS btpttmbtr 2~tli. The Farm bureau Di 

 rectors and members ut tlie start will meet 

 with tile workers iil three or four townships 

 at K:5C) a. ni. each morning, divide up into 

 teams and spend the day calling; on their 

 non membti neigiibors. 



A Kick-Off Mectinn in Madison couniv. 



^ept. Iv, 111 preparation tor a membei 

 ship drive, was attended by 85 enthusiastic 

 boosters, reports W. H. Faires, county or- 

 ganuation director. Madison County Fariii 

 Bureau enrolled 2 1" new membc^^ dunnj; 

 the past year. 



Ju Davieis, Scott, San>;anion, Pike, Ogle. 

 Hancock, Henry, McDonough. brown. 

 Douglas, Clay, RIoultrie, Kankakee an.i Liv- 

 ingston aie among the county organizations 

 that are staging late September or early Oc- 

 tober membersliip drives. F.veryone of them 

 achieved splendid records during the past 

 year in membership acquisition. Tiiey are 

 now getting set for the new year. 



Chelsea Williams, counn, organization di- 



rtOor of Massac county, reports that they .ui. 

 now in the midst of a membership drive and 

 that the leaders of that county will have 

 their long range goal of 4s0 members on the 

 books by October 1, 194(. 



Lyman Bunting, the leader of the "Old 



Birds" in Edwards countv says that he's 

 afraid that the "Young Birds" will compel 

 the "Old Birds" to eat "old birds" at the re 

 port meeting. The above conmunt mav be 

 appropriate in view of the fact that thev are 

 in the midst of a membership contest with 

 the leaders over 40 years of age coinpelini; 

 against those under 40, and the losers are 

 to eat Old Rooster while the winners feasi 

 on fried chicken at the report banquet. 



The Greene County boys are at it again. 

 Three breakfast meetings were held in the 

 county on Sept. 21, starting a drive with de- 

 termination to reach the l.(HX) mark bv Oct 

 1. 1944 Past results prove that these Greem 

 county boys really know what the wor^l 

 cooperation means. 



Ben Jones has resigned as county organi 

 zation director in Mashall-Putnam Countv 

 Farm Bureau and has accepted a similar 

 position with the Pike Countv Farm Bureau 



Richard O'Dell is now serving as counn 

 organization director in Piatt county on ,i 

 temporary basis pending the return of R. I 

 Lee. who is now in the armed forces. O Dell 

 succeeds I. F Miner, who resigned efTective 

 luly :;i, 10.t4. 



Leslie N. Finkenbinder is the new countv 



organization diiector in Stephenson countv. 



Ref>orts from Lake countv indicate a most 

 successful membership drive in August and 

 September. The long range goal of 1 1 50 

 members was exceeded and lohn "stiehr. a 

 new volunteer worker, signed II r-enber^ 

 and collectej full dues from all of them. 



George W. Christman. Sadorus. sign^ as 

 the 2700th member in the Champaign 

 County Farm Bureau. Left is Russel Bur- 

 dick, a neighbor, and right is I. Walker 

 Robbins. COD. 



Congratulations to all the leadeis who par- 

 ticipated with special reeogniTion to Stiehr, 

 May many more like him ciinK t<'rwaiJ 

 with their talents this ye.ir 



Scott County Farm Bureau has organized a 

 Fitty Club" which will meet at regular m 

 tervals to discuss their organization s pro 

 grams and opportunities. And last, but n. t 

 least, to have a good time wirh .i t:"",i 

 bunch of fellfjw farmers. 



R. H. Kelly, county organization director. 



reports that s5 new members wire s.'gned 

 in a recent drive in Shelbv countv and tli.ii 

 they are now staying an inttnsne campog: 

 on the township basis. 



The Johnson ci>unt> organization meeting 

 held in September was attended h\ :~ in- 

 terested workers who are now un then ..n. 

 nual membership campaign assiste.l h\ 

 County (.)iganization Director Harry C i:n 

 mins. 



Pope-Hardin County Farm Bureau expects 



to sign at least 40 more membcis beto;e the 

 dedication of the .\ew Farm Burc.iu hi.il : 

 ing. earlv in October. 



That August campaign in Clark iouni\ 



netted s2 new members. Twentv five clu; 

 tcers assisted bv the genial Countv Ore. mi 

 zation Director Tom Drummond wen re 

 sponsible for these results. 



^J LJur 1/acv Is^ctl! 



In the September issue of tlu \.\.\ 

 RrCDRn. \X'. H. Tammcus iiiiorrtct)\ 

 was reported to be serving as farm ad 

 viser in Woocjford countv. Tainmeus 

 former farm adviser in Bond coiin\ 

 is the nev\- farm adviser in McHcjirv 

 county. T. H. Brock is farm advise- 

 in Woodford county, and the othc- 

 Brock in f.irm adviser cinles (I. H ) 

 who sc^^■ed as farm adviser in M(Henr\ 

 county IS the new adviser in W ill 

 county. 



In a picture on pace ~ of tlie .Sep 

 tember issue of tlie lAA RifORii. the 

 vouth having his chest measurement 



taken is Paul Kimmelshue of Kankakee 

 county. The picture caption incorrectiv 

 reported the youth to be Orville Dick 

 haut, St. Clair countv. 



>X'hat is vision but the imagination m set 



todav what others will be willitig to sec 

 AT\A use tonioirow 



Farm Bureau Institute 



Proves Great Success 



For one week in Septtinlxr there were 

 no harder working students on the Uni 

 versify of Illinois campus than 1 St I'arni 

 Hiireau workers from 2^ state-s attetidinc 

 the first Nation.vl I'arm Bureau Institute 



At the end of a wtx-k of study and in 

 struction on how to do a jietter [oh ot 

 building Farm Bureau, even- vMirker 

 voted in favor of another Institute. There 

 was unanimous approval of the facilities 

 afforded on the university cimpus with 

 the air conditioned class rooms and e.il 

 eteria in the Illini Union building. 



Sentiment of the majority of those 

 attending the Institute was exprc-ssed b\ 

 one worker who said: "It is something 

 we have needed for a long time." 



1 he Institute was sponsored by the 

 Farm Hiireau in resjxjnse to widespread 

 demand trom workers lor a meetuig at 

 which they could mingle with otiici 

 workers in this held, learn the latest 

 methods being employed in various areas, 

 and in general alssorb new enthusiasm 

 .Old additional information alx)ut their 

 |i)b. 



.Ser\ing on the f.uult\ of tlie Institute 

 from the Illinois Agricultural Associ.ition 

 w ere (ieorge E. Metzger, field stxretary . 

 () D. Brisse-nden, director of organua 

 tion; Donald Kirkpatrick, legal counsel, 

 and W. P. Sandford, dirc-ctor of sales 

 service. Illinois had 2.~ enrolled in the 

 course ot studv. 



Leslie Finkenbinder, center, new COD ii- 

 Stephenson county, chats with Floyd Mc 

 Donald, Indiana, and Leslie Parsons. Iowa, 

 at National Farm Bureau Institute held at 

 Urbana. 



OCTOBER, 1944 



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