By Ellsworth D. Lyon 



Con^ratulaiion-i, iiuri-au Cuunly Kural 



^'uutli upon your coinmuiiitv sciakl 

 tiiruu^h tilt waste- papiT tolltctmnl The 

 facts conciriuns ynur recent drive tor waste 

 paper collection are outstanjinj;- It was 

 supervised by Rural ^'outli ; assisted by boy 

 Scouts, 4-H Clubs, rural and village schools, 

 and other civic groups. Some 103 tons ot 

 vitally needed waste paper were collected in 

 60 days, five railroad boxcars were filled 

 and more than S1200 was netted from the 

 sale of this waste paper. All money received 

 was turned over to war relief ajjencies. in 

 eluding community war chests. L'SO and 

 Red Cross. 



The Randolph and Tazewell Couniv Rural 



Youth groups have recently studied and re- 

 vised their Rural ^'outh constitutions. >X'hv 

 not make the changes that bring the Rural 

 Youth up with the times.-' 



VC'arren county cooperated with Fire Pre- 

 vention VX'eefc, October 8-1-). 'Country Cap- 

 ers " newsletter of the organization fe.iturtil 

 a good article on causes and prevention of 

 fires. 



A former Rural ^'outher of Macoupin 

 county. Miss Lucille Denby, now with the 

 I'niversitv of Illinois Rural Sociology Ex- 

 tension, is scheduled for a square dance 

 training school in l.aSalle county on Nov. 8. 



Lucille is to be commended (ipon her new 

 position as is the LaSalle County Rural 

 ^'outh for its efforts to bal.mce the recrea- 

 tional and educational features of its pro- 

 .grarn as well as to improve', recreation. 



President Franklin Allen of Ta/ewell 



County sends this significant iten\ "We are 

 stretching out election over three meetings 

 to brush up on parliamentary procedure. 

 First meeting, nomination of candidates for 

 otTice; second meeting, election of olTicers; 

 third meeting, installation of officers. ' 



Rural ^'outh want to do the job right 

 and here is a helpful, training process for 

 new officers as well as for all in the group. 



Marshall Putnam and Tazewell Countv 



Rural ^'outh groups are sending Christmas 

 boxes to members from their counties in 

 the armed forces. 



New groups organized within the state 



during lO-l-l arc going well. These are the 

 St. Clair countv group, the Forreston Com- 

 munitv group in Ogle countv, and the South, 

 or Geneva Community group in Kane coun- 

 ty. 



Hats off to the CiHik countv group for 

 the third issue of its newsletter ' Ruralite." 

 By illustrative drawings, by good makeup, 

 by well-written items it is publishing a good 

 newsletter 



Montgomery County Rural ^■outhers 



visited a glass factory in Hillsboro in Sep- 

 tember. President Kenneth Wilson writes, 

 "We saw the production of glass from the 

 drying ingredients to the finished jars 

 packed ready for shipment." 



NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING 



ILLINOIS WOOL MARKETING 



ASSOCIATION 



liolice IS hereb-/ given that the 

 annual meeting of the shareholders 

 and members oi Illinois Wool Mar- 

 keting Association -will be .held on 

 Wednesday, the 29th day cf IJo- 

 vember, 19-'>4, at the hour of 9 30 

 A.M. in the Sherman Hotel, Chicago 

 Illinois, to elect directors for t!ie 

 succeeding year; to receive and if 

 approved, contirm the report of the 

 Board oi Directors of the association 

 !or the fiscal year ending September 

 30, 1944: to consider and if approved, 

 ratify and coniirm all oi the acts and 

 proceedings of the Board of Direc- 

 tors done and taicen since the last 

 annual meeting of the s.hareholders 

 and members of the Association and 

 for the transaction of such further 

 and other business as may properly 

 come before t.he meeting. 



Dated at Chicago, Illinois this 

 31st day of October, 1944. 



S F. Russell, Secretary 



According to a canvass made by the Il- 

 linois State GeoKigical Survey, in coopera- 

 tion with the Midwest Agricultural Lime- 

 stone Institute, 3, 221, 4^7 tons of liming 

 materials were used for agricultural pur- 

 poses ill the calendar year of 194V This is 

 l"" per cent less than in the previous year 

 but still is well over 20 per cent of all agri 

 cultural liming material applied in the en 

 tire I'nited States. 



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Gee B0S5 .... 

 /IM / THANKFUL 



FOR BEING HERE I 



TO ENJoyrm^ 5waL \ 



BLUE $EAL H06 a/lL/lNCf/?-' ) 



will be thankful this 

 vc'.ir for being given 

 the opportunity to safe- 

 guard their pig invest- 

 ment at relatively low 

 cost with Farm Bureau 

 Serum — handled co- 

 operatively for Farm 

 Bureau members only. 



REMEMBER: 



The smaller the Shoat 

 The cheaper the Shot. 



See YOUR 

 FARM BUREAU 



I. A. A. RECORD 





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