the board of directors. 



A Red Cross clubmobile, purchased 

 by the Associated Women and already 

 in use on the Italian front, was accepted 

 formally at the Monday evening pro- 

 gram by Albert E. Chamberlain, assist- 

 ant national director of fund raising 

 for the Red Cross. 



Mrs. Sewell also reported that the 

 Associated Women had received a per- 

 sonal letter from Madame Chiang Kai 

 Shek in appreciation for the collection 

 of funds for United China Relief. The 

 total for 1944 was $5,939.54. 



Senator George D. Aiken of Ver- 

 mont, detained in Washington, was un- 

 able to keep his appointment to address 

 the women on Sunday and his place 

 was taken by O. D. Brissenden, director 

 of organization for the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association. 



Other resolutions adopted by the 

 Associated Women called for protection 

 and preservation of the inherent values 

 of home and family; urged placing 

 greater emphasis upon the larger part 

 the rural church must play in our na- 

 tional life and in the winning and 

 maintenance of a just and abiding 

 peace; favored reasonable federal 

 grants-in-aid to supplement state furids 

 for schools to be allocated in propor- 

 tion to state needs, dispensed by state 

 boards with adequate agricultural rep- 

 resentation and entirely independent of 

 federal jurisdiction; favored the maxi- 

 mum amount of local guidance and in- 

 itiative consistent with operating effi- 

 ciency and a sound program of educa- 

 tion. 



Urged renewed interest in extending 

 library privileges to all rural people; 

 reaffirmed position on health problems 

 of rural America and recommended full 



Mrs. Roy C. F. Weaglay, MarTlan<L new 



Associated Women's president, with the 



first president. Mrs. Abbie C. Sargent. 



cooperation with established units, with 

 emphasis on clinics, dental, hospital, 

 surgical and medical care, iiiAmunization 

 and other preventive measyres- 



Recommended development of a na- 

 tional nutrition program ; recommended 

 the fullest cooperation with the Na- 

 tional Safety Council in the distribution 

 of information as a protective insurance 

 against home accidents. 



Urged that more stress be placed on 

 woman's work in the Farm Bureau by 

 member states, and that more attention 

 be given to Farm Bureau youth activi- 

 ties ; urged expansion of the public re- 

 lations program; urged that rural wom- 

 en study not only their own local legis- 

 lation, but state and national as well. 



Favored continuation and expansion 

 of the military training program as a 



Mrs. Raymond Sayre, Iowa, unveils the 

 picttire oi the Red Cross clubmobile pur- 



chased with funds donated by the Associ- 

 ated Women of the AFBF. 



part of our educational system, and 

 opposed a program of compulsory 

 military training "which leads to regi- 

 mentation, a militaristic p>oint of view, 

 and future wars." 



Declared that "our first considera- 

 tion" in p>ostwar reconversion must be 

 to our returning service men and wom- 

 en that they be given every opportunfty 

 to become re-established. Urged that 

 facilities from military camps, hospitals 

 and other wartime establishments be 

 used in communities needing hospitals, 

 medical supplies, school and rural li- 

 brary equipment following demobiliza- 

 tion. 



Mrs. Charles W. Sewell. administratiTe 

 director of the Associated Women of the 

 AFBF. and Mrs. Mark W. Clark, wife of 

 the Allied Fifth Army commander, at the 

 women's meeting. 



An increasioK number of women ate 

 making smocks from their husbands' old 

 shirts to save wear and laundering of their 

 housedresses. If the collar of the shirt is 

 worn, cut it oS and restyle it into a low-cut 

 V. Trim ofl the shirt above the curve at the 

 side seam, or put in a gusset. Should the 

 sleeves be too Ion/;, cut them down to three- 

 quarter length or salvage the cuff and re- 

 place it at the right length. 



Beanies for children can be fashioned 

 from old felt hats or from worn-out cordu- 

 roy jackets. 



When you are refurbishing your old cur- 

 tains and draperies or making new ones that 

 are needed, keep in mind that the attractive- 

 ness of a home's interior depends largely oo 

 the way windows are treated. 



You may be faced with the problem of 

 making a window apt>ear larger or smaller, 

 taller or shorter, wider or narrower than it 

 actually is. If the window is very narrow, 

 every bit of it may need to be left unob- 

 structed in order to provide the room with 

 the desired sunlight or spaciousness. A span 

 of glass that is so large that the room lacks 

 a friendly atmosphere can be disguised be- 

 hind wide draperies. 



Famous last words: "Put it there on the 

 steps. I'll take it down when I go." 



JANUARY. 1945 



