(luA<d YOUTH 



By f /Isworffi O. tyon 



A NUMBER of reports favoring the 

 ** Red Cross program for Rural 

 Youth as outlined by the state comit- 

 tee and mentioned in the last issue of 

 the lAA Record have been received. 

 Some of the comments follow: 



President Glenn loder, Bureau coun- 

 ty, writes: "Have received your letter 

 acknowledging the decision of the state 

 Rural Youth committee. I am sure that 

 they have planned a program that all 

 Rural Youthers feel should be done, 

 and that we all want to take part in it 

 and make sure that it is done. 



"Last year the Bureau County Rural 

 Youth club gave $500 to the Red Cross 

 from our treasury. I am sure that the 

 individual donations were equally as 

 good as the organization's donations. 

 We will plan to do better next year and 

 include Red Cross Work and first aid 

 studies in our educational * program." 



Whiteside county has had a report 

 by a member on ways of cooperating 

 in the Red Cross program. A county 

 box social and dance was held in Janu- 

 ary. The proceeds of $30 was turned 

 over to the Red Cross fund. "We have 

 also had five blood donors in our group 

 very recently .... our group seemed 

 very much in favor of the report of 

 the state committee." 



Ogle, Carroll, Lee and Whiteside 

 counties held a skating party and a 

 box social at the Dome roller rink in 

 Dixon, Lee county, recently. The pro- 

 ceeds amounted to |50 and was turned 

 over to the Red Cross. 



No unfavorable responses to this 

 service program have been received. 

 Apparently the Rural Youth of Illinois 

 will go forward with the Red Cross 

 plan of helping themselves and others 

 in any way that is within their power 

 to perform. 



Bureau county announced two engage- 

 ments in January. A highlight of the 

 month was a box social with sales totalling 

 $94.51. Tiie greater portion of this amount 

 will be used for printing and mailing the 

 County News Letter to members in the 

 service. 



Rural Youth groups in various parts of 

 the state report some very interesting win- 

 ter meetings; St. Clair county, youngest 

 Rural Youth group in Illinois, featured an 

 educational movie in February on soil con- 

 servation entitled, "The River." Two shorts, 

 a 4-H club picture, "The Road to Tomor- 

 row" and a cartoon "Tom Tom, The Piper's 

 Son" were shown also. Ten new members 

 were received at this meeting and a pro- 



gram of letter writing to members in the 

 service was planned. 



Edwards county showed two films on 



South American neighbors for its February 

 meeting. 



The following presidents have been in- 

 stalled since the third edition of the Rural 

 Youth directory was sent out on Feb. 14. 

 Wendall Coulter, Ford county; Eldon Logan, 

 Fulton; Ralph Minders, Massac; Carroll 

 Borrowman, Pike; Ruth Mains, Wabash; 

 Ruth Murphy, Clay; Wendell Terpening, 

 Warren; and Gene Troxel, DeWitt. 



J. R. Gilkey, farm adviser, Macon county, 



led a discussion for his /jroup in January 

 on the theme ."What's Ahead in 1945. " A 

 report from the organization says 'the Rural 

 Youth group responded to the discussion 

 very well." 



Bond county showed a very worthwhile 

 movie in January entitled "Safety on the 

 Farm." 



Randolph county discussed "Meeting the 



World Gracefully" as well as conducting a 

 quiz on travel etiquette. At the February 

 meeting a successful box social was held 

 with boxes averaging $4 each. Congratula- 

 tions are in order for two members, Walter 

 Mines, Jr. and Lucille Mahan who were mar- 

 ried recently. 



The south Kane county group reviewed 

 the book, "I Lived in Latin America," at 

 their January meeting. The review was 

 given by Bill Healy, one of the members. 

 At the same meeting a box social was held. 



The Rural Youth group of Peoria coun- 

 ty broadcast a discussion in January on the 

 theme, "Why Rural Youth Should Be In- 

 terested in a Good Soil Program," over sta- 

 tion WMBD, Peoria. 



In February Woodford county broadcast 

 a discussion over W.MBD on "Military 

 Training After The War." 



It pays to get married in DuPage county. 

 The Rural Youth group gives $5 to mem- 

 bers in good standing at the time of mar- 

 riage as a wedding gift. 



Let's make a bow to Washington county! 



"We have 22 new members." Ten persons 

 who are not members have contacted us 

 and asked us if they could attend the next 

 meeting" is the word from Violet Rixman, 

 president. Plans have been made for a 

 scrap paper drive during March. 



Congratulations to LaSoIle county upon 

 Volume I, Number 1 of the "Starved Rock 

 Sentinel." Their first issue gives a review 

 of the year's work, along with other items 

 of interest. They are going to have a good 

 time publishing their news letter. 



Fanners. . . .right now your country 

 needs your dollars invested in War Bonds. 

 After victory you'll need the financial secu- 

 rity these bonds can give. In bonds this 

 money will buy the tanks, planes, guns, and 

 ships that are needed for victory now. When 

 peace comes these same bonds will give 

 you financial security. You'll be assured 

 of the money to repair and replace farm 

 buildings and equipment. You'll have the 

 money for better living and better farming. 



Union Connty Man Hired As 

 Sales Manager Of Exchange 



RoUie Baldwin, Anna, Union county, 

 was scheduled to start work March 1 as 

 sales manager for the Illinois Fruit 

 Growers Exchange, 

 lAA associated com- 

 pany with headquar- 

 ters at Carbondale. 

 He succeeds How- 

 ard Swartz who re- 

 signed recently to 

 enter business with 

 his father-in-law in 

 Michigan. 



Baldwin was born 

 on a farm in Union 

 county and Sfjent his 

 HoUie Baldwin garly boyhood there. 



After completing school he began work 

 in the fruit and vegetable busmess and 

 has continued in that field since then. 

 For the past several years he has b«en 

 in business for himself and has operated 

 on the Benton Harbor market in Michi- 

 gan, the Anna Market in Illinois and in 

 several of the southern states. His rep- 

 utation in this field is excellent and he 

 comes to the Exchange with the type 

 of experience that should make him a 

 valuable man as sales manager. He is 

 33 years old. His wife and daughter 

 will move to Carbondale as soon as a 

 home can be secured. 



The sales manager of the Exchange has 

 charge of all sales of fruits and vege- 

 tables and is employed on a year-round 

 basis. 



Clear your buildings of old paper, mag- 

 azines, rags, furniture and the like, which 

 mature any spark into a fire. 



NOTICE 



ILLINOIS AGRICOLTURE 



ASSOCIATION 



ELECTION OF DELEGATES 



Notice is hereby given that in 

 connection with the annual meeting 

 of the Boone County Farm Bureau 

 to be held during the month of 

 March, 1945, at the hour and place 

 to be determined by the Board of 

 Directors of said County Farm Bu- 

 reau, the members in good stand- 

 ing of such County Farm Bureau 

 and who are also qualified voting 

 members of Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociotion, shall elect a delegate or 

 delegates to represent such mem- 

 bers of Illinois Agricultural Associ- 

 ation and vote on all matters before 

 the next annual meeting, or any 

 special meeting of the Association, 

 including the election of officers and 

 directors, as provided for in the By- 

 Laws of the Association 



Paul E. Mathias 

 Corporate Secretary 

 February 24, 1945 



MARCH. 1945 



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