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ILLINOIS Home Bureau members 

 raised a total of 14775.83 in the na- 

 tion-wide Red Cross clubmobile cam- 

 paign of the Associated Women of the 

 American Farm Bureau Federation. 

 The current campaign ended in Feb- 

 ruary. Contributions to China Relief 

 amounted to $2416.22. 



Mrs. R. W. Stamey, Urbana, Cham- 

 paign county, vice-president of the Il- 

 linois Home Bureau Federation, made 

 this report at the meeting of the execu- 

 tive board and advisory council held 

 in the Illini Union Building, U. of I. 

 campus, Feb. 5. This session was held 

 in place of the annual meeting of the 

 Federation which was cancelled along 

 with other events scheduled to be held 

 during Farm and Home Week. 



Since the annual election of officers 

 is usually held during Farm and Home 

 Week, the Federation's advisory coun- 

 cil decided that the ballot would be 

 made by mail. Ballots carrying the 

 names proposed by the nominating 

 committee, with additional blanks for 

 write-in candidates, have been sent to 

 all county delegates. 



One of the Home Bureau events usu- 

 ally held during the annual program, 

 the presentation of safe home awards, 

 was presented over the university radio 

 station WILL. To McLean county 

 went the award for having the largest 

 number of enrolled families reporting 

 no home accidents for the year. Lee 

 county also received an award for hav- 

 ing the lowest percentage of accidents 

 among the total number of families en- 

 rolled. 



Award certificates were presented by 

 Mrs. GKen Gordon, Champaign coun- 

 ty, publicity chairman of the Federa- 

 tion, and Mrs. Helen Drew Turner, Ed- 

 gar county home adviser and chairman 

 of the Home Advisers' Association. 

 Mrs; Ed Glasser, McLean county, re- 

 ceived the award won by that county. 

 McLean county had 739 homes en- 

 rolled and 461 of the women reported 

 no home accidents during 1944. 



Enrolled in the Illinois safe homes 

 program during 1944 were 8982 fam- 

 ilies from 49 counties. The program 

 is sponsored by the home economics ex- 

 tension of the U. of I. College of Agri- 

 culture, the Home Bureau Federation, 

 and the National Safety Council. 



Other reports made at the Home Bu- 

 reau board meeting showed that Home 

 Bureau membership in Illinois had 

 made a net gain since June 15, 1944 of 

 1539- Active membership July 1, 19- 

 44, was 23,869, and approximate mem- 

 bership as of February, 1945, was 24,- 

 679, Mrs. John Clifton, Iroquois coun- 

 ty, reported. 



Scrap and salvage drives sponsored 

 by Home Bureaus brought in an esti- 

 mated 30,000 pounds of material and 

 300 tons of waste paper, Mrs. Helen 

 Parkes, Rock Island county, reported. 



Mrs. A. R. Rohlfing, health chair- 

 man, Fulton county said that 20 coun- 

 ties are now enrolled in Blue Cross hos- 

 pital plans. 



In 4-H club work, Mrs. Raymond 

 Hanley, Grundy county, reported an 

 increase of 1000 in girl club members 



in 1944. Total enrollment is now 16,- 

 500. 



Mrs. Roland McDonald, library 

 chairman, Shelby county compiling re- 

 ports from 34 counties, said that 244 

 women were enrolled in reading 

 courses during 1944. 



Home Mechanics Course 



Popnlai in Williamson 



So popular was the home mechanics 

 course offered to Home Bureau mem- 

 bers in Marion, Williamson county, 

 that a second course for homemakers 

 in refinishing and upholstering furni- 

 ture will be offered, states Miss Olevia 

 C. Meyer, Williamson county home ad- 

 viser. 



The first course, in which the women 

 were taught care and upkeep of house- 

 hold tools, simple repair of electrical 

 equipment, and house plumbing, was 

 outlined and taught by E. E. Long, in- 

 structor in building trades, Marion 

 Township High School. 



Sixteen enrollees in the first course 

 completed a number of woodwork 

 projects in addition to cleaning and re- 

 pairing household and electrical equip- 

 ment and appliances. Diplomas for 

 completion of the 20-hour course were 

 presented Dec. 16. 



American Red Cross dubmobiles proTide 

 music and •ntertainment coiiee, dough- 

 nuts, ond good cheer to the men up front. 



This clubmobile entered Germany in the 

 wake of American troops as early as last 

 October. It is named the "Bearcat." 



4N EVENING PRAYER 

 When evening shadows are drawing 



nigh 

 When stars come out to deck the sky 

 I think of a land far over the sea 

 Of a gallant youth most dear to mc. 



Of all the things he has laid to rest 

 To fight for me and the land of the 



blessed 

 Oh, Father in Heaven, hear my prayer 

 Protect my son while over there. 



Whisper to him that you will guide 

 That 'Mother, too, is by his side 

 When war clouds hover over the place 

 May he look beyond and see your face. 



Maye he feel Thy presence. Thy pro- 

 tecting power 

 To comfort him each day and hour 

 May he. Oh, Lord, on thee depend 

 To see him through this war to end. 



Hear my prayer, Oh God above 

 Bring our boy back to the ones he 



loves 

 We'll pray each night and day till then 

 We'll thank Thee, Lord, and say Amen. 



(This poem was submitted by Mrs. Mabel 

 McDonald, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson county, 

 and is dedicated to her son, T/") Merritl 

 McDonald, who is overseas.) 



lORD 



MARCH, 1945 



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