The district furnished all school 

 books for pupils on a rental basis. 

 Rental cost for eighth grade is $3.54 

 per year, seventh grade, $3.52, sixth 

 grade $2.82, fifth grade $2.76, fourth 

 grade, $2.87, third grade $2.77, second 

 grade $2.62, and first grade $2.62. The 

 rental pays for the books in four years. 

 Advantage to this system is that each 

 pupil has his books on the first day of 

 school. If he moves to another district 

 he does not have books that cost from 

 S8 to $12 on his hands that he may not 

 be able to use. 



How has the new district worked 

 out financially.' Before reorganization 

 the survey showed that it would take a 

 rate of from 65 to 75 cents on the $100 

 valuation to run the district in normal 

 times. The district did operate on this 

 rate for two years after it was organ- 

 ized, but the last levy was raised to 90 

 Cents because of the higii cost of things 

 in general. This rate gives the district 

 some surplus and it is contemplated 

 that the rate will be less next year, 

 according to Sayler. 



l:\en with the 90-cent rate, it is not 

 above the average Ie\y of the five dis- 

 tricts before reorganization. 



It is also believed that the people are 

 getting more for their money, Sayler 

 says. None of the five schools main- 

 tained before the reorganization met 

 the standards for state recognition, he 

 points out. Now all the pupils can at- 

 tend a recognized school. 



The district receives $13 per pupil 

 per year from the state for instructional 

 purposes and also $15 per year for each 

 pupil, who lives more than l]^ miles 

 from the school house, for transporta- 

 tion expenses. 



Valuation of the new district is ap- 

 proximately $650,000 for the 17 sec- 

 tions of farm land. There is one large 

 grain elevator in the district, about four 

 miles of railroad and four miles of 

 high lines. 



In conclusion, Sayler says, "I am sure 

 that one cannot find over 10 per cent 

 in the district that are not wholeheart- 

 edly for the present setup." 



The present school board consists of: 

 Arthur Jensen, President; William 

 Haubach; William Walsh; George Wy- 

 koff; Herman Zachgo; Theodore 

 Schoolman; Fred Sipp. 



Sayler served as president of the 

 board for three years and retired this 

 Spring preferring to turn the responsi- 

 bilities over to younger persons. 



Keep livestock fenced out of the woods, 



for their own benefit. The woods will be 

 better off too. 



CONFIRM DEATH OF 

 FORMER lAA EMPLOYEE 



The death of Lt. Harry H. Just, Jr., 

 21, former lAA and Country Life 

 employee, missing 

 in action since [une 

 7, the day after D- 

 day, has been con- 

 firmed by the War 

 Department, ac- 

 cording to word re- 

 ceived by his par- 

 ents, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Harry H. Just, Sr. 

 Lieutenant Just was 

 one of a group of 

 U. S. Eighth Air 

 Torce fliers who 

 lashed at Nazi gasoline trucks rushing 

 to bring supplies to the invasion battle 

 area on the Western Front. 



A recent news item in the C/jk,igo 

 Times stated that Lieutenant Just"s 

 wife would be presented with her hus- 

 band's awards, the Distinguished Fly- 

 ing Cross and Air Medal with one sil- 

 ver and two bronze Oak Leaf clusters. 

 Other lAA gold star servicemen in- 

 clude Horace O. Bunting, Kenneth 

 Kirbv, and Richard Leskovar. 



PERRY BECOMES 99TH 



COUNTY FARM BUREAU 



At a meeting May 10, William 

 Timpner, Pickneyvilk-, was named 

 president of the incorporating board of 

 directors of the Perry County Farm 

 Bureau. Perry will be the 99th County 

 Farm Bureau in Illinois. 



Other incorporating olficers arc R. 

 L. Bigham, vice-president. Cutler; 

 Henry O. Winter, treasurer, Pickney- 

 ville, and Allen Reuntree, secretary. 

 DuQuoin. 



F. E. Longmire, representing the Ex- 

 tension Service of the U. of I., was 



present at the May 10 meeting and the 

 Memorandum of Understanding be- 

 tween the Farm Bureau and Extension 

 Service was signed. John Moore, 

 assistant director of organization for 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association, 

 was present at the signing of the agree- 

 ment between the lAA and the new 

 County Farm Bureau. 



The Perry County Farm Bureau has 

 122 members signed and will receive 

 by transfer from the Jackson-Perry 

 County Farm Bureau 243 members. The 

 transfer of members will be as of June 

 1. 



To be cffeitive, the grass in crass-cov- 

 ered w.iti.r\vavs shi/ulj tnvL'r all the de- 

 pressions and s<inicwhat mcirc on the sides. 

 If toil narrow, wasliin^ ottcn occurs on 

 both sides of the srass. Tjllafie operations 

 should not destroy the Rrass. 





This is the dramatic lune Dairy month 

 poster that is being used by stores, res- 

 taurants, etc.. and is one oi the many 

 pieces of promotional material being used 

 in a campaign to bring a more favorable 

 public understanding of the essentiality 

 of dairy foods and dairy manpower. 



Give your planted trees a diance to grow 



by cultivating them and protecting them 

 from fire and grazing. 



Present at the signing oi the German un- 

 conditional surrender at Rheims. France, 

 was a ionner employee oi the Illinois Agri- 

 culttiral Association. Copt. Horry C. 



Butcher, naval aide on General Eisenhow- 

 er's staii, is pictured here second irom the 

 left in the back row. He iormerly Mrred 

 as lAA director oi publicity. 



JUNE. 1945 



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