/?«W Youth 



EIXSWORTH D. LYON 



Short courses have proven quite successful 



in attendance as weil as in interest anj 

 participation by Rural Youth. The attend- 

 ance figure stands at 235 from 45 counties 

 with one more meeting scheduled at Ore- 

 gon Oct. 16. 



With the summer drawing to a close 



there were many outdoor picnics, potluck 

 suppers, lawn parties, hay-rack and truck 

 rides in many of the counties during late 

 August and the early days of September. 

 CLAY and LASALLE had a picnic with a 

 watermelon bust. McDONOUGH had a 

 potluck supper followed by folk games. SA- 

 LINE conducted a lawn party at the home 

 of Freda Hall. CHRISTIAN sponsored a 

 truck ride followed by a business meeting 

 at Dan Large's home. CLARK staged a 

 hay-rack ride and watermelon bust. TAZE- 

 WELL combined a hay-rack ride, water- 

 melon bust, and square dance. OGLE en- 

 joyed a hay-ride to White Pines state park. 

 KNOX and WARREN joined in a hay-rack 

 ride. MARSHALL- PUTNAM enjoyed its 

 annual outdoor meeting, featuring a treasure 

 hunt. KANE reveled in a moonlight cruise 

 on Lake Michigan. A number of counties 

 have been getting down to brass tacks on 

 county talkfests. PEORIA held a talkfesl 

 school. The Twin City Ripples of WHITE- 

 SIDE got off to a good start with nine 

 Rural Youth members speaking in its unit 

 talkfest. BROWN had 15 members partici- 

 pating in the county talkfest. 



HAMILTON engaged in a big Youth 



Night program with the 4-H carrying half 

 the program Sept. 14 at Broughton. This 

 meeting was sponsored by the Broughton 

 Township Farm Bureau unit and was at- 

 tended by 150 young people. 



CHRISTIAN'S homecoming, Aug. 30, 

 provided an opportunity for renewing old 

 acquaintances and meeting new members in 

 the Rural Youth organization. Candlelight- 

 ing in honor of members in the services was 

 an impressive and serious part of the meet- 

 ing. 



WHITESIDE recently studied hobbies 



under the leadership of Miss Barbara Herlin, 

 former home adviser, but now serving in 

 the same capacity in" Lee county. 



MARSHALL-PUTNAM served 'at the 



Streator Red Cross Canteen late in Septem- 

 ber. 



RANDOLPH elected a complete list of 

 officers at the September meeting as follows: 

 Russell McConachie, president ; Carl Ucht- 

 mann, vice-president; Lavone Craig, sec- 

 retary; and Florine McConachie, treasurer. 

 The educational feature consisted of in- 

 struction and plans for the county talkfesl 

 as well as annual reports by the two Rural 

 Youthers serving as representatives on the 

 Farm Bureau board of directors, and the 

 livestock marketing committee annual re- 

 ports. 



The educational feature of a recent meet- 

 ing of McHENRY'S Crystal Lake Wildcats 

 was a discussion of the theme "All Men Are 

 Brothers," led by Glen Geiske. This group 

 meeting took place at the home of Jimmy 

 Oestoson. 



Ray Vf. Brown (third irozn left), general 

 agent lor lAA in Will county, is shown 

 with six of the seven 4-H Club members 

 who exhibited champions at the recent 

 4-H Club show at Peotone. Presentation 

 of billfolds to each champion was made 

 by Brown. Left to tight: Robert Heisner. 



Manhattan 4-H Boosters; Rose Brankey, 

 Homer Husky Hustlers; Ray Brown; Gor- 

 don Smith and Robert Walker, Frankfort- 

 New Lenox club; Robert Loitx, Peotone 

 Pep Pushers, and Donald Stephen, Frank- 

 fort-New Lenox club. .1 



LA SALLE Rural Youthers, with a busy 



schedule of activities, are helping to carry 

 the ball in the drive recently begun to 

 raise $150,000 to provide a 4-H-Rural Youth 

 Home in the county. Bob Temple is sec- 

 retary of the finance committee. Ninety of 

 the 140 Rural Youthers worked at the snack 

 bar to help feed the 5000 people attending 

 the county 4-H show, August 27 to 29. 



DE KALE held its ninth birthday party 



on Sept. 13 with a potluck supper. Guests 

 were present from KANE, OGLE and LA 

 SALLE. Many happy returns, DE KALB. 



Capt. Ray French, assistant farm ad- 

 viser in Champaign county on leave 

 of absence, has returned to the United 

 States after 34 months service over- 

 He saw action in North Africa, 



seas. 



Sicily, France, Belgium, Holland and 

 Germany. 



Roy Rife, president of loDoriess County 

 Farm Bureau, presents trophy to Beulah 

 Bahr, at the 16th annual Club Merit Sheep 

 Day program for having conducted the 

 best five-year sheep project 



'46 STATE FAIR | 



SET FOR AUGUST 



Illinois will have a state fair in 1946. 

 General Manager William V. Ward has 

 already set the dates for Aug. 9-17 in 

 Springfield. This will be the first state 

 fair held in Illinois since 1941. The 

 fair grounds have been occupied during 

 the war by an Army Air Forces supply 

 depot. 



The Illinois General Assembly in its 

 recent session voted $1,878,000 for a 

 two-year program of permanent improve- 

 ments for the fair groi^nds. 



In addition to their work in the Milan 

 Lucky Leaf 4-H club of Macon county, 

 these young girls are giving their time and 

 effort to war bond drives, waste paper col- 

 lection, waste fat salvage, etc. under the 

 leadership oi Mrs. Curtis Camic and Mrs. 

 Helen Lillpop. The giris are: Betty Hart- 

 wig, Janice Stocks, Isabelle Freeland. 

 Shirley Noland, Rosemary Merold and 

 Mary Freeland. Not shown are: Bemeice 

 Barrett, loan Still and Jackie Woolum. 



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