THREE more Illinois counties organ- 

 ized for Home Bureau work in Au- 

 gust, bring the total in the state to 83. 

 Cass county homemakers met at Presby- 

 terian Church, Virginia, Aug. 16, and 

 completed their Home Bureau organiza- 

 tion. Plans are already under way for 

 an intensive campaign to increase their 

 membership. 



Mrs. Mary Ligon, home adviser-at- 

 large, and Mrs. Stanly Castle, state presi- 

 dent of the Home Bureau Federation of 

 Illinois, assisted in organization and ex- 

 tended greetings from other organized 

 counties of the state. Officers were 

 elected as follows: Mrs. R. B. Rohrer, 

 Beardstown, chairman; Mrs. W. R. 

 Campbell, Ashland, vice chairman. 



Menard county's Home Bureau or- 

 ganization was completed Aug. 15 and 

 its meeting was. held at the Farm Bureau 

 auditorium. Mrs. Castle was the speaker 

 at the meeting. Mrs. Hazel Becker, 

 Petersburg, was elected chairman, and 

 Mrs. Don Austin, Petersburg, vice chair- 

 man. 



Jasper county's organization meeting 

 was held Aug. 17, and Mrs. Castle made 

 the address. Officers elected were: Mrs. 

 Nita Heady, Newton, chairman, and Mrs. 

 Rose Apple, Newton, vice chairman. 



Menard-Cass counties set up separate 

 Home Bureau organizations Aug. 15. Miss 

 Gailie McDougall will continue as home 

 adviser in Menard county. 



Miss Catherine M. Sullivan began work 

 as Richland county home adviser Sept. 1. 

 Miss Sullivan is a graduate of the University 

 of Illinois and was supervisor of girls' 4-H 

 club work in Knox county for several years. 

 From March to October of 1944 she was 

 youth director in Whiteside county. Last 

 year she was research assistant, working on 

 time and energy studies at the University of 

 Illinois. 



Mrs. Georgianna L. Haynes began her 



work as home adviser in Woodford county 

 Sept. 17. Mrs. Haynes" home is in East 

 Lynn, III. She is a graduate of Illinois 

 State Normal University and taught voca- 

 tional home economics for two years in 

 Newark Community High School, Newark, 

 III. 



Wheels of handmade lace can change 

 your table from an eyesore to a bright 

 and beautiful sight. Crisp and fresh, it 

 is easy to make in mercerized crochet cot- 

 ton. Directions for making the CROCHET 

 DOILY No. 3010 are available to you 

 free. Write to WOMEN'S EDITOR, ILU- 

 N O I S AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION 

 RECORD, 608 South Dearborn Street, 

 Chicago. 



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"Let's make this an annual affair,'" 

 was a recurring comment as 4-H club 

 guests of Lake county's Farm and Home 

 Bureau left the Victory Memorial Dance 

 at Libertyville Township High School, 

 Aug. 30. About 700 people attended 

 and enjoyed the folk dancing, games, 

 and modern dancing that were in pro- 

 gress through-out the evening. 



A contest to encourage collection of 

 waste paper by individuals and clubs re- 

 sulted in six truck loads or approximately 

 18,000 pounds of paper. Sale of the 

 paper netted $127.33, which will be 

 added to Lake county's contribution to 

 the 4-H Club State Memorial Fund. 



Banners were awarded to Mill Creek 

 and Libertyville Homemakers for the 

 largest amounts of paper collected by 

 the clubs. Dorothy Funke, Libertyville 

 Homemakers; Emil Lee Jackson, Jr., 

 North Prairie; and Norman Laner and 

 Tom Pryer, Mill Creek, received in- 

 dividual awards for the large amounts 

 of paper they collected. 



flutionJ4-J4 



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The 24th National 4-H Club Congress 

 will be held Dec. 2-6 in Chicago, G. L. 

 Noble, managing director of the National 

 Committee on Boys and Girls club work, 

 has announced. Headquarters will be in 

 the Stevens hotel. 



A lO-point post-war 4-H program will 

 be launched during the congress which 

 will be attended by about 1,200 dele- 

 gates from 46 states and Canada. Dele- 

 gates for the all-expense paid trip to 

 Chicago are selected for their wartime 

 contributions, particularly in food pro- 

 duction. 



Smart thrifty girls looking for kitchen 

 glamour pick their aprons with care and 

 often make their own, like this smart set 

 in cotton. The above marketing, dusting 

 and hostess model instructions ore avail- 

 able to you free of charge. Write to th« 

 WOMEN'S EDITOR, ILLINOIS AGRICUL- 

 TURAL ASSOCIATION RECORD, 6W 

 South Dearborn Street Chicago. 



OCTOBER, 1945 



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