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Hep. Dirksen who has been a member 

 of Congress from the I6th Illinois dis- 

 trict since 1932 is one of the ranking 

 minority members of the House commit- 

 tee on appropriations and is recognized 

 as one of the most effective speakers in 

 the House of Representatives. Rep. Dirk- 

 sen was graduated from the University 

 of Minnesota college of law and served 

 overseas in World War I. He maintains 

 his home in Pekin. 



Both of these distinguished gentlemen 

 who will appear on the lAA annual 

 meeting program have for years been 

 recognized as among the most effective 

 supporters of constructive farm legisla- 

 tion. Rep. Cannon in 1941 was awarded 

 the American Farm Bureau Federation's 

 medal for distinguished service to agri- 

 culture. 



Because of the critical housing short- 

 age in Chicago, which has become worse 

 since the end of the war, attendance is 

 expected to be below normal this year. 

 Hotel accommodations, if not already re- 

 served, will be practically impossible to 

 obtain. 



CORD 



REPORT ON FLOOD 

 CONTROL PROJECT IN 

 ILLINOIS VALLEY 



A report on the progress of a flood- 

 control project for the upper Illinois 

 river valley was made to Farm Bureau 

 representatives and municipal officials 

 of LaSalle, Livingston and Ford coun- 

 ties at a meeting in Pontiac Oct. 3. 



Lt. Col. R. A. Thompson, army engi- 

 neer, said federal engineers for the past 

 several months had made a survey of 

 the area as part of a program which 

 would eventually embrace the entire 

 Illinois river valley. 



The plan for the Vermilion fiver in- 

 cludes the widening and deepening of 

 the river above Pontiac and the con- 

 struction of a levee at Streator. This 

 development, according to Lt. Col 

 Thompson, would eliminate 90 per cent 

 of the danger of flooding approxi- 

 mately 30,000 acres of farm land be- 

 tween Pontiac in Livingston county 

 and Piper City in Ford county. 



Consideration is also being given to 

 flood control reservoirs at the mouth of 

 the Vermilion river and the upper Fox 

 river in northern La Salle county for 

 the purpose of reducing Illinois river 

 flood conditions. 



Cost of the project estimated at 

 $1,659,000 is to be borne by the federal 

 government with the exception of 

 $112,500, the estimated cost to local 

 interests of providing the right of way. 

 Actual construction is not expected to 

 get underway for at least one year. 



NOVEMBER, 1945 \^ - ^ 



Charles Marshall 



FORMER lAA BOARD 

 MEMBER DIES 



Charles Marshall, 82, a member of 

 the board of directors of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association for 13 years, 

 died Sept. 25 at his home near Belknap. 



Mr. Marshall was among the first 

 members of the Johnson County Farm 

 Bureau to which he devoted much of 

 his time. 



From 1926 until 1929 and again from 

 1930 until 1939 he served as a director 

 of the Illinois Agricultural Association. 

 He also served as president of the First 

 National Bank at Vienna for several 

 years. 



He was born Sept. 18, 1863 at Wash- 

 ington, Ky., and studied civil engineer- 

 ing at Lebanon, O., before coming to 

 Illinois at the age of 21, to manage his 

 grandfather's farm north of Belknap, 

 where he remained for the rest of his 

 life. 



Mr. Marshall was married in 1890 

 to Effie Williams who died three years 

 later. They were the parents of two 

 children, Mrs. Elizabeth Judson, St. 

 Joseph, Mo., and Dr. Robert Marshall, 

 Albuquerque, N. M. 



In 1898 he married Clara Evers, who 

 survives. A son, William Marshall of 

 Greenville, was born to this marriage. 

 Also surviving are two brothers, Logan 

 Marshall, Weslaco, Tex., and Dr. 

 Robert Marshall, San Antonio, Tex., 

 and four grandchildren. 



Clyde Sash, 57, general agent for 

 Country Life insurance in Brown 

 county since August 1, 1936, died Oct. 

 16 after an operation. He formerly 

 served as organization director for the 

 Brown County Farm Bureau. 



HOWARD LEONARD 



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Tremont in Tazewell county, September 

 14, 1879, and moved as a small l>oy with 

 his parents to a farm near Eureka in 

 Woodford county where he maintained 

 his home for the rest of his life. 



On the death of his father, young 

 Leonard left Eureka college in his junior 

 year to run the family farm. Besides his 

 activities in the interests of agriculture, he 

 served on the Eureka high school board, 

 the Eureka college board, as chairman of 

 the Woodford county board of super- 

 visors and as a member of the county 

 board of review. 



He was married in 1901 to Clara Mc- 

 Guire. Four children, three daughters 

 and a son, were born to the marriage. 

 Surviving are his widow, the son, Raphael 

 Theodore of Georgetown, Ohio, and one 

 daughter, Mrs. John Dorward of Wat- 

 seka, Illinois. 



Funeral services were held at the 

 official residence of the director of agri- 

 culture in Springfield and at the Christian 

 Church in Eureka followed by burial in 

 Olia cemetery. Representing the lAA at 

 the services in Springfield were: Earl C. 

 Smith, lAA president; F. E. Morris, lAA 

 director from the 21st district; K. T. 

 Smith, lAA director from the 20th dis- 

 trict; Paul Mathias, lAA corporate sec- 

 retary; and O. D. Brissenden, lAA direc- 

 tor of organization. Many farm advisers 

 attended the services as well as repre- 

 sentatives from the Extension Service and 

 U. of I. College of Agriculture. R. A. 

 Cowles lAA treasurer, attended the serv- 

 ices held in Eureka. 



SUBSIDY TO CONSUMERS 

 ON BUTTER IS REMOVED 



Effective Oct. 31, the 5 -cent butter sub- 

 sidy was removed. OPA permitted cream- 

 eries and wholesalers to increase their 

 ceiling prices by the amount of the sub- 

 sidy, or 5 cents per pound. Since this 

 compensation is allowed them, creameries 

 will be able to pay farmers the same rate 

 for cream as before. Retail ceiling in- 

 creases allowable are from 5 to 6 cents 

 per pound effective Nov. 8. 



FARM ADVISER RESIGNS 



Lloyd Wilken, assistant farm ad- 

 viser of Livingston county, resigned his 

 post Nov. 1 to become manager of sales 

 service for a Pontiac seed corn com- 

 pany. He was graduated from the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois college of agriculture 

 and had served as assistant farm adviser 

 since July, 1943- 



