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A buying crowd Mitiznated crt 2,000 

 watches the sale of a carload of 378-pound 

 Hereford heifer calves owned by Ray 

 Adams of Maple Hill, Sans., during the 

 first Chicago Feeder Show and Sale Oct. 



lS-16 at the Chicago Stock Yards. High- 

 est bid on this lot was $15.50 per cwt. 

 by A. L. Goodenough of Morrison, 111. The 

 sale was handled by the Chicago Pro- 

 ducers Commission Association. 



SEVEN COUNTIES ENTER 

 BUSHNELL JUNIOR 

 HOG SHOW 



Seven counties were represented in 

 the annual Bushnell Junior Market Hog 

 Show and Sale in Fulton county which 

 selected Robert Churchill's 235-pound 

 Chester White barrow as grand cham- 

 pion. 



The 12-year-old member of the 

 Happy Go Getters 4-H Club from near 

 Ipava in Fulton county also exhibited 

 the grand champion pen of barrows 

 while his brother, Max Churchill, 14, 

 won the reserve grand championship 

 in the same category. 



About 60 4-H and vocational agri- 

 culture boys exhibited and sold 175 

 market hogs. Churchill's grand cham- 

 pion barrow was sold te Harry Sparks 

 for $1.10 a pound. He donated the 

 animal to the tuberculosis sanatorium 

 at Bushnell. 



Counties represented were Mc- 

 Donough, Fulton, Warren, Knox, Han- 

 cock, Adams and Schuyler. 



The top placings in each of the show 

 classes, in order of their placing, were as 

 follows : 



Class I (single light barrow) ■ — Robert 

 Churchill, Ipava, Ipava 4-H; William Hamb- 

 ley, Augusta, Augusta FFA; Glen Davis, 

 Mendon, Mendon FFA; Don Kessler, Bush- 

 nell, Bushnell Busy B's; Ward Vass, Dallas 

 City, Dallas City FFA; Roland Patch, Smith- 

 shire, Roseville FFA; Gordon Ray, Berwick, 

 Berwick 4-H and Avon FFA; Leon Tice, 

 London Mills, London Mills FFA, Avon- 

 dale Beavers 4-H; Wayne Howe, Bushnell, 

 Bushnell Busy Bs 4-H; Dick Higbee, Ber- 

 wick, Avon FFA. 



Class II (single heavy barrow) — Harry 

 Postin, Ellisville, Fairview FFA and North 

 Fulton 4-H; Curtis Hillman, Canton, North 

 Fulton 4-H; Max Churchill, Ipava, GoGet- 



ter 4-H ; Bob Mustain, Sciota, Macomb FFA ; 

 Charlotte Hensley, Blandinsville, Blandins- 

 ville Blue Ribbon 4-H; Vernon Shawgo, 

 Ipava, Happy Go Getter 4-H; Gordon Ray, 

 Berwick, Berwick 4-H and Avon FFA; Keith 

 Gills, Sciota, Sciota Prairie Ramblers 4-H; 

 Russell Lawson, Macomb, Macomb FFA and 



Robert Churchill, 12-year-old member of 

 the Happy Go Getters 4-H Club of Fulton 

 county, poses with his 235-pound Chester 

 White barrow which was chosen grand 

 champion of the anivial Bushnell Junior 

 Market Hog Show and Sale. The barrow 

 later sold for $1.10 a pound. 



Indel Jolly Juniors 4-H; Paul Ogle, Augusta, 

 Augusta FFA. 



Class III (light pen of three) — William 

 Hambley, Augusta; Gordon Ray, Berwick; 

 Lanore Emory, Prairie City Livewires 4-H; 

 Leon Tice, London Mills; Robert Talcott, 

 Mendon. 



Class IV (heavy pen of three) — Robert 

 Churchill, Ipava; Max Churchill, Ipava; 

 Harry Postin, Ellisville; Robert Mustain, 

 Macomb; and Paul Ogle, Augusta. 



Farmers having timber in the home woods, 

 suitable for building, may save money by 

 having it sawed and cut to size at a local 

 mill. 



FOUR lAA STAFF MEMBERS 

 RETURN FROM ARMED 

 SERVICES IN OCTOBER 



Carl A. Petersen, Donald Teare, D. 

 V. Maxfield and B. K. McBeath, mem- 

 bers of the lAA Staff who left their 

 jobs in the Chicago office lO join the 

 armed services, have resumed their duties 

 in the insurance departments. 



Petersen is actuary with Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Mutual Reinsurance Company, 

 Teare is chief underwriter in Farmers 

 Mutual 'Reinsurance Company, Max- 

 field is an accountant for the insurance 

 companies, and McBeath is with CLIC. 



Teare, who came to the Chicago of- 

 fice from Champaign and Edwards coun- 

 ties, joined the army medical corps as a 

 private in January, 1944 and went over- 

 seas in July, 1944 after service at Camp 

 Ellis and Camp Grant. 



In southern England he served with 

 the medical corps and returned to the 

 United States in July, 1945 as a techni- 

 cian, fifth grade. He was discharged at 

 Camp Shelby, Miss., on Oct. 3. While 

 in England he paid a visit to his birth- 

 place on the Isle of Man. 



Petersen, who came to the lAA after 

 graduating from the University of Iowa 

 in 1937, entered the army as a reserve 

 officer in July, 1942 with the rank of 

 first lieutenant in the air forces. 



He left Fort Dix, N. J. for England 

 where he served from September, 1942 

 until July, 1944 when he returned to the 

 United States with the rank of major. 

 He also took part in the invasion of 

 Europe. 



Maxfield, who graduated from the 

 University of Illinois in 1936 and came 

 to the Chicago office of the lAA in 1939, 

 joined the army in October, 1941 as a 

 second lieutenant. He trained at Fort 

 Knox, Ky., and Camp Chaffee, Ark., 

 before being sent overseas. 



He arrived in England on D-Day plus 

 seven, and four days later was in France 

 as a member of Gen. Patton's Fourth 

 Armored division. He was seriously in- 

 jured in a peep collision near the Ger- 

 man lines in August, 1944 suffering a 

 fractured skull and injuries to the legs. 



He remained in hospitals until Oct. 1, 

 1945 when he was retired as permanently 

 disabled. 



Back at his job in the Chicago office 

 of Country Life after 3V2 years service 

 in the navy is recently discharged Avia- 

 tion Machinist's Mate 1/c McBeath. 



After five years in the Chicago office, 

 McBeath joined the navy in March of 

 1942. He received his basic training at 

 the Great Lakes Naval Training Center 

 and later taught aviation mechanics at 

 Navy Pier in Chicago. 



In 1 944 he was transferred to the naval 

 air transport service at Alameda, Calif., 

 where he served as a mechanic. .:;: 



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