NEWS '^ VIEWS 



PEARL BARNES HEADS 

 STATE HOME BUREAU 



Miss Pearl Barnes, former president 

 of the Mercer County Home Bureau, 

 was elected president of the Illinois 

 Home Bureau Federation at the annual 

 meeting held in Urbana Feb. 12 in con- 

 junction with Farm and Home Week. 



Mrs. James C. Graham, also of Mercer 



Miss Pearl Barnes Mrs. J. C. Graham 



county was elected secretary. About 300 

 Home Bureau women took part in the 

 election. Directors named were: Mrs. D. 

 M. Ames, Coles county; Mrs. Frank Gar- 

 wood, Christian county, and Mrs. G. Wil- 

 lard Hall, Bureau county. 



Holdover officers are: Mrs. R. W. 

 Stanley, vice president, Champaign 

 county; Mrs. George Johns, treasurer, 

 Winnebago county, and directors Mrs. 

 Walter Horrabin, McDonough county; 

 Mrs. J. W. Cory, La Salle county, and 

 Mrs. Herbert Sutton, White county. 



Miss Barnes taught school for seven 

 years after leaving college and later 

 took an active part in 4-H and Home 

 Bureau work. Last year she was hon- 

 ored by the University of Illinois on the 

 completion of 15 years of club leader- 

 ship. In 1942, she was elected director 

 from the northwest district to the Illi- 

 nois Home Bureau Federation board. 



Mrs. Graham has been affiliated with 

 Home Bureau work as long as Miss 

 Barnes. She was chairman of the 

 Aledo Home Bureau for two years. 

 Her father, H. B. Smith was a charter 

 member of the McDonough County 

 Farm Bureau and her mother was a 

 charter member of the McDonough 

 County Home Bureau. Her husband is 

 superintendent of schools at Aledo and 

 they are the parents of two sons, Harris, 

 8, and Ron, 6. 



if /it favorite Kei 



CHERRY CAKE 



Melt 1/4 cup of butter in pan and 

 sprinkle I/2 cup of sugar over bottom of 

 pan, then cover with 2 cups of strained, 

 pitted cherries. Now mix 2 cups of 

 sifted cake flour, y^ tsp. salt, 3 tsps. 

 baking powder, I/2 ^^P sugar. Sift dry 

 ingredients together. 



Add alternately a mixture of 1 beaten 

 egg and 1 cup of milk with Y^ cup melted 

 shortening to the dry ingredients. Beat 

 final mixture well for 2 minutes, then 

 pour over cherries and bake at 375° for 

 20 to 25 minutes. 



Add a little sugar and water to the 



drained juice of the cherries if it is tart, 



making a thickened sauce to pour over 



the cake after it is turned out on the plate. 



Mrs. Michael Frake, Cook County 



"SLUGG'UM" 



Break 1 lb. of hamburger into small 

 bits adding 2 small chopped onions. Place 

 into a deep skillet and tender. Add 1 

 green pepper and 2 small pieces of 

 chopped celery. Cook until all is tender. 



Add 1 no. 2 can of tomatoes and I/2 

 bottle of tabasco flavored ketchup. 



Season to taste with salt, pepper, sugar 

 and 1 tsp. of paprika. Simmer for 15 

 minutes. Serve hot. 



Mrs. Archie French, Pulaski County 



Do you have a favorite recipe? If so, 

 write it down and send it in to Women's 

 Editor, Illinois Agricultural Association 

 Record, 608 South Dearborn St., Chi- 

 cago 5, ///. 



LATEST REFRIGERATION 

 RESEARCH DISCUSSED 



THE latest research in quick-freeze proc- 

 essing of fruits and vegetables was 

 outlined at a conference of refrigerated 

 locker men in Ottawa, Feb. 18, and in 

 Springfield, Feb. 25 by Miss Frances Van 

 Duyne, University of Illinois College of 

 Agriculture food specialist. 



The conferences were called by the Il- 

 linois Cooperative Locker Service of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association to ac- 

 quaint locker leaders and managers with 

 the latest service, research and manage- 

 ment aspects of the locker business. 



Miss Van Duyne discussed the research 

 taking place at the university in the 

 quick-freezing of mushrooms, squash, ap- 

 ples, cantaloupe, grapefruit, peaches, to- 

 matoes, beans and berries. 



For example, she explained that the 

 discoloration resulting from the quick- 

 freezing of peaches can be avoided by 

 the addition of ascorbic acid dissolved 

 in the packing syrup. 



Further information on quick-freezing 

 of fruits and vegetables may be obtained 

 by writing to Miss Van Duyne at the 

 University of Illinois College of Agricul- 

 ture, Urbana, Illinois. 1 



Miss Doris Mollet became Home ad- 

 viser of Edwards county following her 

 graduation from the University of Il- 

 linois Feb. 1. She graduated from 

 Greenville high school in 1940. 



McLean and Bond counties are honored as 

 winners of first and second places respec- 

 tively in the Illinois Saie Homes program 

 for the prevention of home accidents. Left 

 to right: Miss Gladys Ward, University of 



Illinois home management specialist: Mrs. 

 Ed Glasser, McLean county. Miss Lita 

 Bane, home economics head: Mrs. Arthur 

 Burkhart. Bond county, and Miss Nora 

 Bare, Christian county home adviser. 



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