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A RECOMMENDATION that plans 

 be made for the immediate erection 

 of a building adequate to meet the 

 needs of the University of Illinois de- 

 partment of home economics and home 

 economics extension service has been 

 made by the Illinois Home Bureau' Fed- 

 eration. 



The recommendation was made in 

 the form of a resolution adopted at the 

 federation's annual meeting held in 

 Urbana, Feb. 12 in conjuction with 

 Farm and Home Week. Presiding over 

 the meeting was Mrs. Stanley Castle of 

 Madison county, president of the fed- 

 eration. 



A year ago, Mrs. Castle appointed a 

 committee to study the need for a new 

 home economics building with Mrs. 

 John Clifton of Iroquois county serving 

 as chairman. 



In the committee report offered at 

 the annual meeting, it was pointed out 

 that enrollment increased from 358 in 

 1913 to 870 in 1941 besides the number 

 of home economics courses have in- 

 creased from 18 to 49. Present classes 

 are crowded, the report said, and better 

 laboratory facilities are needed. 



During the afternoon session, O. D. 

 Brissenden, lAA organization director, 

 brought greetings to the federation 

 from the lAA. Other speakers included 

 Mrs. Kathryn Burns, state leader of 

 home economics extension and Mrs. 

 Raymond Sayre, vice president of the 

 Associated Women of the American 

 Farm Bureau Federation, who spoke on 

 the "Peace-time Challenge to Women." 



Officers for the coming year elected 

 and installed at the meeting were: Miss 

 Pearl E. Barnes, Mercer, president ; Mrs. 

 James C. Graham, Mercer, secretary; 

 Mrs. D. M. Ames, Coles, east central 

 district director; Mrs. Frank Garwood, 

 Christian, south west district director; 

 and Mrs. Willard Hall, Bureau, north 

 west district director. 



Total membership of the Illinois 

 Home Bureau Federation is 30,507 as 

 of Jan. 1, according to a membership 



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report made at the federation's annual 

 meeting. 



This represents a net gain of 1898 

 members during the last half of 1945. 

 The state quota for new members this 

 year as set by the 78 counties with 

 Home Bureaus is 3521 to be met by 

 July 15, 1946. 



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For the second successive year, Mc- 

 Lean county has been named winner of 

 the Illinois Safe Homes Program for the 

 prevention of home accidents. 



The award to the McLean county dele- 

 gation was made at the Home Bureau 

 meeting held in Urbana, Feb. 12, during 

 Farm and Home Week. 



McLean county had the largest num- 

 ber of enrolled families in the program 

 reporting no home accidents during the 

 year. Second was Bond county with the 

 lowest percentage of accidents among the 

 total number of families enrolled. 



Gladys Ward, university home man- 

 agement specialist, reported that of the 

 9,512 families in 45 counties enrolled in 

 the program, 5,371 had no home acci- 

 dents to report. Falls, cuts and burns are 

 the accidents that occur most frequently, 

 according to Miss Ward. 



Mrs. Mildred McBride, Vermilion 

 county home adviser for the past six 

 years, started work Feb. 1 as Will coun- 

 ty home adviser. 



Miss Dorothy Romersberger, former 

 Jersey county home adviser, became Rock 

 Island county home adviser Feb. 1. 



Illinois Home Advisers Association oiiicers. 

 elected during Farm and Home week at 

 the University of Illinois are, left to right: 

 Miss Dorothy Footit, Moultrie county, vice 

 president; Mrs. Helen Drew Turner, Edgar. 



treasurer; Miss Nora E. Bore. Christian, first 

 ▼ice president; Miss Jean S. Moehn, Han- 

 cock, president, and Miss Margaret Van 

 Schoik, Wayne, secretary. Officers serve 

 one year term. 



MARCH, 1946 



