RURAL YOUTHERS HAVE FUN 



Wilbur Kluoter (right) shows Luclla Conrad 



a HoudinI trick with a piece of string. 



Rural Youth plan most of their recreation 



themselves. 



For loughs, Madison Rural Youth ploy 

 matchbox passing game. Principals in bock 

 line are Grace Highlander (left) and Glen 

 Grotefendt. In front: Elmor Antenen and 

 Vice President Bemeice Bardelmeier. 



NO MATTER how good an education- 

 al program is, it just won't stick with 

 youth unless there is time for play. 



That's the reason Rural Youth leaders 

 spice their youth building program with 

 a wide variety of recreational activities. 



Some of these laughable and enjoy- 

 able moments so typical of Illinois' 84 

 Rural Youth organizations are shown in 

 these pictures of Madison County Rural 

 Youth at play. 



Plays in particular have received strong 

 support by Rural Youth organizations 

 throughout the state during the past year. 

 These plays, not only have offered the 

 members some interesting knowledge of 

 play production and self expression, but 

 also have given a large number of peo- 

 ple some wholesome entertainment. 



Typical is the comedy "The Camp- 

 bells are Coming," presented through- 

 out Madison county in April by Rural 

 Youth and which has more than ordinary 

 laugh appeal. 



Dormant during the war years, Mad- 

 ison County Rural Youth organization is 

 again active and is taking a prominent 

 part in youth f)articipation and youth 

 responsibility. 



Aside from the purely social side of 

 Rural Youth, there is the stimulation of 

 discussion, educational talks and films, 

 trips to county government offices and 

 to the state College of Agriculture at 

 Urbana, and to industries and historical 

 places. 



Rural Youth has also assumed an in- 

 tegral position in the life of many rural 

 communities, assisting such organizations 

 as the Red Cross, the USO and the Farm 

 Bureau, and generally broadening the 

 fullness of their own lives with enjc^- 

 ment and service. 



Bill Dorsey (left) and Hugh Bamett hove a 

 lively argument during a rehearsal from a 

 In the play "The Campbells Are 

 Coming." 



Grace Highlander (left) and Florence Suhre 

 make Rural Youth President Eimar Antenen 

 hoist his heels In a hurry during rope game. 

 Others await chance to keep feet from 

 being entangled. 



Bemeice Bardelmeier (left) pulls her shotgun technique on Glen Having the time of their lives during recent highly successful bam 



Grotefendt while Vema Suhre looks on during rehearsal of Madison dance, Madison County Rural Youth en|oy the final formation of 



Rurol Youth ploy. a Virginio Reel. 



MAY. 1946 



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