ELLSWORTH D. LYON 



The Rural Youth slogan for 1946, "Serve 

 Your Community and Know Your Neigh- 

 bor," is finding expression in the various 

 activities of Rural Youth. 



McHenry's eight groups together have 

 planned interesting programs for several 

 months ahead and each is now enjoying 

 the county wide activities. The June formal 

 at Crystal Lake was such a county activity. 

 Examples of the unit activities are seen in 

 Ringwood's discussion of "Highway Safety," 

 in Pleasant Valley's 'Welcome Home Party" 

 for Merle Brooks returning from the army, 

 in Marengo's parties in which the girls have 

 been teaching the boys to dance, and in 

 Hartland's interest in developing a baseball 

 team. 



Thought-stimulating discussions continue 

 to come into the programs since the last issue 

 of the Record." St. Clair heard Dr. Nor- 

 man Rose, Highland health district officer 

 upon "Health Precautions for Rural Youth." 

 Knox conducted a lively panel discussion 

 on the "County Health Unit." Richland 

 heard Sergeant Stroup, a state highway 

 patrolman, discuss safety on the highway. 

 Tazewell heard Dr. Harry Roethe of the 

 Northern Research Laboratory. He told of 

 experiments in finding uses for farm prod- 

 ucts. Pulaski-Alexander and Wayne showed 

 slides and had discussions on soil con- 

 servation. Wayne is starting a series 

 of meetings this month built around the 

 theme, "Know Your Country," McLean 

 brought both the home adviser and the 

 assistant farm adviser into their meeting; to 

 lead discussions. Mrs. Lysted discussed the 

 theme, "Importance of Milk in the Human 

 Diet," while Mr. Mosbacker discussed soil 

 conservation and its relation to public health. 

 Iroquois had current events under the theme, 

 "Keeping Up-to-Date." This group discussed 

 UNO, the county soil conservation district, 

 new conveniences for the home, and recent 

 developments in baseball. Ogle had a back- 

 wards party but went straight ahead on the 

 study of '"Weed Killers."" Edwards engaged 

 in a panel discussion — '"What Should be 

 Done to Encourage Young People to Stay on 

 the Farm." 



The building of membership in the county 

 organization has been given serious consid- 

 eration in the various counties. Whiteside, 

 Warren, Bureau, Montgomery, Logan, Mor- 

 gan, and Franklin have reported membership 

 increases. 



Guest nights have been sponsored as a 



means of encouraging membership growth. 

 Bureau, McDonough, Tazewell, and La Salle, 

 invited high school seniors from county 

 schools. Macoupin held a family night at 

 which Farm Adviser O. O. Mowery led 

 a panel discussion on postwar jobs. E. H. 

 Regnier of the University of Illinois was 

 present to lead recreation. 



Four big banquets have been reported 

 recently. Bureau sponsored its first banquet 

 which was attended by 200 Rural Youthers 

 from Bureau and surrounding counties. 

 Camilla Anderson was crowned "Queen of 

 the May."" Randolph's banquet was attended 

 by a number of visitors from Jackson. The 

 speaker, Roberto de la Rosa spoke on ""The 



Youth of Mexico, " Clark's fourth annual 

 banquet was addressed by Frank Gingrich, 

 former 1. A. A. director of Young People's 

 Activities. Washington reported 1 10 present 

 at its banquet which was planned around the 

 theme, ""Pirate Ship."" 



Box socials, outdoor activities, and hard- 

 times parties have provided good spring- 

 time enjoyment for a number of counties. 

 Richland's box supper was attended by a 

 large crowd. More than $150 was cleared. 

 Part of the proceeds will go toward the 

 State 4-H Memorial camp. A county-wide 

 box social was sponsored by Whiteside's 

 four Rural Youth clubs — Twin City 

 Ripples, Prophetstown Tampico Warriors, 

 Morrison Merrymakers, and Newton No- 

 tions, Friends were present from nearby 

 counties. 



Greene sends an outline of interesting 



summer social activities which include a 

 boat ride on the Mississippi, (Morgan wants 

 to join other counties in this activity. Why 

 not get together.'') fish fry, swimming party, 

 annual hayrack ride and wiener roast. 

 Morgan and Warren featured wiener roasts 

 and each made plans for radio broadcasts 

 as future activities. Morgan's party was an 

 exchange visit with Cass. It also reported 

 a lawn party recently at which Rural Youth 

 slides were shown. Carroll reports a hard- 

 times party in May, a formal dance in June 

 as well as a square and ballroom dancing 

 held a scavenger hunt. Cook conducted a 

 progressive games party and scavenger hunt 

 as well as a square and ballroom dancing 

 party. Old fashioned hayrides were enjoyed 

 by Macoupin, Bond, Schuyler, DeKalb, and 

 Franklin accompanied by wiener roasts and 

 folk games. Rock Island enjoyed a ham- 

 burger fry. 



Madison and Bond participated in roller 

 skating parties. Logan found adventure in 

 a May breakfast which was planned by Doris 

 Gehlback, Wayne Sheley, and Gerald 

 Gehrke. La Salle gave an old clothes party 

 to which high school seniors and other 

 guests were invited. This group also served 

 as host to nearby counties in a picnic at 

 Starved Rock State Park. Northern Kane 

 honored Mrs. Gertrude Fields, who resigned 

 as home adviser, at its May meeting. 



Square and social dancing provided en- 

 tertainment as well as money making activ- 

 ities for a number of groups. St. Clair's 

 first attempt at a big money raising enter- 

 prise was held at Mascoutah Community 

 Hall May 11 proving that the event was 

 successful. Knox county's spring semiformal 

 dance in the Farm Bureau auditorium was 

 well attended on the same date. Henry boasts 

 of an attendance of 300 from 10 counties. A 

 lunchstand was provided by the Munson 

 4-H girls. McDonough held a big square 

 and social dance on May 31. Warren's 

 square dance team has given several demon- 

 strations in town and country schools. 

 Massac sponsored the movie, "Tokyo Rose," 

 as a money making project. 



Recent weddings reported are : La Salle — 



Francis McCormick and Audrey Jones, 

 Naomi Albertson and Wesley Freebairn, Bob 

 Temple and Mercedes George; Bond — 

 Frederick Baumberger and Delia Durr; 

 Brown — Maurice L. Bond and Roberta E. 

 Varner; Warren White and Doris Miller; 

 St. Clair — Russell Florreich and Irene 

 Schnaare of Pulaski, Tom and Aleen now 

 Mrs. Tom Renner; Whiteside — Jack Ste- 

 wart and Alta Ballard. 



ANSWERS — What's Wrong 

 With This Picture? 



{See page nine) 



1. Failure to stop tractor when oiling. 



2. Sloppy sleeves around machinery. 



3. Unguarded saw. 



4. Careless handling of log, endangering; 

 thumb. 



5. Unbuttoned sleeves near saw. 



6. Broken legs and supports on saw table. 



7. Man at saw carrying sharp tools in 

 pocket. 



8. Double blade axe left unguarded. 



9. Axe with broken handle. 



10. Sharp pointed hay fork on ground. 



11. Boy playing around water tank. 



12. Unsanitary mudbole around tank — leaky 

 water trough. 



13. Unsanitary condition of well. 



14. Working in front of mower. 



15. Horses unprotected from flies. 



16. Pick left sticking in ground. 



17. Broken handle on pick. 



18. Man overlifting. 



19. Shovel presents tripping hazard. 



20. Boy riding on tractor. 



21. Turning sharply at high speed with trac- 

 tor. 



22. Harrowing with tractor rear wheels in 

 narrow position. 



23. Tractor driver not watching where he is 

 going. 



24. Child riding on harrow. 



25. Failure to lead bull with a staff. 



26. Broken fence. 



27. Trees create blind entrance to highway. 



28. Dangling electric wire over driveway. 



29. Tree chopper let tree fall wrong way. 



30. Tree chopper"s axe caught in tree because 

 he is standing incorrectly. 



31. Unsafe windmill could fall on someone. 



32. Pail resting on platform of windmill may 

 fall off. 



33. Stovepipe in window of home. 



34. Upturned rake near house. 



35. Smoking in haymow. 



36. Door of haymow may fall on someone; 



37. Faulty elertric wiring near bam. 



38. Nails in board on ground. 



39. Broken ladder. 



40. Broken wheel on ground is tripping haz- 

 ard. 



41. Spraying against the wind. 



42. Chimney on house too low. 



43. Rickety barn — roof sagging and whole 

 barn in disrepair. 



44. Barn stall in disrepair. 



45. Ladder leaning against rotten barn roof. 



46. Man in haymow too near opening — may 

 fall out. 



47. Manure pile poorly placed in front of 

 barn. 



48. No safety blocks on saw-tractor wheels. 



49. Smooth patch on outside of tractor tire- 

 tread. 



50. Pump not braced. 



51. No platform around pump. 



52. Hose of fruit spray between man's legs 

 liable to trip him. 



53. Spraying trees after they have born fruit. 



54. No guard rail on windmill. 



55. No braces on power plant of windmill. 



56. No lightning rods on farm buildings. 



57. No guards on wheels of tractor. 



58. Seat missing from tractor. 



59. Seat support on mower broken and in- 

 adequately repaired with wire. 



60. Doubletree kingpin about to come out of 

 mower. 



61. No guards on gears of mower. 



62. Reins dropped between horses attached to 

 mower. 



{Reprinted from farm Safety Review) 



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