MEMBERSHIP total in the state as of 

 June 30, 1946, stood at 128,940 

 compared with a total of 128,220 at the 

 end of the previous month. 



Illinois was represented by 120 mem- 

 bers at the annual Farm Bureau Mid- 

 west Training School, held June 23-26 

 at Kansas City. The total attendance at 

 the successful meeting was over 750. 

 Forty-five Illinois counties had at least 

 one member present. Thirty-one were 

 county organization directors, 30 were 

 ladies, ana 38 were members other than 

 COD's. LaSalle and Will counties, 

 with nine each, and Champaign, with 

 eight, led the list. 



It is interesting to note that this is a 

 year of large gains in membership not 

 only in Illinois, but in other states. The 

 Iowa representatives revealed that their 

 state has now passed the 105,000 mark. 

 Kansas, which had 23,693 members last 

 year, has attained a total of 40,000 so 

 far this year. And so it went around 

 the Middle West. 



Add these to your list of county organi- 

 zation directors who have attained the 105 

 percent dues income quota. They are May 

 qualifiers: A. C. Everingham, Cumberland 

 county; C. A. Markman, Bureau county: 

 E. E. Sandall, Kendall; Earl J. Hayes, 

 LaSalle, and Edward Sutter, Woodford. 



. . . AS FARMERS 

 FORWARD GO" 



ORGANIZATION NOTES 

 ■y O. D. Brissenden 



LaSalle county's total of 3318 at the end 



of May, 1946, was a new high figure for 

 county Farm Bureau membership in Illinois. 

 618 new members signed up to that time is 

 the lar"est numerically in the state this year, 

 and second highest in percentage terms. 

 Earl J. Hayes, county organization director, 

 deserves recognition, along with his splendid 

 force of fellow-employees and volunteer 

 workers. 



L. C. Greenwald, Menard county COD, 



can gracefully bow as he takes recognition 

 for signing the highest percentage of the 

 new member quota. The Menard total is 

 171 new members at May 31, representing 

 417 percent of quota. 



George E. Kemp, Galesburg, is the new 



Peoria county organization director, suc- 

 ceeding Harold Neal, now a special agent 

 in Vermilion county. Edwin H. Henderson 

 is new COD in Fulton county, succeeding 

 Kenneth L. Flake, now Henry county's farm 

 adviser. 



One of Williamson county's best drives, 



netting 70 new members, concluded recently, 

 according to word from Herbert Borum, 

 COD. 



T. R. Lovett, Livingston COD, is plan- 

 ning special drive to strengthen membership 

 in two townships that are below the county 

 percentage of 77.7 percent membership. 

 Special selection of workers, assignment to 

 definite prospects, a special "pep" meeting, 

 a followup campaign and special follow- 

 through on services highlight the program. 



During July all county Farm Bureaus will 



receive their allotment of the handbook 

 for new members and directors, entitled 

 "Serving More than 100,000 Farm Families." 

 This is a revision of the employee handbook 

 of the same name, and contains 96 pages of 

 information and pictures. 40,000 copies 

 were in the edition authorized by the lAA 

 Board of Directors. 



Forty new COD's, those employed during 

 the last two years, or recently returned after 

 extensive service in the armed forces, were 

 scheduled to attend conferences on their 

 work during the week of July 8-13 inclu- 

 sive. Meetings were set for Mt. Vernon, 

 Jacksonville, and Ottawa. 



Some interesting remarks at the Midwest 



Training School: 



(1) "We are breeding another war, and 

 anyone who thinks we can stand another 

 world conflict is foolish. Our first respon- 

 sibility is to relieve millions of starving 

 people in Europe." — Allen B. Kline of 

 Iowa, AFBF vice-president. 



(2) "The most expensive thing we are 

 paying for today isn't food or rent or cloth- 

 ing. It's our freedom." — Dale Carnegie. 



(3) "Membership is truly the most im- 

 portant Farm Bureau project. It's time we 

 went fully into action on it." — O. D. Bris- 

 senden. 



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