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In the summer a Rural Youther's fancy 

 turns to soil conservation. Edgar's iield 

 tours in June and July to observe the re- 

 sults of soil conservation climaxed studies 

 made during winter and spring on "My 

 Future Home." Strawberries from Fred 

 Anderson's farm, a picnic supper in Chester 

 Boland's woods, and a boat ride on Twin 

 Lakes were enjoyable features of these tours. 

 Adding facts proven by farmers gives as- 

 surance that soil conservation pays. 



Other educational features of interest: 

 Wayne — "History of Wayne County;" 

 Edwaitis — "Tour of Albion Buick Plant;" 

 Lawrence — "Appearance and Health;' 

 Livingston and McLean — "State Parks in 

 Illinois;" Knox — "Two Family Farm;" 

 and Kankakee — "Aviation, Present and 

 Future." 



Hayrides! Hayrides! Montgomery, start- 

 ing from home of Carl Niehaus; Ogle, with 

 White Pines State park as the goal; Clark, 

 members and friends meeting at the home 

 of president Burton Cline; Jefferson, from 

 the home of John Kent and returning for 

 a wiener roast; Mason, hayride, plus a 

 watermelon "bust;" and Edwards, hayride 

 in the environs of Albien. 



Radio's "thin fingers" reached out to 

 Morgan from WLDS, Jacksonville, and to 

 Montgomery from WDZ, Tuscola. Knox 

 will broadcast from the county fair grounds 

 at Knoxville daily during the Fair dated for 

 Aug. 6, 7, 8, 9. 



Moonlight and boat rides provide "sweet 



memories of you. " If not, why the big 

 plans for such events? Christian scheduled 

 the S. S. Admiral at St. Louis for July 14 

 to include also Jefferson, Wayne, McHenry, 

 Morgan and all others interested. Wash- 

 ington began summer activities with a 

 cruise on the S. S. Admiral. La Salle and 

 Champaign are each looking forward to 

 Lake Michigan cruises in August. Kendall 

 and McHenry turned to Lake Geneva and 

 Lee to the Palisades for these enjoyable 

 summer activities. 



It is good to hear from you, Clinton, so 

 soon after reorganizing, especially about 

 your picnic July 29, at the Carlyle fish 

 hatchery. Jefferson is matching all other 

 reactivated counties by accompanying Chris- 

 tian in the trip on the S. S. Admiral. But 

 who can match reactivated Vermilion which 

 signed up 100 per cent of the 55 present 

 at an organization meeting in June? Ogle, 

 which has been sponsoring three strong 

 Rural Youth groups — Polo, Mt. Morris, 

 and Forreston — began county meetings in 

 June and elected officers. 



It's an annual, enjoyable July event for 

 Peoria. You always find them in Detwiller 

 park about the second Sunday of the month 

 with well-filled picnic baskets. Not even 

 hot weather can stop our Rural Youth men 

 in Peoria, Knox, Fulton, Tazewell, and 

 Woodford, as they participate in the after- 

 noon Softball tournament. Bet the girls 

 have to do with planning such big events ! 



bus to St. Louis to sp>end a week-end. They 

 are planning to run a stand at the county 

 fair and are determined to have representa- 

 tives at state camp. La Salle, always well- 

 represented at East Bay, is planning a snack 

 bar for the county agricultural show, Aug. 

 26-27. 



Limber up those rheumatic joints and 



practice your favorite sport. There's a big 

 State Sport's Festival coming up in Urbana 

 on Aug. 29-30. Many county and district 

 festivals are being held this summer, all 

 pointing toward Urbana. One of the larg- 

 est is the annual district festival scheduled 

 for Aug. 14 at White Pines State park in 

 which a number of surrounding counties 

 will particip.ite. Richland sends a repre- 

 sentative to county educational council 

 meetings which related recently to a new 

 school. 



How are you coming, St. Clair in the 



special public speaking classes? We expect 

 great interest from you in the district talk- 

 fest. Thank you South Cook for stating 

 an aim so well for us all in your statement 

 in a recent issue of the "Ruralite": "The 

 aim of the South Cook County Rural Youth 

 shall be to develop an educational, social, 

 and recreational program which will be an 

 inspiration for better living." 



It's a good idea, Randolph County Rural 

 Youth member! Let's have more interest 

 in hobbies. Glad you mentioned this subject 

 in "Randolph Ramblings." You are ren- 

 dering a service, Morgan, by including di- 

 rections for games in your "Rambler."' 

 Whiteside has a bloodhound out trailing 

 down new member prospects. 



Now we know why there are so many 

 weddings in Rural Youth circles. Brown 

 has been teaching "Handkerchief Flirtation"' 

 in the columns of "Little Brindle Breeze."' 

 Knots tied : Annabell Plumley of Wyanet 

 and Joe Morris of Tiskilwa; Gladys M. An- 

 derson of Ohio and Richard Malm of 

 Princeton; Bob Linden and Helen Fyer; 

 Mason — Walter Grimm and Jean Kingen. 

 One recent semi-formal dance was reported. 

 DeKalb with a large crowd and a happy 

 event for all in attendance. 



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Logan mermaids may suffer from sun- 

 burn but they can still ride the boat or 

 roller skates in Decatur"s Nelson park or a 



Indiana Farm Bureau man attending the 

 Midwest Training School at Kansas City in 

 June have a soft spot In their hearts for 

 Illinois farm folk. Needing a tire after 

 some blowouts, the Hoesiers were put on 

 the right track by the I. S. Collins family 

 of Atwood, Illinois Farm Bureau members. 

 Handing daughter Jean Collins a Hoosier 

 Farmer, official publication of the Indiana 

 Farm Bureau, Publicity Director Glenn Sam- 

 ple took this picture of Jean and her moth- 

 er preparing chickens for freezing. 



INVEST IN YOUTH TO 

 ENRICH YOUR COMMUNITY 



( Continued from page 11) 

 office and do a capable job as stenog- 

 rapher or secretary. 



Doris Howell, Commercial teacher, 

 encourages activities helping to bridge 

 the gap between the school training 

 and the post-graduate period. Em- 

 ployers are invited to talk to the stu- 

 dents to explain the requirements for 

 good office workers, and general office 

 procedures are studied in tours of city 

 offices and in trips to offices in Chi- 

 cago. Girls also are encouraged to 

 take summer office jobs. 



Training includes shorthand and 

 typing and bookkeeping. The latter is 

 not required, however. Dictation must 

 be fast and accurate and letters, above 

 all else, must be mailable. A smatter- 

 ing of procedures of a variety of offices 

 also is given including the preparation 

 of bills of lading, invoices, book post- 

 ing, ditto work, etc. 



Farm girls seem to be particularly 

 interested in office work if their inter- 

 est is judged by their presence in a 

 Rochelle high school shorthand class. 

 Of 15 students questioned, 8 said they 

 were from farms and 7 said they lived 

 in town. This would seem to indicate 

 an unfulfilled need in many rural areas 

 for good schools with such training as 

 is available at Rochelle. 



Asked why they took commercial 

 training at high school, two of the 

 girls who said they were from rural 

 areas said : 



Maxine Busse — "The courses have 

 given me everything I will need to get 

 a good job. Commercial training has 

 given me confidence in myself." 



Ruby Grover — "I may go to col- 

 leee, but if I don't, this training should 

 help me get a job that pays a good 

 salary.'" 



The community of Rochelle may 

 well be proud of its high school. "With- 

 out touching on the school's well-bal- 

 anced training in liberal arts, which 

 has in no way been sacrificed to the 

 advancing vocational education pro- 

 gram. Principal Hills and the school 

 board have guided their actions by 

 what they believe is best for the wel- 

 fare of the student and the community. 



The results are commendable. Voca- 

 tional education is often expensive, but 

 in rural communities where farm youth 

 takes advantage of its opportunities, it 

 pays off in greater returns from the soil 

 thereby enriching the community with 

 efficient, productive workmen and 

 happy, healthy farm families. 



About 10 per cent of the state of Illinois 



is covered with forests. 



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