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ILLINOIS Home Bureau Federation 

 Women and their guests spent a busy 

 day from 9 a.m. until after the past- 

 presidents dinner, Jan. 28, during Farm 

 and Home Week on the campus of the 

 University of Illinois. 



Mrs. Lilla Russell, Associated Country 

 Women of the World, London, spoke at 

 the morning session: "Glimpses from 

 Across the Sea," and told of conditions 

 in England during the war at the dinner 

 meeting. 



In the morning, Mrs. Russell said: 

 "Homes are the basis of all national 

 life." She continued that since women 

 do spend 80 per cent of the national 

 budget, industry should serse the home. 

 Industry should enable us to have good 

 homes. 



At the dinner meeting, she told of the 

 various struggles the Women's Institute 

 groups had to keep going during the 

 war years. (The Women's Institute 

 groups are similar to our Home Bureau 

 groups in Illinois.). 



Presideht Charles B. Shuman of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association discussed 

 "Mutual Problems" of the two organiza- 

 tions in the afternoon session of the 

 federation meeting. 



"We have a wonderful heritage in 

 Illinois but we are going on the road to 

 ruin unless we go back and change our 

 practices and build up our .soils," he 

 asserted. 



The women folks on the farms of 

 America must give inspiration to the 

 efforts for better farm life, he said. "It 

 is the job of the women to assist in the 

 building of a better rural America." 



President Shuman feels that there 

 should be closer cooperation between the 

 Illinois Home Bureau Federation and the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association to do a 

 more effective job. 



He congratulated the women upon 

 their member participation ; it was ex- 

 cellerrt, he said. He concluded with four 

 suggestions that he would like to see 

 practiced: 1. A conference for women 

 at the lAA annual meeting; 2. Closer co- 

 operation at the county level ; 3. More 

 responsible part of farm women in the 

 lAA organization . . . more of a family 

 unit in Illinois; 4. Representatives of 

 Home Bureau members on various lAA 

 committees, such as legislation, voting 

 and others. 



HOME BUREAU 



HAS A 



BUSY 



CONVENTION 



By MRS. EDWARD A. SCHILF 



Illinois Home Bureau Federation 

 Publicity Chairman 



Mrs. Kathryn Van Aken Burns, state 

 leader, home economics extension ser\'ice. 

 University of Illinois, welcomed the 

 group to the campus. In discussing the 

 Home Bureau situation as she saw it, 

 she congratulated the group on the 

 healthy growth in membership. 



In summarizing her remarks she said 

 there were three problems: 1. Try to 

 recruit girls to take home economics, 

 which in turn will offer more candidates 

 for home adviser positions; 2. The youth 

 problem in the county. The extension 

 program in each county has a youth pro- 

 gram as well as an adult education pro- 

 gram. Yet how many of the youth in 

 each county does the extension program 

 reach with 4-H and Rural Youth activi- 

 ties. She asked that each county check 



In the home appliance exhibit at 



Farm and Home Weeic, Mr. and Mrs. 



Paul Ceyicendall, Douglas county, are 



attracted by an automatic washer. 



their youth enrollment with the last 

 census figures. The average is only three 

 to five per cent reached. 3. The last 

 problem is program planning. In Home 

 Bureau lessons more emphasis should be 

 given to the science of living together. 



The following officers continue their 

 term of office until next year: Miss Pearl 

 E. Barnes, Mercer county, president; 

 Mrs. James C. Graham, Mercer county, 

 secretary; Mrs. D. M. Ames, Coles 

 county, east central district director; Mrs. 

 Frank Garwood, Christian county, south 

 west district director; and Mrs. Burton 

 King, Henry county, north west district 

 director. Mrs. Ralph Emel, chairman of 

 the credentials committee, reported that 

 there were 157 voting delegates from 77 

 counties. 



Newly elected officers are Mrs. Arthur 

 Page, DuPage county, vice-chairman; 

 Mrs. Earl Keniston, Will county, treas- 

 urer; Mrs. Clarence McCauley, Jefferson 

 county, director of the southeast district; 

 Mrs. George S. Esgar, Grundy county, 

 director of the northeast district; and 

 Mrs. Harry C. Smith, Pike county, direc- 

 tor of the west-central district. 



During the business meeting in the 

 morning, the following officers and dis- 

 trict directors gave their reports: Mrs. 

 Burton King; Mrs. Loren E. Johnston, 

 retiring director; Mrs. Frank Garwood; 

 Mrs. W. M. Kimmelshue, retiring direc- 

 tor; Mrs. D. M. Ames; Mrs. E. D. 

 McGuire, retiring director; Miss Myra 

 Robinson, retiring treasurer; Mrs. Arthur 

 Page; and Miss Pearl E. Barnes. 



In the afternoon the following stand- 

 ing committee chairmen presented their 

 reports: Mrs. Leonard Killey, Asso- 

 ciated Country Women of the World; 

 Mrs. Stanley Castle, legislation; Mrs. 

 Will Parks, Schools; Mrs. Raymond 

 Hanley, 4-H; Mrs. W. R. Goby, health; 

 Mrs. Charles Young, safety ; Mrs. Ronald 

 McDonald, library; Mrs. Dale Huffman, 

 organization ; Mrs. E. A. Schilf, publicity ; 

 .ind Mrs. Emile Rediger, recreation. 



Mrs. R. E. Milligan, music chairman, 

 was in charge of the special music for the 

 program, the Champaign county chorus 

 and the special trio she selected at the 

 meeting, as well as the group singing. 



Mrs. Huffman and Mrs. June Clifton, 

 led a discussion for county and unit Home 

 Bureau officers on organization. 



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