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The 11 district Rural Youth Training 

 Schools, or short courses, were attended by 

 563 Rural Youth officers, committee mem- 

 bers, farm and home advisers, and youth as- 

 sistants. Enthusiastic participation was in 

 evidence in each center. 



Some very interesting questions were asked 

 It various meeting places such as the fol- 

 lowing: 



1. How can meetings be started on time. 



2. How can we get new members. 



3. How can we hold the members after 

 they start coming. 



4. How can Rural Youth groups have good 

 parliamentary procedure. 



5. What are some good ways to make 

 money. 



6. How can we create interest in educa- 

 tional topics. 



7. What are some good educational topics. 



8. How can we get 100% cooperation. 



Possibly Rural Youthers over the state 

 would like to answer these questions. How 

 about writing your answer to me or to the 

 editors of this magazine. We shall be glad 

 to pass your experiences, opinions, and ideas 

 on to the readers of the lAA Record. Let 

 us hear from you. 



"Rural Youth in Civic Affairs" was 

 CLARK'S February theme presented in the 

 form of a panel discussion with County Judge 

 John Hollenbeck, Farm Adviser C. M. Glover, 

 Home Adviser Marie Nuttall, and Rural 

 Youth members taking part. Secretary Evelyn 

 Eubank comments that this educational fea- 

 ture was "very interesting." KANE, DE- 

 KALB, and southern DUPAGE met in Gen- 

 eva Feb. 19 and planned a series of joint 

 parties as follows: March 27, roller skating 

 party at the Sandwich roller rink; April II, 

 Square Dance, Masonic Temple in DeKalb; 

 Kby 20, wiener roast, Hopkins park. Syca- 

 more. Plans are under way for a Softball 

 schedule to be played by these and other 

 nearby counties. 



EDGAR recently heard Youth Assistant H. 

 V. Deffenbaugh and members Ralph Pantle 

 and Erwin Duzan, veterans of the southwest 

 Pacific and Europe speak on the life and 



customs of people in the various countries 

 where each had served and traveled. Pictures 

 and souvenirs displayed were of great interest 

 to the audience. 



Having fun at Mi* recant Rural Youth 



annual bonqwot at ■loenilngten are left to 



right: Uoyd Johnaon, Marilyn Gorllng, 



Robert Watt, and June Dickson. 



MENARD joined the long list of counties 

 interested in Rural Youth as youth and adult 

 leaders met on March 14 to discuss the values 

 and needs of an organization and to outline 

 future tentative plans. Recent reports of an- 

 nual banquets held or to be held include: 

 OGLE, March 15; FRANKLIN, March 17; 

 PEORIA, March 19; CHAMPAIGN and LEE, 

 March 25; KENDALL, March 26; WINNE- 

 BAGO, April 14; MONTGOMERY, April 

 15; ROCK ISLAND, May 18; GALLATIN, 

 recently organized, heard an instructive talk 

 at its March meeting by Farm Adviser Earl 

 M. Lutz on extension work. 



LOGAN and TAZEWELL held a com- 

 bined square, folk, and ballroom dance party 

 Feb. 28 in the Armory at Delavan. Central 

 groups of ROCK ISLAND has developed • 

 share-the-ride plan and have sent out an an- 

 nouncement to all on the mailing list giving 

 names and telephone numbers of transporta- 

 tion chairmen. MCDONOUGH was brought 

 up-to-date on "New and Future Appliances" 

 for rural homes as they toured a distributing 

 company's shop in Macomb on March 7. 



HOUGHTBY NAMED TO 

 BOARD OF AMERICAN 

 DAIRY ASSOCIATION 



E. E. Houghtby of Shabbona, lAA di- 

 rector of dairy marketing, was elected 

 to the board of directors of the American 

 Dairy Association at a rally and two-day 

 business session of delegates in Chicago 

 March 3 and 4. 



The American Dairy Association is a 

 federation of state, regional and national 

 associations charged with the responsi- 

 bility of nationwide promotional, adver- 

 tising, research and merchandising activi- 

 ties supported by five million dairy farm- 

 ers throughout the United States. 



Wilbur Swayer of Lake county, a 

 Farm Bureau member and president of 

 the Pure Milk Association, was elected 

 vice-president of the American Dairy As- 

 sociation at the business session. 



Both Swayer and Houghtby are mem- 

 bers of the Board of Directors of Dairy 

 Products Promotion, Inc., an affiliate of 

 the American Dairy Association. Both 

 men have been serving on a two-state 

 district committee coordinating the work 

 of Indiana and Illinois through the 

 Indianapolis, Indiana office, directed by 

 Manager Oscar Swank. 



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The 1947 llllneii Agricultural Association board of directors is shown In session. Left to rightt Albert W. Webb, Franiclin county; J. 

 King Eaten, Madison; Don L Clarke, Sangamon; Otto Steffey, Henderson; Milton W. Warren, Piatt; K. T. Smith, Greene; W. F. Coolidge, 

 farm adviser member, Livingston; Chester McCord, Jasper; Vice President Floyd E. Morris, Sangamon; President Charles B. Shumon, 

 Moultrie; Se cr etary Paul Mathiat; Charles J. Elliott, La Salle; Shirley Manis, eHlce secretary; Lyman Bunting, Edwards; John T. Evan*, 

 Vermilion; Earl JN. Hughes, McHenry; Homer Curtiss, Jo Daviess; Russeii V. McKee, Marshall-Putnam; Edwin J. Gumm, Knox; and 



Edward T. Culnan, Logan. 



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