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STYLED FOR GLAMOUR 



4-H CLUB ADULT LEADERS ARE 

 HONORED AT SPRINGFIELD MEETING 



MORE than 300 persons attended the 

 first annual 4-H Club Leaders Recog- 

 nition Meeting in Springfield Feb. 27. 

 The meeting was ar- 

 ranged under the 

 joint sponsorship of 

 the Illinois Agriail- 

 t u r a 1 Association, 

 the Illinois Home 

 Bureau Federation, 

 the University of Il- 

 linois E X t e n s i on 

 Service, and the Il- 

 linois Chain Store 

 Council. 



An all day meet- 

 ing was held with a 

 banquet in the evening given over to the 

 recognition of the constructive work 

 which has been carried on by local 4-H 

 Club leaders during 1946. 



The program in the afternoon included 

 a conducted tour of Lincoln's home, Lin- 

 coln's tomb, the State House and the 

 Centennial building. Principal speaker 



Mrs. Goodwin 



was Dr. J. O. Christianson, Farm Club 

 program director for Minnesota and su- 

 perintendent of the school of agricul- 

 ture. University of Minnesota. 



Speaking for the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association was George Metzger, lAA 

 field secretary. Mrs. Raymond Hanley, 

 Scott county, represented the Illinois 

 Home Bureau Federation and Prof. J. 

 C. Spitler, state leader of farm advisers, 

 spoke for the extension service. 



Spokesman for the local 4-H Club 

 leaders was Mrs. Phil Goodwin, Will 

 county, Edwin I. Pilchard, director of 

 agricultural 4-H Club work in Ilinois, 

 presided as toastmaster. Other speakers 

 included Robert B. Irwin, secretary of 

 the Springfield Chamber of Commerce 

 and Albert Eisner, Jr., president of the 

 Illinois Chain Store Council. 



Four prominent leaders were invited 

 from each county, representing both 

 agricultural and home economic 4-H 

 Clubs. Sixty-seven counties are repre- 

 sented. 



This high itylo (wootor hai a trick up Its 

 tieoves In tho now, doop armholes. The 

 high neckline odds fashion Interest and is 

 a perfect setting for your throat-hugging 

 jewelry. Cabio stitch Insets decorate the 

 front and sleeves and contrast with the 

 smooth stocklngotte stitch. For free instruc- 

 tions send a stamped, self-addressed en- 

 velope to Women's Editor, Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association Record, 60S South Dear- 

 born, Chicago S, III. 



A group of 4-H Club leaders attending the 4-H Club Recognition Meeting in Springfield 



visit Lincoln's tomb. 



Chest X-Rays Check 

 On Tuberculosis Is Made 

 In Kane County 



HAVE you had a chest X-ray recently 

 to check whether or not you are free 

 from tuberculosis? 



If you lived in the village of Hamp- 

 shire, population a little over 650 in 

 Kane county, you would have had the 

 opportunity to have had the chest X-ray 

 by the mobile unit of the Kane County 

 Tuberculosis Association. 



The Hampshire Home Bureau unit 

 sponsored the mobile unit and spent one 

 day in Hampshire making X-rays at the 

 school, on Main street. 



During the day 279 persons were X- 

 rayed. The school was covered 100 per 

 cent and most of the business houses co- 

 operated. The five factories of the vil- 

 lage were very enthusiastic and gave 100 

 per cent cooperation. 



This service was free to all. The ex- 

 pense being met through the Christmas 

 Seal campaign which has always been 

 very enthusiastically supported by the 

 Hampshire community. 





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