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Plain Cake 



1^2 cups sifted cake flour 



2 teaspoons baking powder 



V4 teaspoon salt 



4 tablespoons shortening 



2 eggs 



% cup Staley's Golden Syrup 



1 teaspoon grated orange rind 



l/i cup milk 

 Sift together flour, baking powder, and 

 salt. Cream shortening, add Yi cup of syrup, 

 and cream until flufiFy. Add egg yolks, one 

 at a time, and beat well. Add sifted dry in- 

 gredients alternately with milk, stirring well 

 after each addition. Add grated orange 

 rind. Beat egg whites until stiff, add re- 

 maining y^ cup syrup gradually, beating 

 until mixture stands in stiff peaks. Fold 

 into batter until well-blended. Bake in a 

 greased 9-inch pan in a moderate oven 

 (350 F.) for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool and 

 frost as desired. 



Mrs. B. J. Mills 



HASN'T MISSED IN FIVE YEARS 



• Wayne county's fifth annual home bu- 

 reau meeting was an occasion, at least in 

 part, for tossing bouquets, according to 

 Mrs. O. S. Wilkinson, county secretary. 

 Mrs. P. C Hill, who hasn't missed a 

 meeting during the five years, was given 

 special recognition. Mrs. Roy Fran, 4-H 

 chairman, presented gifts to her fourteen 

 4-H club leaders. In addition, guests 

 were welcomed from Richland, Edwards, 

 Wabash and Jefferson counties. 



ANTIQUES DRAW CROWD 



A large crowd attended the antique 

 exhibit held by the Kendall County 

 Home Bureau. Several traveled many 

 miles away to see the exhibit. 



The exhibit included colonial and 

 other eighteenth century glassware, 

 silverware, linens and furniture. Furni- 

 ture included cradles, beds, chairs and 

 musical instruments, much of it more 

 than 100 years old. The Home Bureau 

 women conducting the exhibit were 

 attired in dresses of periods dating 

 back more than 100 years. The show- 

 was the climax of the evening with an 

 antique auction, entertainment and ex- 

 hibition square dance. 



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NEW HOME ADVISER 



Mrs. Willis Case, Ford county public- 

 ity chairman, writes, "We are very for- 

 tunate in securing Miss Elizabeth Scott 

 of Paxton, as our home adviser." 



MAY. 1947 



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EUSWORIH D. LYON 



Shelby Rural Youth hear something about (he road situation in their county from 



Charles Mayfield, director of the lAA's depdrtipent of road Improvement. President 



Clarence Schmitz Is seated Inmiddle of front row. 



chosen by the committee on the basis of 

 needs and interests of the youth of the 

 county. The month by month themes were 

 planned as follows : 

 May 6-FORUMS: 



Girls; Color in the room through ac- 

 cessories. 

 Boys : Use and care of farm machinery 

 and tractor maintenance. 

 June 3-SYMPOSIUM: 



"Health from the Ground Up" (Soil 

 Conservation) 

 July 1-DISCUSSION (by small groups) 

 "Recreation" and a County Sports Fes- 

 tival 

 Aug. 5- INFORMATIONAL DISCUSSION 

 in preparation for a Rural Youth tour 

 which wiill be held on Aug. 29. 

 Sept. 2-DISCUSSION 



School reorganization 

 Oct. 7-COUNTY TALK FEST 

 Each of the above topics planned so that 

 a large number of members would have 

 a part in each meeting and so that the 

 entire membership may have the oppor- 

 tunity to participate by the end of the Oc- 

 tober meeting. 



Young Married Groups 

 Rural young married groups are increas- 

 ing in number in Illinois. There are 16 

 county groups which have been reported to 

 date. Henry is the 16th. 



Talk fests are getting under way early 

 this year in various counties. Grundy ex- 

 emplifies a good approach in preparation 

 on the county level. For the April educa- 

 tional feature. President Harvey Ganzert 

 called for volunteers for short talks. Eight 

 Rural Youthers responded and drew the 

 following topics upon which they spoke for 

 two minutes. ( 1 ) school reorganization, 



(2) how can we have a better Rural Youth? 



(3) soil conservation, (4) is the younger 

 generation going to the dogs? (5) does 

 Grundy county need better roads? (6) which 

 is more important, personality or good looks ? 

 (7) should nutrition be taught in the public 

 schools, and (8) why is there an increase 

 in auto accidents? 



These short talks, making up all or part 

 of the educational features, provide oppor- 

 tunity for a large number of young people 

 to participate as well as build up a back- 

 ground of experience for all who take part. 

 Program Planning 



Knox recently planned a six-month series 

 of meetings built around personality de- 

 velopment. The individual topics were 



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