The Rural Vouth banquet season is over. 

 Banquet activities during the year have 

 shown much thought and preparation. 

 Guests have been heard to say, "How 

 could they think of so many things to do?" 

 The answer lies in well made plans by 

 committees and then putting responsibilities 

 in the hands of many people. 



A look into the committee organization 

 and evening program of Rock Island's Plan- 

 tation Party held May 9, in East Moline 

 senior high school, illustrates the thorough- 

 ness of planning which made possible the 

 entertainment of 240 guests without a dull 

 moment from "mixer" to "good night." 

 Committees were as follows : Programs and 

 table decorations — Dorothy Magerkurth, 

 John Rollins; decorating hall • — Sue Mont- 

 gomery, Joe Gieger; registration and name 

 tags — Arnold and Erma Struss; tickets and 

 publicity — Helen Norris, Bob Sievers; 

 recreation, dance and music — Lynn Stone, 

 Roger Struss ; menu and serving — Janice 

 Larson, Duane Magerkuth; punch bowl — 

 Gertrude and Ralph Sievers. 

 G«t Acquainted 



Each committee called upon various mem- 

 bers of the three Rural Youth units of the 

 county for assistance and got it. The plan 

 for entertainment was like this: Upon 

 arrival, guests found a committee ready 

 with pencils and suitable name tags so that 

 the process of getting acquainted was made 

 easy right from the start. Immediately a 

 mixer card with the title "Know Your 

 Neighbor" and spaces for 34 names was 

 passed out. 



After 20 minutes of getting acquainted, 

 the guests went to the banquet hall where 

 tables were located by song titles in large 



letters corresponding to the song title on the 

 back of each name card. In addition to 

 singing by the entire group, the table song 

 titles made singing by tables easy. 



Following the dinner came a program 

 of special musical numbers, the address, and 

 recognition of guests and committees. While 

 tables and chairs were being cleared away, 

 guests had an opportunity to visit. Then 

 came the grand march and dancing, with 

 quadrilles, reels, and ballroom dancing in- 

 terspersed. 



Visitors Help 



Various Rural Youth guests from visiting 

 counties helped with the recreation. Lois 

 Johnson, Henry, was one of the song leaders. 

 Harley Andrews, Knox, led the grand march. 

 Eddie Dew, Ogle, called the Virginia Reel. 

 Gavin Cross, also from Ogle, gave the di- 

 rections for the Texas Schottische. Howard 

 Eldrencamp, Whiteside, led Oh! Suzanna. 



The speaker was the Rev. Axel Pearson. 

 He based his address on the Rural Youth 

 Slogan, "Serve your community and know 

 your neighbor," and emphasized knowledge 

 of people and the attitude of service. 



Other counties have done as well. Rock 

 Island is used only as an example of good 

 planning in entertainment so as to pro- 



vide committee responsibility for a large 

 number of members. 



It would be well for your county to begin 

 now to plan for fall and winter banquets. 

 Right now while your banquet experience is 

 still a topic of discussion, sit down and 

 make a list of important points to remem- 

 ber. A careful filing of committees, menus, 

 responsibilities, activities to avoid and in- 

 clude will greatly help in banquet planning 

 in the future. 



Brown County Rural Youthers studied the 

 county school situation at the April 14 meet- 

 ing. Present were Glenn Thomas, chairman 

 of the County School Survey Committee; 

 and two other members of the committee — 

 Noah Marshall, and Lyndal Hoover. They 

 presented the plan which the committee has 

 recommended for grades one to eight. 



Scheduled for May — "Cooperatives", 

 with Robert Ericsson, manager Prairie Farms 

 Creamery, Mount Sterling, as speaker. 



Menard, new and going strong, heard Dr. 

 Don Van Houweling, director of Veterinary 

 Medical Relations of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association, speak May 6 on "Animal 

 Health and Relationship to Human Wel- 

 fare." He also showed a motion picture 

 entitled "Batting Brucellosis." 



The young married group of McHenry 

 has been learning about deeds and abstracts. 



The lAA and county Farm Bureaus cer- 

 tainly have had growing pains. In the last 

 18 months 35,000 new members — enough 

 for a fair-sized city — have joined the Farm 

 Bureau in Illinois. 



A HOG WITH 



A BRIGHT FUTURE 



is the hog that is fed properly, 

 housed in sanitary quarters and 

 vaccinated against hog cholera 

 ■with Farm Bureau Serum and 

 Virus. . . . 



Yessir! Nothing to do but 

 grotv fat and make money 

 for the boss. 



Remember: The Smaller the Shoat 

 The Cheaper the Shot 



ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU 

 SERUM ASSOCIATION 



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