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Home Bureau contestants in the an- 

 nual State Sports Festival, August 28-29 

 at the University of Illinois, are getting 

 ready for the big event under the di- 

 rection of their state recreation leader, 

 Mrs. Emile Rediger, Lexington. 



The names of all contestants must be 

 sent by the Home Bureau office to the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association office in 

 Chicago before Aug. 25. 



Mrs. Rediger urges that women and 

 older girls begin to practice now for the 

 various events open to them. In a letter 

 to all county recreation chairmen, Mrs. 

 Rediger suggests that the various sports 

 be played at the unit meetings sometime 

 during the summer months and in 

 August the elimination contests be held 

 at some county wide event to select the 

 contestant or team and an alternate to 

 represent the county. 



A copy of the rvdes and regulations 

 for the 1947 Festival has been sent to all 

 county Home Bureau recreation chair- 

 men. A supply of the booklets has been 

 sent to each Home Bureau office. 



TRIM YOUR OWN 



There are many ways to trim handker- 

 chiefs: hand-roiled edges, hemstitched 

 edgeS/ embroidered comer designs and 

 embroidered initials. Trim your own. One 

 yard of 36-inch wide linen will make nine 

 handkerchiefs. For free instructions send 

 a self-addressed, stamped envelope to 

 Women's Editor, Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation Record, 43 East Ohio, Chicago, III. 



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All events are listed in two divisions, 

 a junior group of all under 35 years and 

 a senior group which includes all those 

 35 years and over before July 1, 1947, 

 . . . exception is table tennis: junior 

 class 4-H girls not over 16, senior class, 

 any other eligible person. 



Women's events this year are archery, 

 bowling, chair quoits, clock golf, dart 

 throwing, horseshoes, knot tying, rifle 

 shooting, shuffle board, swimming and 

 table tennis. Some of the women will 

 want to enter events in the folk festival, 

 too. 



WAYNE HOLDS CANCER DRIVE 



The Wayne County Home Bureau 

 sponsored the Cancer Control Drive 

 again this year. We are proud to re- 

 port $1,056.20 was collected. Expenses 

 amounted to $18.02. A check for 

 $1038.18 was sent to the Illinois Divi- 

 sion of the American Cancer Society in 

 Chicago. — Mrs. O. S. Wilkinson, Wayne 

 County Publicity Chairman. 



If you're taking a trip these packable ac- 

 cessories will be of special Interest to you. 

 The set packs flat and comes out of your 

 traveling bag fresh and unwrlnkled. The 

 hat Is a medium sized pancake trimmed 

 with narrow grosgrain bows and held on 

 the head by a deep band across the back. 

 For free Instruction send a stamped self- 

 addressed envelope to Women's Editor, 

 Illinois Agricultural Association Record, 43 

 East Ohio, Chicago, III. 



Home Bureaus Plan Camping Retreat 



Summer time is the time to camp — ■ 

 and that means Home Bureau members 

 are making plans for camping, too. 



Members in 15 counties of the central 

 part of the state are making plans for 

 the annual Home Bureau Retreat to be 

 held at East Bay, Lake Bloomington, 

 Aug. 10 through Aug. 12. The coun- 

 ties listed in the Home Bureau Retreat 

 group are Champaign, Douglas, Peoria, 

 Livingston, Mason, Moultrie, Logan, 

 Piatt, DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Taze- 

 well, Woodford, and Coles. 



"The idea of the camp is for rest and 

 pleasure. We have a program planned 

 that is inspirational as well as recrea- 

 tional and will be a treat to all who 

 attend," announces Mrs. Dale Huffman, 

 Mason County, camp director. 



"This camp is to have the facilities for 

 125 women and we hope to have a ca- 



pacity crowd. Rates are $7.25 for the 

 entire camp. Each camper furnishes her 

 own bedding," continues Mrs. Huffman. 



Mrs. Esther Olson, Macon County, is 

 treasurer of the Home Bureau Retreat at 

 East Bay this year. 



Whiteside and Henry counties report 

 that their members attend the district 

 Homemakers camp held at Camp Hau- 

 berg, near Port Byran. 



The program at Camp Hauberg is 

 both educational and recreational. Mrs. 

 Mary Ligon, Home Economics Extension 

 sp>ecialist. University of Illinois, will 

 conduct the educational discussions as 

 she did the previous year. Handicraft, 

 boating, and camp fire singing are some 

 of the other events planned for the camp. 



Greene county reports that they have 

 not held a camp since the war. And, 

 Madison county does not plan to have 

 a camp for this year. .1. ,. 



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