NEWS ^ VIEWS 



Hold Annual Home Bureau 

 Or^Huzution Conf&vnce 



By Mrs. EDWARD A. SCHILF 



Home Bureau Publicity Chairman 



THE Tenth Annual Citizenship and 

 Home Bureau Organization Con- 

 ference sponsored bj the Illinois 

 Home Bureau Federation and the 

 Home Economics Extension Serv- 

 ice at MacMurray College, Jack- 

 sonville, July 8-11, was an outstanding 

 success. The program was excellent 

 with speakers excelling in their respec- 

 tive fields to present the material . . . 

 and, the weather was perfect! 



One of the outstanding features of 

 the conference was the active discus- 

 sion by the delegates of the material 

 presented by the speakers. Delegates 

 from 80 counties were represented. 

 One hundred fifty-three delegates were 

 registered for the entire conference. 

 Fifty more attended part of the con- 

 ference. 



Economics of Germany 



Dr. Carl F. Taeusch, St. Louis Uni- 

 versity, St. Louis, Mo., discussed "The 

 Government of Occupied Germany," 

 and "The Economics of Occupied Ger- 

 many." Dr. Taeusch's third talk, "Our 

 Responsibility for Foreign Policy," was 

 in the form of a panel discussion. The 

 delegates who served on the panel were 

 Miss Zella Corbett, Carroll county; 

 Mrs. Albert Pierce, Moultrie; Mrs. 

 Virgil Simpson, Rock Island; Mrs. B. 

 R. Ryall, DuPage; and Mrs. Mildred 

 Douglas, Pulaski-Alexander. 



Dr. Nellie L. Perkins, professor of 

 home economics. University of Illinois, 

 presented two talks: "How to Choose 

 and Set Up Play Equipment for Small 

 Groups" and "The Psychological Char- 

 acteristics of Childhood and How to 

 Meet Them." Dr. Katharine Taylor, 

 specialist in family education, Univer- 

 sity YMCA, Champaign, spoke on "Be- 

 ing Fit to Live With" and "The Role 

 of the Homemaker in the Home and 

 the Community." 



G«in of 5,821 Members 



Dr. C. L. Stewart, professor of agri- 



cultural economics, University of Illi- 

 nois, discussed "The Land as a Stabi- 

 lizing Factor." 



Besides these talks the delegates dis- 

 cussed their own problems in their or- 

 ganization. Mrs. Dale Huffman, Mason, 

 co-chairman, organization committee, 

 Illinois Home Bureau Federation, gave 

 the report of membership for 1946-47 

 and discussed future plans. The state 

 organization showed a net gain of 

 5,821 members bringing the total mem- 

 bership up to 40,472 members. Forty 

 counties made the quotas that they had 

 set for the year with Pike county lead- 

 ing with a quota of 20 and gaining 

 191 new members. However, Cass 

 county led in the highest in percentage 

 of gain of new members with a gain 

 of 83.33 percent. Cass was second on 

 the honor roll with a total of 155 new 

 members. 



Miss Florence Johnson, Madison 

 county, presented the delegates with 

 copies of the Federation Handbook — 

 two copies in each county. Miss Will 

 Parks, Rock Island county was chair- 

 man of the committee, with the follow- 

 ing as members of her committee. Miss 



Mary Louise Chase, assistant state lead- 

 er. University of Illinois; Miss John- 

 son, and Mrs. C. W. Cutler, former 

 vice-president of Cook county but who 

 is now living in Washington state. 

 Discuss Responsibilities 



"Responsibilities of Executive Boards 

 for Long-Time Plans" were discussed 

 by a panel with Mrs. Paul Henry, 

 Christian county, as leader. Members 

 of the panel were Mrs. Eldon Branch, 

 Marion county; Mrs. M. C. Ackland, 

 Morgan; Mrs. Myrl Dehart, Pike; and 

 Mrs. Harold Bower, Kendall. 



Mrs. Will Parks, Rock Island county, 

 and Mrs. Stanly Castle, Madison 

 county, discussed the school situation. 

 Miss Mary Louise Chase, Miss Lulu 

 Black, and Mrs. Mary Ligon, members 

 of the extension staff at the University 

 of Illinois, discussed "Developing Sub- 

 ject-Matter Programs to Meet County 

 Needs." 



Miss Myra Jane Robinson, Edgar 

 county, summarized the conference in 

 her talk: "Translating the Conference 

 into Action." 



Mrs. June Clifton, Iroquois county, 

 who had been very active in legislative 

 work concerning House Bill 408 which 

 was to have appropriated a sum of 

 money for the new building, thanked 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association 

 for the assistance it gave the Federa- 

 tion in their legislative work. 

 Enjoy Conference Chorus 



An important part of the conference 

 was the recreation planned by the 

 state chairman, Mrs. Emile Rediger, 

 McLean county. Each session was 

 opened with group singing with Mrs. 

 R. E. Milligan, Champaign county, 

 state music chairman as leader with 

 Mrs. R. A. Shively, Piatt county, ac- 

 companist. 



One feature of the conference en- 

 joyed by all, those who listened and 

 those who took part, was the confer- 

 ence chorus composed of members of 

 the conference with Mrs. Milligan as 

 director. 



Fearful af poMibl* undulant fever attacks 

 Harmine and Robert Scheffner of near Free- 

 pert are happy with their new millc pas- 

 teurizer. 



FILLS VACANCY • 

 Mrs. Harold P. Joy, Morgan county, was 

 named by the executive board of the Illinois 

 Home Bureau Federation, to fill the vacancy 

 of the directorship of the West Central 

 district cause by the death of Mrs. Harry 

 C. Smith of Pike county. 



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