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ILLINOIS Rural Youth has chal- 

 lenged nation-wide traffic records 

 by participating in its own skilled 

 driver program. Statistics show 

 that their age group is the foremost 

 traffic offender in the nation, but Illi- 

 nois farm youth are demonstrating 

 their desire to better the record. 



Most of the Illinois Rural Youth 

 groups during the year have had at 

 least one meeting devoted to the study 

 of safety, while 40 counties have gone 

 further in this project by taking the 

 lAA safety department's skilled driver 

 short course. This has been followed 

 up with county and district contests 

 preceding the selection of a state 

 champion skilled driver at the lAA 

 annual meeting. 



The written county exams, based on 

 the lAA Safety Course and emphasizing 

 traffic regulations, statistics, and knowl- 

 edge of car and roads, advanced high 

 scorers on to district competition. 



Seventy-two Rural Youth then par- 

 ticipated in nine district driving per- 

 formance contests last month. The 

 actual tests, co-sponsored by the lAA 

 safety department and department of 

 young people's activities, were conduct- 

 ed by officers of the traffic safety sec- 

 tion of the Illinois highway police who 



judged each participant not only on 

 his ability at skillful driving, but on 

 courtesy, attitude, and knowledge of 

 traffic regulations as well. The nine 

 district winners were scheduled to com- 

 pete in the state contest at the lAA 

 annual meeting in St. Louis. 



In recognition of their good work, 

 1500 participants in the skilled driver 

 short course have been awarded certifi- 

 cates of merit, while those scoring 

 highest in county contests are being 

 presented engraved mechanical pencils. 



MRS. SCHILF RESIGNS 



Mrs. Edward A. Schilf of Edgar county, 

 has resigned as publicity chairman of the 

 Illinois Home Bureau Federation. She 

 was named chairman more than a year 

 ago. Until a new chairman is selected, 

 home bureau news items should be ad- 

 dressed to Women's Editor, Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association Record, 43 East Ohio 

 Street, Chicago 11, 111. 



NEW REPORTER 



The new publicity chairman for the 

 Ogle County Home Bureau is Mrs. Hal 

 Campbell, Stillman Valley, 111. 



ARGYLE SOCKS 



Naxt to a birdia, th« daaratt thing to a 

 SoKar'f haart li a pair of argyla socks. 

 Hand knit socks hova tha added advantaga 

 of long waar and excallent fit. Colors can 

 ba combinad to suit individual tasta. This 

 handsoma plaid pattarn is mada of thraa 

 colors In a non-shrink sturdy wool. For 

 frea Instructions sand a salf-addrassad 

 stoRipad anvalopo to Woman's Idltor, Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association Racord, 43 

 fast Ohia Straat, Chicago 11, III. 



Abova is a group attanding tha district skiliad drivars centast at Jacksonvillo In October. 



Holding placard at right is W. W. Whitlock, lAA director of safety and public health. 



State policeman is Earl S. Stroup, who assisted In conducting the examination. 



(circular lA/ui ^hoiv ; 



.y^ow to freeze Zroou 



ANEW circular, "Freezing Cooked and 

 Prepared Foods," is now on the 

 University of Illinois presses. The cir- 

 cular, which gives directions for freezing 

 baked foods and combination dishes, is 

 the result of tests made at the University's 

 College of Agriculture foods research 

 laboratory. 



"Foods frozen in this way are ready 

 to serve after only a little more work," 

 say the authors, Royene F. Owen, Jean T. 

 Chase and Frances O. VanDuyne. "They 

 greatly simplify the problem of prepar- 

 ing an appetizing meal when time is 

 short, when unexpected guests arrive or 

 when skilled hands are not available." 



The circular contains one section on 

 combination dishes with recipes for freez- 

 ing such foods as chicken a la king and 

 beef or veal stew. There are also direc- 

 tions for freezing various kinds of cakes,, 

 pies and yeast rolls. 



L A. A. RECORD 



