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MEMBERSHIP Coal for 48 



is set at 



Seven top flight organization men get together at lAA convention, 

 i. to r., bacic: C. H. Mills, Cook; George Heidemann, Jersey; A. 

 B. Culp, McLean; Charles Webster, Will; front, A. L. Keim, Mon- 

 roe; E. R. Keim, St. Clair, and Carl Cox, Franldin. 



THE challenging goal of 155,000 Il- 

 linois farm families enrolled in 

 Farm Bureau for 1948 was an- 

 nounced by O. D. Brissenden, state 

 director of organization, as the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association finished a 

 year that has seen all membership records 

 broken. 



"Illinois with 145,851 members has 

 the largest and most powerful state farm 

 organization in the country. But we 

 must not be content with this honor. 

 Let's keep her strong with 10,000 more." 

 This is the message Brissenden relayed 

 'during the lAA annual convention in St. 

 Louis as he praised the "enviable" record 

 of county organization directors and 

 "those thousands of volunteers who have 

 gone out year after year." 



By breaking all records and for reach- 

 ing goals set for their county, 92 county 

 organization directors were honored in a 

 mass ceremony during the first general 

 session of the annual convention. 



More than 3,000 farm leaders filled 

 the large assembly hall to overflowing 

 and cheered as the organization men re- 

 ceived their certificate of awards from 

 George E. Metzger, lAA field secretary. 



For the first time in the history of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association, every 

 county in the state was honored for 

 achieving its goal in membership. 



Counties and organization directors 

 singled out for special praise included 

 Cook county and COD C. H. Mills for 

 signing the largest number of new mem- 

 bers, 754, and first in total net increase, 

 P^ • 



JANUARY, 1948 



At a special organization-information 

 conference Brissenden announced the 

 counties whose membership achievements 

 had made them leaders in the state. 



McLean county was second in both 

 these classifications with 659 new mem- 

 bers reported and a net gain of 450 in 

 total membership. COD is A. B. Culp. 



Jersey county, operating without a 

 county organization director, reported the 

 highest percentage of new mernber quota 

 attained — 620 per cent. The quota was 

 40 and the number signed 248. 



Will county with Charles Webster 

 serving as county organization director 

 was second on this basis with 549 per 

 cent reported. 



Franklin county with Carl Cox as coun- 



ty organization director was first on the 

 basis of percentage net gain of total mem- 

 bership for the year. Membership at the 

 beginning of the year stood at 500, and 

 on Sept. 30, at 701, for a net gain of 

 40.2 per cent. 



Johnson County Farm Bureau with H. 

 L. Cummins as county organization direc- 

 tor was a close second with a percentage 

 increase of 38.3 per cent. 



District I with H. B. Qaar as director 

 of organization, reported 10,126 new 

 members; District II, with L. B. Horn- 

 beck as director, reported 8,077, District 

 III, with J. C. Moore in charge until 

 Jan. 31, 1947, and John C. Hewlett for 

 the balance of the year, reported 5,314 

 new members. District III comprises the 

 Southern third of the state and showed 

 the greatest net gain. 



Ellsworth D. Lyon, lAA director of young people's activities. Introduces the Rural Youth 



State committee at the organization and information conference. Left to right: Edna 



Dew, Ogle county; Glenn Niehaus, Montgomery; Rex Emory, McDonouglv Lyie Sdiorti, 



alternate, Woodford; George Matthews, Whiteside, and Ruth Huser, Tazewell. 



