NEWS '-^ VIEWS 



3arni Mome IS SOURCE OF 



STRENGTH AND STABILITY 



As A ^rcal -.ouric ot strength and 

 stability lor Amc-rita. the tarm 

 home also can he a source ol 

 strenL;tli in the world tjuest lof 

 peaie. lliis was the hope ex 

 presseil hv leading I arm women attend 

 ini; the 1 ith annual convention ot tlie 

 Associated Women ot the American 

 Farm Bureau I'ederation. 



The tnectint; was held \n connection 

 with the American larm liureau l"ed- 

 eration convention in (hicai^'o in Decem- 

 ber. It attracted several hundred women 

 representint; l.J~s,()Oii tarm women in 

 every corner ot the nation. 



(Concerned with the iiiKasv interna- 

 tional situation, one ot the resolutions 

 approved bv the .Assoc nieil Women 

 he-ads Our on.ein mi 'In !uture iies 

 also m tile iMiildini; m .t worid in uhich 

 families ,.iii ii\e loi^ctliei in peace. 



The coinention urced l.irm women to 

 take an .icti\e p.irt in their loeal elections, 

 riiey also were .isked to keep well 

 intormed on all political issue-s to enable 

 them to distinguish tacts from tutioii 



Also recommended was further action 

 tor the establishment ot health and hos- 

 pital facilities in rural areas easilv a\ail- 

 .ible to tartll people. 



On education, the Associated Women 

 said: "There can be no assurance ol 

 peace unless ail people are well-informed 

 .md capable ot thinkini: tor themselves." 



On the farm home a resolution reads: 

 It will take many thinqs to make tarm 

 homes comfortable." The re-.solution 

 went on to point out the need tor kitchen 

 modernization, and the need tor elec- 

 tricity and runniiii; w.iter. 



Presidiiii; over the Associated Worn 

 ell's convention w.is Mrs. Roy Weai^h 

 ol Maryland wlu) s.iid: "There is neither 

 .1 nation nor a feneration so secure th.it 

 it cannot e\|XTience calamity as the re- 

 sult ol :1s own i^norini; ol the tund.i- 

 mental laws of truth and |ustice." 



Speakiny for the AbBl" in creetint; to 

 the Associated Women. AI-BT Secretary 

 Wilfred Sh.iw said: "^'ou render a 

 ureat service to the nation by sending 

 line vounc l.irm peoiMe to the cities, ^'ou 



The resolutions tommittee for the 13th annual <onvention of the Associated Women of the 

 American Farm Bureou Federation are shown together during the meeting at the Hotel 

 Sherman in Chicago. Left to right; Mrs. Haven Smithy Neb., Midwest; Mrs. Charles 

 DeShazo, Va., South; Mrs. Alfred Lunn, Mass., Northeast; Mrs. Raymond Sayre, la., chair- 

 man; and Mrs. C. S. Stroh, Colo., West. 



Chosen on the basis of outstanding 4-H 

 achievement to represent 45,000 Illinois 

 club members at the National 4-H Club 

 Camp in Washington, D. C, next June are: 

 Top left, Robert G. Willrett, OeKalb county; 

 top right, Athylin Morris, Pulaski county; 

 bottom left, Mefa Keller, \.a Salle county; 

 and bottom right, Gilbert Blonkenship, Ken- 

 dall county. 



women carry the ehiel responsibility tor 

 the social lite and welfare of rural areas, 

 barm women have a broad projjrain of 

 work that men can never do." 



1 he impressive Sunday evening candle- 

 light service whicli has become a custom 

 with Associated Women was conducted 

 under the direction of the Rev. ClifTord 

 Newham of the Covenant Methodist 

 C.hurch. liv.mston. 111. Wilson Mount 

 of Tennessee led the singing and sang a 

 ( hristm.is solo. 



Also jiresenting a ( hristmas program 

 ot choral musu was the International 

 H.irv ester ( om|Mnv men's chonis of Chi- 

 cago 



.Vniong the speakers aj'j->eanng on the 

 AssOci.ited Women program were Glenn 

 Hunting ol the Central I'arniers' b'crtilizer 

 (^omp.iny. lormerly research director for 

 the Illinois I'arm Supply Company, 

 hunting spoke on the importance of nu- 

 trition 111 luimaii health and how it can 

 be balanced with proper fertilizers ap- 

 [■•lied to our farms. 



Dr. Dorothy Chess spoke on the med- 

 ical profession as a career for women. 

 She traced the beginnings of women in 



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