SPLAN NEW EXPANSION 



PRESIDtN; 



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lAA BACKS AIKEN BILL PRINCIPLE OF FLEXIBLE PRICE SUPPORTS 



(Set story on page Id) wliith i> now 

 gtttiiiL; undcrwav in liliiiuis jiui wili 

 ht carried out during' tlit >Liini.i.r with 

 tlu- i.oupcr.ition ol the I.\.\. .oimtv 

 \\iTm liure.uis, LnuLT'-itv or Illinois. 

 the Natural Hi^torv Sur\e\. and the 

 Illinois State Department (jl lh.aith. 



"1 lie th eraiiuation program is oi.e 

 of the l'e--t our or^'anization has spon- 

 sored," I'resident Siiuman said. "Like 

 the inedu.d student lo.in lund program. 

 it lias L'Dod puMit relations \alue. 



('.. H. Btiker. iiianaL'er ut" Illinois 

 I\irm Supjdv ( (impanv, w.iriied Farm 

 Bureau leadiers that a erUkal shortage 

 ^ot !:aso!ini.- is imminent. He urtied 

 'farmer.s to keej^ their tanks full and 

 conserve their supplv. L sc the tank 

 fas lor tarin purposes onlv. he said. 



Thirty million gallons of fucl.s ex- 

 pected from the Pana Retmerv recentiv 

 purchased bv Illinois I arm Supply is 

 expected to help ease the shortace. 

 However, we will still be short 2(1 mil- 

 lion gallons We could use, he warned. 



I. n. Parett, secretary ol general serv- 

 ices, speaking on the medu.il student 

 loan tund being sponsored jointlv bv 

 the lAA and tiie Illinois Medical So- 

 ciety, announced that api^lications lor 



A question on legal limitations in the use 



of school funds is asked by D. H. Cuppy of 



Douglas county. 



the funds will be given priority from 

 20 Illinois counties where the need lor 

 doctors is greatest. The counties are. 

 f^alhoun. Johnson. F-'ulaski. Jasper. 

 Schuyler. layette, Scott. \\ aslungton. 

 Bond. Cumberland, Jo Daviess. Clark. 

 Clay. Edwards. Hancoik. Brown 

 Hardin. Hltingham. Jersey, and Pope. 

 Asked to comment on the progress of 



rural school reorganization, lolin K 

 C o.\, ill rector of the lAA rural si.hool 

 rel.itio:;s .lepartment. said it still 

 nee.l^i: eriiighteiKKJ aggressue le.ider- 

 ship. live years t roni now." C.ox 

 s.iui. I IkIkac We shall be pri>i:d lit 

 the Ic.ulersjiip l.;;in Bure.iu jxople 

 lia\e given to s'.iiool reorganization 

 We are being gneii a tre.it ileal (it 

 credit tor the sihooi reorgani/.Uion 

 I'TOgrani to the point that it things go 

 u rune we niav h.i\e to shoidder the 

 iilanie. ^o lei's '^ty ail lutt lor the t\ pc ol 

 reorL:,;ni/ .tion th.i; gues ns rlu most 

 ,::!i; liie .-est tor the money." 



l.\.-\ Dire tor Homer fii-ti^s pre- 

 - i;'i.>i the \.\.\ position on tlu ■ ur- 

 :',i;t bntler-marg.irine i(Mitro\ersy m 

 "lii.h he explained tli.,1 the l.-\.\ will 

 '.': o; po«c (iie removal ol tin l.i\cs on 



in,.:r'_':!rine. 



I 



i.foi some other 

 tne.iiis ol preserving the uientil katioii 

 .IS iulVvcL:! the two produits is devel- 

 oped." 



President Munnan said he felt tliat 

 the lA.-\ st.ind might not be tjuitc 

 satisiactory to soybean oil men but lie 

 lioj^ed that when Illinois dairymen and 

 soybean oil men got together they 

 would Ix.- able to work out a solution 

 on the butter-margarine controversy 

 satisfactory to both groups. 



^'?^HE reconstructed Rutledge Tavern 



at New Salem State Park is the 



12th in our series of historical 



and picturesc^ue Illinois scenes. 



It was here that Lincoln first met 



and loved golden-haired Ann Rutledge, 



The Tavern was the first building at 



New Salem and was built by James 



Rutledge, father of Ann, in 1S2S. 



Rutledge built the Tavern or lodging 

 house (no lic|uor was sold) to accom- 

 modate men working on the mill he 

 was building nearby on the Sangamon 

 river. Floating downstream to New 

 Orleans, young Lincoln's flat boat 

 stranded on the dam. He stayed at the 

 Tavern until it could be refloated. 

 Taking a liking to the village. Lincoln 

 returned to New Salem and the court- 



ship of Ann Rutledge. 



Babcock in his "Soul of .Ann Rut- 

 ledge," quotes Lincoln as saying on 

 Thanksgiving Day in IHsi: "There are 

 all sorts of Thanksgivings and all sorts 

 of things to be thankful for. But 

 there will never be another one like 

 this, for I have asked Ann Rutledge, 

 the sweetest girl in all the world, to 

 be my wife, and she has done me the 

 honor ot giving me her promise." 

 ■ James Rutledge sold the Ta\ern 

 and mill and moveti to a larm 'i ' , 

 miles north of New Salem where 

 .Ann died during an epidemic in Its.s'- 

 Lincoln was at her beiiside and was 

 profoundly shocked. Reconstruction of 

 the village was begun in 19^2 and now 

 includes cabins, stores, shops, the 



^ronl (^t 



tavern, and the .school and >.hureh 

 cabin. Buildings are lurnished with 

 authentic early 19th century furniture 

 and utensils. The village is a men a 

 lor Lincoln scholars and admirers irom 

 tlirouthout the nation. 



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Record nrr 



MAY. 1948 



