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hHOMEMAKERS 



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FESTIVE SETTING 



The busy homemaker can entertain with a 

 minimum of table linen If she hat a set of 

 place mats. If ye« like to crochet, you will 

 be particularly happy to learn that the Na- 

 tlon-Wlde Crochet Contest has returned. You 

 many enter crocheted pieces In any of 

 eight classifications. Your entry must first 

 be submitted in a state, county, or local 

 fair. For full contest details, a Nation-Wide 

 Crochet Contest rules sheet Is available to 

 you. For free Instructions send a self-ad- 

 dressed stamped envelope to Women's 

 Editor, Illinois Agricultural Association Rec- 

 ord, 43 East Ohio Street, Chicago, III. 



CROCHETED GLOVES 



Pretty smart hand coverings, aren't they? 

 You can make them' yourself with seme 

 white pearl cotton and a crochet hook. 

 The lacet stripes running from tip to stern 

 gives your hands that l-o-n-g look. If you 

 like expensive looking gloves at a mini- 

 mum cost, make a pair of these white beau- 

 ties. For free instructions send a self-ad- 

 dressed stamped envelope to Women's Edi- 

 tor, Illinois Agricultural Association Record, 

 43 East Ohio Street, Chicago, III. 



ranch country. .;,:; " 



Recognition was given on "RFD 

 America", a radio show originating in 

 Chicago. An Ohio farm homemaker 

 spoke over the entire NBC network. A 

 tribute was paid to home advisers on 

 "Cavalcade of America". CBS over 

 "Country Journal" featured a Mary- 

 land home adviser. 



Georgia sent a delegation to Wash- 

 ington, D. C, to learn about the work- 

 ings of the department of agriculture. 

 San Joaquin county, Cal., planned a 

 tri-county celebration with a special 

 luncheon table for members active for 

 20 or more years. 



Alaska honored the clubs in the Mat- 

 anuska Valley which was colonized 

 from the states during the days of the 

 depression. 



Nearly every state honored the week 

 in a special way and with planned 

 events. It was a nation's tribute to the 

 fine spirit with which home advisers 

 and volunteer leaders are serving un- 

 selfishly the farm women of the United 

 States. , -■..,..- ... ,.....>■:. 



^J^ancocK to vSuitd 

 L^ounti^ ^J4oApital 



A CAMPAIGN to raise $250,000 lo- 

 cally toward a hospital building fund 

 has been launched in Hancock 

 county. A community and county-wide 

 program, the drive for funds is being 

 supported strongly by the Hancock 

 County Farm Biireau. 



Plans provide for the hospital to be 

 built in Carthage at an estimated cost of 

 $600,000. This will give the county a 

 50-bed general hospital and an inter- 

 mediate medical center conforming to the 

 Illinois Hospital Survey and Plan. 



NOTICE 

 Patterns on these pages are 

 available for six months only fol- 

 lowing publication. 



Your company clothes are safe from spots 

 behind this pretty apron. You can make It 

 without a pattern from pastel cotton and 

 iMinds of polka dot material. If you have 

 enough aprons for yourself, why not make 

 one for a friend's birthday? For free in- 

 structions send a self-addressed stamped 

 envelope to Women's Editor, Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association Record, 43 East OM» 

 Street, Chicago 11, ill. 



The U. S. Public Health Service and 

 the Illinois Department of Public Health 

 have each approved grants of $200,000 

 toward building and equipping the new 

 memorial hospital. 



The Memorial Hospital Association, 

 which is directing the building fund cam- 

 paign, has been accepted as a member by 

 the American Hospital Association and 

 the Illinois Hospital Association. 



Fugard, Burt and. Wilkinson of Chi- 

 cago are the architects for the new hos- 

 pital. 



Kane county recently held a rug mak- 

 ing school where 60 women were shown 

 by demonstration how to make hooked, 

 braided, wagon wheel, and new art craft 

 needle rugs. — Mrs. Elmer Flanders. 



Need a hired man .' Here's the aver- 

 age Illinois farmers are paying this 

 spring. With board, $105 a month; 

 without board, $129. Day wages with 

 board, $5.10 ; without board, $6.20. 



lUNE, 1948 



