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AlWODA^l' M,t:lit>Li.in<: and \.u.i- 

 tion trip to C hK.iL;o. inikulin!: 

 IuihIkohs. ^'iicst .ippLaraiKcs at radio 

 proi^rams. and tours of art icntcrs, was 

 enjoyed hy lOH I. a Salk- Coiintv Home 

 Bureau memlsers reLentls. 



1 he rural women tra\eled in a taravan 

 of three busses, stopping tirst at the 

 Merehandise Mart where they heard Don 

 MiNeil tondutt his mornint; hreaktasl 

 <.luh. Mrs. (ilenn I'ord was interviewed. 



They then were shown tliroui;h the 

 Board ot Irade. Later tliev were es- 

 corted hv cuide iJirou^h the Continental 

 lUinois National Bank and Trust Com- 

 j^any huildini: where tliev were lunjieon 

 ^s^ue.sts. 



Alter luneli many went shopping. 1 heir 

 next stop was Chinatown where the i:roup 

 ate dinner and afterwards attended the 

 l>lay. "John Loves Mary." 



During tlie trip the i;roup \isited the 

 Art Institute where thev had a first hand 

 chance to admire the tme art and skilled 

 workmanship in a display of Trenth 

 tapestries. 



Enjoying themselves as luncheon guests of the Continental Bonk in Chicago a group of 

 La Salle County Klome Bureau women are shown with Paul E. Mathias (left), lAA Secre- 

 tary, and John Mannion (right), bank official. The women, left to right, front, are: 

 Mesdames E. Nodlond, L. A. Beardsley, Glenn Maier, Clarence Frye, and Tom Kenney. 

 Bock: Mrs. O. H. Ryan and E. Dimmick. 



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Wr ILL ( Dunty Home Bureau mem- 

 bers (.elehrated National Home 

 Bureau \X'eek May 2-S by display- 

 ing; in store windows the projei.ts 

 studied durini; the year by their members. 

 The displays consisted ot health 

 booklets studied which stressed home 

 pasteurization of milk, home furnish- 

 ings, accessories for the well-^»roomed 

 lady, and some phases of clothint; con- 

 struction. 



Unit chairman appointed committees 

 in each localitv to take care ot these 



The La Salle visitors 

 stop to chat with Eu- 

 gene W. Sloan, vice 

 president of the Con- 

 tinental Bank. Seated, 

 I. to r., Mrs. flarriett 

 Reed, bonk teller; 

 and Miss Helen El- 

 liott, assistant home 

 adviser; standing: 

 Miss Eureath Freyer- 

 muth, home adviser, 

 and Mrs. W. J. Wylie, 

 Home Bureau presi- 

 dent. 



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displavs set up in local store windows. 



This is the third year this special 

 week ha* been celebrated. Home dem- 

 onstration work or Home Bureau work 

 is carried on in each of the -iS .states and 

 in Hawaii, Alaska, and the Philippines. 



State and federal workers are assisted 

 by half a million rural women volun- 

 teer leaders in the program. 



In Illinois Home Bureau work is 

 conducted in !()() of the 102 counties 

 in the state. Membership is near the 

 "iO.OOO mark. 



In Illinois and throughout the na- 

 tion more than three million rural 

 women celebrated National Home 

 Bureau week. In Wisconsin it was 

 celebrated in conjunction with the 

 state's (.entennial ceremonies. Hoine- 

 makers portrayed changes in their 

 homes during the past 100 years. 



In New Mexico ^ood nei/:;hbor ideas 

 were featured with foreign war brides 

 invited to tell of homes in their native 

 laniis. 



Wyoming women sponsored a letter- 

 writm^' contest describing daily life on 

 a western farm or ranch. The best were 

 published locally and were later sent 

 to the Associated Country Women of 

 the ^X'orld in London to help European 

 women understand farm life in our 



I. A. A. RECORD 



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