hHOMEMAKERS 



FESTIVE SETTING 



The busy homemaker can entertain with a 

 minimum of table linen if she has a set of 

 place mats. If you like to crochet, you will 

 be particularly happy to learn that the Na- 

 tion-Wide 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 some 

 white pearl cotton and a crochet hook. 

 The locet 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. 



Your company clothes are safe from spots 

 behind this pretty apron. You can make it 

 without a pattern from pastel cotton and 

 bands 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 Ohio 

 Street, Chicago 11, III. 



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ranch country. 



Recognition was t;ivcn 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 

 "C'avalcade ot America". CBS o\er 

 "Country Journal" featured a Marv- 

 land home adviser. 



Georgia sent a delegation to ^X'ash- 

 ington, D. C to learn about tlie work- 

 ings ot the department of agriculture. 

 San Joacjuin lOunty. C'al., planned a 

 tri-county celeliration with a special 

 luncheon table tor members ai.ti\e lor 

 20 or more years. 



Alaska honored the dubs in tiie .\Iat- 

 anuska Valley which was colonized 

 t rom the states during the days of the 

 depression. 



Nearly e\ery state honored the week 

 in a special way and with planned 

 events. It was a nation's tribute to tlie 

 line spirit with which home advisers 

 and volunteer leaders are serving un- 

 selfishly the farm women of the United 

 States. 



.^J^ancoch to l/Snild 

 i^onntij J^oipilcit 



AC;AMPAIGN to raise SI' ^oioOO lo- 

 cally toward a hospital building I'und 

 has been launJied in Hancock 

 ujunty. A community and u)untv-wide 

 program, the dri\c for funds is being 

 supported strongly by the HantOtk 

 (ounty Tarm Bureau. 



Plans provide for the hospital to be 

 built in Carthage at \x\ estimated tost of 

 S60().000. Th'is will gi\e the county a 

 ^O-bed general hospital and an inter- 

 mediate medical center conforming to tiie 

 Illinois Hospital Sur\ev and Plan. 



NOTICi; 

 Patterns on these pages are 

 available for si.x months onlv fol- 

 lowing publication. 



Tlie L". S. Publk Health Ser\ u e and 

 the Illinois Department of Publn Health 

 ha\e each approved grants of S2()(). (>()(> 

 toward buildmg and eejuipping the ncu 

 memorial hospital. 



The Memorial Hospital Asso, iatmn. 

 wIikIi is direiting the building lund lani- 

 p.iign. has been .ucepted as a member b\ 

 the American Hospital Assou.uion anil 

 the Illinois Hospital Assoiiation. 



I'ugard, Burt and Wilkinson of ( lu- 

 ta!,'0 are the arlllltelt^ lor the neu iios- 

 pital. 



Kane lOuntv rcicntlv held a rug mak- 

 ing school where W* women were shown 

 bv demonstration how to make hooked, 

 braided, wagon wheel, and nev^ art iraft 

 needle rui;s. Mrs. lilmcr llanders. 



Need a hired man? Here's the aver- 

 age Illinois tarmers are paying this 

 spring. W^ith boar^i. SIO") a month; 

 without board. SI2V. Day wages with 

 board. S'>.10: without board. Sti.20. 



JUNE. 1948 



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