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By MRS. EDWARD A. SCHILF 



Illinois Home Bureau Federation Publicity Chairman 



AN INTENSIVE and varied program, from a discussion ot the Marshall 

 Plan to a Mother Goose Party, was sponsored by the Illinois Home Bureau 

 Federation and the Home Economics Extension Service, University of Illinois 

 on July 6-9 at MacMurray College, Jacksonville, for ail county Home Bureau 

 presidents and county membership 



chairmen. 



One hundred and sixty-nine dele- 

 gates from 82 counties registered for 

 the conference which was the 11th 

 meeting of this kind. 



Miss Myra Robinson, Edgar county, 

 president of the Illinois Home Bureau 

 Federation, opened the conference with 

 "Our Conference Objectives." The 

 theme for the conference was the same 

 as it has been in the past: "The home 

 should be the center of every woman's 

 interest but not the circumference." 



In carrying out the theme, the key to 

 the discussions during the four-day con- 

 ference was an adequate program both 

 in membership and education. 



Outstanding speakers who con- 

 tributed to the scope of the program 

 were Dr. Carl F. Taeusch, graduate 

 school, St. Louis University, St. Louis, 

 Mo., who discussed "The Situation in 

 Germany." "The Marshall Plan," and 

 "The Bill of Rights," in three sessions. 

 In the "Bill of Rights" discussion he 

 was assisted by a panel of Home Bureau 

 women : Mrs. Henry Carlson, DeKalb 

 county; Mrs. Howard Leach, Macou- 

 pin; Mrs. A. L. Canterbury, Sangamon; 

 Mrs. H. D. Bowyer, Cook; Mrs. Floyd 

 Leonhard, Cass; and Mrs. Clarence 

 Clifford, La Salle. 



Constance Roach, organization rela- 

 tions officer with Unesco relations staff, 

 gave information concerning Unesco's 

 contribution to peace. 



Harlan D. Bcem, Coles county super- 

 intendent of schools, gave a very 

 thorough presentation: "School Re- 

 organization . . . What is Next.'" 



Mrs. Spencer Ewing, Country Wom- 



en's Council of the Associated Coun- 

 try Women of the World, brought to 

 the state meeting information concern- 

 ing the national organization and the 

 international organization. Mrs. Ewing 

 was the first president of the Illinois 

 Home Bureau Federation. 



Miss Marye Dahnke, director of con- 

 sumer service department of Kraft 

 Foods Company, talked of "Opportuni- 

 ties in Home Economics." Miss 

 Dahnke said that the life of an home 

 economist is never dull and that she 

 has the satisfaction of helping to make 

 the home a better way of living . . . 

 whether she is advising homemakers as 

 part of her career or managing her 

 own home. 



Dr. Harold E. Gibson, director of 

 public relations of MacMurray College, 

 welcomed the group to the college and 

 gave some information about the col- 



Treat your table to a set of hot plate mats. 

 These sturdy pieces are crocheted of rounds 

 of popcorn stitch closely worked for extra 

 protection. Make them of pearl cotton in 

 white or colors or a combination of colors. 

 For free instructions send a self-addressed 

 stamped envelope to Women's Editor, Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association Record, 43 

 East Ohio Street, Chicago 11, Illinois. 



lege. Dr. Dorothy Burrows, in charge 

 of the English department, MacMurray 

 College, read poetry to the group. The 

 Rev. McKendree M. Blair of the college 

 conducted the chapel hour each morn- 

 ing. 



The Illinois Home Bureau Federa- 

 tion advisory council members who 

 took part in the program were Mrs. 

 R. E. Milligan, Champaign, music chair- 

 man, with Mrs. R. A. Shively, Piatt, ac- 





Mrs. John Herren, Kendall county home adviser, explains the Illinois Home Bureau or- 

 ganization to a group of Tennessee Farm Bureau farmers during their visit to Illinois. 



(See Pages 4-5). 



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