LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 



A. F. Schuck Joins 

 Treasurer's Staff 







FROM EX-RURAL YOUTHER 



I'VE BEHN thinkini; for some time that I 

 shoulj write and then when a news re- 

 lease about the Rural Youth tour came in I 

 deciJeJ to j;et ri^ht at it. 



The reason for my having access to a news 

 release is that we Ret U. of I. raJio news here 

 at XX'KIY'. I've been workin.t; in raJio as 

 a farm director since the first of the year. The 

 bi« reason for my getting into radio was niv 

 Rural ^'ou'h and Farm f5ureau activity. That s 

 why I've wanted to write. I feel that I owe 

 something to the people who were so nice to 

 mc and did so much for me in Illinois Rural 

 '^'outh. I've always heard that you ,cet out of 

 a thins just what you put into it, and that's 

 lUSt how it worked with Rural '^'outh. Rural 

 Youth cot me mv job. I worked for VC'I.PO 

 in I-aSalle. Illinois, first and then came here 

 luly 1. The only way I could be happier 

 would be to be closer to home. 



I'd like to make Rural Youth camp this 

 vear, but that's impossible. I do hope though 

 to L-ct to the lAA convention in Chica.qo next 

 winter. 



Wisconsin has no Rural '^'outh and it's cer- 

 tainly a shame. I think you should bring some 

 Illinois Rural Youthcrs up here and do some 

 missionary work. It would make a jirand tour. 



I'd better close now as I have a news 

 cast coming up. 



Bill Mason, Farm Director 



Station WKTY 



La Crosse, Wisconsin 



WANTS COUNTRY SCHOOL 



U FTFR reading about the rural school bus 

 **on pace 12 in July's RECORD I sort of 

 acree with the mother who doesn't want her 

 six year old meeting the 6 o'clock bus. 



After all a child of six is just a baby and 

 needs those extra hours of sleep. Of course 

 a schcKil bus is safe. 



But does that give the child that extra 

 *>hut eye? No I 



I used to go to a city school and I've gon; 

 to country schools. It may seem strange to 

 you but I say: "Give us back our country 

 schools '. And to make your book more inter- 

 esting lets have a poem page too. I love to 

 write poems. I enjoy The Record very much. 



Mrs. Elmer Lyons 

 Montgomery County 



RURAL YOUNG MARRIEDS 



I'M SORRY that I have not written before 

 concerning our Edwards County Rural Young 

 Married Couples organization. 



This is our second year of being organized. 

 At the present time we have 52 members and 

 the prospects of 28 more. A couple must 

 attend our meetings two times to become a 

 member. Our committee for a meeting is 

 selected by drawing the names of three couples 

 from the "hat." There have been 33 different 

 children attending the meetings this year. 



So far this year we have had four outdoor 

 meetings, a wiener roast, swimming, a picnic 

 supper, and our June meeting's big hit was a 

 mock wedding. Some of our other meetings 



have been a Valentine party, St. Patrick's Jay 

 party, and our Mav rr.^etin^ was as wUcnIs oi 

 Rural "^'outh. 



We have had several verv interesting e^iu- 

 cational features given bv local people. At our 

 last meetini:, our local dentist. Dr. ClvJe 

 Straup, enlightened our group on a new tooth 

 powder which is being used in several school 

 programs this year. Some of our other speak- 

 ers have spoken on insurance and tlie showing 

 of moving pictures of a trip through Alaska. 



I hope you have some idea from thi.s letter 

 as to how our uroup works. 



Mrs. Don Cowling 

 Edwards (oiinn 



LIKES COVER 



I'VE been enioying and appreciating vour 

 cover pictures and keep looking forward 

 for new surprises. Several of the small (in- 

 side) descriptive pictures have bct-n saved 

 for my scrap book — where, by the wav. 

 only choice material is considered. 1 Imre 

 the old state house at Kaskaskia is coming 

 up — and how about the present one? 



Mrs. Blanche VX'ilhelm 

 Fulton Countv 



RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS 



Above are two of three medical students 

 awarded lAA-lllinois Medical Society loans. 

 Riglit is Burton Bagby, 3S, Mounds, and, 

 left, L C. Fiene, 31, Sparta. They hove 

 agreed to practice five years in community 

 of 5000 or less after internship. 



TWO FROM lAA JOIN 

 ILL. FARM SUPPLY STAFF 



TWO men from the staff of the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association have 

 transferred to the Illinois Farm Supply 

 Company, the lAA's largest affiliate. 



C. E. Strand, for the past 10 years 

 manager of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Auditing Association, will become 

 Farm Supply Company comptroller 

 starting Sept. 1. 



W. "W. 'Whitlock. lAA director of 

 public health and safety for the past 

 two years, has become director of safety 

 for Farm Supply. 



A. f. Scnwck 



ARTHUR F. SCHUCK. who was as- 

 sociated with Scars, Rocbuek and 

 Company, in many positions lor 12 

 VL-ars, has joineJ the staff of the treas- 

 urer's office of tiie 

 ^gpjR.^ Illinois Agri- 



Jr^ ' ^% cultural Associa- 



f : '■. tion. 



lust prior to 

 loininu with the 

 Wfcry^^ lAA.' Schuck was 

 Vk*- Km .issociatcd with one 

 iif the larger mort- 

 .tr.iirc investment or- 

 LMnizjtions of Chi- 



(..IgO. 



\ veteran o f 

 World War I, 

 Seliuck held responsible positions dur- 

 ing World War II in several ordnance 



plants. 



Schuck had a wide variety of business 

 experience with Stars starting in 1928 

 .ind continuing until I9i0. He was 

 first assigned to the statt of the vice- 

 president ot finance and his major work 

 was with the factory organizations. 

 Later, he was made assistant to the vice- 

 president in charge of retail adminis- 

 tration. He then was called upon to 

 serve as operating manager of the com- 

 pany's rock wool plant at Wabash, 

 Inii. His next assignment placed him 

 in the position of presitient and general 

 manager ot Sears' three sporting goods 

 manufacturing companies. Just prior 

 to the outbreak of World War 11, 

 Sihuck was named comptroller and 

 treasurer of Encyclopedia Britannica. 



Born in Washington, Ind., May 11, 

 189(), Schuck attended grade and high 

 ^^ hools in that community and worked 

 on the family's farms during the sum- 

 mer months. He entered the Univer- 

 sity of Illinois in 1915. His engineer- 

 ing and commercial studies were inter- 

 rupted in May, 191-. when he enlisted 

 in the army. .After his discharge 

 from the service March 3, 1919, he 

 went with the Bedford Stone and Con- 

 struction Co.. Indianapolis, as assistant 

 secretary and treasurer, and remained 

 until 1921. 



Following a short term of service in 

 the Springfield division of the Bureau 

 of Internal Revenue, Schuck went with 

 Corporation Service Co., financial coun- 

 selors. 



Schuck has a 183-acre fruit farm 

 northeast of LaPorte, Ind. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Schuck have two children. Arthur 

 F. Jr., n. and daughter, Dorothy Ann, 

 13. 



SEPTEMBER. 1948 



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