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Here s Chance to 

 Take Educational 

 Eastern Trip 



AN interesting and educational all- 

 expense tour to New England is 

 being sponsored Oct. 22-31 by the Ag- 

 ricultural Leaders' Digest, Chicago. 



The tour is being conducted by Mr. 

 and Mrs. C. L. (dp) Mast, Jr., who 

 will be assisted by representatives of 

 the New York Central Railroad and 

 other tour services. Cap, who is editor 

 and publisher of the Digest, was for- 

 merly a 4-H club leader in LaSalle 

 county. He has also been editor of 

 Prairie Farmer, lAA Record and the 

 Business of Farming. He is a native of 

 Adams county. 



To make reservations for the trip, 

 write to Cap Mast at 139 N. Qark 

 Street, Chicago 2, 111. 



CROSS STITCH 



Twa popvlor forma of w dtowork loin 

 fercas In Ihb handcom* ofghon. Tha sida 

 panals ora woricad In ofghon (titdi ond 

 crechatad togathar with itrlpi of ifor (titch. 

 A colorful laof ond trolli* pottom bi rust, 

 tan and maroon It crosi-itltchad ta tha 

 bock-ground panals of darfc groan. Iha 

 cantar stripas combina light and darfc 

 graan. For froa butrwctians sand a salf- 

 addrassad s t a mpad anvalapa ta Waman's 

 idltor, minols Agrkwhwal Association Rac- 

 ard. 43 East Ohio Straot, Chlcoga 11, IIH- 



Mambars ef tha Pike County Homo •vraou ora shewn during their trip bjr bos ta St. 

 Louis in iota July. Seventy-four members made the trip and visited numoreut pelntt 



of Ifltarast in tha city. 



NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING 



OUNOIS AGBICULTURAL 



ASSOCIATION 



Notice is hereby given that the 

 annual meeting oi the members of 

 IlUnois Agricultural Association will 

 be held in the Sherman Hotel, Chi- 

 cago, Illinois, on the 17th day of 

 November, 1948, at 9:30 o'clock A.M. 

 for the following purposes: 



To receive, consider and if ap- 

 proved, to ratify and confirm the re- 

 ports of the officers and the acts and 

 proceedings of the Board of Direc- 

 tors and officers in furtherance of 

 the matters therein set forth since 

 the last annual meeting of members 

 of the Associotion; 



To approve, ratify and confirm the 

 several purchases heretofore made 

 by this Association of stocks and 

 evidences of indebtedness of cor- 

 porations whose activities will di- 

 rectly or indirectly promote agri- 

 culture or the interests of those en- 

 gaged therein; 



To secure consent and authoriza- 

 tion to acquire on behalf of the As- 

 sociation by purchase certain stocks 

 and evidences of indebtedness of 

 corporations whose activities will 

 directly or indirectly promote agri- 

 culture or the interests of those en- 

 gaged therein; 



To elect eight (8) members of the 

 Board of Directors to serve for a 

 term of two years; 



To elect a President and Vice- 

 President who shall also serve as 

 directors for a term of one year; 



To consider and act upon such 

 proposed amendments of the Arti- 

 cles of Incorporation or of the By- 

 Laws of Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation as may be properly sub- 

 mitted; 



For the transoction of such other 

 business as may properly come be- 

 fore the meeting. 



Paul E. Mathias, Secretary 



HOME BUREAU WOMEN 

 HOLD THREE-DAY RETREAT 



The annual Home Bureau retreat for 

 counties in the central Illinois area was 

 held for three days in late August at 

 East Bay Camp. Home Bureau women 

 attending heard lectures during their 

 stay on such subjects as handcraft, and 

 nature study. Book reviews and inspi- 

 rational talks and a stunt night also 

 were included. Activities included 

 swimming and boating. 



FESTIVE TABLECLOTH 



For a table cloth with a party flavor, moke 

 It with Irish crochet. Tha rasa petals, 

 scallops and picots which dwroctorlza H 

 hove on omamontal, special occasion qual- 

 Ity. You con moke this cloth in any sisa 

 ta fit your table by |oinlng to g a t har as 

 many ef the four-Inch motifs as yoo ne e d. 

 Far free instructions send a saif-odd r assad 

 stamped anvalapa to Women's Editor, OU- 

 nols Agricultural Assodotien tocord, 43 

 East Ohio Street, Chicago 11, llibiois. 



OCTOBER, 1948 



