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MIts Reno L Hedgen (right), chief of heme economics education In llllneb, pretentt 

 $100 icholarships to Barbara Isenberger, Lanark; Mariorie Moore, Camp Point; and 

 Barbara Buckholz, Melvin. Murii Tracy, Wyoming, who was not present, also woe awarded 

 one of the four scholarships for outstanding achievement in high school and Fwtwr* 



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ALMOST 100 girls received special 

 awards or ribbons at the eighth 

 annual leadership training con- 

 ference of the Illinois Association of 

 Future Homemakers of America at East 

 Bajr Camp near Bloomington in late 

 August. 



The girls received the awards as in- 

 dividuals or as representatives of high 

 school units. About 400 girls, repre- 

 senting 18,478 members, attended the 

 camp. 



Highest of the individual awards were 

 the $100 State Future Homemakers of 

 America Scholarships presented to four 

 girls in the state for outstanding achieve- 

 ments in high school and FHA work. 



Those receiving the scholarships were 

 Barabara Isenberger, Lanark; Marjorie 

 Moore, Camp Point; Barabara Buckholz, 

 Melvin; Muril Tracy, Wyoming. Miss 

 Rena L. Hodgen, chief of home econom- 

 ics education in Illinois, presented these 

 scholarships. They require that the girls 

 go to a four-year accredited college or 

 university and major in home economics. 



Maty Baird of Bethany was elected 

 state president of the Future Home- 



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makers of America. Other officers are: 

 Lois Magnusoa, Irion, vice-president; 

 Marjorie Trout^'etter, Hamilton, secre- 

 tary; Oaudine Atterbury, Armington, 

 treasurer; Jeanne Di Gusto, Lacon, par- 

 liamentarian; Barabara Foote, Granville, 

 historian; Bette O'Neil, Springfield, 

 public relations; Donna Beals, Neoga, 

 recreation; and Barbara Murphy, Car- 

 thage, projects. 



The week- long conference was in 

 charge of Miss Francis Conkey of the 

 Home Economics Education department, 

 Illinois State Normal university. Coun- 

 selors included high school homemaking 

 teachers from various high schools in the 

 state and four junior counselors of home 

 economics majors in colleges. 



Vernon L. Nickell, state superintendent 

 of public instruction, was a guest speaker. 



Special programs included, "The 

 Model FHA Girl," described by an in- 

 structor from the Patricia Stevens Finish- 

 ing school; "This Thing Called Morale" 

 by Dr. A. H. Lauchner, lecturer and prin- 

 cipal of Thornburn Junior High school, 

 Urbana; Miss Patsy Lew, formerly of 

 Shanghai, China, and a home economics 



student from Francis Shimer college. 

 Mount Carroll talked on "Our Chinese 

 Friends." Miss Conkey chose as her topic 

 "Cheerful Cherub Speaks." 



Name Eleven Top 

 4'H Judging Teams 



ELEVEN Illinois 4-H county livestock, 

 dairy and poultry champion judging 

 teams ranked tops at the 1948 state 

 judging contest held at the University of 

 Illinois College of Agriculture on Sept. 4. 

 E. I. Pilchard, in charge of boy's 4-H 

 club work, supervised the contest in 

 which 790 Illinois 4-H boys took part 

 in an all-day program of judging horses, 

 beef cattle, sheep, swine, dairy cattle 

 and poultry. 



Six county teams were given a rating 

 of "A" for high scoring on livestock 

 (except dairy cattle and poultry) . 

 Boone, Christian, Macon, Tazewell. 

 Sangamon and McLean. Three county 

 teams were awarded an A rating in the 

 dairy judging contest: Fulton, McLean 

 and Tazewell; and two county teams 

 were given A ratings in poultry judg- 

 ing: Kendall and Will. 



On Oct. 2 the six county livestock 

 teams were scheduled to return to the 

 University for a run-oflF to determine the 

 state champion. The winning team 

 will represent Illinois in the non-inter- 

 collegiate judging contest held in Chi- 

 cago on Nov 26, preceding the opening 

 of the International Live Stock Ex- 

 p>osition. 



Members of the winning teams were: 

 (livestock) Boone, Earl Jackson, James 

 Turner, David Lampert; Christian, Jim 

 Winans, Dale Smith, Gene Fisher; 

 Macon, Lyle Tohill, Arnold Bork, Er 

 nest Myers; Tazewell, Robert Schrock, 

 Dan Roth, Howard Springer; San- 

 gamon, William Brunner, John Krell. 

 Harry Robertson; McLean, Lynn La- 

 Mont, Lee Quast, Eddie Wright. 



(Dairy) Fulton county, H. Ault, J. 

 Thompson, Philip Melville; McLean, 

 Dick Compton, Gordon Ropp, Don 

 Smith; Tazewell, David Diemer, Elmon 

 Koch. Gerald Wagler. (Poultry) Ken- 

 dall. Duane Clausen, Ronald Johnson, 

 Ralph Norwick; Will, Vernon Lauke- 

 nau, William Shoop, Maurice Soucie. 



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