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Randolph to Hold County 

 Wide Meeting in 1949 



I COUNTY-WIDE meeting will be 

 ^ held early in 1949 in Randolph 

 county which will be addressed by 

 Margueritte Briggs, a new memb)er of the 

 extension service and specialist in 

 parent education and child care. 



She will speak on "The Social Mean- 

 ing of Tact." 



Randolph county is without a home 

 adviser but the executive board is mak- 

 ing a strong effort to carry out the pro- 

 gram planned for the year. 



Randolph and Franklin counties had 

 delegates at a meeting in Benton Nov. 

 15 for special lessons on rug making 

 given by Marian Kaeser, specialist in 

 home furnishings at the University of 

 Illinois. 



Fun on Family Night 



Homemakers, husbands and children 

 will enjoy the annual St. Clair County 

 Family Night at Dupo high school on 

 Dec. 8. The program begins with a 

 mixer, foUowea by a pot luck sup- 

 per, then the group will move to the 

 auditorium where Prof. H. F. Gilbert of 

 the University of Illinois will give a 

 talk on "Farmstead Development", after 

 which group singing and stunts will be 

 directed by Mrs. Melvin Corn, count}' 

 recreation chairman. Mrs. Charles Dyroff, 

 county program chairman, is in charge of 

 the event. 



Learning New Home Siciils 



11 URING the past two years members 

 of the Marion County Home Bureau 

 have been learning skills that will help 

 them to make their homes more attractive 

 with a minimum of expense. They have 

 learned to reupholster, slipcover, refinish 

 and recane furniture. 



Although the reupholstering and slip- 

 cover schools were presented two years 

 ago, help is still being relayed from mem- 

 ber to member. Several units have even 

 had training schools recently. One unit 

 which does an almost professional job, 

 reupholstered and sold a chair as a money 



LACE DOILY 



MARINE MOTIF 



This dolly may leek a bit complicated but 

 If you knew hew to crochet, you know hew 

 to moke It. For free instructions send a 

 self-addressed stamped envelope to Wom- 

 en's Editor, Illinois Agricultural Association, 

 43 East Ohio Street, Chicago 11, III. 



making project. Members of this unit 

 have become so skilled that they go by 

 truck to the community sale in a nearby 

 town, and come back with a load of 

 worn out pieces to be reupholstered. 



One «ray to change the bathroom scenery 

 is to introduce new color Interest in a 

 crocheted rug and seat cover. This wash- 

 able rug measures about 26 by 38 inches 

 including the scalloped border of loops. 

 The color scheme Is light and dark green 

 with the loop stitch border in the darker 

 shade. Down the center section slithers a 

 fish cross-stitched in black to the back- 

 ground. For free instructions send a self- 

 addressed stamped envelope to Women's 

 Editor, Illinois Agricultural Association Rec- 

 ord, 43 East Ohio Street, Chicago 11, Illi- 

 nois. 



Paper Draperies Are 

 Good Buy tor Your Home 



PAPER draperies are a good buy be- 

 cause they're generally inexpensive. 

 That's especially true if you want 

 them just for temporary purposes, such 

 as to brighten a room for the winter. 



Miss Marion Kaeser, home furnish- 

 ings specialist. University of Illinois 

 College of Agriculture lists some points 

 for you to consider before you do buy. 



She says that if you want figured or 

 striped draperies, you'll find a good se- 

 lection in the paper variety. But there 

 are few if any plain-colored styles on 

 the market. For the room with lots of 

 pattern, you'll probably want plain 

 fabric draperies. 



Sometimes you will find that paper 

 draperies are almost as expensive as fab- 

 ric. Then, Miss Kaeser says you'll be 

 wise to choose the fabric kind. 



QUILTED BORDERS 



Lustrous satin odds a rich and decorative 

 border to this blanket and pillow set for 

 the new baby. The deep satin bindings 

 ore padded, then quilted with diagonal ma- 

 chine stitching. Use soft lightweight wool 

 In your favorite baby pastel for the set. 

 For free instructions send a self-addressed 

 stamped envelope to Women's Editor, Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Assoclatien Record, 43 

 East Ohio Street, Chicago 11, Illinois. 



DECEMBER. 1948 



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