<^ VIEWS 



CHAIR PROTECTORS 



A n»w choir keep* its good looki longer 

 with the help of a fresh choir tet. White 

 or ecru tat* made of crocheted motUt 

 joined togefhar ara aspaelalty attratflve. 

 They ore aasy to crochet, too. For free In- 

 structions tand a %aH-a6drat*ad stamped 

 envelope to }Noman't Editor, Illinois Agrl- 

 tulfural Association Record, 43 ta»f Ohio 

 Street, Chicago II, Illinois. 



DeKalb Home Bureau 

 Women Visit Chicago 



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OURS of Chicago in early March 

 were made by more than 200 Home 

 Bureau women with the assistance 

 of the special services department 

 of the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion. 



From DeKalb county 135 Home Bu- 

 reau women toured the Board of Trade 

 with the help of Illinois Grain Corpora- 

 tion officials. Illinois Grain is an lAA 

 affiliate with offices in the Board of 

 Trade building. 



The DeKalb group was then escorted 

 to the Continental Illinois National 

 Banking and Trust Company for a tour 

 of the bank. The women were then 

 guests of the bank at luncheon. 



In the afternoon the group made a tour 

 of the Merchandise Mart and split up in 

 the evening to attend the stage plays 

 "Finian's Rainbow," and "Mr. Roberts." 



The day of the DeKalb group's tour 

 75 Home Bureau women from Iroquois 

 county were in Chicago to see the sights. 

 The tour included a visit to the Swift and 

 Company plant including a special dem- 

 onstration in the Martha Logan kitchen. 



In the afternoon they saw a brilliant 

 sea of color at the Garfield Park flower 

 show. 



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SWEATER AND HAT 



A new Spring outfit for baby, this crocheted 

 Mwaatar and hot ore crocheted with tporf 

 yarn. The border trim although unutual 

 Is not dlOFicult to make. For free Inttruc- 

 tions »end a %eU-addretted tfampad en- 

 velope to Women's Idlter, llllnoh Agri- 

 cultural Association Retard, 43 toMi Ohio 

 Street, Chicago 10, llllnol*. 



In the evening they attended a concert 

 of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. 

 Home Bureau women planning to make 

 Chicago trips are invited to get in touch 

 with the special services department of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association if 

 they wish help in planning their tour of 

 the city. Through contacts with many 

 organizations in Chicago the special serv- 

 ices director is able to arrange programs 

 most suitable for visiting Home Bureau 

 women. 



A home economics group from Hen- 

 derson county planned to tour Chicago 

 places of interest March 17-18-19. 



Three Counties Attend 

 Frozen Food School 



Five hundred men and women at- 

 tended a three-county frozen food school 

 held recently at the Community House in 

 Sugar Grove. Counties taking part were 

 Kane, Kendall, and DeKalb. It was the 

 first school of its type in that area. 



The program included a demonstration 

 of meat cutting, identification, and wrap- 

 ping by William Gamble of the Univer- 

 sity of Illinois. Dr. L. A. Somers of the 



University stressed the imjx)rtance of 

 high quality fruits and vegetables when 

 quick-freezing. 



George A. Schlageter, Streator Food 

 Lockers, gave a demonstration on the 

 preparation of poultry for freezing. 



Mrs. Ruth Pearsall, demonstrator for a 

 farm machinery company, showed how 

 simple and easy it Is to jwepare, package, 

 and freeze fruits and vegetables which 

 already have been cooked. 



J. L. Pidcock, manager of Illinois Co- 

 op Locker Service, an lAA affiliate, ap- 

 peared on a panel discussion considering 

 the purchase and use of a home storage 

 freezer. 



Associated Women's 

 President to Europe 



MRS. RAYMOND SAYRE of Ack- 

 worth, la., president of the Associ- 

 ated Women of the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation left March 21 for 

 Frankfort, Germany where she will spend 

 about two months on an army mission. 



The Associated Women is the national 

 organization of farm women of which the 

 Illinois Home Bureau Federation is a 

 member. 



Mrs. Sayre's job will be to work with 

 the women leaders in the U. S. Zone of 

 Germany who have already made an 

 attempt to reorganize the rural women, 

 and to help them develop their organiza- 

 tions with due regard for democratic 

 principles. In addition, Mrs. Sayre will 

 make recommendations to the military 

 government for Germany with respect to 

 future programs for these organizations. 



Mrs. Sayre has had long experience in 

 organization work at local, state, national, 

 and international levels. After gradua- 

 tion from Simpson College, Indianola, 

 Iowa, in 1917, Mrs. Sayre and her hus- 

 band, Raymond, started farming near 

 Ackworth, Iowa. From the beginning, 

 she took a deep interest in church work, 

 school affairs, all community activities. 

 Later, with four children in school, she 

 served on the local school board, and 

 her work in Farm Bureau was so out- 

 standing that she ultimately became a 

 member of the board of directors of the 

 Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. 



Mrs. Sayre never allowed her outside 

 activities to interfere with her home re- 

 sponsibilities. Many years ago, she was 

 recognized as a Master Farm Home- 

 maker. , 



I. A. A. RECORD 



