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Inspect Your Electric 

 Cords For Fire Hazards 

 Before It Is Too Late 



HAVE you checked your electric 

 cords lately? Are they in perfect 

 condition — an asset to your home? Or 

 are they frayed and loose, inviting fire 

 or serious shock? 



It's a good time to check for such 

 hazards in the home, advises Miss 

 Gladys Ward, home management spe- 

 cialist, University of Illinois College 

 of Agriculture. One in ten fires of 

 known causes is of electrical origin. 



Some safety rules to follow to pre- 

 vent fires and home accidents are: 



Keep a cord away from heat and 

 water. Don't run cords under rugs; 

 they'll get unnecessary wear and trip 

 people. Wear may make them danger- 

 ous. 



Never handle a cord with wet hands. 

 Handle a wet cord only with a thick 

 pad of dry cloth. 



Put cords away free from kinks, 

 knots, or sharp bends. Miss Ward says. 

 Store them in a clean, dry and cool 

 place. If you put cords in a drawer, 

 be sure there's nothing in the drawer to 

 cut the cord covering. 



Be sure to employ a skilled electri- 

 cian to repair or extend wiring when this 

 is necessary. Do not use improper fuses. 

 An overload of current may heat the 

 wire to the point of starting a fire. Be 

 sure your fuses are of correct amperage 

 for the circuits — 15 amperes usually 

 are right. 



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Veteran Physician 

 Advises Rural Practice 



YOUNG doctors are advised to spend 

 a few years of their lives in rural 

 areas by Dr. John Peter Johnson of 

 Varna who was recently honored by his 

 patients and friends with a party on his 

 75th birthday recently. Dr. Johnson is 

 the only physician in the village of 500. 

 Many communities such as Varna are 

 in real need of medical men to serve 

 them in future years, he warned. A 

 few years spent in small communities, 

 he advised offer valuable experience to 

 young doctors not gained so readily in 

 larger places. Dr. Johnson was born 

 in Sweden, came to the United States in 

 1893, and didn't become a doctor till 

 he was nearly 40. 



HOT MATS IN CHINTZ 



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 chintz make excellent matt for tucking un- 

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More Than 8,000 Youth 

 of Illinois Attend 

 Summer Camps in '49 



MORE than 8,000 Illinois 4-H'ers 

 and Rural Youthers attended one 

 of their own summer camps this year. 



F. H. Mynard, state 4-H extension 

 specialist, reports that about 4,200 

 young folks enjoyed one-week outings 

 at the four district camps. The others 

 attended county, day, and local camps. 



About 1,600 young people attended 

 Camp Shaw-waw-nas-see, the northern 

 Illinois district camp, near Kankakee. 

 State 4-H Memorial camp near Monti- 

 cello took care of 1,200 youth from 

 east-central Illinois. ^ 



The western district camp at Lake 

 Jacksonville had about 800 campers, 

 while the southern district camp at Lake 

 West Frankfort had 600. This is the 

 first year in which these two camps have 

 been used. 



Mynard says that more than $200,000 

 has been raised to date in the 10-year 

 drive for $1,000,000 to develop these 

 four district camps for rural youngsters. 



More Farmers Keeping 

 Farm Account Records 



THE simplified Illinois farm record 

 book for keeping farm accounts is 

 going over with a bang with young men. 



George Whitman, farm management 

 specialist in the Illinois College of 

 Agriculture, reported today that high 

 school vocational agriculture teachers 

 and instructors of GI on-the-farm 

 trainees ordered more than 5,000 copies 

 of the record book in the last two weeks 

 of September alone. 



Vl'hitman estimates that at least 

 10,000 young farmers will be using the 

 record book this school year to keep 

 records of their own farm business. 



The simplified Illinois farm record 

 book can be used in making up your 

 income tax report, as a basis for getting 

 credit, and in studying your farm busi- 

 ness. Ask your farm adviser at the 

 County Farm Bureau about this account 

 book. 1 



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