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The 1949 National Rural Youth Committer 

 poses with its advisers during meeting in 

 Chicago this fall. Left to right (seated): 

 Richard Voit, Wisconsin; Doreen Marti, Illi- 

 nois; Nellie Nelson, Oklahoma; Herb War- 

 ren, California; Mae Zarr, Iowa; Ruth Jor- 

 dan, New Hampshire; Albert finiicl, Indiana. 

 Standing are advisers Carlysle DeLaCroix, 

 Rural Youth, AFBf; Mrs. Charles W. Seweil, 

 Associated Women of AFBf; Bob Hooper, 

 Tennessee; frank Ihman, Young People's 

 Activities, Iowa; Ellsworth Lyon, lAA; Rich- 

 ard Fitzsimmons, Minnesota; Verland Mc- 

 leod, Michigan; Ward McDuffy, Ohio; and 

 leroy Hoffman, Indiana. 



In tdgar county, a representative of Rural 

 youth sits in with the farm Bureau board 

 of directors to familiarize young farm lead- 

 ers with farm Bureau business procedure. 

 9fural Youther shown here is Rural Youth 

 President Phillip Dickenson (wearing checlf- 

 ered shirt). 



By ELLSWORTH D. LYON, Director 



lAA Young Peoples Activities 



Rural Youth Goal is Good Citizenship 



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IHK American I'arm IJurcau Fed- 

 eration, tlie tiatii)M - laruist lann 

 orpanizalion witli nearly 1 I, 2 inil- 

 liiiii mi-niliers. will hold its annual 

 iiieetinj: in the Stevens Hotel. (Chi- 

 cago. Dee. 11-15. Hepresetitalives I'roni 

 ■U) states and Puerto Hico will asscinlile 

 for the serious purpose of finding solu- 

 tions to the proldems of agriculture. 



Hural Youth Day activities will con- 

 sist of an important conference, the 

 aniuial National Talk Meet, and an eve- 

 ning mixer on Dec. 12. Rural Youthers 

 will asscmhle from I.t states to make 

 new friends and meet the old. present 

 new committee niemhers who will plan 

 programs for the coming year, and dis- 

 cuss the relationships of farm youth to 

 democratic government. 



Kural Youthers will he privileged to 

 attend some of the sessions of .Associ- 

 ated WOmen on Sunday and Monday, 

 and the general se>-ions on Tuesday. 

 \^'ednesdaT. and Thursday. Those at- 

 tending the convention will hear many 

 outstanding leaders speak. Among 

 them will he Mrs. Raymond Sayre. 

 president. Associated \^'omcn of .AFI>K 

 and Country Women of the World; 

 Mrs. Charles Seweil. administrative di- 

 rector of Associated \^omen; Dr. Mrs. 

 Isabel Moriran ^!ountain. scientist in 

 the poliomyelitis center of Johns Hop- 

 kins University; Vijay Lakchmi Pandit, 

 ambassador of India to L'. S.: .Mian B. 

 Kline, president of AFRF: Senator Clin- 

 ton Anderson. New Mexico; and Paul 

 Hoffman. ECA head, and Eric Johnston, 

 president. Motion Picture Association. 



Rural Youthers of Illinois .-hould take 

 advantage of this op|)ortuiiity to come 

 in contact with leaders of such high 

 ability . Each county organization 

 would do well to send at least one mem- 

 ber to represent it at this big national 

 meeting. There will be much emphasis 

 upon good cilizeiishi|) on the place of 

 young adults in making their country 

 more democratic. 



Much good material mav be olitained 

 from the many discussions for educa- 

 tional programs at home. Stimulation 

 and information received at our AFHF 

 annual meeting will challenge all Rural 

 Youth members present to become more 

 adult and will influence action at Itonie. 



One of the main Soals of Rural ^ outh 

 is understanding antl solving problem> 

 on the local level. A number of county 

 Farni Bureau and cooperative boards 

 assist their young people to grow in 

 knowledge of local problems and solu- 

 tions by inviting representatives from 

 Rural ^ outh to become ex officio mem- 

 bers. 



One of the adult leaders of Edgar 

 county reports that the Rural Youth 

 representative has attended the board 

 meetings faithfidly since the early fall 

 of '-ir>. This representative highlights 

 the Rural ^ outh meetings by informing 

 the Rural Youth group monthly of the 

 previous Farm Bureau board meeting 

 holding back information of a confi- 

 dential nature. 



There is no doubt that local and pos- 

 sibly even state and national leaders are 

 being trained by these contacts to take 



tiie place of trained adults. Farm Bu- 

 reau boards now taking this i)ersonai 

 interest in the young men of their coun- 

 ties will soon be repaid by informed 

 and com[)etcnt leadership. Rural Youth 

 members and groups appreciate such 

 confidence and personal interest and are 

 eager to prepare themselves for state 

 leadership. 



The Co-op Training Course for farm 

 youth of Rural Youth. l-H, and FF.\ 

 started last January and scheduled for 

 February 19.50 has stimulated much in- 

 terest among young men on our Illinois 

 farms. There is a realization that co- 

 ops are of vital concern to agriculture. 



The statewide programs of the talk 

 fest. skilled drivers, camping. P'arm and 

 Home Week, and the fall conference 

 have all proven their value in influenc- 

 ing the growth of personality as ex- 

 pressed in leadership ability. 



The regular monthly meeting is a test 

 of the seriousness of purpose and the 

 ])roduction of leaders for agriculture, 

 home economics, and community life. 

 Here action must be uppermost in the 

 minds of the young people in positions 

 ()f leadership. Here the leadership 

 teams of education, recreation, commu- 

 nity service, publicity, and hospitality 

 can really go into action. 



Rural Youthers, do you want growth 

 of personality? If so. then go into ac- 

 tion in your county. Look toward the 

 wider experiences but focus them upon 

 home problems. 



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