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«W.E The Farm Bureau's weakest link .'f the township. The county organisation is strong, the Mate organisation is stronger, as is the national organisation. But it Is frankly %*a downright shame the disregard . the member out in the township shows toward his organisation. It Is certainly no compliment to the employees to go to the township ^ to attend the township caucus • meeting and find two or maybe three and at the most ten out of 160 members in the township there. We go there to make ourselves 'available to the membership for questions and explanations of things we do and to get sugges- ,ttons on what the member wants 'J§in the way of serviced There Is the place to gripe--not on the 'street corner to someone who can't ^do a thing about it anyway. •<(» We have had some very interesting meetings in the past couple Of weeks in the township caucus meetings which lasted an hour Hager than we intended for them ^ because the members present wanted to discuss the matters of business of the Farm Bureau. Now that is off the hairy chest It certainly is discouraging, ' though, to expect to discuss your work with the members and possibly get a word of encouragement or at least a gripe or two and find - a complete and utter disregard for what is being done. It feels liie being in a boxing match and ex- 7"' seating a haymaker to the left jaw of your opponent and right at < the climax find out he UdK there. I have some signs up in the office which are rather cute, very tree and thought provoking. Nobody ever reads them but me and my office secretary.- In the past J; tew days since Roger has been c gone, the income tax man has been forking at his empty desk in the of extracting farmers' intax. The farmers have been r--ding my signs with much appreaa they sit waiting. The My, "It isn't the fact that are Ignorant that hurts sO as it is they Know so much that Isn't true;" "A man's judgment is only-as good as his information;" "If you know it all you cant learn any more;" and "A Wan may tail but he isn't a failure 'till he blames somebody else." I 'have learned these and find they help me a lot in my everyday job. Prof. J. C. Hackleman, crops SJMdalist at the College of Agri- Otftnre, said that there will be a shortage of good oats seed this Spring. He says Clinton 11 or 59 •W still the best bet for northern Illinois. In their tests they have Inid Nemaha to be good but lodges some. Andrew lodges considerably and drugs out In ripening A new -one to this area is James •rem Dakota. It Is a hulless hue even yielded less meats than CUn- •"ian, lodges and is late. ' Heckleman said that i( has been Covad that northern brome is not is aggressive as southern and does not crowd alfalfa out as fast He recommends about 6 pounds pfer acre to 8 to 10 pounds of al- I talked recently with Anton Preels about his trip to Germany Snd Nela 'Hemmingsen about his trip to Denmark. Both were vary Interesting. These men enjoyed their trips immensely, hat were extremely glad to get back here even though those countries are their homelands. A trip to your boyhood haunts is always a disappointment. It is better to keep your boyhood as a fond memory. The reason Is that the friends you enjoyed are not there. People make a place Interesting, not the surroundings. Come to the Farm Bureau annual meeting and hear what R. A. Stipes has to say about the Amurlean businessman and his problems. Everybody haa them. Education is one thing you are always buying but take aa little of aS you can get by with gracefully. BOY SCOOTS COLLECT CLOTHING TO SEND FOB OVERSEAS USE The Boy Scouts of America, observing Its forty-first anniversary during Boy Scout Week. Feb. < to 12, is engaged In a nation-WidS good-turn" to meet an emergency need for clothing In several countries around the globe. Nation-wide, good turns of this character have had a prominent place in Scouting's forty-one years history during which more than 17,750,000 boys and leaders have been identified with it. The first National Good Turn in 1912 "promoted a safe and sane^ Fourth of July. Boy-power, trained and organised for service, came into full play during the first World War. Scouts then sold nearly 150 million dollars in Liberty Loan bonds, located 20,758,6(0 board feet of sorely needed walnut and a hundred carloads of fruit pits used in gas masks. They helped in food and fuel conservation drives and grew thousands of Boy Scout war gardens. In response to a radio ctU from President Roosevelt in. 1984 for. a "National Good Turn" in relief work during the depression. Bof Scouts in a few weeks collected 1.812.284 items of clothing, household furnishings, foodstuffs and other supplies for the needy and distressed. From 1941 to IMS the government made sixty-nine requests for Boy Scout war service including distribution of defense bonds and stamp posters, air raid posters and other government literature and the collection of aluminum, waste paper and rubber. Scouts also served as government dispatch bearers and helped harvest crops in addition to raiding victory gardens. Today's generation of 2,750,000 Boy Scouts and leaders have bUBlly engaged since last Christmas nation-wide clothing collection continue until Easter. Charles Krohn home burned ground Friday noon. The fire was discovered by a m dHvtng by. The McHenry fire department was called but It was too Into to save the structure. Johnnie Hogan enterti ~ed a Of his schoolmates at his Sunday In honor of his birthday. A sMgh ride was enjoyed, after which gamoa were played id refreshments were served. Merrztt Gruicksnank ^ alorton Qrove was a caller in the Wm. McCannon home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Berg and 16s. Lester Carr were visitors at Woodstock Friday. Mrs. Ben Walklngton attended Home Bureau school at Wood- Stock Tuesday. Ib«. Georgia Thomas and son, Loreta, of Woodstock were callers It the Beatty-Low home Saturday Jtaotainr ipnday guests In the Beatty- La^r home were Mr. and Mrs. Walter'Wilcox of Woodstock, Mr. and Mrs. &leh Jackson an< Mr. and Mrs. Charles Heeletn and daughter qf Richmond andMr. and Jdrs. Walter Low and family. . Mr. and Mrs. Phelps Saunders and daughter of Sycamore spent Sunday in the Fred Wiedrich, Jr., home. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wiedrich and children of Genoa City called on his mother, Mrs. Fred Wiedrich, Sr., Saturdar. Mrs. Andrew Hawley of Fox River Grove*, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs, 8. W. SutfUr, Saturday. Ray Koehler spent ttjte weekend with friends in Chicago? Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Harrtson and' Mrs. Donald Brenner and son were Sunday dinner guests in the Henry Marlowe home at Huntley. Mrs. Roj Harris** and daughter, Edith Pearl, and Mrs. Irvjpg Walker left Sunday for a trip to Florida. * v Mrs! Donald Brenner spent Friday in Chicago. Mr- snd Mrs. Mitchell Kane attended the w#ddta£ of Norma Hiller and Robert Kftox at Johnsburg Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs, Ben lYalkington visited S. B. MarWein the t/cster Edinger home at Woodstock Saturday. '•"*(* Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Butler were dinner guests 1n the Her old Stanek home near Woodstock Sunday. Mr/and Mrs. Mitchell Kane attended funeral services for Mrs. ILLINOIS FARMERS VICTIMS OF UNUSUAL MISHAPS DUHIHG 'SB Illinois farmers and their families harvested the usual croi> of unusual accidents during I960, John La£e, saffety director of the Illinois Agricultural association, has announced. Lake said that a majority of serious farm accidents are caused through careless handling of tractors, corn pickers and other farm machinery. But unusual accidents also cost farmers many lost working days and a large sum of money for doctor and "hospital bills. Here are the ways some of those unusual accidents A Kankakee county farmer slid on the ice while cutting wood, falling against the saw, which cut his leg to the bone. While- trying to walk home, he jumped over a creek, landing with such force that the bone was fracturCMk A Morgan county ii||&w£ls hitching a team of horses^ttf<lk,$irMR>n when a boy shot one (Hit tjwj|(p.raes with a BB gun. The htiMMpfvfiitsd, knocking the man down. The wheels of the wagon then ran over his chest,. A Cass county man was dynamiting tree stumps lit a fuse to the explosive and walked away to wait for the explosion. When he saw no flare from the fuse, he thought It hadn't lighted and went back to Hght it again. Just as he got there, the dynamite exploded, stunning him and cutting his face with flying fragments. ' . A 22-months-old Carroll county boy was drowned when he fell head first into a five-gallon crock full of a solution VBed for. sterilizing the milking machine. A Henry county farmer nearly iSBily. in a| m t»| YETERAOTS BONUS . The Illinois service recognition board reports that $321,082,166 h*s been paid as World War II bonus to 887,769 Illinois vterans or beneficiaries up to Dec. 31, 1950. Veterans have until June 30, 1951 to file bonus applications with the board. * solution "/• A, i'vf Take the chill out d winter weather-** be comfortably warm all over, aH day, by changing to these amply protective knit Unionsuits by Wilson BrotKeie.'ftlw quality spun wool yarn, firmly knit into unusually soft and resilient fabrics. Patented oollarette insures flat, perfect fit. Sane sjyle mailable in mixtures of qntton and 25% or 50% spun wool. a wdgOn, catchlrfg his woddlng ring on a nail sticking out of the wagon. A farmer's wife .was hurt when a tractor crashed into a barn In which she was milking a cow. The frightened cow lunged, upsetting the woman and injuring her. A Boone county fkrnyr his Jackknife. to cut off all the fingers on his left Ijand when the hand becAfe&;t*n*led In the rollers of hVjgterp picker. After amputating his «Wn fingers, lie drove the tractor dnd picker a mile to his house. . A Woodford county farmer was badly burned on his face and shoulders when sparks from an emery wheel he was using to sharpen farm tools Ignited some gun-powder lying On the floor of his workshop. A hack saw blade a Logan county farmer was using to cut some metal snapped suddenly and drove itself completely through his right arm. A doctor iuul to remove the blade: <( .. . ~ A-Tazewell county farmer's wife broke a hip while trying to help her husband chase a skunk from under their hen house. A Jackson county woman broke a leg In two places while trying to step over a dog lying on the back porch of her house. A MadisOn county woman was severely burned on her arms and a glass jar in which g fruit exploded. ham county farmer gate to get out of the stampeding cows and ed" turning the cnttsi two, striking Injuring him w fel* arm. Ogtfpty man was killed ^o couple the power tractor to a del the rod start4 ail he knelt by brake In In the head and j- A strong wind cost a Ford county farmer a broken arm. The man was trying Ur^pte a barn doer in the high wind when the door slammed shut. The &rmer lost his balance and fell aganist a fence, breaking his arm. ' A dog is credited with saving the life of a McHenry county farmer. He fell head first into a hole in. the hay while hunting eggs in the hay mow. When lie could not free himself, he hollered until his dog heard him. The dog's barks finally attracted some men who freed {$* farmer. chest wh she was An Efj jumped path of •: " AuxiLUiir force Jvi-W An auxiliary Illinois police force is being formed for civil defense duties in case of enemy attack. The total membership quote is 1,000 men, and ^1# volunteers have already been recriiited, according to Chief Thomas J. O'Donnell of the Illinois State Police. 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