The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-18
ATTENDS HOME
BUREAU MEETS
AT CHAMP AIGN
Aledo Home Bureau Head Returns
Prom Conference With Z. of /.
Officials.
(Snecia1 TO The Argus.l

Aledo, Oct. 1S.-Miss Helen
Schouten, head of the Mercer coun-
ty unit of the home bureau, return
ed Sunday, having attended the
Home Bureau and Better Commun-
ity conferences at the University Of
Illinois, Oct. 11-14.
The conferences were held be-
tween advisors and members of the
home bureau and the state advisors
of the University OF Illinois and
many home bureau policies which
affect Mercer county were discuss
ed and adopted. 1t was decided that
no other club could call for speak
ers from the extension staff of the
University of Illinois unless asked
for through the home bureau Office
A new membership plan was also
adopted and Miss Mabel Wilkerson
will come to Aledo today and lay
the plan before the advisory coun-
ell. The meeting will be held this
afternoon at o'clock at the home
bureau office in Aledo If the plan
is accepted, Miss Wilkerson will re-
turn to the county after Thanks
giving for a period of two or three
weeks.
Some very interesting talks were
given on nutrition among the
school children and Miss Rosemary
Laughlin, child feeding specialist of
the University of Illinois, will be in
Mercer county, Thursday, Oct 20,
and will lecture to the food chair
man, school directors and mothers
on the value of hot school lunches
for the children. She will bring
film showing the great benefits that
have been derived by many children.
All people who are interested in
this are requested to meet at the
Aledo Home Bureau office.
On Nov. IA Miss Schools, food
specialist CT the University of Hi
nois, will come to Mercer county
for two days work, hoping to estab-
Dsh nutrition classes in this county.
Statistics given showed that 9,00O,-
DOC children in the United States
are mal-nourished, which means
that for every year of mal-nourish-
ment their lives will be shortened
f1ve years. Miss Schools will talk
TO Miss Setterdahl, county nurse. on
the weight and health of the chill
dren and through this report locate
those IN the poorest psyhical condi-
ton
Better Community Meet
At the better community confer
ence Miss Grace Osborne, national
modern health crusade leader.
stated that 100000 children in the
United States are crusaders and
that children are the best educators
because they are not too well edu-
Gated to- do simple things. Eight
townships in Mercer county started
health crusade contest on Oct
and the township winning the most
points in the contest will receive a
prize. The other remaining town
SHIPS will start their health crusade
contest on Nov. Z.
sF Mercer County Births.
In conference with the state
PupHc health representative. Miss
ochouten found that government
statlstlcs show that normally 4I9
are born IN Mercer county each
year and that only 344 of the
blrtns are registered, making a
total of IS children born and not
registered in Mercer county yearly
Inc state representative stated that
cneSe chlldren would later have diff
HcQity IN proving their school age.
Fight to vote, to secure Inheritance
10 give pensions to mothers, to Sc
cure passports and get married. The
pane tails on the parents of the !
chlldren and large amount of lit
erature is to be published on the
work. 'ie
MISS Schouten also learned at the
conference that Aledo and Viola
are the only towns in Mercer conn
~ having an approved water sup
ply