The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31
ORGANIZE HOME
BUREAU; WORK
WELL LAUNCHED
First H0Lf Year Sees
IL Units Function;
Develop Spirit.

Devoted to the problems of the
home maker, tie Rock Island coun-
ty home bureau began its work
July l. 1921, and alreauy has a mem
bership of IT'S.
The organization is under the
direction of the University of Illi-
uois, and was made possible by the
passage of the Smith-Lever act in
1914, which provided federal funds
fer extension work in agriculture
and home economies.
The bureau maintains an office
on the second floor of the State
Bank building, and employs an ad-
visor, Miss Lucille Allen, and an
office secretary.
The executive board, which con-
ducts the business of the organiza-
ton in its regular monthly ses-
sions. is composed of:
President-Mrs.l Allen J. Miller.
Vice president-Mrs. c. ]. Searle.
Secretary-Mrs. John Champion.
Treasurer-Mrs. o. H. Dodge.
Foods-Mrs. Charles Peterson.
Clothing-Mrs. George Sudlow.
Home management-Mrs. Agnes
Smiley.
Health and Sanitation-Mrs. W
II. Newton, Jr.
Recreation-Mrs. Mary Ogden.
Much of the work of the bureau
Is done through group meetings.
Communities are organized into
units" which meet monthly for
the study and discussion of home
making problems. There are II
a., Il
visor is attending all of these meet
ings but the women are taking an
active part in the program.
County Program.
A county program was worked
out early in the year and is being
followed by each group. Four
months of food study is just being
completed during which time %
hot lunches have been established
in the rural schools of the county.
Four one-day schools of nutrition
study and meal planning, conducted
by Miss Bonnie Elizabeth Scholes,
were held in different parts of the
county Beginning with January,
three-months clothing program
will be undertaken. During that
time Miss MARCIA Haugh, clothing
specialist, will be in the county for
four-day clothing school to be
held in Rock Island.
For Recreation.
1.-THE home bureau" says Miss
Allen. believes that community
recreation is vitality needed
throughout the county-that if the
young folks are to be kept on the
farms and in the small towns some
provisions must be made for leisure
time activities, and that playing
together creates a wholesome com
munity spirit and loyalty. Believing
this, the bureau has introduced
supervised recreation in a number
of communities and has proposed a
method whereby local leaders may
be trained for the work.
Bureau Aims.
Every problem that affects the
homes of the county is a home
bureau problem. Miss Lita Bane
state leader Tor the $4,000 home
bureau women in Illinois, has
splendidly summed up the aim Of
the bureau in the following words:
ITO have every home economi-
cally sound, mechanically conven-
lent, physically healthful, morally
wholesome, mentally stimulating,
socially responsible, spiritually in
spring and founded upon mutual
affection and respect
Work of the bureau has been en-
couragingly well received. In
every part of the county its organ
ization HIS been welcomed and the
interest evoked in its program is
prompting its supporters to proph-
ecy for its future an ever-growing
place in the community life not
only of the county but the urban
districts as we'll