The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-03
HOME BUREAU
WOMEN have
7 ANNUAL MEET
Ienbers Of Homo Buresu Hold
,aPourth Annual Gathering at
IA. Methodist Church In AledO.
Especial to The Argus.)

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Especial to The Argus.)
Aledo. June 3.-One of the most
enthusiastic meetings that the wo-
} men OF the Mercer county home
bureau have had since their organ
ization three years ago was held
yesterday In the First Methodist
church In Aledo. The event was
the fourth annual meeting OF the
organization and more than 2oo
women attended. The rain OF the
night before kept many OF the units
from sending delegates. The meet
INK was presided over by Mrs. W.
H, Clarke, president, and Mrs. Z.
A.. Duvall, secretary.
Oficers who were elected TO
serve during the coming year are:
President-Mrs. w. II. Clarke,
East Aledo unit
, Vice president-Mrs. T. d. Speer,
Ohio Grove unit.
n6ecretary-Mrs. A. L. Hamilton.
Ohio Grove unit.
Troasurer-Mrs. w. G. Grant,
Aledo unit.
Women elected to act as heads
Of the various committees were:
Food committee-Mrs- Fred Moi
nit, South Perryton unit.
Clothing committee-Mrs. W. G.
Harris, South Perryton unit
Household management - MIS-
Jobp sMayhew, Marston unit.
iHSo1th and sanitation - Mrs.
JeSr .P1nkerton, Viola unit.
;Recreation-Mrs. E. J. Wyco-.
Keithnburg unit
Niss Fannie Brooks, health spe-
cialist from the University OF IL
linOia, spoke OF AN Interpretation
Of Home Bureau ~ an Investment"
Out of all the organizations form
ed in che United States during the
var Illinois Is the only state to
maintain tho homo bureau Oh
he IT organized. every one is still
active and . numbered other coun-
ties arc planning to organize
Tho cost Of producing is the
energy expended. The expense OF
peodNcing y tho money expended,
MD Mia BROOKS in her plea f0y
moro mechanical household helps,
The homo burnGa msmher who
compaaana thst Ahe .doe8.not receive
full vsluN for hsr investment in
the organization - probably thu
woman who ~does mot .pnt anything
An the work, Who docs not cooper
ate with tho homo adviser and the
other RenberA In counting ovea
the rsaxlks Of your investment IN
The h0me bure4n, remember th71
Il cannot BE- measured In dollars
hut IN human values"
Tullowing MizA BroOD' talk Miss
YEA Duvail Of, .Aleao sang two
Aa1ixAfeW soinA. she Was accOmp
odd O. the ,pfnnD b. Mics PAIL
t1e Parkman. Members OF thu
bureau then 3nlnnd In singing .
member, OF homo buIean ssongs Lex
.R NrA HArU BNf3nE.
\ Repogts iron y nnu,bsr aoe tn
unit eha4rmen waN given during tn
= Morning session.
Charades DeliAAfnl.
A pscnic lunch was served in tn
dinfnE room OF tho .churchNa 1t noon
each unit having its own table. tn
room was decorated with HON
barean banners and flowers. Alloy
each table was the name Of the uni1
Guests were invited to dine with th'
varions units. The South Perry
ton unit won the attendance prize
"a box OF chocolates, which was of
facd to the unit having the larg
estsnumber Of paid members pres
eat Il had 10 present.
Onesm the cleverest stunts Of tn,
day;was the giving Of charades b.
each unit The New Windsor uni
won first place with the charad'
representing the home bureau bull
letin. Second place was won b.
the East Aledo unit which gav'
home management as its charade
More home bureau songs and sew
eral piano selections by Miss Mabe
Coleman of New Windsor began tn,
afternoon session. This was fol
lowed by reports of the executiv,
officers and of the constitution com
mittee. Two changes were made il
the constitution. The membership
dues were changed from So to S:
and the time of the annual meetins
was also changed from the frs
Thursday in June to any date be
tween May Is and June Is. Bott
changes were unanimously adopted
DR.. Congor Of Knox college ad.
dressed the women on the subject
Community Life as a Means o,
Promoting Public Health" "The
child OF today does not know how
to play as We did when we wers
young" said DR.. Congor. I'VE found
our recreation in the woods and
fields; they must so to the towns
Tor their fun. And what sort oil
fun is 1T? Ninety-fve per cent Of
the boys and girls who 90 wrons
begif the downward path because
they6a bad play and recreation.
DR.. Congor said the main recrea.
ton OF the modern youth is The
movie. the dance and the pool hall
All OF these things are all righ
II properly overseen. The bigges
asset Of the man or woman Of to
day is not their money, not theil
homes, but their boys and girls"
Following Dr.. Congor, Miss Cor
rfne Baldwin of Aledo sang twt
selections. She was accompanied
ON the piano BY Mrs. Gerald Bald
win.
Due to the 1ateness Of the hour
Miss Mary Pack, food specials
from the University Of Illinois, wa,
forced to cut her talk short Sh,
addressed the meeting On the IRE
y spOnsibilities Of Home BureAa Mem
bars to the StstD Univeesity and Il
~ United St2tes Government.
MIS- : Pack congratulated thu
wQmsos al Mercer county on tn
4 etlendid work accomplished dur
%mDssfln. VaARf ana ~ <ko