The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-14
HOME BUREAU
DRIVE STARTS
IN DECEMBER
Unit is Organized at Joy Recently
All Units VIII Meet at
AIedo Office Tomorrow.

AledO, Ill, NOV. 14.-1ne e4ecu-
! tive committee of the Mercer Coun-
ty Home bureau met in the Alejo
office Saturday and plans for the
membership drive which is TO be
/ launched the first week in De
/ cember were discussed. The regu-
lar routine business was also given
attention. Mrs. W. H. Clark, presi-
dent of the Mercer County Home
/ bureau, called the meeting to order.
Practically al! members of the ex-
ecutive committee were present.
| Last week a home bureau unit
was organized in Joy. Mrs. Bean
was elected chairman, Mrs. Frank
Goddard vice chairman, and Mrs.
/ Walter Brashears secretary treas
urer. The first meeting of the unit
was held Saturday night at the
home Of Mrs. BraShears in Joy.
Five other members were elected
( officers of the unit.
! Last Friday the Marston unit
] met at the home of Mrs. Alec May
hew. About twenty members were
present. They adopted a program
for 1922 The discussion of the
afternoon was Clothing That
Meets the Needs of the Individual"
Mrs. Archer Sheats was a guest of
the hostess
Miss Bonnie Scholes. nutrition
specialist OF the University of IL
linois, is working in Mercer couu-
~ today and expects to establish
two nutrition classes, one in AledO
and one in the rural district
| Arrangements have been made by
the AledO home bureau to keep
their office open on Saturday nights
as 4 rest room for members from
the country. The home bureau re-
ceives a majority of the best maya
zines which can be perused while
husbands are shopping i'll the city.
Beds for the little folks will be in
stalled besides many toys for their
amusement. During the Christmas
shopping season the office will be
open on other nights beside Satur-
day.
VIII Meet Tomorrow.
Tomorrow afternoon at l o'clock
the food chairmen of the various
home bureau units of the county
Mrs. Fred Moffit, county food
chairman, to make plans for III
staliing hot school lunch stands
in 35 schools n Mercer county that
are without the stands and wish
them. One school in Duncan town
ship has started a hot lunch stand
on their own accord and Miss Kath-
! crime Mayhem, teacher, stated that
! the pupils are doing much better
: work
Meeting Last Week.
Miss Mabel Wilkerson Of the ex-
tension staff of the state university
met last week with the member
ship committee of the local home
bureau at the Aledo office and
heads of the drive in the various
units were elected The great
membership drive will be started
the first week in December Mrs.
Dana Goddard, new membership
chairman, advised that five Mercer
county women would have jurisdic-
ton over three townships and each
should have three assistants This
plan was approved and the chair
men in the various townships are
as follows: Mrs. c. E. DuyaH,
chairman over Mercer, Green and
PerrytOn townships; Mrs. George
Schroll. Sunbeam, chairman over
Ohio Grove. Suez and North Hen
derson townships; Mrs. E. J. Wy
coff, Keithsburg, chairman over
keithsburg, New Boston and Abb
ington townships; Mrs. E. j. Otto,
Presumption, chairman over Rich
land Grove, Presumption and Rivola
townships; Miss Ruth Willitts, Joy,
chairman over Duncan, MiIlers-
burg and Eliza townships Each
of the above chairmen will have
three assistants
Red Cross Seals Arrive.
The Red Cross Seals have arrived
and the membership drive will start
soon. A committee composed of
Mrs. E. J. Wycoff of Keithsburg.
Mrs. Wallace Grant, Aledo, and
Mrs. Fred Moffit, AIedo, will meet
at the Aledo Home Bureau office
tomorrow and discuss plans for the
sale of the seals. II is hoped that
$1,000 worth can be disposed Of
in this county. If this many are
disposed of the local chapter OF
Red Cross will receive $500 for
Mercer county health projects. !
Three hundred and twenty-five dol !
lars was spent for modern health /
crusade work in the county last !
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