Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-08-04
PLANS COMPL TED
FOR COUNTY FAIR
MILK CAM PA|GN
{ X Gu TIVE COMMITTEE OF
HOME BUREAU PLANS TO OP.
ERATE BAR" AT THE SEPTEM.
Der FAIR.

Because the work OF the Home Blu.
reau has placed lot OF emphasis
upon child health and proper food for
children the executive committee con-
siders that the time is ripe for u more
intensive educational campaign on this
matter. The fact that so many school
children in both the towns and coun-
try are undernourished shows that all
efforts TO combat with this under.
nourishment will help to eliminate it,
Knowing what many OF the states
have already done in the manner Of
conducting milk campaigns and look
ing at the statistics gained from these
states, it decided to launch such "A
campaign this fall, making the month
OF September figure as milk month in
La Sale county. However, they do
not intend to drop the question of
drinking more milk and using more
milk at the end OF that month. They
intend to repeat the idea and repeat
the idea until every town and city and
rural district in the county has actu-
ally reaped some benefit from it.
The executive committee is anxious
to have other organizations cooperate
with them in making this campaign
success. They feel that the problem,
OF undernourishment is not only
theirs but that OF the whole com.
munity and that every other wide
awake organization can probably be
interested enough
In order to launch this campaign
properly Mrs. L. +. Stevenson, presi
dent, had previously appointed special
committees to meet with the eXecu-
tive committee yesterday. These
committees were as follows:
Pageant--Mrs. Roy Shaver, chair
man; Mrs. j. n. Hoag, Mrs. j. v
Stevenson, Mrs. |. S. Brooks, Mrs.
Margaret VonckX, Mrs. Charles Beck.
Milk bar-Mrs Wallace Watts,
chairman; Mrs. Harry Hagie. Miss
Ermyle Mason. Mrs. Eli j. Crosiar,
Mrs. Mason Bullock, Mrs A. f. Horn
ung.
Finance-Mrs. Jonn Sutton, chair.
man; Miss Mary Strait, Mrs. Fred
Nudge, Mrs j. A. Eckert
Publicity-Mrs Oakley Esmond,
chairman; Mrs. J. V. Stevenson, Miss
Viola Pottinger, Mrs. Warren Heinly,
Mrs. Walter Joslin, Mrs. Dana Miller,
Miss Florence Ott Mrs. Anna p Car
ter.
Prize committee-Mrs. Charles
Strout, chairman Mrs. S. A. Potter,
1,yit,
Short, Mrs. Charles Robinson.
Exhibits and school lunch-Mrs. |
Rex Peddicord, chairman; Mrs. H. T. |
Marshall, Mrs. Everett Hodgson, Mrs |
Edward Strobel, Mrs Arthur CONFESS,
Miss Bessie Hayer, Mrs. Henry Davis, |
Mrs, George Elmer.
The morning session was a general |
meeting at which time the general |
matters of the executive committees !
business was taken up and the ad- !
wiser explained the plan Of the milk
campaign. At this time it was brought
out that, of course, the main purpose |
of the campaign was to increase the
use of milk in chidren's diet and the
four principal ways in which the
Home Bureau intends to emphasize
this are:
|. Through the schools.
g. BY giving an outside pageant at
the fair.
3. By general publicity.
4. By conducting a milk bar at the
fair and also by having the exhibit at
the fair an exhibit that will portray
the proper food for chill
dren.
Pageant Committee.
The pageant was discussed and pre-
sented to the committee 1t is an
original pageant the lines written by
Misses Mildred and Mora Sillers of
Troy Grove and the home adviser,
and the costumes planned by the cos
tune committee, composed of Mrs. j.
n, HOag, chairman; Mrs Charles
Strout, Mrs. Grace Parr Trenary, Miss
Viola POttinger Of La Sale and Mrs.
Thomas Murphy and Miss Mildred
SillCrS of Troy Grove The dances
md music have been planned b. Mrs.
J. V. Stevenson and her sisters, the
isse1 Needham, and Miss Frances +.
carson, who has written a great
many dances of her own and is at
present supervisor Of the children's
department of the Mutual Chautauqua
company and Mrs. Harry Hagie is
going over the dances and is going to
each them to the different groups.
The pageant will be known as The I
Milk Piper of Growthvile." There ,
will be more of this pageant as the :
progress in their work.
ng it out.
The afternoon session of the meet
ng on Wednesday was taken up by
he six different committees meeting
eparately and planning their definite
york, AS the work of these commit J
eeS progress and is carried out as
hey plan there will be further notice
f it in the papers. One thing that
he publicity committee realizes is
hat well organized and gotten up pub
lefty will do as much toward interest
ne the children and adults in their
roject as anything.
Publicity.
The publicity committee expects to
ecure the cooperation in every town
nd city of the county of all their mer-
hants. They expect to have posters
nd distribute them throughout the
ounty and exhibits in various win
ows, so that during the month of
eptember everybody will be talking
milk" Mrs. J. " Stevenson, who is
hartman of this committee, has an
xcellent campaign outlined and Mrs -
tevenson is an adept in carrying out 60
er plans. She has put the poster r
.