The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-06
AIedo and Mercer County
MERCER BUREAU
HOLD ELECTION
AT BOARD MEET
Two New Members Elected on Ex-
ecutive BOard-HoROr Lead
ers From L. of i.
Especial to The Argus.)


Aledo, Feb. 6.-At the meeting OF
the executive board of the Mercer
county home bureau Saturday at
the Offices in Aledo, the secretary
and clothing chairman resigned and
Mrs. Dana GODDARD of near Aledo
and Mrs. George Armstrong of Bur
CESS were elected to fill the vacan-
cies.
Miss Leta Bane, state leader OF
the home bureau extension work
of the state university, and Miss
Mabel Wilkerson. assistant state
leader, were present at the board
meeting. Miss Bane recommended
a policy for freeing the organiza-
ton of debt and that the executive
board continue the new member
ship campaign until 400 new mem
bers had been secured to the home
bureau. This would increase the
membership 100 per cent. Miss
Bane showed that the University OF
Illinois was investing $1,000 in the
Mercer county home bureau this
year, $1,000 of which comes from
the Smith-Lever bill and the re-
naming $500 from the U. of |. for
specialists and state leaders sent to
Mercer county for work which
costs the county nothing. The ex-
ecutive board plans to carry out
the recommendations given by Miss
Banc.
During the afternoon from 2 I'M
til 4 o'clock Miss Helen Schouten,
advisor, had arranged for an open
house at the office in honor Of the
two state leaders, and many home
bureau members availed them
selves of this opportunity to meet
Miss Bane and Miss Wilkerson
Following this the advisor enter
tanned the executive board mem
bers and several Aledo women, to-
gether with Miss Bane and Miss
Wilkerson. at a tea party at her
home on South Maple street.
Friday afternoon the North Hen
derson unit was entertained at the
home OF Mrs. r. A. Newcomer
There were % women present. The
regular program on household man
agement was carried out and the
reports of the outgoing officers
were read and approved. officers
for this year were elected and fol
low: Mrs. Rube Slower. chairman
Mrs. A. P Shaver, vice chairman
Mrs. Wesley REIN, secretary; Mrs
Harold Tornquist, treasurer Mrs
George Allen, clothing chairman
Mrs. Harbaugh, food chairman
Mrs. Harry Pitman, recreational
chairman, and Mrs. Drummer, health
chairman. Mrs. Neeley Slade, out
going secretary and treasurer, re-
ported that there were 80 membes
in good standing in the unit and
that IL meetings had been held by
the unit in 1921.
Thursday afternoon the Hamlet
unit met with Mrs. Frank Cooper.
A special program had been ar
ranged in honor of Miss Katherine
Gray, outgoing chairman, who is to
be a bride of Feb. IA. Instead of
the roll call concerning household
management that each member
would like. the women responded
by giving Miss Gray suggestions on
the management of a husband.
Miss Gray was given a purse of
money to invest in home furnish
ings. The report of the outgoing
secretary was most. satisfactory.
The unit comprises 26 members in
good standing. Mrs. Frank Cooper
was elected chairman; Mrs. Har-
vey Ramsey, finance chairman, and
Miss Bessie Marsh, secretary for
1922.
At the meeting of the Pope Creek
unit Wednesday, at the home of
Mrs. John Hardin, the regular pro-
gram on household management
was carried out. A nominating
committee was appointed to nom
mate officers to be elected at the
next regular meeting Feb. Is. At
this meeting Mrs. Donald Wycoff,
chairman of the program commit
tee. will present the program of
the unit for the coming year.