Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1922-02-08
MEETINGS ARE GOTTEN
UNDER WAY AT
ARMORY
ATTENDANCE LARGE
CROWD AT FIRST SESSION EX.
cEEos EXPECTATIONS. HOUSE
HOLD ARTS MEETS AT BAPTIST
CHURCH FINAL PROGRAM
FRIDAY NIGHT.

With weather in the favor of the
the farmers, the 1922 La Sale County
Farmers INSTITUTE opened at 1880 p.
IN. today in ArmOry c. with promise
OF being one of the finest gathering
of country residents ever held in this
section of the state
The attendance at the opening sos,
sion was larger than in previous
years at the opening of such meet
ing. The session which was presided
over by President Charles s. Robin.
son of La Sale, opened with a com.
munity song service led by John
Hoff of the Ottawa township high
school Mr. Robinson then delivered
the presidents annual address tell
ing of the accomplishments of the or.
ganization during the past year, and
of the work the organization expected
to undertake in the future,
Mrs. Dunlap Speaks.
Mrs. II. NJ Dunlap, OF Savoy, one Of
the best known workers in the Hi.
nois household science department OF
the State Farmers institute, then
gave very interesting address on
"The Reconstructed Home" Mrs.
Dunlap enjoys a state wide reputa-
tion as being pioneer and leader
for home Improvement. Her talk
this afternoon was very very CON
vincing and proved to be of practical
value to the hearers
Following Mrs. Dunlap, j. f. Bryan
Of La Sale, secretary Of the Chamber
of Commerce of that city delighted
his hearers with a sane and sensible
message on Business Problems Of
Today" His talk was one Of the fin
est of the entire institute
General Session Closes at $50.
The general session adjourned at
$3.50 o'clock, and the men went into
a special meeting at the armOrV,
while the ladies went over to the
First Baptist church where meeting
of the household science department
was held
Mrs. Charles S Robinson of Dim
mick township the president of the
household science department, pre-.
sided over the latter meeting. Miss
Zelma Monroe, the county home ad-
wiser gave a very interesting talk on
home bureau work The appoint
ment of convention committees was
scheduled to be made late this after
noon.
At the mems meeting County Farm
Adviser l. S Brooks gave very in
teresting talk on the achievements
of the farm bureau, and r. w Cross,
the assistant farm adviser, gave a
practical talk on Farm Accounting
Sessions Open to Public.
The meeting will close with the
Friday night program. All sessions
will be open to the public.
The meeting tonight will open
promptly at 7:30 in Armory c. The
session will open with a community
song service which will be led by
John HOff.
Mrs. H. M Dunlap of Savoy will
deliver an address on Good Citizen
ship" and Senator Thurlow Essing-
ton of Streator will speak on the "Po-
tency of Public Opinion"
The program for tomorrow will be-
Women's Section-Raptst Church.
10 a. m. Foods and Food Values"
Miss Kathryn Van AIKEN, assistant
state leader, University of Illinois.
IL a. m. "The Business Side of
Housekeeping" Mrs. Clara Ingram
Judson, Chicago.
Mems Section-Armory.
10 a. m Tractors and Tractor
Troubles Ralph French, Magnolia.
II a. m. Grain Marketing "-Robt,
N Clark, Chicago.
General Session-Armory.
1:30 p. m. Community singing
John l.. Hoff, leader.
Americas Biggest Business Mrs.
Clara Ingram Judson, Chicago.
Organized Cooperation
Leonard Eureka.
Women's Section-Baptist Church.
$3.50 D. m. Home Bureau Work
in the State"-Miss Kathryn Van
AIKEN
THE Rights of the Child'-Dr, Eva
Wilson. Manhattan
Mems Section--Crescent Theater.
$3.50 p. m. Live Stock Marketing
&C. A. Stewart, Chicago
General Session-Armory.
7;30 p m. Community singing
John l.. Hoff. leader.
playing the Game of Health -
DR. Eva Wilson, Manhattan.
"The Farmer in the Changing
World"-Senator Harold c. Kessin-
ger, Aurora.
Mann Sends Regrets.
County Superintendent of Schools