Milford chronicle., 1944-12-29
GREENWOOD GIRL TELLS OF
TRIP no 4-H CLUB CONGRESS-
AT CHICAGO
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us about each person. With the
.formality over we realized We
were nursing hunger pangs. The
first call to dinner was music tC
our ears. Most of us experienced
the thrill of first meal in diner
Our first night on the train was
just as exciting as dinner. We
stayed awake to see the first lights
of Pittsburg about two o'clock in
the morning. We found it very
difficult to sleep anyway, the ex-
citement had gotten us.
Saturday morning after a hearty
breakfast, we made ourselves ready
to get off the train at the Union
Station at Chicago. We took taxis
to the worlds largest hotel. the
Stevens. Immediately upon enter
ing the lobby five of us got lost
but only for a few minutes. Our
first dinner in Chicago was at a
Chinese restaurant. Our first en-
tertainment was the WIS broad
cast of the National Barn Dance
1t was so thrilling TO see the peo-
pie we hear over the radio every
week. You can't imagine how
quiet we were when we reached
our hotel. OF course the reason
was we were completely tuckered
out.
On Sunday. our All Club Con-
gress officially started with Regis
tration at nine o'clock Sunday
morning. when we received our
club badges. hats and tickets to all
functions.
From there we went to the
Central Church of Chicago and
heard DR.. Harold w. Ruopp who
talked on get tough with your
self" which was a very inspiring
sermon. especially for the youth.
After church we had lunch and
at 2:3O We had General Assembly
and were introduced to our leader
and had a general get-tOgether in
which to get acquainted. We were
welcomed by the president of the
Chicago JUNIOR Association of
Commerce. William Kurtze. Jr.
We had a talk by DR.. Howard
Y. McClusky, from the University
of Michigan. who talked on For
Youth Tomorrow Begins Today"
which was mostly about the atti-
tude of the people toward the war.
Sunday evening We visited the
Evening Club and enjoyed
Il wonderful sermon by DIR. Rich
ard c. Raines. Before the regular
program we had program about
All. Spelling out and talking
about club work and our national
All songs were sung by All mem
bers.
Monday, we started our full
starting by breakfast
sponsored by Firestone Tire and
Rubber Co. after that we wit
messed the broadcast af Don Nc
Neill and the Breakfast Club which
was very amusing. He called up
several club members and talked
to them over the air.
We had a talk by Commander
DanO Farnsworth. U. S. Navy. on
the meaning of the Fourth H,
which as you know is health. He
brought up several interesting
questions such as: "a Should vac
be compelled? (2) Will
soldiers bring back tropical di-
seases? (3) OverwOrk is the cause
Of many mental diseases! (4 .
Poverty is the chief cause of
disease" and many other questions
which we discussed.
These questions we carried
with us to our separate discussion
groups and proceeded to discuss
hem. Each members attitude was
brought out and a decision was
rendered at the close of the dis
,ussion. We formed two battalions
md marched to the Palmer House
where We were guests of the In
ernatiOnal Harvester Company for
luncheon. AS entertainment we
enjoyed hearing and seeing the
stars from the show oklahoma"