Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1918 — THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER [ARTICLE]

THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER

A DEPARTMENT OF FARM WELFARE CONDUCTED BY CO. AGENT LEAMING. • Club Members Busy. That Jasper county boys and girls are willing to do their part in food production and conservation is indicated by the enrollment in the various industrial clubs this season. About 70 girls, under the leadership of the home demonstrator will raise chickens or can fruit and vegetables this summer. The poultry club members are: Marie Wartena, Blanche White, Elsie Logan, Ethel Yeoman, Muy Garriot, Clarice Garriot, Clara Sieble, Nellie Bare, Goldie May Todd, Alice Owen, Mabie Yeoman, Oliver Porter, Grace Porter, Clara'Guild, Eunice Goldsberry, Eva Guild, Helen L. Keever, Josephine Thomas, Esther Culp, Leta Hershman, Verne Durbin, Martha Rush, Chris Christenson, Irene Lilves, Mabie Wallace, Mary Carroll, Ruth Sage, Mary Franscoviak, Karine Werner, Earl Miller, Ruth Gilbranson, Dora Walter, Lucille Van Hook, Harold Sharp, Maxine Martindale, BeSsie Reed, Hazel Toombs, Goldie Nees, Clara Gowland, Bernice Wortley, Sylvia Augspurger, Glayds Bill, Helen H°, rse : wood, Edward McKinney, Mildred Jenkins, Erwin Linback and Reva Dunlap. <?The Canning Clubs members are: Fern Fenwick, Clarol Nees, Della Amsler, Helen Horsewood, Clara Sieble, Clarice Garriott, Esther Culp, Mabie Wallace, Verne Durbin, Emma Simmer, Hattie L. Graham, Klystia Grahhm, Edna Hall, Anna Hall, May Garriott, Nellie Bare, Lucille VanHook, Cecilia Kellner, Cordelia Stockton, Ruth Gilbranson, Ethel Hamm, Lucy K. Ulm, Francie E. Wood, Virginia Kresler, Kathryn Chapman, Jennie Marlatt, Mary Walter and Iris Comer. Under the leadership of the county superintendent of school about 35 boys will raise a patch of potatoes to increase the country’s food supply. These boys are: Chester Rees, James Budd, Edward Gowland, Leslie Williams, Harold C. Weiss, Russell Culp, Cyril Rockwell, Glenn Ellis, Harold Garriott, Albert MteKinney, Raymond Harlow, Raymond Tudor, Lester K. Alter, Benjamin Lilves, Roy Reed, Glenn Mauck, Chester Wortley, Carl Wortley, Victor Yeoman, Gilbert Blake, Robert Cover, Ivan Blankenship, Francis Christenson and Ray Wuerthner. Under the direction of the county agent, a dozen boys will raise an acre or more of corn. These boys are: Charles Waling, Ivan Blankenship, Lawrence Waling, Alva Weiss, Raymond Linback, Lester Alter, Raymond Wilson, Harold Rees, Walter Brown, Theodore Amsler, Robert Cover, Dewey F. Cox and Francis Brown. In addition, quite a number of boys are members of the shorthorn and pig clubs. ,