FFA Alumni
ALEXANDRIA, VA. More
than 200 farmers, agribusiness
leaders, and government of
ficials, all former members of the
Future Farmers of America
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P. L ROHRER & BRO., INC.
SMOKETOWN, PA.
(FFA), were in Chicago Friday,
May 12, for the organizational
meeting of the National FFA
Alumni Association.
Purpose of the meeting was to
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elect a national slate of officers sizeable organization. Our
and to decide on state, local and biggedf challenge ko far has been
national activities in which to locate former members and to
members can participate. This inform then of our organization’s
was the first national meeting of existence and purposes.”
the FFA Alumni Association,
which was formed two years ago
at the National FFA Convention
when state delegates of the
national youth organization voted
to create an alumni membership
status
According to Gus Douglas,
National FFA Alumni Council
Chairman and Commissioner of
Agriculture in West Virginia,
“The FFA Alumni Association is
striving to develop activities that
will complement the activities of
local vocational agriculture
departments and FFA chapters.”
Although the National Alumni
Association has been formally
organized for only slightly more
than a year, 15 states have
already chartered State FFA
Alumni Associations. Total
membership in the National
Association now stands at over
3,000 members and according to
Alumni Association ad
ministrative secretary, Jay
Benham, the membership is
growing rapidly. “We estimate
that over three million students
of vocational agriculture have
been FFA members over the 44
year history of the organization,”
sys Benham. “We realize that the
present membership is only a
small beginning, but response
to date makes us optimistic that
the Association will grow to a
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According to Benham all
former FFA members, honorary
members and teachers of
vocational agriculture are
eligible for membership in the
FFA Alumni Association. All who
joined prior to May 12 will be
considered “Charter Members”
and received a special charter
membership card. National dues
for the organization are $4 per
year or $lOO for life membership.
The purpose of the FFA Alumni
Association are:
To support and promote the
FFA organization, FFA activites,
and vocational agriculture on the
local, state, and national levels;
To provide a tie to the FFA and
to assist FFA and agricultural
educational personnel to involve
former members in worthy ac
tivities;
To promote a greater
knowledge of the agricultural
industry and support education in
agriculture, and
To cooperate with the National
FFA Board of Directors,
National FFA Foundation Board
of Trustees, and the National
FFA Foundation Sponsoring
Committee.
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Dairy Expo
Winners
The following local youth were
included among winners at the
47th Annual Dairy Exposition
held last Saturday at Penn
sylvania State University:
' Individual breed winner for
showing—Harold Moyer,
'Lebanon, reserve champion.
Individual breed winner for
.showing Jerseys—Matthew
Young, Peach Bottom, cham
pion.
Fitting contest individual
winner in Jerseys—Matthew
Young, Peach Bottom, reserve
champion.
Amateur dairy cattle judging
contest, Holstein class—Sally
Wiggin, Dallas.
Weather Causes
Farmers to be
Behind Schedule
The first two weeks of May
were plenty cool and wet.
Hay is just beginning to make
rapid growth in our area because
cool temperatures had held back
initial spring growth.
Wet weather also held back
spring field work with most
growers one to two weeks behind
schedule. Topsoil moisture
supplies were reported surplus
for the second straight week.
iht Old iimrn
“The best kind of blind
faith is blind to other’s
faults.”
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