—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Nov. 8, 1975
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National FFA
The nation's largest an
nual student convention will
get under way next week as
17,000 Future Farmers of
America, their advisors and
guests gather in Kansas
City, Missouri, November li
lt, (or the 48th National FFA
Convention. Heading the list
of featured speakers will be
Vice President Nelson A.
Rockefeller and Cincinnati
Reds All Star Catcher,
Johnny Bench. Other
features of the convention
include an expanded
Agricultural Career Show
and the introduction of eight
“Celebrate 76“ activities to
involve FFA chapters and
members in the 1976 U.S.
Bicentennial Celebration.
Hotels and motels in the
Kansas City area report
record advance registrations
and are expecting to be filled
to capacity during the four
day National Convention.
The convention will be at
tended by FFA represen
tatives from every State as
well as from Puerto Rico and
the Virgin Islands, according
to National FFA Executive
Secretary, Wm. Paul Gary.
In addition several students
from Europe and South
America who are par
ticipants in the FFA In
ternational exchange
program will also be in at
tendance as guests of the
FFA.
Also among convention
guests of honor this year will
be Agricultural Education
leaders from several Latin
American and European
nations who are meeting in
Kansas City this year to plan
the First World Conference
in Agricultural Education to
be held in conjunction with
the 1976 National FFA
Convention. The conference
is being sponsored through
the National FFA Foun
dation, Inc., by Massey-
Ferguson Inc.
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The convention will be a
whirlwind of activity for all
who attend. In addition to
business sessions conducted
by elected delegates, con
vention participants will be
involved in career related
contests, and educational
tours of Kansas City area
agribusinesses. An
agricultural career show
occupying a floor of the
convention hall will give
students an insight into
careers open to students with
training and experience in
agriculture. In addition to
award presentations and
pageantry, this year's
convention program in
cludes speakers from
government, business, and
sports as well as from the
ranks of the FFA
organization.
Of the anticipated, 17,000
persons in attendance about
4,000 will be advisors,
parents, school ad
ministrators and others with
special interest in the Future
Farmers of America.
Business of the National
FFA Convention is con
ducted entirely by the
organization’s 119 student
delegates, all of whom are in
high school or who have
graduated within the last
year. The delegates, who
represent 485,000 FFA
members from 49 States and
Puerto Rico, arrive a day
early to participate in
committee meetings and to
prepare for the convention
business sessions and ac
tivities. Six National Officers
elected at the 1974 National
FFA Convention preside
over all business sessions.
All meetings are conducted
according to rules of
parliamentary procedure
with student delegates
voting on all issues of
business.
Although the 48th National
FFA Convention officially
convention convenes Nov. 11
opens Wednesday morning,
delegates will begin their
work on Tuesday with a
series of committee
meetings, and will hold their
first business session in
which they will hear reports
of official committees. A
Tuesday evening Vespers
Service conducted by the
National Officers and the
National FFA Chorus marks
the beginning of convention
activities. Following the
Vespers Service, FFA
members will be entertained
in the Municipal Auditorium
Music Hall by the Operaland
singers of Nashville. Ten
nessee. The special per
formance of "Our Country"
for FFA members is being
sponsored by the Ararat
Temple of Kansas City.
Missouri.
Throughout the con
vention, music and en
tertainment is provided by a
unique 115-piece FFA band
and 99-member chorus. The
band and chorus are selected
from applications of FFA
members mailed to band
director, Roger Heath,
director of VIP Bands,
Blacksburg. Virginia, and
chior director, M. D. Myers
of West Lafayette, Indiana.
Both band and chorus
members arrive three days
before the convention to
practice and participate in
special activities. Additional
entertainment is provided by
talented FFA members who
perform on the stage and at
banquets throughout the
week, demonstrating a
variety of talents from group
singing to string quartets. A
Talent Show on Thursday
evening features these FFA
members performing for the
entire conventio audience
prior to the opening of the
“Stars Over America”
Pageant.
For FFA members not
directly involved in the
convention program, several
activities are planned. A
major attraction is the
AGRICULTURAL CAREER
SHOW, now in its tenth year,
featuring educational
exhibits from many
agricultural trade
associations and
professional societies. The
exhibits illustrate the
hundreds of career op
portunities available today
in agriculture. Trade
association personnel are on
hand to answer questions
and discuss career op
portunities. FFA members
will also be offered
educational tours to
agricultural business and
indsutry in the Kansas City
area.
National livestock and
animal products judging
contests, a mechanics
contest and a horticulture
contest get under way on
Wednesday as outstanding
FFA contest teams from
almost every state in the
nation compete for top
national honors. This year
276 three and four member
teams will compete in one of
seven contests which in
clude: agricultural
mechanics, dairy cattle,
milk quality and dairy foods,
livestock, poultry, hor
ticulture and meats. Con
tests are sponsored by in
dividuals, business, industry
and trade associations
through the National FFA
Foundation, Inc. which
provides administrative,
award and travel funds. The
contests are an annual event
held in cooperation with the
American Royal Livestock
Investment
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Winners of the judging
contests arc announced at a
Friday morning session of
the convention.
Business sessions will be
conducted dally. Major
business this year Includes a
proposed amendment to the
National FFA Constitution
which would increase the
number of voting delegates
each state is entitled to send
to the convention. Delegates
will also discuss and vote on
a proposed change in Alumni
membership and on several
other minor constitutional
issues.
The official opening of the
48th National FFA Con
vention will be on Wed
nesday morning (Novemebr
12) when National FFA
President Alpha Trivette
gives the official call to order
for the first convention
session. During the morning
session, convention par
ticipants will be welcomed to
Kansas City by Mayor
Diaries Wheeler. A multi
media presentation will tell
how FFA chapters can
“Celebrate 76” by par
ticipating in FFA activities
and using the FFA theme for
1976 - “A Future For
America." The morning’s
activities will conclude with
an address by former
Georgia Governor Jimmy
Carter, a large farmer and
one time FFA member.
At the Wednesday af
ternoon business session, 309
FFA chapters will be
recognized for outstanding
achievement in the FFA
Chapter Award Program.
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The Chapter Award
recognizes FFA chapters for
participation In n muor
areas of activity and this
year will award bronze
emblems to 75 chapters
silver emblems to in
chapters and gold emblem*
to 123 chapters.
Wednesday evening',
program will feature th c
speeches of four regional
winners of the FFA Public
Speaking Contest. Judge*
will score each of the four
speakers and select the
winner of the $3OO National
FFA Public Speaking
Contest award sponsored by
thc National FFA Foun
dation, Inc. During the
evening session five men will
receive the FFA's VIP
Citation for their continuing
dedicated service to the
National FFA Organization.
They are: Bert L. Brownj
Olympia, Washington; M. a!
Fields, Petersburg,
Virginia; Leo Knuti, Seal
Beach, California, Cola D.
Watson, South Hero, Ver
mont, and Warren G. Weiler,
Worthington, Ohio. Guest
speaker for the Wednesday
evening session will be
Johnny Bench, All Star
Catcher for the Cincinnati
Reds.
Distinguished Service
Awards will be presented on
Thursday morning to 29 men
and women who have con
tributed their time and ef
forts to the success of the
FFA. In addition 76 FFA
members will be presented
awards for outstanding
deduct 10% of the
purchase price from your
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