Speakers announced for FFA convention
WASHINGTON, D.C. - scheduled to address the 49th
Apollo 16 Astronaut Charles National FFA Convention in
M. Duke and former Kansas City, Mo., November
Olympic weight lifter Paul 9-12. Duke, who holds the
Anderson “The World’s record for length of time on
Strongest Man” head the list the lunar surface with 71
of keynote speakers hours and 14 minutes, will
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address the opening session
of the three day convention.
The three day convention is
expected to draw an at-
tendance of over 20,000 FFA
members and guests. It is
who
we do
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT
YOUR LOCAL COUNTY OFFICE.
the largest youth convention
in the nation.
Paul Anderson, billed as
„“The World’s Strongest
Man"; won worldwide fame
as an Olympic Champion
weight lifter m 1956. Since
We do. The Farm Credit System.
Millions of bushels of corn,
wheat, oats, fruits, other foods.
All the way from production
on the farm to storage or
processing in farmer
cooperatives. We’re the Federal
Land Banks and Production
Credit Associations.
Owned by and operated
for the benefit
of farmers
and growers.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Nov. 6,1976
that time he has traveled
around the nation and the
world speaking to young
people on Christianity,
patriotism, and the values
and fascinations of the free
enterprise system.
Other keynote speakers
include Texas A & M Student
Body President Fred Mc-
Clure, John Stearns,
Producer of
AGRICULTURE - USA, and
Minnesota Commissioner of
Agriculture Jon Wefald. On
Friday convention par
ticipants will hear Don
McDowell, former Secretary
of the Wisconsin Department
of Agriculture, now a
member of the National
Advisory Council on
Vocational Education and
currently Executive
Director of the National FFA
Foundation Sponsoring
Committee.
Farm Calendar
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servation District
directors meeting. Ex
tension office, 3 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov.
Lancaster County Holstein
banquet, Willow Valley
Restaurant, South of
Lancaster, 6:45 p.m.
Dairy sanitation discussed
by PSU food science
Extension specialist,
Sidney Barnard, at
Founders’ Hall, Hershey,
1:30-3 p.m. Dairymen,
fieldmen, retailers and
consumers invited to
attend.
Pennsylvania Livestock
Association dinner and
meeting, 7 p.m. at the
Host Inn, Harrisburg.
Lebanon County DHIA
banquet, Schaefferstown
Fire Hall, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 10
Lebanon County Con
servation District board
of directors meeting, 8
p.m. in Room 207 of the
Municipal Building,
Lebanon.
The Second Penn State
Foliage Plant Seminar,
at the Holiday Inn, King
of Prussia. Separate
programs for growers
and retailers.
Yorkway-Agway meeting, 4-
H Center, 7 p.m. dinner, 8
p.m. meeting.
Hinkletown Adult Farmer
Program cattle feeding
meeting, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 11
Lancaster County Guernsey
banquet, Rhodes Tavern,
Quarryville, 7 p.m.
Blue Mountain Dairy Goat
Association meets at the
Penn State Schuylkill
campus in Schuylkill
Haven, 7:30 p.m.
Annual meeting of the
Lehigh County
Cooperative Extension
Service, banquet room,
A.B.E. airport, new
terminal, 7 p.m.
State Horse Show at
Harrisburg Farm Show,
today and tomorrow.
York Farm Credit
stockholders meeting and
banquet, Embers
Restaurant, Carlisle.
Saturday, Nov. 13
Montgomery County DHIA
banquet and dairy
princess pageant, 6:45
p.m. at the Christopher
Dock High School.
York County Farmers’
Association Womens’
Committee Mall Display
“Farm Women on the
Go” at the York Mall.
University of Delaware
Alpha Zeta fraternity
annual beef barbecue. All
you can eat for $4. Over
900 served last year.
Chester-Delaware County
Farm-City Weekend
today and tomorrow.
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