1 IS—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 17,1979
Several “firsts" featured at Convention
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The
52nd National Convention of
the Future Farmers of
America (FFA), held in
Kansas City, Missouri, on
November 7-9, was a year of
several “firsts” for the FFA,
as well as the traditional
pageantry that has made it
the most largely attended
youth convention in the
nation.
Over 21,000 members,
advisors, parents and guests
attended the convention, a
combination of National
Skills Contests, leadership
workshops, big-name
speakers and recogmtion
programs.
Kevin Holtzmger, 21, of
Windsor, Pennsylvania, and
Robert Lovelace, 21, of
Elsberry, Missouri, were
recognized as the ‘best of the
best’ m the “Stars Over
America” Pageant Thur
sday night. Holtzmger,
named Star Farmer of
America, is a dairy farmer,
and Lovelace, named Star
Agribusinessman of
America, breeds and selects
superior seed stock for
woody ornamentals. These
two were selected from 789
American Farmer Degree
recipients.
Six young people will serve
on the 1979-80 National FFA
Officer Team. Douglas
Rmker, 20, of Winchester,
Virginia, was selected as the
national president. The other
officers are Philip Benson,
20, of Winters, California, as
National Secretary; Dee
James, 20, of Clay Center,
Kansas, as Central Region
Vice President; Donald
Trimmer, Jr., 20, of
Woodsboro, Maryland, as
Eastern Region Vice
President, Jeff Kirby, 19, of
Gassville, Arkansas, as
Southern Region Vice
President, and Elm Duck
worth, 19, of Mesa, Arizona,
was elected Western Region
Vice President. These of
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Friday night session, and
they performed the closing
session to end the 52nd
National FFA Convention.
The convention falls
exactly one decade after the
first official action was
taken to mclude women in
the FFA, and the young
ladies seemed to celebrate
that fact by taking several of
the top honors. Besides
Duckworth’s election,
several other honors were
taken. Lynette Marshall, 18,
of Sparland, Illinois, was
named the National FFA
Public Speaking Contest
winner, the first girl so
honored Chnste Peterson,
18, of Madison, Wisconsin,
won the National FFA
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Contest, the first of its kind
ever held. Janet McNeese of
Silver City, North Carolina,
became the 1979 American
Royal Queen. Twelve women
received regional
proficiency awards, and 47
received their American
Farmer Degree, the
organization’s highest
HWdrd
The National FFA
Foundation celebrated its
35th anniversary by topping
the $1 million mark in
contributions. The 1979
Foundation Sponsoring
Committee was led by
Robert D. Lund, Vice
President of General
Motors. The 1980 Chairman,
Roland M. Hendrickson,
President of the Agricultural
Division, Pfizer, Inc., told
those in attendance, “in 1980,
our goal will be to provide
whatever resources are
necessary to support the
great programs of this great
organization.”
Dr. Robert Schuler was
the kick-off speaker Wed
nesday morning. Dr. Dan
Dunham, of the U.S. Office
of Education, Dr. Thomas
Haggai, author and
humorist, Charles Stenholm,
U.S. Congressman from
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Many activities took place
during the week involving
FFA members representing
each of the fifty states and
Puerto Rico. Over 2500
awards were presented to
members at the convention.
One hundred and fifty one
chapters were honored for
their participation in the
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Communities program with
the Big Walnut FFA Chapter
of Sunbury, Ohio, taking the
top award. National Safety
Awards were presented to
119 chapters. Bronze, silver,
and gold awards were
presented to 451 chapters m
the National Chapter
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