Welsh elected officer at Agri-Women convention BY DEBBIE KOONTZ HERSHEY - The American Agn-Women convention became a special treat for Emilie Welsh, one of Penn’s Agri-Women, When she was elected second vice president of the national organization, Tuesday Welsh, East Berlin, will be the first member of this state to hold an'office for AAW Other than serving as publicity chairman, Welsh has never held an official position in Penn’s Agri- Women, making the position a double honor. The American Agri- Women attending the con vention, 215 from 24 states, THE BEST WAY TO FILL Ask Glenn Shaffer near Bioomsburg and he’ll tell you! He'll tell you about E 3X717, the hottest thing in 110 day corns...or E6BIAX, the good ole stand by...or ESOOX, the new quick drying hybrid...or E629X, the standard of comparison in the 100 day maturity class! Fill up the truck in 1981 by seeing your own nearby EASTLAND SEEDS DEALER. Eastland elected her at the Tuesday business meeting This will be tune well spent for me. I don’t belong to any farm women groups, so I’m going to give all my spare time to this position Anything dealing with the promotion of agriculture is worthwhile to me,” Welsh said. Along with her husband James and her four sons, Gary, Tommy, Joey and Mike, she resides in York County on a dairy farm The Welsh family owns nearly 250 milking cows I got involved in Penn’s Agri-Women two years ago UP THE TRUCK and have enjoyed it very much, she said Welsh’s duties as second vice president consist of overseeing the Public Relations chairman, the regional communicators, the Speakers bureau, and the Newsletter. She will receive written reports from com municators and the chair man that she will be required to submit to the Executive board for ap proval.’ She also will be required to attend all executive board meetings with travel expenses reimbursed Other business at the * ✓ SEEDWAY, INC. SEEM SEED FARMS DIV. Emmaus, Pa. 18049 215-965-5072 Tuesday meeting included adoptions of resolutions. Some ot these were that American Agri- Women recommend that the Department of Agriculture concern itself with quality of food at all levels, both domestic and imported, with transportation ot such foods and with much needed research for improving such food distribution, rather than recommendations for diets for a healthj nation of people of differing needs that American Agri- Women will support the Green Thumb” program of USDA weather service and will encourage the States to . Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 15,1980—C35 coordinator, congratulates Emilie Welsh, left, for being elected second vice president of American Agri-Women. make the program known and available. that American Agri- Women closely monitor quanity and quality of all dairy imports and strongly oppose any trade agreements which would increase dairy imports and depress the domestic market That AAW support legislation which will allow the parents or family ap proved guardians- of men tally or severly handicapped to have control over their future plans without court procedure that AAW advocate privately held gram reserves in lieu of govern ment held reserves Eastern sees better spot milk sales SYRACUSE, NY - Eastern Milk Producers Cooperative, says spot milk sales to buyers who had not made prior arrangements for adequate supplies have shown marked improvement this fall season as a result of what it calls “aggressive marketing practices ” According to Howard McDonald, Eastern’s General Manager, the cooperative has also - negotiated several new annual sales contracts with buyers throughout the New York state and parts of New England. 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Blue Ball, Pa 354 4125 Gap, Pa 442 4148 that AAW discourage the use of agricultural products as a foreign policy tool. that AAW work to imporve methods of transportation and distribution of agricultural products. that AAW demand that the 1981 farm bill be thoroughly researched and revised to meet the needs of the modern American family farm system, and that a 1981 Farm Bill task force will keep the executive board and affiliated organizations informed as to the content, progress and timing of the bill and that AAW and its affiliated organizations will respond according to the needs of their membership of the situation, he noted. “Construction of the Waveny plant” said Mc- Donald “is now winding down to the point where we expect to be fully operational by late November or early December.” Eastern expects the plant will be able to operate at full capacity during the Christmas and New Year holidays, which is traditionally a heavy milk surplus penod, he said. McDonald observed the new Waverly cheese facility could be of extreme im portance as. plans are developed by Eastern to assure that the effect of a strike on its members will be nun anal.
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