HERSHEY Several hundred
farm leaders will gather at the
Hershey Lodge and Convention
Center, Monday through Wed
nesday to elect officers and set
policies during the 34th Annual
Meeting of the Pennsylvania
Farmers’ Association (PFA).
Lt. Governor William Scranton,
111 will present the Opening
Luncheon Address at noon,
Monday, Nov. 19. Later PFA vice
president D. Eugene Gayman of
Franklin County will conduct roll
call of the 172 voting delegates who
will deliberate policy resolutions
which originated in the county
associations. Voting delegates will
meet in sessions scheduled during
the remainder of the convention.
PFA’s Marketing Conference
Women’s sessions slated
HERSHEY Computers and
leadership roles for farm women
will be discussd during the
Women’s Conference of the 34th
Annual Meeting of the Penn
sylvania Farmer’s Association
Monday through Wednesday in
Hershey.
Dr. Michael Chaplin, Assistant
Dean for Resident Education at
Penn State’s College of
Agriculture, will speak on
Peter Hackes to speak
HERSHEY Award-winning
BC news correspondent Peter
ickes will address the Awards
mquet of the 34th Annual
eeting of the Pennsylvania
irmers’ Association Tuesday in
ershey.
During the banquet, PFA will
esent its Distinguished Service
Agriculture Award, honoring a
rm leader who has had statewide
Ipact for the betterment of
piculture. PFA will also present
tar” awards to leaders of its 54
unty associations for out
mding achievements in PFA
ogram.
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will discuss promotion innovations
and 1985 marketing outlooks for Bv
livestock, fruits and vegetables,
dairy, grain and poultry com-
modities. The prospects for farm
financing in 1985 and women’s
opportunities in commodity Bv
marketing will also be addressed
during conference sessions.
PFA president Keith Eckel,
Lackawanna County, will present
his Annual Address to the con-
“Computers and Our Lifestyle”.
Later, Murray Miles, Director of
Information for the Tennessee
Farm Bureau, will present an
address entitled, “Our Image.”
The PFA State Women’s
Committee, chaired by Mrs. Frank
Sankey of Clearfield County, is
sponsoring the conference which
will be held Tuesday morning and
afternoon at the Hershey Lodge
and Convention Center, Hershey.
Guest speaker Hackes was
anchorman for NBC’s “World New
Roundup” for four years. He has
contributed to many programs in
the Peabody Award-winning
“Second Sunday” series; NBC
Radio’s broadcast news magazine
“Hear & Now” and won an
“Emmy” for NBC-TV’s -Apollo
Space Program coverage. He has
appeared on “Meet the Press”, the
“Today Show”, “Nightly News”,
and other NBC-TV news programs.
For many years Hackes was a
reporter and anchor on NBC
Radio’s hourly newscasts and
reported extensively on
“Monitor”.
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vention at noon, Tuesday.
Following his address, PFA will
recognize six Outstanding Young
Farm Couples.
Michael Chaplin, Assistant Dean
for Resident Education at Penn
State’s College of Agriculture, will
HERSHEY The 34th Annual
Meeting of the Pennsylvania
Farmers’ Association (PFA) will
conclude Wednesday with the
adoption of policies on farm issues
and the election of leaders.
A total of 172 voting delegates
representing PFA’s 54 county
associations will choose eight
members for two-year terms on its
16-member board of directors and
will elect a president to a two-year
term.
Incumbent Keith Eckel, a
vegetable grower and dairyman
from Clarks Summit, Lackawanna
County, has been nominated to his
second full term as PFA president.
State directors whose terms will
expire at the annual meeting and
the county associations they
represent are; Richard Solly of
Ivyland, Bucks County - Bucks,
Monroe, Lehigh, Northampton;
Ben Zehner of Bloomsburg,
Columbia County - Columbia,
Luzerne, Schuylkill, Carbon;
Richard Barto of Montgomery,
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discuss computers, and Murray
Miles, Tennessee Farm Bureau’s
Director of Information, will
discuss leadership during PFA’s
Women’s Conference at the con
vention, Tuesday. PACMA will
also conduct its annual meeting
Tuesday.
Peter Hackes, NBC News
correspondent, will be the guest
speaker at the Annual Banquet,
Tuesday evening. PFA will present
its Distinguished Service to
Agriculture Award and will an
nounce “Star” awards received by
Scranton to
HERSHEY - Lt. Gov. William
Scranton 111 will address the
Opening Luncheon of the 34th
Annual Meeting of the Penn
sylvania Farmers’ Association
Monday.
to be decided
Lycoming County - Centre,
Clinton, Lycoming; Mrs. Carolyn
Rutter of Dover, York County -
Lebanon, Lancaster, Dauphin,
York; Kenneth Loht of McClure,
Mifflin County - Huntingdon,
Mifflin, Perry, Juniata; Theodore
Hoover of Patton, Cambria County
- Clearfield, Indiana, Cambria;
Myron Ludwick of Sugar Grove,
Warren County - Crawford, Erie,
Warren; Tim Piwowar of
Uniontown, Fayette County
Westmoreland, Fayette,
Washington, Greene.
Both Loht and Hoover have
reached the tenure limit of eight
years on the State Board of
Directors. All others are eligible
for re-election.
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in seven program areas.
Voting delegates will adopt final
PFA policy, Wednesday, Nov. 21.
They will also elect the
organization’s president and fill
vacancies on half of PFA’s 16-
member State Board of Directors.
Eight vacancies on the 16-member
State Women’s Committee will
also be filled Wednesday. PFA’s
34th Annual Meeting will adjourn
early Wednesday afternoon with
the conclusion of the business
meeting.
open meeting
Following Lt. Governor
Scranton’s address, the roll call of
172 voting delegates will take place
in preparation for deliberations on
about 100 policy recommendations
from PFA’s 54 county associations.
PFA vice president D. Eugene
Gayman of Franklin County, will
chair the four voting delegate
sessions scheduled during the
convention. Delegates will also
elect eight directors representing
half of PFA’s 16 districts, and a
leader to serve as the
organization’s president.
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