D4-LMCMt«r Farming Saturday December t, 1984
Simmental Assoc, announces convention schedule
BOZEMAN, Mont. - The
American Simmental
Association’s 17th Annual Meeting
and convention, scheduled for
Denver, Colorado, January 14-17,
will be highlighted by a number of
notable events.
Included on the schedule is an
“Educational Forum” which will
be presented by a panel of several
individuals who were prominent in
the formative stages of the
American Simmental Association.
Other events include the honoring
of Don Vaniman, former executive
secretary of the Association; and
National Sale 11, a joint effort by
ASA and the Colorado Simmental
Association.
The educational program
features a panel of speakers that
will discuss “The Past, Present,
and Future of the Simmental
Breed”. It is designed to review
the introduction and growth of
Simmental in the U.S. and to
provide a base upon which to
formulate the breed’s future.
Included on the panel are such
industry leaders as Dr. Ray
Woodward, retired Head of the
U.S.D.A. Livestock and Range
Research Station, Miles City, MT;
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Dr. Bob Walton, president,
American Breeder’s Service,
DeForest, WI; Roy Wallace, beef
specialist, Select Sires, Plain City,
OH; Dr. Bernard Jones, Dean of
Agriculture of the University of
Nevada-Reno, formerly with
Curtiss Breeding Services; Ancel
Armstrong, past ASA president,
New Breeds Industries,
Manhattan, KS; Lou Chesnut, also
a past ASA President, and former
Federal Land Bank officer,
Spokane, WA; Dave Nichols,
Simmental breeder, Nichols
Farms, Anita IA; and Dr. Harlan
Ritchie, Animal Science professor,
Michigan State University. This
comprehensive program will be
held Tuesday afternoon, January
15, at the Regency Hotel.
Vaniman, who was the first full
time employee of the Association,
will be honored during the Awards
Banquet, Wednesday evening,
January 16. Among the honors he
will receive is the World Sim
mental Federation Golden Book
Award.
National Sale 11, being held for
the second successive year in
Denver, will begin at 1:00 o.m. on
Thursday, January 17 in the
National Western Sale Arena.
Transcon Livestock Services of
Calgary and Denver is managing
the Sale, while Bill Lefty and Joe
Mitchum will share auctioneering
duties.
ASA Convention headquarters
will be the Regency Hotel, which is
located not far from the National
Western grounds. Interested in
dividuals should contact the
American Simmental Association,
One Simmental Way, Bozeman,
MT 59715 ( 406 ) 587-4531) for ad
ditional Convention information
and appropriate registration
forms.
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KANSAS CITY, MO. - George C.
Palmer II of Charlottesville, Va.,
has been selected by the American
Polled Hereford Association
(APHA) board of directors for
induction into the Polled Hereford
Hall of Fame.
His bronzed hat will be hung in
the AFHA Hall of Fame in Kansas
City, Mo., as a fitting tribute to his
outstanding contributions to the
breed’s progress. The official
induction ceremonies will take
place during the 62nd National
Polled Hereford Convention-Show-
Sale in Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 23-
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Since buying his first Polled
Hereford bull in 1946, Palmer has
been a strong supporter of both the
Polled Hereford breed and the
entire beef cattle industry. Palmer
made his first Polled Hereford
purchase for Eiverdale Farms
following an intensive search for
“just the right animal.” After
serving as a pilot in the U.S. Army
Air Corps in World War 11, Palmer
returned to Virginia and pur
chased a Choice Domino 39 son to
use on his Hereford cow herd.
Palmer feels that performance
records are essential for the
registered breeder, and enrolled
his herd on the Virginia Beef Cattle
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program in 1954. He has been
working with APHA’s Guide Lines
program since its inception. He
has also been highly influential in
the Virginia Beef Cattle Im
provement Association and has
served as their president. In 1981,
the Virginia BCIA selected Palmer
as their Seedstock Producer of the
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He has also served as president
of the Eastern Polled Hereford
Association (PHA), and as a
director on the state fair board, the
Virginia Cattlemen’s Association
and the Virginia Hereford
Association. The Virginia PHA
selected Palmer as the recipient of
the John H. Royer Service to the
Polled Hereford breed award in
1980. In 1972, Palmer was elected
to the American Polled Hereford
Association Board of Directors,
and in 1973-74 he served as the
Chairman of the Board.
In addition to operating
Riverdale Farms since 1950,
Palmer has been president of
Piedmont Tractor Company Inc., a
retailer of John Deere farm and
industrial equipment.
Palmer and his wife, Susanne,
are the parents of a son and
daughter.
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