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175 Persons Attend Franklin County Farm Bureau Banquet
CHAMBERSBURG (Franklin sided over the banquet during
Co.) Recently, a gathering of which past leaders were honored
175 persons took place at the and congratulations were ac-
Lighthouse Restaurant, Cham- cepted from county and state
bersburg to celebrate the 50th an- elected officials,
niversary of the Franklin County The Franklin County Farm
Farm Bureau. County President Bureau was organized by a group
Titus Martin of Fayetteville pre- of 25 charter members on April
‘AgriTalk’ To Broadcast From
National Junior Angus Show
DENVER, Colo. AgriTalk,
a national daily radio talk show
focusing on issues in agriculture,
will be broadcast live from the
2001 National Junior Angus
Show in Denver, Colo. Angus
youth will be able to speak out
about current issues in agricul
ture and serve as the focus of this
coast-to-coast media event.
“We’re excited about AgriTalk
being part of our schedule at the
upcoming National Junior
Angus Show,” says James Fish
er, director of junior activities for
the American Angus Association.
“It will give our junior members
the opportunity to learn and
voice their views about agricul
tural issues facing them and their
families and bring national atten
tion to the positive activities
Angus juniors will be participat
ing in during the week.
The broadcast will be Thurs
day, July 12 at 9 a.m. MST and
will take place on the grounds of
the National Western Stock
Show. Angus juniors and their
parents will serve as the audience
and participants for the event.
AgriTalk is broadcast on 114 sta-
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tions in 27 states and is hosted by
Ken Root. For a complete list of
affiliates, go to www.agri
talk.com. The live broadcast of
AgriTalk is sponsored by Boeh
ringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.
The National Junior Angus
Show is the world’s largest sin
gle-breed beef cattle show and is
sponsored by the American
Angus Association. This year’s
show is hosted by junior and
adult Angus Associations from
the Western United States, who
have chosen the theme “Under
the Western Sky” for the week
long event. Angus youth will
show both owned and bred-and
owned cattle and participate in
leadership events including pre
pared and extemporaneous
speaking, team sales, showman
ship and poster and photography
contests.
For more information about
the 2001 National Junior Angus
Show, go to HYPERLINK
“http://www.angus.org”
www.angus.org and click on jun
ior activities or contact the
American Angus Association at
(816)383-5100.
3,1951. It was known then as the
Farmers’ Association, a county
unit of the Pennsylvania Farm
ers’ Association. The state and
county Farmers’ Associations
took on the name Farm Bureau
in 1993. Today, the statewide or
ganization represents over 28,000
farm and rural families. The
Franklin County Farm Bureau
recently surpassed its member
ship record of 1,295 family mem
bers.
Eugene Hege of Fayetteville
was voted first president of the
Franklin County Farmers’ Asso
ciation in 1951 and was in at
tendance at the 50th anniversary
banquet to receive a surprise pre
sentation the Outstanding
Member Award from Martin.
Franklin County’s charter
members were recognized by D.
Eugene Gayman of Chambers
burg, a former county president
and former vice president of
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau. Six
of the 25 charter members were
in attendance at the banquet.
Guy Donaldson, current presi
dent of the Pennsylvania Farm
Bureau, was present to help
honor the county’s past presi
dents 13 of whom were present
for a group photo. Marlin Miller,
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Franklin County Commissioners Robert Thomas, left,
and chairman Warren Elliott, center, present a proclama
tion honoring Franklin County Farm Bureau’s 50th anni
versary to County President Titus Martin.
manager of Pennsylvania Farm
Bureau’s Member Relations’ Di
vision, offered his best wishes to
the county organization and rec
ognized the eight members who
have served on the Pennsylvania
Farm Bureau board of directors
including present director P. Jo
seph Musser of Newburg. Mus
ser, in turn honored past staff
secretaries for the Franklin
County Farm Bureau office.
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Thomas. In addition, proclama
tions honoring the county Farm
Bureau’s 50 years of
achievements on behalf of the
community were presented by
Rep. Pat Fleagle and assistants
for Rep. C. Allan Egolf and Sen.
Terry Punt. Rep. Jeff Coy also
joined the legislators in sponsor
ing the citation, but was not pres
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