Millard County Chronicle | 1948-07-22 | Page 1 | Farmers' Union to Organize and Elect July 26 and 27

Farmers' Union to Organize and Elect July 26 and 27 The National Farmers Union, organized or-ganized in Millard county at meetings meet-ings held in Hinckley and Deseret early in July, now has over r75 members in the Delta-Hinckley area, and is steadily growing. Two meetings have been called for next week, for the purpose of completing the organization, and 'to elect officers. One will be held Monday, July 26, at 8:30 p. m., in the Sutherland school lunchroom, and the next night, Tuesday, July 27, there will be a meeting in the Hinckley Seminary at 8-30 p. m. All farmers are Invited to attend, and to bring their wives, children and neighbors, and help build for farmers' security. The NFU was organized in 1902, and now operate in 32 states. They purchased Kelly-Western Seed co. of Salt Lake City last spring as a first step in organizing a Farmers' Farm-ers' Union co-op in Utah. Paul V. Kelly, former owner of Kelly-Western Seed company, is Utah director for NFU. Lawrence Cropper, of Oasis, represents rep-resents the insurance program in Millard county. More information on history and "set-up" may be had by writing National Farmers' Union, 139 N. 3rd West St. Salt Lake City, Utah.