Vernal Express | 1969-02-13 | Page 5 | A Week to Remember

A WEEK TO REMEMBER I The week of February 15 to 22 has been set aside as National Future Farmers of America Week The theme of this observance Is An An Opportunity For Youth The Future Farmers of America Is a national organization organization or tion of high school students studying vocational agriculture in our our public schools It Is an educational nonprofit nonpolitical organization of by and for these students The foundation upon which it is built includes leadership character development sportsmanship sportsmanship sports sports- manship cooperation community service thrift scholarship improved agriculture organized organized or or- recreation citizenship and patriotIsm patriot patriot- Ism The itself does not make Its mem mem- I bers hers outstanding but but instead provides the opportunity for them to excel grow and become be come outstanding Young people in learn the meaning of local initiative Local chapters chapters' provide the strength of the In the local chapters student officers and members develop into agricultural leaders lead lead- ers As long as we we have youth organizations such as the we may rest assured that the violence and lawlessness of ot the dissenters whose only aim Is destruction will represent the acts of a minority minority Land and a small minority at that