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Show THE SALT LAKE TIME! FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1973 SECTION 2 Page Nine 'Take Stock in America' Drive Kennecott Executive to Head i hundred volunteers in the state to encourage greater participation by Utah employees and residents to buy or increase pur- B. B. Smith, General Manager Utah Copper Division Kennecott Copper Corporation B. B. Smith, general manager, Utah Copper Division, Kennecott Copper Corporation, has been appointed by the Department of the Treasury as chairman of the 1974 Take Stock in America campaign for Utah, it was announced this week by Wendell E. Gile, state volunteer Savings Bonds chairman. As chairman, Mr. Smith will direct the activities of several chase of Savings Bonds by the Payroll Savings or Bond A Month Plan. Mr. Smith will meet in the near future with Savings Bonds vdunteers to map and coordinate plans for the 1974 campaign. In Salt Lake County, Gordon J. Miller, sales representative of Bruce Transfer and Storage Co., is volunteer county Savings Bond chairman while Clark Wilson, manager, the Anaconda Company is district chairman. A graduate of the University of Denver, Mr. Smith joined the Kennecott Mines Division in 1954. He headed a $100 million expansion program for the Utah Copper Division in 1963 and a $230 million expansion program for Kennecotts subsidiary, Braden Copper Company in Chile. In accepting his appointment, Mr. Smith stated, I am very happy to join with my fellow volunteers in this opportunity to our to be of double service friends in the state and to our country by supporting the Savings Bonds Program. We want to stress the value of a regular savings program and it will certainly aid towards the critical problem of inflation facing all of us alike at this time. He succeeds Utah Power and Light executive Harry Blundell in the volunteer chairman post. The spirit for holidays past and present. So give. National Farm Bureau Leader Highlights Large Convention Facts on issues of key importance to farmers and food buyers delivered in a keynote speech by the president .of the American Farm Bureau, reached the largest Utah Farm Bureau convention audience in the states history, it was said this week. President William J. Kuhfuss of Mackinaw, Illinois, was the speaker. State Farm Bureau president Elmo Hamilton revealed the record attendance figure in summarizing the convention held in Salt Lake City. Both the numbers and the enthusiasm were at a peak. Our farmers are aware that the public is taking a vital interest in its food supply and theyre reacting to it with a determination to solve the problems discussed at the Salt Lake convention in a way that is good for everybody. Besides hearing talks by several well known speakers, a major activity of the 128 official voting delegates who were part of the crowd at the Hotel Utah was to discuss and adopt resolutions on areas of concern. During the annual awards program several Utahns were recognized for outstanding activities. A DeMarr Dudley of Jensen, Uintah county, and Mrs. Vesta Boyer of Springville were named Distinguished Service Award winners for action both in Farm Bureau work and in other types of leadership. Outstanding Young Farmer for Utah is Brent D. Parker of Wellsville, Cache, county. In 4 years this young dairyman and his wife built a herd of 120 and the buildings to go with it, starting from scratch. They won a years use of a pickup truck furnished by Rick Warner of Salt Lake City and an expense paid trip for two to the Hol-stei- BEAM, American Farm Bureau convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey in January, 1974. Six entertainment acts were featured in the finals of the state Talent Find contest held during the awards program. Mrs. Vicki Nielsen and Randy Johnson of Aurora wen the contest and the first prize of expense paid trips to the AFBF convention next month. At a Utah Farm Bureau board meeting two new directors elected at the convention were made official members of the group. They were Mrs. Pamela Turner of Morgan, new chairman of the Farm Bureau Womens committee and Robert Johnson of Randolph, chairman of the Young Farmers and Ranchers committee. State President Elmo Hamilton to a of Riverton was two year term and Jay Child of Clinton to a one year term as vice president. Also to two year terms on the board were William Holmes, Ogden; Jerold Johnson, Aurora and Edward Boyer, Springville. re-elect- O- C- BEAM B. JAMES THE BY AND ed re-elect- ed PROOF 86 ns Bridget loves Benue, and they both love U.S. Savings Bonds. Meredith Baxter and David Bimey of the popular TV series show their idea of a perfect Christmas gift. r Fifths and Half Gallons in pink and silver foil wrap. Pink bow on fifths. Quarks in blue and silver foil wrap with blue bow. Where available. |