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Show November Utah Farm Bureau News 1973 Page representative on the AFBF Womens Committee. President Elmo Hamilton will also make some remarks, and we have a In every life there are golden These are the brief moments. moments that you hold in your heart forever, So it is with a feeling of mixed emotions that I write this last article for the Farm Bureau News as your chairman. I am happy that I have had the association with the people in Farm Bureau for so many years. Some of the finest friendships have been formed between myself and other Farm Bureau members. I've met some of the greatest people in file world in our Utah Farm Bureau organization. As for President Smoot, President Hamilton, and the directors, I count them as unselfish, willing workers.-Thegive of their time and talents to make life easier for many people on farms across Utah. I have also appreciated working with Le Grand Jarman of the UFBF staff as our womens advisor, Gene Carroll and other staff members of the affiliate companies, and the staff of the Farm Bureau Federation. They have all helped to make my job easier. I would also like, to thank the secretaries who have deciphered my writing on countless occasions. They y are priceless. . Dan Valentines says, "Heart glow is It is made up of One part magic ingredients: two parts happiness, three serenity, parts charity. You mix it in a brew of kindness .and. boil it over, warm coals of love. The vapor that escapes in Heart Glow. Heart Glow is the finest a curious potion. ( gift to mankind." I would like to thank all of the gals I have worked with on the state com- lovely musical number planned. Our luncheon will be in the Empire Room of the Hotel Utah at 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, November 28. We hope to see you there. Reservations must be made by November 21, and tickets are $4.25 per person. See your county womens chairman soon if you plan to attend. mittee and all the county chairmen. They have helped to make my Heart Glow with the satisfaction that comes people. As Virginia Smith has said," The Farm Bureau Woman is no longer bounded by the four walls of her kitchen or the four fences of her farm or ranch. She is aware and alert to the fact that she is a citizen not only of her immediate community but of her country and of the world. "She looks out beyond those walls and fences knowing that whatever happens in any part of the world will - Anita Wilson will speak to FB women attending annual convention. Since I was involved with other during part of the School for Women at Utah Leadership State University October 23 to 26, Vesta Boyer and Fern King were kind enough to report on that' event. Following is a summary written from meetings their reports. With the theme Can You Play the much of the Consumer Game?, information given was based on this subject. A panel of speakers ex - Winter cruise offers escape of the Caribbean lures charm The Utah Farm Bureau members who attend the AFBF convention in New Those who Jersey in choose to take part in the eight-daescape from winter will fly to Puerto Rico on January 17 after attending the convention. Then follows a luxurious cruise aboard the RHMS Armikanis, with stops at Caracas in South America plus colorful islands. Agricultural programs at sea and farm tours on land will both spark ideas and permit a tax deduction. Shopping and. sightseeing are also part of the schedule. When the gourmet meals, swimming, sun and fun are ended, a flight home from the Caribbean will bring the travellers back to reality. mid-Januar- y. y to TO: Travel Division, Utah Farm Bureau East Fourth South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102 629 Gentlemen: Please send me more information about the American Farm Bureau Convention trip January 1974, and the Caribbean Cruise following it, on January am interested in the following program (s) for the number of people 13-1- 7, 17-2- 6. I listed? NAME'"- - : ADDRESS moo l:,un PHONE : -- GWY 'itniio'-9i- STATE : : J ktj oiiPROGRAM : -Z- IP- NO. OF PEOPLE Convention only k? Convention and Cruise I no-fau- lt surance, electronic installations, automobile sales and registration, and so on. The women were divided into groups which met together through the four days to hear these discussions: Food and Nutrition - Flora Bardwell If You Dont like the Fabric Theta Johnson Are Consumers Protected? -Helen Thackeray and Archie Hursh Whats in Your Closet? - Joyce Lundell A Recipe for Real people - Glen Jenson Campus tour - J. R. Allred Dr. Damaris Bradish, Extension specialist from the University of Arizona at Tucson, led several interesting discussions which helped the women to understand themselves, their place in the community and their responsibility as consumers. She also explained what had happened to the simple way of life. We all enjoyed the Creative Craft show in the University Center Ballroom one everilng. There we found every kind of craft imaginable on display. Demonstrations taught us how to make many of the gifts. Some of the principles we learned from Dr. Bradish were: We all have basic needs: the family, where you are accepted because you are part of us, education, religion, law or some other way to resolve our problems, and the need to be productive, We must each take our own responsibilities and not leave our problems to them. -- from accomplishing things with ultimately have a bearing on the life within her home and her community and will effect her children. She is determined to have a- share in determining what course the affairs of this world will take. Im glad if I have done anything to help others, as you have helped me. Good luck and best wishes to all of you from one who still wants to be remembered as a Farmers Wife, with a Farm Bureau Family, knowing with Woodrow Wilson "America lives in the heart of every man, everywhere, who wishes to find a region whre he will be free to work out Ins destiny as he chooses. The highlight of the Womens luncheon at the UFBF annual convention- November 28-- 29 is a talk, on "Farm Bureau Women the Move, by Anita Wilson, Western Region plained various laws that have been passed to protect consumers. We received many workable ideas inon such subjects as Cruise only PS Fan. 3626 July 197! 7 |