Show 7 i Y YM h M air 1 t ts s 1 i c r Mi Eldon Sanpete turkey grower receives of the year distinguished award from Clifford Blackham on behalf of the turkey Industry and Utah Turkey Marketing Board Eldon wins vins citation The annual of the Year Dis Distinguished award was presented to Eldon Moroni turkey grower former vocational agriculture teacher and one of the original founders of the Moroni Feed Company Clifford Blackham manager of the Moroni Feed Company Hatchery and chairman of the Utah Turkey Marketing Board presented the award on behalf of the Board and the turkey industry of Utah at the recent Turkey Days banquet and short course held at Snow College in Ephraim Is a graduate of Utah State University in poultry science He was one of the original people in Sanpete County County Coun Coun- ty to go Into the turkey business business business busi busi- ness at the time when turkeys on a farm was com com- mon mono He has in influenced many young people to go Into the turkey business and has been an outstanding leader In the county and state in youth ties He produced three youth winners recognized by the National National National Na Na- Turkey Federation The FF A organization nam named d him of the Year In 1981 Since 1939 has been treasurer secretary-treasurer of the Moroni Feed Company and has served on the Board of Di Di- Di rectors He was president of the Utah Turkey Federation in 1957 and for five years was w was s a member of the Utah Turkey Marketing Board He has been recognized by bythe bythe bythe the Soil Conservation Service for outstanding conservation work Also he has been continually continually continually con con- Interested In education church and civic activities He has served as a bishop in the Church for eight and one- one half years and has been active in the Lions Club President Floyd S S. S Holm of Snow College was chairman of the banquet It featured a of speciality turkey items Including turkey cocktail smoked turkey turkey roast beef t barbequed turkey u r key sweet sweet sour sour turkey f turkey steak turkey salad and roast turkey oven baked Alan Bader Ogden representative representative representative of LaRoche Hoffman-LaRoche Incorporated and Dr C C. C I 1 I. I Draper Utah Stale State University Extension were In charge of the specially specialty Items Hems for the banquet |