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Show Enterprise Feed Co-op gets Government loan The proceeds of the loan will be used to complete the construction of feed processing facilities, a new farm supply display center, new tanks and pumps for refined fuels and a bulk fertilizer storage and mixing plant. This will be the only complete farm service center in the Valley offering a full line of farm supplies. Anderson, in making the presentation, characterized the I event as a giant step forward I for Utah agriculture through the strengthening of local cooperatives. co-operatives. He stated that this new facility will render some very valuable, much needed services for farmers in the entire Valley and under the management of Don E. Ol-sen Ol-sen could well become an important im-portant force in the Valley in the over-all improvement of net farm income. A $137,000 loan has been made to the Enterprise Feed Co-op at Enterprise, Clarence A. Anderson, State Director of Farmers Home Administration, made the presentation of the check to the co-op president, Jay Hunt, at ceremonies in the FHA Office at St George January Jan-uary 9. The $137,000 loan was made under the Economic Opportunity Opportun-ity Act of 1964, Anderson reported. re-ported. Dennis C. Winter, Chief of Community Services for FHA, Lee L. Chambrlain, Washington County Supervisor and Clyde Hemmert, District Supervisor at Richfield, helped to complete surveys and supporting sup-porting data necessary for the consideration of the loan in Washington, working with the Utah Cooperative Association. As-sociation. Utah's entire Congressional delegation, Senators Moss and Bennett, and Representatives Burton and Lloyd, were instrumental in-strumental in getting the loan approved for the farmers in the Enterprise Valley. pill lSMgP 'SS PRESENTS CHECK. Clarence A. Anderson, state director di-rector of Farmers Home Administration, presents $137,000 check to Jay Hunt, president of Enterprise Feed Co-op as other FHA officials and Co-op directors direct-ors look on. They are left to right:Clyde Hemmert, Lee Chamberlain, James Simkins, Dennis C. Winter, Jack Holt and Ed Hunt. |