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Show Farm Bureau Meet Addressed By State Officials The Millard County Farm Bureau Bur-eau held their county convention last Saturday in the Delta high school. The county officers were pleased with the support that they received. The first session was at 10 a. m. in the. high school auditorium. audit-orium. Mrs. East, president of the Associated Women of the Utah State FBF was the first speaker. She stressed the importance of the women's organization in Farm Bur eau. "Just as a wife is a partner in her husband's business, so must women be part of Farm Bureau if we are to accomplish the ideals of Farm Bureau,' she stated. She also said the Farm Bureau Women Wom-en should be proud that the National Nat-ional president Mrs. Sayers was chosen as president of the Women's Wom-en's World Organization, at a conference con-ference held in London recently. The next speaker was David R. Reynolds of Illinois. He is the Organization Or-ganization Director of the eleven western states, and his talk was about what a farmer can do to improve his own economic condition. condit-ion. He pointed out that farmers must work together, because they now, are only a minority group, comprising only 15 of the nation's nat-ion's population. He suggested that all farm organizations get together as one in looking out for tthe farmer's far-mer's welfare. The other morning speaker was Frank Shelley, executive secretary of the Utah State FBF. He told of the growth of the Utah Farm Bureau Automobile Insurance Co., and complimented Millard County for being one of the first in the state to go over the top in subscribing sub-scribing for stock and charter policy pol-icy members. He also told about the benefits of the Blue Cross Hospital Hos-pital plan, stating that for a premium pre-mium of $37.80 per family per year, any member of the family can have up to 21 days of hospital service at a cost of $2.00 per day. Only during March and November of each year, will Blue Cross accept ac-cept new membership . He stated that any family desiring to have Blue Cross benefits must get their application to the County Farm Bureau before March 25th. A delicious lunch was served by the Delta First ward Relief Society. Soci-ety. Elected officers of the Millard County FBF, for the coming year are Fenton Gardner, Delta, pres.; Olaf George, Kanosh, 1st vice pres. and Burnis Finlinson, Oak City, 2nd vice pres. They wil choose their secretary. A very clear explanation of the Utah Central Water Project, was made by R. P. Neeley, engineer from Spanish Fork. Two maps were shown, giving a detailed outline of plans for making use of Utah's share of the Colorado River water. A resolution was passed unanimously, unanim-ously, that the Millard County Farm Bureau should work for the completion of the entire project as one unit, and also that in the interests of economy, as far as the Sevier River area is concerned, strive to have all available land under the present water distributing distribut-ing companies, get sufficient water before any additional distributing system should be built. Mr. John H. Schenk, of Logan, Director of the AFBF and member of the executive board of the Utah State FBF, gave an interesting talk about the way Logan Dairy Farmers were able to develop their own cheese industry and own their own factroy, through cooperation cooper-ation of the farmers and with the help of Farm Bureau. This factory takes all surplus milk, thus keeping keep-ing the price of milk in in that area ar-ea from becoming demoralized. |