Over the years they raised both dairy cows and beef cattle. Betty was busy raising four children and both were active in the grange. Art is a past president of the Grange Livestock Marketing Association in Auburn and served as legislative chairman of the Clallam County Pomona Grange for nine years. He has earned seventh-degree status in the grange. He and Betty have each been members for more than 60 years.
Art is concerned about the farms in the area and hopes they can be supported.
He'd like to see more young people active in the grange. In 1972, Art was one of 21 farmers in Washington chosen to go on a People to People tour of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, Holland, East and West Germany and Spain, to study farming methods in those countries. His measure of people is their honesty. Art's many activities included being elected secretary of the Angeles Co-operative Creamery for 11 years and later president of the Clallam County Soil and Water Conservation District for 13 years. Art was on the Clallam County Planning Commission for nine years, a member of the Clallam County budget review noard and the school re-organization board.