Milford chronicle., 1954-04-09
Future Farmers Will
Hold Convention

The annual Delaware Future
Farmers of America convention will
be held in Caesar Rodney High
School today with delegate and
cOmittee sessions starting at $3.50
p. m. and the dinner meeting at
$50 pm.
Upwards of 200 FLA members,
advisers, and guests will attend the
night event David Elliott, Laurel,
state president, will preside. The
convention is in effect, a continu-
alton of the FLA judging contests
held last week at the University of
Delaware.
Thirteen boys, who have been
nominated for the honor, will
receive diamond farmer degrees at
the dinner, w. Lyle MOwlds, state
FLA adviser, and Paul M. Hodgson,
executive secretary of the Organi-
zation, announced today. They are:
Joseph William Workman, Del
mar; James L. DericksOn, Con
rad; Eugene Thomas, Caesar Rod
ney; Irwin G. Klair, Conrad; EIbert
Dill Harrington, FELTON,; Willard F.
Reed, Jr., MiddletOwn; David Van
Pelt, Newark; William Haas.
MiddletOwn; Albert Leo Jezyk,
Newark; Frank l.. Reed. Jr., Mil
ford; Donald Hall, Milford; and
John Emory Truitt, Selbyville.
From among them the State Star
Farmer will be chosen.
The principal dinner speaker will
be Walker James, Orwell, Vt, ma
tional FLA vice president. Each
chapter will have as a guest one
agricultural business man from it's
community and, with that as a
start, it is hoped to form a Della
ware FLA Foundation similar to
the National FLA Foundation
wherein industry gives full back
ing to vocational agriculture pro-
grams.
John Emory Truitt, Selbyville,
will be presented with 800 check
from the National FLA Association
and a gold medal for his winning
of the state FLA public speaking
contest at the judging contests last
week. His paper was on "The Poul-
try Auction"
The various winners of the judg-
ing contests on livestock, poultry,
eggs, milk, dairy cattle, land, meat,
feeds, and hays last week will also
receive their awards More than 600
boys participated in the contests.
Officers for 1954-55 will be cleo
ted, plans made for participation
in the Kent-SusseX Fair, a program
of work for the coming year pre-
pared, a budget decided on, and
vote taken on a proposed legis-
lative measure to eliminate gravel
pits wherever they injure land
fertility.
Guests invited to attend the din
ner included: Gov J. Caleb BOggs,
DR.. John A Perkins, president of
the University of Delaware; George
/ NJ. WOrrilOw, director of the ex-
I tension service; Dean George L.
Schuster of the university; DR..
/ George r. Miller, Jr., state superin-
tendent of public instruction; DR..
r. W. Helm. state director of voca-
tional education; II. N. Hansucker,
vocational education program spe-
cialist of the U. S. Office of Educa-
ton; DR.. r. F. Davenport, Phila-
delphia; II. E. Jamison, Philadel-
phia; Gene Short, representing the
All Clubs; James Baxter, Della
ware Farm Bureau; Miss Caroline
/ Griffith, Future HOmemakers Of
America; Milton d. Yerkes, Laurel;
James Wiesbester, Harry c. john
son, State Crane Grange master;
Paul Mitchell, Chester Gray, Pro-
duction Credit Association; Nathan
iel Taylor National Farm Loan
Association; DIR. W. B. Simpson
Frank Richardson, Gordon Willis
Warren c. Newton, and Kent Coun-
ty Agent George X. Vappa.