The Sidney herald., 1955-10-13
Richland County
F.U. Convention
Here Sept. "a

The 1855 fall convention ant
annual meeting of the Richlanc
County Farmers Union was helc
IN the NYA auditorium in Sid.
ney Sept. "a.
President Leo Hackley called
the meeting to order at 1870 D. M
Mrs. D. w. Johnson led the grour
singing with Mrs. Frank Daniels
at the piano, singing "Americs
the Beautiful and Solidarity.
A Junior, Richard Schow Of
Andes Local read the Farmers
Union Greed.
The president welcomed the at
. PENDANTS and gave a brief report
on some of the activities of the
board of directors during the past
year, and of those who had at
tended state meetings and camps
The secretary, Les Young, read
the minutes of the Spring Con-
vention, which were approved as
read. The financial reports for
the county and the junior funds
were read by the secretary and
are attached to this report.
Rosie Hackley gave a report of
the state camp held near Havre
IN June at which there were five
Juniors from Richland county. She
is a Junior of Girard Local.
Mrs. Oscar Petersen presented
SIX Reserves of the Andes Local
IN two entertainment numbers.
Margaret Gartner, a junior of
Victory Local, the first Junior
from Richland county to attend
an an-states camp, gave a good
report on her trip to Red Rocks
camp near Denver in July.
Zeke TheiS rendered three num-
bers OF humorous songs with gui-
tar accompaniment.
Marion Daniels, who attended
the Citizenship Encampment in
New York this year, representing
our Farmers Union, gave an out
standing report on the encamp-
ment, its composition, purposes,
programs, the leadership, instruc-
tors, subjects, and the effect of
all these on her thinking and
reach into future planning and
hopes.
A drawing was held for door
prizes given by various Co-ops
and individuals. The first was a
sack of calf feed given by the
Farmers Union Grain & Supply
of Fairview. It went to Mrs.
Ruben Simonsen. The second was
a four pound jar of strawberry
preserves from the Coop Market
going to Mrs. Les Young.
Reports from the standing COM
mitteeS called for: A. M.
Stewart gave a nice report of the
Coop group on meetings held,
with good attendance; a survey
on taxes paid by some Of our To-
cal co-ops; and the survey and
activity in trying to get a GTA
elevator for Sidney.
At 800 a coffee break was
given and the coffee and dough-
nuts with sandwiches were served
by some ladies led by Mrs. Young
III Ah4AOs Leu
At $3.50 the meeting was re-
sumed with singing led by Mrs.
Frank Daniels and Mrs. Harry
Johnson accompanist, singing "a
Pat on the Back and "Men of the
Soil"
Gordon Twedt of Rudyard, a
member OF the State Board, spoke
to the audience on the Farmers
Union as a family organization.
stressing the need of reaching
the young people of today with
the need of understanding and
supporting the ideals and aims
Of the farm organization.
He reminded the group of the
fact that the family farmer is a
definite part of the national econ
omy, but not entirely self-seek-
as the Farmers Union plans
consist of the whole welfare of
the people moving along to- +.
gether with a program for all.
The speaker emphasized the
need for equality in the market
place and a fair share of the ma
tional income for farmers, and
named two things necessary for
the Farmers Union in meeting the
problems and difficulties that lie
before us namely, first, we must
increase the membership, and out
lined some ways to do it; second, ]
attendance of our membership 1
and officers at the various meet /
-ngS, conferences and conventions.
These would help build better I
understanding of the programs
and of one another. Mr.. Twedt /
old of the coming state conven- I
ion, urging large attendance; of :
'ome of the things that will be I
discussed; and of fertilizer pro- I
grams as a great benefit to mem (
oers as well as helping finance
uture activities of the Union. r
There were many other things
his talk that well behoove all S
,armers to consider carefully in J
validating what is important in
lis business OF farming and MAX 0
ng a home on the farm. a
Drawings were held for door n
'rizeS- two savings banks given h
~ the Credit Union going to c.. r
". Thompson and r. P. Blair; S
sack of feed from the Transport Fl
alton Assn, and a gallon of anti N
reeze from the F. U. Oil Co. Fl
# Sidney going to Myron Schow y