Smyrna times., 1956-09-13
COOP TO HOLD
ANNUAL MEET
Southern States To Hold
Annual Meeting AT
Clayton School
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26

A "WhatS the Answer" contest,
leading to prizes valued at nearly
SIS, 700, and elections of local
board and Farm Home Advisory
Committee members, will be
among the highlights of the an
nual Southern States membership
meeting for the Clayton area to
be held at $50 pm, Sept. 26 at
the Clayton Public School, Clay
ton. The session is being spon-
sored by Southern States and
Southern States Smyrna-Clayton
Cooperative. There will also be
showing of the movie, Part
ners", which is the story of how
the farmer cooperative has be-
come an important part of the
farmers business operations and
how it benefits all the people. The
Whats the Answer" contest
will be about 450 such contests
held throughout the six-state
operating territory of Southern
States Cooperative within the next
few months-will be built around
a slide film. report of Southern
States Cooperative and local agen-
cy operations for the past year.
To be eligible, contestants must
be 18 years of age or older as of
August /, 1856, and be a member
or patron of Southern States or
be member of their families, or
be member of any farm family.
He or she must attend the local
meeting in the community. There
will be three contests, based on
Whats the Answer questions,
to be held at local meetings. All
winners will have their names en-
tered in the grand prize competi-
tion, which will be held as part
of the Southern States annual
stockholders meeting scheduled
for Lexington, KY, in November.
Two winners at the local meeting
will receive electric skillets. A
total of Is grand prizes, all of
them with cash options, viii be
awarded at Lexington. Included
among these are $1,000 worth of
Southern States supplies fer use
on the winners farm; q 35-cubic
foot food freezer; fertilizer
spreader; $1,100 worth of South
ern States supplies for use on the
winners farm; $1,000 worth OF
seed; milking machine; a bulk
milk tank; $1,000 worth of fer
tilizer, and other prizes. Edward
S. Wilson of Smyrna will serve
as chairman of the local meeting.
The Rev. William Kitchens will
give the invocation. Group sing
ing will be led by Nelson Ever
hart. A report on local operations
will be given by Edward e. Hurd,
manager of Southern States Smyr-
na-Clayton Coop. District mana
ger r. w. Durham will report on
overall operations for the year
ended last June 80. Nominees for
the local Southern States board
for the Clayton area are Nelson
Dill, Dover; ]. l.. Mitchell, Sr., E.
T. Horsey, Alvin Hill, all of
Smyrna. Nominees for the Farm
Home Advisory Committee are
Mrs. Earl S. Hurd, Mrs. Lee c.
Daniels, Jr., both of Clayton;
Mrs. Ellis Brown and Mrs. Will
bur Clark, both of Smyrna. Other
nominations may be made from
the floor. Members of the board
whose terms expire this year are
Harry F. Virdin and Cove E.
Slaughter. Members of the Farm
Home Advisory Committee whose
terms expire this year are Mrs.
Walter w. Hill and Mrs. Carlton
M. Davis. Members of the general
committees assisting with the
meeting are: decorating, Alfred
Jones, Mrs. Harry Virdin, Arthur
CHM, Mrs. Arthur CHM; patrons
tickets, Mr.. and Mrs. Ford Stats
and Mrs. Carlton Davis; greeting,
Carlton Davis, Elwood Jackson,
Harry Virdin, Cove Slaughter;
ushering, Leonard Hitch.