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SEPTEMBER 1973

By National Chairman, Gus R. Douglass

If one and all would heed this call to the Second Annual FFA Alumni Associa­tion Meeting in Kansas City at 1 :30 p.m. on October 19, 1973, I feel we would have an Alumni that would be second to none in this Nation:

I am much impressed by those who have given so unselfishly of t heir ti energy and effort to make the FFA Al a reality. We certainly need addit· people to complement their efforts. There are so many t hings that need o done to build this great young o a

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Having been in publ ·c s myself, I recei ve c e ts of why we don ' t do this or that, or, "I ' m not going to organization because i 's thing for me right n . ago that things just don 1

are caused - they are planne a to happen:

I recently reviewed an book that noted "footprints ir and "reflections on the ·ater . are those individuals in the s this Nation and t he history of e Farmers of Prnerica who were upr·g - a strong enough in their devotio -o a ideal to make their "footpri nts• an can see the "reflections of e achievements. This ma es the masses that weren't devoted eno g to place their foot in the soil for fear of the ris k of sinking or for the lack of physical fortitude to carry it through . I know that only a chosen few will have the honor to lead this national organization, but it is possibly more important to have the leaders at the State, and especially, at the local Chapter level to carry on the idea of the FFA Alumni Association .

3 ational FFA Officers preparing the 46th National FFA Convention

e are: (standing, 1 eft to right) ,,,, .. ,,<>ITI' ... - er of Decorah, Iowa; Robert Hinton

~ rida; Timothy Daugherty of Chilli­ri ·Bruce Erath of Grahamsville,

oolsby of Guthrie, Oklahoma; _a e Hansen of Pingree, Idaho.

e ~e er seen a tall building stand · oundation . The Future Farmer

e ·ca rga ·zation now needs those who ad : e enefit of its training to form

hat will further insure that en and \11omen wi11 have the oppor­experi ence.

"deas and enthusiasm are needed! r support is needed in so many other

s as his organi zation becomes a reality, · - gro s in strength and can shoulder some

o e local burdens that are a concern to eac and every one of us'.

I hope you will heed this call to the Second ational FFA Alumni Meeting on October 19th and if you can't, that you will lend your support in securing additional members and assisting in your local FFA Chapter and Vocational Agriculture Department, and that in years to come we can find your "footprints in the soil" and your "re fl ec-ti ons on the water"!

Plan now to attend the 2nd Annual . . .

NATIONAL FFA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEETING

CONGRESSMAN JERRY LITTON - KEYNOTE SPEAKER

His theme - "Corrmunicating with Congress". Congressman Litton is a former State President and National Secretary of the FFA. He is co-owner of the famed Litton Charolais Ranch. He is spearheading the current effort to unite American Agri-cu l ture behind one voice - to close the communications gap between producer and consumer. 1973 FFA CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

The 46th National FFA Convention will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, October 16-19, 1973. As the nation's largest youth convention, it is expected to attract over 14,000 to the Municipal Auditorium.

This year's convention is one day longer than previously and will convene with an official business session at 2:00 p.m., on Tuesday afternoon. A Vesper Program will be held at 7:30 that evening.

The official opening session will be Wed­nesday morning and will be highlighted by an address by the Honorable George C. Wallace, Governor of Alabama.- A business session will be held during the afternoon while the evening session will feature the finals of the National Public Speaking Contest.

The presentation of the National Proficiency Awards will highlight the Thursday morning ses­sion. The American Fanner Degree will be con­ferred on a record 564 FFA members that afternoon. The evening session will feature the "Stars Over America" Pageant with the traditional naming of the Star Farmer and Star Agribusinessman of America.

Winners of the National Contests held throughout the week will be announced on Friday morning. International guests will be recog­nized. The Annual FFA Alumni Association Meeting will be held during the afternoon, and it will be FFA Day at American Royal Livestock and Horse Show. The traditional Firestone Show that evening will signal the end of the convention.

October 19, 1973 Kansas City, Missouri

Music Hall in the Municipal Auditorium

1:30 p. m. SHARP!

HOUSING INFORMATION - For assistance with hotel reservations , write: 1973 Housing Chairman, National FFA Convention, P. 0. Box 13691, . . .

Six special working committee meetings will be held prior to the meeting to help plan next year's Program of Work. The meetings will be held from 8:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m., and each state is asked to have one representative serve on each of these committees. The following committees will meet: Membership Development; National Program; Public Relations; State Activities; Local Activities; and, Nomination Committee. PROGRAM

Call to Order - Gus R. Douglass National Council Chairman

Invocation - Rev. Paul Yarnall Welcome to Kansas City - Charles Wheeler, Jr. ,

Mayor of Kansas City Roll Call of Delegates by States Greetings from the FFA - Dwight Seegmiller

National President Response - New National President Keynote. S.pea ker - -Con.gr-es sman Jerry -Litton Chairman's Report - Gus R. Douglass Annual Report - Jay Benham

Administrative Secretary Committee Reports:

Membership Development - Millard Gundlach National Program - Dr. James Clouse Public Relations - E. C. Dick Weekley

Ken McMi 11 an State Ac t ivities - Tim Burke, Billy Conner Local Activities - Harry Epler, Ed Hadlock

Presentation of State Charters Election Results - Gordon Galbraith, Chairman

Nominating Corrmittee Alumni Council Members Constitutional Amendment New Council Officers

Presentation of "Legion of Merit Citations" Salute to a State Activity Salute to a Local Activity Chairman's Retiring Remarks New Chairman Assumes Chair Adjournment

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WELCOME TO NEW LIFE MEMBERS

Join the growing list of those who have shown life-time support by joining as Life Members. Interest is growing with the num­ber of Life Members more than doubling since the beginning of this year . Why not place your name on the prestigious list of life supporters? A salute to the following new Life Members:

Ralph R. Beck New Hampton, Iowa B. Stanley Dowgert Florence, Massachusetts Kenneth E. Cole Radnor, Ohio Gerald W. Heck Monroe, Michigan Jay Huff Sparks, Maryland Edward Hawkins -...... Alexandria , Virginia Harry L. Dilworth, Jr. Hudson, New Hampshire Richard Harmon Hanover, Indiana William H. Teague Leicester, N. C. Parke C. Brinkley Washington, D. C. Jay Benham ......._ Alexandria, Virginia Michael J. Martindale Corunna, Michigan Arnold 8. Cordes Madison, Wisconsin P. H. McKibben Tampa, Florida Robert H. Grimes Pine Grove, W. Va. Peter Edgecomb Limestone, Maine P. James Faust Peebles, Ohio Ernest L. DeAlton Newberg, Oregon Dwight Seegmiller Decorah, Iowa Charles Dana Bennett Washington, D. C. James J. Johnston Houston, Texas Philip Kingston Waterville, Kansas Eric E. Glass ElllTlitsburg, Maryland John R. Dawkins Lewisburg, W. Va. Tim R. Daugherty Chillicothe, Missouri Zane Hansen Pingree, Idaho Bruce s. Erath Grahamsville, New York William Skinner ...., Woodbridge, Virginia Edward G. Hanzlik -- Petersburg, Virginia Ross A. McClintock Orange, California

- Wendell R. Anderson St. Paul, Minnesota Max Best Grady, New Mexico Kenneth Thatcher Cumming, Iowa Emiel J. Cool Fostoria, Ohio William Paul Gray -....Arlington, Virginia Ronald A. Miller -- Alexandria, Virginia B. V. Stevenson Bloomington, Illinois Andrew R. Clark Bishop, California W. Dale Hess Fallston, Maryland Fred R. Moore Eden, Maryland M. Eddie Miller Absarokee, Montana Harold E. Nolin DeKalb, Illinois J. L. Branch Atlanta, Georgia Samuel L. Hands Garden City, Kansas Robert L. Friederich Castalia, Iowa Sherwood w. Webber Norwood, Massachusetts Emil Vallager Wahpeton, North Dakota E. Rudolph Rigsby Camilla, Georgia Lester P. Pianalto Atwood, Kansas C. H. Melton, Sr. Barbourville, Kentucky

Murray F. Irvin Harold E. Stepper Robert D. McMillen Glenn Childs William M. Ongstad David Hall Charles Hathaway Neil Nelson Darr Jim London W. Wray Finney Mrs. O. H. Holman Donald B. Boldt Wiley W. Snow III John Ha fl i ger I I Henry Hafliger Henry Hafliger, Jr. Lewis E. Lamb Thomas A. Bradford Nicholas S. Bavaro Gary Lee Grossnickle Bennie C. Rogers, Jr. Larry D. Engman Richard Flickinger Bruce K. Cottington Lynn R. Ausherman Dick M. McMillan Paul N. Taylor Wi 11 is L. Evans Robert H. Maxwell Larry C. Smith Clarence L. Miller Rodney C. Langseth T. Dwain Sayre Lynn B. Meredith Cecil H. Underwood David Reiswig Daryl Sywassink David R. Rybacki Joe R. Kirkland Charles F. Might Sammy Peebles Dennis Engelke Frank W. Kingsbury Richard J. Metz Henry A. Nagamori Eldon R. Aupperle Allen K. Nofziger Michael G. Coles William F. Hagood Gerald F. Barton Arnold Roitsch, II George Dworetzky J. Phil Campbell Larry W. Lemke Wallace H. Jerome David L. Mitchell Carla Chenette Ralph Dreessen Douglas Zee James E. Dougan Lawrence L. Augenstein

Sycamore, Georgia Rapelje, Montana Trenton, New Jersey Te r ra Alta , W . V a. Manfred, N. D. Oklahoma City, Okla . Tahlequah, Oklahoma Freedom, Oklahoma Freedom, Oklahoma Fort Cobb, Oklahoma Collinsville, Okla. Atlanta, Ga. Fayetteville, N. C. San Jacinto, Calif. San Jacinto, Calif. San Jacinto, Calif. Rochelle, Virginia Charleston, W. Va. Modesto, California Walkersville, Md. Morton, Mississippi Canoga Park, Calif. Union Bridge, Md. Litchfield, Minn. Walkersville, Md. Sacramento, Calif. Bridgeton, N. J. Frederick, Maryland Elkins, West Virginia Monrovia, Maryland Bay City, Michigan Worthington, Minn. McCutchenville, Ohio Clinton, Tennessee Bethany, West Virginia Turlock, California Muscatine, Iowa Nashville, Illinois Tallahassee, Florida Racine, Wisconsin Brewton, Alabama Ki n-gsbury, Texas Glen Gardner, N. J. Monroe, Michigan Loma, Montana Toulon, Illinois Waldron, Michigan Monroeville, N. J. Travelers Rest, S. C. West Des Moines, Iowa Manor, Texas Fair Lawn, N. J. Alexandria, Virginia Yuma, Arizona Barron, Wisconsin Byron, Mi chi gan Ellington, Conn. Stillwater, Oklahoma Glassboro, New Jersey Gahanna, Ohio Poway, California

"LEGION OF MERIT CITATION"

The first presentation of the "Legion of Merit Citations" will be made at the Annual Meeting. The purpose of this award is to recognize the real leaders who build the FFA Alumni Association. Everyone who signs up 10 or more new members is eligible. To apply, send their names, along with your own, to the FFA Alumni Office and indicate that you are applying for the award.

The presentation will be made in order according to states. Help make your state well represented at this first presentation and be among the first to receive this prestigious award -- act today to build the FFA Alumni and sign up 10 new members.

To insure no one is left out of this first presentation, a special provision has been established to allow application up to the day before the presentation. Bring applications in-hand to the National Conven­tion and present them at the Alumni Booth before Thursday and you will receive the award. (If you cannot attend the Conven­tion, your Citation will be mailed to you.) Watch future issues of the Newsletter for the recipients.

THANK YOU

The excellent response to the "Special Local Activities Issue" of the FFA Alumni Newsletter is greatly appreciated, along with t he suggestions for future issues. We invite your co1T111ents and suggestions and solicit news of events or items for future issues. (Let us know what you want to read in the Newsletter. )

If you have questions about the FFA Alumni or have a change of address, please write to: FFA Alumni Association, P. O. Box 15058, Alexandria, Virginia 22309.

FFA Alumni Association P. 0. Box 15058 Alexandria, Virginia 22309

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FFA ALUMNI ELECTION

The FFA Alumni Council election results for the North Atlantic and Pacific Regions will be announced at the Annual Meeting .) The elec­tion was conducted by mail ballot to the mem­bership and the following candidates have been nominated: North Atlantic Region - Phillip Alampi, New Jersey; Richard Waybright, Pennsylvania: Pacific Region - Harry Epler, Wyoming; Harold Stepper, Montana.

The proposed Constitutional Amendment, to establish a representative system for voting at the Annual Meeting by state in proportion to membership, has been submitted to the membership for vote. The results will be announced at the Annual Meeting.

LOCAL AFFILIATE IDEA!

This is the year to conduct Farm-City Week activities in your comnunity. National Fann­City Week is November 16 through 22, so it is not too early to make plans. The National Fann-City Council has informed us they are anxious to work with local FFA Alumni Affiliates to conduct Farm-City Week activities. This year's theme is - "Working For A Better Environment". Kits of materials are available. Write: National Farm City Council, Inc., 101 East Erie Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611.

SHOW YOUR COLORS!

There has been an overwhelming response to the new FFA Alumni supplies. Membership pins and other FFA Alumni supplies are now available to members. The cost of the lapel pin is $3.50. A pamphlet of Alumni Supplies is now available. Write: FFA Alumni Asso­ciation, Box 15058, Alexandria, Virginia 22309.

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