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NATIONAL FFA
i WEEK, FEB. 19-26
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Vocational agriculture stud-
ents in Manka'o High School
will join Future Farmers of Am-
erica members throughout the
nation in activities to focus at-
tention on the importance of ag-
riculture during National FFA
Week, Feb. 19-26
"AGRICULTURE Is More
Than Farming' is this year's
FFA Week theme. The farm
boys will undertake a campaign
to inform the general public
about the importance of the agri-
cultural industry to America, the
growing need for farming, and
of the numerous and wide vari-
ety of opportunit:es that exist in
:~ the broad field of agriculture for
young men wko have a back-
BOY SCOUT DISPLAY IN STATE EXCHANGE
BANK WINDOW
ground of farm experience and
training.
There is such an abundance of
food in America that people are
taking farmers for granted. Ac-
tually, farming is now and al-
ways has been our largest and
' BAKE AND FOOD SALE most vital industry, and it is be-
coming increasingly important
V. F.W. without expanding population.
in our area, particularly, most
FRIDAY, FEB. 18, STARTING AT 9:00 of the businesses, and most of
the jobs, are basicly dependent
SPONSORED BY V. F. W. AUXILIARY 7830 upon surrounding farms for their
existence. Take away the farms,
and for till practical ptlrposes
you would destroy the entire
i community.
ANNUAL PANCAKE SUPPER Locally, members of the Man-
kato FFA Chapter plan to place
SATURDAY, FEB. 19, 1966 in store windows ex-
: Sponsored and served by Methodist Men
All tke paneak you can eat with coffee and
60e
World's Day of Prayer
Day of Prayer will be
Rodney Imler, head and
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Saint.
Mankato Eager Beavers: Mr.
and Mrs. Stanley Ozmup
Northbranch Busy Bees - Mr,
and Mrs. Johnny Dillon, Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Winslcw.
plaining FFA Week. The chap- Odessa: Mr, and Mrs. Marion
ter has purc ha~x:d a quantity of Atwood, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
FFA calendar~ which will be Deibert.
distributed free to the business[ Webber Wide-Awake- Ran-
establishments dall Cleveland, Mrs. Dix Hansen,
blembership m the FFA is Mrs. Paul Rathbun.
made up of students of vocation- Whitemound Builders - Cur-
al agriculture ::n high school, tiS Dietz, Harry Kind, er, Mrs.
The organization's activities are Stanley Marr.
designed to help develop rural White Rock Hustlers: Mrs.
leadership and good citizenship,
and to stimulate the students to
better achievement in their
study and work t~ward success-:
ful establishment in farming or
other agricultural occu~aations.
The Mankato FFA Chapter has
.49 members. O;ficers are: Jerry
Grout, President: Doyle Ruth-
child, Vice President; Max Free-
man, Secretary; Mike Grout,
Treasurer; Keith Garman, Re-
porter; Rodney Cline, Sentinel;
and Delmar Roberson, Advisor.
The national Future Farmer
organization has approximately
:450,000 members, with 9,000
local chapters the 50 States
and Pherto Rico. Membership, in
Kansas totals 6695.
FutureFarmers choose the
week of George Washington's
birthday each year for the ob-
servance of National FFA Week.
Although usually recognized as
a Revolutionary War General
and our first President, Wash-
ington's first love was the farm.
He was one ofthe first in the
nation to practice contour plant-
ing, crop rotations, fertilization,
and other suit censervation and
improvement methods.
COURTHOUSE CLOSED
TUESDAY; FEB. 22
Lester Bausch, Mrs. Glen Fear-
ing, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gates,
Mrs. Noel Runyon, Mrs. Boyd
Silbsy, Dale Warner.
The Extension Office and 4-H
leaders wish to thank the banks
of Jewell County for very gra-
ciously sponsoring these 5 4-H
In-Depth Leader Training dinner
meetings at the steak house.
HEART FILM
A Heart film, "The Three Vil-
lains", was shown to the public~'
at the V.F.W. Hall, Friday, Feb.
11. The film was on high blood
pressure, coronary heart attack,
and stroke, and was shown by
Mr. Kent Smallcomb of Minne-
apolis, area representative. Mr.
Smallcomb explained the differ-
ence of the heart diseases and
gave a talk on how the Heart
Association was organized. Kan-
sas joined in 1949. Emphasis was
put on research, education and
community service. Th~~ V.F.W.
:Auxiliary 7830 sponsored the
program
CARD OF THANKS
l
We want to say Thank You
to all our ma.ny friends and rela-
tives who called, ent food, mon,
ey and flowers at the time of ou
little
SCOUT WEEK I)ISPI,AY IN
WINDOW
HEAKI SUNDAY, FEB. 20
", ' ict canvassed by Mank
Lesi,tential " ",
chool Kayett s and V. F. W. Auxiliary
Business District canvassed by same at
SPONSORED BY V. F. W.
COLONIAL CAFETERIA
SATURDAY, FEB. 26 -
CHURCH
START SERVING 5:00 P.
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