• Vol. 39, No. 12 39th Year Ie DECEMBER 1, 1961 s ENCE • urea Pres rew MFB's 42nd Annual Meeting Nov. 8-9-10 Memb r of th on ituti n I mittee de. ling with" gi I ti Need Relief for been told in no unc rt in t rm ers expect a continuation f Property Tax cameral" Legislature. In a hearing b for Dan E. Reed, As ociat L gi lati un I f I Farm Bureau Says Some Other Source Michigan Farm Bur au, point d out th th Of Revenue Must Come; Suggests two-House syst m pro id s ch k- n -b I Study of State Income Tax guards lost in a single-Hous L gl I Michigan Farm Bureau's Board of Delegates Elsewhere in his testimony h st t d th t th t recommended at their 42nd annual meeting Novem- Houses of the Legislatur should bit d 01 dif- ber 8-9-10 that the staff, Legislative Committee, ferent bases and that they should not b "rn r and Board of Directors be instructed to STUDY the duplication or reflection" of each oth r. feasibility of a state income tax to relieve the tax "THe purpose of districting in the u burden on general property. The resolution adop- Legislators is to enable the elector t ted said, in part: qualified men and women of int grity "Taxes on general property have increased to judgment, who will act in the be tint r alarming proportions in recent years. This source whole tate," Re d told the committ is rapidly becoming exhausted as taxes, especially on farm property, are becoming confiscatory. He added that only wh n districts r con ni 1 t and of "reasonable siz .. can I ctors hop to know "Some other source of revenue, exclusive of fed- eral aid, must be found if we are going to provide the character of individual candidat s. adequate educational programs for our children. "Dishorie t Conclusions" Rapp "A sound tax program must take into considera- Farm Bureau called for th Hous of R pr nt tion the ability of the citizen to pay, as there is no Distinguished Service to riculture Awards Presented tives to be elected on a basis of popul tion witl r relationship between the levies upon general pro- Distinguished Service to agri- Farm Bureau. Pictured present- er, Wilbur Randol, Galesburg; Dr. Figy, former Director of the Mich- ognition of "realistic political bound rie ." It wa perty and the income derived from the use of that culture awards were presented to ing the awards (left to right) is rnest L. Anthony, former Dean of ligan Department of Agriculture three outstanding contributors to Farm Bureau president, Walter charged that long campaigns of d c it h v b n property. Michigan farming during the 42nd Wightman. Recipients include the School of Agriculture at MiCh- and ~res~ntly a deleg.atc to the j conducted to arouse d mand for a new syst m of r - annual meeting of the Michigan 1 dairyman and Farm Bureau lead- igan State University; and Chas. ConstitutIOnal Convention. "We believe that the basis of our state and local apportionment. tax problems is the fact that the tax-paying ability Elected At Organization M e 20 In examining the record, the sel ct mel?b l'~ of the Hou > 011 of a large portion of our citizens is being siphoned OY. Marge arker Farm Bureau spokesman cit din more int lligcnt and I HOW- what were called three decep- lcdgeable basis. off by the federal income tax. "As a result, this segment of our population, who F..B. Boar ELects Report Error • • • tions. First, that in Michigan re- apportionment (very ten years under is automatic the pre- A very bad error was made may own practically no general property, con- during the annual meeting of the sent Constitution,-and that th tribute very little to the cost of our local govern- Wightman Dunckel Michigan Farm Bureau and inas- much as the meeting can't be (J tate is currently ten-year period at the of nd of In other te timony Farm rapid T au said that S 'nat Disulct I u- ments and our school programs. tt held over again for the purpo .c growth and population movement should remain a adopted by til of correcting thi mistake may I Thi ha re ulted in· malad iu t- pco I> If' than ten y iar a 0, Walter W. ig tm ~ llegan county live- rn nt th t ar n t normal an M·arketing Orders. The delegates voted down use thi method to make a jiuhlic , The pr sent distrlctin gl vr ; stock and fruit dealer, was re-elected to his 4th apology? which will automatically be cor- much representation to popula- a resolution to recommend to the Legislature- the rected by the next Legislature in tion and some to area. Tho o term as president of the Michigan Farm Bureau at An award was given to Charle- the normal cour e of operations passage of enabling legislation to permit state mar- voix County because it was who say that the Senate is 'farm' the annual reorganization meeting of the Board, tinder the present Constitution. controlled or even 'rural' COI1- keting orders in Michigan. thought that they had more trolled are simply not f.willg November 20th. women present from their county The second deception cited is facts," the Farm Bureau stall- at the fall district meeting than the misu e of "elector" figures to ment said. "It is hard to think of Michigan Farm News Heads Farm Bureau The Board also re-named Clarence E. Prentice, any other county not acting as a show inflated numbers of voters Kalamazoo, Lansing, Grand host county. . Editor Retires Information Division in certain areas. This deception Rapids, Pontiac, Flint, Marquctt " Lansing, as secretary-manager. Elton Smith of Cale- is based on the fact that in every Escanaba, While I would like to congrat- Muskegon, tc., 'L3 donia, Michigan, was named as third member of the one of the 12 Representative Dis- 'rural areas.' Simply using '\ ulate Charlevoix County on their tricts in Detroit, each elector, good job in getting women to (voter) cast either two or three figure of 15,000, 20,000 or 25,000 Executive committ~e. Leon Monroe was re-elected as a basis for designating a rurul come to the district meeting, Treasurer and Gilbert Griswold, Assistant Treas- votes fo'r this office since these town or community does n It another county, which was not a ale "multiple Representative" make it rural," the Del gat Elected as third member of host county, had a bigger at- the Executive Committee of the urer. Both are of Lansing. districts, Most of the other elec- were told. tendance. Michigan Farm Bureau is Elton tors in the state cast only one In other action the Board pired term of Smith as 'Director Macomb County should have vote, Reed pointed out that the pres- R. Smith, Caledonia, dairy farm- at Large.' er. The Executive committee is named Leroy D. Dunckel of Wil- been announced as the winner The third attempt at popular ent system of apportioning s ats empowered to act during the in- liamston as vice president to re- Pridgeon, an out tanding inasmuch as they had twenty deception, the Farm Bureau in the House and Senat e wa more women present than did terim between meetings of the place Robert Smith, Fowlerville Br nch County farmer, has won spokesman told the committee, i:1 selected by voters in 1952 when state board of directors, dealing Charlevoix. three plans were offered. 'I'hr y farmer, who earlier announced statewide farm awards twice in the effort to confuse Michigan's with major organizational policy. included retaining provision his resignation, to accept the posi- recent years. In 1957, the State I am very sorry that this mis- situation with litigation now be- It is composed of the state Farm fore the United States Supreme tion of a plan placing both t ' tion of Associate Legislative Junior Chamber of Commerce take was made. I want to take Bureau president, vice president, Court to force reapportionment house and Senate on a popul- Counsel for the farm organization. named him Michigan's "out-, thi opportunity to con~ratulate ation basis, or they could ado} t and the third member. A 20-year Farm Bureau mem- standing Farmer." Macomb County on being the in the state of Tennessee. the present balanced-Legislature Dunckel is a dairy farmer in • • winner and to tell them that the ber, Mr. Smith has served on the More recently. Mr. and Mrs. award they earned is being sent "In that state, the Consti tu- plan. board of directors since 1955. He Ingham county. He has served tional r quirement for automatic farms 380 acres devoted primarily on the Michigan Farm Bureau Pridgeon were selected the state to them. reapportionment every ten years Lon er T rm to dairying and poultry. Rebuffed Board of Directors for six years. Fam Bureau "Cooperators of th ~ I also want to apologize, not has been defied for decades," Within the Farm Bureau board Year." The farm 700 acre, spe- only to Charlevoix and Macomb Reed said, "while in Michigan he has served on the budget and we reapportioned in 1953 and The Board completed its action cializing in corn and·hog . Prid- Counties, but to all the women The testimony was concl udcd EINAR E. UNGREN of Lan- finance committee and as Farm will reapportion in 1963 under MELVIN L. WOELL was pro- Bureau's representative on the by naming Dean Pridgeon of R.R. geon is a former president of the who v, ere present at this meet- by reporting that Farm Bureau sing, editor of the Michigan Farm moted to manager of the Michigan the present Constitution." There members did not approv long- News, retired from the staff of the 4-H Foundation board of Truste s. 1, Montgomery, to fill the unex- Branch County Farm Bureau. ing. I hope you will forgive me, Farm Bureau Information Divis- is no similarity between the two ('1' the terms for members of th ' Michigan Farm Bureau November ion, and appointed editor of the situations, Reed told the Dele- Legislature,-that the plan ha 15 under the retirement program Michigan Farm News, effective gates. been considered and rejected by effective at 65. November 16, 1961. the Farm Bureau voting del ,- The testimony placed Farm Mr. Ungren was head of the The announcement was made by I Bureau support strongly back of gates in the recent state conven- Information Division of the Mich- the present method Of, apportion- tion. Clarence E. Prentice, secretary- igan Farm Bureau for nearly 41 years, and editor of the Michigan manager of the Michigan Farm I ing House seats, adding that If any change i made, it should Farm News since it was estab- Bureau. Mr. Woell succeeds Einar I come in the direction of single- Thi lished January 12, 1923. E. Ungren, ~ho retired November 15 as manager of the Information member districts. This, Farm Bu- copies of the Michigan Far m He was honored at a testimon- Division and editor of the Mich- Il'eau said, would permit voters to News were mailed to subset ib '1' '. ial banquet November 9th, dur- igan Farm News. ing the Michigan Farm Bureau annual meeting. A plaque was Mr. Woell has been coordinator presented to him by President of the Public Relations Depart- Wightman before two-hundred ment in the Information Division friends from both the state of- since May 1, 1960. In that posi- fice and County Farm Bureaus tion he has helped develop active from all parts of the state. Wight- Public Relations Committees, in man told the group that he hr d most County Farm Bureaus. known Mr. U ngren since they, together with Stanley Powell, His 15 minute weekly radio pro- • were in Michigan State Univer- gram "Farm Bureau at Work" is sity together, (known as "Mich- carried by 40 radio stations. About igan Agricultural College" at 80 weekly and daily newspapers that time.) publish Mr. Woell's weekly col- Walter W. Wightman of Fenn- Leroy (Dale) Dunckel, William- Guy Freeborn, a fruit and Mrs. Arthur Muir, of Grant. umn "Agriculture in Action." ville, Allegan county, was re- ston dairy farmer and member general farmer from Hart, Mich- in Newago county, was elected Powell gave an outline of Mr. Mr. Woell came to Michigan elected president of the Michigan of the Michigan Farm Bureau igan, Oceana County, was elect- state chairman at the Women's Ungren's work as Editor of the I Michigan Farm News and other from Missouri where he was di- Farm Bureau for his fourth term board of directors, I was elected ed to represent the 7th district Committee of the Michigan Farm rector of informa tion and editor at the annual re-organization vice-president of the Michigan I on the board of directors of the Bureau at the 42nd annual meet- responsibilities over the years. of the Missouri Farm Bureau meeting of the board, November Farm Bureau at the reorganiza- Michigan Farm Bureau. He re- ing of tnat organization. She re- In his remarks Powell recalled; 20. His farm operations include tion meeting of the board Novem- places Thomas E. Hahn of Evart, places Mrs. Alex Kennedy of Po- "On June 1, 1932, Mr. Clark L. News. fruit and beef cattle on 210 acres. bel' 20. He replaces Robert Smith, h t did t to sue sen, Michigan, whose term of Brody, the new Executive Secre- He is a former County Farm Wightman has been a director on Fowlerville, who e a I' lie I' an- w 0 w~s no a can I a e - office had expir d. tary of the Michigan Farm Bu- Bureau president in Minnesota. the board of the Michigan Farm nounced his resignation from the cee d h imseir. If Mrs. Muir lives on a 200 acre 'F rm Bur a C reau invited Einar to become There he developed radio pro- Bureau for the past 12 years, and head of the Information Depart- board to accept the position of A graduate of the University farm devoted primarily to dairy- Mr. and Mrs. Dean Pridgeon grams to interest fanners in mem- a director of the American Farm ment. his close association be- bership in Farm Bureau. A~ociate ,Le.gislative Counsel of Michigan Freeborn has been ing. She has served as vice-chair - 01 R-l, Montgomery, Michigan. He be- Bureau Federation representing WIth the Michigan Farm Bureau. . . ' . h tween these two Farm Bureau came a regional membership re- the Midwest Region since 1956. A member of the Michigan Farm active In church, Boy Scouts, the man of the state Farm Bureau , Received thi top onor leaders was to continue until Mr. presentative in 1945 for the Min- He has a long history of local Bureau Board for the past six American Legion and cornmun- Women's Com~ittee and as I from the Michigan Farm Bur au Brody's retirement 30 years nesota Farm Bureau, and later and state service to agriculture years, Dunckel has served on the ity affairs. He has three chil- . c h airman 0f th e N eway go and . affiliated Farm BUl eau d] Serv- , later!" became director of radio and TV and has been a member L . I . . f th , . , I Ices at the recent 42n annua of the egis ative .commlt,tee 0 e dren including a married son County Women s Committee. MI. Meeting, ovember 9. The award Powell continued; "During the programs for Minnesota Farm Bu- board, and IS president of the I Michigan Farm Bureau for 41 Farm' Bureau Life Insurance and daughter and one son living and Mrs. Muir have two sons, 17 was based on community activi- (Contin d on ge 7) reau. years. Company. at home. I and 13 years of age. tr s, Church work, d hip 1 1 the U.S. Following lh confer- arm e ence, both he and Dr. Sollett will ichigan ar ureau go direct to Illinois to work :[01' two days with the Illinois Farm tabU hed January 12, 1923. 1'1' siuent.. W. W. Wightma.n Bureau in a similar program. Fennville Entprf\d a cond cIa. M matt r V.-pJ·e.·. I), I· Dunckel, 'YiIlinJn.,ton Mr. Lucas Meil, presid nt of Janu ry )~, J 92~. at the po 'loffke at Chftt!(ltte, • nchlgu n, under the Act ~~c·y-:\lgr C. E. Prentice; Okemos Michigan Steel Treating Company of M I en 3, 1879. Pul)J1 hed monthly, , tlrAt day, b7 2-Wilbur DIRECTORS 1- [ax K. Hood H. BY DISTRICTS mith, Paw Paw, R-1 Burltngton, R-1 of Michigan, has had extensive experience in the fields of both M chI /I Farm Jrur au at it pub- 3-Allen 1". Rush .... Lake Orion, I -1 management and labor and will lteat ion off'lce at 114 E. Lovett 't., 4-}'11ton H. Smi th ....Caledonia, R-l har'lott e, oIichlaan. 5-1) ••. 1 Dun kel-Williamston, R-1 discuss the challenge of freedom Il-\"ard b. Hodee Snov r. R-l as it affects both management and Editorial and general offlces, 4000 7-<:11,' '. PI' ·horn Ha.rt, ll-l IS-Lloyd 'hall;~ 1 w neerer, 1<.-1 labor. fIrth Orand Hlvpr Ave., Lansrng, Michigan. Po. t OUke Box :160. T I - 9-Eugene. Rohert Lake ity, R-1 It is also planned to have a phon L rising IVanhoe 7-f.!Hl ].;X. lO-Eugt'ne De. Ia tto, 'V. Branch, R-l 271. II-Edmund ~agt'r Stephenson speaker and discussion dealing DIRECTORS AT LARGE with 'freedom through local po- • end notlc. of ch a ng'« of a d dr e sa on Form 3m8 or ]<'clrm :l57!J t o ~IJch- Hprh r' Fit'rl at D -an Pl'irl~e()n ........• Ion tgom -rv, It-l of the various types of study 1)1'0- p o, Hox !lliIJ. LH Il!'ll'''~ 4. ,I if'hi "j n \\ iuter \\ ight ma n •.•••••• F'e nu v lilt, l .j PURPOSE OF FARM grams that are being carried on Re presen ttng by the groups around the county. Melvin L. Weell Ed:tor BUREAU WOMEN OF FARM BUREAU The purpose of this Asso cia- ,rn~. Art hur :\rllir Grn n t, 1t-2 Last ¥ear 276 people were en- tion sh a" be t e adv a cement R prese ntj ng rolled in the two-day Freedom cf our members' in ver-es t edu- FARM BUREAU YOUNG PEOPLE Conference. A move to Mt. Pleas- cationally, legislatively and Vol. 39 December 1, 1961 No. 12 ~conomlcally. .Iarne p rk Cas. opolis, R-4 ant will permit us to enroll up to 350 or 400 this year. EDITO IAL Safety Pointers Farm Bur au oung People- Hold Pilgrimage e r trong r l"han We Think. "American Heritage Pilgrim- group of Farm Bureau I Young Farm-City Week, and to help re- have-and the effects of this heri- For Driving How strong is the Michigan Farm Bureau? How 1ge" to Greenfi ld Village and People, ovember 18. The tour call the great heritage Americans tage on the American way of life. potent is the American Farm Bureau Federation? .. museum ~as enjoyed b this wa sponsored a an activity of I In Winter Much stronger, much more potent than most farm- ers, - even most farm leaders, seem to realize. President's C Lumn Tuscola W·ns FtJ • Freedom Winter usually brings a rash of auto accidents because driv- ers are off guard, says an agri- There is virtually nothing that organized agricul- ture cannot do if it properly assesses and recognizes Ii is time we gave some recog- nition to the man who has edited jContest for Conference Set cultural safety engineer at Mich- igan State University. "Failure to adjust to winter md publi hed the Michigan its own ability and then harness that ability. Farm Bureau membership work proves this. Vol- c'arm News since its beginning. Einar Ungren Michigan came Farm Bureau in 192 L with the Co. Progra The 1962 M'chigan reau Freedom Conference will be held on February Farm Bu- 21 and 22, driving is one reason why high- way accidents account tor about half of all accidental deaths of unteer visitors to farm neighbors are building more .md has been Editor of the Mich- igan Farm News ever since ex- I nualAs was announced Meeting of the at the An- Michigan at Mt. Pleasant Conference Building. in the C.M.U .. Preliminary Michigan rural people," Richard Pfister points out. strength into Farm Bureau. Their 1961-62 mem- cept for a short time when he Farm Bureau Women it was im- plans hav been made for the use It takes maturity and intelli- issumed other responsibilities possible to get the entries in the of the facilities. however final ar- bership goal of 70,801 farm family memberships with the organization. Having "County Program Contest" [udg- rangements haven't been made. gence to heed bad roads when in a hurry. Any snowy or icy road in the Michigan Farm Bureau is no less important known him first when we were ed before November 8th. The The theme of the Conference Smith Joins Staff both in school at Michigan State w ill be "Economic and Political has a "feel" of its own. One chairmen of the committees who needs to try the brakes occa- today than were many of the similar vital issues Robert E. Smith, Fowlerville, • gricultural College, now Mich . submitted their programs in the Freedoms in the United States." sionally and press the accelera- that required united farm action in the past. Vice President of the Michigan igan State University, I have al- contest were introduced at the tor gently in speeding up. Farm Bureau for the past four ways felt that I had a warm and Annual Meeting. The Conference will feature In the prairie country when the nearest neighbor years, has announced his resigna- close relationship with him. We I The judging has now been four speakers and some of the newest films dealing with world Pfister stresses keep enough distance behind the the need to tion from the Board to accept the probably became better ac- completed and this is to an- lived many miles away and telephones were un- position of "Associate Legislative quainted because of our affilia- nounce that first place was won affairs. car head. Stopping takes three to twelve times more space on heard of, - community distress signals were ar- Counsel" with the Michigan Farm non with the Wood Sunday by the Tuscola County Farm A preview of the program shows snow and ice than on dry pave- Bureau. School Class in the old Peoples Bureau Women's Committee. the main speakers t 0 be Dr. How- ranged. Great ...Grandmother sometimes hung a ment. Church. Mrs. Wood taught the Mrs. Clare Carpenter is the ard Kershner of the Christian In his new position, Smith joins girls and Mr. Wood taught the Freedom Foundation; Dr. Kenneth sheet out on the clothes line to let her nearest neigh- Stanley Powell, (now on leave of boys. Stanley Powell County Chairman. They won Slowing down well ahead of a was also $15.00 as first prize. Sollett of the First Baptist Church, turn can help avoid a rear-end bor know that help was needed. absence as a delegate to the Con- in this class at the time. WALTER W. WIGHTMAN Con- The second place was won by Midland, Michigan, and Mr. Lucas skid. It's a good idea to pump Con)-and Dan Reed, in imple- Meil, president of the Michigan nected with this were the Sun- to get sued for libel." .Iackson County Farm Bureau the breaks instead of applying The farm balance sheet is our modern distress sig- menting the Farm Bureau policy day afternoon get-togethers in Steel Treating Company. Dr. Sol- He checked our English, our Women's Committee. Mrs. Dale steady pressure. Then you can through appearances before Legis- the basement of the Wood home lett will deal with the basic prin- nal. The stress is tied to rising production costs ... paragraphing, and our punctu- Crouch is the County Chairman. steer' effectively while the lative and Congressional commit- as well as weekend parties that r tion. But, all in all Einar has CI ciples underlying a free society. wheels roll between braking in- tees; before commissions and gov- will always be remembered Their prize was $10.00 as the sec- falling farm prices, - actions taken by big labor, by way of making everybody like ond place winner. Dr. Kershner, who will speak at tervals. ernment agencies. At present those of us who were there. two sessions during the meeting, "As a motorist, you need to do big management, big government. much of his work will be centered him and our lives have been The entry submitted by Tus- Some lifetime partnerships were much richer because we have cola County has been sent to the will deal with two topics. His more than check the radiator be- on contacts with the Constitutional . tarted there too, which have known him. Ill' fact, all 'of Mich- first ta1k will be based on his fore winter," Pfister states . All over Michigan, - all over 49 states and Puer- Convention. American Farm Bureau Feder- proven sticcessful. In fact we igan Agriculture is much richer ation, as Michigan's entry in the book, "God - Gold - Government," First, put on good tires, pref- to Rico, farmers are "answering the call" through IiI recent years he has served on don't remember any that for having known him. contest." It is hoped that their wherein he ties together the eco- erably snow tires. Check . air the Michigan Farm Bureau Legis- veren't. Married students were entry may be the -winning entry nomic system as it relates to hu- Farm Bureau. Six out of ev~~y eight farmers that lative committee, on the Resolu- unusual in tho e days, but many _ grieves ~~ ,all to know that man freedom and government re- pressure so all tires have equal in the national contest and we traction. Remember that snow belong to any farm organization, belong to Farm tions, Management and Executive lifetime unions were begun time has brought him to the age all wish them a great deal of sponsibilities. His last talk will and ice' demand special' care with committees, on the state study there. cf retirement. We regret having luck. deal with the threats to our Bureau. This compares with only four out of every or without snow tires or chains. committee and on the national to be separated from those we American competitive economic Einar Ungren began his work have known and learned to love. Seven counties submitted their ten laboring men now members of labor unions. Poultry Advisory committee. with Michigan Farm Bureau program of work. We would like system from both sides of the iron Second, make sure you can see Few people have been able to curtain. Dr. Kershner under- and be seen. Check wiper blades, to congratulate all of the county This farm strength is reflected in the Legislature A life-time farmer, Smith is under Clark Brody who is pro- build a record equal to his. He stands Communism and Socialism' heater and defroster. And Farm Bureau Women's Com- engaged in general farming on 265 bably responsible for i;fluencing commands the respect of everv- and has travelled extensively in scrape all frost-covered win- mittees who did such a good job and In Congress. Farmers have learned that -plus rented acres, devoted pri- him to cast his lot with the or- body and has caused no resent- during the year and wish to foreign countries, both free coun- dows before hitting the road. marily to cash-crops and poultry ganization. He has always been ment from any source. We would tries and iron curtain or satellite Too many drivers clear off a through Farm Bureau, a militant minority aiming for eggs. He has been active in the quiet hardworking member be remiss here if we failed to thank all of the counties who countries. Dr. Kershner is not peep hole and drive like "Peri- 01 the staff, and was always very pay tribute to his good wife. She submitted their program for this at common goals can move legislative mountains. many areas of local community contest. only a book author, he is editor scope Pete." work including membership on cooperative and congenial to has been a bulwark of strength of a publication called, "Christian "A reliable muffler and safe- Of fifty major farm interest-areas, outlined in county and state Health Councils. work with. If he has any as she stood by helping her hus- friends you have made during Economics" he is a world travel- ty belt are important anytime He 'is a member of the board of enemies, nobody ever heard of band over the rough spots that your years of service are going . ' .. but crucial in winter," Pfister bills introduced in the last session of Congress, Farm trustees of the Michigan Blue them. He was the man w 0 kept tend to show up from time to to still be your friends. Such is Ier, carries a dally radio program states. Bureau members received favorable action on 31. Cross. us all on the straight and nar- time in men's lives. We have on freedom in U.S. and carries a the reward for a life of unselfish row when we wrote articles for learned to respect and love her. service well spent in the serv- campus seminar program that has MICHIGAN FARM NEWS Farmers wishes were not respected on ten of the fif- He served as a Township Super- the paper. ice of a great organization. been used on many campuses in 2 December 1, 1961 visor for 7 years and as chairman Einar, we are not saying good- ty occasions and on nine other issues farmers won of the county board of Supervis- Once in a while he would say, bye because we know we will be only a portion of what they asked. "Maybe we could change a word eeing you often and that you • ors. He organized the Northwest c.r two right there and put more will be finding many good things Livingston Soil Conservation dis- rmphasis upon what we are try- to occupy your time that you may In the Michigan Legislature the record has been trict and was its first chairman ing to say." Or, he would say, not have had time for before. even more spectacular. for six years. Currently he is pres- maybe we ought -to say it this Also, you must remember that I "TH'S TIME OF YEAR, WE DO OUR VISITING BY PHONE" way. I don't want Farm Bureau 1 he many sincere and true ident of the Howell Cooperative No other comparable group has a comparable and vice president of the Living- Farm Bureau Says cause agricultural needs were "We'd like to go across the state to see call. Within seconds we're talking to record. M. W. ston county Board of Education. met from imports during the the children, or take a few weeks 'off to people who are. miles away-without any strike: bother at all." . \ This is not, and under no circumstances is it to be construed as, an offering of these eep Foreign Ii would cost about $32 more to fence 40 acres if imports were visit my sister out west, but this time of year it's pretty hard to get away from It's easy to visit a friend or relative Debentures for sale, or as a solicitation ot offers to buy any such Debentures. The the farm. There are so many things that by Long Distance. The rates are lowest ott ring is made only by the Prospectus, arb ire restricted. cost-price farmers This would add to the and squeeze would disrupt the affecting just can't be put off. after. six at night and all day Sunday, "So, instead, we just sit down in the when you can call places 1000 miles Far ers Petroleum Cooperatiy~, Inc. On Free List two-way street of foreign trade which last year took the produc- tion of one acre in six on Ameri- living room and make a Long Distance away for as little as $1.25. can ,farms. MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY DAN E. REED "For 47 years barbed wire has TV Associate Legislajive "Why does Farm Bureau op- pose an import restrictions Counsel duty or import on foreign barb wire been r eau. imported without duty," While the percentage into said eign barbed wire used on Ameri- the Farm Bu- U.S. of for- .. can farms has increased, this is 0/0 imple Interesl • 10 Years when American the market?" indu try needs we were asked re- due to a reduction in total con- cently. umption, not to increased im- Last year Farm Bureau ap- ports. peared before the U. S. Tariff We are using only about two- The purpo e of this issue is to provide increased working capital for Commis ion to ask that no im- third' as much barb wire as we F rmer Petroleum Cooperative Inc. The issue and Farmers Petroleum port restrictions be placed on did in 1954. Use of one-wire barbed wire. electric fence, less use of pasture ooperative, Inc. are fully described in the Prospectus dated December "The absence of such restric- and other changing practices tions has not increased importa- have reduced tonnage used. 1960. The Prospectus is the basis for all sales. tion so as to cause serious injury "The domestic industry should to the domestic industry, but im- For a copy of the Prospectus, a nd a call by a licensed salesman, posing restrictions would be a check to see if it is supplying the product preferred by the fill in and mail. the form belo w : severe hardship on farmers,' customer," aid Farm Bureau. Farm Bureau said. One farmer cooperative said that The Tariff Commission on 80 % of the barbed wire they pur- r-----------------------~--------l : FARMERS PETROLEUM COOPERATIVE, INC. August 3, 1960 reported to Pre- chased was lighter sident Eisenhower of barb wire were not damaging that imports which is not manufactured any U.S. mill. 151h gauge, by I 4000 N. Grand River, P.O. Box 960 or threatening to damage domes- It sells for about $3 per spool tic production and said there was less than standard 12% gauge I Lan ing, Michigan no reason to change the tariff domestic wire. It is lighter to , am Interested In learning more about your investment concessions on foreign barb wire. handle,-40 pounds as compared I ram. I a e pro Id me ith Information. ( 0 obll- Agriculture is a principal user to the 80 pound standard spool. of barbed wire and an increase The imported barb wire does ina sumed) in tariff duties would increase not kink when unrolled, has farm costs and reduce net farm double zinc coating and has income. Substantial quantities of about the same life as the stand- wire have been imported for a ard weight. number of years. "We do not believe the Tariff ............................................................................................. / In general, the quantity has Commission will want to recom- remained fairly steady. It was mend that farmers be deprived down in 1958 but up in 1959, due of the right to choose this type of to the steel strike. It would be wire at a reasonable price," said unfair to impose restrictions be- Farm Bureau. tanley Powell eport on Con Con Proceedings Managerl Never a day goes by but that several of my well- meaning friends ask me, "How are things going in the Con-Con?" I never know how to reply. It would take an hour or two to give any intelligent answer and I know that isn't expected or desired. The 144 delegates to the Constitutional Conven- tion have been in session for a couple of months. About 400 so-called "delegate proposals" rave been introduced thus far. Each makes some suggestion as to what should be in our State Constitution. Upon introduction, each proposal is referred by President Nisbet,to one of the committees. In most cases, the committees have been broken down into a progress report on m subcommittees, and each delegate proposal is first chang s every day. ur considered in the subcommittee and a preliminary be given ne t month. decision is reached before it advances to study by Farm Bur au m mb r the full committee. Usually, the first action is an sary information for th n invitation to the sponsor or sponsors of a proposal ment. s you know, thi to appear and to explain the reasons for its introduc- vital statistics cone rning tion. information will nabl your On matters of general interest, public hearings of greater service to you. If you h are being held in which persons who are thought to your County Farm Bureau's r qu have especially valuable information or advice are do so. invited to participate. Farm Bureau Services and arm r Legislative Seats are Hot Issue Cooperative held their annual m tin Each company is showing real pro r Thus far, no one subject has received as much at- Several Counties Receive Membership A ards their reports elsewhere irr'this is·su . attention as that of Legislative Districting. The MEMBERSHIP A WAR D S: (Saginaw county with 2,681'mem- Iron county topped the state Iosco counties for third. Plans are well under way for 3..Am rican Farm .ur committee on Legislative Organizaton has held sev- Representatives of prize-winning bers)-to traveling trophies for with the highest per cent of goal, Chippewa county placed first the regular bus trip to th Am- eration Annual M ctin counties received trophies rang- highest per cent of goal, at the (as of Jan. 15, 1961)-with Mack- with the highest per c nt of memo- eric an Farm Bureau Federation bel' 10-15, 1961 eral meetings each week and has focused all of its ing from a large cup for the recent Michigan Farm Bureau inac-Luce in second position and bership maintenance, followed by Annual Meeting being held in That's it. S attention on this one subject. They have listened largest County Farm Bureau, annual meeting. a tie between Montmorency and Jsoco and Wayne counties. Chicago December 10-15. As of ---------.....---- this writing, it looks like a group to a great many professors and spokesmen for zoo County; and Oscar Huber, groups with widely differing points of view. . . led with a variety of proposals Citzenship Thoughts A Check List Saginaw County. Each man has now completed of about 100-125 will repr sent Michigan. Farm-City Week was anoth r the first half of a special Farm activity of your Farm Bureau. It for You To Consider.. ay Save R~en.llYI I was privileged to dealing with reducing the num- testify at some length before that ber of state agencies from about Bureau Insurance Life Insurance seems that we were a ked to committee. I explained, at the 120 to 15 or 20, increasing the Marketing Institute. The insti- share the burden of the promo- outset, that I am OJ?- l~ave of ab- term of office of Governor and tute is being conducted by the tion this year, at least in th \ sence from the Michigan Bureau. for the period' of the Farm- other state officials from 2 to 4 years, and permitting the Gov- Slogans are designed to sell ideas through repetition. Many clear as you repeat it over and over. Your Home staff of the nationally Life Insurance Marketing In- known Lansing area. The kick-off lunch- eon as held with Civic Club mem- bers Friday, November 17, and Con;,~ntlOn! but I am, of course, ernor to appoint most of the other slogans espouse good ideas. Some Our goal as American should stitute of Purdue University familiar WIth the past and pre- state officials. espouse ideas not so good. be to help create a world wherein Farm fires continue to be a under the direction of Hal Nutt, was followed by tours of Mich- MICHIQAN ARM N W sent attitude of Farm Bureau on The committee on the Judicial men can be free, responsible, costly drain on the American noted life insurance educator. igan State University and some Two statements came to my farmer's income. Last year more farms in the area, th~s vital issue. Branch has spent most of its attention lately that should be useful citizens in the country in All men who attended the two I reminded the committee that time listening to arguments as to which they choose to live. The than $165,000,000 worth of farm week session will now spend 20 Recent personnel changes cause "sloganized" by the American homes, buildings and other prop- if present constitutional provi- how various judges should be se- people in regard to our present U.S.A. has had this situation for weeks in the field before return- the Farm Bureau Center to take sions were left unchanged, the lected. There is some support for many years and the resulting erty went up in smoke, and a ing to Purdue for the second and on a different look. As you know, international situation. Check the value you get In House seats would be reappor- the so-called Missouri plan where- progress has been amazing. With- substantial portion of the 6,000 final two weeks of classes. Mr. Ungren retired, and we'll tioned in 1963 on the basis of the by judges would be nominated by in the last 50 years many coun- deaths in home fires reported in Gelatin Bone Perfect Balancer, The first of these is "Freedom miss his council and ready wit. 1960 census figures. I empha- a group of lawyers and actually is the issue-not peace." The tries have attempted to follow our 1960 occurred in rural areas. This school is part of Farm Bu- One other change; Carl Kentner the mineral f ed of ch mpion : sized that the charge frequently selected by the Governor. There other statement is "There is no pattern. We have exported some reau Life's continuing effort to leaves the Organization Division P rcent Perc nt good political ideas and much IIMost of these fire could have provide its agents with the fin- to move into the main office and Min. Max. made that Senate districts are are those who favor nominating defense--only an offense." The been prevented by taking a few Phollphorou 8.0 9.0 apportioned on the basis of acres and electing all judges on a parti- first was stated by General material goods to help some of est training available in the life become a part of the Information Calcium 29.0 34.0 or stumps is a gross exaggeration. san basis, while others would Walker in his recent speech when these countries in heir st uggle ~imP'e precautions," according to in urance industry. Division. Carl has been a familiar Mag. Sulfate .24 Iodine (pur) .015 .01 he resigned from the army rath- for freedom and independence. Francis Bust, Safety Engineer of figure on the field force as a re- Cobalt Sulfate .01 .03 Many other factors besides mere make this selection as non-parti- area were taken into considera- san as possible. er than being "retired." (He stated Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance sult of his working in two differ- Salt 0.00 0.00 tion in mapping State Senatorial that he chose resignation so that Currently we seem to be ex- Company. "The best time to think Isle Royale ent regions. I can assure you Get Perfect Balancer at your I happen to be a member of porting much material goods but about fire on your farm is before. elevator. Distributed In M lch- Districts. I pointed out that in he wouldn't be restricted in his our offense campaign to export On Isle Royale in Lake Su- We'll miss him in this capacity. the committee on Legislative it happens," he advises and offers Ig'an by: the 28th Senatorial District, ten fight for a free America.) the ideas of individual freedom perior are many pits made by A look at December: counties go together to have one Powers which has had referred this Before-the-Fire Check list. ancient Indian copper miners. FARM BUREAU SERVIC , INC. to it a wide variety of proposals, Regardless of our attitude' to- appears to have slipped. Instead, Senator; whereas, the one Coun- Trees estimated at 400 years old 1. Membership (new member and including such controversial is- wards General Walker, the Army, it seems that-we are exporting 1. Know how to call the fire ty of Wayne has seven Senators. and the resignation versus retire- politically some diluted brands department; post your fire depart- stand in some of the pits. It is one campaign) The Gelatin Bone Co. Thus, that county has 70 times sues' as legalization of lotteries area in the world where copper 2. Michigan Farm Bur au In- Romeo, Mich. and granting complete local op- ment discussions; I think that he of state socialism as ideals for ment number and exchange at the as great representation as one pinned it down when he said that these countries to work toward telephone. Make sure your iire wa found in its pure state. stitute December 5 and 6 county in the 28th Senatorial tion to counties to establish their as a goal. own hours for the sale of liquor. only enough. respect for their department is familiar with the District. Men have a God-Given desire layout of your farm, house and It is generally agreed that Every American should recog- to be free from oppression and A whole flock of proposals Michigan's Legislature has au- barn exits, and location of water nize that we could have peace tyranny. Police-state actions may have been introduced embody- ing various schemes for legislative redistricting. All of them would thority to do anything which is not specifically forbidden some provision of the constitu- by the issue is freedom not peace. tomorrow if we would condescend to Mr. K's demands even though suppress this desire and brain- washing may curb it, but it will exist forever in the hearts of men. supplies. 2. Check condition of heating equipment including chimneys and ow to sav drastically reduce rural repre- sentation and increase metro- politan dOI~:linati~n.Som~ of them tion. With that understanding it has been pointed out that any provision in the constitution it would probably be a stalemated and so mew hat peace. dishonorable As a citizen you have the oppor- tunity to get on the offensive. Start by reselling yourself on the flues. Make all repairs necessary for safe operation. small fort ........• '-' are fantastically impractical. For which starts off with the lang- 3. Check electric wiring for instance, there are proposals which provide that "no State Senator~al District shall be crea- uage "The Legislature may" or '''The' Legislature shall" is fool- ish and superfluous. The Legi - We must also recognize that our freedoms as we know them today would be gone. With so virtues of our free American Heritages. Sell these to your school leaders, your elected poli- ticians and others, and it will wear and loads-replace worn and inadequate wiring; use only 15- ampere fuses unless a. circuit has mo ~y you'd fr t e ted WhICh ~han have more or lature would have authority to many people shouting for peace been specially designed for larger (some even say "peace at any finally reflect in the United You do it automatically on the Payroll ing well worthwhile. less population than any other do this thing that is being men- States leaders who are working loads. Savings PI~n for U.S. Savings Bond Senatorial District." Other pro- tioned anyway, and there is no price!" it is time that we rise in righteous indignation and say with other countries. One of my 4. Your fire fighting tools Almost double your posals would apply to. Represe.n- way by which the legislature first football coaches taught me money back. u.S. Sav.• "Peace-only with Freedom.': should be easily accessible in an The average American on Payroll Savings, you tative and Congressional DlS- can be compelled to do anything. that you never win a game by would save about $20,000 Ings Bonds are guaran tricts. Freedom is a precious thing and emergency. Have ladders always just sign your name once. its price is sometimes high, but being the best defense. The goal during his working years From then on your payroll to grow. $1 becomes $1.33 In my appearance before the Those who advocated holding is achieved through offense: ready for escape and fighting roof let us never sell our heritage of fires .• if he tucked away just a clerk sets aside whatever in 7% years-and $1.93 in committee, I pointed out to them a. Co~-Con urged that the co~- dime for every dollar he amount you wish each pay- that in 1952, Michigan voters had stitution be kept short and flexi- freedom at the gambler's table of This game of international 10 more years. You can get a negotiated peace, with a gang 5. Have the right extingishers: earned. day, buys your Bonds, and your money with interest presented on the ballot, two pro- bl~ and devoid of ~tatutory. de- politics in which we are engaged of international bandits who have is very simple. Our goal is indi- in the right places. Check them The big problem is how to delivers them to you. anytime you need it. And posed amendments dealing with tails .. In contrast WIt~ t~a~ Idea apportionment. They had the we fmd t~at . many mdlvld~als only enough respectc for their vidual freedom with its high aims frequently and recharge; protect save the dime. But it's no Millions of Americans are every Savings Bond you choice of voting both of them and organizations are now trying own agreements to abide by them of peace; justice for all and from freezing where necessary. problem at all when you buying $2 billion in Sav- buy is a share in a strong when it serves their purpose. progress for the society. Their sign up for Savings Bonds ings Bonds yearly this America. down, thus retaining the old pro- to convince th~ d~legates that Peace to the totalitarian is only 6. Always keep cistern (and on the Payroll Savings visions, or adopting one of the they .sh?uld wrI~e into the. ~ew goal is military dictatorship for stock pond) safety full for fire automatic way. What's another phase in the war of world Plan where you work. Get your shares the easy new plans. Proposal No. 2 con.stltuIOn, ~arIous provisions the world with no individual fighting. Make sure water sup- more, they hold their domination. freedoms, personal privileges al- World's 'handiest sa". Bonds an average of 7 way • • • by joining the which provided that Senate and WhICh the Legislature, m recent plies are accessible. House seats would be apportion- years, has refused to enact as loted by the rulers, and a society inl1S plan. When you save years:-and find the wait- Payroll Savings Plan now. Our goal as Americans should completely ruled, regimented and ed on a strictly population basis laws. for all men with a Just Peace "Carelessaess and indifference was defeated by a decisive vote. Con-Con leaders are trying to regulated frona the cradle to the to fire hazards are the main rea- that can follow. grave. It carried in only two of Mich- convince the delegates that they sons why most farm fires occur" igan's 83 counties. should adopt a schedule involv- The second slogan, "ther~ is n~ Whether you I'sloganillel' these Francis Bust points out. "If far~- The proposal for a Balanced ing a series of deadlines .which defense-only an offense was statements or not, they tell a big ers would take time to eliminate Legislature Michigan promoted Farm Bureau by the and w~uld enable t?e convention. to adJo~rn. by April 1, ~962. An m- picked out of a recent article. The I story that every American should the causes of fires, they could rea- lize millions each year in mutual meaning becomes increasingly tell. D. W. many other trade and profes- c~ntIve in that dlrectlO~ was pro- insurance savings-in addition to sonal groups and citizens' organ- VI?e~ by, a recent ruling from the government sold 163 million reducting toll in lost lives and izations, carried in 80 counties. The total vote on this proposal Michigan s Att~rney. General ~o the effect that ~f adjournment IS Shumam Raps bushels of corn on the domestic damaged property." market, compared to 68 million bushels in the same period last was for: 1,269,807; against: 975,- re.ach~d by April 1, the n~w con- 518. Thus Michigan citizens less than 10 years ago decided how they wanted this subject settled. stitution w~>uld be submitted to the ,:,oters In the November 1962 election. If the Con-C~m holds U.• D p't fo year. "Now, on the heels of the gents dumping, the U.S. Department of on later than that, their report The committee held a big would not be placed on the ballot public hearing on reapportion- until the April 1963 election. Dumpi g Corn Agriculture has announced its in- tention to step up government sales. To do this now cannot help coo. ment on the evening of Novem- Every provision now in the ber 28. Mr. Dan E. Reed, Asso- Constitution will be up for revi- ciate Legislative Counsel of the sion by the delegates along with but seriously disrupt the whole Charles B. Shuman, president feed grain market. of the American Farm Bureau . ue ~ichigan Farm Bureau, present- any Federation has a c c use d The effects wUI not be limited suggestion that anyone the U.S. Department of Agricul- to feed grain producers by any Eleven Farm Bureau Insurance ed a very able statement of the could make as to what ought to offic I position of the Farm Bu- be in the new document. History ture of dumping surplus corn on means. The depressed prices re- agents attended a special two the market. sulting from dumping will lead to week life insurance school held lJ.S. Sotft,. Bondt tlTtI theft-Jn"OOn reau on this important issue. His is in the making! Your influence Fire-proof and loss-proof. too. Since testimony is reported in detail in may be a decisive factor in de- Mr. Shuman told the Harrison overproduction and lower in- at Purdue University in Lafay- ette, Indiana, October 16-27. 1941 the Treasury Department hu another article in this issue of the termining the fate of one or more County Farm Bureau in Indiana comes for livestock, poultry, and replaced almost 1~ millioD ~ Michigan Farm News. that dumping on the pre-harvest dairy farmers," the AFBF pres- The eleven men who attended at no cost to the 0WDerL provisions. Do not fail to give Other committees are holding your deiegate the benefit of your market appeared to be aimed at ident said. the school were LaVerne Spotts. Yo equally interesting hearings. The best thinking. three out of five corn farmers "Agriculture can best solve its Genesee County; John Lynch, corrpnittee on Taxation .and Fi- who rejected the Department's surplus problems and expand its Clinton County; George Lord, 1962 feed grain program. markets by the discontinuance of Berrien County; Dick Daly, Ma- naiiC has had a long parade of witnesses with all sorts Of ideas. ar Farm Bureau speaks out for government price fixing. Agricul- comb County; Lavern Clarke, The national farm leader said ture's productive' nlant is over- Sanilac County; Louis Neubert, • Til commi tee on the Execu- the truest and the best, but its the feed grain program is in rea- expanded in relation to market Barry County; Max Bixler, Liv- .. tive Branch has listened to the voice will be made clearer when lity backfiring, because it is hit- needs. And government programs ingston County; John Carr, Kent -Go rnor and the survivin YOU speak with the rest. ting all faTIl)ers. In the five are responsible for the expan- County; Irv Witucki, Bay er Governors and has wrest- months, April through August, sion." County; Pete Sackett, ~alama- c . ga . ureau ~-_...:..._---------------------------------~--------------------------------~_.-:.._----------- rs, GI n Hornbaker, Ch irm n county. There is need to be pre- pared for an atomic attack and Distr ct 3 With the annual membership drive in mind, the theme used by E t L Roy a-i to know what to do to avoid Mrs. Wm. Scramlln, Chairman the ladies for the 4th County r nch County. Thirty ladies panic. Holly R-l Fair booth was "'Is My Name pr nting fourteen groups at- Hillsdale County Farm Bureau Written There?" t -nd d the Farm Bureau My thanks to all the ladies of Women's Committee met at the this Di trict and others in the Presque Isle County Women's Worn n's meting November 3. A Osseo Town Hall on November State who so kindly helped me Committee met at Allis Town otl ck dinn r was served at 13 with a luncheon served at ill the election of Vice-chairman Hall. Mrs. Herman Ristau r ad oon. Mrs. Olney conducted the 12 :30 by the Lakeview, Central cf Women's Committees in Mich- an article on Citizenship, "Why bu in s me ting. Mrs. Wilma and Walton groups. Forty-two igan Farm Bureau. I am looking Don't We Compromise?" Mrs. 1 n r r ported that Branch women representing 18 groups forward to me ting you and be- Hugo Sorgenfrei gave a report ounty's quota of $470 for Camp were present. Meeting was called coing better acquainted in the on the District Meeting. Mr. ett proj ct had been paid. to order by Mrs. Jay Russell. A Stutesman showed a very help- next two years. motion was made that each com- iul film on urvival in an atomic Calhoun County. Twenty-on munity group be asked $2.00 Livingston County Women's disaster. We discussed it at m mbers and two guests were toward the purchase of plates Committee met November 3 at length and the Civil Defense .Jr ent at the Farm Bureau and silverware for the Confer- the County Court House. Twenty Committee -will give you 11 the Women's meeting he d in the ence Room. groups answered roll call. Plan information you need. ommunity Building at Marshall were made to exhibit their mini- district meeting were given by November 14. Jackson County's meeting was ature Farm Bureau float in a our chairman. Bake sales are During the business meeting conducted by the chairman, Mrs. store window during Farm-City planned for Petoskey and Lever- conducter by our Chairman Dale Crouch. Week. . ing. Speaker on Con-Con will be viI's. Chas. Knapp, reports were riven by the Legislative, Safety The following committees were the program for a future meet- Macomb County Women's Com- and Citizenship chairman. Mr.s ppointed for 1962. Porgram, ing. Christmas party will be held mitt e met ovember 1 at the o was appointed United Mrs. W. Moeckel; Health, Mrs. on December 11 with a gift ex- home of Mrs. Albert Lander- Nations chairman for the coming Ruth Day; Scholarship, Mrs. schier with 181adies present. change. ~ ear. Mrs. Knapp and Mrs. Geo. Foist, Mrs. Hamp and Mrs. Reed; Otsego County Women's Com- Smith ( treasurer were installed Ci tizenship, Mrs. Throne and Oakland County Women's Com- Women Have Nearly 500 at Convention mittee met November 14 for :for 1962-63. Hostesses were ap- Mrs. Forner; Legislative and Re- mittee held their November their regular monthly meeting at pointed for 1962. meeting at the home of Mrs. solutions, Mrs. Hatt and Mrs. the home of Mrs. Thomas Camp Kett quota is all paid, Balko, near orthville, with 35 Mott; Safety, Mrs. Proctor and Theisen. thanks to everyones cooperation. ladies in attendance. A deputy Mr. Snow; Education, Mrs. We heard an excellent report Mrs. Huntington, program sheriff from the Safety Division of the state convention given by chairman, introduced Mr. Phelps, Mrs. Dewitt and Mrs. spoke and showed film-"Mouth Axe. New equipment and pro- Frank and FBI, Mrs. Theron Program Division whioh is one Plans were made for our Mrs. Eugene Fleming who had O'Leary, Director of Civil De- .Jenkins; Information, Mr.s to Mouth Respiration" and' Car cedures were explained. The Comden. of the five Divisions of Michigan Christmas luncheon meeting to attended the three days with her i nse. He told us that the county Theft." operator dialed New York and II arm Bureau. The Community Adams and Mrs. Kreger; Fair Newaygo County. Mrs. L. Oet- be held on December 8 with Mrs. husband as delegates from is prepared to take care of a then San Francisco and the calls Group activities, Women's activi- Thomas Wieland. Our guest Otsego County. natural dsaster, such as a cyclone Booth, Mrs. Dixon, Mrs. Boley, Over the hills and far away were completed in just a few sec- zel, new chairman, announced ties and Young People's activities their Committee chairmen as fol- speakers will be representatives Mrs. Lyle Prebble, one of our or flood, b cause we do have 685 Mrs. Baum, Mrs. Re d and Mrs. Wandered the mind of THE onds. The forty women then went all come under this department lows: Legislative, Mrs. H. Holling- of Moral Re-Armament from new members, will be the hoste- nurses and 125 doctors in the Loomis; Reporter, Mrs. Dixon. LATE farmer Gray. to the Farm Bureau building for Mr. Wells also conducted a quiz er; FBI, Mrs. E. Schotanus; Safe- Mackinaw Island. ess for our December meeting. their business meeting and lunch. "Check your Knowedge about ty, Mrs. R. Milles; Citizenship, Farm Bureau." Cheboygan County. Mrs. Tom Lapeer County. Our new offi- Mrs. J. F. Bennet; Publicity, Mrs. cers for 1962 are: Chairman, Mrs," Kunnen. A committee was ap- Baker was hostess to a well at- District liE Northwest Michigan Farm Bu- tended meeting of Farm Bureau U. D. McQuinn, Lapeer; 1st vice- pointed to correct and revise by- reau Women's Committee held Mrs. Clifford Postma. Chairman women at her horne October 6. A chairman, Mrs. Horace Davis, La- laws. their regular meeting at the Rudyard potluck lunch was enjoyed with peer; 2nd vice-chairman, Mrs. Medical Care Center in Traverse Oceana County. This group met the business meeting following. Farm Bureau Women's Com- Clare Schoenhals, Brown City; City. Mrs. Joseph Tiffany in- at the home of Mrs. T. Tenbrink. mittees of District llE held their sec'y-tr as., Mrs. Edw. PI' eisel, troduced our Regional Repre- Emmet County Farm Bureau The following officers were elect- sentative, Mr. Charles Neblock. fall meeting at the Chatham Ex- Attica. Women's Committee met at the periment ed: Chairman, Mrs. Carl Reed; He reported on the following Station. It is nestled Sanilac County Farm Bureau vice-chairman, Mrs. T. Hawley; Brutus Town Hall November 13, among the gorgeous hills east of items. Membership in Farm Bu- with chairman' Blumbke presid- women met for a potluck dinner. secretary-treasurer, Mrs. R. Tate, r eau for 1962. The new rules for Marquette. Fall beauty gave us a The new chairman, Mrs. Russell and publicity, Mrs. F. Dunham. ing. setting which can only be creat- Blue Cross-Blue Shield. A Mid- Scott, called the meeting to order. Mrs. Dunham reported on the winter educational tour sponsor- Mrs. Howard Mahaffy is vice- Farm Bureau Young People urg- "Roll-Call' is underway Join MICHIGAN FARM NEWS ed by Michigan Farm Burea ~ chairman and Mrs. Roy Thomas ing each community group to en- from January 29-February 9. Farm Bureau Today! December 1, 1961 is secretary. courage young people to join. Mr. Tom Tenbrink spoke on Farm Bu- It was voted to send the name reau Liability Insurance. of Mrs. Mary Lawler as a nominee Osceola County. A bus charter- for the delegate to the A.C.W.W. ed 33 women attending the Annual convention. Meeting of Michigan Farm Bureau Tuscola County Farm Bureau Women. women enjoyed meeting at the At their October meeting Mrs. new home of Mr. and Mrs. Clark G. Madden reported on Safety, Montague in Caro. Reports of urging fire drills be given in Montague in Caro. homes. Della Johnson reported on legislative matters. Doris Eggle will be the new Citizenship chair- District 7 man. The speaker, for the day was Mrs. Walter Harger. Chairman Eino Niemi alo, hIS subject, radio Stanwood R-2 active fall-out. Fall-out dust could • New Chairmen w~re Elected at Annual Meeting be most destructive in many ways Mason County. Farm Bureau Congratulations - extended by State Chairman, Mrs. Arthur Michigan. The new officers were said Mr. Niemitalo. Women met at the Slagle home past State Farm Bureau Women's Muir, Grant. Also welcomed as named during the Women's Pro- A suggested Christmas project with a co-operative luncheon. Mrs. Chairman, Mrs. Alex K nnedy committee Vice-Chairman is Mrs. gram at the Michigan Farm Bu- T. H. Ingersoll reported on the is to help the handicapped chil- (left), Posen, to newly elected William Scramlin of R.R. 1, Holly, reau annual meeting. State Convention. At their De- dren. cember meeting, toys and articles District 4 Midwi t r E ucational Tour Mrs. Anton Hoort suitable for baskets will be col- lected and donated to the Salva- tion Army at Ludington. District 9 Mrs. Dwight Duddles, Chairman Sponsored by Portland R-l Mecosta County. Our new Lake City R-l Allegan County Women's Com- chairman, Mrs. Kenneth Johnson, Wexford County Farm Bureau Michigan, Farm Bureau mittee. Following a potluck din- ner, Mr. Chet Ray spoke to the group on "Citizenship." presided meeting. are: at the November The Special Committees Legislative, Mrs. Delmer 13 Women met November 1 at the home of Mrs. Charles Gotthard for a dessert lunch. Plans were J nuary 29 through February 9, 1962 Barry County. Thirteen groups Preston; FBI, Mrs. Vernon Mitch- made to present fruit trays to Meet Miss Michigan Farm Bureau of West Branch ell; Citizenship, Mrs. Otto Benson; the patients at the two convales- were represented at the Quimby Them • "Seeing America' Greatne " church for a potluck dinner at the Safety, Mrs. Marvin Pruetz; Pub- licity, Mrs. John Emmons; Devo- ce t homes Christmas time. in the County at Gail Priddy. I West Branch, is elude (from the left) runners-up, I Priddy and Miss Patricial Callan, September meeting. The ladies pictured with her court. They in- Miss Katrene Gall, Saline, Miss Milford. This tour is designed to combine education with worked making prospect lists for tions, Mrs. R. J. Gardner. Mrs. Floyd Whaley led a dis- entertainment and to strengthen the members' un- the coming membership drive. ed by the Perfect Artist. Montcalm County. Zoning was cussion of the problems of Ob- Aft r displaying the large braid- the topic for the November 2 scene Literature. District lOW District IOE" Donald Kinsey spoke to us on derstanding of certain phases of our American life. ed rug at the State Fair and re- meeting. Mr. Keith ;King was the censorship. Each of us had a bet- Benzie County. Mrs. Myron Mrs. Thos. Wieland, Chairman Mrs. Lee S. LaForge. Chairman tel' concept of this terrible wea- The tour will be made by chartered Greyhound bus, ceiving an $8.00 prize, an offer of speaker and stated that zoning is Charlevoix R-l Curran $300 has been received. It was good land use and that we are Eggleston opened the meeting by pon, leaving Lansing January 29 and returning February voted to sell the rug. losing one million acres a year to reading "The Open Door" by Alcona County Farm Bureau Congratulations to the women Chippewa County Women's 9. Features of the trip will include: Faith Baldwin. Mrs. Herbert Quarter chairmen were elected highways and municipalities. A of District lOW on winning the Women met at the home of Mrs. Committee has elected these Potter of Arcadia displayed and as follows: N.W., Mrs. Schnurr; zoning board may be set up by second prize in the state for at- John King. Miss Doris Gauthier officers: Chairman, Mrs. Ray- G ry. Indian&-3¥Z-hour tour of Memphis. Tennessee ...:. Lunch- the Township Board or by a peti- gave a most interesting talk on explained in some detail her N.E., Mrs. Marble; S.E., Mrs. Mac- tendance at the fall district mond Postma; vice-president, handicrafts made from Michigan U.S. teel plant, one of most eon with officers of National Kinder; and S.W., Mrs. Dunning. tion by the people. A zoning com- meeting. The meeting was held work at the Court House, as Mrs. William Schwiderson; Sec- grasses, milk weed silk and pods, modern in the world. Cotton Council. Visit cotton mittee can then be appointed by in Cheboygan County, at Topin- secretary to Mr. Casper Blumer, retary, Mrs. Bert Ripon; treasur- plantation, cotton processing Ionia County. Marlie Drew, Re- the Township Board. Zoning may al 0, embroidery depicting Mich- Extension Agent, and also abee, with 114 attending. er, Mrs. Ed English. Chicago-One-day visit to Swift plants. gional Representative from the include the whole or parts of the igan birds and flowers. Mrs. James Lilley, County & Company to study the world's Central District, spoke to the la- township. Use of lands which School Superintendent. The We revised our rules to invite Manistee County Farm Bureau Mrs. Vernon Vance, of East Louisville. Kentucky - Tour of dies on their role as members of have been zoned can be changed all Community Farm Bureau largest meat packer. Women held their annual Jordan, retiring chairman pre- Committee will serve the lunch city, overnight stop en route to the Women's Committee. Groups to send two members to by the Board of Appeals after tw.o Thanksgiving dinner at 6:30 p.m. sented a new gravel to the in- at the 4-H Awards party in De- Om ha, Nebraska--Visit Offut Lansing. Mrs. Elvon Rasmussen, chair- public hearings if they see fit. coming chairman. The new vice- cember. the Women's Committee in- on November 18 at Far Center stead of one. irforce Base, Headquarters of The tour will be limited to 35 man of the Camp Kett "dis- chairman, Mrs. William Nulph The retiring chairman, Mrs. in Onekama, with their husbands Alpena County Women at Wil- trat gic ir Com and. Dinner persons, on a split cost basis, aster" committee, reported that a and secretary-treasurer, Mrs. son Hall with Mrs. Emma Zby- as guests. at Bas. Picture of operation. with each person paying "isit Iowa Farm Bureau facilities $145 for transportation, about total of $200 was raised at the Herzog, turned the meeting over rooms, rummage sale recently. Mrs. Ed to the incoming chairman, Mrs. Mr. Charles Neblock, Regional Godfrey Boyne McDonald, City, were both introduced. of towski as hostess. Washington Trip Sel at 1 aha. and four meals scheduled. Most Roth was re-elected vice-chair- Arnold Thompson, who announced Representative, was introduced Mrs. Fred Kretchman of Cheboy- Mrs. Timm, Citizenship Chair- The third annual trip to Wash- meals will be selected and paid man and Mrs. Gardner Compton the appointment of the following by Mrs. Bradford. gan County will be the district man, gave a report on a recent ington for Farm Bureau families Wichit. ns s - Visit Bo ing for by the traveller, permitting retained her position as secretary. chairmen: Legislative, Mrs. Rob- delegate to the AFBF Conven- meeting where they were urged will be sponsored again this ir Taft factory. him to choose his food and the Mrs. Guy Cook was elected treas- ert Comstock; Citizenship, Mrs. Missaukee County. Mr. J. Del- tion in Chicago with Mrs. Wil- to be active and support the year by the Michigan Farm Bu- cost. No night travelling, permit- urer. Herbert Perkins; Safety, Mrs. Geo. bert Wells spoke on the Family liam Parsons, C h a r 1 e v 0 i x party of their choice. reau Women. ting a good night's rest. For fur- Kent County. Final plans were County as alternate. Details of the trip itself and ther information; please use the made at the October meeting for Ogemaw County Farm Bureau the cost, has not yet been work- coupon below; or see your the Camp Kett tour on Nov mber Antrim County Farm Bureau Women met at the home of Mrs. ed out but the date has been de- County Farm Bureau Secretary. VI omen's Committee held their Carl Erickson in Prescott. A 2. New officers were elected as cided. It will be February 25-28, follows: Mrs. Enoch Carlson, November meeting at the home total of $171.39 was realized from 1962. Further information will Deadliine For Reservations the Hereford Sale lunches. Mrs. chairman; Mr . Ann Campau, 1st of Mrs. Sible VanderHeide with appear in the next issue of the Jan. 1. 1962 vice-chairman; Mrs. June Huyser, reports of the state annual meet- Ed Brindley, Safety Chairman, Farm News. 1--- ing the main topic of business. gave a report on tips and uses 2nd vice-chairman; Mrs, Robert I During the month of Decem- of aspirin tablets. Mrs. Eugene I J. Dibert W 115. Manager Beck, ecretary. ber we showed the film "Com- DeMatio read a letter on mem- Canada Doubles F mily Program Division Mrs. Edith W Hand was pre- U. S. Lamb Imports I sented a gift in recognition of her munism On the Map" to five bership drive and urged us to I Michigan Farm Bureau groups with a total of 370 people help our director get the mem- I service as chairman for the past bership forms filled out at our Canada has nearly doubled its . O. Box 960. Lansing. Mich. two years. seeing it. I sheep and lamb purchases from Our Women's Committee has next meeting. I nd c mpl t information about fh propo ed the United States. Ottawa County. Following a assumed the responsibility of Mrs. Bill Bedtelyon was I duc lion 1 Tour for Michigan Farm Bureau memo luncheon at the home of Mrs. establishing a Young Farm Bu- chosen to represent our women Over the first five months of y 29 1 rough F bruary 9. 1962. Peter DeWeerd, Mrs. Easterly in- reau Adult group in the county at the AFBF meeting in Chicago this year, Canada imported I troduced Mrs. Rose Gates of Nun- and hope to have them in action December 10 thru 13. She also 23,000 head compared with 11,800 ica, who told of her trip to in January. reported on the District meet- head in 1960 in the same period. I Czecho lovakia with a stopover in ing. Most were feeder lambs from I Paris. Charlevoix County Farm Bu- western states which will be I reau Women s Committee met at Montmorency County Women's grass fattened in Canada. I t Go o a -nglon the home of Mrs. Hiram Borck, Committee newly elected chair- I RFD . is rict 6 of East Jordan on the 17th. Mrs. man is Mrs. Fred Snow. Serving The relatively for feeder lambs low U.S. prices have encour- I APPRECIATION - of f 0 U l' I Ma)dng th PI' s ntation is Mrs. William Parsons, chairman, call- with her will be Mrs. Herman aged Canadians to buy much I Mrs. Bruce Ruggl s, Chairman years' servic as state Chairman Carleton Ball, Albion, former ed the me ting to ord r. T n Cordes as vice-chairman and more than normal. I 'ng on R-l of the Farm Bur au Women's state chairman. The trip set for groups w re l' e PI'S e n ted. Mrs. Ray Hofmann, s cret rv I W t Huron County Farm Bu- Committ is repr sent d in a F bruar 25-28 is sponsored by Thoughts on "Things or Whi ih and treasurer. Mrs. Zora Rankin That constant charge on the r au women enjoyed a tour of the gift-trip to Washington for Mrs. Farm Bureau women as a proj- We Should Be Thankful" were is the retiring two term chair- electric fence left Tommy Tucker ~_._._------------ --------------- B 11 Telephone building in Bad Alex Kennedy. ect in Citizenship. given by Mrs. Jasper Warner. man. no dele e. EPO ET OLEU Your Farm Bureau Petroleum Cooperative has completed its 13th year of successful operations, as 0 August 31, 1961. Sales volume of Power Balanced gasoline, heating fuels, and diesel fuels increased 500,000 gal- lons over last year for a new all time high. Savings for members were $392,000, compared to $306,000 last year. A portion of savings will be returned to members in cash. Many local Pe- troleum Cooperatives will also have savings going back to their members as their fiscal years end. The products distributed by Farmers Petroleum Cooperative are avail- able to every Farm Bureau member in the lower peninsula through the lo- cations listed below. The petroleum program can be of greater service and savings to members with more participation. The management, staff, and board of directors would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your patronage this past year. All stockholders in Farmers Petroleum Cooperative will receive an Annual Report with more detailed information. Any Farm Bureau member wishing to have a copy of the Annual Report should write to Farmers Petroleum Cooperative, 4000 N. Grand River, Lansing, Michigan. J:::~:dry, General Manager '----w--- For quality products, serdce and savings, see your local distributor listed below ALCONA CLINTON KALAMAZOO OAKLAND Don Kilpatrick, R. #1 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•. Harrisville Farmers Petroleum Cooperative Branch ••••••..St. Johns Glen Shearer, R. #2 •...••....•••••••••.•••...•....... Schoolcraft Highland Producers Assn ••.••••••••••••••••••••••••••.. Highlancl ALLEGAN . Robert Fedewa, R. #2 •........••.......•.•.....•••...••..•.••.. DeWitt KALKASKA OCEANA Allegan Farmers Co-op, 101 Hubbard St ••.••.•.. Allegan EATON Fay Cross, R. #1 •.•..•.•..•....•...•••.•••••••..••...•...... Kalkaska Farm Bureau Services ••..•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Hart Moline Co-op Milling Co ••...• _ .•.......••..•..•..........•. Moline Eaton Co. Farm Bureau Oil Co ••.••••••.•••••••••••.•Charlotte KENT OGEMAW Walt Rendel, R. # 1 •.......•.......•.•......•..••.••......... Gobles EMMET . Farmers Petroleum Cooperative Branch ..Grand Rapids Vern Clemens, R. #2 .....•...••..•••.••.••.•••••••••••••••..Prescott Salem Co·op Co _...................................•..•...... Oorr Unico Service Station, 134 Water St ••••.........•... Allegan Fred Evers, R. =# 2 •.....•..........•...•••••.•••••••..••••••..•Petoskey LAPEER OSCEOLA GENESEE Lapeer Co. Co-op .................•......•... Lapeer & Imlay City Arlie Salisbury, R. #4 •..•...•••••••••.••••••••• ;••••••••••• Marion ALPENA Robert Stacey, 16029 Bird Rd•...•.•••.•..•.•••••..•....... Linden LEELANAU OTTAWA Thunder Bay Farmers Co.op •..•...•.•...•..••••••..•... Lachine Coopersville Co-op Elevator •.....••....••.••••..• Coopersville GLADWIN farmers Petroleum Cooperative Branch ..Traverse City ANTRIM r Elmer Hayes, R. #5 •.•..•••••........•••......••••..•.•..... Gladwin lENAWEE Farmers Co-op Elevator •..............................................• Carl Conant •............•••..••....••••••.••.•.•••.•.••.. Central Lake Hudsonville, Jamestown & Vriesland ARENAC GRAND TRAVERSE Lenawee Co. Farm Bureau Oil Co., R. # 1 •....... Adrian Zeeland Co-op Elevator .............•..•.•...............•. Zeeland Del Sanders, R. #2 •.•.............•.............•..... Pinconning Farmers Petroleum Cooperative Branch •.Traverse City LIVINGSTON OTSEGO . BARRY GRATIOT Plainfield Farm Bureau Supply Gregory " Howell Co-op ..................................•................. Howell . Chas. Sanders, R. #2 •..•...•....•.......•..............•.• Gaylord Farmers Petroleum Cooperative Branch Grand Rapids Farmers Petroleum Cooperative Branch .. Breckenridge SAGINAW BAY Middleton Farmers Elevator ...........•............•. Middleton MANISTEE Chesaning Farmers Co-op •.. _.....•.....••.•........ Chesaning Farmers Petroleum Cooperative Branch •..... ~... linwood Sim Spaulding, R. =# 1 •.....•...•....................•••...... Merrilt John Milharch, R. #1 ............•...•...•..........•...... Arcadia Hemlock Farmers Co-op _ Hemlock Del Sanders, R. #2 ......................•............... Pinconning HILLSDALE MASON Saginaw Co. Farm Bureau Oil Co .•............•.... Saginaw BENZIE Farmers Petroleum Cooperative Branch ..••.•.... Hillsdale farmers Petroleum Cooperative Branch _ Scottville ST. CLAIR ::. Reinhold Bankston, 2504 White Rd Frankford HURON MECOSTA I Farmers Petroleum CoopertJtive Branch •......... Emmett BERRIEN . Bad Axe Farmers Co-op Bad Axe Joel Chapin, R. #2 _ Blanchard Martin Houston, R. #2 _ Richmond Berrien Co. Farm Bureau Oil Co Eau Claire Elkton Petroleum Co-op Elkton MIDLAND H. E. Neal & Sons ~ Smith Creek Pigeon Co-op Oil Co I.Pigeon Clare Snyder, R. #1 Wheeler ST. JOSEPH BRANCH Ruth Farmers Elevator Ruth James Fairchild, 131 Middle St ••••...•.....••.. Three Rivers Branch Co. Farm Bureau Oil Co., R. #5 Coldwater MISSAUKEE Sebewaing Farmers Co-op •..... T Sebewaing CALHOUN falmouth Co-op •............••.......•...•. Falmouth & McBain SANILAC INGHAM Marshall Farm Bureau Oil Co ...•...................•. Marshall MONROE Ronald Popp, R. # 1 ..•.....••••.•••••.....••...•.....•.. Sandusky Alvin launstein, R. #1 •.••••.......••••...••••.•••••Williamston Charles Happy, 7469 Stadler Rd..•.................. Monroe Milton Hassler, R. # 1 .•...•••.••••.•...••...••.•.•........ Sandusky" CASS IONIA Wm. Knabusch, 7050 Stadler Rd ••...•.......•....... Monroe SHIAWASSEE Farmers Petroleum Cooperative Branch •..... Cassopolis Lee Frisbie, R. # 1 ••.•••.•••••••.••••.•••••...•••••.••••••.••••• Sidney MONTCALM Joseph Pretti, R. #2 •.••••••••••••.•••••••••.•••••••••.••••. Corunna CHARLEVOIX 10SCO Lee Frisbie, R. # 1 •..••...•.•...••••.......•...•.•••...••....... Sidney TUSCOLA John Brock, R. #2 East Jordan Thomas Nelkie, R. # ·l •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Tawas City Vestaburg Marketing Assn ••...•..•••..•..••..•.....• Vestaburg Farmers Petroleum Cooperative Branch •••••••••••••••. Coro CHEBOYGAN ISABELLA MUSKEGON WASHTENAW Ray P. Grawey .•....•........••••.........•...•........••.•• Cheboygan Burdette O'Connor, R. #3 •••••••••.••.•••••••••••Mt~ Pleasant Robert L. Alberts, 2763 Ravenna Rd••••.•.•••.•. Ravenna Washtenaw Fcrmers Oil Co ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• YpsiJontl CLARE JACKSON EWAYGO WAYNE Glenn Poet, ~ #2 •••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••Harrison Wm. Richardson, R.#1 _ •••••• _ ••_ ••••... Rives Junction Robert Landheer, R. #3 ••••••••••••••••• _••••••••••••• _ ••••Grant Cyril Bird, 17080 liuron River ••••__ •••••••_ •••••••Romufu • • ~----------------------;-----~:.------------:----------_-!-_...:.-_-------_-...:.._------=---~--=---- __IV g , Lotteries the fact that the various programs h Y tate MFB W stand opposed to legalized lotteri s and games of chanc C\ in are administered by the various county, state or national agencies. We recognize also that this has come about as a result of the en- the state. rogram for 1962 Public Health actment of a variety of State and Federal laws. Since some of these various laws tend to create overlapping und We believe that much informa- We present resolutions on State Affairs adopted tion is available through vhe coun- duplication between the welfare service programs, we recommend at the 42nd annual meeting of the Michigan Farm ty and State public health serv- that these laws be revised so as ices that hould be of value to Bureau at Michigan State University, East Lansing, 10 al Farm Bureau people, IN e to eliminate as much overlapping as possible. Consistent with t'arm November 8-9-10, 1961. The resolutions are Farm encourage the County Farm Bu- Bureau ideals, we believe that reaus to utilize the information a- Bure u policy and program for 1962. th se programs should be admin- vailabl through this means and istered from the lowest level of to as ist in every way possible in Resolutions were adopted also on national affairs carrying out local health prob- government feasible for this pur- and international affairs. They become recommen- nose. lems. . We believe that all able-bodied dations to the American Farm Bureau resolutions welfare recipients should be re- committee and to voting delegates representing Civil Defense quired to do a reasonable amount of work in order to qualify for Michigan at the AFBF convention to be held at Chi- We live at a time in history assistance. when we are plagued with wars We should encourage and sup-, cago December 10 to 14. and the threat of war in the var- port those remedial and preven- ious parts of the world including tive programs that will keep per- The resolutions approved by the AFBF become the United States. Although we sons gainfully employed and off Michigan Farm Bureau's policy on national matters. abhor the war hysteria type of of welfare assistance programs in- thinking, we should be cognizant sofar as possible. of the potential dangers to U.S. We are concerned with the ADC We can expect that the text of the resolutions program from the standpoint that citizens, such as possible nuclear adopted by the AFBF will appear in your copy of fallout and potential acts of ag- it supposedly encourages delin- gression against the United States. quency and more illegitimate chil- the Nation's Agriculture for January 1. Resolutions Committee Work "Backstage" We support the idea of a Civil- dren. We believe that some Fed- ian Defense Program which will eral or State regulation should be Another section of the MFB Resolutions deals Behind the scenes and back of \ continues for Farm Bureau Reso-I resolutions and last-minute re-I the committee at annual meeting familiarize people with the dan- provided to correct this situation. the stage in the Auditorium at lutions committee members. Re- ports are all part of the work of time. We recommend that welfare with resolutions for the good of the Michiga Farm Michigan State University, work write, additions to the proposed gers and that will help offer pro- tection if it should become neces- orders be issued and that dupli- Bureau organization. The News plans to publish sary. cate itemized purchase slips or our children. eral property as would be the them after we have published the resolutions on other type of written record be approval of a bond issue or a di- We recommend that the Farm A sound tax program must take rect expenditure to of governmental required and returned to the State Affairs. Here are the resolutions adopted on into consideration the ability of money, on which matters Bureau establish state' and coun- county welfare office for all wel- only ty committees within our or- the citizen to pay, as there is 110 property owners may vote. fare received by the recipient. State Affairs: ganization to assist in the effective Welfare should be considered as t!.-----.-,;..-------- relationship between the levies We urge the delegates at development and implementation upon general property and the in- an emergency or "last resort" pro- Pre ervation of We applaud the serious study come derived from the use of that Constitutional Convention to re- of state and local disaster plans. gram and should not become a Local Governmen which delegates to the Constitu- property. strict the voting for added millage We should cooperate to the way of life. tional Convention are giving to outside the 15-mill limitation, to fullest possible extent with the To Be Continued We believe that government is problems of local units of gov- We believe that the basis of our property owners and their spouses state and U.S. Dept. of Agri- In The January Issue best which is closest to the peo- ernment, including counties, town- state and local tax problems is in the district affected by such culture in the execution of the of Farm News ple, and that every governmental ships, cities, and villages. We the fact that the tax paying abil- election. rural Civil Defense program. service should be performed by would not stand in the way of ity of a large portion of our citi .. It is our understanding that the smallest unit which can do so progress, but let us keep as much zens is being siphoned off by the Drainage the purpose of this program efficiently. government as possible close to the Federal income tax. is to safeguard our food supply. Because of urbanization of farm Citizens know their own local people. Our members should be encour- As a result, this segment of our areas, a farmer may find that his aged to familiarize themselves officials and understand where Tax Adjustment population, who may own prac- property is included in a drainage with local Civil Defense plans the public money comes from and tically no general property, con- district created to serve a housing through contacts with the local how it is being expended. There Study tribute very Iittle to the cost of development. The drain may be Civil Defense directors. is always a tendency for govern- our local governments and our of little or no use to the farm, mental funds which come from a Taxes on general property have We encourage the membership school programs. but a large part of the cost of distant source to be regarded as increased to alarming proportions to familiarize themselves with the the drain may be assessed against manna from heaven which doesn't in recent years. This source of We recommend that the staff, it. government authorized fallout cost anyone anything. Hence, such revenue is rapidly becoming ex- the Legislative Committee and the shelter program and if they so pub1ic money is not used with the hausted as taxes, especially on Board of Directors be instructed We believe that costs of such desire to cooperate in carrying out same degree of care and good farm property, are becoming con- to study the feasibility of a State drains should be assessed in terms the program. judgment as that which is raised fiscatory. income tax that would intercept a of benefits received and not be We should support state legisla- locally. I large amount of the Federal in- based on acreage or foot frontage. SERIOUS STUDY-to proposed resolutions were the order-of-the- tion that is consistent with the Some other source of revenue, come tax that now goes to Wash- We suggest that drains might be da,y November 10. at the Michigan Farm Bureau annual meeting. beliefs established above. MICHIGAN' FARM NEWS exclusive of federal aid, must be ington. classified according to their uses, found if we are going to provide December 1, 1961 adequate educational programs lor and assessment be based O1'i a S s' ntation to a major fraction 01 a nexed, and that not less than one- This study should also be direct- determination made by a local ratio and disregards a minor frac- sixth of the aggregate external Welfare ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-- ed ~ways andm~ns fu~ m~ht board. tion. This is logical and equitable. boundaries of the territory should We recognize that the adminis- be employed to relieve property coincide with existing boundaries There is a definite indication tration of publicly financed wel- owners of the burden of ever- Apportionment of that the outcome of the vote for of the municipality to which it as fare programs are complex due to increasing millage rates being The Legislature selection of delegates to the cur- proposed to be annexed, and that "I can grow 225-pound voted upon real property for the operation of our schools. We believe the citizens of Mich- rent Constitutional Convention re- the boundaries which are not ad- jacent to the annexing municipal- flected a strong sentiment among • Michigan's citizens tor the reten- ity should be as regular as prac- hogs in 170 day since tIon of the present basis of ap- ticable and embrace a compact area. 'portionment. I paved my h g yard We urge that the principles em- bodied in the present Balanced The registered electors in the area to be annexed should have an *A series of case histories based opportunity to vote separately on on peA financing Legislature be preserved and con- with concrete!" tinued by the Constitutional Con- vention delegates. We favor elec- the proposition of annexation, and if the territory involved falls in more than one township, the votes tion of representatives from single Says HILKO NEVENHOVEN. Aplington, Iowa from the persons residing in the member districts, as nearly square involved portions of each township as possible. should be counted separately, and the proposal should not carry un- Annexation less the vote carries in each Procedure township directly affected by the proposal. One of the most serious threats Present laws relative to annexa- confronting farm owners in some tion, incorporation and consolida- sections of the state is that of be- tion are confusing and conflicting coming rather helplessly involved and should be entirely rewritten. in annexation procedures which Also, the law permitting the dis- "I would place their property within connection of purely farm land the far-flung municipal limits of from cities and villages should be "" some overly ambitious city or vil- made more workable. lage. Many farmers are finding their Outlaw Communist property tax burdens almost con- Mr. Wallace Erickson, Neillsville, Wisconsin, ex- fiscatory as a result of being taken Party panded from a 160-acrefarm and 30 cows in 1956 into a enlarged school district with an expanding budget. A high Since the Supreme Court has ... to a 480-acrefarm and 96 cowsin 1960!And, the held that the Communist party is credit with the "sound repayment program" was, tax rate multiplied by a large as- an agency of the Soviet Union, we sessment of a sizable and well- ask the Michigan Legislature to of course, Production Credit Association financing. equipped farm frequently results in a school tax burden which si- consider the advisability of out- In 1956,after six years of operating a dairy route, Farm Bureau member Nevenhoven farms 140 acres, carries lawing the Communist party in 25 sows in a set-up that includes a 26 x 38-{t. concrete phons off much of the receipts of Michigan. I Wallace Erickson rented his father's 80-acre farm masonry farrowing house surrounded by concrete pavement the farming enterprise. on a livestock share lease. And to make a "go" of and concrete masonry walls. The. situation becomes doubly his new farm business he decided to: MRS. LESLIE AMES-voting delegate from Genesee County. serious when such a farm is ab- State Supreme makes a point during the resolutions session at the annual meeting. sorbed into a city or village and Court Justices "H ogs waste energy and pounds floundering igan are the ones who should de- has to pay added taxes for various municipal services which it may We feel that the average voter around in mud. But on concrete everything they Tax Limitations cide how they want the State dis- not receive and doesn't desire or is not well enough informed to eat goes into making weight. At one farrowing, I tricted for electing members of doesn't need. vote on candidates intelligently on We recommend to the Con- had 11 ows average 9~ pigs ... and they pro- stitutional Convention that the the Legislature. At the general Obviously, many cities and vil- the non-partisan system. election in 1952, two alternative duced nearly 12 tons of top-quality pork in just state equalized valuation on gen- proposals were submitted to the lages are continuing to grow and, We favor electing State Supreme 5~ months. On concrete, hog are easier to feed eral property be limited to 50 % from time to time, should absorb Court Justices for eight-year voters simultaneously. M ic h j 9 a n of its actual cash value. property being used for industrial, terms and recommend that they and take care of. Keeping the yard clean and citizens approved by a very heavy business and residential purposes. The burden of taxation on gen- majority the present Balanced be elected on a district basis with sanitar is simple. ' However, the steadfast position Senatorial districts making up a eral property has increased at an Legislature provisions. This pro- of the Farm Bureau in matters judicial district. alarming rate in recent years. It posal carried in each of 80 coun- of this sort is that of opposition concrete yard is a clean yard . . . and the first is apparent that if levies continue ties. At the same time, an oppos- to the inclusion of land which is step to really effective sanitation. Farmers every- to increase it will soon result in ing proposal to apportion both being used solely for agricultural Township Planning considerable tax delinquency. Senate and House seats on a popu- here r por they have healthier hogs on concrete. lation basis was defeated by an purposes in such annexation proj- and Zoning We recommend to the Con- even more overwhelming vote. It ects. stitutional Convention that the 15- There are at present several Since urban population is rap- '::lIP-MAll TODAY ------~----------- PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCI TION mill limitation be maintained the new Constitution. in carried in only two of Michigan's 83 counties. The purpose of legislative dis- laws under which annexation pro- ceedings are carried out. quently the boundaries of annexa- Fre- idly expanding it is important community into rural areas, that long-range planning be incor- Dept. F-6 Stoddard Building, lansing 23, Michigan tricting is to permit citizens to porated for the benefit of all con- tion projects are cleverly drawn n tional oro niz tlon to Improve and extend the u es of concrete ligibility to Vote vote intelligently for members of to include property which should cerned. We support rural town- the Senate and House and to have ship planning and zoning in keep- PI a end fr e booklet, "Concrete Improvements for Hog Raising." illage Increa e effective representation in the not be taken into the municipality ing with the needs of each com- I 0 send material on ubjects I've listed: but which involve in other por- At the present time all regis- Legislature. Certainly in the for- munity and as approved by the tions of the project enough vot- Alma, Bay City, Escanaba, Gaylord, tered electors in any district are mation of senatorial districts, con- voters of each township. All types Grand Rapids, Jackson, Kalamazoo, ers to carry the proposal. eligible to vote on a proposal to sideration should be given to other of business have a place in our Lansing, Lapeer, Sandusky, exceed the property tax limitation. factors besides population. We believ that territory to be modern society, but each should be Traverse City. Authorizing such additional tax The moiety clause should be re- eligible for annexation should be so located that they will fit into "'v._...-oo:-- CITY~-----$TATE- millage for a given period ot years tained in allocating House seats. contiguous to the city or village a long-range plan for each com- Branch Bad Axe, Cadillac, Charlotte, Gladwin, Hillsdale. Ionia. Marshall. is as much an obligation on gen- It 8ives recognition and repr - to which it is proposed to be an- munity. Offices: t. Pleasant, Paw Paw, St. Johns. rv • c an • Show Su stantial Gaens for Year "Most gratifying"-"A great year!"-Statements such as these were common comments during the 32nd annual meeting of Farm Bureau Services, Inc., and the 13th annual meeting of Farmers' Petroleum Cooperative, Inc., No- vember 28. .I~ a full day and evening of sessions at Michigan State Uni- versity's Kellogg Center East Lansing, the two importan't Farm B~re~u service affiliates reported hghlights of a busy, successful past 12 months to a crowd of more than 400 farmer-members. "This past 12 months have proved beyond doubt that Farm Bureau Services is Michigan's largest, most progressive farm sup ply organization," stated Marten Garn, Charlotte, presi- Director were Elec ed at Farm Bure dent of Farm Bureau Services. Michigan Farm Bureau Direc-l (from left Guy Freeborn, Hart; I Fennville; All n Rush, Lak Orion; on of Montgomery was Garn set the pace for a series of tors .elected at .the. 42.nd annual Edmund Sager, Stephenson; Mrs. Max Hood, Paw Paw; and Dale the board to replace Rob rt successful division reports of meeting of the MlChIga~ Farm I Arthur Muir, Grant; Eugene ROb-I Dunckel, Williamston. In later Fowl rvill , who r igncd. yearly sales totaling $26,634,000 Bureau, November 10, mclude:. erts, Lake City; Walter Wightman, action by the board, D an Pridge-I -$4,000,000 more than combined NEW DIRECTORS-of Farmers' Petroleunl Cooperative, Ine., elected November 29 in a sales in 1960. meeting at Kellogg Center on the Michigan St ate campus include: (left to right}-Albert Amr- happ ned Add to that the savings from .is much smaller than th part That's Among the increases noted by M. D. Brownlee, Secretary and hein, Washtenaw Thomas Koning, Ottawa Ellon Smith, Kent county; county: William county: Bartz, Berr Jack McKend Ward Hodge, Sanil ien county: ry, Lansing: ac county: Donald Sandbrook, Lloyd Dale Dunckel, Shankel, Isabella coun Gratiot Ingham county. count: :Ar- Patron of uch service cooperatives Federal Land Bank Associations, Production Credit Associations, as the that cannot be s eJ The indir ct savings through the yardstick price control is most important. of northern very plac s wher at a low point. General Manager, were fertilizer tonnage up 9 % - feed sales up 17 % - seed tonnage up 26 % and len Rush, a director from Macomb county, was absent when this picture was taken. C op.r ive Artificial Electric insurance Breeder As 'ns groups, companies. Farm Rural Bureau Such sav- Agricultural organized their patron cooperative to serve m mbers. and benefit Patron w ro Parsons not s tha now has only 200 infe te h rds ompared i hi an to ov r 7,500 in daii egg marketing volume up by participate in their savings and 75%. Farmers' Petroleum Coopera- Do Better ings are substantial, The operatives farmers are dedicated indeed marketing to in- co- enable the organizations and expand their to grow ffectiven ss. 1955. Human bruc 1108is - known as undulant dined from 347 n w as s in 195 f ver - de- also tive members were gratified by Today with the eost-pr lce creasing farm income, and they to only 5 in 1960. equally showing earnings outstanding reports up 28 percent squeeze on farmers, L A Cheney, they do. He .----~-'-' grabb d the stalk that plu over the previous year, - or secretary of the Michigan Assn Yardstick of quality. It would of Farmer Cooperatives, suggests be difficult for one to estimate ged th pick r. F w amputa- $392,221. Total sales were over that we consider what our co- the savings which accrue to the tions could be qui k 1'1 6lh million dollars. operatives are doing. farm I' because his cooperatives He rush d the job wh n he w~ s "Too many farmers think tired. (That was the day th t he Tom Koning, Farmers Petrole- Dr. Martin Abrahamsen of the act as a yardstick for high quality um president, announced that supplies. Farm co-operatives also danger of brucellosis is gone," expir d.) U.S. Dep't of Agriculture. warns George Parsons, Michigan patronage refunds would be paid estimates that farm supply co- influence prices. m 25 percent cash and the bal- operatives of the nation are sav- Cooperative savings are about State University dairy xtension MICHIGAN FARM NEWS specialist. "They quit vaccinating ance in allocated refunds. In ad- ing their patrons $150,000,000 a like an iceberg .. the part that December 1, 1961 7 dition, the association's stock- can be seen ... the direct savings. and 'bang' - another outbreak. year. holders received 5% cash divi- dends on their stock. "Most im- portantly reported General Man- ager Jack C. McKendry, "we re- duced our long term debt by over one-million dollars. At the start cf the year our debt was $4,90:>,- 796. At the end of the year it was $3,545,786." at Mich- Try A 25 Word elassi.•. •••,rw.. Ad for $1 Re-elected to the board of di- DIRECTORS-of Farm Bureau Serv'ces, I ne., elected November 28 in a meeting rectors of Farmers Petroleum igan State University's Kellogg Center, include, (left to right) seated: Ward Hodge, Elton R. SPECIAL RATE to Farm Bureau members: 25 words for $1 each edition. Addi- Cooperative were: Thos. Koning, Smith, vice president, Marten Garn, president, Herbert Fierke. Standing: Lloyd Shanke, tional words 5 cents each per edition. Figures like 12 or $12.50 count as one word. president; Allen Rush, vice pres- Clayton Healey, Eugene Roberts, 'VIalter Harger and Peter H. DeWeerd. NON-MEMBER advertisers: 10 cents per word one edition. Two or moore editions ident; Albert Amrheim, William take rate of 8 cents per word per edition. All classified ads are cash with order. Bartz, LeRoy Dale Dunckel, Don- ald Sandbrook, Lloyd Shankel, Ward Hodge and Elton Smith. igan Young People's Committee ling. Affairs resolutions adopted will 22 MAPLE SYRUP PROD. 23 LIVESTOCK will be held December 27 and 28 Twenty members from the be published in the Michigan Elected to the board of directors at. Farm ~.ureau ~enter. They Upper Peninsula attended the Farm News, beginning with this of ALE: King evaporator lIan,' of Fa 'Butem.t S rvice, Inc., WIll. establish projects for the convention. Edmund Sager of edition. U,' d on .' < ,'0 , 'SIZ n'. 14', II.: ~ .••' Ionia want. a Poultry Ra H r in 'our city I 00-2000 buckets. Can Ill> on was Lloyd Shankel of Wheeler, commg. year a~d layout plana Menominee County was re- area to act a' their ales and Service your own ar h or purchase from us for their execution. , elected director for District 11. Elections., The Board of Dele- Representativ in your .·ection of new KL 'C ar h, .·moke xta.ck, and Michigan, replacing Robert Smith state. Selling the Famous "Shaver grat s. Also u sed work benches, 23 of Fowlerville, who earlier re- • gates elected to the MFB Board Starcrol's 2 Layer" dey loped in syrup h\ a.ting tanks, us d 12 quart County boards have re- of Directors for two year terms: the cold of Ontario, anada. Wi n n rs bu kets and hundr d.' of sap hucke t signed to join the Legislative organized and fall committee ap- District 1-Max K. Hood of Paw of rnanv contests, and always a lOP covers. S u: first for all that is 24 NURSERY STOCK. staff of the Michigan Farm Bu- contender in Random Samnl t st. reau. Re-elected Garn, president; were Marten Elton R. Smith, Goldberg Will pointments Programs have .been for the county Bureaus are now being planned. made. Farm Paw, re-elected; Rush of Lake Orion, re-elected; 5-Dale Dunckel 3-Allen of Williams- F. Also proving on many ~Iichigan farm today th yare th nearest yet, in the desf re of a perfect laying flock. "'hy not go along and work new and good for your Pur ~\lapll:' rop. Sugar Bush Supplies ornpany, GROvV Glant-SIZIU Apples, Peaches, P.O. Box 1107, Lansing. Val' hou.«: at Pars on s nsallonal Slark })\V A HI" 4109 'W'st Sa Yinaw, ~f-43. Trees. As many as nine trees in a (12-lt-25+45b) 22 spa .e 20 fc;>ptsquare. llushels of de- vice president; Peter DeWeerd, Herbert Fierke, Walter Clayton Healey, Ward Hodge and Eugene Roberts. Harger, Investigate are The county presidents at their re-organization Edgar Williams elected meetings of Delta" ton, re-elected; of Hart, 7-Guy elected Thomas Hahn of Evart, who re- to Freeborn succeed -wtth a winner? Wr ite or phone ~Iac- Pher on Hatchery, Ionia R-3, .Ilchigan. (Ionia County) Haynor Poad, Phone 1774. (lltf-25&63) 1 LIVESTOCK licious fruit fOI' table, frepzing, can- ning, profit. Free Catalog of Htal'k- Burbank Fruit 'l'rees, DWAH1<'Fruit Trees, Sbr uhs, Shade Tre ,.., Vim's, FOR SALE-Sp cine Pathogen Free Hoses, et.c., Htark Bros.(7-9t-5211) Ih·p't :Hl7H2, Michigan Farm News • Free Mailings Leonard Chester Hebert Veeser Kudwa of of Menominee, of Iron, Marquette-Alger, Al tired; 9-Eugene CIty, re-elected; Sager of Stephenson, Roberts of Lake ll-Edmund re-elected. FAH.:.\rI":R-farm su pplv and 'quip- m nt salesman, barn build 1'" make money in spare time ' l lirig' and installing ))OW r farmino- mechanized ..•tc., Swine, boars, gilts, and bred gilts. Louisiana, Missouri. Chest I' 'Whites, Polunds, and Harnp- hir s. Sired by champions and with c rtified hacking. Russ Il McKarns, 24 Editor Retires Ernest Hendrickson of Houghton, Walter W. Wightman of Fenn- utt clean 1", .'ilo West Unity, Ohio. Phone 924-2616. equ lpm nt, g er u n- Congressman Melvin Laird, of loaders. cattl and hog fe <1rs, .onll' 10 A HE' - fruit farm. Douglas, (6-61-12t-25p) 23 LETS-S1. I I,AGEH.'S DeKAI~B PROFIT PUL- (Continued from Page 1.) Robert Godell of Baraga, Frank- ville was re-elected as director- terr-itory s t ill open for more d al rs. .\li .h igu n. 500 foot river frontage. 5- tt'eh we lUIand oldur. 'I'he Wisconsin, called the attention of lin Schwiderson of Chippewa at-large. "Trite for fr e detail", stat where you bedroom f'ui-n ish ed mod rn home. proven Hybrid. Ita Ised u mle r idi'Hl administration of Franklin liv and PI' . snt occupation. Wr it,e, MILKI G SHORTHOR BULLS, conruttons bye. purte nced poultrymen. Secretary of Labor Goldberg to Lap' e barn, ch ick.en house, brooder, calves up to bre ding age. By our Growing bir-ds tnspected weekly by Roosevelt, he had on his staff o and Walter Polchek of Mackinac- Mrs. Arthur Muir of Grant was Ottawa Hitch F ~'321, Holland, . lieh- l:'(jlllpm nt, v 1'''1' e nx .. 26,500. 13 clc- group of young men who were Federal statutes making a crim- Luce. elected as director to represent igan. (12-tf-51b) 1 with Itealtv, ollu m, Anent, Sau~a- noted sire and from Record or Merit trained staff. Bf rd s on full feed, vac- inal offense of the use of tax tuck, Box 67, ~Ilchiuan. dams. Stanley M. Powell, Ingleside cinat d, delwaked, true to age, and ne- said to have a passion for anony- Membership is the most im- Woman's Committees of Michi- 02-lt-30p) 1S Farms, R-1, Box 238, Ionia, Michigan. Ilvered in 'lean coons. See threm ! We money to pay "for any. . . . . BABY CHICKS (Ionla County) (6-tf-26b) 21 hav a growl r near you. Blrds r-alned mity. 1 think this phrase pretty portant project at the present gan Farm Bureau. 3 on Farm Bureau f(O('d. KI .•AGEn. printed matter, or other device, well characterizes Einar." intended or designed to influence time. At the time of. this report, James Sparks of Cassopolis CO~ SISTE. 'TLY TOP . Franchised 18 FOR SALE FEED!. G HOGS? Use salt free, HATCHF,UIJ':S, Bridgewater, .\I\ ])('Kalb~. Write Michigan Farm Bureau. pamphlet calls the Landrum- The U.P. membership award, ager of Michigan Farm Bureau. 9 DAIRY EQUIPMENT 2870. (l-tf-25 '21b) ] for prtces T'VK, TY nnrcn A~rGUS rt yea I' old rrATCJlI~I{,1len- 1m. h, ~Ii<'hignn. (Alcona 'ounty) 02-!t-12p) truck - 18 other resolution which stated wagon, truck. Low co.·t. Lttern ture work. Following Mr. Brody's dea th, free. "rit, Ottawa Hitch I". ·.l~l. ) FOI~ .'ALl~-: It d rIve. 24 DAIRY:MEN-Use Perfect Balan- should be prohibited from doing. garet and Clark L. Brody 13 FARM MACHINERY inch 4 Bide planer. Presently 14 inch cer 8% phosphate mineral feed. Mix 'EW C&B connncs rrcn c - knlves, xtra Hide heads. Blower pow- one pound of Perfect Balancer to Elect Officers in the'U. P. Should Include: any or all of the following Provisions for (1 ) scholarship State University. Two fund students are at Michigan presently ALLI CHAL:\IETIS TRACTOH.- e..,redby ]~153str-atght eight Buick. every 100 lbs. ot ground teed. You can UC. Good condition, good rubb r. Bril- F rank Spain, Gr enbush, lion hay conditihigan. eliminate bon meal by using Perfect Balancer. Get Perfect Balancer at your elevator. The Gelatin Bone Co., Ml~N'I' STAV}'.• SI,LOS - )HJW bu It with acid ruststarrt pla tic on fnsl . By any ata ndard of compartson the finest cement stave .·ilo and most f r the money. '0 DOW VAY El T advertising and promotion pro- RAJLHOAD 1063, Doty, .la.'bee, . Iichigan. Phone B~nton ~arbor 9441507 or Michigan Romeo, Mich. TIES for sale. Call <4-tt-40b) 23 easy terms. Cumplet e sysif'mat1(· feed- By Hugo E. Kivi grams (2) Development and dis- benefiting from the fund, one JU 7- 054. (:u.onroe County) ing also availabl . C&B Silo ornpa , ity, Indiana Tn 2-30 9 after 6 :00 o'- At Meeti g Regional Representative Farm Bureau has made reo semination tion search of market (3) establishment programs informa- of re- (4) establish- from a hard-pressed ily. The other also needs financial assistance rural fam- the FOR ALE: UZ-lt-24p) 13 clock. International TD-6 HAY FEEDERS and is mak- Crawler. E cellent track.'. Used .mlY ,typ , ]5 foot by 24 openings, one pi ce Put plain salt in one container and - 02-lt-15p) ThrIfty, .'ange- 18 CATTLE FEEDERS - Feed high analysis Perfect Balancer 8% pho - phate mineral teed. Feed tree choice Charlotte, , Michigan. (6-60-tf-44b) WANT TO BUY 1 markable progress in the Upper for farm work., 1500. Tom Burger weld conHtrucUon, 1 Inch pipe and Perfect Balancer Mineral In another The Michigan Farm Bureau ment of uniform grades and in- ing a real contribution to a re- 3725 Kochvill Hoad, Saginaw, Mich~ Peninsula this past year. This search program in the School of igan. Phone SW 2-;; 29. (Saginaw heavy ,'hl'ct metal. $90.00 f.o.b. our container. The animal knows Which •., Young People elected their 1962 spection. County) (l2-lt-2:Jp) 13 LeHoy, ,hop. Bob'x Portable Welding East one he needs. Get Perfect Balancer • officers at the Annual Meeting was evident as the U.P. countie3 Agriculture. Both are good :MIchigan, R-], Box 205: Ph"'one mineral at your elevator. The Gelatin received J"ecognition at the Should Prohibit: Marketing or- scholars. '1attle reck, 'VO 3-3968. (Calhoun Bone Co., Romeo, Mich. (4-tt-47b).23 on November 8. The meeting ounty) (12-lt-39p) 18 Michigan Farm Bureau Annual clers and agreements should be 14 STO. Y ACRES YORKSHIRE was held in conjunction with Anyon wishing to contribute USED L 'T'ER ATIO~ AL G H~ breeding Meeting. prohibited from establishing pro- stock available at aU times. the Michigan Farm Bureau An- to the fund, (administered and. Ford TruckM, orne with dump Feed convera,lIon records established Five out of the seventeen goal grams that would include (1 ) bodIes, ahm 1 Jeep and 2 Dodge at Swine Evaluation Station at Mlch· nual Meeting. through the Scholarship Com- Power 'agom~, Oliver and Ca~e igan State Univerility have b en three getters in the state were from production controls (2) market- Tractors, together with 'Veed Spra~"- pounds ot feed or la88 per ppund. of James Sparks from Cass ing quotas (3) price fixing. ' mittee of the College of Agricul- ers and miscellaneous surplus equip- ~In since 195fl. Per cent of lean cuts District 11. They were Iron, County was named Chairman ture) may do so. ~ent. Bids to clO!~e at 10:00 a.m. above 54% for same period. Mar D Mackinac - Luce, Delta, Mar- F~astern Standard TIme ThuT8day Garn and Sons, 4387 Mul11ken Road, for the group for the coming Number of Delegates. The dele- Memorial contributions may December 21. 1961. For' further in~ quette-Alger and Chippewa. The year. He is a Junior at Michigan gates resolved for a third time formation contact Clarence H Nagel Charlotte R-5, Michigan. Phone State University, majoring in first place revolving trophy for to keep the MFB annual meeting be made to either of the follow- Boar.d ot 'Vayne COUllty Road ~Com: 543-0349. (Eaton(8-59-tt-25 County) and 2Gb) 23 membership went to Iron ing addresses: Mrs. Betty Hat- miSSIOners, 'VOodward 2·7670 I!'xt Agricultural Mechanics. He also County, with Mackinac-Luce re- on a basis of one delegate for rlngton, Organization Division, 15 FARM FOR SALE 227. 7th Floor City County B~lIdln . Detroit 21" Michigan. 02-lt-60b) fs farms with his father in Cass each 100 member families. A Michigan Farm Bureau, or Clark ceiving the second place trophy. County. number of County Farm Bur- Brody Scholarship Fund, Mich- 87 ACRE - prvductive fruit farm Chippewa was the recipient of for sale. li"ennvllle, Michigan. Includes eaus had suggested One delegate igan State University,. East Lan- gear, First Vice-Chairman of the the first place maintenance peaches, apples, cherrleH, 5 for each 200 member families. ..ing, Michigan. unk hou14S, fann house and t'quIp- I<"ORSAL;E-:-KING evaporator com- group is Patricia Murphy of t~ophy. ment. Only $20,000 down. Good in- plete. le.'K fIre bricks. 4 x 12 ft. Char- The convention agreed with come. Beckwith Realty, Collum, les Hunt, Covert, R-l, fichigan. Price Clinton Chairman County, is Cathy Second Milett Vice- of Menominee awarded County the trophy for highest was many delegates the educational, who infonnatio~ said that and . .. I Say, This will mak a nice hot Agent, Saugatuck, Box 67, Michigan. r~ (l2-lt-30p) onahl 15 (\ an Buren County) Phone Ha fotd 1-23 t3 (12-2t-17p) 22 Ingham and third Vice-Chair- per cent attendance at com- f Ire: An overloaded CIrcuit wire! inspiration values of the annual ,40 ACRES n ar Douglas, ichlgan. USED KI G EVAPORATOR for man ls Donald DeMatio of Oge- munity group meetings and the lO-room lov ly horn Lal1re barn . a1 . Size 3x10 f t. Capacity 500-700 meeting recommended partici- maw County. Gail Priddy of Women's Committee of the U.P. chicken house, garage, tractor, ..tc: buckets. Good condition. Have pur- pation by the largest number of Appro fmat ly 200 apple trees" 1000 cha a $ larg r lOng. Phone rancls Ogemaw County was elected 'Vest District received recogni- delegates. He KNEW t at hls herd bull pine tr GoOd inv tment: on1)- Sh~fer. all addre U 8-2 , Al 0, 6901 ratt Lake lch an. ad Secretary. tioD for the highest per cent at- w me, but now Dutch- $15,000. B k ith R lty, Aeent, Saucatuck, Box 67, Collum, ichigan. S.E., Alto, R-2, Michlpn. The fir t meetin. ot the Mich- tendance at their district meet- olu 10 clop All State man's walkinJ 1 ! (U-lt-36p) 16 (12-lt-25p) a s er La or onopoly 1:J..------- a m ureau Any monopoly gives the group that gains privilege over it a tyranny the rest of the of A special Questions discussion report o ic for December people of the nation. Iorm will be sent to your Discus- sion Leader. Unions a Minority ekground Material for Program in December by Our MICHIGAN FARM NEWS The membership of labor I 25 ommunity arm Bureau Di cussion Groups 8 December 1, 1961- unions does not represent a majority of the American public. DON~LD D. KINSEY Coordinator of Research and Education There are only million union about 13 to 14 members in the Unrestricted Libert,? whole population. In the worker I often wonder if Emancip- arm Bureau Delegate Resolution - "The con" force itself only about 4 out of ation came too soon, but perhaps centration of economic power in labor unions per" 10 workers belong to unions. it didn't. Possibly it was com- plete and unrestricted liberty mits measures which, if used by any other economic The organized unions are a that did the damage to these militant and demanding minor- "long-subjected" men - who, group, would result in drastic anti ..trust action. ity, well streamlined to push while yet unready, were burden- Such power has been used to increase wage rates in their demands. Their power lies ed with a responsibility greater in skillful organizations and they than they'd ever borne before. excess of the national gain in productivity, thus finance themselves thoroughly. but, at any rate, it plagues us denying consumers the benefits of improved tech .. Labor unions, operating under still today.-Jim Hood, Paw Paw nology and contributing to inflationary trends. the same restraints against mon- opoly as the rest of the nation. "The wage-price inflationary spiral adversely af .. can perform a very useful serv- Ocean Harvest ice. They can help to keep econ- During an average year fisher fects all individuals and groups. The higher cost omic power in balance. men from Boston alone will har- levels thus established reduce our competitive posi .. They can provide a vehicle of vest from 150 to 160 million influence to protect the interests pounds of cod and haddock, valu- tion in world trade and lead to demands for import of the worker in industrial life. ed at $15,000,000. restrictions. But one monopoly is just as dan- • "Unions, like other groups, should be subject to anti-trust laws. Some reforms have been enacted Representing the 11 districts of Farm Bureau Cooperators of the Year row) of Branch County as the Donald Ruhlig, Washtenaw coun-' Mr. and Mrs. Donald Sandbrook, gerous to the nation as another. Labor leaders would surely con- strue this statement as an attack Berrien County by Congress; however, further anti-mo opolistic measures are essential." the state are pictured following the awards-night presentation the recent Michigan Farm Bu-' at "Farm Bureau Cooperator Couple ty; DISTRICT of 1961." By districts the win- Theo Yager, Ionia county; DIS- Mr. and ning couples include: DISTRICT TRICT 5-Mr. 4-Mr. and Mrs. Isabella an Mrs. Edmund Northwest county; DISTRICT Mrs. Keith Michigan; DISTRICT 9- on labor unions, as such. It is Shugart, not. It is merely against the monopolistic a protest powers Young People I-Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Krie- F. Miller, Jr., Eaton county; DIS- 10-Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Bey, and practices of some unions as "These include prohibition of (1) compulsory unionism, (2) industry-wide bargaining, (3) inter .. reau annual meeting. gram was climaxed Mr. and Mrs. Dean Pridgeon (sec- The pro- by naming gar, Berrien county; DISTRICT 2 TRICT 6-Mr. (and also state winners)-Mr. and Mrs. Howard Alpena county; DISTRICT and Erbe, Sanilac county; DISTRICT MI': and Mrs. Ernest Hendrickson, 11- they have come to be. The government of our nation To Hold Camp ond couple from right, in back Mrs. D an Pridgeon, Branch coun- 7-Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rader, Houghton county. should concern itself with the ference with the adoption of technological improve- ty; DISTRICT 3-Mr. and Mrs. Montcalm county; DISTRICT 8- interests of all .the people. Its The Berrien County Farm Bu- reau Young People are holding ments or the efficient utilization of manpower, and laws should not favor the advan- ties without paying dues. "Dues," group throw the economy out of strikes" against businesses which their annual winter camp at the use goods from an industry tage of any group by granting it ( 4) restrictions on sales territories or outlets. they say, "are like paying taxes balance. Yankee Springs Recreation Area tt under strike (before Landrum-' powers above the rest of the in a democratic state." Threat per • on December 29, 30 and 31. They Griffin). Squads of strikers are public. Especially when actions would like to invite all Farm Bu- Again, the focus is blurred. If The Clayton Act transported for long distances, Century? taken threaten the rights, the reau Young People to join them A Look at Some History. The flash and fire of a union can justify compulsory even across state boundaries to persons and the property of Had it not been for the passage for a weekend of education and exploding arguments and political battles over the membership because of benefits force a related industry into Business gave us our threat of other people. recreation. provided, then every organiza- of the Clayton Act in 1914, labor compliance. monopoly in the ninteenth cen- right-to-work issue has filled the American scene unions would have been subject Right-to-work laws in less than The program has not been tion that yields a benefit to peo- The power to strike an indus- tury. Business was slapped down to the Sherman Anti-Trust Laws 40% of our states are a very completed at this date, but it since the passage of the Taft-Hartley Law in 1947. ple can claim compulsory mem- tryon a nationwide scale, to tie by the anti-monopoly laws. This bership. Even the members of in the same way as other citizens filmsy defense against such a will include some good speakers. a union would protest if they had are affected. But the Clayton up all transportation, for exam- was vitally necessary to the monopoly. The Landrum-Griffin tobogganing, ice skating, danc- This law permitted the establishment of the growth of our nation. ing and other recreation. You to join every organization that Act gave labor unions immunity ple, and strangle the economy is Act was a step in the right dir- "union shop" and affirmed the right of labor unions worked to bring them some sort to legal liabilities to which possible only where a union. In the twentieth century labor ection to correct some of the are asked to bring your own bed of benefit. Everyone else must comply. It holds a monopoly over men. most glaring abuses. roll and personal items. to organize and bargain collectively. But it left to unions seek the same strangle declared that: This monopoly is achieved hold over the nation. It is just The Farm Bureau resolution Reservations should be received the states the decision as to whether the "closed Dues are not taxes. The union "The labor of a human being when membership is made com- as vitally necessaryrthat the ef- with which this article began by the Berrien County Farm Bu- is not a soverign government pro- is not a commodity or article of pulsory on all workers in an in- fort be controlled. Whatever the points out some other corrective shop" would be permitted within state boundaries. reau, P.O. Box 213, Berrien By 1960, eighteen states had ruled out the closed .. viding services for all the people. The union is a group wi thin a commerce." This meant labor unions "could not be held orders of the central I that dustry and puts them under the group that seizes such power, it steps that still remain necessary union can leech the strength of the to bring the situation under con- Springs, by December 15. The soverign government. total camp fee of $6.00 must ac- shop under right-to-work laws. as creating mergers or conspira- authority. nation for its own benefit. trol. / company your reservation. I If it seeks a monopoly within cies in restraint of trade unler the state which directly clashes the anti-trust laws." When Congress took action to pass "T aft-Hart- ley" in 1947, it recognized that in labor unions there were abuses of compulsory membership and "a glar .. with the public interest, itself in opposition purposes of government. dues are collected it sets to the main Union for internal Whether defines unions the them indulged Clayton Act so or not, labor in practices YOU PUT SERVIC 5 purposes only. with monopolistic objectives. ing disregard for the minority members of the un" \vhen a group achieves power to ions." The Senate Committee report said, "If trade control the supply or fix the Di cipline of price on needed goods and serv- unions were purely fraternal or social organizations, Minoritie ices used in public commerce, it such instances (of forced membership) would not becomes monopolistic. One reason given by union IN OUR NAME be a matter of Congressional concern, but since authorities for the necessity of compulsory membership and "We'll Demand membership in unions becomes essential to earn a union regulations is to keep the More and More" living, if force is used Congress cannot ignore the dissenting or "recalcitrant" tt workers in line, preventing dis- Wage rates set by the unions existence 0 f sue h power. cord and interference with pro- set the price for the services of duction contracts. the worker. To justify their exis- To assure the union of power in Let' Define tence, union authorities must in- Some T rm bargaining and for "union secur- ity," all workers must be com- But will this "disciplinary au- sist on continually rising wage These are the men who serve thority" stop with work contract rates and extra benefits with There are three criteria affect- pelled to join. conditions? Has it? The McClel- every new contract. you with quality Farm Bureau ing the status of union member- lan Congressional investigations ship which labor authorities de- Right for Whom? of 1958 seemed to find otherwise. These increases often bear no products at economical costs fin as underlying "union secur- Instances were revealed in which relation to increases in output of Union documents declare that such action was taken against goods per hour. Then, too, an ity." "union security" is simply an ex- members for disagreeing with "escalator clause" in the contract 1. "The Closed Shop." In a pression of our democratic con- union policies, such as making guarantees additional wage in- closed shop employers are per- cept of MAJORITY RULE, the assessments for partisan political increases as the cost of living mitted to hire union members very basis of our society and civ- activities. - rises during the contract period. only - members of the union uri- ilization. What happens to minority dis- Since the rising costs of pro- d I' contract with the industry. To argue against this is to argue senters in the event of a strike? duction must be recovered in the DISTRICT 2 In many cases of the closed shop, that the minority has even more The McClellan record reveals prices of consumer goods, the hiring must be done through the rights than the majority. Mino- sanctions against those who dis- public must pay constantly in- union itself. The climate of the rity rights cannot be allowed to agree with strike action-cars flating prices-or go without. union hiring-hall is the advant- take precedent over majority overturned, workers beaten, win- This is the impact of any mono- age that union authorities most rights." dows smashed, homes defaced poly. earnestly seek. Such a statement throws the with paint-even an occasional 2. "The Union Shop:' In this principle out of focus. It implies, shooting. Majority rule may thus become "mob rule" on occasion, Bargaining type of union contract an em- in effect, that minorities have no ployer may hire workers at large, rights except those granted to against a powerless minority. The A.F. of Land C.I.O. mer- but th new employees must join them by the majority. This is Events such as this led to the ged so that there could be a mas- the union within a stated period totally foreign to our basic prin- passage of the Taft-Hartley Act sive control over the labor sup- of time. ciple of American government. and the Landrum-Griffin Act, as ply under one bargaining system. 3. "Maintenance of Member- American governments have well as right-to-work laws with- Bargaining, these days, has be- been charged with acting in the in various states. Part of the come industry-wide. ship:' Under this provision em- interest of ALL citizens - not prompting came also from the ployees who fail to resign from simply SOME of them. Under a growing recognition that unions Employers and employees must th union during an "escape per- free and equitable government were gaining dangerous mono- accept contracts set by the in- io " at the beginning of the col- neither a majority not a minority poly powers. ternational union. The authority lective bargaining agreement, or should override the just and is fully centralized. A local union who join voluntarily afterward, natural rights of the other. Men has little to say if it does not like mu t remain in the union for the are born with EQUAL privileges What' a onopoly? the terms of the agreement. duration of the contract. and rights to the protection of Any group holding a monopoly the law. hop r mot is in a position to gain advantage Restrain or Trade? for itself beyond that availabl um Con rol ight of Minoritie to others-and usually at the ex- Labor unions resort to re- pense of others. In the long run, straint of trade in many ways to District No. 2 takes in Newaygo, Mecosta, Muskegon, Our Constitution and fair so- force their demands-boycotts. . Ottowa, Kent, Montcalm, Ionia and the northern half such a monopoly can undermine cial practice have recognized cer- of Allegan Counties. Stop in and see these men for and destroy the economy, for de- . and secondary boycotts against tain rights of minorities: all your feed needs. They want to serve you. mands made by the monopolistic related industries, "blackmail Minorities have the right to protection of the law for their ROW 1- James Heuvelhorst, Hudsonville; Henry Howerzyl, Jenison; John Balfoort, Dorr; persons and property, sideration equal con- by the courts of the land in defending their rights. They have a right to personal be- . Discussion Topics ROW ROW ROW ROW 2- 3- 4- 5- Paul Ribbens, Moline; Oscar Anderson, Coopersville; John Mclachlan, Fremont; John VanDerMolen, Zeeland; lyman Clark, Kent City; Orlo Sweet, Montague; Paul Kaechele, Caledonia; louis VanHuis, Holland; Keith Stream, Greenville; Gerald Halvorsen, Stanwood; James Todd, F.B.S. Field Representative. liefs and to be heard regarding them. These topics were chosen by your State Discussion Topic They have equal rights to the Committee from the results of the ballots returned by the necessary services of the govern- Community Farm Bureaus. ment. They have the right to See Your Local Farm Bureau Dealer for Quality Feeds at Economical Prices promote programs and policies in their own interest. Jan. Proposals Emerging at the Constitutional Convention. Union Doctrine r ine Feb. Be sure Farm Challenges News. to read Attend to Americanism your your discussion Community article in our Schools. Farm in the Bureau Michigan meet- Farm Bureau 7 Inc. 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