Armstrong Speaker at Franklin County Conservation Meeting
John Junior Armstrong Kansas Farm Bureau president will headline the Franklin County Conservation District annual meeting on January 31 at Celebration Hall. He will present slides from a China trip, with dinner at 7 p.m. funded by Franklin County banks and the conservation district. Awards will honor Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Burch and Howard Simcox. The program includes a business meeting, reports, and an elected supervisor. Armstrong has led the Farm Bureau since 1972 and was on the American Farm Bureau Federation board 1976–79. He hails from Atchison County and runs 2,800 acres with his father and son, including Charolais cattle.
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