Washtenaw County Farm Bureau Convention Sets October 11
Delegates will elect and resolutions will be approved for state transmission at the annual Washtenaw County Farm Bureau convention on October 11. The dinner meeting starts at 7 30 p m at the Farm Council building on Saline Ann Arbor Road with Alan Aprill in charge and Ed Makielski presiding. Art Gibbs chairs the resolutions committee. The event will also reveal the new Miss Washtenaw County Farm Bureau who will compete in November. Applicants aged 17 to 31, married or single, Farm Bureau members or daughters may enter. Dale Weidmayer chairs this year's contest. New county board members will be confirmed. Tickets must be bought by October 1 from area directors or at the Farm Bureau office.
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