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Southern States Set]

Region Board Meet

Approximately 56 members o Southern States Cooperative’: local board and committei members, agricultural worker and retail Agency managers fron this area, will attend a regions board meeting in Culpeper or February 11. The session will b< held at the Holiday Inn and wil begin at 10 a.m.

Also attending the meeting wil be a number of guest younf farmers from this area.

A total of 44 of these regiona meetings will be held by SoutherT States over a Five-state area. The cooperative serves over 205,214 farmer-members who live ir Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland Delaware and Kentucky.

M. Willard Miller of Locusi Grove, a member of the Southerr States 15-man board of director will preside at the meeting. Millei represents the cooperative’: members in central Virginia anc has been a member of the boarc since 1966.

The main features of th< session are a report on th< organization’s operations during

| the first six months of th< ■ 1968-69 fiscal year, and a coloi slide presentation entitlec “What’s New That Can Helf You.” J. J. Feland of Richmond lVa., Director of Petjoleurr ! Services, for the cooperative wil i make these reports.

Those expected to attend th< j meeting from the Sperryville are; jare: P. Lee TTiomton, manager o: ;Rip pahannock Farmer: ‘Cooperative and local boarc ! members: W. H. Hurt, Earl S j Hawkins, William E. S. Jones E. T. Willis, Jr., Culpeper; Willian F. Bywaters, Viewtown; W. A Spillman, Jr., Brandy Station Robert S. Chilton, Jr., Jefferston Clay Neale, Bealeton; Charles W Miller, Remington; A. L Blankenbaker, Haywood; Carlir Inskeep, Rapidan; James F Massie, Amissville; T. V. Williams Castieton; John B. Adams of The Plains and Archie Myers oi Warrenton.

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