Convention attended
Thirteen voting delegates from Lampasas County Farm Bureau recently participated in the 74th annual Texas Farm Bureau Convention Dec. 1-3 in Waco. They include, front row from left, Patsy Stoneham, Doris Poe, Charlene Ruzicka, Christine Groves, Teresa Davis and Jani Edwards; back row from left, Henry Stoneham, Jim Spivey, Bob Poe, Walter Ruzicka, Barney Groves, John Davis and Mickey Edwards. Policies directing the state's largest farm organization were adopted by more than 1,200 delegates from 207 organized Farm Bureaus. Approved recommendations on national policies will advance to the American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting set in January in Louisiana. Addressing the delegates were Kenneth Dierschke of San Angelo, TFB president; Don Smith of Sulphur Springs, secretary/treasurer; and Vernie Glasson, executive director. The business session covered the final day of the meeting, and the last order of business was to re-elect Dierschke as TFB president.