School: Abbotsford H.S. – Students Attend FFA National Convention (Nov 1975)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Bunkelman, Venzke

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 19 Nov 1975

Russell Bunkelman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bunkelman, and Jeff Venzke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Venzke, represented the Abbotsford FFA Chapter and Wisconsin and the 48th Annual National Future Farmers of America Convention held in Kansas City, Missouri from November 11 – 14, 1975.

Over 20,000 FFA members and advisors from all over the United States attended the convention.

The Stevens Point FFA Chapter arranged and selected 36 members from local area schools to participate in the convention. The group traveled by bus to Minneapolis, then flew to Kansas City.

Niemuth Implement Company of Stetsonville and Holtz and Barnett Soil Service of Abbotsford, along with the local chapter, helped finance the trip.

While at the convention, Bunkelman and Venzke watched selected delegates discuss and vot by-laws, ne programs, and other business. Attending the convention also made it possible for them to talk with students from all over the United States to find out about other local FFA chapters, in order to bring some new ideas back to Abbotsford.