President Sez, Continued 



Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting, Continued 



No longer can they stay off our Boards of 

 Supervisors and acting committees. We should 

 be patient, though, for this may be new to 

 them. Our experienced supervisors will still 

 have to make the heavy decision and vote on the 

 crucial issues, but the urban members will have 

 to do their share until they become experienced 

 enough to want to guide and decide as we have 

 had to do for so many years. 



This is not a one-way street; we can't com- 

 placently sit by and say we're not interested 

 in matters of the town. It is our responsibili- 

 ty to join the urban civic organizations, such as 

 the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, Kiwanis, and 

 Toastmaster and thus learn the problems besetting 

 the people of cities so that we may be more able 

 to work, more closely and intelligently as we 

 work on our Joint problems of conservation. 



With these thoughts in mind, I am asking all 

 our Boards of Supervisors to turn to the task 

 of getting your urban members appointed to 

 your Boards and, in a like manner, join the 

 civic organizations. For to put it bluntly, 

 fellows, times a-wastin. and the job is big . 



I would like to take this opportunity to wish 

 each and every one of you a VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY 

 SEASON. 



Pete 



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GOODYEAR AWARD DEADLINE FEBRUARY 15. 1967 



Score sheets for the Goodyear 1966 Soil 

 Conservation Awards Program, which ends 

 December 31, 1966, must be in the hands of 

 the judging committee by February 15, 1966. 

 Montana districts should mail their score 

 sheets to 0. M. Ueland, Montana Tech, Butte, 

 Montana 59701. 



Roosevelt County SWCD won in 1965 with 

 Stillwater SWCD as the runnerup. Partici- 

 pation in the contest gives districts a won- 

 derful opportunity to review their activi- 

 ties in Planning, Organizing, Measuring, 

 and Giving Service. Also, the contest pro- 

 vides for the board to name an Outstanding 

 Farmer-Rancher Conservationist in the 

 district to receive a special certificate 

 of merit. A supervisor and the outstanding 

 farmer-rancher of the winning district 

 receives an all expense paid trip to Goodyear 

 Farms in Arizona. 



Much valuable information presented by the 

 speakers and panelists will be reproduced in th« 

 minutes, which will be mailed to each supervisoi 



One would get the impression from the meeting 

 that there is much good conservation being 

 taught and good plans or guidelines established, 

 However, it also was brought out that consider- 

 able more needs to be done. Perhaps of first con- 

 cern of district supervisors is the need for a 

 full time Conservation Education Coordinator in 

 the Department of Public Instruction to follow 

 through on guidelines which hnve been set up, 

 and to integrate conservation in the curriculums 

 of the schools. 



Principle speakers talking on Conservation 

 Education were Mrs. Elnora Wright, Wilson F. 

 Clark, Louis Hagener, Clark Fowler, Hugh. Murphy, 

 Jr., Gene Hoff, Hayden Ferguson, and Mrs. Gladys 

 Hippc. 



Ave Linford, SCS State Conservationist, sub- 

 stituting for Dave Unger of NACD, told of 

 accomplishments of the past 25 years and of the 

 broader opportunities and importance of district 

 for the next 25 years. 



Very good attendance and interest was shown at 

 all committee sessions, which included Educa- 

 tion, Program & Research, Water Resources, 

 Public Lands, Public Relations, Legislative, 

 Budget & Finance, and Great Plains. 



Increased state appropriations for water 

 developments, soil fertility promotion, conser- 

 vation education, were urged. A Farm Forestry 

 Committee was established. Re-affirmation of 

 many past policies and resolutions were voted. 



Holdover and newly elected directors of the 

 Association are: Gordon Holte, Plentywood; 

 Oscar Hippe, Froid; Mil© Hilstad, Circle; 

 Harold Jensen, Baker; Ralph Briggs, Great Falls; 

 Robert Anderson, Fort Benton; Carl Zinne, 

 Ryegate; Ken Coulter, Brusett; Carl Johnson, 

 Livingston; Clint McFarland, Molt; Charles Lane, 

 Maxville; William J. Kesler, Kalispell; Pete 

 Jackson, Harrison; and Frank Thompson, Wolf 

 Creek. 



The directors elected Pete Jackson, Harrison, 

 and Carl Johnson, Livingston, as the new 

 President and Vice-President of the Montana 

 Association of Soil and Water Conservation 

 Districts. Dick Setterstrom and Wendell 

 Martinell of Butte were retained as secretary 

 and treasurer. 



