Call to Convention - cont'd, 



the executive director of the Montana 

 League of Cities and Towns, Dan Mizner , 

 Helena, will talk on "Coordination and 

 Cooperation for a Quality Environment." 



Starting at 9:30 a.m., MASWCD com- 

 mittee meetings will be held at Eagles' 

 Manor and the nenrby Boy Scout Service 

 Center. Committees scheduled to dis- 

 cuss problems and offer solutions dur- 

 ing this period include budget and fin- 

 ance, Kenneth Counter, Brusett, Chairman; 

 education, Frank Thompson , Wolf Creek, 

 chairman; Great Plains, Oscar Hippe . 

 Froid, chairman; program and research, 

 Everett Snort I and , Conrad; public rela- 

 tions, Richard Setterstrom . Butte; public 

 lands and water resources. Art Christensen. 

 Dillon; farm forestry, Wi I I Jam Kesler . 

 Kalispell, and recreation and wildlife, 

 LesI ie Criswel I . Hysham. 



The keynote address of the convention 

 will be given at the noon luncheon by 

 Howard Geers , executive secretary of the 

 South Dakota State Conservation Commis- 

 sion, Pierre, S. Dak. His topic will 

 be "I970's - The Decade of Decision." 

 Clair Wi I I Its, chairman of the Agricul- 

 tural Committee of the Great Falls Chamb- 

 er of Commerce, will MC the session. 



Afternoon session speakers will include 

 Douglas Smith , director of the Montana 

 Water Resources Board, Helena, "Montana's 

 Future - Water Development;" Tori ief 

 Aasheim, director of the Montana Cooper- 

 ative Extension Service, Bozeman, "Team- 

 work - A Key to Progress," 



The highlight of the convention could 

 probably be a panel discussion of "Mont- 

 ana's Land Use Policy" which will be mod- 

 erated by Pete Jackson . Panelists will 

 be Don Aldrich. executive secretary, Mont- 

 ana Wildlife Federation, Dale Marxer. 

 chairman Cascade SWCD, Ted Mclntyre. 

 director, Montana Grass Conservation Com- 

 mission, Ed Shubat. past president Montana 

 Association of County Commissioners, 

 J im Wenban. deputy regional forester, USDA, 

 Ed Zaidi Icz. director. Bureau of Land 

 Management, and Hal Price, planner, 

 Montana Planning & Economic Development 

 Department. 



Bradl ey Parrish , Lew i stown , w i 1 1 cha i r the 

 afternoon sessions. 



The annual Awards Banquet will be at 

 6:30 p.m., Thursday, with Robert McClel land . 

 Western Program Advisor of the NACD, Denver, 

 master of ceremonies. The Goodyear, super- 

 visor, newsletter, and President's awards 

 will be presented during the banquet ses- 

 sion by Charles Lane , Maxville, MASWCD 

 director. Special entertainment also is 

 planned for the evening. 



Friday's program will start with the 

 annual Directors' Breakfast at 7 a.m., 

 with business meetings scheduled for 8 

 a.m., MASWCD President Carl Johnson, 

 Livingston, presiding. Reports will be 

 made by Johnson ; Mrs. Dean Hanson , presi- 

 dent of the women's auxiliary, Havre; 

 NACD area director's by Jackson ; secre- 

 tary's report by Mrs. Jeanne Baluka , Helena; 

 treasurer's report by Wendel I Mart I ne I I , 

 Butte, and State Committee report by 

 Dean Hanson , chairman, Havre. 



A Business meeting of So i I & Water 

 Conservation Districts of Montana will 

 be held at II a.m. Final luncheon of th|^ 

 convention will feature a speech by Ed^ ^^ 

 Glassgow , general manager of the Black 

 Hills Conservancy Sub - District, Rapid 

 City, S. Dak. MASWCD director Harold 

 Jensen, Baker will be master of ceremonies. 

 Convention adjournment is scheduled for 

 2 p.m. followed by a director's meeting. 



MASWCD Ladies Auxiliary 



The MASWCD Auxiliary session, while 

 following the men's program for the most 

 part, will hold their own sessions Thurs- 

 day afternoon, according to Mrs. Hanson, 

 president. 



Following a luncheon and Wig Show by 

 the House of Hair at the Holiday Inn, 

 the business session will be chaired by 

 Mrs. Hanson , with Invocation by Mrs. Ave 

 Linford , Bozeman; welcome by Mrs. Dale 

 Marxer , Great Falls and response by 

 Mrs. Carl ZInne ,Ryeqate. Speaker for the 

 meeting will be Margret Adams of the 

 Great Falls Public Schools System. 



