News: Greenwood/Granton – State Farmers Degrees (Jun 1971)

Transcriber: : stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Hillert, Shaw, Bass, Steiner, Olson, Lindner, Schultz, Schwantes

----Source: Tribune/Record/Gleaner (Loyal, Wis.) 17 Jun 1971

Three Granton High School Future Farmers will receive Wisconsin Sate Farmer degrees today at the annual convention of the Wisconsin FFA Association at Green Lake. They are Dan Shaw, Keith Bass, and Martin Hillert Jr. The degree is the highest the state association can confer upon its members.

This makes a total of 46 boys from the Granton High School who have become Wisconsin state Farmers. Attending as delegates this year from Granton are Bill Schwantes and Larry Schultz. The boys are under the supervision of their advisor, Francis Steiner, vocational instructor at the Granton High School.

Steve Olson and Greg Lindner of Greenwood received State Farm degrees at the state meeting held Monday through Wednesday at Baptist Assembly at Green Lake. There were 319 candidates to receive the State degree and there are now 15, 913 total members in Wisconsin.