Bio: Slemec, Jim (State Farmer Degree – 1960)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Slemec, Parkel, Wagner

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 16 Jun 1960

Jim Slemec, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Slemec, Willard (Clark Co., Wis.), will be among the 275 FFA Members in Wisconsin who received the State Farmer Degree at the annual State Convention of the Future Farmers of America, held at the American Baptist Assembly, Green Lake, on June 11-15, 1960. Candidates are selected on the basis of their Farming Program, Scholarship, Leadership, and Cooperative Activities in which they have participated. Winning the degree represents the highest award that can be achieved in the Future Farmer organization on a state basis.

Jim has been a member of the Future Farmers of America for four years, and this past year served as president of the organization. At the recent graduation exercises, he was awarded the DeKalb Agricultural Award. This fall he intends to enroll at River Falls State College and major in Agriculture.

Also attending the State FFA Convention was Frank Parkel Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parkel, Willard, who will serve as official charter delegate. The local advisor, Victor C. Wagner, accompanied the boys.