Bio: Eibergen, Keith (Awards - 1976)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Eibergen

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 6/24/1976

Eibergen, Keith (Awards - 1976)

Keith Eibergen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Eibergen of rural Granton, has been selected by the National Catholic Rural Conference to receive the God-Home-Country award. This medallion is given in recognition of leadership, cooperation, farming practices, and religious activities. Keith is a member of St. Mary’s Parish, Neillsville.

Keith is a 1976 graduate of Granton High School, where he was active in Future Farmers and he is a member of the National Honor Society, a Wisconsin State Farmer, winner of the National “W” award, winner of the John Phillip Sousa award, president of his class, and recognized by the state as one of the top eight boys in leadership in the agriculture field.

Lat fall he represented his school at the National FFA convention in Kansas City and this summer will attend the 4-H Citizenship short course in Washington, D.C. In the fall he plans to attend the Wisconsin Farm short course in Madison.