Today in History revisits the Nov. 6, 1963, edition of the Grand Forks Herald and highlights a story of the first annual convention of the National Malting Barley Growers Association, held in Grand Forks. It is the nation's newest farm commodity organization.
More Than 200 Attend Malting Barley Session
More than 200 farmers from 17 North Dakota and Minnesota counties gathered at the Grand Forks Armory Wednesday for the first annual convention of the nation's newest farm commodity organization, the National Malting Barley Growers Association.
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F. O. Ottem of Osnabrock, N. D., was elected president of the new organization at a meeting of county directors just prior to the Wednesday session. George C. Howe Jr., Casselton, N. D., was elected vice president, and Elmer Bredlie of Eldred, Minn., will serve as secretary-treasurer.
Ottem chairmaned the 17-member steering committee which in little more than a year transformed the organization from an idea into a 1,400 member unit with separate county organizations throughout the Red River Valley.
In a morning program headed by John Dean, steering committee member from Hatton, N. D., George Wilkens, executive vice president of th...