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FARM BUREAU ANNIVERSARY<br />
branch of the bureau’s women’s<br />
group in the 1970s.<br />
“When we got the homemaker<br />
group together, oh what fun we<br />
had,” said Cornelius, whose husband<br />
Jerry was a county bureau<br />
president in<br />
1970-71. “It<br />
was the most<br />
active group in<br />
the county.”<br />
One of the<br />
high points was<br />
sponsoring a<br />
Rural Women’s<br />
Paul Carstensen<br />
Day that drew<br />
more than 250<br />
people. They also made hospital<br />
sewing kits and hosted themed<br />
dinners.<br />
“Farm Bureau has always been<br />
strong here. It’s<br />
good people. They<br />
had the foresight to<br />
get younger men and<br />
women involved,”<br />
she said.<br />
One of those younger<br />
people is Tony<br />
Portz, who was president<br />
of the county organization<br />
in 2014-15. He<br />
grew up in Maquoketa<br />
and enjoyed participating<br />
in FFA while helping on<br />
the family farm.<br />
“Farm Bureau is everything.<br />
It’s a voice for the<br />
farmer. Nobody else has<br />
that kind of voice,” he said.<br />
Paul Carstensen became<br />
president of the county bureau<br />
Robert Beck<br />
Merlin Chandler<br />
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