[People - Groups - 1980s]

[various]

Rocky Mountain Farmers Union

Consists of 11 photos:

(1) John Stencel at podium, honoring Margaret and Kenneth Motz upon Ken's retirement from NFU. Photo taken in mid-1980s.

(2) Frank Yamaguchi of Weld County refused to be outbid for a Hamilton Beach mixer during a Funny Money auction at the RMFU convention in Cheyenne in late November 1982. After buying the mixer for about $2,000 in bogus bills, Yamaguchi raffled off the appliance to raise money for the RMFU Booster Club. Photo by Dave Carter (RMFU)

(3) John Tomky (left), Crowley County RMFU president, talks with Congressman Ray Kogovsek on the Tomky farm, 1981. Photo by Dave Carter (RMFU)

(4) RMFU President John Stencel (right) and RMFU Communications Director Dave Carter (center) present Denver Post writer Gay Cook the RMFU Excellence in Journalism award at the convention banquet November 30, 1982. RMFU inititiated this award this year to recognize reporters who have excelled in communicating agricultural issues to the public. Photo by Steve Holdren (RMFU)

(5) Frank Yamaguchi of Weld County refused to be outbid for a Hamilton Beach mixer during a Funny Money auction at the RMFU convention in Cheyenne in late November 1982. After buying the mixer for about $2,000 in bogus bills, Yamaguchi raffled off the appliance to raise money for the RMFU Booster Club. Photo by Dave Carter (RMFU)

(6) Stained-glass window bearing Green Thumb, themed "Rural America: Coming of Age", was presented to Farmers Union Center during the NFU pioneer encampment in fall 1982. Left to right: Carl Larson, President of Green Thumb, Inc.; Sherry Leach, NFU director of education; Paul Nottage, director of Wyoming / Colorado Green Thumb; and Linda Siderius, NFU field services coordinator.

(7) Group Farmers Union photograph, fall 1982.

(8) Left to right: Clara Price, retiring RMFU secretary; John Stencel, RMFU president. Price received a lifetime membership award in recognition of her long career with RMFU at a luncheon during the annual convention 1981.

(9) County RMFU officers meeting in Bailey, Colorado, 1985. Left to right: David Simonton, Cheyenne County; Joe Zavorka, Goshen County (on ground); Chuck Brophy, Yuma County; and Tim Erickson, Weld County. Photo by Dave Carter (RMFU)

(10) RMFU fellows relaxing at a meeting.

(11) Paul Nottage (right), the Wyoming / Colorado Green Thumb director, talks with 95-year-old "Green Thumber" Roy King of Thermopolis in May 1982. Green Thumb was a federal program administered by RMFU.

Colorado State University. Libraries

1980s

Still Image

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RMFU0189; RMFU0267; RMFU0290; RMFU0432; RMFU0435-437; RMFU0503; RMFU0505; RMFU0526; RMFU0530

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Original: photo; black and white (one color); varoius sizes.

Records of the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, Colorado Agricultural Archive, Archives and Special Collections, Colorado State University; Photographic Prints Series; Subseries IB5: People - Groups - 1980s. Finding Aid: "http://lib.colostate.edu/archives/findingaids/agriculture/armf.html"

1980s