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Vnl]ev .Settler - February 191 1943
No. 8..
co-op, .ntnual meeting next wsek,
. <3;OC P.M., WEE. FEE• 24th. /,
This is
all. Membe
to the i\
of'the As
next'Wod.r
in the Cc
mer. Let
as we hav
to do in
coming ye
then late
oermitted
important
be giver,
learn whs
past year
construct
calling tt(e''-«.t'ten&ion ot
y-H who ore Stockholders/
1 fAetE.ni
that the/Annua!
p v
; r -ng
s o c x a t i on w itil^ho n e 1 d
sday evening", at '8- "CO
.nmunity Auditorium in Pa
have a .full attendance
o lets to think about kna.
regard to policies for<th
ar. Lon't stay away, Jind.
r on say that you werefi '
to express yourself
questions. Reports wj
that will enable you
t has been done the
Let's make tKjis a
ve meeting. / ./'
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4
t11
g ood
SELECTI'
A CO-OF. MANAGER.
We have in the past few week:
studied the Cooperative- system
given reference?^ on who should
and
be
members and their'duties nr/* priv
ileges. also who should be chosen
fr>r-£a.rc ct ors, the men who holjl
such anT-i'np'brrrmi; _ part in the prgeo
ization Now ae wirll-discuss/the
qualified on:; for a Oood manager,
v/ho must else te : strong iinli in
the Coop _ -vtive jnarff5%^/uw*-t*6 Jin
suredlt d 3-jwcss, »7e rgai n quote
paragraph's M-r^m the Farm Cred
ifi’s handbooks on
Adminisif dit’ o
3 Ct» *
t
rhi:
tv
3 sf.p d--y{
Ltieo Sfl/,
main duties of a Mi.
sc and coordtna
.nr:er
the Association Main)
le. 'pe ;hhiial opera tiono-eud th-|
jemerr: >cf./thy G\n?fv ^“cs -TIe
be rbie'. J.o handle; both jghs i
1 Ihc
?+fcP
'.tlyi
lfr;the
matin gome
•HVl'S t -V'-< r ^ JLVv •**.** If* -f- W. .^'V- .*** J y^U
efficiently -or the ref'; will be ■ trotr-.
ble ;"nnd coilitsion.’ •’”■• '.yl
i^heje , the- Ma^vget-slacks .■•knb,|v ibd^
o^Lthe- to -r mi cal operations- there
will' be -looses-' -and vratte ef. e hcrt,
and:;when the -Manage:?' lacks' the.
Mllty.tc— .- nu£ft-~»g boyt-Ws tnri’b
will be confusion. If the Manager
Is unnblo to hold the respect and
attention of his employees, he will
find it difficult to operate at all
There will be too many bosses and
not enough workers, and tasks that
should be done will not bo accomp
lished, because, workers must have
direction, and orders must be con
sistent.” (continued on page 5)
CO^OP. BOARD CHAIRMAN STATES
THAT ASSOCIATION IN GOOD SHAPE.
ioard
Don Parks, Chairman of the
ox Directors of the M.V.F.C.aI
stVtes that the Association is in
Hgoojd shape and that a very satls
i i'-epory ye?n\hcs been experienced-.,
tht.b thq.xdoming year Looks good
[dr n a fs t aqd point "of a producer. Mr
!. Pd'rics ifehTs Jthat ttfe __Associaticn
• has made niimeroqs ^>airisk’dur-iiitf'th'o
y.c,a?i especially in thfuDtflry and
lines, ' The"returns'for pota
toes and vegetables were large and
_n spite p£ sthe dry sea-sou fair
yields yr'eve obt-dined.
The c^-sqcihti on has experienced
grb;ft difficulty in replacing em
;pi.o;hees/v;ho had to leave for var
iqu'A rd.£.sonsr this seems to'be/a
cdjtrfon (difficulty for organisations
lTii
1L 'prrts of the country,
jiu .. Parks fpels that the assoc
;iaii}on h\s provided mdst. of.^the
fnjcd!litl*3 to handle possible-fn
cri rjsod production, and that the
nri,jCi.ple,ncod'at the-present, time
•i s;- t o secuihi more production- f*;om
Ijrij .If arms. very good "prices and a
yteSEpj .rary shortage of -lots of'-neocT
odf pii oducts made sales much easier...
1 than
the past
3 that the coning yepr not
rt'qn ire any radical changes 'ii\-N
>? thpr
facilities or poitey. A.
careful conservative course will en
-ableithe association to consolidate
i:-tts%J;ains and to build fer J perma
V/h|h the war JLs p\tejv4h^be will' .
•x«Titiouibfedly be" cha'hges that .may not
be-ag favorable as they, ore :now .and
. IVrnay be difficr.lt to ns Intain the
p'epe-we. are going so we; may have to
learn to odivet ourselves to differ
conditions,
Mr. Porks states that he has full
confidence in thu people to run the
association rhd that he feels that
the Board has received very good
-cooperation from the members as a
whole, and wishes to thank the mem
bers for that support and hopes
that they have been satisfied with
the manner in which the Board h»s
acted in the past year.