| Winnebago County Farm Bureau History The first meeting to organize a Farm Bureau in Winnebago County was held at Memorial Hall in Rockford, on Saturday afternoon, May 8, 1920. On June 12, 1920, there was a formal organization of Farm Bureau with a total of 947 members. Officers were nominated and elected as follows: E. F. Derwent , President; R. S. Bradt, Vice President; W. H. Mackey, Secretary-Treasurer; with the following Executive Committee: E. C. Burch, Winnebago; C. E. Austin, Rockton; G. F. Tullock, Rockford; George Atwood, Roscoe; S. E. Hoisington, Stillman Valley; and Ashley Hartman, Davis. Since the initial organization of the Winnebago County Farm Bureau there have been 17 Presidents 1920-1924 E.F. Derwent 1924-1935 George Tullock 1935-1938 Clarence Wishop 1938-1947 Everett C. Phelps 1947-1950 T.E. Derwent 1954-1958 George H. Johns 1958-1961 Clare Clover 1961-1962 Martin Doty 1962-1969 Ellis Greene 1969-1974 Floyd Dickinson 1974-1977 Robert Winters 1977-1981 Steve Shade 1981-1983 Ralph Frantz 1983-1986 Dennis Wilke 1986-1993 Robert Phelps 1993-2005 Larry Larson 2005- Earl Williams |
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