Illinois Farm Bureau opens 1961 time capsule

Posted on July 26, 2016
Farm Bureau Time Capsule Items
A new time capsule is being made to be opened in 2066. (Adam Studzinski/WJBC)

By Adam Studzinski

BLOOMINGTON – The Illinois Farm Bureau continued its 100th anniversary celebration yesterday by revealing items from a time capsule the organization made in 1961.

IFB President Richard Guebert said it’s a unique way of celebrating an organization with such a rich history. He explained the capsule was filled with items important to the group’s members at the time.

“A list of board of directors, list of county presidents, our weekly newspaper – a piece of that,” said Guebert. “And a proclamation declaring the new building where we moved from (the) Chicago area and dedicated a new building here in 1961.”

The Farm Bureau is now in the process of creating a new time capsule, which will be opened in 2066. Guebert said the new capsule is being filled with several items, including a letter from each county farm bureau.

Adam Studzinski can be reached at [email protected].

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