Bloomington High School, The Gothic, 1956, Page 45

Description:	FUTURE FARMERSRow one—Mr. Justin F. Graves, Tom Fowler, Bob Burns,Bob Musgrave, Tommy Deckard, Calvin Crohn, Keith Koontz,Kenneth Robinson. Harlan Kinley. Row two—Robert PauleyJerry Brinegar. Norman Scutt. David Robertson. RaymondBrinegar, John Ferran, Ronald Crohn, Carl Sparks. Rowthree—Gene Kahl, Leslie Carmichael, John Logsdon, MerlinBaker, Walter Farmer, Joe Dunlap, Bob Baugh, John Stevens. Row four—Max A. Arthur, Kenneth Zike, Joe Peden,Dale Conard. Tom Parker, Clayton Pitcher, Philip Smith,Chris Jung, Dewey W. Stewart, Don Sego.Future Farmers and HomemakersLearning to do. Doing to learn. Earning tolive. Living to serve. This is the motto of theFuture Farmers of America, but the work thiscalls for is not quite so simple as the motto itself.The F.F.A. boys are kept busy doing the taskswhich must be done to uphold the high standards of their organization. To be in this club aboy must be enrolled in an agriculture class.Among other things, members learn throughactive participation how to conduct and takepart in a public meeting, to speak in public, tobuy and sell cooperatively, to solve their ownproblems, and to finance themselves. This semester their community project was to donate $100to the county fair building fund. A part of thismoney came from the treasury and part camefrom specific projects such as setting out treesat one cent per tree. Five thousand to ten thousand trees were set out by the boys each year.This serves as a conservation project as well asa way to raise money.The Future Farmers usually have two or threeboys attending every worth-while activity thathas to do with farming. Bill Moser and DonCarmichael were privileged to be able to attenda National F.F.A. convention in Kansas last fall.The officers for this year were Bill Moser,president; Philip Smith, vice-president; WalterFarmer, secretary; Dale Conard, treasurer; andRaymond Brinegar, sentinel. The sponsor of thisclub is Mr. Justin Graves.To promote a growing appreciation of theimportance of homemaking is one of the purposes of the Junior and Senior Future Home-makers of America.Senior Future Homemakers is open to anyhigh school girl who has taken homemakingclasses. This club is affiliated with the state andnational organization. The special project of theSenior F.H.A. was to earn money for a onesemester scholarship to be granted to a seniorwho plans to continue her study of homemaking.The officers of the Senior F.H.A. were NancyWiley, president; Patricia Gray, vice-president;Martha Williams, secretary; and Jane Howard,treasurer. The sponsors are Miss ElizabethSmallwood and Mrs. Doris Thrasher.The Junior Future Homemakers is open to anyjunior high school student. During the year theyhad several moneymaking projects such as bakesales for which they baked their own cookies andcandies. At Christmas time they had a tea towhich their mothers were invited. A foreignhomemaking teacher spoke at one of their meetings during the year. The officers of the JuniorFuture Homemakers were Evelyn Salee, president; Juanita Hobbs, vice-president; Ann Hall,secretary; Deloris Funkhouser, treasurer; JudyPruitt, news reporter; Clarabell Farlee, parliamentarian; Mary Kirk, historian; Donna Burrows, song leader; and Susan Galyan, socialchairman. The sponsor is Miss Glazner.This Page Sponsored by THE CHARM SHOP—TomorrowsStyles Today—VanOrman Graham Hotel45
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