Parker High School - La Reata Yearbook (Parker, AZ)

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Vice President Tommy Martinez. Advisor, Mr. Patton, and David Vanegas. President. Left to right: Sentinel Harry Moses, Reporter Bob Shontz. Treasurer Ralph Bernal. Secretary Buddy Brown, Vice President Tommy Martinez, President David Vane- gas. David, Buddy showing visitors that they do work once in a while. Courtesy of Dave's Toggery ►

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F. F. A. At the close of the 195-1-55 school year the F. P. A. Organization elected their officers for the 1955-56 school year They elected David Vanegas, president; Tommy Martinez, vice-president; Buddy Brown, secretary; and Ralph Bern d treasurer. They also elected Bobby Shontz, reporter and Harry Moses sentinel. During the summer Mr. Patton, the F. P. A. Advisor, took five F. F. A. boys and Norma Baldridge, the chap- ter sweetheart to Prescott to the State P. P. A. Convention. The purpose of this convention is to set up a program for the following year for all P. F. A. events and activities.They also have leadership meetings and elect the state chapter sweetheart. , , , , When the 1955-56 school year started, most of the Ag. boys had no projects to work on so they took the cooler out of the old building and installed it in the Ag. room. We then installed an air-conditioner in the office building. As the year progressed the boys started getting in projects. Some of the projects that they worked on or built were barbecue pits, clothes line poles, horse trailers, tractor and pickup motors, and hayloaders. Some of the things that were taught in the classroom and shop were welding, cutting rafters, tying knots in rope and how to balance a ration for pen feed livestock and sheet metal work. During the year we were honored by having the State F. F. A. president, reporter and advisor visit our P. P. A. Chapter and seeing some of the things we did, pointing out our mistakes and showing us how to build a better P. P. A Oncof the most outstanding boys in F. F. A. this year was Jim Muse. Jim scrambled at the Arizona National Livstock Show last year, and got a calf. This year he showed the calf at the livestock show and won second place in the scramble class and tenth place in the junior division. Jim has several calves now and plans to show them nex.. year at the livestock show. . lr . . . Total projects investment this year is $34,400.00. This is invested in beef, sheep, cotton, alfalfa and machinery. ’ r

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The Service Club this year was cut down from sixteen to ten mem- bers, seven of these were Seniors and three were Juniors. The offi- cers were Berk Rourkc, President; Luke Johnson, Vice President; and Wayne Crawford, Secretary. The aim of this Organization is service to the school and com- munity. Courtesy of Glen's Market and the Desert Winds Motel