Almo High School - Warrior Yearbook (Almo, KY)

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OFFICERS FIRST ROW: Janice Arteberry, Ola Mae Burkeen, Helen Barnett and Lutricia Hale. SECOND ROW: Geneva Jackson, Wanda Taylor, Mrs. Lilly, Betty June Roberts and Norma Elkins. THIRD ROW: Peggy Cleaver and Margie Duncan. . FUTURE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA The F .H .A. is the largest organization in the school. It consists of a membership of seventy-six girls. U The F.H .A. was first organized in I952 under the leadership of Mrs. E.B. Howton. Since 1953, Mrs. G .T. Lilly has been the advisor. Last year we held our first Mother- Daughter banquet, which was enioyed by all, we are looking forward to another one this year. Wanda Taylor, Helen Barnett and 'Peggy Cleaver were the girls receiving their Junior Degrees this year. 39

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OFFICERS Howard Bucy, Bobby Johnson, Owen Morrison, Milton Walston, Charles Roberts, Donald Cleaver and Glen Hale. FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA The F.F.A. is the oldest organization in the school. lt is made up of nine committees of which each boy is a member of one. The year's activities starts out with the officers attending the Leadership Training Center for a period of one week. Three boys from our chapter attend the State Convention week where the finals of all speaking and musical contests are held. At the first of school the committees meet and work out a program of activities for the year. A beef cattle show is held in No b f ll bo ' h b vem er or a ys wut eef pro- Ilects tp show and sell their animals. A hog show is held in March for boys to show and sell r e. u D. . . ir ogs :struct F.F.A. day is held each year with many contests for boys to enter. Winners in the district compete with other winners in the State finals at the State Convention 38

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OFFICERS TOP: Bobby Johnson, W.B. Miller and Roy Williams. BOTTOM: Donald Cleaver and Donnie Newberry. ALMO JR. CONSERVATION CLUB The Almo Jr. Conservation Club was organized in the fall of 1952. The purpose ofthe club is to teach game conservation and good sportsmanship in the woods, in the fields, and on the streams. Our club holds a meetin once a month with our resident Donnie Newberr 9 P Y presiding along with the assistance of Mr. J.B. McClain and Mr. J.O. Reeves, our conser- I vation officers. Mr. W.B. Miller is our sponsor. ,In our club meetings, we discuss the game and fish re-stocking program, deer hunts, goose and duck hunts, and other phases of outdoor life. This year through the supervision of Mr. J.B. McClain and Mr. W.B. Miller we went on a coon hunt in the Kentucky Woodlands game refuge. A total of four raccoon were caught, brought back home, and turned loose in CIark's River Bottom. ln the spring the conservation club stages a mo-skeet shoot. There are different age groups and the champion of each age group meets later on in the year with boys of other clubs for the area championship. Last Bobby Johnson and Jerry Byerly represented our conservation club. ln the summer, after school is out, the members of our conservation club, who want to, may go and spend a week at Camp Curie. Camp Curie is sponsored by our conservation clubs throughout the state and our Fish and Wildlife Division of the state of Kentucky. We have twenty-seven members this year. 40