Bruno High School - Treasurers Yearbook (Bruno, AR)

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THE FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA 15 a non prof1t non pol1t1ca1 farm youth orgamzatmn of voluntary membershmp desxgned to take xts place along wxth other agencmes strwmg for the development of leaders the buxldxng of a more permanent agrlculture and the lmprovement oi country hfe It constmtutes one of the most effzczent agrxcultural teachmg devlces that has been d1scovered up to the present txme The F F A IS 100 Amencan 1n lts deal mgs and ldeals and outlook and has no outs1de aff1l1at1ons There IS no secrecy U1 connectzon w1th any of 1ts act1v1t1es Natmnal headquarters of the Future Farmers of Amerlca IS located 1n the Agrzcultural Educatmn Service Umted States Office of Educatlon Federal Secur1ty Agency Natmonal conventzons are held annually ln Kansas C1ty M1ssour1 at the t1me of the Ame rxcan Royal Livestock Show The FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA exmsts today because of a co operatwe sp1r1t and a des1re on the part of farm boys 14 to Zl years of age preparmg for farmmg through vocatlonal agrlculture to have a national or gan1zat1on of the1r own ln which they may secure practlcal busmess experl ence act as their own mstructors and enjoy the fellowshxp of one another It IS organlzed vocatlonal agr1cu1ture on a farm youth level Improved agrlculture better local commumtles more satlsfymg farm home hfe and more eff1c1ent farmer cxtlzens are emergmg as a result of the boys experlences The Bruno Lmcoln Chapter IS greatly xndebted to Mr J B Ewart who 1n 1923 started thls fme organxzatxon m the Bruno School We wxsh to thank hlm for h1s twenty seven years of hard and falthful work when ln 1950 Mr Chester L Gates took over and 15 domg a very n1ce Job ZA iglftilftlw OVVLGWLQ 8145 0 l'l'L8I LCd The hlgh school glrls have organzzed a F H A Club wlth Geraldme Doggett as Presment JoEl1a Cunnmgham lst Vxce Presxdent Alrls Choate Znd V1ce Pres1dent Nathaha Felker 3rd V1ce Pres1dent Endmola Bogle Secretary Bxlhe Sasser Treasurer Connle Brown Reporter and Sue Pannell as I-hstorxan Some of the glrls have gone to Russellvxlle and other places to meetmgs concernmg the F I-I A 8 '

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mno mcofn- Cimpfer 37 j .fd OFFICERS Presxdent J' A Entmre Treasurer Jxmmy Ray Adams Vice President Jimmy J Sasser Reporter D L McEnt1re Secretary Wesley Smrth Sentmel Leonard Young The Bruno F F A was orgazuzed January 5 1923 whmhwas formerly known as the Lincoln Aggxe Club lt IS the oldest boys orgamzatzon west of the Mxsszssxppx Rwer Durmg these twenty exght years this orgamzatxon has successfully put on a community falr on the first Friday and Saturday of October It has also sponsored a banquet during the latter part of each school year The Future Famers of Axnerxca s motto conszsts of only four lmes but these four lmes are fllled w1th practxcal philosophy, reflectmg a spxrzt and sm cer1ty that shows the true vxewpomt of farm youth the Backbone of a Nation The motto IS as follows Learnmg To Do Domg To Learn Earmng To L1ve Lxvmg To Serve Our chapter motto IS Plan Your Work, Work Your Plan The Future Farmers of Amerxca, or F F A as xt is comxnonly known, as the natxonal organxzatmon of by and for boys studying Vocatxonal Agrlculture m Pubhc Secondary School under the provxslons of the Natxonal Vocatxonal Edu catmon Acts As an mtergal part of the program of vocatzonal educatlon ln agrxculture m the pubhc school system of Amerxca the F F A has become well known m recent years No nat1onal student orgamzatmn enjoys greater freedom of self government under adult counsel and guzdance, than the Future Farmers of Axnerxca Orgamzed m November 1928, xt has served to motxvate and utxhze, the systematmc mstructmn offered to students of Vocat1onalAgr1culture and to provide future tramxng m farmer c1t1zenship The F F A IS an mtra curricular activity havzng tts orlgm and root in a defxmte part of the school currzculum vocatnonal agrzculture Among other thmgs members learn through actwe part1c1pat1on how to conduct and take part III pubhc meetmgs to speak 1.1! publlc to buy and sell cooperatwely t solve thelr own problems to fmance thernselves and to assume c1v1c resposx bllzty The foundatlon upon whlch the FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA or ganmzatfon IS bullt mcludes leadershxp and character development sportsman ship cooperatlon servlce thnft scholarshxp, xmproved agrzculture organxzed recreatzon, cxtlzenshxp and patrlotlsm o 1 o Q . . . sf.. -...fo nr on so 1 1000 I I OO Iii-Il ooaooasuu p -...venus ' ..- V 1 1. . . .. , . . 1 ....-. . . . . .1 - . . . . ., . . 1 . . . . . . .. . ' ' ' st -11 . I - . . I . . . . Q ll 'I 1 Q --. Q 1 c a Q 1 n A n 1 . . .. . . . . . . . . a 4 1 S I D Ill . - 0 1 .. . . . , 1 ' o ' r Ill '- .. . . . . . i ,D , , .. . . . . .. . no 1 V1 1 . . .. . . . , 1 1 . - 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 . .. . .. O

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lat W! Qn My Omg The lst and Znd year home econom1cs are takmg home economxcs to gether under the supervision of Mxss Elcie McCraken The followmg gurls are taking home economxcs JoEl1a Cunnmgham Allean Bogle Helen De Priest, Lots .Tune Dxcky Nathalxa Felker Mary Sue Harrzs L1la Mae Kmg, Sue Pannell, Lena Dell Swafford, Bxllie Mane Sasser Mary Ruth Taylor and Geneva Watts They have learned or should have learned to sew and cook They have baked cakes, pies and cookzes They should be experts by now The 3rd year home economlcs g1rls are Connxe Brown A1115 Choate Young They started takmg home econom1cs at the begmnmg of the second se mester and unmednately started sewmg Everyone made some garment to be worn by that person At the last half of the semester they cooked and d1d very well Thxs year Bruno was fortunate enough to have a commerclal depart ment They offered bookkeeping, typing and the glrls had shorthand the fxrst semester The boys and gxrls enjoyed the classes lmmensely They d1d good work and are proud of xt Mrs Don Pannell Mrs Edward Pyle and Mrs Floyd Anderson were the cooks for the year They have worked hard at plannmg nounshmg meals and have co operated wholeheartedly m servxng the basketball teams when they left for games The janxtor for thls year was Mr Russell Jenmngs He has worked hard at keeping the school clean and neat lookmg It was mce to come to school cold mornings and fmd a warm flre Russell was a favorlte w1th all the school kxds Lillian Johnson, Margie Pannell, Geraldine Doggett, Velta Sharp and Melba I Q O Q A ' . ' on