Bruno High School - Treasurers Yearbook (Bruno, AR)

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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

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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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feA!PP86 Bruno School opened September 4 1950 Mr Harry Marrow was wrth us agam as our prmclpal There were three new teachers to start th1s year Mrs Geraldme Barron was our home economics teacher Mr Danmel opened a new f1e1d of study rn sclence Mr Gates who IS agriculture teacher and help mg the boys wlth thezr agrxcultural problems The grade school teachers are Mrs Smith first grade Mrs Janes second and thzrd Mrs Hall thxrd and forth Mr Wxlkerson frfth and slxth We rmmedxately started practlcmg basketball and school was off to good start October 7 8 we held our annual fazr m the gym The veterans had an exceptronally good exh1b1t of farm products The sc1ence department of high school had an mterestxng exh1b1t as well as the art class that had a good many water color plctures on dxsplay both of these bemg new exhxbzts at the Bruno Farr Altogether rt was the best fazr that Bruno has had m recent years A Halloween Carnwal sponsored by the P T A was held October 31 nn the gym A queen s contest was held wzth JoElla Cunnmgham and Carolyn Pannell rergned as the queens of the Carmval Many contests were enjoyed by all and Patsy Doll almost d1ed of heart farlure when she won a cake The fun house the country store the fxshmg pond and the free shot contest were among some of the outstandmg attractlons The revenues were dwrded among the teachers for the benefxt of the school Thanks to the P T A November Z4 we turned out for Thanksgwmg, a short vacatxon enjoyed by all Maybe many more people were stuffed than turkeys The next break came when we turned out a week for Chrzstrnas Decem ber ZZ to wa1t for Santa He arrzved m tune for everyone to start back to school January l When school agaln took up classes two of our teachers were not wzth us Mr Travns Yarbrough took Mr S W Wzlkerson s place Mlss Elsoe McCracken took the home economxcs after the departure of Mrs Barron Amxd basketball tournaments and the general excxtement of school we started the new year off w1th a bang Many well meant resolutlons whlch were made were broken after the f1rst week The next great excztement to help cheer us up was the preparatwn and holdmg of the 28th annual Father and Son Banquet on March 16 The commlttees that made tlns banquet possible were headed by Melba Jean Young charrman of kxtchen serv1ce Geraldme Doggett chalrman of dxnmg service Jxrnmy Ray Adams chalrman of program Leonard Young, chairman of fmance, Floyd Johnson, chazrman of xnvxtatlon Bobby Lee Methvm, chaxrman of decoratxon, and Max Manning chairman of seatmg Mr S D Mitchell the guest speaker wxth hrs philosophy, wit and humor saw that there was no cat nappmg School dxsmxssed May the 12th 1951 wzth twelve Senxors graduatmg I g o a ' . . . . . . I . . I i . I l I 1 : 0 . n . 3 0 a ' 3 . , ' . 5 . ' , ' ' . . . . . a . . . . . . . . 5 u e o . , . V . . l I . . l . . 0 . . ' 1 O O I l I . ' - I . . . . . I l Q . . . , . . . . . . O I . . ' . . . . I . C ' . . . . . , . . . S . , . . . S . A 9 . I . ' . 1 . . Q Q Q a s , , . . . . I , , , .