Coe Brown Northwood Academy - Chronicle Yearbook (Northwood, NH)

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F. F. A. NEWS The first meeting of the Future Farmers of America took place at Coe- Brown Academy on November 10, 1951, and the following officers were elected: President, Leonard Welch Vice-President, Roy Wentworth Treasurer, Philip Shepard Secretary, Kenneth Magoon Reporter, Robert Grant Adviser, Mr. Ellsworth Other members of the club include Everett Brown, Lawrence Tasker, George Demmons, Clarence Bateman. Phil Guptill, Alvah Yeaton, Edward Wal- lace, Wayne Corson, and Paul O'Neal. We ran a maple syrup project this year to make money for the club. About seventy-five gallons of syrup were made. Four members, Wayne Corson. Phil Shepard, Kenneth Magoon, and Ever- ett Brown, went on the Boston marketing tour with their adviser, Mr. Ells- worth. Expenses were paid by the club. Three of our members attended the State F. F. A. Convention in Lebanon, on May 16. 1952. They were Leonard Welch, Roy Wentworth, and Alvah Yeaton. Other activities sponsored by the F. F. A. were the spraying project for the town and the care of an orchard of forty trees. F. H. A. NEWS The F. FI. A. Club has had a very prosperous year. The officers were: President, Mary Bateman Vice-President, Jennette Yeaton Secretary, Nancy Heath Treasurer, Lorraine Laprise Parliamentarian, Phyllis Twombly Historian, Barbara Robinson Song Leader, Joanne Tuttle At cur first meeting we elected a new “Chapter Mother.” She is Mrs. Helen Bateman. We also had a “Candlelight Initiation” in which we took in nine new members. They were: Joyce Merrill, Beverly Theim, Ellen Lovely, Eleanor Jacques, Shirley Folsom, Beatrice Cofferen, Norma Witham, Eileen Crummey. Ethel Welch. We were fortunate to win first prize on the exhibit we entered at Deerfield Fair. On October 26, approximately sixteen girls attended the Fall State Meet- ing which was held at Keene Teachers College. Guides took us on a tour of the campus. We visited the Home Economics Building where we were served punch and cookies. We all enjoyed it very much. In November we had a “Pot Luck” supper. T here were about ten mem- bers and Mrs. Dodge present. After the supper we all got together and en- joyed singing and dancing. In December we had our annual Christmas Party. We all exhanged gifts. Punch and cake were served for refreshments. In January and February we refinished the sewing machines. It was quite a job. They will be used next year for the sewing class. On March 13, the F. H. A. girls cooked and served a roast chicken for the annual “Basketball-Cheerleader Banquet.” 23

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F. F. A. First Row: E. Wallace. R. Grant. K. Magoon. L. Welch, R. Wentworth, P. Shepard. C. Bateman. Second Row: L. Tasker. E. Brown. D. Wallace, P. O’Neal. G. Demmons, W. Corson, Philip Guptill. Mr. Elsworth, Adviser. F. H. A. First Row: E. Lovely. E. Welch. J. Tuttle. J. Yeaton. P. Twombly, R. Hodgdon. J. Merrill. Second Row: Mrs. Dodge. B. Thiem, N. Witham. S. Folsom, E. Jacques. C. Hammerstrom. K. Neilsen. Third Row: M. Pease, M. Heath, B. Deem. M. Demmons, M. Lovely, A. Witham. 22

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On March 20, we joined the F. F. A. boys and had a “Sugaring Off” party. The syrup was furnished by the boys. The girls made the doughnuts and furnished the pickles. Everyone was invited to attend. There were about 35 present. During the lact week in March, the Freshman and Sophomore girls cooked and served dinners to the Junior and Senior girls. On May 9, about 15 girls and our adviser, Mrs. Dodge, attended the State Spring Meeting at Dover High School. We were very happy to find out that one of our members, Joanne Tuttle, had been elected State Vice-President. The highlights of the year was the nursery school which was held the first three weeks in May. Each girl was allowed to invite one child from two to five years old. There were twelve children present altogether. In May we had a candlelight installation for the new officers for next year. They are: President, Vice-President, Secretary, T reasurer. Song Leader, Historian, Mary Lovely Joanne Tuttle Sylvia Shepard Mary Lou Demmons Rena Hodgdon Karla Neilsen WOODWORKING CLUB WOODWORKING CLUB Left to right: D. Low. T. Geers, D. Bengtson, C. Bateman. E. Robinson, E. Wal- lace, C. Bane. Under the direction of Mr. Leskowitz, the new Woodworking Club met every Tuesday to work on individual projects. Some of the projects com- pleted were chicken feeders, wall shelves, a coffee table, shoe racks, and bird houses. 24