Fairbury High School - Trail Yearbook (Fairbury, NE)

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President Richard Iohnson crowned ldon- na Burkhart FFA Queen lor 1948 in an elaborate ceremony at the annual FFF.- FHF. barn dance. Her attendants were Shirley Snyder and Rllene Wittig. The much awaited annual FFA-FHA barn dance was held on Friday, April 2. Boys in overalls and girls in print dresses lound it necessary to crawl through a tunnel ot bales ot hay and climb over a gate in order to enter the gym which resembled the inside of a barn with lanterns and harnesses hung on the walls. Bales ot hay on the floor and a wagon gear, from which doughnuts and apple cider were served, completed the decorations. The evening was spent in both popular and square dancing, music being turnished by the Rhoden brothers with Harry Schenk calling the sauare dances. Other entertainment consisted DeBord, a nail driving contest tor the girls won by Dortha Garrison, a milking contest won by Harvey l-lardesty and a needle threading cone test won by Kathleen Luby. Then came the greatest event of the evening -the curtains parted revealing the FFA Queen, ldonna Burkhart, seated on a throne of bales ot hay. Beside her stood the attendants, Shirley Snyder and Allene Wittig with their escorts, Ro- land Mollenberndt and lohn Snyder. Richard Iohnson, FFA president, stepped up and solemnf ly placed an official FFA cap on the head ot the queen. Cider, doughnuts! shouted the F. F. A. boys at their annual Barn Dance where there was lun galore and refreshments to suit the occasion. Page 57

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Country Style The FFA is a national organization of, by and for boys studying vocational agriculture. lt is an intra-curricular activity having its origin and root in an actual part of a school curriculum -vocational agriculture. lts primary aim is the developing of leadership, the building of a more permanent agriculture and the improve- ment of country life. Members learn through active participation how to conduct or take part in a public meet- ingg to buy and sell co-operatively, to assume civic responsibilities, to finance themselves, to solve their own problems, and to speak in public. 'Activities of the chapter are conducted by eight standing committees appointed each year by the chapter. This year's accomplishments were: the building of a septic tank form and seed treater, cooperative purchasing of dairy projects, a livestock trailer and a concrete mixer, mineral mixingg spraying of the school lawn, project tour, poultry demonstration at a local hatchery, sponsoring of two educational meet- ings for farmers, a booth at the county fair, sell- ing of magazines, garden seeds, 2-4-D and DDT, mailbox signs, and fire grenades, one hundred percent participation in local public speaking contest, the awarding of two trophies by the Ki- wanis clubg the initiation of three state farmers, and an active basketball team that won the sec- ond place trophy in the invitational FFA basket- ball tournament at Milford. At the time of the state FFA convention and judging contests, twenty-eight members went to Lincoln where they entered nine of the state con- tests. Seven of the nine teams won ribbons in the FFA contests. Fairbury and Kearney were judged the state's best chapters. The chapter won first place in community service and in co- operation, Fairbury's parliamentary procedure team won a banner and Richard Iohnson, the public speaker, won a white ribbon. Highlights of the year consisted of the Iunior Fair at which eighty-two hogs, six baby beeves, ten dairy calves and ten head of sheep were ex- hibited. Other highlights were the FFA-FHA barn dance, the crowning of a queen and the parent-son banquet with forty-two members and their parents attending. Future goals of the chapter include organ- ization of a lunior Fair board, arrangements for a camping trip, plans for sending members to the national convention and the formation of a softball team. BACK ROW Cleft to rightj: Harold Germer, Dean Shultz, Gerald Dallman, Richard Dykmann. Dean Michels, Erwin Kriesel, Leland Wittler, Stanley Snyder, Marvin Hein, Allred Schoen, Richard Dux. THIRD ROW: Richard Johnson, Cal Dean Iunker. Norris Schoen, Harry Heidelk, Robert Regnier, Alvin Meyer, Marvin Paneitz, Richard Brunkow, Louis Meyer, Roland Mollenberndt, Donald Nieman, Iohn Snyder and Mr. Harold Duis. SEEIOND IRIOIN: DBob Snyder, Larry Amer, Darrel Iurgena. Russell Shultz, Alvin Brungardt, Harold Harms, Dick Turner, Darrell Bishop, tt , l l k , B'l1 H 'tt. vere C e G 6 un 91' 1 Y BW! FIRST ROW: Richard Schoen, Roger Schunelle, Wilber Hanson, Rabert Hammond, Harold Stewart, lunior Knobel. Everett Shinn, Glen- dale Mewes. Leo Milius, Dale Witt, Dennis McCord. Page 56

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Gals in Calico Mt' 3 ? it in F , , 7 K' . V Y ,535 BACK ROW flelt to rightlz Merlene Iordening, Minnie Rube, Ruth Dalke. Mary Ann Pavlicek, Martha Vculek, Mildred Eret. Leona Richter Wilma Hirsch THIRD ITOW: Kathryn hitch, Donna Snell, Anna Weidenhaft, Cleo Hummel, Ianice Eisenhauer, Mary lean Schwisow, Donna Leigh. Marlys Hummel Mrs Genevieve Fitch sEcoND Row: imiei llickman. iieam iiixiey. Lillian Hohensee, Betty wiii, viiiene Momiiig. virginia voiideiiiqiii. Myrna Mcciuie. Ioan Fraser FIRST ROW: -Marilyn Pleis, Buelah Lurz, Sandra Carrico, Loretta Brown. Bette Pleis, Patty Cobb, Donna Wilson, Letha Glassock. The FHA selection in the school chorus be- gan last lune as a bit of impromptu. The newly installed officers piled into the school bus and went to a summer camp at Lexington for Offic- ers' Workshop. There the retiring chapter president, lacelyn Leonard, became the first Nebraska girl to achieve the degree of State Homemaker. The FHA staff hap ily agrees that the clothing drive lor the needy in Europe WGS an eXll'UOl'd?HCIl'Y SUCCESS. STANDING: Lillian Hohensee, Ianice Eisenhauer, Cleo Hummel, Mrs. Gene- vieve Fitch. SEATED: Mildred Eret, Donna Snell, Beulah Lurz, Loretta Brown, Bette Pleis, Donna Leigh, Sandra Ccxrrico, Letha Glasscock. Page 58 The next movement was more serious. At the district conference in Crete it was decided that FHA would work with the Save The Chil- dren Federation to collect clothing for the shiv- ering little ones of Europe. With the co-oper- ation of the other school organizations, the stu- dent body and the people of the community, the Fairbury chapter amassed 725 pounds-- the largest single contribution in the state. During several quieter interludes, the club members adopted a uniform, built up a music scrapbook and sold taffy apples. Now the tempo became gayer, faster. At the Leap Year party the girls invited the fellows, paid the bills and supplied the food and entertainment. Next came the stunt night skit, which was frankly ragtime. And then, the mighty climax-- the Barn Dance. From there the music proceeded more slowly until Finale -the installation of officers at the Mothers' Tea in May.