Hemingford High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Hemingford, NE)

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President-Corol Dyer explains the work involved in the FHA degrees to freshman Linda Campbell. FHA Turns 21; Becomes of Age Serving as officers for FHA were: Treasurer--Linda Campbell, President-Carol Dyer, Sponsor-Miss Ambrosek, Vice President-Barbara Becker, and Sec- retary-Sylvia Klemke. The Future Homemakers of America is a girls' organization which teaches the importance of home membership, encourages democracy in home and com- munity life, promotes international good-will, provides wholesome individual and group recreation and furthers interest in home economics. The only requirement to be an FHA member is to have successfully completed one semester of homemaking. To show progress as an individual, the girls can work for their Junior, Chapter, and State degrees. Recognized this year were Linda Rose, who received both Junior and Chapter degrees, and Linda Becker, who received her Junior degree. FHA Week, April 2-8, was highlighted with the girls dressing in honor of the 100th anniversary of the state; the week also marked the 21st birthday of FHA. Inter- national Day and a high school assembly were also part of the celebrations. FHA also helped sponsor the FFA- FHA Sweetheart Dance, the Pine Ridge Teachers' Asso- ciation dinners, and the FFA-FHA Pheasant Feed. In April Dixie Frost and Sylvia Klemke attended the State Convention in Lincoln. In May the top five newly- elected officers attended the district workshop in Kearney. The girls elected Mrs. Pat Thomas as Honorary Chapter Mother to assist Miss Janet Ambrosek, spon- sor of FHA for the past two years. Undo Becker, Linda Roes, and Barb Becker display their Centennial costumes they wore on Centennial Day during FHA Week. 21

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Hemingford's chapter of the Future Farmers of America was organized in 1966 when Mr. Jess Vetter came to Hemingford as a Vocational Agri- culture instructor. The purpose of FFA is to prepare young men in the field of agriculture so that they will be better prepared for a farming occupation. To become a member the boys must be currently enrolled in an agriculture class and he must carry a supervised farming project. This year the FFA helped with the construction of the Christmas Diorama. They also sponsored a booth at the Junior's Penny Carnival and they were co-sponsors with the FHA in a Pheasant Fry and the annual Sweetheart Dance. Officers of FFA were: Sentinel- Tom Gasseling, Secretary-Dick Zeller, President- George Bremer, Sponsor-Mr. Vetter, Vice President-Bob Dufek, Treasurer-Ron Solomon, and Reporter-Steve Hennings. FFA Prepares Boys For Farming Career Gory Riggs points out to Bill Walker how to put the leg braces on the feed bunks that were built by the FFA. At the FFA sponsored Donkey Basketball Game Gary Riggs discovered that staying on a donkey wasn't so easy after all. 20

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Controlling the business of the Pep Club ore, from left: Vice President-Mory Bruns, President-Carol Johnson, Treasurer--Joyce Reynolds, Secretary-Janet Prochazko, Sponsors Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Snyder. Pep Club and H Club At all the Bobcat sports the Pep Club is there to help promote school spirit. Through the Pep Club the participants in sports receive a higher incentive to do their best in a certain sport. For all the games and tournaments the Pep Girls decorated the blackboards and halls to increase school spirit and attendance at games. The main fund raising activity was the all-school play sponsored by the Pep Club. The money obtained from this project was used to finance the Pep Club ban- quet held in the spring and to help send the cheer- leaders to a summer workshop. The new varsity cheer- leaders and officers are revealed at the banquet. New Freshmen who wished to become members of the Pep Club were initiated in the fall. School spirit and yelling at games and pep rallies are not limited to just the Pep Club. H-Club members show their enthusiasm and school Janice Schledewitz is shown as she lights her candle at the Pep Club initiation ceremonies as other members wait their turn. Cheerleaders, Front to back left--Sylvia Klemke and Dorthy Rojos, center-Koren Winten, Doris Wood, Carol Ramsey, and Cheryl Benda, I eft—Mary Darveau ond Janet Gordon. 22