Holdredge High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Holdrege, NE)

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Vi EIEUFAM Y FRI wx? X 'rror of' ltr . A0171 'ey I C qxxlmllgi vo saw , . : ' u l':-GTC Viififs--Q - 37? 5 .ilss . . .3 Z , -+1 - -- ' 911-1.1. ,-, H Yr Y fi J.-,,. k.,'x ' 'Lil . Q X f'l. IJ M NN-fit If 'f -1 1 . NEW.. f ii C1 ef -iff ig, .I QP -wg' 0 sz 4' 'Cut-'Y Q AUV TQIQLE. scs i ln October, 1953, more than 7,000 blue- jacketed Future Farmers of America converged in Kansas City, Missouri, for their 25th Anniver- sary Celebration convention. Kansas City has been convention host to the Future Farmers every year since their first national meeting in 1928. The first national meeting in 1928, was at- tended by only about 35 boysg in the F.F.A. Band and Chorus, alone, six times that number participated this year in the national organi- zation for farm students of vocational agricul- ture in the rural public high schools. There are approximately 8,500 local chapters. The F.F.A. constitution, patterned largely after that of the Future Farmers of Virginia, was adopted by the 35 vocational agriculture stu- dents at the first national meeting. By the fall of 1929, 35 state associations had become affili- ated and the organization had 30,000 members. Membership now totals more than 350,000, with all 48 states, Hawaii and Puerto Rico repre- sented. In 1944, a separate organization, known as the Future Farmers of America Foundation, Inc., was established to provide a comprehen- sive national award program for F.F.A. mem- bers. Besides the Star Farmer awards, cash sums are given for outstanding achievement in such fields as Farm Mechanics, Public Speak- ing, Farm Safety, Farm Electrification, Soil and Water Management, Dairy Farming, and Live- stock and Dairy Iudging. State winners in the above contest win S100 awards. Among the convention speakers this year were President Eisenhower and Secretary of Agriculture, Esra Taft Benson. Postmaster Sum- merfield announced the F.F.Fl. postage stamp would go on sale the next day in Kansas City. Fin! How: Harold Erickson, Dale Rnderson, LaVern Iohnson, Teddy Wells, Raymond Iohnson, Gordon Soneson, Larry Lindstrom, Wayne Nelson, Waynard Iohnson, Bill Iohnson, Marlo Kreutzer. Second Bow: Stanley Fastneau, Lee Mattson, Leonard Rnderson, Bob Bergskoog, Luther Smith, Everett Sturgis, Dean Peterson, Louis Everidge, Iim Ostgren, George Peterson, Dee Haverty, Lawrence Peterson. Third Row: Iohn Wick. David Carter, Roger Olson, Bob Iohnson, Charlie Smith, Myron Cross, Ken Seeman, Clair Hoog, Wayne Rb- rahamson, Lindell Gummerson, Erick Ray Erickson, lim Henry Burgeson, Vernon Bachman. Page 42

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Mary Luke and Gari Hathaway take their turn at selling candy in the lower hall after school. Through the co-operation of its sixty-two members, the Duster's Darlings had a very successful year. Berdeen Kenfield was elected president of the group: Dianne Harmes, vice- president, Marlene Behrens, secretary, Carol Sue Nausler, treasurer, and Mary Luke, Student Council representative. Miss Peterson spon- sored the club. The freshman cheerleaders, Linda Brown and Iill Wagner, served as head cheerleaders for the year. Eighth grade cheerleaders were Coralyn Beck and Sharron Birth. The seventh grader elected was Carolyn Kizzier. This year, the cheerleaders purchased new uniforms. They consisted of purple corduroy skirts, purple turtleneck sweaters, and gold beanies. Girls attended all the junior high games, and had a special section at the senior high games. To help cheer their team on to victory, the Iunior High Pep Club girls sponsored two pep rallies, wrote on the boards in the various rooms, and, on one occasion, placed signs on the boys' lockers. They sponsored a mixer after one of their football games. The Duster's Darlings' main money project for the year was to buy a steel storage cabinet in which to keep their pep club supplies. They again sold candy in the hall after school in the afternoon. The annual athletic picnic, at which the junior high athletes were honored, was again sponsored by the pep club. First ROW: Merry Perry, Connie Miller, Carolyn Nelson, Sharon McNeil, Iill Wagner, Sandra Powell, Fludrey Matson, Carole Nausler, Connie Peiper. Second How: Miss Peterson, Barbara Layton, Karen Prietauer, Io Dell Peterson, Shirley Wilson, Karen Perry, Rochelle Meyer, Berdeen Kenfield, Donna Sheffield, Mary Kay Luke. Third Row: Marjorie Richardson, Marlene Nelson, Ioan Sparks, Connie Linquist, Iudy Wyatt, ReNee Peterson, Patty Marker, Nancy Tederman, Marlys Olson, Dixie Skeith. A YN' K- I Q.. vqwlrvl ,zrff kk . ,. ' it -ir. sir wsu if ,Q Page 41

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my Hrunpr. B T 4' Pausing for a picture are F. F. H. officers and spon- sor, Mr. Bachman. The EEA., Future Farmers of Amer- ica, Was the school's only organization which was directly connected with a class, vocational agriculture, and which gave training to its members in connec- tion With future vocations. This year's officers were: first semester, president, Gordon Soneson, vice-presi- dent, Ray Iohnson, secretary, Larry Lind- stromp treasurer, Wayne Nelson, news reporter, Ted Wells, student council rep- resentative, Charles Smithg sentinel, Way- nard Iohnson, second semester, president, Ray Iohnsong and vice-president, Kenneth Seeman. Mr. Bachman was the sponsor of the organization. The junior division was led by Clair Hoog, president, Leonard Anderson, vice-president, Bill Iohnson, secretary, Iohn Wick, treasurer, Marlo Kreutzer, news reporter, Myron Cross, sentinel. Besides attending the District EEA. contests in Kearney and Mindf n, the group had a pest eradication contest. Some of the social activities Were: a Watermelon feed for the Green Hands, the junior division, in September, a banquet in April, Parent night for the local parents and the Wilcox EEA. on Ianuary 18, and a pot luck supper. This spring the chapter took another trip, and two delegates were sent to the state convention. Dale Erickson, Iim Burgeson, Everett Sturgis, Erick Busy judging and identifying grain are Erick Bay Ray Erickson, and Larry Lindstrom work on a hog- Erickson, Bob Bergskoog, Bob Iohnson, and Roger house in the ag shop. Olson, Page 43