Boyertown High School - Bear Yearbook (Boyertown, PA)

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The All Work For a Bourrulul Harvest ach y a g f Vl o B y a ghbor ng s y Fut ta d at ul EalLtha ofth s of m v d th The Future Farmers ol Amerua Brunner Chapter rs a group of boys enrolled rn the course of xocatronal agriculture rn the Boyertown Hrgh School This organrzatron was found ed and was operated for the boys who will some day be farmrng or workrng rn a related rndustry Naturallv the whole program of work must evolve upon the basrs that all learning actrvrty should lead toward greater proficiency rn the field of agriculture This year of 1900 marks the com pletron of eleven years wor k Phe vw ork accomplished during these eleven years marked a policy of tryrng hundreds of various actrvrtres and keeping the good and discarding the chaff Each vear of school actrvrty rs a com ponent of a whole group of actrxrtres therefore this year rs the rmportant year as far as the present boys rn the F F A are concerned Let us then T1 enty tr btartrng with the field crop project last summer and on into the harvest of last fall the F F A members planted cultrvated and husked the largest corn crop that the chapter ever produced They harvested over 1500 bushels of corn whrch was sold to the members for feed for lrvestock In August 1949 the F F A members showed 42 head of lrvestock at the Kutztown Farr vrrnnrng over S600 00 rn prrze money Wrllram Kleman won the reserve Grand Championship of all breeds vrrth hrs Berkshire Sow In September at the Reading Farr the members of the Chapter again won over S5700 00 rn prrze money and Wrllram Kleman finally vron the Grand Cham pronshrp of all breeds whrch rs the hrgh est award to be attained rn a lrvestock show Wrth the openrng of school the chap 0 E e r a roup of armers in the 'cinity f o ertown nd nei i communitie receive honorar ure Farmers certificates for having done outs n ing work in their p r ic ar field. r a s w is presenting one ese degree to one an, farmers who receive em this year. The Future Farmers of America, list the activities and attainments. ' V' 1, ' ' N Q . . . I . . ' 1 7 ' I . l I' Q 0 - I ' . - ' y . w 7 . D Y. . U ' Q u V y U I I n . . . .Q 1 c 0 0 . . . D, 1 v - .1 . 0 71 0 . i . . . s I 1 I , . . . , . . 1 0 O Y ' 4' - vo

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ame tation Future Teachers oi America The Future Teachers of America meet semi-monthly with J. Rose, Secretary, S Miller, President: M. Dierolf P. Groft, Vice President: M Graham, C. Schlegel, D. Hoch D. Stahl, Mrs. Annabelle Fake adviser: and R. Weller. Mm Fake was a charter member of the FTA when it was organized. Library Club The L i b r a r y C l u b members help Mrs. Bierly, the librarian, keep the library run- ning smoothly. They are: G. Up- degrove, N. Moyer, J. Koons, D. Boy- ,M er, Scribe: S. Houck, Treas.g E. Aston, Sec.: L. Nuss, S. Slemmer, G. Weinsteiger, J. Grim, J. Conrad, J. Weller, G. Esh- bach, Mrs. Bierly, C. Gross, N. Hed- rick, D. Johnson, and G. Eck. Current Events Club The Current Events Club seems deeply engrossed in their magazines. They discuss all timely topics of interest, learn to be tolerant and learn to distinguish fact from prop- aganda. The members are J. Houck, Miss Hoch, adviserg P. Gerhard, J. Lochman, J. Nyce, W. Kulp, G. Yost, A. Gehman, A. Longacre, L. Kemp. Twenty one

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F.F.A. OFFICERS: R. l-less, Sec.g Mr. DeTurk, adviser: C. Hiryak, Scribe: H. Mathias, Pres.g M. Longacre, Reporter: E. Miller, Treas. ter engaged in the harvesting of fruit and the clearing of two brushlands for possible future corn planting. In Dec- ember 1949, a member, Carl Hiryak, won second prize in the Pennsylvania Electric Association essay contest. The award carried with it a prize of 350.00 for Carl and a corresponding award for the F. F. A. chapter. During the State Farm Show in Jan- uary 1950, two of our members, William Kleman and Henry K. Johnson, were elected Keystone State Farmers, which is the second highest award in the F. F. A. organization in the United States. After many hours of work in the field planting and taking care of their crops, Future Farmers Clark Spencer and Guy Reppert are rewarded for their efforts by selling a wagon load of corn from their fall harvest to the Siesholtz Coal and Feed Company.