Clear Lake Community High School - Lions Tale Yearbook (Clear Lake, IA)

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F. T. A. And gladly would he learn and gladly teach --Chaucer Seated -- Linda Melcher, Sharon Henson, Sylvia Burckhardt, Sandra Swale, Iudy Lerdal. Standing -- verly Duesenberg, Pat Henson, Linda Kotz, Phyllis Miller, Miss Chambers, Mary Io Conn, Karen Fisher. The Future Teachers of America, commonly known as F. T. A., is a new local club this year. The club is affiliated with the National Future Teachers of America. The Cerro Gordo unit was organized at Mason City in 1953. The purpose of the club is to inform students about the teaching profession. For this purpose meetings are held in the various member towns. The Clear Lake Chapter was host at the county meeting on February 10. There are fifteen members in the local chapter. Merit points are earned and a cer- tificate is awarded at the end of the year to the members who have earned 200 merit points. Points are earned through work in community and school activities, and individ- ual and group projects. The officers of the group were Iudy Lerdal, President: Linda Kotz, Vice President: Mary Io Conn, Secretary-Treasurer: Beverly Duesenberg, Reporter: Miss Chambers, Sponsor.

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F. F. A. Tis the farmer's care that makes the fields bear -Fuller Row 1 - Duane Toppin, Keith Zirbel, Robert Kellogg, William Rich, Iim Iackson, Wayne Zook. Row 2 - Gordon Djuren. Gerald Beek, Delton Dixie. Gary Martin, Ralph Hamand, Ierry Watson. Glenn Erickson, lim Dankbar. Loren Nelson. Ronald Franks and Darold Nuehring are not pictured. FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA The F. F. A. is an organization of farm boys who take vocational agriculture. The aims of the organization are to develop leadership, to practice agriculture, to encourage members to improve the farm home and surroundings, and to encourage and practice thrift. Each member has his own productive project which is designed to improve his financial standing. He also has a project which will improve conditions on his own farm. The chapter has projects which are carried out by all the members co-operatively. The group is current- ly renting a 68 acre farm and selling garden seeds to make money for the chapter. The officers are: Ron Franks, President: Duane Toppin, Vice President: Robert Kellogg, Secretary: Keith Zirbel, Treasurer: Wayne Zook. Reporter: and lim Jackson, Sentinel. 1

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LIBRARY CLUB Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time. Seated - Iudy Hoiiman, Mary Io Conn, Geraldine Hill. Standing - Iudy Heifner, Donna Evanson, Miss Sponheim, Iudy Pitkin, Nadine Tesene, Io Ann Iames, Fay Holmes, Patty Hansen, Dorothy johnson, Max- ine Hanson, Sharon Stuart, Marilyn Lindstrom, Mary Walls, Karen Duregger. LIBRARY CLUB The Library Club was organized in 1945. It helps to encourage a desire and an enthusiam 'towards reading among the students. The members are the school4 librarians. Their responsibilities are to charge books, to check circula- tion, to take inventory, to keep the library quiet and orderly, and to promote better school spirit. The officers are: Iudy Hoffman, President: Mary Io Conn, Vice President: and Geraldine Hill, Secretary-Treasurer. Sponsor is Miss Ruth Sponheim,