Ellinwood High School - Eagle Yearbook (Ellinwood, KS)

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V0A9 Biid i Busy Y cw Vocational Agriculture includes agricultural related occupations, farm mechanics, and Future Farmers of America. In its 14th year as a course at EHS, the curriculum also involved several trips to local farms to do veterinary work and to judge cattle. Under the instructor- ship of Powell Heide, the 39 members enrolled in agriculture studied farm procedures and then learned the proper application of them. Stu- dents also journeyed to other areas in Kansas to attend schools for judging cattle, poultry, swine, and sheep and farm mechanics. Vo- Ag boys were expected to wori on a personal project throughout the year. (TOP LEFT) Jerry Reames puts knowledge of the metal lathe to work while helping Bill Ahlgrim build a tractor. (MIDDLE LEFT) LaVeme Schmidt and Larry Kassel- man clean up after painting. (BOTTOM LEFT) Jerry Sieker aided by underclassman prepares to ride Ahlgrim's tractor. (TOP RIGHT) Powell Heide gives constructive criticism to Steve Soeken (BOTTOM RIGHT). POWELL HEIDI B.S. Vocational Agriculture I-IV Physical Science

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Qhuudpjd, omjAj giouf) fnojecfe Wibuukt, doMto The trades classes of EHS offer many students the chance to leave the normal academic atmosphere in favor of a more relaxed and less confining environ- ment. Within this department, building trades and metal working combine to teach students vocational abilities, while providing instruction on how to meet the needs of the typical home-owner. The building trades class laid a concrete sidewalk near the school bus stop as a convenience for the bus riders. They also constructed a large storage area under the north bleachers for track equipment and maintenance ma- terial. Assisting in other areas, they painted play- ground equipment at the grade school. They built a boy's restroom upstairs in the Eagles' Nest and painted the upstairs of the building. Learning the basic concepts and putting them into action consumed much of the time for general metals class. Students enrolled in this elective gained knowledge of alloys, casting, and the handling of molten metals. At the beginning of the course, students studied metals, welding, and forging and heat treatments. The sec- ond semester dwelt on machine tools, foundry, and sheet metal.

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Future Farmers of America - TOP ROW: Bob Peter, Marvin Sessler, Robert Bryant. Lester Achatz, Jerry Sieker. Kent Kasselman, Dan Soeken. Mike Lang, Steve Soeken, Jack Christiansen, Maurice Miller. SECOND ROW: Larry Kassel- man Bill Ahlgrim, Jerry Reames, George Carpenter, Charles Achatz, Don Lang, DougEggers, Clete Straub. Paul Schlocter- meier. Bob Ahlgrim, Ronnie Brown. THIRD ROW: Larry Coates, Roy Schloctermeier. John Achatz. Mark Doll. Max Christiansen. LaVeme Schmidt. Dan Meyer. Kim Churchill, Shawn Schartz. BOTTOM ROW: Powell Heidi, sponsor; Bruce Peters, Paul Achatz. Bob Lang, Kurt Rugan. Monte Heide, Kelvin Schartz, Jon Wirtz, David Schartz. FFA flA nks Busy Ywjv The Ellinwood FFA Chapter added 13 new members at the annual Greenhand initiation to make a total of 41 for the year. Headed by Paul Schloctermeier, president; Jerry Sieker (who replaced Ronnie Brown), vice-president; Marvin Sessler, sec- retary; Bill Ahlgrim, treasurer; Larry Kasselman. reporter; and LaVeme Schmidt, sentinel; the club sponsored many ac- tivities including its biggest money-raiser, the milk machine, and magazine and food sales. The Chapter enjoyed four eating fests; it opened the year with its annual get-acquainted picnic in September. It also enjoyed a duck and pheasant dinner, a chili feed, and offi- cially closed the year with the annual Parent-Son Banquet, a gala affair held in May. Throughout the year, FFA members participated in clinics on poultry, livestock, dairies, crops, and farm machinery. Two delegates, LaVeme Schmidt and Danny Soeken, headed the boys who attended the state convention at Manhattan on May 1-2. (BOTTOM LEFT) FFA officers greet members at the annual Greenhand Initiation. (BOTTOM RIGHT) A tour of the Vo- Ag building finished off an evening's festivities of an FFA meeting.