Franklin High School - Log Yearbook (Franklin, VA)

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School Life limmy shows his beautiful legs as he parades across the stage in the Mr. Beautiful Contest. Wayne Jones, president of the F.B.L.A. works at the book store each morning selling school supplies. The F.B.L.A. is the club of the Future Business Leaders of America. This organization helps to encourage students to become leaders in the world of business. It had many interesting projects throughout the year. It presented a skit for the visiting Windsor F.B.L.A. The Mr. Beautiful contest is a highlight of the year. Sponsored by the F.B.L.A., contestants in the contest are football players who model their beautiful physiques. The one with the largest amount of money is crowned Mr. Beautiful of the year. S ' Posters are made on Thursday afternoon for the big football game Jewel and Becky use team work as they cut the posters to be placed Friday. around school. The Pep Club is a very active group of the school. This club helps promote the spirit of F.FLS. by making posters before football games to be placed around the school and also by decorating the goalposts at the football field before each home game. During basketball season the Pep Club decorates the gymnasium by placing long posters on the walls. At all times the members sit together at games and promote spirit. This year the members of this club also started a flash card section. The students involved in this group displayed these colorful cards at many of the football games played at our field. 1 1

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Clubs Add to The Hi-Y check in coats at the home basketball games. The members of the Tri-Hi-Y collected for the Community at school. The Hi-Y, along with the Tri-Hi-Y, is a young men’s Christian association in high school committed to a Christian purpose. The Hi-Y is affiliated with the YMCA in the community. The club’s purpose is to create, maintain, and extend better standards of Christian character. The Hi-Y does a variety of projects throughout the school year. The members are responsible for giving devotions each Monday morning. These boys also check coats and hats at the door at basketball games. Linda and Chris fill envelopes with T. B. seals. Devotions are given by members of the Tri-Hi-Y clubs each Monday. The Tri-Hi-Y is a girl’s Christian organization formed to help the school and the community by participating in varied projects. The members give devotions with a Hi-Y member each Monday morning. The girls prepared a Christmas basket for a needy family. It’s members “stuff’ envelopes which were sent to the residents of the town containing T. B. seals. The Tri-Hi-Y also collected money for the Community Fund at school. The programs of this club’s meetings are interesting and varied. 10

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Varied Clubs Help The Beta Club helps students disci- pline themselves by trying to maintain an average of 90 or above. While this is one requirement, a Beta member must have worthy character, a commendable attitude, and be approved by the head of the school. The purposes of the club are to stimulate effort, to reward achievement, and to encourage members to continue their education after high school. This club sponsors various pro- jects throughout the year to pay for their chaperone’s trip to the National Beta Club convention. Susan consults Miss Evans about the varied projects of the Beta Club. The F.H.A. is the club of the Future Homemakers of America. These girls take home economics and learn the various homemaking aspects. Each morning a F.H.A. member is responsible for preparing the coffee to be placed in the teachers’ lounge. These girls do many other activities such as serving refreshments at faculty meetings, pre- paring meals for invited guests, and collecting for UNICEF on Halloween night. Other than cooking, these mem- bers learn to sew their own clothes. F.H.A. members place the coffee for the teachers in the lounge before school. The Library Club is an organization consisting of girls who are interested in the various phases of library work. Most members assist Mrs. Gadberry in the library. They are active during their study halls, at lunch periods, and after school. These girls learn the many tech- niques of keeping a library in order. The club meets once a month and has very interesting programs. One of special interest was a talk by Susan Hancock of her trip to Europe. At another meeting the experienced members taught the incoming members the different aspects of the library work. Connie Babb seems to be studying while she has a free minute as she assists Mrs. Gadberry in the library. 12