Girard High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Girard, IL)

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FUTURE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA The Future Homemakers of America IS a national organzzatlon of chapters from jumor and Semor I-hgh Schools The G1rard Chapter IS one of the actxve clubs in the Gxrard I-hgh School Our meetmgs are held twxce a month m the Home Economxcs Depart ment conslstmg of both busmess and soclal act1v1t1es There are thirty five active mem bers zn the orgamzatlon the emblem of whxch IS being held rn the group picture The offxcers are President Phyll1s England Parhamentarian Gwendolyn Schelb Vxce Presldent jean Pryor Photographer and Reporter Marianna Secretary Evelyn Ball Redfzeld Treasurer VIVIBJI Hall Chonster Darlene Boehler P1an1st Joann Wertz Mrs Warren Redfleld IS the newly elected chapter mother replacmg Mrs Wesley Wertz who was the chapter mother the first semester Our sponsor is Miss Vxrgima Osborne Some of the outstandmg actavxtxes of the organ1zat1on have been managxng food stands State Faxr the work that was done durmg the school year sponsoring an all school party and a Mother and Daughter Tea and Style Show The goal of the organizatzon thxs year is to take a tr1p to St Louis in the spring on the money earned from the above activities The national convention w1ll be held in Kansas City m july of th1s year Thms club hopes to be able to send a delegate to this meetmg Phyllxs England THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT There are three courses being offered m the Vocatxon Agrxculture departrnent for the first year most of the time IS spent on anlmal husbandry problems the second year soils and crops and the third year farm shop problems We have an enrollment of twenty five m our three courses this year The Agriculture department spent a lot of time this last year developing the farm shop The following equipment has been secured for this shop an A C arc welder a power grinder numerous woodworking and metal workmg tools A large door on the north side of the shop was put on a track and rollers to allow easy open ing of thms door Tool cabinets were built and a definite place was planned for each tool in the shop with a silhouette of each tool drawn where it IS stored Some of the projects com pleted are a six row bleacher for the football field numerous hog houses of dzfferent types a wagon bon and some na1l boxes Some time was also spent on soil testmg for lime stone phosphate and potash require ments This work proved to be very mterestmg to the boys and this phase of the work wall be stressed an future years Some tune was also spent on grain judging and weed and crop seed identification Each boy enrolled also has a project where he applies what he has learned xn the class room. Most of the projecrs selected are livestock projects with a flew crop projects. The hog projects predominated. at the football and basketball games, conducting a magazine drive, exhititing at the . . I 3 ' .

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