Liberty High School - Torch Yearbook (Liberty, IL)

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THE LIBERTY TORCH 9999 .5 -G JL, fy! ,H THIRD ROW SECOND ROW FRONT ROW FHA Dxttrner J Spangl r M Whxtmore D Grxffm N VanZandt Babcock P Wlewel J Chass D Hxpkxns D O1tkf.r J Abbott Davldson L Exdson R Dlehl C hence J 'Neaterour J Johnson Glllum B Graff F Hahn S McDannald K Baird V Bufflngton Mowen M Fr1eden M Graff R Churchill F Pracht S Vlar Nelsen W Syrcle R Shaw Cutforth N Longl tt G McMahon QH1st I M Kaltenbach V P j Rossm1llerKPres J P Clark 1Sec yi P Ba1zerlTreas I J Carl l arl D Balrd Rep D Oltker Sg Ldr D SEA TED ABSENT R Kurfman G Jackson N Burkett E Qulncy MTS M'-1111nSlSP0l'1SOI'l P Allensworth R Leezer The 1954 theme We Measure Our Hopes W th F H A Calendar of ACt1V1t1SS F1rst and thlrd Thursdays of every month Regular meetlngs September Z4 House. of Delegates Meetlng Qulncy llllnols December 9 F H A Skatlng Party November 5 November December December Jolnt meetmg Reverend Robert Nelson Talk Mrs Gerald Graff Demonstratlon on Glo Candle Chr1stmas Ball Mrs Dean Slms Book Revxew wxth Tr1 I-I1 Y January Z4 Rev Albert Whltmore Talk January 27 F H A and F F A 1n1t1at1on February 18 Mrs Alxce Meyers March 27--F. H.A. Rally at Rushville April 1--Election of officers May 6--Style Show and Tea May 20--Installation of new officers 45

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THE LIBERTY TORCH TRI HI Y THIRD ROW D r L Exd o M Wh tmor Dor1sO1tker J Chase S Vxar D1 Graff F Pra ht J Joh son FRONT ROW Clark QP s Donna Oxtk CVIC P I J Carl QSLC yj D Hlpkx Tr I P B 1 r Qrep I D Baxrd lChap1a1n We sponsored a bake sale at Busk1rk's Hardware Store on November 5 1953 It proved to be very successful nettmg 30 OO We drew Heart S1ster names at the beg1nn1ng of school and kept them secret untxl the end of school We gave gxfts to our Heart S1sters on thelr b1rthday Chrlstmas and at the end of school The p ogram for one of our meet1ngs featured Mrs Robert Nelson who spoke to us on Personahty Development We had con cess1ons at the basketball game w1th St Mary s on February 2 1954 We also worked w1th the F H A onprograms for meet1ngs One of our Jolnt programs was a book revlew gxven by Mrs Dean Slms on the book A MAN CALLED PETER Our other Jomt meetlng was a Chr1stmas party We exchanged our heart slster glfts at th1s meetmg Thls year we renewed aff1l1at1on w1th the Natlonal H1 Y Fellowsh1p Th1s recogn1t1on 15 1n the form of a certlflcate s1gned by Douglas Monahan H1 Y Secretary of I111no1s We held OL11' 1nduct1on serv1ces 1n an assembly program on February 16 Our speaker was Rev Lee Anthony of W T A D who gave a very 1nsp1r1ng talk Agaln thxs year we sponsored the athlet1c banquet It was held on Saturday evenmg March 13 ln the Llbrary Our speaker for th1s occasxon was Mr Jack Kough of the Qumcy Youth Development Center We spon sored a skatmg party at Scott1es Roller Rmk 1n Qumcy on Apr1l2l 1954 wh1ch proved to be a success 44 I 1 1' vu - , 'lf r ' . . I' .ff '1 I f V X . V . A fl 'Q A . X . , - - 'L C. ittme , . ' s n, . i e, ' ' , . , . ' , R. 'ehl, C. Neece. SECOND ROW: Miss Reid QSponsorl, J. Spangler, J. Babcock, R. Churchill, M. Frieden, M. , u. c , . n . 1 P. re . 1, A er ' e res. , . 2 ' , . ' 'ns, l eas. , . a zz' . , . ' ' J. , . , S 0 . . . . . . , . , I 1, . , . , . , . , - . . I , . I . ' Y . . . ' . . . . , , . l

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THE LIBERTY TORCH FFA THIRD RO' McMahon K Ruhl K Leapley D Mowen K Grunden R Pg-gnon Tenhouse D Mountam B Lxnnemeyer D Blentlmger D Heberlem SECOND ROW Burton K Cooley E Leapley G Fessler T Tenhouse D Jmgst Clark D Syrcle M Grxifln D Knuffman FRONT ROW Mx' Slms Qsponsorl J QuxncylSec yl T Rec1hKPres l D Cutfgrth QV P l R Wexsenberger QTreas l J Ogle QRep l G Spangler fsentxnel l The Llberty Chapter of F F A had 2.9 members during the school year of 1953 54 Nxne of the above members were greenhands and were 1n1t1ated m January of 1954 After the electxon of the offlcers they attended the Leadershlp Tratnlng School for off xcers at P1ttsf1eld Some of the act1v1t1es were golng to the F F A N3t10f1alC0l'1VCUt10n at Kansas C1ty There were 14 boys and several adults attendlng The lnghhght of the conventlon was hear1ng Presldent Elsenhower speak When the conventlon was not ln sess1on we V1S1tCd several places of 1nterest mcludlng the stock yards the c1ty hall Kansas Clty Board of Trade General Motor Assembly Plant and many others Dur1ng the year our chapter made two appearances on KHQA TV The Father and Son Banquet was held Aprll l 1954 IH the llbrary There were 64 mem bers and guests present Our chapter was honored to hax e Donald Syrcle w1n the Swxne Award on h1s sw1ne project and records 46 , . - I N . N Y '. ' - . J -K , ,y ., A- ,g , K '-1 - I '- 4 1 . - f I , 579 -1'- ,. ' 'T' n n n D- . . , . , . ' , , ', . J. , . , . , , , , r ' ' , : . ' ' ' ' . I ' - l - - 1 . --- 1 - - r . . , . - V . , - . 1 y n , . 1 - - A A I . . . . .