Little York High School - Eaglelite Yearbook (Little York, IL)

Page 48 text:

Jutww J Row B Stokes R Free R Hess L Fredrlckson N M31t1D W Blddle C Earp A Davxes Last Row R Montgomery F Campbell R McVey R Clark H Kmney J Perxm R Darrah W Dame wood C Goff T Leschel W Boock D Armstrong K Phlllnps jjd Ummm J Booth, A Olson, R Darrah, H K1nney,R Clark, Mr Kelthlew FORTf FOUR O .gif A A gf nn ,F z' ggi? I 3 5 Front Row: P. Fredrickson, A. Olson, J. Booth, P. Larson, J. Melton, D. Ross, Mr. Keithley. Middle O I I I

Page 47 text:

Jutwm Jfnmrz, The Llttle York F H A Club was organxzed 1n the fall of 1940 It was declded to name the club the L1ttle York Learn AWh1leS The club flower was the red rose the colors plnk and purple Later a club song was adopted The club was very act1ve unt1l 1949 when the orgamzatlon d1ssolved However 1n 1951 It was reorganlzed under MISS Leaverton our adx 1ser New members Jolned and new offlcers were elected The off1cers were formally 1n1t1ated on the eve nmg of the Mother Daughter Banquet at L1ttle York Unlted Presbyterlan Church M1ss Anderson Med1a F H A advlser and the offxcers of the Med1a chapter came down to 1n1t1ate the new offlcers The F H A 1S a nat1onal organlzauon wh1ch IS subdlvlded 1nto reg1ona1 state and sectlonal un1ts lt IS composed of glrls who have had at least one semester of home economlcs Its pur pose IS to create better homemakers A member can earn three dlfferent degrees Junlor Chapter and State Mrs Franc1s Gax 1n was elected as the Chapter Mother for the school vear 1952 53 Mrs Ruth Hohmann home economlcs lnstructor IS the adv1ser Offxcers of the year are Presldent Ruth Burns V1ce Presl dent Mary Damewood Reporter and H1StOT13D Barbara Perr1n Parl1amentar1an and Student Counc1l Representatwe Lucllle Gavm Secretary Dyl1s Dawes Treasurer Theda Hall and Song Leader Dor1s Damewood FOPTY THRE L . , , . , . 7 ' v 9 y. . . . 1 ' v . , . . . , 7 7 1 - . , . . y. , . V ' . . , , . l , y - - 7 v v 7 1 . I . V. G ' y Y 7 v 1 , .

Page 49 text:

Jim ouffza 1401.1 yufwm The first Future Farmers of America Chapter of Little York was incorporated on December 27 1940 Such names as Melvin Parsons as President Don Smith Treasurer Howard Nelson V1C6PFeS1deHt Robert Roney Reporter John Osborn Secretary and Don Welch as Sentinel formed the executive commlttee of that f1rst chapter Other names included Don Bertelson Clyde Campbell Ted Cooper Robert Earp Jack Gar land Leslie Gu1l1nger Richard Nicol and Ed Smith as members This chapter was active until the end of the 1941 42 school year when the work of the Ag department was tem porar1ly halted because no teacher was available In August 1946 the department was re activated and a new F F A charter was issued on January 18 1947 The officers were Don Lee President Tom Stevens VICE President Charles Hamilton Secretary Howard Kinney Treasurer Billy Darrah Re porter and Everett Peterson Sentinel Other members were Raymond Stevens Eugene Galusha Dean Addleman John Bertelson D1ck Olson Bob Blackman Don Brownlee Jim Free Richard K1nney George La1rd John McIntyre and Niven McVey The F F A IS a self supporting organization l1m1ted to boys studying vocational agriculture 1n high schools and carrying on a program of farmlng Boys can retain their 3Ct1VE membership boys can advance from the Greenhand degree by meeting certain minimum requirements to the Chapter Farmer Degree then to the State Farmer Degree then to the American Farmer Degree There IS one State Farmer for approxi mately every 20 F F A members Illinois with around 495 chapters and 18000 mem bers had 17 American Farmers last year The local chapter can grant only Greenhand and Chapter Farmer Degrees The State Farmer Degree 1S conferred by the State As soc1at1on and the Amer1can Farmer Degree by the National Association Little York has had three State Farmers-Jim Free Jim Reynolds and D1ck Clark The chapter has never had an American Farmer This year our membershlp IS 28 one State Farmer D1Ck Clark seventeen Chap ter Farmers Dean Armstrong B1lly B1dd1e B111 Boock Bob Darrah Harold Kinney Phil Larson Richard Montgomery Andy Olson Kenneth Phillips Rondal McVey Franklin Campbell Charles Earp Paul Fredr1ckson Bob Free Dick Hess John Knupp and Jim Booth Green hands are B111 Damewood Arthur Davies Larry Fredr1ckson Clyde Goff Neal Martin Jim Melton Dale Ross Billy Stokes John Perrin and Terry Lescher There are 10 Greenhands The primary purpose of the F F A IS to develop boys for better leadership and to attempt to make better farmers because farming IS so much more compllcated and competitive than ever before The old theory that anybodv can be a farmer IS as wrong as anything as can be therefore all the aCt1V1t19S of the F F A and vocatlonal agriculture are deslgned not to make more farmers but to make better farmers FORTY FIVE I J . , . ' ' 9 ' , 2 v ' ' . 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 3 . . . , . . 7 . u . . y 1 ' . 4 . I l 1 ' . : 1 - 1 1 . ' I , 1 l 1 l 1 ' 2 7 ' ' Y 7 7 7 ' 7 Y Y . , . . , . , 7 . . membership for three years following graduation from high school. During the time of 7 7 1 ' ' . . . . , , ' , . . . , . A . . . u . 7 7 ' . . . - - . 3 - ' 1 ' ' 1 I 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 7 V . I 7 Y . 9 7 ' 7 9 ' l 7 . u . , . , . , 1 ' 7 ' 1 7 . 3 . 7 ' ' gg J! ' . Q , . . . u u l . . . ' V I