Martinsville High School - Artesian Yearbook (Martinsville, IN)

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Future Homemakers Observe Chosen by the Future Homemakers as officers for the year are, bottom row, Phyllis Steinway, par¬ liamentarian; Sara Pearcy, president; Gracie Adkins, vice-president; second row, Coletta Hacker, song leader; Karla Alexander, historian; Eileen Bales, secretary; top row, Donice Prather, corresponding secretary; Agnes Warner, reporter; Naomi Bales, treasurer. BOTTOM ROW: Nancy Parks, Margaret Curtis, Drucilla Savage, Louise Weaver, Lena Reynolds, Wanda Bunch, Mar¬ tha Evans, Joan Kitchen, Eileen Bales, Shirley Bennett, Edith Brummett, Lois Ennis, Norma O’Neal, Janice Ward, Virginia Williams. SECOND ROW: Mrs. Richardson, Phyllis Whited, Marilyn Steinway, Sue Deck, Phyllis Hamilton, Vida Everroad, Janet Fisher, Donice Prather, Karla Alexander, Marcia Cooper, Coletta Hacker, Carol Meredith, Nina Champlin, Joan Anderson. TOP ROW: Agnes Warner, Phyllis Steinway, Sara Pearcy, Gracie Adkins, Marlene Ful- ford, Donna Garrison, Wanda Rohl, Joyce Hurt, Vivian Pratt, Dee Hine, Naomi Bales, Dixie Collins. The Martinsville chapter of the Future Homemakers of America is recognizing its fifteenth birthday this year, having been af¬ filiated with the state and national chapters since September, 1937. The club receives its policies, purpose, motto, and ideals from the national organization. In order to keep abreast of all the latest doings in the F. H. A. world, half of the 43 club members, accompanied by one of the Chapter Mothers, Mrs. Walter Smith, and the new club sponsor, Mrs. Ita Richardson, at¬ tended the fall district meeting October 13, at Brown County State Park. Delegates will also be sent to the district spring meeting and the state convention at Purdue in June. The activities of the F. H. A. are many. The Christmas Tea, with the faculty as guests, and the F. F. A.-Exchange party are just ex¬ amples. Also both formal and informal initia¬ tions are held. At this year’s informal initiation, a gala affair, the pledges were dressed as gypsies and escorted to homes in the community by their “big sisters.” Each pledge was required to do some menial household chore for the family. Observance of F. H. A. Week, a two-year- old innovation, was begun by the attendance of the whole chapter at the First Christian Church. Page Twenty-two

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Fifteenth Birthday with Variety of Activities Money-making projects play a prominent part in the club schedule. Selling candy at the noon hours, supplying workers for con¬ cessions at the ball games, and sponsoring the Dixie Four on March 24 were all means of increasing the chapter’s funds. Much-needed fluorescent lights, furnished by the group with the aid of school funds, were added in the sewing room, which doubles as the place for their bi-monthly meetings. The F. H. A. is open to all girls in grades ten through twelve, and the only requirement for becoming a member is at least one year of home economics. Membership is main¬ tained by earning a specific number of points, awarded for participation in the various activities. Points earned in F. H. A. activities also count towards honorary degrees of Junior Homemaker and Chapter Homemaker. These points can be earned by such activities as donating to baked goods or rummage sales, working on committees, working on ball-game concessions, attending church, attending reg¬ ular meetings and initiations, and participat¬ ing in special club activities. Each girl could watch her progress in point-making as stars were placed after her name on a chart in the chapter meeting room, presided over this year by Mrs. Ita Richardson. The gala event of the year is the F. H. A. Christmas tea. Members of the faculty are special guests, but all homemaking students are served as well. Chapter President Sara Pearcy is pouring for Gretchen Parmerlee, Joan Kitchen and Coletta Hacker. The formal initiation was the usual candlelight affair, with officers swearing in the awed candidates for membership. Page Twenty-three