Nordhoff High School - Topa Topa Yearbook (Ojai, CA)

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Catch that hog! echoes through the Junior High building as Mr. Davis gets another meeting of Ojai's Future Farmers of America under way. The habits of a hog is only one of the many things learned by the FFA as is proven by all the blue ribbons Chapter 7 brought home from the county fair this year. Each member has a home project for which he may win an award, and in this way the boys really carry out their motto by doing to learn. In addition to their home projects the Future Farmers have group projects and fre- quently go out on field trips to learn the modern methods of farming first hand. This country-wide organization puts the future of the vegetables and bovines in capable young hands. W ' gr fx 'ri' fkx ' bor ' s 'F ,nf ,vo 4 f?ia'L10 D' Z X Striving lor better The gentleman who originated the organization at Nordhoff, Mr. David Davis, de- vers a fine point to his 1951 hopefuls. fated: John Gray, Ralph Donathan, Presidentg Larry Cooper and Jack Fullerton. Standing: Paul 'urbin, Terry Story, Tony Klicker, Benny Horner, Richard Hiser, Gerald Bess and jimmy Robert- nn. Not pictured: Reaford Wear and james Powell.

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These were the boys and girls who turned on the magic lanterns. First row: Richard Inman, Paul Durbin, Marcia Dimmick, Barbara Nweeks, Willa Carter, Tony Klicker and jerry Fullerton. Second row: Roy Archibald, Bill Ellis, jimmy Butterbaugh, Robert Fletcher, Gerald Bess. Third row: Ed Needham, George Biggers, Lloyd Phelps, jimmy Hunt, jerry Lewis and Mr. Taylor, Sponsor. Serving as president of the organization for 1950-51 was Paul Durbin. The nonchalant individual squatted by the flowers is unidentified. with pleasure Lights out, roll 'em, is heard in the dim room and another picture gets under way. This flair for the dramatic is a touch added by the projectionists club to their job of showing movies. During their free periods projectionists show movies in either the cafeteria, room six, or the auditorium. Since educational films have become an important part in the teaching of many subjects, qualified people to show them are in constant demand. To take care of that demand the projectionists club was started and has grown considerably. Students are trained to run the machines and can make expert emergency repairs. Mr. Taylor, the sponsor, has gotten the club on an almost independent basis, where the officers make arrangements and the projectionists run off the reels smoothly and professionally.

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The old saying Too many cooks spoil the w2NlAl'tfPy broth, doesn't apply to the Future Home- QC Qc makers of America. They have a decided ad- Q ' I 7 vantage since they are learning to be excellent if X 2, cooks, among their other homemaking ac- l' , Eg 9 72 complishments. The girls have many group 3 !l r O projects, such as sending boxes to home eco- ! av 4 F nomics clubs in Germany and lrnaking. up O Q - 5' Christmas packages for people in hospitals. 46 O Early in the year Mrs. Wentworth, FHA ad- ALP0 ,NQJIL visor, and three representatives of Ojai at- NEW YV' tended the state convention at Asilomar in order to learn what other FHA clubs in Cali- fornia are planning to do in future projects, ldl'lTIS dflCl l'10fTl6S 6 2 , .t1fl,,Q, 7 Few are so able as these girls. First row: Mrs. Doris Wentworth, sponsorg Mae Stanford, Margie Rhine, Willa Carter, President' Beatrice Rodriguez, Alice, Varnedoe, Beverly Thompson. Second row: Coral Hamby, Roberta Tindle, Wanda Drye, Roberta Carriger, Sharon Gray, Dixie Cook, Virginia Higinbotham. Third row: Doro- thy Firebaugh, Orlanda Wear, Marcia Dimmick, Pauline Mayer, Donna Russell, Lorraine Hun- saker, Noreen Pugh, Lorane Sawyer, Eleanor Krabiel, Mickey Driskell, Shirley Tonkinson, Betty Roberts. Not pictured: joelyn Pool.