Northside High School - Horn Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

Page 79 text:

BettySue Springer, a prettyg b1ue-eyedfresh- man, was selected by the F,F.A. to represent them as their sweetheart. She took part in the annual Texas Southwestern Vegetable Day where she reigned over the mustard and turnip greens. In the Western Livestock Parade Betty Sue r ode in a gaily decorated convertible sponsored by the F.F.A. The chapter was ve r y proud of Betty Sue when she placed among the top six in the selection of the District Sweetheart at the annual District F,F.A. Banquet at the Gunter Hotel. She made a lovely picture in a blue formal. It's easy to see why the F.F.A. boys chose Betty Sue Springer as their 1955-56 Sweetheart, -41001 The FFA Chapter was well represented in the ,van ipening parade of the San Antonio Livestock Show ry one large float, complete with their western band, and a new convertible featuring the Sweetheart. iere we find Betty Sue helping some of the boys decorate the float. This impressive g r o up of Future Farmers displayed some of the awards of the Northside F, F, A. Chapter. Some of them are first in the District F, F, A. Quiz and Dairy Products, sec- ond in Poultry Judging, first in Area Livestock Judging a nd Tractor Driving, and second in Dairy Judging. 75

Page 78 text:

4.61.4 The Future Farmers of America is an organization devoted to developing the qualities of character and leadership in the farm youth of our country. As farmers and ranchers are often called the back- bone of the nation, one can easily see the impo r tanc e of making them capable, efficient leaders in their communities. The motto of the Future Farmers is self explanatory-- learning to do. . .doing to learn. . . earning to live. . . living to serve. Each phase of this motto is amply c a r r i e d out by every busy F.F.A. member. Every club member works, learns, enjoys, and most of all achieves. FIRST ROW: QLEFT TO RIGHTjg Allen Meyer, Stanley Acker, Phil Ljundahl, Cary Chambers, Cal- vinfBoenig, Rudolph Terrazos, Henry Neri, Charles Klein, Clark Winegardner, Marvin Niebuhr, Gus Menn, Billy Fowler, and Jim Furman. SECOND ROW: Walter Cheek, Fred Ewert, Bobby Oefinger, Don Davenport, Kenneth Cox, George Chambers, HenryStrosse r, Jimmy Knowlton, Betty Sue Springer Sweetheartg Don Wideman, Mr. Marvin Finto, Sponsorg Mr. Edward Farris, Principal: Gary East- wood, Louis Gravell, Geoffrey Fowler, George Steubing. THIRD ROW: Paul Stroud, Jack Herron, Melvin Krahn, Alan Peyton, Milton Burrell, Charles Toepperwein, Milton Klabunde, Eugene Robbins John Bonewald, Milton Stolte, Herbert Jonas, Max'Toepperwein, Harold Voigt, Jack Moore, Johnny Pepper, George Asher, Bob Griffin, Leonard Essex, Billy Springer, Martin Guerrero. FOURTH ROW: Howard Kelley, Robert Jonas, Freddy Meyer, Walter Schupp, Willie Mutch, Bill Ljundahl, Lloyd Arch, Ervie Braun, Paul Ohlenbus ch, Donald Potter, Walter Schwarz, Micky Barnes, David Zwiener, George Asher, .Toe Seiter, Danny Guerrero, Jerry Morgenstern, and James Benke. 1 I 74

Page 80 text:

F. F. A. fcontinuedl . i 'Wig' .z.',9, J Phil and Bill Ljundahl pose with their lambs that were entered in the San Antonio Livestock Show. The boys spent hours grooming the lambs. Aren't they cute? Phil Ljundahl fon the leftj, Eu- gene Robbins, 81 Bill Ljundahl show their Angus steers. 76 A proud Future Farmer, Jam es Benke, and Oscar, his Duroc barrow, pose at the San Antonio Livestock Show, if sr... fi 35,1 Here is Sunshine Donna Korndyke, the Z6 year old Holstein cow that proudly displays a red rib- bon from the San Antonio Livestock Show. Bobby Oefinger tells us she weighs in at 1100 lbs.