Oakfield Alabama High School - Oracle Yearbook (Oakfield, NY)

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AGRICULTURE Agriculture I NCE more, for the third time, the Oakiield Future Farmers of America present a resume of the past year. A year ago the chapter was notified that their booth was selected for exhibition at the New York State Fair. After much work, the booth entitled Chapter Activity was built and exhibited at Syracuse. John Reed did the hand painting for the chapter. At the tinal judging, Oakfield received second place and forty-five dollars. During the week Kenneth McEntee and Warren Schaal explained to the public the main features of the booth twice each day. The Future Farmer department of the County Fair was instituted during August. The judging teams, placing second in apples and potatoes, third in horses and iifth in dairy cattle and poultry, brought home a total of twenty-eight dollars. The chapter won first in a county chapter contest by exhibiting its scrapbook. In the dairy herd improvement work, a second place ribbon was received for the records shown. Kenneth McEntee won fifteenth place in judging dairy cattle at Syracuse and a cash award. Rodney Forsyth judged applesg Edward Sharp, horses, Paul Roth, poultryg and Clayton Sharp, potatoes. During January ten boys made the trip to the Rochester horticultural show where Warren Schaal, Rodney Forsyth and Kenneth McEntee placed eighth in plant diseases. L. Reed, D. Cook, R. Forsyth, K. McEntee, E. McClurg and D. Martin made up the apple judging team. The annual two-day trip to Ithaca during Farm and Home week was very successful. Warren Schaal placed seventh against 101 schools in the plant disease contest and Kenneth McEntee placed third against 146 schools in the seed identification Work, winning an ever-sharp pencil as his award. Clyde Starkweather placed 20th in judging milk against 119 schools. Other judges were C. Sharp, Shopg E. Sharp, Live- stockg K. McEntee, applesg E. McClurg, potatoes and R. Forsyth, poultry. 25 ' .

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ALUMNI Marriages: John Genesky and Bertha Balbick. John Moy and Helen Schlofke. Rose Starkweather and Maurice Alexander. Helen Burdett and LeRoy Sanford. Margaret Hilchey and Earl Dennis. Elizabeth Reese and Harold Stockwell. Mary Angeles and Gene DeLenardis. Frank Rosone and Kathryn Liberto. Births to members of the Alumni: To Ray and Gwendolyn Roth Mantel, a daughter. To Edward and Bernice Connolly Kriner, a daughter. To Charles and Lois Pask Shanley, a daughter. To Alva and Thelma Whitney Kellar, a son. To Willard and Gladys Natzke Ohs, a daughter. To Richard and Caroline Williams Beebe, a son. To Frank and Betty Sanford Manarel, a daughter. To Frank and Mary Holliday Mickey, a son. To Frank and Elsie Cassaro D'Alba, a son. To Osborne and Marion Fuller Willson, a son. To Merrill and Brownwyn Thomas Clendennon, a daughter To Roger and Virginia Searls Sleight, a son. To Raymond and Corene Jenks Long, a daughter. To Wilber and Inez Brayley Unger, a daughter. To Earl and Freda Crenan Greene, a daughter. To Achille and Dora Marino Spaziani, a daughter. I' 24 'i

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AGRICULTURE Much interest was shown in the annual demonstration contest. Three teams were prepared, and competed before the General Biology class to deter- mine the winners. Rodney Forsyth and Kenneth McEntee won the local contest with their demonstration on Vaccinating Poultry for Disease. This team went to Corfu and won first prize and the chapter's first cup in competition with the other chapters of the county. In addition to the demonstraticn con- tests, various athletic feats were held wherein Robert Buckley placed fifth in the light weight wrestling, and Clayton Sharp and John Scopano took fifth place in the light and welter weight boxing matches. Clayton Sharp and Everett McClurg placed third in the ping-pong doubles matches and Kenneth McEntee won the welter weight wrestling contest and a blue ribbon. The chapter organized a soft ball team, touch football team and A and B basketball teams which competed in the intramurals with other chapter teams. The chapter purchased a set of boxing gloves during the winter. A 35 M.M. Argus candid camera was purchased and is being used by the various members to take pictures. During the winter months, a Bingo party was held at Batavia, a Christmas party at Clyde Starkweather's, a sleigh ride party at Edward Sharp's and a monopoly party at Kenneth McEntee's home. ' The third annual banquet was held in the Agriculture rooms April 9, 1940 with R. E. Francis, Guidance councilor from Benjamin Franklin High School in Rochester, as the main speaker. Awards were made which included ten regular award of O's to Kenneth McEntee with 6,250 points, Rodney Forsyth with 5,424 points, Herbert Wolcott with 3,828 points, Warren Schaal with 3,676 points, Edward Sharp with 3,461 points, Clayton Sharp with 3,045 points, Everett McClurg with 2,732 points, Clyde Starkweather with 2,573 points, Lorin Reed with 2,637 points and Richard Caton with 2,520 points. Robert Buckley, Donald Cook and Donald Rumble received emblems with 2,305, 2,142 and 2,139 points respectively. Robert Brundage won the medal for the highest number of points in Agriculture I with 1,665. As the ORACLE goes to press, the members are preparing for the Apple Blossom festival to be held at Batavia on May 18, and for the State chapter contest, results of which will be judged at the Syracuse Fair and with anticipa- tion of having one of its members awarded the Empire Farmer Degree. The Future Farmers. Future Farmers of America, New York No. 253 OFFICERS President ...111. .- Herbert Wolcott Reporter ,.1,, 1.11 Edward Sharp Vice-President 1--- Robert Marshall Watch Dog -,- ---I Richard Caton Secretary ..v. .-- - III.. Lorin Reed Adviser ---LY 2.-- J. P. Dermody Treasurer --- 1- Rodney Forsyth 1939-40 CHAPTER ROLL 1. Robert Brundage 8. Kenneth McEntee 15. Edward Sharp 2. Robert Buckley 9. Earl Potter 16. Willard Sharp 3. Richard Caton 10. Lorin Reed 17. Clyde Starkweather 4. Donald Cook 11. Donald Rumble 18. Herbert Wolcott 5. Rodney Forsyth 12. Warren Schaal 19. Robert Yunker 6. Robert Marshall 13. John Scopano 7. Everett McClurg 14. Clayton Sharp Learning to dog Doing to learn, Earning to live, Living to Serve 213