Oakfield High School - Acorn Yearbook (Oakfield, ME)

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ACTIVITIES Oakfield Chapter Future Farmers of America New York, No. 253 F. F. A. Members The Future Farmer Chapter in its second year has diminished in size, but accomplishments made during the past year have made up for this decrease. In beginning where the 1938 Oracle left OH, we find that Paul Caton, after having won the county horse-shoe pitching tournament lost out in the sectionals held at Akron. The chapter project of an acre and a half of green tomatoes was carried through to completion with many boys being given the credit for its success. The boys in the chapter realized a labor income of 2543. During the summer of 1938, two meetings were held to take care of the necessary business. A judging team took part in the Dairy Field Day held at Batavia Fair grounds. During the latter part of August, Paul Roth, Kenneth McEntee, Robert Wright, Herbert Wolcott, and Donald Parsons took part in the annual State Fair program at Syracuse. As the fall season came on, a touch football team was organized which won two games over the Elba Aggies by the score of 21-0 and 7-0. In November, the annual fall judging contests were held at Alfred, and Rodney Forsyth and Everett McClurg placed third in judging apples. The first social event of the chapter was held at the home of Clayton and Edward Sharp a few days before Christmas. An A and B basketball team was formed and played in the intra-murals during the winter months. The A team lost out in an extra period. game to the Juniors and consequently, lost the first half in the league. The A team won three games against the Elba Future Farmers and both the A and B teams won over the Alexander Ag. boys. 62

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ACTIVITIES Dance Club NE of the newer girls' organizations of high school is the Dance Club which is under the supervision of Miss Meadoff. During the year the girls work- ed on two compositions-a Modern Dance with music by Cyril Scott and Dance Macabre with music by St. Saens. These were presented in the Demonstration along with a waltz to Maytime. The dance as a persistent human activity is a vital factor in contemporary culture both in its lay and in its art forms. The work in dance affords a com- mand of the field through experience in movement, critical judgment of form through work in composition and understanding of the place of the dance in society. The basic method used, is that of the modern dance. This does not preclude the incorporation of other methods. The method is that of group ac- tivity for those students whose interests lie in the direction of the dance. Miss Schuler, accompanist for the organization, selected the music for the dances and Mrs. Arthur Martin made the modern dance dresses. Bessie Bucceri Regina Ohs Erma Caton Frances Pask Catherine Desimone Filippina Pilato Rowena Hoertz Jean Root Marie Lesso Ruth Seaburg Rose Madonia Marion Snyder Patricia Martin Lillian Nyquist Dorothy Mullaney Jane Wiktor G1

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ACTIVITIES About ten boys made the trip to Rochester to the horticulture show and took part in the many contests. A plant disease team, represented by Rodney Forsyth, Kenneth McEntee, and Warren Schaal, placed ninth. On February 1, Everett McClurg, Paul Roth, Kenneth McEntee, and Warren Schaal took advan- tage of an opportunity to broadcast over station WBEN. Each boy took a part of the motto, Learning to do, doing to learn, earning to live, living to serve. The annual two day trip to Ithaca was made during Farm and Home week in February. Ten boys made the trip and took part in the many activities held for the Future Farmers during that week. Kenneth McEntee, representing this chapter in plant disease, placed sixth in the contest in which 85 schools were represented. Paul Roth and Clayton Sharp acted as delegates to the leadership training school. The second annual Future Farmer Banquet was held in the agriculture and kindergarten rooms, the evening of April 18. About 100 parents and friends were present and enjoyed an interesting program. Mr. B. H. Darrow, Educa- tion Director of station WBEN, Buffalo, was the principal speaker. Awards were given out to the Future Farmers in recognition of their work for the fiscal year ending April 1. Kenneth McEntee was awarded the regulation letter and gold pin for obtaining the highest number of points in the activity contests, the number being 4621. Others to receive letters were Paul Roth, 43355 Ev- erett McClurg, 4241g Herbert Wolcott, 3578g Rodney Forsyth, 35653 Edward Sharp, 34313 Warren Schaal, 2555 and Clayton Sharp, 2525. Donald Cook won the medal for outstanding AG I member. Clyde Starkweather won first prize in the Dairymen's League District contest and a prize of 55.00. On May 2, the county demonstration contest held at Elba was won by Rodney Forsyth and Kenneth McEntee by showing how to caponize cockerels. This same team won Western New York honors by winning at Alfred on May 5. On May 20, this team competed against six sections in the state to determine the team to represent New York in the World's Poultry Congress to be held at Cleveland, Ohio. Dairy cattle were also judged at Alfred. In reward for their ac- tivities during the year, the Oakfield Oakie Chapter has been selected as one of the six chapters in the State to construct a booth in the State Fair in August, 1939. The minimum award will be 840. Already, plans have been made to estab- lish a Future Farmer Department in the Genesee County Fair, which will include judging exhibits, chapter contests, dairy herd improvement contests, and a general booth exhibit. As the Oracle goes to press, the horse-shoe tournament is starting along with a softball team in the intra-mural league. Although many desired to enter a float in the apple Blossom Festival held at Geneva, it was voted not to do so because of the distance the iioat would have to travel. However, should the festival be held in Batavia another year, the Oakfield Future Farmers will take part. As we close our second year, we have aspirations towards another success- ful year, the third. The Future Farmers. 63