Orion High School - Charger Yearbook (Orion, IL)

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f. f. a. The Orion chapter of l7.F.lX. has forty-two members this year working for their motto: Learning to dog Iiarning to liveg Doing to learng Living to serve. They began the year by electing the following officers: T',1'CSlClClll .,..v,,, ,.... . . .... VVillard johnson Yice-President .,,......, Lyle Grundstrom Secretary-Treasurer ..,. ..... D onald Schillinger Reporter .................... VVayne Kindelsperger Sentinel .... ......... G erald Malmen Advisor V,,,Y,,..,,,,. .,..,t.,....,,,,........,,,....r..,.........,..,. ........,..,....t.... B I r. Raymond Kuhn The FF..-X.. together with the F.H.A., sponsored the concession stand at the home football games. We also worked with the FHA. in the construction of a Hoat for the Orion Corn Show. Our club helped sponsor the junior Corn Show. 'Formal initiation of the green hands and the picking up of corn from the helds were the main activities for November. The fourteen boys who attended the International Livestock Show in Chicago, gave reports of their trip at our December meeting, at which time we also had a Christmas party and an exchange of gifts. - Qur FF..-X. Father-Son banquet, an event to which all the boys and their fathers look forward, was held March l-l. 1950. The next month, plans were made for the Sectional FF..-X. judging contests. We also discussed soil conservation plans and the l7.l7.A. judging contest. At the llnal meet- ing we made plans for delegates to attend the state FFA. meeting at Champaign. ln con- clusion a report was given on the Chapter's progress during the year.