Pink Hill High School - Hornets Nest Yearbook (Pink Hill, NC)

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oe e me F.F. A. officers are Donnie Taylor, Donald Houston, Basel Hildreth, Virgil Murphy, Arthur Turner, and Harold Smith. STUDYING VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR BOYS At Pink Hill School, vocational agriculture not only helps boys become established in farming, but it seeks to prepare boys for careers in agriculture. Each year there are 15, 000 opportunities for college graduates with agricultural degrees and only about 7,000 graduates to meet this need. Future Farmers in the FFA are taught to practice brotherhood and to fulfill responsi- bilities by aiding local people. This chapter of the FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA has proved to be one of the most outstanding recorded at Pink Hill School. These boys have placed high in county and state events, and they have earned the respect of the entire student body because of their worthwhile projects. 34

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of America The Future Homemakers of America participated in various activities during the year. In the fall they had their annual banquet where degrees of achievement were conferred on the members who had earned them, They attended the State Fair in Raleigh and the District Rally in New Bern where they parti- cipated in the program, At Christmas the girls made and sold baked goods to raise funds for the club treasury. Annie Ruth Boyette, Elaine Dail, and Mrs. Nancy Jones prepare fruit cakes for the bake sale to be held on the day of the Christmas parade, Although the day of the bake sale was cold and rainy and the Christmas parade called off, the girls sold all of their goods. With helpers like Betty Brewer, Martha Hill, and Sharon Smith, how could they fail?! The result of Betty Lou Sanderson's efforts was a beauti- ful cake. Mrs. Nancy Jones, advisor, is reviewing one of her home economics classes for mid-term exams. 33

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The Pink Hill Chapter of the Future Farmers of America took first place in the state in tobacco judging. The team members are Mike Hatch, Virgil Murphy, Donald Houston, Arthur Turner, Ed Greer, and Donnie Taylor. An annual F.F. A. money-raising project is the building of mail-box posts. Donald Houston, Virgil Murphy, and Hilton Jones are putting the second coat of paint on them before sale. Although the town's December 16 Christmas parade was called off because of rain, the school displayed its floats on Monday morning to the school children. On this bitter cold day, Charles Smith, Arthur Turner and Larry Howard rode the F,F,A, float. An annual occasion for both F,F,A, boys and F,H.A, girls is the trip to the state fair, accompa- nied by F,F,A,. advisor, Mr. John Worthington. 35