Red Oak High School - Hawk Yearbook (Red Oak, TX)

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Clay Townsend receives an award of appreciation presented to him by the DECA class. Tammy Cochran and Mike Dale participate in the fun and excitement of the banquet night. 1 . . ,k 3 Z.. ..,. h ,M-3-M any r ' 1 ete MQ. I . M be t'i f e f .t t.,, e e :vi i ng, fx, it . V.. ,. ky. ,W , . ,pii , ,.,. t i 3' ' L I .. '- -si ,, an-11 i .ga wk - . za mgifw tit, , rains L 1 -- ' -if-w-gigfsffe ., rw: W f i T Q, Jody Pratt, Tim Jones and fathen Mr. R.K. Jones, listen to the banquet program. DECA Ojjicers: David Lute, presidentg Mike Donoho, treasurerg Clay Townsend, sponsorg Karen Holcomb, sec- retaryg Mike Williamson, vice-president. distributive education 29

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DECA Should I stay in school or go to work? For students who might have asked that question last summer, there was a new answer. Do both. With the addition of a distributive education program at the high school, students could combine both needs. They attended classes in the morn- ing andrpicked up more credits by working part time under the super- provides work, study vision of Clay Townsend, vocational coordinator. Students in the program also be- longed to DECA, Distributive Educa- tion Clubs of America. They honored their employers with their first ban- quet, held at the Torch in Dallas last May when Don Shields, superinten- dent addressed the students and guests. 28 features Tim Jones works for his father while earning credits through the D.E. program offered for the first time this year at Red Oak. Waiting for the program to begin, Joe Baker relaxes with Donna Knight and Belinda Riley after finishing dinner. Enjoying the first annual DECA banquet are se- niors Glen Grier and Karen Holcomb.

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Chapter engaged Planting trees, catering banquets, building trailers and exhibiting live- stock were just a few of the projects that the Future Farmers of America completed this year. The FFA began their activities with the annual greenhand initiation where all prospective members learned and recited the creed as well as became fa- miliar with the aim and purpose of the organization. David Wolfe, a fresh- man, won the annual contest by recit- ing the 286 word passage. Each student in agriculture was re- quired to have some kind of project to pass the course whether it be animal or crop raising. Even though the boys were not required to show their in man projects projects, about 75 percent participated in the local show and about 20 percent in Fort Worth and Dallas. Advisor Jack Cook took care of such details as contacting judges and getting participants enrolled in the shows, but they did their own preparation. I think students ought to run their own organizationf, he explained. The chapter ran the concession stand through the football season at the junior varsity and junior high games. In addition, they repaired the playground equipment at Red Oak Elementary and installed more play- ground equipment at Wooden Inter- mediate School. 3O features Pete Anderson, Ruben Goodloe and Danny Suth- erland try to predict winners of the project show. Lee Jones, sophomore, grooms his calf in prepa- ration for the Fort Worth live stock show.