Rochester High School - Rocket Yearbook (Rochester, IL)

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ROCHP STP R FUTURF FARM? RS OF ANIFRICA Thls 15 the 1 lt u nth yt ar 1n the hx-story of th: Rochester F F A Chapta r W Q haw twu nty membn rs actlvc ly engage d ln Vocat1ona1Agr1 culture The alms of our organxzatlon are to dexelop leadership practxce thrxft encouragt scholarsh1p encourage better projects lmprove the home and 11S surroundmgs to develop character traxn for useful c1t1zen slup and foster patrxotlsm The offxcers of the club are Wayne Taft presldent Don Taft v1ce pres1dent Byron Braner secretary North Ross Treasurer Robert I'lQ1SS1Ilg6I' reporter Don Dav1s sergeant at arms and Mr Churchxll adusor At the be gmmng of the school year the offxcers and Mr Churchxll attended the F F A offxcers meetmg for Sect1on 12 at Lanphler I-hgh School ln Sprxngfxeld Plans for the actxvxtxes for the year were made at th1s meetxng On Saturday February 14 1948 we partxcxpated ln the annual poultry and gram judgmg contests at Petersburg lrhgh School Wayne Taft Glen Gmther North Ross Don Davxs and John Shlpman w1th Byron Braner and Robert He1ss1nger as alternates judged gra1n The poultry judges were John Raps W11l1am Davis Jack Hexss1nger James P1ckett and John Eyer wxth Eugene Sharp as alternate Other act1v1t1es mcluded the selllng of garden seeds sponsormg the Pra1r1e Pmoneers show a party w1th the F H A glrls hvestock judgmg contest da1ry judgmg contest softball tournament and State F' F A Conventxon Our motto IS Learnmg to Do Doxng to Learn Earnxng to Llve L1v1ng to Serve Thxs year our greenhand degree members were Don Faley John Eyer Claude Glbson Jack He1ss1nger James P1ckett and John Raps Our Chapter farmer degree members were Byron Braner Don Davms Glen G1nther Robert He1ss1nger Charhe Shxpman Johnnxe Shxpman Robert Slmpson North Ross Don Taft Wayne Taft W11l1am Dans Don Matthews James S1dener and Eugene Sharp. ., - 1. 4 . . ' X I 'u I I ' V i - - , . I I I . I- 1. I - I I ' ' ', i . K . . r , , I . , , I h i . . I s - I - e I - ' 2 . . u . , , , I - I - I I I ' I I - I I I I I I I I I I I 1 . , . , . . . - . . , . . I I I . , , I - I I - I , I I I I f I . ,, . . . ,, . I - I I I 0 I I I , . I I . I I . - ' I I I I I I - I I I I - I I I I I I I I I

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