Tahlequah High School - Tiger Yearbook (Tahlequah, OK)

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I beheve that to hve and work on 3. good farm 1S pleasant as well as ehallengmg clot l S CU lick Her Cal ion ic Tony' Mims and his dum? County Fira: 1 Champion Cl itster Vg hm Y 'S Bobby Hix anl his fir t plice trsu cow at the Cherokee County Hlf on it th Clitmkcc 1952 53 Accomplishments T-nhleqmh FF A Chapter men bers had 49 581 00 invested in livestock buildin s land and equipment These members ex hibited 7 rand champions 4 reserve rand champions 14 Cham pions 34 first place winners 21 second pl ice viinners 15 third place winners 13 fourths and fifths OUTSTANDING SHOWMEN WERE lvlac Cook Tom hfllllli lck MlllCl' ack Callco errx Xvebster 1nd Bobbi Hrx IUDCING TEAMS Land luclgm team Wllbllf Smith Bob bs Hlx Alvin lowell Mwtk Cook Georve Morgan placed 17:11 in the National contest and first in our district Mac Cook Tied for first in Distritt ersex contest Mic was llth high inclividml in the Nitionil lr Poultrx incl in contest at Fort Worth l'ex1s and 1 member of the 4th place team A barrow raised and fed bx ack Calico was the Reserve Grand Champion pi at the l9D2 American Ros il l ixestock Show Our F F A members planted 30 000 trees Our chapter owns and operates a 200 acre ieforestration forest- A 12 acre pasture project. Our members were on three television shows anal 14 radio proorams. Our nnior lvlaster Farmer cantlitlates arc lwlac Cook and Rus- sell Kelley. Our winner of National F,l7.A. Foundation awards are: Dairy, Mac Cook' Soil and Water Conserv ation. Russell Kelley' Star farm- er Mac Cook. Mac Cook prernts Phil Keller with a rex istereal Ierscy hcifcr.

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CC FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA Rn-MX-if N.. 'X FIRST ROW: Mac Cook, Ierry Webster, Wilbur Smith, Larry Richmond, Roy Cook, loc Lamons, Roger Fain, Mr. Hathaway. SECOND ROW: Benny Rice, Ierry Thompson, Billy Cordray, lim Cook, Coy Whitmore, lim Thomas, Harold Cassidy, Charles Martin, Sam McCarter. THIRD ROW: Bill Taylor, Dallas Scofield, Ray Thompson, Sidney Scorr. Bartow Hix. Marion Phillips Bobby Hix, Richard Kinsey, Dennis Clapper. MR. CHARLES HATHAWAY Instructor of Vocational Agriculture I believe in the future of farming with a faith born not of Words but of deeds . .

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4' Larry Richmond exhibits champion barrow. Our Community services include: F-F.A.1,,, l. Building a show pen at the County Fair. 2. Growing and giving 44 Christmas trees to schools and churches 3. Erecting a slide and jungle gym at the Bagley Elementary school. 4. Showing films for the Marcli of Dimes drive. 5. Remodeling and painting out building. 6. Decorating the courthouse square for Christmas. 7. Holding field days and taking part in them in pasture, shop, dairy, horticulture, and forestry. 8. Furnish emergency help to stockmen in prevention and con- trol of diseases of livestock. 9. Furnish emergency help to stockmen in prevention and control of diseases of livestock. 10. Open our shop to the veterans and farmers who want to use it. Our accomplishments help us to learn by actually doing the jobs which will earn us :i living and make better citizens of our members. .fi dCCOr.1ffng the I Own S qllare, , .assassin , Roy Cook exhibits first prize Holstein heifer in Cherokee County Fair. GREEN HANDS FIRST ROW: Bobby Ayres, Willis Smith, Dale Wheeler, Tommy Farguson, Lehman Eerls, lim Cook Roy Cook Co Whitmore . y -. SECOND ROW: Mr. Hathaway, Sidney Scott, Ioe Lamons, Robert Shewbart, lim Thomas, Harold Casady I.. D. Stevens.