Wicomico High School - Tom Tom Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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DEBATING CLUB In the fall of 1949, eighteen Wi-Hi juniors formed a debating club under Mrs. Dick. In 1950-51, the charter members, now seniors, did not want to leave the club; so, the constitution was amended to permit seniors as well as juniors to be members. In 1951-52, we made our debut into the social world by promoting a suc¬ cessful dance. Now, in 1952-53, we feel that we have begun the next stage of our de¬ velopment. From a small number, we have grown to a membership of forty- seven. Plans are being considered for making two divisions of the club to stimulate even more interest in pro¬ moting public debates. It is likely that we can affiliate with a national debating organization in the near future. The officers for this year were: Danny Wagner, President; Carolyn Carey, Vice President; Lee Levering, Recording Secretary; Dot Richards, Corresponding Secretary; Jim Leutze, Treasurer; Patsy Elliot, Program Chairman; Mary Mac Dick, Historian; and Bill Smith, Public Relations. The major topic for debate this year was: Resolved: That the Atlantic Pact na¬ tions should form a federal union. Maybe, but I think ... FIRST ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT; Carolyn Carey. Vice President; Patsy Elliot, Program Chairman; Danny Wag¬ ner, President; Lee Levering, Recording Secretary; Bill Smith, Public Relations; Dean Wells. SECOND ROW; Mrs. Dick, Faculty Advisor; Delbert Kohl, Boyd Bounds, Tom Tilghman, Ronnie Bowers, Bob Parker. THIRD ROW; Lorena Thomas, Paul Ayers, Kenneth Evans, King Burnett,Mary Mac Dick, Historian; Betty Jean Twilley, Dot Richards,Corresponding Secretary. FOURTH ROW; Billie Mae Green, Betty Hubeny, Carol Trader, Andrea Wien, Patty Sullivan,Charlotte Hardesty, Loraine Byrd. 11

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JUNIOR RED CROSS The first of a series of Junior Red Cross meetings for the year was brought to order by our faculty advisor, Miss Roe. On October 28, 1952, we organized our group and chose the following officers: Kay Reed, President; Rosalee Lynch, Vice President; Andrea Wein, Two more drops in the bucket. Secretary; and Jean Morris, Treasurer. During the year we have had the annual Red Cross Drive in which we encouraged home¬ rooms to collect money for the less fortunate and needy fami¬ lies. For our project this year, we made bridge tallies and score pads to send to the Bolling Air Force Base. Don’t think it is all work and no play --at the end of the year we had a picnic as a re¬ ward for our interest and help in making the Club a success¬ ful one. FIRST ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Faye White, Andrea Wien, Secretary; Kay Reed, President; Rosalee Lynch, Vice President; Jean Morris, Treasurer; Doris Calcott, Pat Waller. SECOND ROW; Miss Roe, Faculty Advisor; Elsie Ennis, Lois Brown, Shirley Willey, Mary Belle Smith, Sonny Livingston, Harriet Agnew, Irma Jean Dodd. THIRD ROW: Donald Messick, Ronny Reinhardt, Richard Adkins, Jim Kenney, Richard Parsons, Bruce Conner. Bill Phillips Bruce Wilson. FOURTH ROW; Charlotte Murphy, Barbara Marshall, Anna Grace Dell, Alberta Parker, Adrion Nock, Charlotte Hopkins, Pat Ruark. 10

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FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FIRST ROW, LEFT - RIGHT: Alfred Ball, Howard Cul¬ ver, Donald Littleton, Secretary; Milbourne Adkins, Treasurer; Oren Perdue, Vice President; Edward Brown, President. SECOND ROW: William White, Eugene Parker, Herbert Bounds, Melvin Shockley, Bobby Col¬ lins, David Wainwright, Lee Davis, Bobby Farmer, Ronald Calvin Holloway. THIRD ROW: Lewis Riley, James Agnew, Russell Mumford, Ronald White, Mr. Cullen, Faculty Advisor. FOURTH ROW: Robert John¬ son, Jerry Hammond, Richard Thomas, Edward Hudson, Jimmy Hobbs, Albert Fry. Wi-Hi ' s F.F.A. has a short history, but the 1952-53 chapter has made fine progress. The most important act of the chapter was the sponsoring of an annual spring Father and Son Banquet. At this banquet, awards were given. The two most important awards are the Scholastic Improvement Award, given ”... as he picked up his hammer and saw.” for progress in scholarship, and the Star Chapter Farmer Award, given to the boy with a Chapter Farmer Degree who has been most outstanding in four years of agriculture. The F.F.A. has hatched pheasant eggs, raised and bred pigs, and this year they built and equipped a chicken house. The chickens were either sold or were entered in the Junior Chicken of Tomorrow Contest. Of four contests entered each year, the F.F.A. has had at least one winner per year. Two members represented Maryland in the National Vegetable Judging Contest in New York. Also, representatives are sent annually to the State Con¬ vention. This year a Club member attended the National Convention in Kansas City. Other projects this year included Christmas and Thanksgiving baskets for a needy family outside Salisbury, a radio panel discussion, continuation of the pig ring, and participation in the Farm and Home Show. 12