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

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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

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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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FUTURE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA FIRST ROW, LEFT - RIGHT: Joanne Parsons, Mary Frances Ratcliffe, Elizabeth Tull, Historian; Joanne Brown, Treasurer; Shirley Bradley, President; Barbara Malone, Secretary; Mary Evelyn Doepp,Vice President; Lois Trader, Barbara Ruark. SECOND ROW; Wanda Boz- man, Betty Nichols, Sandra Winkelvoss, Dot Jones, Judy Hensley, Naomi Pilkinton, Jean Marshall, Virginia Metz, Deanna Williams, Mrs. Middleton, Faculty Advisor. THIRD ROW; Janet Williams, Carolee Hastings, Rosalie Fields, Loretta Bethard, Patsy Calloway, Phyllis Pusey, Charlotte Murphy, Peggy Ruark. FOURTH ROW; Connie Riggin, Shirley Parsons, Virginia Livingston, Catherine Pope, Phyllis Lowe, Mary Jane Parsons, Nancy Lucy, Barbara filler, Peggy Wilson, Pat Walters. The Future Homemakers of America was organized in Wicomico High School in February, 1950. Since that time member¬ ship has increased to fifty girls who are interested in home economics and who have completed at least eighth grade. This club belongs to a state and national association, whose purpose is to acquaint girls with home economics and make it a valuable part of everyday life. F.H.A. colors are red for courage and determination and white for purity. The flower is the red rose, which is a symbol of good health. Most important is the motto Toward New Horizons, which signifies learning to live better today so that our lives and the lives of others may be better tomor¬ row. F.H.A. activities have included: serving at school banquets, being hostess to all chap¬ ters in our region at the spring business meeting, and planning and serving the annual May Day Tea. Plans for this year also in¬ cluded: filling a Christmas basket for a needy family, holding a Christ¬ mas party, serving as co-hostesses to annual regional and state meetings, sponsoring a Mothe r - Daughter Banquet, and completing work toward Junior and Chapter Homemaker degrees of achievement. --push this and turn that- 13