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

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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

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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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FUTURE TEACHERS OF AMERICA FIRST ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Ida Hove. Correspond¬ ing Secretary; Nancy Laws, Treasurer; Kathleen Living¬ ston, Vice President; Betsy Langeler, President; Anne Burns, Recording Secretary; Virginia Nock, Parliamen- ”Think you want to be a teacher?” The H.C. Byrd Club, Future Teach¬ ers of America, is named for a famous educator, Dr. Harry Clifton Byrd, President of the University of Maryland. This club is affiliated with the Mary¬ land State Teachers Association and the National Education Association. It of¬ fers young people activities through which they can improve themselves and cultivate the qualities of personality and character which are the foundations of tarian: Elizabeth Ellis. Historian SECOND ROW: Bar¬ bara Stockman, Norma Pollitt.Joan Askey.Mrs. Taylor, Faculty Advisor; Mary Mac Dick, Ruth Davis, Alberta Parker, Connie Kilmon. Becky Flurer, Mary Rue Dallas. successful teaching. The members in¬ vestigate the advantages of making teaching a career and find specific in¬ formation about the opportunities in the various fields of education. One of the highlights of the year was a trip to Pemberton School where the club observed the modern elementary school in session. The group benefited from another interesting trip to State Teachers College where they noted the methods of instruction. Some of the other events during the year included installation of officers; theF.T.A. assembly, at which Mr. Wil¬ lis H. White, State Supervisor of High Schools, was guest speaker; an infor¬ mal tea given by the sponsor; several guest speakers during the Wednesday morning club meetings who discussed the problems, opportunities , and re¬ quirements of teaching; and represen¬ tation of the club at the Maryland F. T. A. meeting in Baltimore. 14