Winfield High School - Lagondan Yearbook (Winfield, KS)

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First Row, top to bottom-Judging cattle, Field day, Mark Drake and Angus cattle, Preparing seed corn to sell. Second Row, top to bottom-Walter Lewis and cattle, Shop day. Third Row, top to bottom-Minorca Calf Creep, County Fair Exhibit, Ralph Waite and Duroc pigs. Winfield Future Farmers under the leadership of Ira Plank and John Lowe have had a successful year. The Chapter was one of the ten Gold Medal Chapters of Kansas. Last year there were three State Farmers from the Winfield Chapter. Winfield has more State Farmers than any other high school in the state. Among its many co-operative projects the Chapter raises K1639 Hybrid seed corn. The Twenty-first Annual Parent-Son Banquet was held February 9 at Winfield High School. The principal speaker was Dr. C. S. Thompson from Oklahoma A and M College at Stillwater. The Chapter completed a prosperous year with Herman Graham as presidentg Glen David, vice-president: Tommy Groene, secretary: John Falkingham, treasurer: Jay Wood, reporter: Lloyd Craig, sentinel. FUTURE F RMERS

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First Row, left to right- B. M. Staerkel, debate coach: Ann Study and Sue Grosjean, win- ners of Russell tournament Second Row, left to right4Debate squad: standing, Norman Albright, Jackie Crawford, Don Madole, seated, Rosemary Cobble, Anita Donoho, and Kay Roberts Debate IS IT YES? IS IT NO? Senior high debaters can argue either side with equal dexterity. The students have taken an active part in many tournaments and won second place honors at the state tournament at Lawrence in February. On the question, Resolved: That the United Nations should now be revised into a Federal World Government, B. M. Staerkel's word- wranglers enjoyed a successful season. Although four of this year's team will graduate this spring, several experienced debaters will be on hand next year. Members of the debate .class this year were Norman Albright, Rosemary Cobble, Jackie Craw- ford, Anita Donoho, seniors: Neal Atkinson, Don Madole, Kay Roberts, juniors: Sue Grosjean, Patti Hall, Roberta Saltz, Ann Study, Diane Price, sopho- mores: Carol Wells, Joan Newman, George Fisher, James Lowe, Kathleen Kennedy, and Shirley Price, freshmen. Tourney Rating Tourney Rating Pittsburg third Coffeyville Southwestern second Russell first El Dorado fifth Ark Valley second Hutchinson first District first Kansas City State second

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First Row, top to bottom -- Shop day, Glen David and Hampshire gilt, F F A basketball team. Second Row, top to bottom-Vac- cinating pigs, Hugh Schantz and sheep. Third Row, top to bottomeDon and Mark Drake and cattle, Butchering. Fourth Row, top to bottom3'J ay Wood and Hereford heifers, J ay Wood and pigs, Future Farmers on tour, Future Farmer officers. FFA boys had 64 head of beef cattle producing 18,541 pounds of beef, 194 head of hogs producing 25,856 pounds of pork, and 48 head of sheep producing 2,428 pounds of mutton. Crops consisted of 13 acres of corn yielding 543 bushels, 112 acres of wheat yielding 2,895 bushels, 38 acres of oats yield- ing 470 bushels, three-fourths of an acre of potatoes yielding 36 bushels, and 21 acres of sorghums yielding 400 bushels. The 33 boys of the Chapter have a total net-worth of 832, 703.31. The FFA basketball team came up with four wins against two losses. Members of the team were Herman Graham, Tommy Groene, Glen David, Melvin Lawrence, and Pat Clark. our AMERICA