Winterset High School - Boomerang Yearbook (Winterset, IA)

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WINTERSET CHAPTER Future Farmers of America ' OFFICERS President ............... ,..................,.. .....,,,... A 1 idry Estell Vice President ...... ...... le larold Johnson Secretary ............ ...,..,... J ohh Algoe Tl'8El.S'llI'61'.... ...., ..,... I rvin Howell Reporter ..,.........................,................,.....,................................,.,..,..............,. Maurice Read THE PURPOSES: To develop rural leadership, cooperation, and recreation. To encourage thrift, scholarship, and proper group meeting procedure. To render community service in agriculture. The Future Farmers of America is a national organization of boys studying vocational agriculture in the public high schools. The outstanding activities this year were the participation in the state high school agricultural contests, the testing of seed corn for farmers, the organization of a farm business record club, and the landscaping of the athletic field. Miss Milleson: Charles, translate dono. No answer. Miss Milleson: Next, Marjorie. Marjorie Ann: He done. - Miss Milleson: Muriel, what is the meaning of ex fugit? Muriel: The king flees. - E221

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GIRL RESERVE The subject for Girl Reserve for this year was Our Ideal Girl. They had a very unique and expressive way of covering this subject by having speakers from the high school. There was only one outside speaker, Kathryn Peters. The Mother-Daughter banquet was held in the high school gymnasium. They were fortunate in having Mrs. Runner from Iowa City as a speaker for the 00021- sion. Probably their greatest acconiplishnient was Character Week. Mrs. Run- ner was chief advisor for the girls during this week. Officers were as follows: Emma Mueller, presidentg Ilo Comp, vice-president and program chairmang Kathryn Orr, treasurer and membership chairrnang Dorothy Dawson, secretary and social chairmangil Betty Fosher, music chairmang Helen Wor-- ley, worship chairman: Rae Lena Addy, publicity chairmang Marjorie Bellman, service chairman. Mrs. Crann and Miss Mueller were the sponsors. Miss Mueller: If your mother is shopping and finds she has left her purse at home, she' may ask the clerk, to send the parcel C. O. D. What do those letters mean? 3 ' Russell Cain: Call on Daddy! Mr. Parker: I-Iow many kinds of farming are there? Clll'tiS Alexander: Four-intensive, extensive, pretensive, and expensive. Mr. Henry fto unruly freshinanjz Tell nie, Donald, what has become of your ethics? ' Donald Davis: Oh, sir, I traded it in long ago for a Hudson. E211

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DFI IEA 'PE AND DECLA MATION Many students were interested in debate this year. Bob O'Laugh1in, Claire Faust, Mau1'ice Powers, Kathryn Olmsted, Elizabeth Corkill, Joe Hamilton, Ellllllil Mueller, Dan Roach, and Phillip Grout were members of the debate squad. Eliza- beth Corkill and Bob O'Laughlin were seasoned debaters, The question this year was Resolved,'That the several states should enact legislation providing for a system of complete medical service available to all citizens. Winterset debated this question at Council Bluffs early in the season. Later they debated Indianola and Greenfield. Winterset entertained two Mount Ayr teams in exhibition debates before the high SCUOOI and three Indianola closed with the Drake-McCahill Ozfkaloosa and Abraham Lincoln Those who took part in, the teams in practice debates. The Winterset season debate tournament. The teams met there were of Council Bluffs, ' home declamatory contest were: oratorical, Eliene Stevens, Phillip Grout, and Maurice Powersg dramatic, Kathryn Olmsted, Nancy Ilgenfritz, Lois Wilson, Doris Davis, and Betty Peterson, humorous, Mae Breen, lauth J'ohnson, Charles Neidt, and Lucille Jones. In the oratorical division Eliene Stevens placed first, and Phillip Grout placed second. Kathryn Olmsted was first in the dramatic division, and Nancy Ilgenfritz was second. In the humorous class Mae Breen and Ruth Johnson placed first and second respectively. Phillip Grout,-Nancy Ilgenfritz, Ruth Johnson won first places in the county contest. Eliene Stevens and Kathryn Olmsted went to the pre-district contest at Adel. I-231