Woodland High School - Wocowa Yearbook (Woodland, WA)

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Future Farmers of America President ............. ....... L ee Sadlier Vice-President .....,.. ....... C arl Pellham Secretary ...,...... ........ E verett Allen Treasurer ......... ....... J im Johnston Reporter ....... .......... D onald Baillie During the first month of school, the Greenhands were initiated. There were 21 Greenhands at the formal initiation at Ridgefield. The F. F. A. traveled to Portland in the fall to the International Livestock Exposition. In the early part of the year, a Work program was planned. A judging team was sent to Ridgefield for a potato judging contest. The F. F. A. boys used the tractor for custom work and garden plow- ing around Woodland. The chapter planned to send judging teams to all the larger judging meets. The Woodland F. F. A. played in the F. F. A. basketball tournament. They were almost sure of winning second place when they had Vancouver tied, but they lost during the third overtime when they dropped back one point. The F. F. A. sponsored a booster dance on February 21. The annual F. F. A. Banquet was held on April 2 at the school. It was an evening of enjoyment for the F. F. A. boys a.nd their parents. The chapter has planned a fishing trip for early summer soon after school is out.

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Ztldgvdruiararqr' Cl2E .'5U'-'QSUII-Elf-Btitljb' lgtbermen: First row--Parker, La. Knight, Turpin, Johnston, Sadlier, Wire, W. Stuart, C. Stuart, Short, B. Stuart, Ll. Knight, Stanley. Second row--Hiester, Hummels, Manfredi, Walbridge, Risley, Layton, Blum, Hansen, Bay, Phillips, Brainard, Pellham, Griffith. Girls' Athletics-First now-Hummels, Davis. Robbins. Smith. Second row--Hinecker, Graham, Hobert, Simonis. Third row-Clemens, Wills, Turpin, Feris, Kneeling- Graham, Simonis, Davis, Clemens. Stand- ing-Hobert, Robbins, Ferie, Turpin, Wills, Hummels, Hinecker. Absent-Clark, Frazier, Evans, Nevil, Brewster. Lettermen's Club In the past year, the Lettermen have successfully tried to regain their lost place of leadership in the school. At the end of the football season they elected a football queen. Shirley Thomas was elected and she was presented with a corsage. This elec- tion may become a tradition at Woodlanri High. The Lettermen initiation was held at the home game with LaCenter. To build up the treasury, ice cream slices were sold 'at basketball games. They also sponsored one of the Booster Dances, which was a big success. Girls' Athletic Association Being the only Lettergirl in Senior High this year, Mae Davis was chosen presi- dent of GAA. The GAA's activities were volleyball, basketball, and softball. The volleyball team this year consisted of eight members: Mae Davis, Patsy Clark, june Wills, Donna Robbins, Geraldine Frazier, Gwen Hummels, Lucille 'l'urpin, and Eva Clemens. Substitutes were Phyllis Nevil and Florestine Simonis. The Girls' Athletic Association sponsored the first Booster Dance of the year.

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may Pep Club ' Miss Lauterbach, Patsy Clark, and the Pep Club did a splendid iob this year in keeping up school spirit. A rally was held toward the end of football season at which pep songs, yells. and skits were presented. A dance was given the next nightfor stu- dents and alumni. The annual Valentine dance honoring the junior and Senior King and Queen of Hearts was given on February 14. This year Patsy4Clark,.iHenry Hum- mels, Mae Swenson and jesse Bay took the honors: The Pep Clubalso presented several skits during the year and they gave the senior basketball players green felt megaphones with their names embroidered in white. The final event of the year was the banquet held in the spring. A Dramatics Club A This year, with Miss l..I1LlltJ l7.tLll as advisor. and Estelle Thiel as president, the Dramatics Club voted to become a chapter in the National Thespiaus Organization, but due to lack of membership. this was postponed until 1947. New members were taken into the club, according to the rules of the Thespians. An initiatory party was held at the home of Estelle Thiel. A stocking dance was sponsored by the Dramatics Club. The junior members of the club look forward to a successful year as Thespians next year.