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Show Future Farmers Note National FFA Week . 4t 8 Choosing the week of the birthday birth-day of the first president, Future Farmers are this week observing National FFA week to better acquaint ac-quaint the public with the organization organ-ization and its activities. Directed by Loren Phillips, vocational voca-tional ag. instructor as adviser, the Springville high school FFA chapter chap-ter is one of the most active in the state claiming the state president presi-dent of 1955, Rowley Curtis, as a member of their unit as well as many other honors. Highlighting some of the events in which the local unit will participate partic-ipate the coming months are contests con-tests in parliamentary procedure and public speaking, selection of judging teams for livestock, and farm mechanics. The chapter will take part in state contests in May FFA Queen . . . at the TJSAC as well as the live-! live-! stock show in Spanish Fork and ' Richfield and in the tractor driv-! driv-! ing contest in Spanish Fork. The local unit also plans to exhibit ex-hibit livestock in Spanish Fork as well as North Salt Lake, Richfield and the state fair. The unit will name new officers i in the near future, select the winner win-ner for the award to outstanding officer, outstanding member, one to receive a scholarship, the winner win-ner of the project record book and also will outline plans for next year's program. One of the major events to which considerable interest is attached is the annual FFA Sweetheart ball and the selection of the FFA queen named to represent the FFA chapter chap-ter at the state meet. The Springville chapter has selected se-lected Miss Kay Whitney for this honor, reporting that she was selected se-lected on talent, personality, stage presence and appearance. She is a junior in high school. Members of the FFA are made up of young men students in vocational vo-cational agriculture. The organization's organi-zation's activities are designed to j help develop rural leadership and good citizenship and to stimulate the boys to better achievement in their study toward successful establishment es-tablishment in farming. The organization has its emblem which the young fellows proudly display on jackets and otherwise. They have a creed adopted at the ' third national convention. Briefly among other things it states that members believe in leadership, less dependence and to live and work on a farm is pleasant. I Among the 12 aims and purposes I of the organization is one design-J design-J ed to develop character, train for useful citizenship and foster patriotism. pa-triotism. Sponsored by the agriculture education ed-ucation branch of the U. S. office of education in Washington, the FFA is the largest "farm boy" organization. s f ' -V J I. I f S Kay Whitney r-- o o j n ' 1 V r 9 f 0 0 n f e) r 1 h ' t t f 1 s" r - . Ii ! f,l in r h , ' I n Enrolled in FFA work at the high school are above, front row left to right : Tad Leslie, Boyce Simmons, Scot Hutchings, Bill Pulsipher, Leon Phillips, Jimmie Jeffers, Morris Warren, Clark Palfreyman, Gordon Thorpe, Milton Beck, Blaine Twitchell, Wendell Bird, Owen Quarcnburg, Russell Williams, Ted Leslie, DcVar Dennis, Glen Cherrington; row 2, left to right: Kerry Duncan, Jim Diamond, Rex Holman, Don Phillips, Frank Carnesecca, Rudy Bleggi, Dennis Chadwick, David Cloward, George Hone, Jesse Warren, Ned Perkins, Boyd Halvrrson, Ronald Ron-ald McKenzie, Gene Wiscombe, Jim Dennis, Paul Hartley, Marvin Dalton, Melvin Weight, Loren Phillips, adviser; back row, left to right: Kent Murdock, Melvin Hill, Michael Sum-Richard Sum-Richard Barker, Warren Childs, Bill Child, Marvin Martindaul, sion, Paul Cragun, Don Tuttle, Douglas Jensen, Sammy Fullmer, Wayne Kunzic, Brent Bird, Boyd Wing, Marvin Litstcr and Richard Hone. |