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Show 3i Dasin FFA Joins In State Meet; Speaker Honored Young farmers and future farmers of the Uintah Basin were well represented at the recent Future Farmer of America Amer-ica convention held at Salt Lake City, March 29-31, according to a report issued by Kenneth E. Zirker, FFA instructor at the Roosevelt high school. Tom Rowley, winner of the Basin "talk-fest," led the young farmers to the state meet, where he participated in a speaking contest. He was judged fifth in the state and won a medal for this achievement, and later in the convention was awarded a gold FFA key for becoming a state farmer. Only 2 per cent of all fellows enrolled in agriculture agricul-ture receive the degree, which isearned over a 3 to 4 year period. per-iod. A candidate must be outstanding out-standing in class room work and 0 other phases of the supervised program on the farm. Tom is a junior student and has been enrolled en-rolled in agricultuer less than three years. According to Mr. Zirker. the convention was climaxed Saturday Sat-urday by a sweetheart's banquet, ban-quet, at which 'time many awards and scholarships were presented, and 44 "Sweethearts" paraded before 600 spectators to be judged. Miss Anna Peay, of Payson, was named FFA Sweetheart Sweet-heart of Utah for 1951. Representing Repre-senting the Roosevelt chapter in the contest was Miss Marilyn Zirker, of Arcadia. Among the scholarship winners win-ners was Blain Elmer, from Alterra. who was awarded a $150 Standard Oil scholarship to the school of his choice, with Rawlin Spencer, Neola, a Roosevelt Roos-evelt high school student, as first alternate. Present officers of the Roosevelt Roos-evelt chapter who attended the convention were Franklin Spencer, Spen-cer, president; Rawlin Spencer, vice president;- Keith Lemon, treasurer; Ronald Zirker, seere- 1 tary.- |
