Many Opportunities Available To Boys in FFA Chapter Work
By DON DENNING
eporter. Crater FFA Chapter
There are many opportun
.es available in leadership
rough the Future Farmers
America and vocational ag-
iculture programs.
There are radio and tele-
ision programs presented
through the FFA. These pro
grams not only give the boys
a chance to talk over the air
but also helps them in organiz
ing their thoughts in an order
ly manner.
Public speaking is another
way to do the same thing,
only to a much greater extent.
It helps lessen stage fright
and will improve every day
conversation, 'perhaps one of
the most important skills one
can learn. Public speaking
also holds much interest to
most FFA boys.
Perhaps one of the most
thrilling activities of the FFA
is the parliamentary proced
ures team. The boys learn such
points of parliamentary pro
cedure as the motion to ratify
a subsudiary motion relating
to the main motion before the
house. They learn how to deal
with dilatory or absurd mo
tions and the meaning to re
scind. '
After many months of drill
ing and work, there are three
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DISPLAY Shown above is a typical dis- and nearby 4-H and FFA fairgrounds. The
play booth which will highlight the first booth above is the type in the state fair.
Jackson county fair in more than 2Q years. The Grange booth is being planned by
The fair, being sponsored by the Medford Delmar Smith, who sought assistance from
Kiwanis club, will be held at the Armory, local farm groups.
parliamentary contests. The
district, sectional and state.
In order to compete in the
state contest the team must
win both district and section
al. Last year the Crater parlia
mentary team placed second
in the state finals at Bend.
The purpose of parliamen
tary is to develop an orderly
way of thinking, educate the
boys in parliamentary pro
cedures that they may ap
proach the yoke of leadership
with an intelligent manner.
Another reason is to be able
to have the boys, carry on an
orderly FFA meeting in a
parliamentary manner.
Several Trips .
The members that work
hard enough and exert enough
energy through the year are
rewarded by a number of
trips. Early in the fall there
is the State Fair in Salem.
There are three boys who at
tend the national FFA con
vention in Kansas City each
year. This year Crater was
fortunate by having David
Mack who won the state pub
lic speaking contest in Bend,
entitling him a trip to Helena,
Mont. He was accompanied
by George Gilman, Ed Griggs
and Bill MacFarlane.
The FFA officers form the
executive council and holds
more responsibility than any
other elub or group officials
of the high school age bracket.
The job of local chapter of
ficers includes planning a
banquet for approximately
400 guests, supervising 30
acres of farm land which the
chapter owns, scheduling and
planning several television
shows, caring for chapter op-
erated machines such as fruit
vending machines, tractor and
equipment and others.
There are district officers
and also state officers which
take care of problems dealing
with district and state. Allen
Barnes of the Crater chapter
is district president, follow
ing George Gilman, also from
Crater. Nine schools in the
Rogue-Umpqua area 'make up
this district.
In the classroom there are
many interesting courses a
student of vocational agricul
ture will study. Although only
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COUNTY
ILK
produ
cers mm
. Urges YOU To Attend The
and IF. FA IFADH
All This Week at the
FAIR'
The Milk Producers League urges YOU to attend the annual Four-H, F.F.A. Fair THIS WEEK and see
the achievements of these fine young folks. Here are two youth movements that build leadership
and good citizenship; that give boys and girls an opportunity to learn by doing.
And-ai tiie -ARMORY-
Starting Thursday -The Kiwanis
in pit
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V FAIR
Meet MISS AMERICA 1958 IN PERSON see the Miss Jackson
County Beauty Pageant ride in a helicopter and see a guided mis
sile exhibit! You'll like the land products and home economics
sections, the Home Extension Unit projects, colorful commercial
displays and the Grange, floral and garden exhibits! Remember,
four days starting THURSDAY at the Armory and see the Four-H
and F.F.A. Fairat the same time.
Drink At Least 3 Glasses of Milk Every Day
MILK producers
-A
league
New Agent Arrives
For County Duly
Gene Winters, new county
extension agent, arrived in
Medford Sunday night from
Clatsop county where he had
been temporary extension
agent.
He succeeds Ben Tucker as
specialist in crops and soils
for the local office. Tucker
retired several weeks ago and,
was succeeded as administra
tive head of the office by Cliff
Cordy.
Winters began familiarizing
himself with the area this
morning as he began working
into his new position. With
the addition of Winters, Cordy
explained, the responsibility
of members of the staff will
be divided as follows:
Earle Jossy will be primar
ily, in charge of dairy, live
stock and beef cattle; Winters
will handle crops and soils;
Don Berry will deal with
vegetables, small fruits, stone
crops and partially with
pears; Miss Mary Pat Lucy
will work with home eco
nomics; Glenn Klein and
Marilou Garner will head the
4-H programs; and Cordy will
deal mainly with pears and
administrative jobs.
Stevenson's Aunt
Beaten and Robbed
Los Angeles (DPD A d 1 a i
Stevenson's 67-year-old aunt,
Mrs. Anabel East, was beaten
and robbed of $40 Monday
by an intruder who broke
into her home and hit her on
the head, police reported.
Mrs. East told officers she
lay unconscious on her bed
for about an hour after the
attack, then called friends
who notified police.
She was treated for head
cuts at a hospital.
two-thirds of the time is spent
in the classroom through all
four years, the boys learn
more in one year than most
other high school classes learn
in l'i years
The freshman begin taking
a course in parliamentary law
This is not a hard or complex
course, but does 'acquaint the
boys with parliamentary pro
cedures enough to take charge
of a regular meeting for 15
minutes.
Other courses include ani
mal husbandry, beef, swine,
dairy, sheep, basic feeding
and for most beys, the two
hardest units, veterinary medi
cine and record books. The
boys then spend nine weeks
in the shop where they study
shop skills. In the nine weeks
they learn how to electric
weld, acetylene weld, the art
of forging, cold metal work
and carpentry.
In the later years of school
the boys build a shop project,
usually an implement or stock
trailer, study all phases of
farm crops, soils, livestock,
agriculture economics farm
management and farm law.
Air Force Man Has
Home-Made Plane
Hamilton Air Force Base,
Calif. (UPI) First Lt.
Thomas C. Davidson is the
proud owner of a low-wing
single-seat airplane capable
of crusing at 160 miles an
hour. He built it himself.
The plane cost Davidson
about $1,000 to construct, in
cluding $400 for a used en
gine. He began the job . in his
garage while stationed at Tyn
dall Air Force Base, Fla.
Transferred before he finished
the plane he moved it to
California by trailer t for
completion.
' The midget craft has a
frame of steel tubing covered
with thin aluminum and fab
ric. The wing span meausures
18 feet. The engine is 85-
horsepower.
NAP BRINGS ON SEARCH
Charlotte, N. C. (DPD
James Blake went for a swim
in the Catawba river and
when he failed to return his
wife touched off a 26-hour
search. Blake finally called
his wife to pick him up at a
boathouse where, he had stop
ped to rest and had fallen
asleep.
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MAIL TRIBUNE, Mjdford, Qrtgen, Tudy, August 19, 1958 SA
Transient Arresfed
By City Police
Thomas Henry Kneeland,
transient, was arrested Sun
day morning at the Jackson
County Fair grounds on a
charge of possession of stolen
property, according to city
police.
The charge was brought in
connection with Kneeland's
alleged attempt to sell a bi
cycle and successful sales of
a steam iron and two fans,
the report stated. The items
had previously been stolen,
according to police.
Police hoped that whoever
purchased the iron and fans
would return them.
BREAD BAKER Colleen Franek, 13, of the Buttered Buns
4-H club holds her loaf of bread, besides other entries she
will have on exhibition at the county fair this week at the
county fair grounds. Beside her is a glass of jelly, some
canned fruit and a cake.
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RABITEERS Gayle Fisher, 10, of Central Point, holds a
three-months-old rabbit beside her brother, Dennis Fisher,
14, owner of both rabbits and member of the West Side
Rabbit club. The two rabbits will be entered in the 4-H and
FFA Jackson County Fair this week. ' j
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You'll be proud of the fine show that Jackson Counti 4-H Club and F.F.A. Boys
and Girls have prepared for YOU ... there'll be outstanding exhibits of live
stock, home economics demonstrations,- judging, showmanship, contests and a
. big livestock auction to climax the five days! Don't miss this fine show your
attendance will encourage farm youngsters to even greater achievement.
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