_ Sheila Underwood 3 Even before the school year began, the Future Homemakers of America were busy with activities . Laurie Priest, president of Federation VII, and Amy Higginbotham, state treasurer, traveled to Atlanta, Ca., for the national FHA convention held July 11-17 . At the convention they gained new information and ideas which were helpful in planning activities for the Harding FHA chapter. New members joined the Harding chapter on September 9 in the traditional candle-lighting ceremony. After the formal initiation , old and new members attended an informal party at Becky White's house. In October, the FHAers treated their fathers to an evening out. The Daddy-Daughter Progressive Dinner began with appetizers at Denise Alexander's house and ended with desserts at the home of Laura Pittman. Preparing for the holidays, FHA sponsored a candy-making demonstration in November. Different cooks from the area, including club sponsor Clenave Curtis, came to share their favorite Christmas recipes and demonstration special techniques_ A foreign foods tasting party in January allowed members to 1. Adopted father Craig jones shares a joke with jim and Beth Stanley at the F.H.A. Daddy-Daughter Dinner. 2.".. . then you lift it out of the chocolate and roll it in the Rice .Krispies . Melita Diles looks on intently as Mrs. Clenave Curtis, home economics teacher, makes marshmallow balls at the candy-making demonstration. 3. Concentration is apparent in the face of Rosemary Smith as she works for speed with no mistakes. 4. Future Homemakers of America. Fron't row: Berryhill, Diles, Hendon, Coker, Stanley. Second row: Bridges, Alexander, Cox,. Simpson. Third row: Higginbotham-pres., White, Hale, sample exotic dishes, broadening their cultural horizons. A busy year came to a close with the traditional Mother-Daughter Banquet in April.~ The Future Business Leaders of America strove to improve individual business skills by participating in workshops and competing on county, district, and state levels. In October, several members attended a workshop at the University of Central Arkansas. Special classes in different fields of the business world were taught by specialists in these fields. Harding students took the initative by winning an FBlA quiz g'ame, with Mark Story serving as team captain. The White County FBLA contest was held on February 12 at Foothills Vocational Technical School in Searcy. Winners at this meet went on to the District V conference on March 4. The state convention on April 15 and 16 was held at the Little Rock Conve ntion Center. A word processor was purchased by a stationery sale in which the entire school participated. The word processor greatly aided the FBLA members who entered this competition by allowing them to practice this skill. ~ - Darrell L. Truitt Segraves, Mitchell. Fourth row: Tate, Roth, Kreh, Smith-sec. Fif th row: Dean, Killebrew, Priest, jeffcoat, Underwood. Sixth row: Brown, Bendickson, Pittman-treas., Barrett. Back row: England, Curtis-sponsor. 5. Future Business Leaders of America. Front row: Munger, Berryhill, Smith, Higginbotham-treas., jeffcoat, Cox, Underwood. Second row: Arnoldsponsor, Barden, Gaut, jorgensen, Alexander, Pittman, Butterfield, Loftin, Mathis, Beach, Groover-sponsor. Back row: White-sec., Allen, Howell, Britton-pres., Rowan, Story, Ballinger, Ozbirn. Organizations/311
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