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F1rst Row· Mr Dunaway, Adv1sor; Denn1s Will1ams, Albert Hamngton, Clarence Mill1gan, Jerry Wood,
Earl Byrd, Wayne Jackson, Mar on Thomas. Second Row Fredd1e R1chards, Albert Gilbert, Fr~tz Foun-
tain, Parl1amentar1an; Charles Crews. V1ce-Pres1dent; Hugh K1rby, Pres1dent; Sandra Bloodworth, Chap-
ter Sweetheart; Hardy Kemp, Reporter, Ch1rles Reg1ster, Sentmel; Willie Ray Hunter. Secretary; Robert
Carpenter, Wendell Pierce, Randall Stewart, Spencer Thomas. Qu1ncy Raulerson Th1rd Row : Curtis
Dav1s, S1dney Floyd, George Dav1s, Alton Larrimore, Frank Coarsey, Arnold Chandler, Robert DeAguiar,
Johnn1e Huggms, Roosevelt D1cks, Robert Bulthu1s, J1mmy McNeal, Perry Rowan, Tilman R1chards, Eu-
gene Darley. Fourth Row. Trenton Truluck, Carl Sandlm, Pete Barc1a, Ted Guerry, Ed Durrance. F1fth
Row: James Coarsey, Howard BulthUIS, Leonard McClaren, Wayne W1tt, Mallie Roberts, Gerald Stewart,
Homer Huch1ngson, Billy O'Ca1n Jun or Harrell, J. C. Williams, Donald L1ttle, William D1cks

The Future Farmers of Amer1ca is a Nat1onal Organ1zat1on of, by, and for farm boys, study1ng Voca-
tional Agnculture, between the ages of 14-21 years of age The F FA. IS an 1ntra-curncular activity
havmg 1ts or~gm and root m a def1n1te part of the school curr.culum- Vocatlonal Agr~culture Through
act1ve part1C1pat1on, the members learn how to conduct and take part m publ1c meet1ngs; to speak 1n
publ1c, to fmance themselves, to assume CIVIC respons1bil1 ty as well as many other valuable th1ngs The
F FA IS a non-profit, non-polit1cal, farm youth orgamzat1on des1gned for the development of leadership,
buildmg of a more permanent agr~culture, and the Improvement of country life

The Bill Sheely Chapter was f1rst organ1zed in Sept. 1949, w1th Rodney D1cks actmg as f1rst Pres.
The reason for the organization of a new Chapter was due to the large enrollment of the Ag Dept By
havmg two chapters the members have an opportun1ty for more part1C1pat1on 1n var1ous contests, devel-
opmg leadership as well as a sense of compet1tion w1th1n the Dept.

The name B II Sheely Chapter was selected as a tr1bute to one of our Columb1a County F.F.A boys
who gave h sIde 1n the ser 1ce of h1s country dur~ng World War II . Bill Sheely was an outstand1ng
Future Farmer as well as a f.ne student.