A 1947 photograph of the Future Farmers of America Club of the Boyer Memorial High School, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
The adviser of the club was Mr. Richard Jones, who appears in the back row at far right. While the other individuals who were photographed here have not been specifically identified, the following were the officers and members of the club at the time the picture was taken:
Officers: John Snyder, president; Glenn Helt, vice president; Marlin McShane, secretary; Claude Weiss, treasurer; Russell Chubb, reporter.
Members: Paul Hoover; Raymond Sweigard; Paul Laudenslager; Stephen Gelenscer; David Matter; Ralph Zimmerman; Robert Schaeffer; Karl Idell; Wilson Hoffman; Lynn Poffenberger; Eugene Shultz; Alfred Sweigard; Charles Lebo; Raymond Jury; Stanley Troutman.
The following was stated about the Future Farmers:
The Future Farmers of America, a national organization, is a club whose purpose is to each the vocational boys to become better farmers. It has been under the supervision of Mr. Richard Jones who has taken much interest in the boys and worked with them.
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Photo from 1947 yearbook, available on Ancestry.com.
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