Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 40, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 17, 1980 Page: 25 of 40
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Sunday, Feb. 17, 1980
The largest Future Fanners
pf America chapter in the area
and one of the top chapters in
the state, the Sulphur Springs
FFA is having another good
year to go along with the fan-
tastic last few years according
to advisor Richard Benson.
“We had a really great year
last year and this one is shaping
up as another really good year
for our FFA chapter;’’ Benson
said.
So far this year the Sulphur
Springs FFA chapter has
produced six grand champion
animals, eight reserve grand
champions, four junior
champions and five reserve
junior champions in the four
shows members have attended.
The chapter also sent eight
students to the Ft. Worth Fat
Stock show to help with a
collegiate judging contest.
Showmanship in the ring is
another strong point of the
Sulphur Springs chapter says
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“One of our members has
won the showmanship or the
reserve showmanship award at
every show we have attended,”
Benson said. “And Mike Rushin
won the overall showmanship
award at the State Fair in
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in 1833.
Dallas.
One local chapter member,
Chris Koon, recently won the
Junior Showmanship award at
the All American Junior Jersey-
Show in Kentucky.
"That’s not all either,” said
Benson. “Our dairy judging
team won the state contest and
finished 18th in the nationals,”
he added. “Out of 8,200 some
chapters in the country, I would
say that’s is doing pretty well.”
The winning and the shows
are not over for the year ac-
cording to Benson.
"With any luck we aren’t
through winning awards yet,”
Benson said. “We have 21
students getting ready for the
Houston Show right now. We
will be taking 30 head of
livestock to the Houston Show
with us and I figure we will walk
away with some more riblxms.”
Besides the livestock shows
there are 65 students hard at
work, says the advisor,
preparing for the various
judging contests and com-
petitions later this year.
While the chapter is busy
preparing for shows and con-
tests, the members still have
the annual stew and auction to
prepare for next month.
“The stew and auction, our
biggest fund raiser of the year,
is set for Mar. 21 at the Civic
Center,” Benson said. “Last
year we fed over 2,000 people
and raised just over $10,000 for
the chapter. Hopefully we will
do even better this year.”
On Mar. 22 the chapter will
stage its annual project show in
the Civile Center arena.
last year the chapter was
awarded the Gold Chapter
Emblem, the highest award a
chapter can receive from the
National FFA. ....
“We are really proud of our
Gold Emblem,” Benson said,
“and we are working hard to
win another. It really is an
honor to be selected for the top
award in national competition.”
The Sulphur Springs FFA
chapter has worked hard for its
honors according to Benson,
and the group plans to keep
working hard.
“We’re not the biggest
chapter in the state by any
means,” Benson said. "What
we want is quality, not quantity.
We are continually building for
the future. It is nice to talk
about the things ,you have
already accomplished, but it is
even better to plan what you
will do in the future. The
chapter has a really strong up
and coming Greenhand group
and they are the chapter's
future.
As the chapter grows in
quality we are trying to become
more involved with our com-
munity and we are making
progress in that direction,” he
said.
“The FT A chapter is working
on a relativily new program
that will help us become more
involved,” the advisor said.
"The program is called Build
Our American Community, and
this is our second year of really
working in the program. Inst
year we got a bronze medal for
our efforts, this year we are
shooting for a,gold medal.”
Benson explained the new
program as one of involvement
with the community. The FFA
sets up programs that provide a
service to the community. So
far this year the chapter has
built a swing set for one of the
elementary schools, poured
concrete for a walkway at the
high school, and has other
community programs in mind
for the spring.
“Like I said, we are working
to be a really quality
organization. An organization
that not only teaches students
some of the things they need to
know to work in the agricultural
community, but to also be a
part, in fact an important part,
of the community in which they
live and work,” Benson
stressed.
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Sulphur Springs leaders
It takes a large slate of officers to run the 152 member Sulphur
Springs Future Farmers ot America chapter. From left to right,
Milton Ragan, president; Sean Sartin, vice president; chapter
sweethearts, Donna Hatcher and Karen Mabe; Jimmy Don
Allen, second vice-president; Terry Woodard, third vice
president, back row, Dale Thompson,secretary, Mitchell Darr,
treasurer; Missy Harmon, sentinel; Randy Neal, student ad
visor, and Billy Bob Stewart, parliamentarian. They work many
hours after school to keep the huge organization moving along.
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It’s National
FFA WEEK!
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And We Urge You Now To Join With The Sulphur
Springs News-Telegram, Merchants, and In-
dividuals On The Following Pages, In Offering
Our Support To These Outstanding Young Peo-
ple Who Will Be Tomorrow's Leaders in Our
Agricultural Community...
HOPKINS COUNTY FUTURE FARMERS
WE SALUTE YOU!
Learning by doing
A member of the Sulphur Springs Future Farmers of America chapter learns welding by doing.
The Sulphur Springs FFA, the largest in the area, is very active in teaching students the fun-
damentals of agriculture and various skills needed around the farm or ranch. A well furnished
shop in the Ag Building at the high school provides the students with an opportunity to learn by
doing.
—Stoll Photo
Future Farmers
Of America
We Salute You!
Our Future depends on the committment of these young
people to agriculture and animal husbandry. These are
the farmers and dairymen of tomorrow who will produce
the foods we eat. Through the latest technological ad-
vances in the sciences of agriculture and animal produc-
tion, these young people will be the agri-businessmen
and women of tomorrow. We extend a hearty thanks to
these young people during National Future Farmers of
America Week.
Northeast Texas
Dairy Center
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117 Linda Dr.
Sulphur Springs
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 40, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 17, 1980, newspaper, February 17, 1980; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth823889/m1/25/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.