60 years ago, January 28, 1960
Jack Carter Wins Top FFA Honor
Jack Carter, Billings High school senior, has been named Billings FFA Member of the Month. He has been a member of the
Future Farmers of America chapter in Billings for the past three years and is presently serving as president.
He is also the president of the 12-member parliamentary team which will compete in the Noble county contest in March at Billings. He recently was a delegate to the Northwest Leadership training school held in Kingfisher and serves as general chairman for the Soil Conservation district FFA statewide soil conservation contest.
Last September, Jack exhibited the champion Shorthorn steer at the Noble county fair and plans to exhibit Shorthorn and Black Angus steers at the Billings show February 22 and the Noble County
Junior Fat Stock show at Perry February 23-26.
Jack the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Carter, is the co-captain of the Billings basketball team, champions of the NOJC invitational tournament here this month. He plans to attend Oklahoma State university upon graduation this spring.
Chapter President Of Kiwanis On “First Years”
J. Morgan Bush, charter member and first president of the
Tonkawa Kiwanis club, spoke briefly Wednesday on the early beginnings of the club.
Bush said the club was formed in December of 1924, during the height of the oil boom, and received its charter Feb. 13, 1925.
He described the club in its first year of operation as “a sick baby” and told how plans were made in June to abandon the organization September 1.
Bush said a few members were added during the summer and the average attendance grew to 20 so the plans to discontinue the club had shown a steady record of increase since that time.
The speaker noted early objections to the organization of the club as: Will hurt the chamber of commerce; Not needed--already have the Lions club; Will hurt the work of the churches; and Town not big enough for two civic clubs.
The Tonkawa club was sponsored by the Enid Kiwanians, Bush said, and was among the first in Oklahoma. He said he knew of clubs only at Enid, Oklahoma City and Tulsa and possibly one or two others in the south part of the state.
Mrs, Mable G. Nelson Is Named President
Mrs. Mable G. Nelson was elected president of the Tonkawa
Research club succeeding Mrs. Berne Zehner, at the Tuesday afternoon meeting of the group held in the home of Mrs.
