The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-14
Student Scholars,
Leaders, Athletes
Recognized At FHS
Visiting Seventh
Graders Witness
SEA Installation

Scholarship, citizenship. activities
and athletic awards were presented
at Farmville High School Friday
during the annual Recognition As
sembly conducted by the Student
Cooperative Association
Seventh grade pupils in town and
county elementary schools who will
enter the eighth grade at FFS next
year Were special guests for the 10
a m, auditorium program.
Incoming officers Of the SEA were
installed as the final event Of the
program. with Ruth Denton,
former state SEA president now
freshman student at LongWood Col
lege. conducting the ceremony Miss
Denton is a graduate Of william
King High School at Abingdon.
Virginia Bass, Of Rice, retiring
SEA president. presided during the
program, which included numbers
by the school band and reports on
the years activities by officers of
the grade classes and Of all school
organizations NJ U Leete. princi-
pal, announced the various award
winners, who were called to the
front for recognition.
Top Citizens
Outstanding class citizens, Sc
lected by fellow class members,
were announced as Senior class.
Katie May Boelt and Charles John
son; Junior class, Barley Wood
ward and George Ferguson Sopho-
more class, Howard Claybough and
Joel Coleman; Freshman ella S.
Jimmy Gates and Walker Glenn,
and Eighth grade, 10 Leslie An
drews and Bobby Smith.
The Fraser Athletic Awards, for
leadership and contributions to team
effort, went to Randolph Lafoon and
Dorothy Ennis The awards, pre-
scented annually 10 boy and girl,
were established BY Dr. A G Fra
ser. Of Falmville
Carol Brown, senior student from
Prospect, received the OAR Citizen
ship award announced earlier, and
the Betty Croker Award for out
standing work IN the Home Eccnom-
les department.
Bows. Girls State
Five students Of the junior class
have been selected as delegates to
Boys and Girls State this summer.
These leaders are Joan Williams,
Barley Woodward. George Fergu-
son, Mortimer Leete and Ray Plu-
kett.
jeanne Graziani was added to the
schools growing list Of students win
ming college scholarships next year
when il was announced she will re-
ceiVe a four-year S. 200 grant to
attend Randolph Macon College for
Women Also recognized were How
ard Noel, who has won a So. 400
scholarship at University of Viz
glnia, and Allen Dahl, one for 81 400
To the same institution.
Mr.. Leete also recognized Jose
phine Crowder, state winner in the
girls poetry reading: the editors
and staffs OF the Focus and
Cavalier school newspaper and
yearbook, for distinguished" rat
ings given them during the Soho
lastic Press Association convention
contests this spring.
Top Scholars
Recognition was also made to Roy
Pearson. whose record in the ma
tional merit tests place him among
the top one per cent of U S. high
school students enthusiastically
Rated among Virginia's top two
per cent Of high school students
were these winners. by test sub
jects, who received the top rating
at the school. senior math, Bobby
Phillips, Latin. Donald Hoppe, and
Spanish. Roy Plunkett.
The PTA award. a cash prize
given to the class with the best
patron attendance at P-TA meet
lngs, was won by the Eighth Grade.