Fairfield Union FFA at “50” Written by Loren Young in April 2012At the end of this school year the Fairfield Union FFA will have completed 50 years of serving the young men, young women and the agricultural community in our school district.
Posted Friday, May 12, 2023
R.M. Foltz taught at Bremen from 1934-1962 (28 years) and was to lead us into the new school in the fall of 1962 before a heart attack caused him to retire. R.M. also taught three years at West Lafayette, Ohio before coming to Bremen. Phil Pope was actually the first teacher of Agriculture at Fairfield Union. He taught here for one year and after that first year moved back to his current home in southern Ohio, where he currently resides with is wife, Mary.
First FFA Officer Team:Fred Miller (President)Chet Ruff (Vice President)Jim Fugate (Secretary)Tim Moeller (Treasurer)John Gornall (Reporter)Loren Young (Sentinel)Gary West (Student Advisor)There was no Chaplain in the beginning.Read on for more 'firsts'. . .
1917 - The Federal Smith- Hughes Act established funding for high schools across the U.S. to start classes in agriculture. These classes started in small rural schools and only farm boys were allowed in the classes.
1962 - Vocational Agriculture, as it was known in 1962, started with 2 teachers and 65 boys in 4 different Ag. courses. Former and current Ag. teachers at Fairfield Union:
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