The Maine Agricultural Education Scrapbook (2/28/2025)

The Maine Agricultural Education Scrapbook

There is an old saying that one picture is worth a thousand words. If that is true, this Footnote will be worth several thousand words.

Looking through old scrapbooks can be interesting! We can learn a good bit about history from the old scrapbooks. For this Friday Footnote we have compiled a pictorial scrapbook of agricultural education and the Future Farmers of America in Maine, so enjoy!

1931

The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, Saturday, June 06, 1931

1938

Defeated once in 21 games, the Presque Isle Future Farmers have amassed one of the best records in the history of the organization. The only loss was to their alumni. Members of the squad are, back row, l. to r.: Ernest McGlauflin, Mgr. Lawrence James; Owen Southard, Ames Churchill, Bernard Hussey, Dick Osgood, George H. Barnes, coach. Front row, l. to r.: Dick Bennett, Don Kilpatrick, Capt. Harold James, Harold Lewin, Bill Bonville. (The Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine, Friday, January 28, 1938)

1938

The Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine, Wednesday, November 23, 1938

1940

The Limestone chapter was the winner of the state chapter contest this year. Officers of the group are, front row, left to right, Vaughn Shaw, conductor; Neal Kelley, secretary; Herbert Thompson, vice president; Roscoe Edgecomb, President, Prescott Thornton, advisor. Back row, Brannard Knight, reporter; LeRoy Hechler, treasurer; Robert Ward, sentinel. (The Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine · Thursday, June 27, 1940) Curators Note: To learn more about the headgear being worn consult the Friday Footnote for January 15, 2025.

1942

Sun-Journal, Lewiston, Maine, Saturday, June 06, 1942

1945

Learning By Doing: Eleven members of the Monmouth Academy Future Farmers learn about sheep raising at first hand. Left to right: John McCabe, treasurer; John Pettingill, reporter; Archie Wing Jr., Vice President; Merle Blethen, President; Charles Hayden, Secretary and Shepherd; Eugene Cram; S. J. Dorrance of the State Department of Agriculture; Jess Lewis; Donald Piper, Instructor of Vocational Agriculture; Richard Damron; Marvin Richards, Chaplain; Harlan Cram and Alva Canwell. (The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine · Saturday, September 22, 1945)

1948

Members of the Future Farmers Chapter of Gorham High School and the tractor they purchased with funds from a squash raising project. (Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine, Friday, September 10, 1948)

1953

The Bangor Daily News, Monday, January 26, 1953

1954

The Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine, Friday, June 25, 1954

1957

Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine. Sunday, November 24, 1957

1967

The Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine, Wednesday, June 28, 1967. Curator’s Note: This was two years before the National FFA allowed girls to be members. It appears Maine was ahead of the curve.