To hear them talk about him in little (pop. 6,000) Wasco, Calif., one would think that P. D. Spilsbury was both mayor and millionaire benefactor. Actually, he is a high school teacher of vocational agriculture, and his chief achievement is the Future Farmers of America chapter that he and his students have built up. To the citizens of Wasco, this is achievement enough. "By golly," says Fred Fry, co-owner of the Wasco Hardware Co., "we just couldn't get along without P.D."
Though P.D.'s F.F.A. chapter is only one of some 9,000 now operating across the U.S., it provides a spectacular example of...