Clay City High School - Claytonian Yearbook (Clay City, IL)

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Seated—F. Patridge. L. Miley. E. Holmes. E. Bissey. B. Miller. A. M. Love, J. Reid. M. Wilson. D. Ewald, E. Payne. V. Ewald. E. Axhelm. G. Winget. C. Miller. B. Payne. Standing—M. Camp. W. Lutz. H. Harris. E. Pringle. Miss Clark. B. Harbin. D. Thomas. F. Maydcn. V. Hilderbrand. Home Economics Club The Home Economics Club is one of the most active organizations of the school. Any girl enrolled in one of the three Home-making classes or who has previously taken Home-making is eligible to be a member. New members are initiated into the club with a ceremony held in the fall of each year. Meetings are held in the Home-making room on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month during the activity period. Special meetings are also called at the request of the president. The programs are planned by a group of girls and everyone takes part some time during the year. The Home Economics Club cooperates with the Woman's Club and the Chamber of Commerce in the United Charity drive each Christmas The club serves a banquet to the Chamber of Commerce once each month. The members cooperate with other organizations in various civic affairs. Some time during the year a Mother-Daughter Banquet is held. The club sponsors other activities to raise money. This year the girls will sponsor a Post-Easter Dance. The themes for this year's programs are Hobbies and Entertaining. The officers for this year are: President. Betty Harbin: vice-president. Mary Frances Wilson: secretary-treasurer. Leatrice Miley: program chairman, Wilma Lutz. Each year the club sends the three highest officers as delegates to the Convention of the Illinois Home Economics Association. Their expenses are paid out of the Home Economics Club treasury. The club has been recognized as one of the most active in the district and will strive to hold this place. The club motto is: “Success comes in Cans and failure comes in Can'ts ' The colors are blue and gold. Page eeeenieen—The ClaytoniaH

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Bottom Row—Flexler. Turner. Hunlev. Bates. Skelton Miller. Mr. Petty. Middle Row— Taylor. Holcomb. Bissey, Morris. Payne. Sharp. Harbin. Hall. Top Rou.'—Bissey. Koehler. Rinnert. Colclasure. Miller. Trotter. Miller. F. F. A. The Clay City Chapter of Future Farmers of America is an organization of students enrolled in vocational agriculture. The officers of the Clay City Chapter of F. F. A. for the year of 1940-41 are Robert Hunley. president: Thomas Flexter. vice-president: Leland Miller, secretary: Raymond Skelton, watch dog: Robert Turner, treasurer: and Mr. Petty, adviser. The F. F. A. has a membership of 23 members holding the green hand degree. As there are several degrees to be achieved, we expect many of our members to progress very rapidly. Officers are elected each year and serve during the current year. There are several committees, and each committee is made up of three boys, one acting as chairman. Some of our committees are program, athletic, advertisement, refreshment. project, and landscaping. The organization meets twice each month, one meeting of which is held at night, and the other during the activities period. At the beginning of the school year the chapter formulated a program of work. The program was composed of the following major divisions: (1) supervised farming: (2) cooperation: (3) community service: (4) leadership: (5) earnings and savings: (6) conduct of meetings: (7) scholarship: (8) recreation; and (9) general. One of the most important achievements of the program of work this year was the sponsoring of the first apple judging contest in the state. Another worthwhile achievement was the sponsoring of Hybrid Corn Night in which interesting talks were given which enabled the farmers of the district to learn the importance of raising hybrid corn and to learn its history. The members feel that they have taken a step toward the achievement of their motto, which is as follows: “Learning to do. . . Doing to learn. . . Earning to live. . . Living to serve. The Clayloninn—Page sixteen

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Middle Rou.'—Mr. Shafer. Winchester. Crackel. Payne. Hall. Warren. Bissey. Bokenkamp. Mr. Wheatley. Top Roll'—Wilson. Heninger. Holcomb. I.abadie. Bates. Bokenkamp. Decker. Thomas. Weiler. Basketball Team This year's team played 35 games during the season including tournament games. Of this number, they won all but five. They have scored a total of 1 425 points while our opponents have made 865. We have averaged 40.7 points per game and our opponents 24.43. The Clay City team won a Blind Tourney at Noble on New Year's Day. We won the M. T. C. Tourney at Clay City January 30. 31. and February 1. The team has a perfect record in winning all of their conference games. Out of the 35 games, three were lost to Flora, one to Paris, and one to Mt. Carmel. The team has been slowed down a lot by sickness and accidents throughout the season. One member of our team has won state-wide recognition by his scoring ability. He ranks second in the state with 5 1 3 points in 30 games. We are especially proud of one of our trophies which is a sportsmanship trophy presented to us by the Clay County Advocate for showing the best sportsmanship at the Midland Trail Tourney. Clay City played in the Regional Tournament at Flora, where they won second place. This gave them the chance to play in the State Sectional at Law-renceville where they lost the first game to Mt. Carmel in a closely fought contest. Losing just two players, the team looks forward to a great season next year. Thr Ctaytonian Pnyr riyhtrrn