Effingham High School - Signet Yearbook (Effingham, IL)

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LTTTLRMLN S CLUB The Lettermen s Llub of EHS reorganraed after a soc year lapse helped to promote ID tramural yarslty athletlcs and sports 1n general at IHS durrng the school ye1r of 1946 47 Thc club yyrth Coach Sheah rn as adyrsor had 74 mcmbcrs Thrs IS the largest thc club has eyer been 1t I HS and IS due to thc many football lettermen The officers of the club yy ere Presrdent Bob Deyall Vrce Presrdent 1m Hastrnps 1nd Secretary Treasurer Harold Wenthe One of the hrst actrons of the club after the rcorg 1n1f 1t1on yy as the 1dopt1on of 1 neyy constrtutron A commrttee appornted by the presrdent dreyy up the neyy constrtutron and rt yyas passed unammously by the members The letter requrrements yyere chosen after securrng rnformatron from members of thc L I league and other surround1ny,, schools regardmg the1r letter requrrements The letter requ1rements for FHS yyerc taken from the best of these suggestrons and from addrtronal rdeas of the club A benefit basketball game yy as played rn order to secure funds for the lettermen s ban quet whrch yyas held Aprrl 25 Thrs ban quet wh1ch IS to be an annual ltfarr yy1ll bc held each year on the fourth I r1clay 1n Aprrl 5lttll'lg left to rlght -Xlbert Grayenhorst Ihrlllp Dolboyy Harold Wenthe Bob Deyall Lerfy Meyers Charles Althoff Wlax Bohn Bob Buennemeyer Second Row Coach Sheahan Isaac Harp er laul Holleman Merlm Nlercler Dale bephfxrt Jerry Mathy Alfred Hayyklns Maw lroyymnp, Jun Loyyery Third Row Loren Morgan Leyyls Martxn Jack Gladln Don Elmore Robert Haney Terry Starner John McDey1tt Bud Dayrs y ' ' 7 , . I r . v r - ' ' 1 , ,, ' 'a ' , , ' , v w ' f , 2 - V 2 V W , 1 ' ' ' A, . . - 1 f Y ' 1 - f , - , , . , V 1- a 1 4 v I 1 1 . . - 1 , 2 1 . 1 I 7 . . , . ' . , . , ,f . , ,, . - - , Y . 1 a 9 ' 2 I ' ' . . . . 7 rf f .. , . f - ' - f ' - ' , , , , A . ' ,' 1 7 5 s 1 . '- . ' ,f , ' 1 V , 1 , I ' , ' ' 1. .4 1 L . ' ' . . 1 ' ' Y . . t 9 ' - A x 7 9 1 ', v , ' v ' . ' . . . 1 K ., . , A , . 1 . L , . - I . W . 1 , ' I V . , ' . r 1 . v A 7 4 v r -a - 'I v . ' ' 1 ' r v A 1 f.Iv . J 1 I ' ' 1 1 . - 1 f r s I - 1 , . 1 5 4 5 U t V 1,1 4. Q 4 Q u . . -at h Q. , sc - 1 J, - ,...x ' ' K b l. .Q h -I5

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N X f ILS, 1. I KN N rs A .Q-1c.r Entlre EHS M1X6d Chorus CHORUS The grrls and boys choruses under the supervrsron of M1ss Thelma Wlurteleatluer has throughout the 1946 47 school year furn lshed enjoyment to the faculty IS xy ell IS to the student body The Chrrstmas program Elven just a fevn days before the Chrrstmas vacatron by the yjrrls and boys choruses vyas one of the major programs rn vyhrch these boys and glrls partrcrpated Besrdes the boys and .qrrls combrned choruses there IS also the ,grrls sextet con srstrng of ane Bumpers Dolores Donsbach Ruth Woods Frleen Wfrllramson Ruth Mueller and Grace Orrrclc The boys also had a special group 1 quartet conslstrng of Max Sy fert jerry M1 thy Robert Srmonds and Guy Palso The tgrrls and boys choruses combrned had an enrollment of 68 xx hrch IS the largest rn many years The folloyxrng, people mlde up thrs year s 'glee club ennre Ashley Betty Bachman Alyene Beers .lane Brggers Bey erly Brrssen den Dorothy Bussman Norma Carter Mary Lou Qramblett Mary Cullrson Dolores Donsbach Sue Ferns Dorothea Flack Shrr ley Punk Marcella Gharst Pit Gray Rosle Hardy Mary Ann Harrls Alrce Henderson Carol Hoffmerster Shrrley Hoffmerster Pm ma Hursrnga Sarah Krncard Marrlyn Krte Berdena Krrck Susan Loyrng Darlene Matt hevys Shrrley McCallen Eyelyn McXXfhorter Rhea Mrller Ruth Mueller Norna Nehren Grace Orrrclx Sally Parker anet Peters Schaufler Zona Shelton Kathryn Shryoclc Barbara Sperrs Vera Starkey e1nn1e Thles Betty Ann Tolch Marllyn Trapp 1ll Van Deusen ean Wfalters Clella Wlurte Sarah Wfhrte Norma Wfrllcens Erleen XV1ll1amson Ruth XVoods Max Brovy nrng Charles Cary Brll Cross Murl Gharst Albert Gray enhorst erry Mathy Junror McKee Guy Palso Bob Prpprns Harry Scrrtchloyx Frank Shadyyell Robert Srmonds Max Syfert Bob XX are ack Becker jack Brggers c . ' Y 7 . 3 9 7 ' ' ' ' 1 1 1 P1 - 1 y Q 1 1 1 1 - ' y 1 - P 1 1 . 3 3 l . 1 ' y 1 1 1 . 1 1 'v I - l V K 7 7 7 y 4 1 - 1 1 ' ' ' 1 7 4 v 1 1 ' 7 1 1 4 V, 7 ' 7 S V 7 Y 1 7 1 , , - 1 ' ' 1 ' - 1 ' ' 7 - 3 7 ' , '.' ' ' 1 ' 1 1 , v 1 l s y - v a s c , , ' , J 1 3 . 1 - J -N I Rose Ranes, Barbara Rhrnehart, Nancy' . . 7 7 7 1 1 - ' - 1 1 7' J 9 s . , . 7 C 1 1 D 1 1 Q 7 ' 2- . . r . V - .I , s 1 7 ' V , ' , , , . , ' 7 c I y , , . . 1 ' 7 1 7 Y Y I I v D v - 1 v . s 1 1 ' 1' 1 A 1 ' f ' 1 1 V, 7 4 , 1 , , l,'t lk x

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he --f cm 17 l '2f 'I -:Zh-I uv.. ,-nn wh - 'CBD Eli.. Front row left to right Allen Dale Anderson Myron Mitchell Bobby FTBHCIS Arthur Fuestlng Lee Bushue Second row Melvin Schormann Harold Bates Robert Hlnkle Glen Gephart Keith Aust1n Lester Bushue Floyd Gephart Charles Campbell Floyd Barlovs Third row Merrll Birch Dale Foreman Leland Westfall Harold Lxans Floyd Mellendorf Leroy Mellendorf Dale Mellen dorf Fourth row Byron Joergens Dale Cephart Richard Blrch Ardon Mellendorf George Eat on Bob Goldtrap J1m Claar president Irwln Wendte John Waldhoff FFA This year of 1947 IS the first time that Ffiingham Hlgh School can claim its stand mg as one of the 7000 chapters of the Future Farmers of Amerrca The national FFA was first organ1zed III November 1928 but not until th1s year has there been an FFA chapter rn Efiingham High School Of the FFA s many purposes the Pflllidfy arms are the development of agriculture leadersh1p cooperation and crtraenshrp The FFA sponsors many things such as basketball softball yudgmg and speaking contests and mans other thlngs EHSs lo ll cal chapter sponsored the Red Heads gnrls basketball team softball parties and Judgmg contests They also organized a basketball team of therr own and managed to purchase a radro for the agrrculture room This spring the agrrculture class sovxed ten acres of Lad1no clover as a project of pasture rmprovement The FFA of Effingham High cons1sts of thrrty three members It has elected rm Claar as presldent Keith Austrn as uce presn dent Merril Birch as treasurer and Dale Gephart as reporter Mr Vance Ahlf agrr culture teacher sponsors the FFA . 'Q c Q 1 ' 1 1 9 9 1 . . . . . . n . , , , , v 1 1 v '- : 1 1 7 - 1 v s G v s . ' ' . 3 7. x y v ' v 7 1 r s - - I - - h Q i Q. U fa . 4 W . . . , . 4 ' bv a , . - - . Y . 7 1 a , , . . . , , V , , - . J V . Q . p. .V . . I l . . . Y.. .- 1 ' 7 4 1 V ' ' r I . ' 1 1 1 w . v - ' ' v ' . , Q Q 9 1 ' ' 7 '