Effingham High School - Signet Yearbook (Effingham, IL)

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XX 1th 1 totrl of srxty tyyo members the IHA Chapter under the superyrsron of Mrs Iree home economrcs teacher met the first of the year yyrth the ofheers yy hrch had been elected the precedmg year 'lhey yyere s folloyys Presrdent Carol Holtmelster Xrcc Presrdcnt ornn Lrndsay Section 1l Reporter Rose Mme Koemg Secretary 'Ireasurer Darlene Horrlclc C uol Hotfmclster presrdent lttendecl Lalce Bloomrngton durrng summer yacatron yyrth expenses pald by the Chapter There the club 1nd to learn to plan 1ct1y1t1es for the year FHA At rmeetrng held Gct al Mrs Fdgar Hottmerster yy rs elected as the IHA C hapter ylother The hrst party of the year yy as held durrng the Chrrstmas holrdays rn the home eco nomlcs department Presents yyere changed after yyhrch refreshments yyere serycd As the semester rmllecl by y th all t yyorrres of exams the chapter celebrited the begrnnrng of the second semester yy1th a Valentme party A partrcul rr hrghllght of the ye lr yy is the Nlother 1nd Daughter Tea yyhrch IS held lnnullly IHA closed the year by glyrng themselyes 1 Aff Nlttmg Sarah Klncald Dorothy Pussrnan Vrrglnla MCD6Xltt Marle Hauk Joann Lmdsay Carol Hoffmelster Rose Marle Koenlg JoAnn Crayyford Marjorle Llster 'Vlelba Westfall Zelma Bloem ker Standing Iflrst Row Iatrlcla Schyyernnne Ruth Pden Nelda Ieters Clarlee -Xustm Shrrley Hankrns Charlene McClure -Xnna Louise Iustlg Dons Deyore Vera Starkey Constance -Xuton Dorothy Landyyere Charlene Syylsher Ruby Iohnoff Second Row Norma Carter Maybelle Ioe -Xrletha Thoele Jeanne Thres Ihyllls Day ldson Audrey Gaddls Mrs Nola Bree adyxsor Pat C ray Jamce Robertson Iat Kreke Jeyyel Peters Doro hea Flack -nuns: Q ill -11 N-..,gl' I 1 5 '- ' - I ' 1 , . . 1 ' : l , . . .' ' A ' ,Z - . I l , . 7 . ' . I , v I 'A ' v 4 1 A f v v 1 v1 ' ' Y ' 3 ' . ' ex- fk - . .5 . I ' -, , ' - .1 Q Q. K 1, V, . ,S ' ' 2 .. 1 ' ' ' ' ' , ' ' l ' 2 - , V- ' , , '- , ' ' v ' 'I ' QL' U . , z ' ' 'L 1 ' 'Y 1 'z' , - ' ' Y, -. ' 1, 2 , - ,, , '- ' she attended classes to obtain knowledge of Under the supervision of Mrs. Free, the . 1 . , : I ,. ,,',' . .,-2 , , Q P, yy - v v I 1 K 1 A - 1 ' 1 ' . . 1 ' ' ' . ' ' ' 1 ' ' ' ' . c, , : I . A . , ' . ' , v n .', . . , .' ' , - '- , .' 3 - - '1 - , .' ' Y ' 1 , ' 6 V ' ' ' ,' . 1 , A 1 A -v . - - we . -9 -- - v - 1 7 .v . , v . , , ., L . XA! ,

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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 '

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Rlght Side Front row from rlght to left Charlene Reynolds Sh1rlev Hoffmelster Marv Ann Mc D6X1tt Donna Habbe Sarah K1DCa1d Back row Rlchard Hlcks Charles Althoff Phxlhp Dlt ters Ted Keller Queen Rose Ranes Left Slde Front row rlght to left Kenneth Dolboyy Kathryn Harrls Ruth Eden Helen Dex all Rose Mar1e Koenlg Barbara Laskovxskl Back row Isaac Harp er Charles Cooley Ph1l Brown Alfred Hayyklns HOMFCOMINC Students and alumnr of EHS danced to the muslc of Wayfne Karrs orchestra from Champa1gn at the Vrctory Homecommg held rn honor of the ex serylcemen of l'l'lS 21 and vyas sponsored by the semor tlass mth Ph1l Dolbowy class presxdent as general tharrman ind Mr Slifer and Mlss Broun as adusors The gym was garly detorated mth eyer green branthes and red nbbon xylth a large Chnstmas tree at the north end of the gym in keepmg yyrth the hohday season Rose Ranes was esrorted to the throne by Walter Rles to be crowned queen of the homecomlng by Ph1l Dolbovy Syfly 1a Hall last year s queen vs as unable to attend assrsted by Barbara ean Laskoyyskl and Charlene Reynolds Attendants for the hometommg were Sarah KlHLdld and lxathryn Harrrs senlors Ruth Eden and Donna Habbe yunlors Mary Ann McDey1tt and Helen Deyall sopho mores and Rose Mar1e Ixoenrg and Shrrley I-Ioftme1ster freshmen . . Y. l . . : . , 1. - l , l A . 1 Q - 7 v v ' ' z . 1 1 ' ' . 7 : ' K . . : . Y' 'Y 1 1 I v 7 l 9 v - : ' 7 7 v 7 V ' . ,T ' I f ' 7 U 'V , Y . ,y - . . V S 7. U - 'I 1 A . ' 7 ' 7 r f ' The homecoming was held on December Kenneth Dolbow served as Crown bearer. , Y 1 ' I f 1 J - Y 7- . V7 - v r I 1 I . , ' , 7 2 ' ' , ' v 1 , , ' Y Z . , . ' -, ' , ', , ' N ' , ,, , ' V - , V' , A , , ' ' . , 1 Q , 4 ' 1 ' Y. 75 7 3 . I - 7 46