Effingham High School - Signet Yearbook (Effingham, IL)

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS CLUB l The purpose of the Industrial Arts Club is to I foster the development of a strong foundation in the skills, knowledges, attitudes and technical matters that are needed for happy and effective living in America. Industrial Arts Club work encourages boys to take industrial arts work in order to learn to work with tools and materials and to acquire reasonable judgment and some degree of technical know-how. ' ' The Industrial Arts Club has something to offer In the presence of the principal, Mr. Voyles, Mr. the Students in Yet'-lm fOr The time. ITIOHCY. and Slifer, Industrial Arts Club Advisor, is presenting effort we expect of them in club work. That the Industrial Education Charter to Leo Schmohe, Something is attendance and participation in our President gf the Industrial Am Club. state meetings. In no other way can we round out their social training to balance the theory training we have given them, ln an Industrial Arts program we insist that work experience, where the student may apply what he has been taught, is as important as the theory we have been teaching, Industrial Arts Club officers for the 1956-1957 school year are: Leo Schmohe, President, Jerry Garrett, Vice President, Gary Poynter, Secretary, Ron Phillips, Treasurer, David McWhorter, Reporter, Mr. Clayton Slifer is the faculty advisor, Front row: Leo Schmohe, President, Jerry Garrett, Vice President, Gary Poynter, Secretary, Ron Phillips, Treasurer, David McWhorter, Reporter, Second row: Don Rentfrow, David Graham, Merrill Habbe, Charles Winchester, Gerald Neal, Mr. Slifer, Advisor, Larry Poynter, Cecil McWhorter, Elwood Webb, Bob Macklin, Fred Krueger. Third row, Danny Macklin, Floyd Pagel, Larry Bailey, Don Lowry, Dale Bahrns, Leonard Coats, David Steffen, Lyle Boerngen, Bill Macklin, Leroy Buchholz, Gary Kruger, Archie Landreth, Tony Manuel.

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BOOK WORMS This school year was marked in Effingham High by the addition of a new club, The new organization is for the benefit of the students who like to read and are interested in library practice, At the first meeting in October, the group chose the name of Book- worms, The new group, which has seventeen members, is sponsored by Mrs. Steele, the librarian, The president is Larry Pagel, vice president is Rosemary Haarman, and the secretary-treasurer is Tony Manuel, On the second Tuesday of each month, the club meets to discuss business and plan their parties which take place every two months. Front row: Virginia Dasenbrock, Carolyn Dugan Tony Manuel Secretary Treasurer Mrs Steele Advisor Rosemary Haarman, Vice President, Second row Vernabelle Pagel Mary Ann Weddle Sylvia Townsend Sandra Brockett, Patsy Wagoner, Rosemary Moore Peggy Barker Judy Sligar Third row David Steffen Don Thomas. 40

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COMMERCE CLUB The Commerce Club, Room llO, and fourth -Tuesday-Home Room' --that is the announcement which means the members are to assemble for discussions, to hear speakers, see skits, or transact club business. The group is exclusive, yes, but you can belong by paying your dues and attending meetings if you have had or are taking at least one course in business. The club has had a selling project for the last few years, the profits from which are used for purchasing equipment for use in the commerce department, Things purchased are those which are needed and for which the school budget does not cover, ln December, to set the mood for the coming holidays, members bustled with plans for their annual Christmas party. As the end of the school year draws nigh, the members of the Commerce Club will long remember and treasure their memories of club activities. The dictaphone is one of many machines used in the commerce department, Emma Lou Edwards is ready to take shorthand, while Norma Jean Newkirk turns on the machine, Clerical work is the largest occupational field for women, Two thirds of clerical workers are women Over five million are employed, The best paid jobs in the field are as private secretaries, Front row: Erma Kissinger, Treasurer, Janet Jennings, Vice President, Miss Yates, Advisor, Donna Byers, President, Barbara Webb, Secretary. Second row: Marilyn Dettro, Elna Jackson, Kay Hickman, Norma Newkirk, Emma Lou Edwards, Bonnie Peters, Nancy Koester, Katy Claar, Carolyn Fisher, Phyllis Fortner, Glenda Bushue, Carlene Smith, Marie Bell, Helen Lybarger. Third row, Phyllis Schmohe, Rosemary Deters, Sharon Stevenson, Donna Reeder, Kay Hankins, Sandra Brockett, David Steffen, Zeanna Robertson, Gloria Lilley, Norma Wheeler, Barbara Arnold, Maxine Phillips, Marrianna Pippin.