Grafton High School - Re Echo Yearbook (Grafton, WV)

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-Clje ittountmneer- COMMERifc'lAL CLUB The Club’s main objects arc: (1) To promote interest in the business world. (2) To encourage a social spirit among Commercial students by offering opportunities for social contact. (3) To become familiar with progressive business methods and systems, endeavoring by such means to raise and maintain a higher standard of efficiency. (4) To discover and serve the needs of the community. The first social event was the initiation party for new members at the home of the president, Blanche Morrow. At the Christmas party they had Santa Claus and everything. On January 26, .Mr. Shaffer, vice president of the West Virginia Business College and a class in stenotvpc gave a wonderful demonstration of this machine. On February 13, the club presented “Safety First”, one of the best plays e er given in Orafton. The Commercial Club annual banquet that took place at the Grafton Hotel on Washington’s birthday, was outstanding. The president of each of the Civic Clubs were speakers of the evening. On March 14, the club gave an enjoyable assembly program. We have had some of the leading professional and business men of the city make talks to our club. The club conducted a very successful salesmanship campaign. Parties were held at the homes of Blanche Morrow, Mirian Smith, Eleanor White, and Evelyn -Miller. A farewell party for the seniors of the club in May. Officers are: President, Blanche Morrow; Vice President, Norma West-cott; Secretary, Genevieve Weaver; Treasurer, Sarah Sayres; Reporter, Orville Ware; Song Leader, Elizabeth Ford. The Program Committee: Norma Westeott Lee Bowman, Evelyn Miller, Margaret Clark, Been Miller. Club Sponsor, Luke B. Ross. 1930

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Grafton’s Hi-Y is about to complete anotner year of successful accomplishment. The club had a pleasant social time at the Grafton Hotel, on Wednesday evening. March 19, on which occassion Mr Robert Kidd was the main speaker. Several of the boys were representatives at the Older Boys Conference held at Wheeling. The Hi-Y basketball team deserves special mention, for the boys have made for themselves an honorable reputation among athletic circles. The members of the Hi-Y are: President, Carl Goodwin; Vice President, Robert Bunner; Secretary-Treasurer. Robert Bolyad; William Murray, Jimmie Stafford, Euge.ne Shrivcr. Ralph Kunst, Jr.. James Robinson. Billy Glenn, John Evans, Billy Fisher. Lawrence Wadsworth, Junior Barnes, Charles Bush. Tom Stafford, Fred Hoffman, Clay Robinson, Robert Kidd, John Cole, Frank Kunst, Paul Willis, Henry Rupp, Lowell Freeman, Nile Harter, Robert Davisson, Lewis Haymond, Charles Englehardt, and John Bunner. Air. A. V. Yoho, sponsor of the club, is largely responsible for its success. — ■ —1930 —

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Cije jflountameer The Library Club, under the sponsorship of Miss Watkins, has made an extensive study of tin library and its organization during the past year. The members learned how to make use of the Reader's Guide and studied classification and filing of cards and books. They also completed a scrap-book of the ITistory of Grafton, as written by Mr. Charles Brinkman. In addition to these projects, the group bad a candy sale in order to add a number of new books to the Library. Several meetings of the club were spent in rebinding old library books. One of the social events was a theatre party, and a picnic is planned for the last month of school. Officers and members of the club are: President ................................ Virginia Kinter Vice President ................................... Francis Hugill Secretary.......................Birdie Thompson Treasurer.................................Harry E. Flesher Mountaineer Reporter........................ Bobbie Shaw Members—Dorsey Newbrough, Genevieve Withers, Gertrude Roach. Max ine Zollinger. 1930