Hill Murray High School - Omega Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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MURRAY'S MESSENGER-THE MURCURIE Top picfure, left To righT: Dolores Harris, Nancie Bawden, Bing Thompson, Audrey Grove, Mary Louise Markley, Mary Sue Krebs, Kay Horeish, Mary Higgins, Susan Wisard, Shirley Swensen, Below, leff To right: Luanne Schmugge, Bob Hahnen, Jean Cegelske, Dick Keith, Miss Elsea Peterson, adviser, BeTTy TuTT, Bob Joseph, Marilyn Carlson, Joyce ChrisTesen. Grey hairs should surely adorn The head of RoberT Joseph by r,,f sw The end of The year. As business manager of The Murcuie he has T direcTed a ThriTTy group oT penny-pinchers whose problem iT was To Hnance The paper and make ends meer. NOT The leasT oT These worries was To keep The ediTors from planning expensive lay-ouTs. . Among The schemes To keep The Murk ouT of The red were The sale of plasTic book covers and The popular singing Telegrams service. In The laTTer The Murcuie is greaTly indebTed To choir mem- bers and Mrs. Helen McGeever, music insTrucTor. if CirculaTion managers found work simplihed This year by Bob Joseph's posT ofhce sysTem of disTribuTion. IT was indeed a busy year for The Murcurie business sTaFf and iTs adviser, Miss Elsea PeTerson. Indispensable To The publicaTions deparTmenT are The Three secre- Taries-PaTricia MacDonald, Donna Pederson, and Mary Ellen Hoag- lund, Ever ready To Take eiTher a leTTer or a baTch of copy, The girls have been busy near deadline Time. When The hours wenT by Too quickly, oTl'ier members of Miss Valborg l-lelseTh's advanced class were ready and willing To see . . T . r ThaT everyThing was in order a The proper Time Page Sixty-two xg., Deadlines Tollowed by deadpans The following day are all Too com- mon in The business of The Mur- curie ediTorial sTalT. Each issue finds ediTors, reporTers, and aspir- ing iournalisTs dashing abouT gaTh- ering leads, scoops, and all The news ThaT is TTT To prinT. AT Times all of This becomes very confusing and someTimes amusing. Mary Sue Krebs and Mary Lou- ise Markley headed an able sTaTT ThaT won an All-American raTing Tor Their paper This year. The sTalT's sporTs ediTor, Bing Thompson, had a wriTer's field day when he cov- erecl The sTaTe hockey TournamenT and waTched Murray's Team sirive To bring home The Title while ad- viser, Miss MargareT Glenn, cheered from The sidelines. Shirley Swensen, co-news ediTor, Traveled To Red Wing To see Mr. William Carey, exchange Teacher Tram England, adviser of The Red Wing ChieTTain. OTher members visiTed elemenTary schools, inTer- viewed The greaT and near greaT in ST. Paul, and did publiciiy Tor all deparTmenTs who desired The services of The FourTh EsTaTe. Indispensable Three J 5 V7

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LIBRARY CLUB'S HISTORY I' , is i-f-'ffii J ,Miglia I This is the , s Joyce Christensen of Quill and Scroll to Eileen Gavin, L. C. member vvho is handing cards to the chairman ot Christmas card sales, Patricia Shannon. Accountant Bill Kellermann checks orders. Bunny Book, a best seller comment C Oh, what lun we had at the Mardi Gras ot Books during Book Week, Ch arlotte Miller with her balloons smiles at the antics ot I cown Bob Schrader. Marcia Williams, Book Week chairman, is well pleased with the exhibit. 6 It is time tor the hero to arrive as Barbara Born- I stad shows her tear ot the villain Chuck Grose. Richard Edd ' ' y and Bob Christensen try hard not to smile All tl A . tis is part ot the Mellerdrama at I.. C. Initiation. First row, left to right- Wilma Dorn Eilee G ' . , n OVII1, Kay Johnson, Gayle Mattson, Charlotte Miller, Georgia Cook, Richard Eddy, Gence vieve Kulenkamp, Robert Joseph 'V Carolyn Acton, Albert Andeison, Joyce Christesen, Joan Coulter, Margaret Fcnske, Helen Finger, William Geilfuss, Kay Horeish, Dana Hooper, Joann McDowell Y Gail Holzinger, August Haugan, Charles Grose, Paul Christianson, Neil Atkinson, David Eide, Bob Christensen, Gordon Tinker, David Briggs, Juel Brynildsen. Page sixty-o UC

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YESTERDAY'S PLANS-TODAY'S PILO' Coveditors Georgia Cook and Sue Preus are looking at returned run- otts. Kyle Peterson, art editor, is showing Eileen Gavin, senior editor, Sure 'Nutt's picture in her sec- tion. Business managers, Paul Mielke and Roger Wood, seated, check tig- ures with Bill Kellermonn, accountant. Jack Folsom, assistant manager, marks the subscription chart. Below-top picture: Jerry Gillett, sports editor, Joan Manson, assistant senior editor, Joyce Christensen, feature editor, Arthur Kistler and Charles Whitehead, activity editors, are snapped by super cameraman Dick Thomas. Missing is Don Wilson, former camera editor. Everywhere Murray's PILOT stat? turned this year they came face to lace with their theme. Posters, newspapers, radio pro- grams-the whole state seemed bent on making the Minnesota ' Territorial Centennial something to remember. By August l948, the opening section plans tor the book had been completed. Art editor, Kyle Peterson, was highly esteemed around the PILOT ottice atter his creation, Sure 'Nuft, was unanimously approved. Eileen Gavin, senior editor, and Joan Manson, as- sistant, had everyone beat as tar as etticiency and speed were concerned. Editors, Sue Preus and Georgia Cook, along - with Joyce Christensen, feature editor, were busy making big plans for Prom and homecom- ing layouts, while, above the usual din, business managers, Roger Wood and Paul Mielke, tore their hoir and implored everyone to- Watch the budg- et, watch the budget! Serving as an advertising team for both publications are Lorraine Picha, Joan Proshek, and Harold Basquin, who is talking to Miss Margaret Glenn, adviser, and Barbara Geddes. Page sixty-three