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

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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

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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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JUNIOR RED CROSS Jack Kovacs, treasurer, Joanne Petersen son, president. EVERY STUDENT IS A MEMBER An organization that carries a program ot service, both national and local, is Murray's Junior Red Cross Chapter. Under the direction ot Mrs. Agnes Smith, the students have added another record of outstanding service. During the tall all rooms participated in Hlling boxes tor distribution overseas. Chapter board members had the responsibility of checking and packing. At holiday time the Red Cross ottlcers found hours somewhere, and they helped to decorate the Veteran's Hospital tor Christmas. With the slogan that Every Student ls a Member as Soap ls Needed its motto the Murray group launched its annual drive March l4. Preceded by a program tor the entire school, the representatives and board members asked for gen- erous contributions and received them. This year the school was represented in the St. Paul Red Cross Council by Beverly Bailey who held the ottice ot second vice president. Beverly attended a national meeting of the organization during the past summer in San Francisco. The Murray Chapter selected a memorial tor the school library to Louis Peter, one ot the Red Cross board members, who died during the year. Page sixty-tour r Filling boxes is part at the Red Cross Chapter's tall work. Rae Marie Vasterling wonders whether or not to add another cake ot soap to the box that Joel Poschel is holding-it it can hold much more. The L. C. exhibit case shows a collection ot materials in the av- erage oversea's box. secretary, Mrs. Agnes Smith, adviser, Bet- ty Matthews, vice president, Kenneth Lar-