Algonac High School - Algonquin Yearbook (Algonac, MI)

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St udent Council Left to right , first row ; Miss J ab 1 ins k i - ad v i sor , Willie Stephen- son-president-elect, Her ry W i 1 1 i ams - p r es i den t , Oelphine Rzepps - t rea surer . Second row: T. Me ldrum, B. Highstreet, R. Baker, R. Molinaro, D. Overton, L. Day, S. Hemenger, W. kersten, J. Martin, J. DeBoyer, E. Campbell, F. Day. The Student Council is the representative group of the student body from the eighth through the twelfth grades for student government purposes. Under the new constitution which was written and passed this year, the council is now composed of sixteen member s, a larger group than we have ever had before in our school council. This year this group planned the all-high dances, made purchases for the betterment of the school such as the balco- ny curtain in the gym. All pep meetings and sponsorship of games were assigned toclasses by the council. The monitor system was planned and organized and is an important group working for the good of the student body and school. 25

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CPaper Staff Left to right, seated: Dorothy Krebs, Circu- lation Editor; Elaine Edwards, Co-Editor; Miss Allene Stewart, advisor; Miss Carolyn Slepicka, advisor; Mrs. Trueman Pippel, advisor; Harry Wilde, Co -Editor; Carol Kuhn, Assistant Editor. Left to right, standing: Lydia Day, Sara Hem- enger, Julie Johnson, 3arbara Stark, James Ed- mond- Art Editor, Joan Vigliotti, Joan Smith, Lois Colling, Mary Gunniss, Mary diland, Shir- ley Dahl, Joan Raymond, Marlene Rzeppa, Mary Ann Smith, Barbara Melchers, Fanny Polito, Cay Cartwright, Gerry Williams, Wilfred Stephenson, Beverly Seibert, Jean Ann Simons. So pictures: Marella Hill, Lois Johnson, Ruth Krebs, Donna Mensen, Sally Rose, Delphine Rzeppa. THE ALGONQUIN (Student Weekly Newspaper) Algonac High School has sponsored a paper (although rather spasmodically, we confess) for several years. According to our records, the first issue appeared in the spring of 1929. This pro- ject was an activity of the class of 1931, but the number of issues is debatable. The history of the paper until 1939 is nebulous. There are faint re- collections of a group of school-spirited students (among them Don Clark) producing a bi-weekly edition. Henry Anderson was one of the first editors under the organized set-up. Then through the haze appears the face of Marjorie Van Volkenburgh, whose service as editor, I believe, embraced the year of 1942-43. Following Margie’s term came that of Betty Jane Y ahn and Craig Wilson. That was the year of our never-to-be forgotten print- ed editions. Craig worked at a printing establish- ment in New Baltimore and labored far into the night to produce the printed page. But with the termination of Mr. Wilson’s position at the news- paper office came the end of our “elegance ”, We reverted to the mimeograph. What a headache ! We just had to have a new machine ! Through the kindness of the Board of Education and the efforts of our staff we achieved our ambition. Production became easier.We were a growing concern. The editors for the ensuing years have in- cluded Lee Edwards, Joan Evans, Billie Mae Street, and Carol Messenger. This year Elaine Edwards and Harry Wilde hold this responsible position. We are proud of our efforts and happy to re- port that two of our workers ; Marjorie Van V olk- enburgh and Craig Wilson attained high honor sin college journalism. Margie was editor of the Albion Pleiad and Craig is working at present on the staff of the Michigan Daily at the University of Michigan. All hail, Algonquin! 24

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Bit onor V if If BIT 1! Vi WB I 1 Left to right , first row: B. Soboleski, R. Johnson, D. Krebs, P. Hilgen- dorf, L. Colling M. Rzeppa, E. Krause, B. Melchers, B. Kelly, E. Mart in. Second row; Miss Bradley, advisor, G. Williams, B, Campbell, R. Rose, N. Schultz, C. Gilbert, R. Baker, E. Edwards, L. Johnson, L. Fetter. The Algonac Chapter of the National Honor Society was organ- ized in 1940. Membership is based upon four qualities: scholarship, character, leadership, and service. Since its inception, the organ- ization has taken in a total of eighty members, and the active group this year consists of twenty members. The officers for the first semester were president, Marlene Rzeppa; vice-president, Ellen Martin; recording secretary, Mary Ann Smith; corresponding sec- retary, Gerry Williams; treasurer, Lois Colling. The two main events looked forward to each year are the in- duction ceremony in the fall when new members are tapped, and the banquet in the spring which serves as a reunion for all members. The group has participated in many projects, but the main one is the sponsoring of a loan fund, which now contains over $300. This fund is to aid deserving students who need help to pursue higher education. 26