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Y-Teens 'Y-TEEN CABINET For the first semester of the school year the Y-Teen cabinet was as follows: President ....................... ..............,................ H elen Sontag Vice-Pres. and Pnogram Chairman ...... Delores Ramsey Secretary ............................................................ Joyce Fels Treasurer ................................................ Shirley Carville Newsreporter .................................................. Joan Shoup Social Committee ................ Patricia Gaddis, chairmang Rosalie Trumpoldg Rosalie Eichackerg Elsie Hahn Worship Committee ................ Doris Dickel, chairman: Judy Phillips, Jean Bahindorfg Hazel Hoppe Pnogram Committee .......... Delores Ramsey, chairman: Mary Ann Zuber: Patricia Selzerg Rose Marie Parson For the second semester the officers were: President .......................................................... Elsie Hahn Vice-Pres. and Program Chairman .... Rosalie Trumpold Secretary ........................................................ Hazel Hoppe Treasurer ........................................................ Doris Dickel Newsreporter ................................................ Dolores Hess Social Committee ............ Rosalie Eichacker, chairman: Helen Sontag: Shirley Carvilleg Ainnette Seifert Worship Committee ........ Carol Ann Zuber, chairmang Lorraine Votroubekg Mary Ann Zuber Program Committee ...... Rosalie Trumpold, chairman, Patricia Gaddisg Judy Phillips: Jean Bahndorf -Joan Stumpff SUMMER CONFERENCE The Y-Teen Summer Conference of 1953 was held June 6-13. To this annual at Lake Okoboji from meeting clubs from all parts'-of the state send dele- gates. ' Shirley Carville, Doris Dickel, Patricia Gaddis, Elsie Hahn, Helen Sontag, Rosalie Trumpold, and Mary Ann Zuber were the girls representing the Amana club. The theme of the conference was i'We the Younger Generation. During the day the girls attended tech- nique workshops, discussion groups, worship meet- ings, and heard addresses by different leaders. Dr. Frank Coburn, associate pnofessor of psychiatry at the University of Iowa, was the main speaker at the conference. Recreation the Y-Teens enjoyed during their time at Lake Okoboji was tennis and sunbathing as well as swimming in- the lake. Another big event was a picnic and bonfire out- ing that took place one night during the week. -Joan Stumpff BREAKFAST HIKE The Y-Teens had a breakfast hike on September 3 at the Amana Lily Lake. At 6:30 a.m. the girls from Homestead, Amana, and East met at the store in Amanag and the girls from High, West, South, and Middle met at the Middle store and walked to the lake. The girls brought with them whatever food they wanted to eat. After breakfast the group hiked to Middle for school. -Joan Stumpff -GIFTS FOR ORPHANS ' A service project the Y-'Teens performed shortly before Christmas was gathering old cards, picture books, toys and clothes, for an orphanage in Cedar Rapids. All the contributions were assembled at the meeting -on December ll. Shortly afterwards Mrs. Staples delivered them to the children's home. ' -Pauline Fink WOMENS COUNCIL The Women's Council is an organization estab- lished to help the Y-Teens with some -of their pro- jects. Each year the club has a money raising project. The council meets every other month at one :of the member's home. Its members are Mrs. Elden Moon, president, Mrs. A. C. Schrnieder, secretary, Mrs. Helen Schuerer, treasurerg Mrs. George F-oerstnerg Mrs. Leonard Hal- dyg Mrs. Louise Moser: Mrs. Paul Oehlg Mrs. George Schuererg Mrs. Herman Shoup: Mrs. Jenny Shoup: Mrs. Richard Staples: and Mrs. Otto Zuber. -Joan Stumpff Y-TEEN CARNIVAL , Om Sunday, October 14 the Y-Teens persented a carnival on the Amana High School grounds. The carnival started at 2:30 p.m. with Y-Teens in charge of the concessions stands. The booths featured dart throwing, pony rides, bingo for cakes, horseshoe, fishing, ringing ducks, the selling of comics, and pin- ning the tail on the donkey. Refreshments consisting of hamburgers, h-ot dogs, potato chips, pickles, pop and coffee were on sale throughout the day. - Door prizes were important attractions of the day. At 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. the drawings' for the sand- wich grill and the French fryer were held. Kenneth Neuman of West and Carl Seifert -of Homestead, re- spectively, were the lucky winners. A program was held at 7:30. It oonsisted of three skits about hill-billy life, a dialogue between a mother and her son, a shotgun wedding, and one about a car which always broke down. -Joan Stumpff Y-TEEN FALL CONFERENCE Y-Teen clubs from the Southeast area met in Clin- ton October 24 for the annual fall conference. The theme of the conference was Y-Teens Now- What Next. Fred Johnson, former principal of the Clinton High School and Superintendent of Beloit School, was the main speaker of the day. Registerati-an took place at 9:30 a.m., followed by a snack and mixer. The opening sessions began at 10:30. At 11:15 there was a worship meeting followed at noon with a lunch served at the YWCA. ' The meeting was resumed at 2:00 p.m. with a speech by Mr. Johnson, and a business meeting was held at 3:00. The installation of officers -of the Southeast area concluded the conference program. K 1 Jean Bahndorf, Mary Ann Zuber, and Mrs. Bonnie Staples, Y-Teen advisor, were the Amana delegates who attended the conference. -Joan Stumpff Y-TEEN GENERAL SUMMARY 'The first Y-Teen meeting of the year was held Thursday, Sept. 10. However, because after the com- pletion of the gym basketball practice took place after school on Thursdays, meetings were held every Wed- raeslglay. Mrs. Bonnie Staples served as advisor of the c u . Almost .every week various activities were planned for after the meetings by the vice president who is al- so program chairman. Among these were ,playing games, seeing films, group singing, -or worship meet- ings lplangied byhthoig worship committee. At one time a spea er rom e istrict YWCA Mi ' ' talked to the girls. ' SS Dons Flew' In addition, the club engaged in several service and money-raising projects. A father-daughter and ahgnobtlgg-daughter banquet were also enjoyed during -Joan Stumpff
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Y-Teens FATHER-DAUGHTER BANQUET On October 27 the Y-Teens had their annual father- daughter banquet which took place at the Ox Yoke Inn in Amana. Pumpkin and mask decorations were used in carrying out the Halloween theme. Helen Mae Sontag, president, gave a welcome speech followed with grace by Patricia Gaddis. The girls and their fathers enjoyed the dinner which consisted of steak, corn, salad, American fried pota- toes, pickled ham, cottage cheese, and strawberry chiffon pie. After dinner the guest speaker, Tait Cummins, WMT sports commentator from Cedar Rapids, enter- tained the fathers and daughters with a talk. -Joan Stumpff Y-TEEN CHRISTMAS PARTY A Christmas Party iior mothers and Women's Coun- cil members was held on the evening of December ll. The program began with a welcome to all the moth- ers, guests, and Y-Teens. Following that, the freshman recognition service was performed. A nativity play was then presented by a group of the Y-Teen girls. At various times during this panto- mine act appropriate Christmas carols were sung by soloists or a small chorus of girls. A special feature -of the evening were the singing of two Christmas carols by the YMB Chorus. They sang Silent Night'? and Oh Come All Ye Faithful. Santa Claus also made his annual stop at the party. I-llowever, aside from handing- out the usual gift ex- change presents, he gave each Y-Teen a gift from the Women's Council, a manicure set. Refreshments of strawberry shortcake, milk and coffee topped off the events of the evening. -Pauline Fink BROTHERHOOD WEEK PROGRAM The Y-Teens invited the junior high girls to a Brotherhood Week program held on February 17 in the auditorium. The business meeting was followed by a worship program. Two songs, Onward Christian Soldiers and Our Song, were sung, and then the girls heard several short readings. A Bible reading closed the meeting. For entertainment the Y-Teens were divided into five groups. Each group was then presented with a paper sack which contained numerous small items such as hairpins, sunglasses, figurines, etc. The girls were asked to think up and perform a skit centered on these objects and concerning the brotherhood theme as well. The winning group received apples as their award. Refreshments of cookies and milk were the last thing on the program. -Pauline Fink NAVAJO INDIAN PROJECT Several years ago the Y-Teens began supporting Billy Benally, a Navajo Indian boy from New Mexico. This year the girls again decided to continue this project. The club sent 560 for sponsoring the boy to the Save the Children Federation. This organization helps poor, unfortunate children in the United States and Europe. The money will go towards the buying of clothes, food, and other necessities for Billy. -Pauline Fink WOMEN'S COUNCIL PARTY The Y-Teens gave a party for the Women's Coun- cil in the auditorium on the evening -of April 12. Elsie Hahn welcomed the guests and Y-Teens pre- sent and then Helen Sontag read the poem An Easter Lily. A style show was next on the program during which several Y-Teens and Mrs. Staples mod- eled different spring and summer clothing. This was followed by a skit called Penny Parade. It dealt with the Y-Teen Centennial Fund Tribute. The YWCA will celebrate its centennial next year and in order to strengthen its services the world over, the organization has asked each Y-Teen to donate a penny a day for the YWCA. After the skit the group played a game. Last on the program was a poem., Atop Bunny Hill, read by Annette Seifert. Refreshments consisting of tuna fish sandwiches, carrots, stuffed celery, pickles, radishes, ice cream, and coffee were served after the entertainment. -Joan Stumpff MOTHER-DAUGHTER BANQUET The Rsonneburg was the site of the annual Mother- Daughter Banquet held this year on May 6. Instead of entertainment by the Y-Teens, as.is usually done, a speaker, Mrs. Frederick Murray of Cedar Rapids gave a talk. She chose for her subject, Mothers and Daughters of Tomorrow. Mrs. Murray was American Mother of the Year in 1947. The social committee, headed by Rosalie Eichacker, did the planning for this occasion and chose as their theme story book castle. For carrying out this theme the girls placed story book dolls on the U shaped tables as well as candles and bowls of flowers. On the evening's menu were tomato soup, a jello salad, ham, chicken, baked beans, sauerkraut, mash- ed potatoes and gravy, and apple torte for dessert. -Gladys Shnoup BAKE SALE The Y-Teens sponsored a bake sale April 17 at Newman's Department Store in Cedar Rapids. Cook- ies, cakes, cup cakes, and canned goods such as pickles, beets, relish, and sauerkraut were some of the items for sale. The food was taken to Cedar Rapids with the Amana -Society Bakery truck. The proceeds of the bake sale amounted to 578, Ezvhich will be used for sending girls to summer con- erence. ' -Joan Stumpff Y-TEEN EASTER EGG HUNT The Y-Teens invited children between the ages of one and five to their annual Easter egg hunt which to-ok place on April 14. Each girl was allowed to bring as many as three children. Because the weather was nice it was possible for the hunt to take place outside on the school grounds as well as inside AHS. After the children, had their baskets full of eggs and candy, they were taken home on the school bus which had also transported most of them to Middle. -Pauline Fink
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