Atlanta High School - Atalanta Yearbook (Atlanta, IL)

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Pictured above are the bus drivers. They are left to right: Dick Howser, Harley Warrick, Roy Thompson, and Zeke Swearingen. The Seniors would like to thank each one of the bus drivers for being so helpful to us. Pictured below is a picture of the construction of the new Grade School building. Construction on thebuilding began June 1, 1955, and the building will be ready prior to September 1, 1956. The building is made up of six class rooms and an all-purpose room. It will be heated by a new heating plant in the old building. The bond issue is $180,000. The architect is Atkins and Barrow and the general contractor is Charles Routson. The building is fired tile with face brick. The halls have terrazo floors. The classrooms will be plastered with acoustical plaster and have asbestos tile floors. The rooms will be lighted by instant fluorescent lighting.

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THE OFFICE The office is an expression heard frequently around a school. Time was when it was regarded as the holy of holies — that place wherein no student trod unless to be tried, judged, and executed. Today our office is used for a long list of necessary activities. Counceling, general administration, fiscal and academic records, and planning conferences round out the most important functions. The secretarial work ranges from recording every student cafeteria account, to typing forms and teaching materials, through mimeographing to ditto work. VIRGINIA KINDRED Secretary MR. HARWOOD Principal

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PICTURED ABOVE FIRST ROW, left to right: Kay Fortman; Ada Reid, Vice-President; Ruth Ware, President; Mr. Wright, Sponsor; Hannah Ijams, Treasurer, Rosemary Bruce, Secretary; Carole French. SECOND ROW: Beverly Turner, Sue Hazelwood, Jean King, Janet Haning, Frances Wertheim, Sheila Ferguson, Donna Bruner, Donna Ford, Charlotte Speciale, Bonna McDaniels. THIRD ROW: Roslie Kaup, Ivy Harris, Bob Miller, Bill Dunham, Don Menzel, Fred Stunkard, Karl Ware, Eugene Yeast, and Frances Leesman. NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY The Atlanta Chapter of the National Honor Society was chartered on February 10, 1955; and an informal initiation was held of the first members: Dixie Baker, Wilma Bruner, Thressia Parks, Lynd Wertheim, Jack Shay, Rosemary Bruce, Bonna McDaniels,. Ada Reid, Ruth Ware, and Bill Dunham. These members were selected on a basis of citizenship, scholarship, leadership, and service by the faculty committee composed of Mr. Harwood, Mr. Wright, Mr. McCullough, Mrs. Paulsen, and Mr. Elliot. At a subsequent meeting on March 28, Sheila Ferguson, Hannah Ijams, Charlotte Speciale, and Roslie Kaup were selected for membership. The Society was established as a nonprofit school organization, and it sponsors two programs a year — a banquet in honor of the new members and an honor's night program for the purpose ol bestowing yearly honors on outstanding students. On December 16, Donna Bruner, Jean King, Sue Hazelwood, Kay Fortman, Don Menzel, Frances Leesman, Eugene Yeast, Bob Miller, Karl Ware, Fred Stunkard, Frances Wertheim, Beverly Turner, Janet Haning, Donna Ford, Ivy Harris, and Carole French were initiated into the Society. These new members are pictured below. On January 24, a banquet was held in the cafeteria in honor of the new members. At the banquet Mr. A. G. Frenchie” Haussler gave a talk on his trip to the Near East.