Chatsworth High School - Tale Feathers Yearbook (Chatsworth, IL)

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LITERARY CONTESTANTS First .row: M. Bouhl, C. Beck, R. Bess, L. Cording, L. Weller, G. Sheeley, L. Schade, M. McKinley Second row: L. Schade, G. Beck, D. Sneyd, N. Falck, G. Dasscw, M. Fine- field, Miss Stoutemyer Third row: L. Sterrenberg, B. Sims, B. Hill, C. Culkin, C. Brown, A. Fro- bish, L. Perkins LITERARY CONTESTANTS Tuesday evening, March 26 at 7:30, the annual speech contest to determine the winners to represent C. T. H. S. in the Vermilion Valley and sub-district contests was held. Those competing in Dramatic Declamation were: Betty Jo Sims, Elizabeth the Queen ; Gwendolyn 3eck, Valley Forge ; Mildred Finefield, The Death Disk ; Arlene Frobish, The Wingless Victory ; Mary Agnes Bouhl, King John ; Lavonne Schade, Caleb Stones' Death Watch . Entered in Orations were: Gladys Dassow, Walls of Happiness ; Lucille Perkins, Late for a Date ; Clarence Culkin, My Country 'Tis of Thee ; Bud Hill, Eyes of Youth . Verse speakers were Norene Falck, Dagger Scene from Macbeth ; Lila Cording, Soliloquy from Richard III ; and Lucille Weller, Balcony Scene from Romeo and Juliet . Humorous Declamations were: Dorothy Sneyd, The Awful Fate of Melopomenus Jones ; Gail Sheeley, Life in the Open ; Marilyn McKinley, With the Photographer ; Rosemary Bess, Guying the Guides ; J. Cameron Brown, The Still Alarm ; Lorraine Schade, The Unknown ; and Lois Sterrenberg, Looking after Clara . Betty Jo Sims received first in Dramatic Declamation, Lucille Perkins, in Orations, Lucille Weller, in Verse and Rosemary Bess in humorous. In the V. V. Contests, Lucille Perkins and Rosemary Bess won firsts and Betty Jo Sims won third. Corrine Beck Was our ex- temporaneous speaker. Betty Jo and Rosemary won seconds in Class B in the sub-district Speech contest at Chenoa. Betty Jo competed in the district contest at Normal. -21-

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THE LIBRARY CLUB Fourth row-left to right: L. Schade, L. Sterrenberg, D. Sneyd, Mary Ruth Hubly, H. Baldauf, E. Huttenburg, R. Wallrich, S. Hill, D. Shols, A. Haberkorn, H. Gillette, G. Dassow, M. Shell, D. Lawless, B. Gingerich Third row: M. Finefield, M. Hamilton, C. Beck, J. Brown, F. Schade, Jim Cooney, C. Culkin, J. Ribordy, V. Gingerich, A. Frobish, L. Perkins, A. Hernken, A. Homickel, N. A. Bouhl, Miss Stoutemyer Second row: L. Cording, L. Runyon, D. Kane, R. Bess, L. Weller, M.J. Kueffner, B. J. Sims First row: J. Fraher, L. Rosendahl, E. Cole, John Cooney, B. Hill, J. Lafferty, B. Tauber, G. Gutzwiler, D. Milstead THE LIBRARY CUJB The Library Club is a voluntary organization of the three upper classes. The committee system of organization is used. The charging committee checks books in and out, returns them to proper places on shelves, helps students select book3 to read, collects fines, and records all statistics on circulation. The picture coirmittee collects interesting pictures that may be of use to any department of the school, mounts them on cardboard, arranges them in a file, and keeps the assembly picture board supplied with pictures. The book repairing committee repairs all torn books. The dramatic coamittee has charge of special day assembly entertainment, and of the entertainment produced at the club meetings. This year the committee presented several playlets at the G. A. A. Christmas Party and at the Library Club meeting which was held. Occasionally, the entire club meets for business and entertainment. At these times, each committee chairman reports the amount of work his members have done and also the time used in doing it. -20-

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GIRLS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Seated: R. 3ess, M. Finefield, 3, J. Sims, D. Kane, J. Kohler, G. Beck. D. Ford Second row: L. Schade, L. Sterrenberg, D. Sneyd, I!. Hubly, M. Kueffner, L. Runyon, C. Beck, M. Bargman, D. Lawless, M. 3ouhl, L. Cording, H. Smith, G. Sheeley, L. Schade, V. Grosenbach, L'iss Plaster, 3. Johnsonn. M. Williamson ’ Top row: A. Hornickel, M. Monahan, V. Gingerich, A. Saathoff, E. Gerdes, D. Gutzv iler, A. Frobish, L. Perkins, R. Kueffner, D. Gingerich, L. Weller, A. Hornickel, A. Hemken, M. Hurt, J. Knittles, M. McKinley, G. Dassow GIRLS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION G. A. a. officers elected for the school year of 1939-AO were Corrine Beck, Pres.; Betty Jo Sims, Vice Pres.; Dorothy Sneyd, Treas.; Bernice Ford, Sec.; point secretaries are Mary Ruth Hubly, Senior; Mildred Finefield, Junior; Lorraine Schade, Sophomore; and Jane Kohler, Freshmen. Throughout the year the girls have been making fun for themselves and the students by going on hikes, weiner roasts, and breakfasts, and by giving parties. The Christmas Party was given December 20 for the student body and the Pot Luck Supper, March 12 for the boys who had been in football, basketball or track. At the end of the year the girls who have earned enough points from their grades, daily attendance, and gym class record will receive an award. The G. A. A. gets its funds from dues, from selling hot dogs and pop corn at games, and by sponsoring the CocaCola machine. -22-