Danville High School - Medley Yearbook (Danville, IL)

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Maintenance Stall Mr, C, Plymire, Supeiinlendenf of Buildings anding: J. Briggs, P. Kronsl. E. Harfshorn, L. Neville, C. Moms, C. Hill. Sealed: M. Cunningham, E. Sluebe, l.. Ben- nell, F. Hirlcs, R Krwlm F Bnnebiaico, D. Marlin, F. Bailey, V. Parlcer, A, wiiifsml. I mn' 'l':m-11l,x'-fum' Back Row: R. Kline, Cv. Grubbs, H. Snyder, H. Bradlield, Fronl Row: W. Cook, O. Buclcellew. Few of us ever siop io consider The job Jrhal is aclually done by lhe mainlenance slall of DHS. ll is ihe job of ihese hard working men and women To keep 'rhe school near and clean bofh inside and ou?- side. Few ol us slop 'lo realize iusl' how much exira work we cause Jrhem, especially aller baslceiball and looiball games. Because of iheir willingness io help, few of us know ihal il is noi Their iob lo come To lhe aid of siudenls on special iobs such as cleaning up dropped ink bollles. Head cusiodian, Mr. Earl Harishorn, had lhe iob ol caring for slage scenery, lighls, curlains, and oiher ariicles in lhe audiiorium. VV'i'rhou+ his assisf- ance I+ would have been impossible lo preseni lhe various plays, assemblies and musicals pul on by lhe organizaiions using The DHS slage. C. J. Plymire served in ihe capacily of superin- iendenl of all cily school buildings and if was his iob fo oversee ihe mainienance of ihese buildings.

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Cafeteria as Second Row: M. PiclceTT. l. Boyd, R. Fanson, N. Bradfield, O. Carroll, Mr. Cole, L. Shep' herd. Firsf Row: D. Rarbon, J. SeiberT, G. BarTlovv, M. Prouse, S. l-lempel. AlThough D!-IS sTudenTs didn'T spend much OT Their Time in The caTeTeria, The sTudenTs enjoyed Themselves every momenT They were There. A pleas- anT aTmosphere was creaTecl Through The eTTorTs of The caTeTeria sTaTT. lndividual Tables and soTT music which echoed over The loud spealrers creaTed a friendly Teeling among all. New meThods OT serving The Tood were devised This year in order To provide TasTer and more eTTi- cienT service Tor The sTudenTs. Six lines were Tormed -Tour Tor The plaTe lunch and Two Tor The shorT order. This new sysTem was possible because OT new equipmenlr which, alThough The sTudenTs were noT aware of iT, was OT much use To The liTchen sTaTl. The sTudenTs lined up Tor lunch. The experienced lciTchen sTaTT spenT much Time preparing The delicious lunches. New sTeam Tables made iT possible To lceep The Tood hoT. STudenT help-T ers of The caTeTeria served The food, scraped dishes, and made change Tor The lunch lines. A dishwasher, which was TirsT used lasT year, conTribuTed To Time and energy-saving devices. Only because of The hard worlc oT These people was iT possible Tor The sTuclenTs To enioy Their lunch periods. lvlr. Chick Cole was in charge OT The caTeTeria, and he supervised all caTeTeria deTails. Whenever The school held parTies or oTher acTiviTies which re- quired candy or poTaTo chips, Mr. Cole Took The responsibiliTy OT ordering Them. Pmu' 7'ti'm1ly'fl1i'ei'

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PTA l Mrs. A. R. Brandenberger, Mrs, M. Lewis, Mrs. H. Gerrard, Mrs. P. Timmons, Pres., Mr. E. D. Milhon, Mrs. R. WiTTig, Mrs. E. HalleTT. The Danville High School PTA, composed oT par- enTs and Teachers inTeresTed in promoTing The wel- Tare oT Their own and oTher children in The home, school, church, and communiTy, meT Tour Times This year. The programs Tor T953-I954 were oT wide varieTy and inTeresT. AT The SepTember meeTing The Tresh- man parenTs were honored. All who aTTended Toured The building and laTer were served reTreshmenTs in The Home Economics DeparTmenT. A Talk on iuvenile problems was TeaTured aT The November meeTing by sociologisT James Cook. Seven pasT presidenTs were pre-senT aT The February meeTing aT which a Tilm on world Trade was shown. A sTudenT panel was The highlighT oT The April meeTing when DHS sTu- denTs were honored. The major proiecT of The PTA was a sTudenT aid Tund which provided SIOO per dean annually Tor The aid oT needy sTudenTs. Each dean disTribuTed The Tund as he saw The need. AnoTher proiecT was ThaT oT conducTing a survey Tor The ciTy school board To deTermine The poTenTial growTh in The school en- rollmenT in Danville. The members oT The Douglas School DisTricT assisTed wiTh This proiecT, which was done in cooperaTion wiTh PTA's in oTher ciTies. OTTicers oT This year's PTA were Mrs. Paul Tim- mons, presidenTq Mrs. Melvin Lewis, IsT vice-presi- denTy E. D. Milhon, 2nd vicefpresidenTg Mrs. A. R. Brandenberger, secreTaryg Mrs. Willard Shipman, Treasurer: Mrs. Frank EsTes, program direcTor: and Mrs. WalTer Yovaish, membership direcTor. ParenTs geT acquainTed aTTer meeTings Page' T'!K'!'lIf-V-ff'l'C