Drummer Township High School - Drummer Yearbook (Gibson City, IL)

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Drummer Librarians The Drummer library, a collection of over 2200 books housed in on attractive ,reading room across the corridor from the study hall, furnished much pleasure to Drummer students this year. L The librarians who worked with Miss Dueringer were Dorothy Firrnes, first hour, Patty Potts and John Scott, second, Darlene Hutchcratt, third, Gilbert Sauer and Mary Diehl, fourth, Marie Riblet, fifth, juonita jordan, sixth, Harry Harm, seventh, Margaret Fristschel and Jim Summers, eighth. The noon library period from l2:3O to l :OO was for those who digln't have an opportunity to read during other periods of the day. The capable librarians were Margaret Thompson and Edna Marie Brown. , ln order to give students knowledge about the United Nations,.new books about Canada, Latin America, China, and Soviet Russia were plenti- fully provided. J Fifty-one aeronautic books for air-minded boys and girls were found on the shelves. 1 The school had its own morning newspaper, The Chicago 'Daily News, and thirty-three attractive magazines. Three weekly periodicals were Newsweek, Business Week, and Scholastic. Eighteen mbnthly magazines on varied subjects, such as mechanics, science, and vocbtions, were available to interested readers. Besides these, twelve farm 'maga- zines and three women's magazines were used in the vocational depart- ments. I' x :xx ltxxlx ,4- .gj lg' J If ,Z a - j x l r l ,A .:.X?1 Jr-Tir X f le 1 ,H X . .,t 'ri T -ii W Q Q ' 2' .ii y in JJ Z.: ef F ' 2nd Row-Patty Potts, Gilbert Sauer, Juanita lor- lst Row-.-Marie Riblet, Dorothy Firmes, James dan, Harry Harm, Miss Dueringer, Darlene Summers, Margaret Fritschel, Mary Diehl. Hutchcraft. I l J I I l I

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E sf if nf . . x If lg Q , ff. X CUBS CLUB aj , j l I , N , ij , - in ' ,g On October 20, l942, a group of boys and girls met in Miss Weber's --dxf ' 'N 'Q I - room for the organization of the Cubs' Club. There were fifteen peoplei , ,N f X present, the freshmen class contributing the majority of the members. The a f election of officers was then held. Mary Lou Mattinson was to preside with Q f 1 the help of her able assistant, Donna Dibble. Valeria Wright was elected aj -I R , .! to undertcete the duties of secretary. 1 The purpose of the Cubs' Club is to improve the journalistic ability , of its members so that they may become members of the MAROON AND N WHITE staff. The meetings were held once every week, and the members were to g hand in stories written on any subject they chose. lf these stories werel N written well enough, they would be published in the Cubs' corner of the MAROON AND WHITE. X On March 9, the Cubs' Club edited their own edition of the MAROON l AND WHITE. Every story in this issue was contributed by a member of the club. The requirements for joining the MAROON AND WHITE staff fol- lows: A person must have been a member of the Cubs' Club before join- KA, ing the MAROON AND WHITE and must have obtained twenty-one I points for contributing stories to the paper. 3rd Row-Elinor Goodrich, Virginia Summers, Donna Mattinson. Dibble, Bob Rutledge. lst Row--Margaret Storm, Margaret Ann Fritschel, 2nd Row-Wilma Gandy, Dick McMahon, Miss Mary Lou Swallow, Valeria Wright, Dorothy Weber, lla Friese, Norma Borchers, Mary Lou Curtis. v K5

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. ,, lql , j i i,,f'i Q xrgixi jiri U. . as 'T ' t Home Economics Club 3 K J The Home Economics Club was organized in i933 and was' affiliated T ' with the lllinois Home Economics Association and with the American Home . Economics Association. . . - E , k'.J X r.. F3 - ' lds, Marie Riblet, Shirley jen- - dens, Katherine Blissard, Dora- thy Firmes, elen Knell, Phyllis l'l0fllSy. Row-Edith Colvin, luanita Donner, LoVonne Schroeder, Virginia Summers, Jo Ann Elkins, Virginia Acree, Emily Sawyer, Clara Mae Oneal, Dorothy Beck, Cleona Torrence. - x. 'l , mid, Ma? , X 'T i ,X N l tl X Row--Evelyn Wagonseller, lla Friese, Betty Van Blaracum, Marjorie Wogonseller, Pauline Zimmerman, Ruth Kerchenfaut, Jean O'Hore, Margaret Okey, Ruby Bridgewater, Cleona Tor- rence, Leona Fultz. The moto is, No life can be pure in its purpose nor strong in its strife and all life not be purer and stronger thereby. There were fifty-nine members in the club this year with Rachel johnson, president, Betty Celeschi, vice president, Jean O'Hore, secretary, Emily Sawyer, treasurer. This year a few of the girls mode scrap books for the Red Cross. A service flag honoring the alumni of two hundred and nine in the' armed forces was made by Edith Colvin, Betty VanBlarcum, and' LoVonne Schro- der. lt was dedicated at a special program at Drummer in May. Candy sales supplied the money for a grand Christmas party to a few of the less fortunate grade school children. The club's biggest event, the Mother and Daughter Reception, took place April l6, thus closing a successful and happy year. Row 2nd l st 3--Wilma Leonard, Darlene Love, Edna Marie Brown, Margaret Edmonds, Lois Barrow, Mary Lou Swallow, Lorene Thorsen, Betty Kay lor- dan, Deanna Moody. Row--Louise Carpenter, Dorothy Lappin, Kath- erine Smack, Anna Mae Augspurger, Cherie Swanstrom, Lavonne Swarm, Margaret Thomp- son, Martha Davis. Row-Darlene Hutchcraft, Dora Mae Brownlee, Dorothy Curtis, Rachel Johnson, Betty Celeschi, Leona Zimmerman, Helen Johnson, Sandra Loeb, Norma Lowry, Doreen Basil.