East High School - Tartan Yearbook (Portsmouth, OH)

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Paul Kent, Vice President: Keith Winters. Treasurer: Layton Edwards, President: Marianne Harr, Secretary. THE TUBE T Cllll Cll The Student Council of East High was organized in l946 under the guidance of several faculty members, It is composed of the presidents of the four classes, home room representatives, and the presidents or representatives ot the various organizations. ' The Student Council is a formally organized and officially authorized group of students charged with the responsibility of assisting in maintaining discipline, especially in out-of-class activities. These officers of the Student Council were chosen November 12, 1947: Layton Edwards, President: Paul Kent, Vice President: Marianne Harr, Secretaryg Keith Win- ters, Treasurer: A very impressive installation service was held in assembly, Wednesday, November 19. Vivian Schomburg explained the student council and its meaning to the student body. After all the officers had taken special oaths administered to them by Mr. Smith, he presented the gavel to the president. Sitting-Iames Tipton, Keith Winters, Danny Kinker, Betty Holbrook, Betty Baldridge, Vivian Schomburg, Dick Smith, Norma Black, Marianne l-larr, Helen Kemp, Lester Covert. Standing-Carl Bussey, Tom lenkins, Bill Shope, Imogene Fannin, Douglas Wallen, Paul Kent, Layton Edwards, Wanda Bouts.

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ww.. Y-HI Sitting-Colleen Slattery, Margaret Keatley, Marianne Harr, Ruth Maxey, Ianet Shackleford. Standing-Ianet Whitt, Norma Black, Wanda Bouts, Helen Schwamberger, Lois Myers, Ruth Fraley, Ioan Wil- liams, Freida Kuhner, Frances Hood, Icmice Brown, Ianet Keen, Fay Frazee, Ioyce Lang, Rhea Iones, Margie Gahm. The Y-Hi is an organization for Iunior and Senior girls. Its object is to stimulate social, in- tellectual and moral development and to promote good fellowship among its members. The club sponsors are Miss Taylor and Miss Davids. To add to the Club's funds, the girls sponsored a Halloween dance on October 17. They also sold approximately 250 chrysanthemums in school and at the homecoming game. The main social event of the year was given on December 20, when the Y-Hi, together with the Hi-Y, gave a formal dinner party at the Scioto Tavern. During the week preceding Christmas vacation, the Y-Hi and Hi-Y members read selections from the Bible in each home room, thus taking part in a world-wide observance of Bible Reading. I P.aq1s0'5 Y-Hi Officers-Rhea Iones. Secretary: Wanda 1-W qmllot Bouts, President: Ioyce Lang, Vice President: Mar- 1-iel-en Davids' garet Keatley, Treasurer.

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ANI ll CLUB The Spanish Club was organized in 1946 by Mr. lohn Stevenson. The club is composed of the students of the Spanish l and Spanish II classes. The club this year had a membership ot sixty-one. The directorates chosen for this year were Lester Covert and Marianne Harr from Spanish Il and Forest Deemer, Paul Kent, lanet Shackleford and Danny Kinker from Spanish I. On October 28 the Spanish Club was host to three Latin Americans, who came to Portsmouth to study shoe manufacturing at the Selby Shoe Company. They and the Spanish students, with the aid oi an interpreter discussed liie and customs in their country. Earlier in the year Miss Yeley, a Missionary from Cuba, spoke about Cuba and Venezuela. The activities of the club included an assembly, a Spanish Dance, and an opera trip to Cleveland on April 2-4. The club members exchanged letters with Mexican students in High School No. 8, Mexico City.