East St Louis High School - Estlian Yearbook (East St Louis, IL)

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ANUARY 1943 First Row: Iames Vonnahme, Iarnes Ashby, Francis Sobieralski, Max Blinder, Edwin Stenzel. Second Row: Raymond Bourland, Gerrit Van Amersfort, Edward Connor, Clarence Raede, Mr. Pannett. O1 Third Row: Virgil Lee Icide, Albert Dauer, Ruben Yelvington, Arthur iver. Hi-Y Club The East St. Louis Senior High School Hi-Y is one of many Hi-Y groups throughout the world. It is a branch of the Young Men's Christian Association. Bi-annually, Hi-Y Congresses are held in prominent college towns to which delegates are sent to exchange ideas and develop new methods of fulfilling the club's purpose, To create, maintain and extend throughout the school and community high standards of Christian character. This year the members of the Hi-Y Club, under the direction of Mr. R. F. Pannett, sent Iarnes Ashby and William Shopher to such a congress at Oxford, Ohio, to represent them. The Hi-Y Club is also active socially, in addition to giving the usual parties, the members cooperated in the opening of a new recreation center, Triangle Teen Town, for Hi-Y and Girl Reserve members. Each year the Hi-Y presents a bronze belt buckle to one boy in each school sport who has displayed outstanding ability, good sportsmanship and has a good scholastic record. Officers of the club are Frank Sobieralski, presidentg Ruben Yelving- ton, vice-president: Albert Dauer, secretary, and Iames Ashby, chaplain. Page Twenty sewn

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THE ESTLIAN W' First Row: Gloria McGowan, Wilda Palmer, Dorothy Kern, Betty Tauber, Gloria Goodell, Mary Catherine Borders. Second Row: Ioan Hellstern, Iune Hellstern, lean McCracken, Eileen Stoeckel, Ianice Vonnahme, Marie Williams, Lorraine Brown. Girl Reserves Girl Reserves are junior members of the Young Women's Christian As- sociation, which is a world-wide organization. The girls' activities are varied according to their wants and needs. One of the outstanding events on this year's calendar of activities of the Girl Reserves and their associate club, the Hi-Y, was the opening of their new recreation room, Triangle Teen Town on December ll. This semester a Board of Advisers was selected by the girls. It consists of Miss Florence Clute, chairman, Miss Catherine Howlett, Miss Florence Zahnow, Miss Dorothy Pannell, and Miss Pearl Reinheimer. Page Twenty-six

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THE ESTLIAN First Row: Dorothy Kern, Mary Catherine Borders, Evelyn Dobyns, Miss Leona Menestrina. Second Row: Lorraine Bixhom, Virginia Fiddelke, Deloris Holroyd, Gloria Simpson. Girls' Athletic Association The oldest organization at the East St. Louis Senior High School, the Girls' Athletic Association, was organized in 1903. The G.A.A., as it is usually called, is sponsored by Miss Leona Menestrina. It is represented in the picture above by its officers, its graduating senior members, and its sponsor. This club gives girls an opportunity to participate in intra-mural sports events such as basketball and volleyball tournaments, as Well as tennis and table tennis matches. It also sponsors the Rhythm, Stunt, and Archery Clubs. The goals of the GAA. are to develop the qualities of good sportsmanship and to promote interest in athletics. Mary Catherine Borders is president of the organization. Other officers are Lorraine Bixhorn, vice-president, and Floy Blackwell, secretary-treasurer. Page Twenty-eight