Ecorse High School - Ecorsair Yearbook (Ecorse, MI)

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40 A.W.V.S. The junior Auxiliary of the American Women's Voluntary Service was organized in Ecorse High School, january, 1943. It is a branch of the national as well as the local organization. The junior A.W.V.S. is founded upon the principle of democratic service to the com- munity. It welcomes to its membership all girls of high school age who wish to serve in community work. Our local high school organization has a membership of ninety. The primary purpose of junior A.W.V.S. is to awaken the girls to the fact that they must assume definite responsibilities as citizens and learn to think and act for themselves independently in this crucial period of our nation. The officers are: junior chairman, Mary Ann Cloutierg Secretary, Geraldine Montieg Treasurer, Bertha Schotter. The faculty advisor is Miss Blanche Elliott. The fulfillment of their motto, United We Servef has been fully realized by the active participation of the members in the various community services which has included collect- ing of books and magazines for the U.S.O., salvage of hose, fats, and broken records, sel- ling of stamps and bonds for local merchants, child care, assisting in hospitals, and the active participation in the local Cancer Campaign and the Red Cross Campaign. .Bond Ja le-.smen The total percentage for the school this year in the purchase of War Bonds and stamps has been as high as eighty-five per cent. At the end of four weeks the total sales for the contest between the boys and girls was 34,240.75 The boys had 31,564.15 and the girls had 32,676.60 The faculty members at the head of the committees sponsoring the sale of bonds are as follows: Mr. Peterson, who has kept the records for the committee and has taken care of all sales turned in. Miss Elliott, whose class first started the War Bond Committee and who has given them her fullest cooperation. Mr. Iackson, who was chosen to increase the sales throughout the school. Mr. Davis, our principal, who has given his every effort in the program which has been set up by the War Bond and Stamp Committee. The students' committee consists of the following: I. Whitefield, chairman, H. Hawkins, Doris Dawson, H. Marcott, Noel Fannin, S. Chani, S. Chordash, A. P. Williams, E. Ryan, and G. Gora.

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H.W.V.S. 12,79 Row 1, left to right: Agnes Ciemierek, Virginia Moran, Doreen Callow, Nadean Busher, Patricia Culbert, Shirley Beckmann, Marion Delphy, Marvelle Payette, Mary Ann Cloutier, Martha Raesner, Geneva Arnold, Shirley Enright, Colleen Debo. Row 2: Miss Blanche Elliot, sponsor, Edith Zanoni, June Baustert, Shirley Riopelle, Ruth Beier, Juanita Campbell, Dolores Goretta, Gertrude Brown, Emogene Cannon Louise Seymour, Helen Hawkins, Joan Riopelle. Row 3: Estelle Koval, Grace Schaeffer, Mildred McCrary, Gladys Smith, Betty Ptak, Dorothy Orasz, Kathleen Kirby, Colleen Kirby, Blanche Larion, Bertha Schotter, Geraldine Montie, Grace Allen, Mary Sipos. Row 1, left to right: Betty Knox, Angeline Vince, Bernice Pennington, Alexandra Kentris, Clara Willis, Clarice Willis, Jeanne Wolfe, Irene Marko, Zelma Randloph Olga Zelenak, Mary Lou Swartzbaugh. Row 2: Miss Blanche Elliott, Frances Caldwell, Mildred Reddick, Mildred Stanovich, Helen Gugnitz, Marjorie Harvey, Shirley Kernan, Tommie Lee Reddick, Joyce Malewsky, Lillie Eubanks, Evelyn Robson. Row 3: Sheela Dupuis, Dolores Hickey, Imogene Carver, Loretta Kukhahn, Doris Bryant, Geraldine Filimon, Doreen Knox, Anona Bourassa, Mattie Harper, Margaret Vince, Irene Vida.

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en for iff Reserves 41 Row 1: D. Marinoff, E. Kirby, H. Hawkins, 1. Baustert, S. Chani, I. Elias, C. Tabaka, F. Tabaka, E. Zanoni. Row 2: Miss Bamsey, sponsor, A. Mancos, 1. Riopelle, A. Bourassa, S. Chordash, M. Mann, F. Hodgson, M. Harvey, M. Roberts, F. Caldwell. The Girl Reserves was first organized in 1881 for American girls from twelve to eighteen years of age. The First World War gave considerable impetus to the movement, which then spread through all parts of the civilized world. Now there are 5,201 clubs with a member- ship of 292,560. The Girl Reserves was first organized in Ecorse in 1929 at School IV with a member- ship of fifteen girls and was called the Amelia Earhart Triangle. The next year it was di- vided into two groups, one for ninth and tenth grades, the other for eleventh and twelfth grades, known respectively as the junior Girl Reserves and the Senior Girl Reserves. Senior Girl Reserves under the guidance of a sponsor and in affiliation with the Y.W.C.l1.. in Detroit have put on a program during peace years of money making projects, such as, movies, lectures, trips, parties, and service work. Now, close association over a period of years with other clubs in foreign lands enables them to render a real service to-girls in the war infested areas of France, Holland, England, Rumania, Hungary, Poland, China, and India. Last years' club dues paid to the Y.W. in Detroit helped send Suzanne, fleeing south ahead of the invaders, to be cared for at the first farm house in Unoccupied France. Locally, the members of this club are doing Red Cross Work, and trying to maintain a program to make life interesting and valuable to girls everywhere. The purpose of the club is to find and give the best, and its slogan is To Face Life Squarelyf, The average membership is from twenty to thirty girls. In the days when the club was first organized everyone who wished to join was eligible. Today, all of this has been changed. In order to become a Girl Reserve one must be of high intelligence, good character, sound judgment, and adaptable to all situations. Besides these requirements, the person wishing to enter must also have a high recommendation from various faculty members. The current officers are: President, Sue Chanig Wee-president, Helen Hawkinsg Secretary. Imelda Elias, Treasurer, june Baustert. The Sponsor is Miss Beatrice Bamsey,