Ecorse High School - Ecorsair Yearbook (Ecorse, MI)

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42 unior 234 serves Row 1, left to right: R. Beier, R. Oltean, D. Miller, L. Seymour, S. Riopelle, S. Enright, L. Kukhahn. Row 2: M. Stanovich, A. Ciemierek, D. Callow, O. Zelnak, E. Long, advisor. The junior Girl Reserves were organized September, 1942. The club has an average membership of twenty. In order to be eligible for membership, the girls must be in the ninth and tenth grades and have a good scholastic record. 'lshe purpose of this club is summarized in the club motto: aTo Find and Give the Best.' Recreational activities of the club consist of various sports. For example, volley ball and basketball games. Club members also perform patriotic duties, such as, the making of bandages for Cancer patients in the hospitals and rendering their services to the Red Cross CAQEF ZBA 4212127 Phyllis Diegel, Lee Butterfield, Lillian Babcock, Dolores Loomis, Margaret Toth, Betty Ray.

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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,

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gif, OSC-0LLtS 43 -If Row l, left to right: joan McCabe, Donna Gieckler, Anita Gerlach, Diana Slovenske, Marjorie Harvey, Evelyn Smith, Joyce Malewsky, jane Ann Dickey, and Barbara Holland. Row 2: Rosemary Gerlach, Joan Rhine Geraldine Filimon, Marjorie Kalman, Betty Lou Shannon, Lieut., Shirley Enright, Marie Roberts, Betty Knox, and Mrs. Adams, Capt. Row 3: Doreen Callow, Dora Marinoff, Louise LeBlanc, Mary B. Laeion, Kathleen Kirby, Calleen Kirby, Betty Ptak, Petty Davidson, and Rose Marie Schoenfelner. The organization of Girl Scouts was founded by Juliette Low in Savannah, Georgia, in the year 1912. The purpose of Girl Scouting is to provide a variety of program activities to help pre- pare girls to become useful citizens. Scouting helps to make girls self reliant, and to de- velop strong character, and high ideals. The Ecorse Girl Scout Troop Number 174 is under the leadership of Mrs. Adams and her assistant leader, Betty Lou Shannon. The troop is divided into four patrols, each having a patrol leader. The four patrol leaders are: Dora Marinoff, Doreen Callow, Geraldine Filimon, and Betty Knox. The Girl Scouts during the -,ast year have been busy making articles out of leather, such as, coin purses, lanyards, and billfolds. They have also done some work in Woodcraft. When autumn comes, the scout program centers around hikes, picnics, and many other outdoor activities. In winter, the Girl Scouts enjoy tobogganing, and ice skating. Spring finds the Girl Scouts busy earning money by selling Girl Scout Cookies, having bake sales, candy sales, and sponsoring dances. In addition to these activities in which the Girl Scouts are engaged, they are active in doing their part to help to win the war. They have collected fats to be made into explosives they have made afghans and bookmarks for the wounded in hospitals. Now in time of need, , the members of the Girl Scouts have proven that they do not lack the strength that is neces- sary to meet the crisis which has arisen.