Elkton High School - Elk Yearbook (Elkton, SD)

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HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT HOME EC. II In Elkton High School three years of Home making are offered in a modern equipped department. The kitchen department is equipped with modern style cabinets, refrigerator, and this year two late model stoves were added. These things give the girls actual practice in planning and preparing meals. In the sewing unit there are electric sewing ma- chines that give the girls opportunity to make cloth- ing articles for themselves. Besides this the depart- ment offers units in family relations, marriage and careers, and costume designs, as well as many other crafts and hobbies. HOME EC. I There are forty members in the Elkton Chapter F.H.A.. Our organization is a na- tional affiliation association sponsored by the American Home Economics Association. The advisor of F.H.A. is Mrs. Kurtz. The organization has a business meeting on the third Wednesday of each month and a social meeting on the second Monday of each month.

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Back Row Left to Right-Mrs. Heartz, V. Ellis, M. Coughlin, C. Heffernan, M. Bur- lage, P. Ellis, B. Heesch, D. Anderson, J. Ponto, E. Fulmer. Second Row-E. Ekberg, B. Marquardt, M. Heesch, S. Jacobson, R. Pratt, H. McClemans, D. Mc- Dowell, R. Karstens, M. Heesch, J. Baker, H. Baker, E. Kretsinger. Front Row- J. Pratt, B. Kuechenmeister, R. Risch, J. Mundahl, A. Kramer, R. Schaffer, C. McCuen, N. Buchholtz, J. Blomgren. BAND The Elkton High School band was organized this year by Mrs. Heartz, tne di- rector. The band consists of thirty-two members. There are two sections the A band and the B band. The A band has played at' various school activities. Some of them are the homecoming, football games, bas- ketball games, and the District tournament. Left to Right-Nancy Buchholtz, Evonne Ekberg, Jean Blomgren. SOLOISTS The Instrumental Soloists attended the contest at Milbank on February 10. Nancy Buchholtz, coronet soloist, chose as her selection “Forest Echoes’ . Evonne Ekberg who plays the flute, selected the songs “Santa Lucia and London- derry Air . Jean Blomgren s trumpet solo was “Spinning Song . 22

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Left to Right-Mrs. McMahon, Darlene Krogmann, Rose Marie Howell, Dorothy Bebensee, Marjorie Bebensee, and Aria Schoenfeld. HOT LUNCH The Elkton Public School has par- ticipated in the Hot Lunch Program for 11 years. Mrs. McMahon and her helpers serve about 90 pupils per day. The fee for the meal is 1.00 a week for each pupil. There has been a stove installed this year in the hot lunch room.