Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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Eager .lunlor class sells over fave Tons candy Inherltmg the class project of former junior classes the class of 1961 set to work selling Christmas candy wnth thoughts of completely ehmmatmg semor ex penses As soon as the sales slrps were lssued eager junrors asked anyone and everyone lf they would like to buy some candy We have them m one and two pound boxes only Sl 50 per pound Homeroom ac countants were flooded with order blanks and brlls Things quneted down for a whnle but on the day of dellvery, orgamzed chaos rexgned As fast as the boys could unload boxes from the bxg truck they were sorted mto homeroom prles and dxvlded agam for each student Although there were groans of agony as students trred to get everythmg home nn one bundle smxles were broad when lt was announced that 10 900 pounds were sent to buyers and that the jumors netted S 50 per pound from a gross sale of S16 350' 4W1th boundless energy box after box of candy was hfted and glven to wantmg arms of homeroom representatrves Amazed crxes querled afterward Dld we lxft six TONS0 Oh my back' but Don Rmgsred Blll Johnson and Hap Dunne seemed unmmdful of the weight A swlft relay system was set up to get the candy from the truck to the bulldmg Dolhes loaded to the brrm were hauled up the front walk to A 100 and then unloaded and sorted Stralnmg to keep up the pace Blll Purdy John Rhem Bull Henderson and Hap Dunne tug at the load I I ' 9 c - 1 . Ls ' vs , . . , c 9 7 ' . . . 9 9 1 . , . s . . H . , . a - a ,, . . I - w a 1 9 1 , . V

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AFS student exchanges promote understanding Much is said about promoting understanding be tween nations but few people ever really do anything about it The American Field Service program is a notable exception to this rule furthering international relations in the best possible way through exchanges of students from different countries all over the world Seaholm was somewhat unique in the manner in which it sent representatives abroad last summer and fall Emily Watson summered in Fml md while an un precedented four students studied abroad on the winter program Natalie Gmgell studied in Tromso, Norway Eleanor Sims in Namur Belgium Jane Thompson in Rotterdam, Holland and Dan Rodgers in Bern, Swit zerland But the European peoples did not glean all the bene tits of this people to people program Although sending five students Seaholm was fortunate enough to get Glo Mendozo of the Philippines and Jeanne Pierre Gontard of France school put up and decorated by those students on the service s committee Glo Mendoza Paul Robertson Carol Shuler Jane Griffith and Don Van Doren add their ornaments as the project nears completion Welcome Home read a great banner in the lobby It was home in time to begin the second semester Talking over the trip are Paul Robertson Carol Shuler Eleanor Sims Natalie Gmgell Don Van Doren Jane Thompson Dan Rodgers and Emily Watson .2 5 gsm' I 5 3 g . . . 2 , . - l . . . . Q , S 5 - 7 4The AFS lobby Christmas tree is a familiar tradition in the a great day indeed ,when our winter exchange students arrived . 4 I . ? ' I? I, Q lv rl H .1 A . I 21