Forreston High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Forreston, IL)

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Auxiliary Staff Mrs. Genandt Stanley Bomgarden, Gwen Anderberg, Inez Brinkmeier, Donna Egan. Shortly after school opened last fall a new department was added on a part time basis: speech correction. A well-qualified lady, Mrs. Helen Genandt, came every Friday morning to work with a total of 16 students. It was felt this work would help all of these students do a little better in other school work as well as getting along better in every day affairs, even after regular school days ended. These students have all appreciated Mrs. Genandt s work. Tuesday is meal ticket day. Mrs. Brinkmeier and Mrs. Egan are here shown selling meal tickets to the two co-editors, Stan Bomgarden and Gwen Anderberg. The scene is not quite normal as a dozen or more often form a queue awaiting their turn to secure the means to a meal at noon. Mrs. Egan has been a capable assistant the past year in handling office work. She has the sole responsibility of handling the 400 students and teachers each noon at the cashier’s desk, then making a daily report, and the monthly report which goes to Oregon and Springfield. Play tickets, report cards, daily attendance records, operating the two copying machines and a lot of typing keep her day full. Mrs. Brinkmeier has more than served a banker’s apprenticeship. She keeps an exact and meticulous record of the more than $1000 per day of federal, state and local money required to operate buses, main- tain the building, secure supplies, employ teachers, custodians, cooks, bus drivers and a multitude of other items. The state auditor seems to relax when he audits her books — seemingly a pleasant task compared to some he encounters in big business concerns. Preparing a 15 to 17 page report for each monthly board meeting and writing checks after each board meeting is the monthly climax of this school banker-bookkeeper. She also takes care of a dozen student accounts plus phone calls, questions and inquiries that stream into the office daily. When she does any job it is well done — neat, exact and orderly. Mrs. Johnson is not only a fine nurse but also has uncommon common sense in dealing with both real and imaginary ailments. Students always feel better physically and mentally after a visit to her office. Good cooks are always happily married. Smart men don’t pass up such kind. That’s about it. Our quartet are really good, happily married and they know their stuff on daily meals, banquets, and track snacks etc. We appreciate these four fine ladies. LaVonne Vogt, Leone Kaney, Helen Smith, Mrs. Johnson, Sharon Bocker. Ruth Snap.

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JOHN FARLEY University of Nebraska, B.S. Northwestern University, M.A. U.S. History; World History; Speech; Senior Play; School News Adviser LOIS FREDERICK Illinois State Normal, B.S. Ed. Physical Education; GAA Adviser DEAN K. FINCH University of Illinois, B.S. Agriculture I. II, ID; FFA Adviser VIRGINIA GRANDE Beloit College, A.B. Latin 1 and 11; English 1H LAUREN FREDERICK Illinois State Normal. B.S. Ed; University of Michigan, M.A. Plane Geometry; AlgebraII,Trigonome- try; Physics RUTH E. LUSARDI Iowa State University, B.S. Home Economics I, II, III; FHA Adviser PATRICIA ANN MILLER Wayne State Teachers College, B.S. General Science, Chemistry. German, Drill Team Adviser, Class Adviser JOYCE SUCK Wisconsin State College, B.S. Vocal Music Director VERA MAY ZIEGLER Manchester College, B.S. English I, Chief Substitute for After- noon Classes 11

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Homer Smith, Lawrence Ascher. Even temperatures help maintain even tempers in a building where 250 people work together nine hours per day. Neat surroundings, shining halls, clean blackboards, ample supplies of towels, soap and warm water are often taken for granted. The snows get pushed away and shoveled aside, grass is mowed, shrubs are trimmed, repairs are made, the cafeteria and dressing rooms regain a better-than-new appearance each day after rough usage. You know the answers: it's those twin terriers on the building and grounds patrol — Homer and Lawrence. They are on the job early and late and they get results. Our building looks just as good as new. Strangers do not believe us when we say we have used it eight years. That is a fine endorsement for top custodial service. Seven dedicated bus drivers are pictured below. There are also three capable substitutes - Marvin Muller, Henry Engelbarts and Elgin Cornelius. Heavy responsibility rests upon any driver at the wheel of a school bus loaded with the most highly-prized cargo in the community. His first duty is driving the vehicle, but he must also be alert to any bus disturbances. Crossroads, icy roads, snowdrifts, R.R. Cross- ings and careless drivers in other vehicles are a few of the hazards facing the bus drivers. Forreston is fortunate to have a corps of competent drivers. Jack Freasman, the venerable east side “Mayor 9 has taken to high school like a duck does to water. He doesn't top the class in English, algebra, history, or science, but he keeps plugging away and can hear disturbances at night just as clearly as Russians do with hidden mikes built in a wall. He checks the building at night, parks cars when a crowd comes and then keeps prowlers away when everybody else is engrossed in the auditorium. KNEELING-Robert Hoffman, Lawrence Ascher, Ray Bolen. STANDING-Marguerite Simler, Fred V i e t m e i e r , Dale Peters, LeRoy F o 1 k e r t s , Don Koch. Jack Freasman.