Frankfurt American High School - Focus Yearbook (Frankfurt, Germany)

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746444 The Talon, a literary magazine started by the Junior Advanced English Class last year, attempts to collect the work of talented students and publish it once a year. A place on the staff was given to any person who was willing to work hard on his own time, because the publication could not be given club status. The Editor, Bonnie Simenson, fsecond, rightj and Assistant Editor, Steve Blake, co-ordinatedthe maga- zine, proof read all of the articles, and took care of business details. The sectional Editorsg Literary, Bill Sandallsg Poetry, Marsha Taftg Features, Jerry Andrewsg Music, Karen Johnsong Travel, Gene Betitg Art, Peter Carelsg Humor, Kathy Barrg and Sports, Dick Pavlis and Walter Mackeyg with the help of their staffs, were responsible for collecting, editing, and laying out all material pertaining to their subject. Jacque Baker and Marsha Taft ftop rightj discuss a layout for the Poetry Section. This meant asking English teachers for material and keeping their ears open for talented people to contribute. All work was done at home or after school, with an occasional meeting to check progress. The money collected from the sale of the magazine at the end of the year was used for a scholarship for one of the staff members and several attended the Publications Banquet and received awards. 137

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.lk Quanta, if . fag S, asf! yaccw Deadlines, deadlines, deadlines . . .Were constant problems for the yearbook staff as they laboriously prepared the Frankfurt Focus section by section for an on time delivery into the hands of the publisher. Orderly confusion reigned as opinions and criticism freely flew among the Focus staff members. Daily tasks, assigned by the editors and Miss Solman, the advisor, brought each page closer and Clos er to completion. Knox Herndon and Buddy Hickman Qtopl, the photographers, prepare to take an all- important division page shot. Judy Dunn Qsecond lefty types copy, a job that takes much concentration. Jaci Wallender fthird leftl selects pictures to fit already layed-out pages and passes them on to Carol Wells fbottom lefty who crops them in the proper proportion for the layout. All of these steps were time consuming and necessitated long, sometimes frus- trating, hours after school. Bobbie Hines and Elaine Isaacs fbottom rightj co-business managers, copy names and add up countless lists of numbers to keep the expenses in order. La, F?

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138 de agfea Sedo and ea gg ROW ONE: Left to Right, Bill lVlcRoberts, Cliff Garrett, Kathy Glover, Virginia Heller, Bobbi Duncan, Linda Willis. Dave Ptak, Molly Duffy, Michael Schuchardt, Marty Beirne. ROW THREE: Ricardo Hernandez, Roy Wood, Bryan Gruver, ROW TWO: Georgia Rigsby, Carol Carapezza, Jo Ann Parmiter, Jim Harrison, Charles Dryer. V DAVE PTAK Editor, The Echo . . . and remember, all of your stories must be in by tomorrow, Dave Ptak reminds his staff one busy sixth period, shouting over the confusion generated by the enormous task of publishing a paper twice a month. The job of gathering news for THE ECHO takes staff members to every conceivable place . . . school activities to which they are admitted free by a Press-card, to the classrooms for novelty items, to any teacher's deskforapersonal interview or to the streets of Frankfurt for a feature story about customs and holidays. As the official school paper, THE ECHO, is sent to other D E G Schools and to headquarters for comparison with other newspapers. It is printed on a mimeograph machine which was bought bythe staff with money given by the Class of 1961.