Hadley Technical High School - Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Presenting Successful Alumni After his graduation from the Woodworking Department in june, 1939, Philip G. Winkler, jr., went to work for his present employer, H. Pauk and Sons Manufacturing Co., as an ap' prentice machine hand. After two years he was moved into the drafting and detailing departf ment. Shortly after that he entered the United States Navy and served as a carpenters mate for almost four years. Following his discharge he ref sumed his work in the drafting office. Dissatisf fied with his progress he decided to further his education and enrolled in Klok Institute, a wood production engineering school in Grand Rapids, Ixlichigan. After completing his course he ref PHILIP G. WINKLER turned to H. Pauk and Sons at his present job in the design and estimate department. Mr. Winkler has added to his success in the woodworking field by becoming an instructor of his specialty- detail drafting. He conducts a class for adults interested in layout and mill' detailing at Hadley Evening School. Three months before she graduated from the General Clerical Department in june, 1951, Roberta Lee lines began working as a partftime comptometer operator for VVohl Shoe Company. Since graduation she has had a fullftime job there. Her work consists of preparing mark-up statements, accounting information on sales, inf ventory and shipments to children's shoe depart' ments in stores all over the United States. Her knowledge of comptometry is very essential to the performance of her duties. Mildred Ruppert Sudholt graduated from the Cosmetology Department in April, 1935. The first position she held after graduation was one Mrs. West helped her find in a shop with high standards. Here she gained the foundation and experience all beginners need. After three years in this beauty shop Mrs. Sudholt changed to another employer. After four years there the opportunity came for her to go into business for herself. The excellent training received at Hadley and the practical experience obtained through her employers made her feel she was prepared for her own business. She now owns and manages a large exclusive salon in Clayton and employs six full time operators. ROBERTA L. JINES X-N

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ln the begmnlng 'yocatlonal educatron experlenced dark days Funds for th1s kmd of educatron were slow rn commg There was some opposrtlon to thls new ty pe of 6ClL1L1t1OIl The Vocat1onal School had no lDLl1lCl1f1g of rt own The mdu tr1al shop w ere 1n in annex to the old Central H1 h School The commercral departments were 1n the old Mary lnst1tute There was 1 m1n1mum of teachers md materrals Mlny rf not all of the IU tructors had to 1I11p1'ON1C the1r own te lchlng materlal There were only 1 few mnor hop m lchrne elettrlc prmtlnff commercral art md drxftmg Alter the torn xdo ot 19'7 leveled old C'entr1l Hrgh School le IX mg only the hop 1n the xnncx 1nt Let 1 new voc1t1on1l educxtxon bLlllCl1I'lQ w as planned wrth pace for the commerclal department and lc 1ClEI'l11L cla new xoc 1t1onal chool 1n honor of Herbert Spencer Hadley d1st1ngu1shed eoxernor ol M1 ourx and chancellor of Washrngton Umversrty Cn Feb ruary 10 1937 the new Herbert Spencer Hadley Vocat1onal School wa ded1cated Later the name was chmged to Hadley Techn1c1l Hlgh School The school ha progre ed and ha become the Hadley we know today Hadley must be a satlsfactxon to those men of courage and x mon who worked o hard to lchreve a full reallzatlon of the1r dream T E Spencer and F I leflrey Truly a story of success Hadley 15 the Alma Mater of many men and women IU the busrness and 1ndustr1al world today Success ls wrxtten rn exery one of thelr he 1rt Vvfe the graduates of 1917 and the gradulte of the future must pur ue the rdeal of ucce 1 fa1thfully and exrne tly as our predecessors lt rs only httrng that we dedrcate thls rssue of Flame and Steel to the tory of Hadley a tory of sucte s Y T I NK D I T nw. -1 Q ' ' 1 ' . ' ' . ' ' ' 4 A ' s ' . 8 ' s ' 5 s f ' z . 'g . Q . ' ' ' . A ' z D I . S .ll lc sq. 2 , . L , ' S T .T L ' s ' ' 2' ' . ' . N z ' av' s s: 1 , X' ' 'N ' . ,z z ' . ' H 1 A 1. e , 2 ' z f' f tsl s' an i'l2',2 ' 'z'z 'Q' f. ' V s 'V ' 1 'Q ' s' ra a ssf rooms. Cn May 29, 1929, the Board of Education resolved to name the V Y gl . S . 1 , . . ,O ' ' 'ss Q ' ' ' ' 4' . f 7 5 'hi T I S , ' ' z f 2 ' . 1 s ss . . s ' ' ' ' 1 ' . eq l -T, .ei T b sq T I v-s I 7 s . 2 ' ' . ' . ' ' . sz . . ' : 5 ':, I . 1. Q . 1 . V 5 M .Q , . ' f ' ' 'Q s. , . ' 5 f-, 1 s A A 5 s ' 1 Q s ' ss is Q 2 2 s ' H s , s . H

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llaiph Kuehnel is a graduate of the lvlachine Shop in the hlanuary. 19-12. class. Since lxlay. 19511, he has been shop superintendent of the General lxletals Products Company, Mr. Kuehf nel '.i.'orked during the summer of 1941 at CurtissfVVright, but returned to Hadley in Sep' tember of that year to finish school. ln the latter part of November he went out on a halffday job at the .lohn Ramming lvlachine Go.. working as an apprentice. ln February, 1942, he went to work for the General lvletals Go. as an apprentice working in the tool and die shop. ln October, 1943, he left for the Army in which he served for 30 months. He was in charge of a machine shop in the Army Engineers. He re' turned to the General lwletals Products Go., and in 1948 was made foreman. M1'. Kuehnel at' tends Washington University evening classes. Pictured with lvlr. Kuehnel is Gene McAtee, who graduated in the lanuary, 1952, class. The day this picture was taken Gene was starting on his first fullftime job. M1'. Kuehnel has a high opinion of Genes work since he had some contact with him during Gene's partftime job on the work experience program. George Windiiioellei' graduated from the Print- ing Department at Hadley with the lune, 1937, class. He immediately began to work in the printing industry as a press feeder with the Globe Printing Go. After a short time in this job he advanced to work on larger presses at Vv7oodf ward Q5 Tiernan Printing Co. ln 1939 when he was offered the job of pressman with the Hilton Go., Mr. Vv7indmoeller decided that this was the RALPH KUEHNEL and GENE MCATEE INIILDRED RUPPERT SUDHOLT type of presswork he really wanted, The fact that he has continued on for twelve and a half years indicates that the job must be to his liking. Mr. Windmoeller became a member of the Press' mens Union soon after graduating from Hadley. He has served on various committees of the union and is now serving his second term as a member of the executive board. ln January, 1950, Mr. Wiiitlnioellei' started as a partftime instructor in presswork at Hadleyis evening school. After two years of this he is still very enthusiastic about the type of training that is available for those who see the need for self' improvement and are finding ways to obtain it. GEORGE VVINDMOLILLER aw'