Jamestown High School - Red and Green Yearbook (Jamestown, NY)

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VICTDRY CORPS HE High School Victory Corps is a national voluntary organization for high schools designed to mobilize students for more effective preparation for, and participation in war-time service. Its main objectives are physical fit- ness, participation in community service, and preparation for future critical occupations. Many workers in I. H. S. have joined the Victory Corps and are taking part in community service. Some are rolling bandages and doing other Work for the Red Cross, some are taking courses and doing work in first aid, nutri- tion, child care, and home nursing, others are doing messenger service for civilian defense. Many girls who plan to be nurses are Working at the hos- pital as Hospital Helpers . Members of the Production division are Working in shops or taking courses to prepare for defense jobs. The Land, Sea, and Air Divisions are chiefly for boys who are going into the armed forces. Pre-induction courses in drill, navigation, mathematics, and science are given to members. The Land and Sea Divisions added to the so- cial program of the school as Well by sponsoring two very successful dances. Members of the Victory Corps student council are Alfred Ford, director, Ioan Buckmaster, assistant director, Shirley Wolinsky, Neville Shanahan, Duane Carlson, Ioseph Segar, Richard K. lohnson, and Mary Buckmaster. Mr. Thelander is the Director of the Victory Corps. The directors of the divisions are Miss McMahon and Dorothy Gustafson, General Division, Mr. Williams and Augustus Allen, Land Division, Mr. Moon and Donald Osterhout, Air Division, Mr. Taft and Iames Breckenridge, Sea Division, Miss Anderson and Duane Larson, Community Service Division, Mr. Ottoson, Production Division. 2 'N

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THE APPRENTICES QSUPHOMDRESJ NE sunny September morning, the class of '45 came to apply as appren- tices at I. H, S. and since then we have very successfully begun to learn our trades. Realizing our need for capable leaders we elected officers as follows: DONALD KING ....,.., .....,.. P resident VIRGINIA THOMAS .... Vice President CAROL OUIST .,., . .... ,. , . . . . Secretary DONALD OSTERSTROM ...., i....,....,.,.. T reasurer ARTHUR LAUDENSLAGER ,... ,... K eeper of Properties GLADYS E. CARLSON ,, .................,,.....,.... Historian To satisfy our parents concerning the conditions of our apprenticeship, We held open house at our plant one November evening during National Educa- tion Week. A reception in the gymnasium followed an informative program in the auditorium. On March 26, after our shift was over for the day, we changed the factory from its usual work-day appearance to a gay festive place, ready for the Soph-