Joliet Central High School - Steelmen Yearbook (Joliet, IL)

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THE JUNIGR The junior Red Cross is a comparatively new organization in the school. The officers for this year were: president, Helen Gianutsesg vice president, Olin McReynoldsg secretary-treasurer, Dale McAllister. Working through home room representatives, S143 was collected, this making the entire school enrolled in the National Junior Red Cross. At Christmas time the representatives collected food and clothing, which was given to 18 needy families. The club is divided into several groups. The knitting group sponsored by Miss Clarke, made over 30 sweaters and are still making a number more. The Service Club helped in making Christmas baskets. They also made 100 nut ...1, ,DMN ., RED CROSS cups for Veterans' hospitals and scrapbooks for the children's wards. The Motor Corps, spon- sored by Mr. Imig, runs errands, delivers Christ- mas baskets and takes sick students home. Miss Benton is sponsor of the first aid group of girls who fold bandages under the direction of trained Red Cross workers. A vote of thanks must also be given to the Art class who designed 1000 menu covers, to Sewing classes which made utility bags and sewing kits for the soldiers, also to the Library which handles the Junior Red Cross Journalu and has loaned their display cases for publicity. Ir has been a successful year for the Junior Red Cross and it is hoped that more can be accomplished next year.

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MA-ICR C. L. JORDAN Superintendent 1940 - 1942 DR. LEONARD B. WHEAT Superintendent 1942 f

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vmmvwmw-W--wwmw-H 'ms v'ni-1-4.-it-f Samples. Lyons, joutras, Lewis, Mathias. 17TH PERIOD Something new has been added! Yes, stu- dents, this past year saw the development of an all-student radio program written and pro- duced by Dick Joutras, Marty Lewis, and Bev- erly Matthias. Ir gained popularity by leaps and bounds until now students are eager to come up to the studio and appear on Marty's quiz, to hear their name over Bev's gossip, or to hear their name announced by Dick -Ioutras as a winner of one of the free records. When this broadcast first began, it had no sponsor and had no stu-dent musicians or comedi- ans. Very soon, though, musical organizations such as: the Melody Maidsf' The Four Tones, The Madrigals, and the JT and J-IC swing bands appeared. The latest musical hits were sung by such students as Virginia Lowery, Bill Peter- son, Duane Heap, Vernon Lubs, and Mary Virginia McHugh. For several months two comedians were brought to the program in the person of Bette Lyons and Dave Samples. Several times at intervals, tables were turned on the teachers, and they were interviewed. Durward Killinger, Tom McHugh, Dick Lowery, and Annette Burr acted as the interviewers. A clever idea introduced quite early in the history of the program was the Key Question. Each of the first two persons to call in and answer this question correctly was sent to tickets to the Mode Theater. Good fortune was ever present for this show. On the first of April the 17th Periodi' obtained a sponsor in the person of A. C. Johnston Home and Auto Supply Company Record Department, located at Z7 W. Van Buren Street. Then three Key Questions were introduced with a free record being given to the first person to call in and answer one of the questions right. Mode Theater tickets were still given away, but were then given to the winners of Marty's quiz. During the middle of April WCLS moved its studios to Walnut Street and the 17th Period continued its broadcast from this new location. One of the leading radio magazines of the country wrote to WCLS asking them for a history of the l7th Periodf' So you see, it really was a popular program and one of the students' favorites.