Madera Union High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Madera, CA)

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Cafeteria Staff To the cafeteria staff goes the job of pre- paring and serving food to hundreds of hungry students at lunch time. Since there is only one adult on the staff, it is a job done by students and for the students. They plan the meals, prepare it, and serve it. Theirs is also the job of cleaning up after the lunch customers depart. Bus Drivers Our school has the extra word, Union, in its name. By the simple addition of this word and all it means, a great number of students from the country are thrown into this one school. The task of rounding up and carrying these students to high school is handed to the bus drivers, an important group in the staff of the high school. Gardeners It has oltcn been said that Nll .Hb has one of the most beautiful campuses in-the valley, Credit for the appearance of the lawn and grounds must go to the gardeners. who have a continuous job getting it in cona dition and keeping it that way. An important part of their work is in landscaping the new memorial stadium. llusledians Madera High School is a large place, and .1 lot of it is floor. Floors must be clean, and that is the task of the janitors. To them goes credit for keeping the school shipshape. They not only carry on their endless job of clean- ing, but also see that necessary repairs are made in school equipment. The heating plant of the school is also in their depart- ment. 4 l -1, . Xen,

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-y ! I Treasurer s llffiee The duties of the Treasurer's office are carried on by Miss Bruna Forassiepi and Mr. Leslie Beckman. This department is one of the busiest in school. The work includes all the bookkeep- ing and the payrolls for the school. Financial accounts for all the school clubs, athletics and organizations are kept here. Purchases of school supplies are also made through this office. Library Library students, directed by Mrs. Vivian Wiegand, are assigned to desk duties which consist of waiting on customers, finding ref- erence material and checking out books and magazines. Keeping the library attractive and in order, typing overdue cards, and keeping bulletin boards changed weekly is another duty. Students are given a course in library training before they are allowed to work at the circulation desk. As the course progresses they are given a series of tests to determine their capacities as student librarians. aiu llffiee The assistants who help in the main office are students regularly enrolled in school, who receive credit for their work. They learn first hand things required of office workers in business firms. The following are some of the duties they fulfill: filing, typing, alphabetizing, learning to work the switchboard, and running er- rands. The office is in charge of Mrs. Edith Hughes, and Mrs. Patricia Dosher. Health Department Mrs. Lois Chambers is health coordinator for Madera high school. She is responsible for making dental and medical appointments so that students are assured of adequate medical care. Mrs. Chambers is also in charge of the midvmorning snack and a great many of the medical benefits offered through the school.

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-KP , -,S ' 4 ' S.. . 1 hclma johnson takes charge of voting while jim Cheuvront and Richard Rigby cast ballots. Fall Commissioners The board of commissioners, student governing body of Madera high, was lead by Floyd Schillings through the first semester, and by W. A. Smith through the spring semester. The commissioners are a governing body consisting of eleven members: the commissioner of social welfare, who acts in the capacity of vice-president, and whose job it is to help keep social organizations running smoothly. The commissioner of finance, student treasurer, manages student funds. In charge of all publications of the high school and chair- man of the annual committee is the commissioner of publica- tions. The awards made by the school and presented to the school come under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of awards. lt is his duty to accept all such presentations. xi xx 'C is i X' I Student Bn Y 1 'S fs' 5. . ,J va. Thelma ,luhnwn Gloria Firmalu Social Welfare Comm. Comm. of Fmanfq Rnhgfd Rigby .Dorene Duflnth Comm. of Awards Girls League Pres. Lou Bollinger jim Cheuvront Boys' Federation Pres. Comm. of Publications Sara Pistorcsi Harvey Dame Girls' Activity Comm. Rally Committee Chairma Carolyn Tunncll Claude Kollmann Clerk Yell Leader