Mendota High School - Atodnem Yearbook (Mendota, IL)

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Uvenin , Fam SALES COMMITTEE TOP HOW: L. Gray. D. Truckenbrod. B. Have. C. Van Etten. I. Schaller. W. Ritter, M. Ehlers SECOND HOW: D. Carroll. Miss Payne. Mr. Mnuntel. D. Fitzsimmons, L. Kramer FIRST HOW: C. Pohl. N. Blotch. N. Doer- mann. I. Laws ans of Men' riouncements, and commercials. F enthusiastic over the dota sports were all very new broadcasting system, lt kept them in- formed on the various decisions and actions of the game and made the game much more en- ioyable. Mr, Norton and the members of his engineerf ing committee could be seen lugging ampli- fiers, microphones, and other sound equipment around the school. Permanent speakers were , . i d. , set up at the athletic field and in the au itori- um, with portable ones being installed in the gymnasium A record player included with TECHNICIANS COMMITTEE K. Icxuch. M. E hlers, K. Galloway. R. DuBois. I. King, Mr. valuable for school dances the system proved in and betweenfacts music at the class plays, By successfully operating this huge under taking, the junior and senior classes gained unique and realflife experience in the various bl ms and activities of radio production. pro e Their gift to the school, a permanent sound system, will be gratefully accepted by every succeeding class. Profiting from the experi- . . . , , H ence gained in this first experimental year, ie Council next year will be able to function even more successfully for the good of the school and community ANNOUNCING STAFF P chat STANDING: I. King. I. Laws. Mrs. Doenier. Mr. our SEATED: K. Icluch. N. Doermann, I. Iackson. N. Yost Norton

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olby Zif Due. .. Testin I-2-3-4 . .. Goof BROAD ll Tl G 0UNClL VEN BEFORE the first clay of school commenced, the school board placed before the junior and senior classes an ambitious plan to purchase a new public address system for the school. Various members of the two classes met to discuss the possibility of such an undertaking during the latter weeks in August. lt was proposed to finance the public address system by selling advertising to the local mer- chants. A booth was set up in the Floral Hall at the Tri-County Fair to conduct a survey of the merchants, ascertaining their reaction to the proposition. There was such a favorable response among the exhibitors at the Fair that one-half of the advertising contracts were sold before the first day of school opened. The sales committee under the guidance of Miss Payne and Mr. Mauntel successfully sold the remaining advertising contracts to the local businessmen. The contracts provided for TRAFFIC COMMITTEE TOP HOW: W. Engelbrecht. V. Gromunn, C. Prescott FIRST ROW: M. Ashley, G. Larson. Mr. Rollins. B. Waller twenty commercials over a two-year period to be given at football, basketball, and track contests. The advertisers could either write their own advertisements or submit their ma- terial to the copy committee. The feverish activities of the copy committee were supervised by Miss Swanson and Miss Breese. The committee members had to es- tablish contacts with all of the advertisers to get the material for the commercials. The col- lected advertisements had to be rewritten if they exceeded the word limit and then typed. The typed cards then went into the hands of Mr. Rollins and his traffic committee. The spe' cific duties of this group were to keep a record of when each commercial was announced and to be sure that every term of the contract was upheld. The announcing staff, coached by Mr. Pour' chot and Mrs. Doenier, carried on the actual broadcasting of all athletic events, special an- COPY COMMITTEE TOP ROW: N. Cummings, B. Pedersen, I.. Svendsen. I. Dun B M l M' S I t ' t dl Shoemaker. . uunte . iss wanson no pxc ure FIRST ROW: I. Fuller. C. Hoffman. N. Yost. Miss Breese. I. O x ft 'I A

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Memories 0 ummer Fade HE CALL of the first bell for classes abruptly ended sum- mer vacations for the students of MHS. The soft green grass and the pleasant summer sunlight beckoned temptingly as textbooks were again opened. Teachers found it difficult to keep the students from mulling over the fun of the summer when they should be returning to the intricacies of algebra, history, or chem- istry. Sun-tanned physiques gleamed in the sun as the boys' gym classes played touch football behind the gym- nasium. ln the afternoon, blue-clad girls would rush past the school With hockey clubs in their hands, heading for the hockey field. Eruised shins and sprained fingers were the topics of con- versation in the locker rooms. elf Eewl School Aetiafitzer Begin One of the community activities ii which the school participated was th Sweet Corn Festival. This Was spor sored by the Mendota Chamber c Commerce and was held on Septernbe 23. Each class nominated a candidat for Sweet Corn Queen and the finc vote was taken by the whole studer body. Betty Mathesius Was electei queen with Genny Weiss, Mary Ham burg, and Marilee Wagner as attenc ants. Classes were dismissed early Wit everyone momentarily forgetting thc school had begun in the excitement c the carnival and big parade.