Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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“Sunshiners Enjoy Sun.” Junior Sunshine Organized With love in my heart, forgetting self and with char- ity for all, I will make the object of my life helpfulness and kindness to others. I shall try to fit myself to give intelligent service in making my community a safer and more beautiful place in which to live. Thus will my own life become rich and complete, is the creed of the Sunshine Society. This year we have 60 members and the girls that have served under our able sponsor. Miss Grace Gar- mong, are: President, Bonnie Lindborg; Vice-President, Barbara Mitchell; Recording Secretary, Delores Don- danville; Corresponding Secretary, Judy Nearing; Treasurer, Dorothy Rastovski. The Sunshine motto is Others ; flower, the yellow ro e; emblem, the rising sun and the colors yellow and white. We started our social season in October wiih our formal initiation of 36 new members. We journeyed to Flora for our district convention. For Thanksgiving, the girls made bas- kets and distributed them to the needy families of the community. At Christmas we made apple Santa Clauses for the children at the Parramore Hospital. As a new project for our school this year, we organized a Junior Sun Ray club for eighth grade girls with the Sunshine girls as their sponsors. It was a great success and was enjoyed by both clubs. We held a paper drive, our second annual Sock Hop, and a rose sale. In March we went to New Haven for our State Convention. The girls entertained their Mothers Ideal Ladies at a banquet in April. We closed the year with a picnic in honor of the Senior girls in the club. Page Twenty-Nine

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Speech Club Has Fir st: Year Under the able direction of our sponsor, Mr. Weldy, the Speech Club completed its very first year successfully. Our officers, Bob Mandly, President; Martha Moore, Treasurer; and Lorraine Schmidt, Secretary, had their hands full organizing eager youngsters into experi- enced debaters. As a member of the Calumet Forensic League we participated in its activ- ities every Tuesday night. They include debate, radio announcing, poetry reading, extem- poraneous speaking, humorous declamation, dramatic declamation, oratorical declamation, and original oratory. Other activities staged by the Speech Club were a Christmas play entitled, The Mid- night Clear and an amateur program with prizes given to the winners. “Now Listen!’

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“Is it clone?” Backbone of The Family: The Homemaker Future Homemakers of America (F.H.A.) has an en- rollment of 53 members. The club ' s purposes center around the building of interest in homemaking and being a good family member. Officers guiding the group are: Laura Novak, Presi- dent; Arlene Wilson, Vice-President; Lynne Leake, Secretary; Victoria Van Meerten, Treasurer; Bonnie Buhr, Historian; Rosalie Sharp, Reporter; Wilma Horst, Parliamentarian; Mrs. Frank Novak, Chapter Mother; Miss Aleana Phillips and Mrs. Helen Nesbitt, Advisors. The club sent representatives to the fall and spring district meetings held this year at Wirt school in Gary and Winamac. Other activities include the fall initiation service for new members and the spring in- stallation of officers for the forthcoming year. Mothers are guests at both these affairs. Initiation service this year includes a travelogue to Alaska by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Evans of Crown Point. Carolling at Christmas time with the Sunshine Club was fun for the girls as well as hospital and sanatorium patients. Learning to work and play together with fun for all in homemaking is the club ' s aim. Page Thirty