Metamora Township High School - Parrot Yearbook (Metamora, IL)

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GIRLS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION The Glrls Athletlc Assoclatlon thns year had an enrollment of seventy f1ve whxch ln cluded most of the glrls U1 school Meetmgs were held on three Wednesdays of each month Many of the meetmgs were held ln the gym where such games as volleyball and basketball were played In the sprmg and fall meetmgs were held out of doors Off1cers were elected durlng the spr1ng of the prevlous school year, they were Phyllls Schumacher presldent Ahce Seckler v1ce presldent, Elleen Grebner secretary June Ioerger treasurer Pat Grleser reporter and Allce Wernsman song leader M1ss W1lda Fox was the advlser At the begmmng of the year an 1n1t1at1on party for new members was held In Decem ber the GAA sponsored an all school roller skatlng party at the Prlm Skatlng Rmk um Peorla The Club partlcxpated ln a sectlonal GAA play day held nn May A GAA revue clxmaxed the act1v1t1es for the year The purposes of the revue were to show the pubhc what the group had accompllshed durmg the year and to raxse funds to send a representatwe to camp All members took part 1n the revue The GAA xs pxctured on the opposlte page Left to Rlght Front Row P Grleser, J Bachman L Grebner D Marchand D Wagner V Schlundt A Schertz A Wernsman F Grebner Pat Schnexder Row 2 J Ioerger V Huser Peg Schnelder M Mahoney C Wagner, C Bachman M Noe L Martm M Zxmmerman, H Danz, L Wolf E Grebner M Schnelder M1ss Fox Row3 Betty Grebner A Seckler P Schumacher C Stamper M Grebner E Bachman M Leatherman C Rohman, M Mlchael B Zoss D Dubols P Grebner Row 4 D Rohman Juan1taBachman J Lancaster D Byerly L Kern B Koch P Sommer F Parr H Schaldle E Abel B Morgan D Jones L Wagner Row 5 Bern1ceGrebner M Sulhvan C Grebner S Schumacher M Schlupp, D Obert C Hagaman Row 6 J Engel B Cunmngham Norma Smlth Nancy Smxth M Rmgness R Kamm S Neumann G Doak S Lumpp B Kerker E Mlchael M Klesewetter R Mlchael M CLUB W1th an enrollment of thlrty members the M Club celebrated nts fourth year as an orgamzatxon It replaced the BAA 1n 1947 Offxcers elected by the actwe members at the begmmng of the school year were presldent Harold Neumamm v1ce presldent James Zlmmerman and secretary treasurer James W1ltz Durmg the fall members patrolled the football fxeld and surroundlng area durmg the games to dlscourage the entrance of non paymg spectators and to keep non playmg specta tors off the fleld The gymnas1um was slmllarly guarded dur lng the basketball season The snake dance precedxng homecom1ng was under the SUPBYVISIOH of the Club The huge bonflre was a dlrect result of the group s effort The mght of November 21 found twelve new letterman eagerly awaltmg thelr ll'lltl3IlOI1 lnto the orgamzatxon Boys who have won a major letter are ellgxble for membershlp A publxc presentatxon of a fllm dealmg wnth sports was held IH the sprmg Th1s was M Club s annual venture mto the fxmd raxslng fleld The M Club s pxcture IS on the opposlte page Those plctured are Left to Rlght Kneelmg W Bachman E Schlabach J Gaetz P Schrock R Rohman R Thomas Stand1ngRow1 E Klesewetter A Welte A Engst W Rohman R Etter M Ioerger J W1ltz C Parshall D Halford H Neumann Coach Larson, A Kxesewetter J Zxm merman Coach Laltas '2ow2 D Zxmmerman J Frles W Zlmmerman M Werns man J Seckler R Chllcot R Dehorlty R Mxshler D Fandel P Fandel M Elbert L Noel J Seckler, D Guth I 7 . , . 7 . 7 . 7 7 ' 7 ' I I 7 7 ' 7 ' 7 ' 7 ' 7 ' 7 ' 7 - J . I ' J ' 9 I 1 ' 9 . - , . , . I , - . . . , . , . ' , ' -- 1 , . , . , . 7 ' 7 ' 7 ' 7 ' ' l Y ' 7 . ' , . -- : . , ' , . , . , . , . , . , . , Q . , . , . , . , . -- : ' , . ' , . , . , . J. Patterson, B. Bohlander, A. Schneider, L. Fandel, P. Speck, S. Gilliat, B. Schlipf, - 1 ' I ' 1 ' H 9 I 1 D 7 . , , . ' , . , - , . , . , . I , . , . . , . . . Z . , 3 . . Y . . Q - , I I . . . 7 . . , , . . . . , . . . . , . ' : . , . , . , . , . , . -- . 2 ' . 7 ' 7 I 7 ' Y ' 7 ' 7 a I , n , n 5 o , u ' , a . ' , ' --l : . ' , . ' , . ' , . - 7 ' 7 ' - 7 ' I 7 ' ' 7 ' 7 ' 7 ' 7 . , . .

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er, E Bachman, .T Bachman, Pat Schnelder, .T Koch, B Kock, P Koch Row 2 E Grebner, D DuBo1s, C Grebner, R Kamm, Peg Schnexder, J Welte, Mrs Ebmger, S Schumacher, C Bachman, B Grebner, B Cunmngham, Nancy Smlth A Wernsman, A Schertz Back Row B Morgan, D Jones, S Neumann, J Engel L Martm, M Zxm merman, B Zoss V I-luser P Schumacher, .T Ioerger, P Grleser D Wagner M Leatherman, Norma Smlth The Metamora Chapter IS afflhated wlth the state and natlonal Future Homemakers of Amerlca The Nat1onalAssocxat1on convent1on was held ln Kansas C1ty Mlssourl thxs year The sprmg and fall meetmgs of Sect1on 17 were attended by the Metamora club Ethel Bachman, Metamora s presldent, was secretary of thxs sectlon As shown 1n the above plcture, the emblem of the organlzatlon IS the home The foundatxon of the orgamzatlon IS xts offlcers who were Presldent Ethel Bachman Vlce presxdent June Bachman Secretary Conme Stamper Treasurer Georgla Mae Doak Reporter Pat Schnelder Song Leader Mary Lee Noe The home whlch IS bullt by the members ln the pxcture symbollzes that the future homes of Amerlca are ln the hands of hlgh school youths A formal 1nstal1at1on of offlcers and receptnon of new members was the fxrst actlvxty of the year New members were also welcomed by a plcmc Durmg FHA Week, November 12 18, as a proJect, the local chapter cleaned and re decorated the gxrls wash room On Sunday, November 12 each member attended the church of her cholce wlth her famlly The FHA and FFA gave a party and 1nv1ted as thelr guests the Roanoke Chapters FHA members sold popcorn durmg the football games, checked coats at basketball games and sold personallzed statxonery to earn money Redblrd shxelds were also sold at school At the weekly meetlngs, talks and demonstratxons were glven by ladles from Meta mora The FHA programs were made by the Offlce Practxce Class X X ., . - 5 - . V A , .1 q . f I 9 A 1 2,91 ' X Q . U ' Q , ,f ,g l ' ' 0 d . .. X I I .1 I x I x , .I J Left to Right--Front Row: L. Noe, M. Michael, C. Rohman, M. Noe, G. Doak, C. Stamp- -- : .... , . ' . ' . , . , . . . , . , .