Mississinewa High School - Pow Wow Yearbook (Gas City, IN)

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Administration The producers of M.H.S. Studios who comprise the joint Board of Control have many varied jobs. These include hiring new instructors, obtaining revenue for the addition of new sets on the lot, and also making rules and regulations to benefit everyone involved in the M.H.S. production. Members of the Board at the time the picture was taken last Fall included, seated, left to right, Superintendent F. W. Hengstler, Mr. G. E. Courtney, treasurer, Dr. R. Baskett, president, Mr. Wil- liam Phillips, secretary, and Dr. William Koontz. Standing, left to right, are Mr. William Warner, Mr. Virgil Stallsmith, Mr. Benjamin Crandall, Mr. Floyd Grifhth, and Mr. Thomas Simons. Later in the year Mr. Phillips was replaced by Mr. Bill jones and Mr. Paul Sutphin replaced Mr. Benjamin Crandall. The assistant producer at the M.H.S. Studios is Mr. Harold Willen. He acts as an assistant to our producer, Mr. Hengstler. His various duties include helping with the instructional program, acting as chairman at teachers' meetings on special problems, helping new teachers become orientated to the general school policies, and assisting the teachers in the use of the county film library. A Mr. Willen also helps coordinate programs in- volving more than one building, assists the principals on special problems, visits teachers, and assists the custodians. A x 5

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Administration 4 In the spotlight is Superintendent F. W. Hengstler, who is in charge of all types of productions. He is a quiet man with a cheerful smile and an amazing sense of humor. Since he is the leading man in the M.H.S. Studios his duties are many. His chief duty is to fulfill his executive powers connected with the school board, but he must also find time to visit classrooms and to confer with educators. Mrs. Kathryn Cooper and Mrs. Gertrude Crosby are the secretaries to the main directors at the M.H.S. Studios. They are eflicient, friendly, and hardworking. They do general oflice work for all the M.H.S. Studios. Mrs. Crosby is the activity treasurer and Mrs. Cooper is the secretary for the Board of Control. The secretaries order all supplies for the studios, take care of the budget, and send out financial state- ments, and make out the payroll checks. Our directors are very fortunate to have such capable secretaries.

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Administration 6 Principal Lawrence H. Meyer is the main director at the M.H.S. Studio. He is in charge of seeing that the stars' and starlets' pro- grams are arranged to meet their various needs. The extra-curricular activities of the stars and starlets are supervised and managed by Mr. Meyer. Mr. Meyer aids the stars and starlets by making announcements throughout the day of the perform- ances scheduled on the lot. Like all busy directors, Mr. Meyer can be seen hurrying here and there to make sure the produc- tion runs smoothly. No studio is ever run smoothly without aid from the business end. Mrs. Thelma jones is the head sec- retary in the office of our studio. Mrs. jones has four understudies in her varied work. They are Ann Robinson, Bonnie Hutchins, Janice VonDielingen, and Mary Ellen Cragun. Such experience as they receive this year will help them to become efiicient secretaries to some big producer in the near future. These girls each help with the oflice work one period a day. They also sell the performers supplies and give them other assistance when necessary.