Octorara Area High School - Venture Yearbook (Atglen, PA)

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1 The Student Council opened its school ye ar when Gretchen Walter attended the National Student Council Convention at Schenley High School in Pittsburgh in June When school opened 1nSeptember, council members helped orient the new teachers and seventh graders The foreign exchange program was again sponsored in cooperation with the Amer1can Field Service This included raising Octorara s share of the money for sending two students abroad and helping finance the stu dent sent here The major activities of the council this year were the Get Acquamted Dance, the sports bus, the Juruor and Senior Christmas balls and Youth Week Vouth Week included speeches by Lucxo, Jerry and John, Slave and Revenge Days, a band concert, banjo player Jose Silva, a movie, THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS, the Talent Show, Color Day, and the Faculty-Varsity basketball game. These projects are in line with the main objective of the council: to strive to create a better working school. A suggestion box was also set up for this purpose. TOP, LEFT: John Gibson and Jerry Shaw at their Welcome Home! assembly on January 26. TOP, RIGHT: Mrs. Gibson substitutes for president, John Gibson, at Stu- dent Council installation of of- ficers. CENTER: Applicants for 1959-60 foreign exchange program, Jeanmarie McKinney, Ida Sue Jackson, Grace Rowermaster. Rob- ert Tindall. BOTTOM: Commit- ,, iw tee holds a welcome dinner for Q N Lucio. At the head table: Mrs. ' g ' T Tindall, Dr. Tindall, Mr. Findley, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Bittle, Lucio Val- ,Y sq. ente. . sg +2 X, gk. .X i 14

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21. s, w,, CHAIRMAN TREASURER Lindajayne Busser Carol Toth VICE CHAIRMAN SERGEANT AT ARMS Joe Young James McClellan SECRETARY ADVISER Pat Simes Mr. Heebner STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS: Gail Casey, Barbara Forrester, Fred Kauffman, James Murphy, Allen Nafe, James Johnson, Kathleen Walls, Ronald Baxter, June Davis, Darryl Kelley, Russell Milbourne, Pat Simes, Janet Walter, Lindajayne Bus- ser,Jud','Freeman,James McClellan, Carol Toth, Joe Young. ALTERNATES: Marvin Cozzone, Gail Paul, Cynthia Hirst, ' Deborah Putnam, Leona Stoltzfus, Jim Altland, Larry Welsh, Bonnie Bush, BillyGallagher, Debbie McCarter, Martha Mil- ler,Tim Skiles,Gayle Wilson, Lorraine Baergen, David Craw- ABOVE! Kay Gregg, Queen of the J11HiOl' High ford, Gail Johnson, Robert Shelton, Elaine Winecoff. Christmas Ball. BELOW: FRONT ROW: James McClellan, Joe Young, Lindajayne Busser, Pat Simes, Carol Toth, Mr. Heebner. BACK ROW: Darryl Kelley, Allen Nafe, Fred Kauffman, James Murphy, Russell Milbourne, Janet Walter, James Johnson, Judy Freeman, Gail Casey, Barbara Forrester, Sharon Bradley, Kathleen Walls, June Davis. l S lg 3 2 +4 I as fi -I x ll 1

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4 dfbedylt One of the Student Councrl's projects rn the last two years has been the forergn exchange program sponsored by the Amerrcan Freld Servrce, whrch rs a prrvate, non profrt, educatronal organrzatron The purpose of the exchange program rs to spread understandrng and frrendshrp among the people of the world by sendrng Amerrcan teenagers to other countrres The AFS Amerrcans Abroad rs made up of two programs, the summer program and the school pro ram g The AFS summer program began rn 1950 when nrne Amerrcan teenagers lrved wrth French famrlres for a sum mer They had been rnvrted by French teenagers who had lrved rn the Umted States for a year The next year twenty four students spent the summer rn srx countrres, and erght years later, rn 1959 there were 960 rn twenty frve countrres Under the summer program the Amerrcan teenagers are representatrves of therr schools, communrtres, and the Unrted States, whrle lrvrng wrth forergn famrlres from srx to seven weeks By lrvrng wrth these famrlres they share rn therr darly lrfe and summer actrvrtres They also have an opportunrty to tell therr famrly and frrenck about the Umted States and rn thrs way a bond of understandxng IS created The summer program takes place rn several countrres of South and Central Amenca, Europe, the Far East and the Mrddle East It rs act1ve durrng the months of July and August The AFS School Programbegan 1n 1957 1958 At thrs trme there were forty srx Amerrcan teenagers rn srx forergn countrres In 1959 1960 lIl'11S number was trrpled to 148 rn twelve countries It rs practrcally the same as the sum- mer program except that rt offers students an opportunrty to go to school The school program takes place rn the fall and wrnter, and lasts at least frve months Several countrres rn Europe and New Zealand partrcrpate rn thrs program The cost of erther program rs 525 Included rn thrs rs the cost of the round trrp transportatron round trrp travel abroad between port and frnal destrnatron health rnsurance, chaperonage, orrentatron, spendrng money for shrpboard and the trrp from the Umted States or Canadran port to hrs home There are also personal expenses for the passport, travel between the U S or Canadran port and home and per sonal spendrng money whrch must not be over 5 per week The homes abroad are found by volunteer AFS students who have lrved a year rn the Umted States and have re turned to the1r homes They rntervrew mterested fam: hes and select those which are surtable The frnal approval on all famrlres rs grven by AFS rn New York After the Student Councrl had consrdered and approved the plan of havrng a forergn exchange program here at Octorara they presented the rdea to the student body by havrng a forergn exchange student from Coatesvrlle speak rn a speclal assembly durrng Youth Week The next step was creatrng a local AFS Commrttee wluch would be responsrble for obtarmng the needed rnfor matron and help1ng rarse money The presrdent of the present AFS Commrttee rs Mr Charles Shaw of Parkesburg The other members are M and Mrs Parke Grbson, Mrss Ida Walton, representatrve of the Chrrstrana Women's Club Mrs Davrd Knox, Sr At glen Women's Club, Mr Lloyd Murphy Atglen Cochranvrlle Rotary, Mrs George Maule Mrs Cleon Buck Amen can League Auxrllrary Mr Clrfford L Behrendt Parkesburg Lrons, Mr Charles Walter, Chrrstrana Lrons, Mrs Wrl lram Chapman, school board, Mr and Mrs Ralph Connelly Rev Francrs J Walsh, representatrve of the clerrcal councrl, Pat Ross, John Grbson, Jerry Shaw, Dr and Mrs Herbert Trndall Lucro Valente and Mrs Hawk, represen tatrve of the PTA An Amerrcans Abroad Commrttee was set up and Mrss Olga Lrnk was appornted Charrman The members of the 1958 1959 Amencans Abroad Commrttee were Mr Byron Judy Mr Wrllram Adams, Mrs Mary Chrrsman, Mrs George Maule Bjorg Flaterud Walter Greenfreld Grace Bowermaster Brran O'Leary and Rus sell Chapman At a meetrng of the Junror class Mrss Lrnk presented and explarned the Amerrcans Abroad program All mterested students were asked to frll out prelrmrnary applrcatron blanks Twelve students requested blanks and erght returned them on December 23 the requrred date These erght applrcants were later rntervrewed and four of them were ac cepted The questrons ranged from therr famrly lrfe to government But thrs rs only half of our exchange program Whrle preparatrons were berng made to enter one of our students rnto the forergn exchange program we were host to Bjorg Flaterud, from Norway Bjorg arrrved rn the Umted States on August 5 and was met by the Connellys who were her foster farruly durmg her vrsrt here On the opemng day of school the students of Octorara met Bjorg rn the assembly For the next nrne months she was a member of the student body, gorng to classes and partrcrpatrng rn school actrvrtres such as dances, sports events and Youth Week Trme marched on and soon Bjorg graduated Her graduatron ended not only her school lrfe but her vrsrt to the Umted States as well After partrngcompany wrth the Connellys Bjorg went on a tour through the New England states and the natron's caprtal before embarkrng for Norway About the trme Bjorg left, John Grbson and Jerry Shaw were prepanng to go to Denmark and Italy respectrvely John was the frrst to leave because school starts early rn Denmark Jerry left on August 26 and entered school rn October After therr return rn January both John and Jerry made publrc appearances to help forergn exchange pro grams Octorara's forexgn exchange student for thrs school term rs Lucro Valente from Naples, Italy Lucro applred rn September, 1958, and was selected rn June 1959 Two months later he was arrborne for the Umted States and ar rrved rn New York on August 24 where he was met by hrs foster famrly Dr and Mrs l-I L Trndall of Chrrstrana, the rr son, Robert, and the1r two daughters, Barbara and Carol The frrst day of school Lucro took part rn the assem bly as drd Bjorg the year before We learned of hrs rnterests rn sknng, skrn drvrng and playrng chess, and what hrs favorrte subjects are rn school Durrng the second semester Lucro was a guest at meetings of many organrzatrons rn the Octorara Area and rntroduced the members of these groups to hrs natrve Italy 15 ' o - . . . . . , . - . . .. 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