Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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Stockholders and Directors Representing the stockholders in the PCHS business, the Board of Educa- cation has a large and heavy investment. These men who direct the financial and operating end of the business include Mr. George B. Stolley, Mr. Paul Massey, Mr. Louis Hackler, Mr. I. E. Wilson, president, Mr. lewis Doren, and Mr. Allen Farmer, secretary. To keep the workers happy and-satisfied, as well as to direct character is the task of the Dean of Girls, Miss Edith Gramlich, and the Dean of Boys, Mr. Stephen B. Thomas. Their services as directors in the Student Council, Boys' Club, and Girls' Club keep them in big business. Personnel management carried out by Girls' Counselor, Miss G. Evelyn Todd, and Boys' Counselor, Mr. F. B. Stowe, aims to keep the workers of PCHS well adiusted to their iobs. By personal counseling and advice, they try to help students on their iobs and assist them in their plans for the future. With the end of the war, Mr. Mason Grigsby returned to PCHS from the United States Navy, He serves as Veteran's Counselor, assisting the returning veterans in readiusting and furthering their education. -- .QQ 5- V 5, - i . .-Q -if Ur i fi R ' 47 T55 13: .sw- Ai I kb L 'xii-:T .ir 'Lf -1

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General Manager XX From Mister to Maior and back again to civilian status in less than four years is the war-time record of Principal F. M. Peterson. Mr. Peterson became principal at Pekin Community High School in September of 1938. But his tenure here was temporarily interrupted when, as a member of the Ot'ficer's Reserve Corps, he was called into active duty with the Army Air Forces in the spring of 1942. He left Pekin High as a second lieutenant, but returned three and one-half years later, proudly displaying the gold leaves of a maior. In September of 1945, Peterson packed away his otticer's uniform beside his honor- able discharge, exchanged a military for a civilian title, donned civilian dress, and once again became the maior of this school. NS..

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Foremen HEALTH, HOME ECONOMICS AND MUSIC Standing: left to right, Clarence Roth, Paul Chronic, Florence Diers, Harry Langley Seated: Verna Cooper, Lillian Fisher, Margaret Fisher AGRICULTURE, BUSINESS, AND MANUAL ARTS Standing: William Dowell, Mildred Jabsen, Floyd Lee, Robert Zilly, Maurine Kemp, LaVerne Patterson, George Stewart Seated: Norris Mitts, Milded Quinn, abry, J A Juliabel Strauch , V .,rt v 1 f .. t f . af .3 R . - ' 1. , I, X-f'i:..,1 . , , . V 4' QV :lr wtzildw ltvfi x if ygyibgjupml ENGLISH, LANGUAGES, AND LIBRARY Standing: Frances Howard, Mary Leslie Robison, Gladys Hoffman, Gerald Kincaid, Bernice Barton, Bernice Falkin, Ruth Rohlfing, Elizabeth Peckenpaugh Seated: Marguerite Tupper, Lela Lockett, Carolyn Arnold Inset: Helen Moore, Beryl Galaway