Redford High School - Redford Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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OFFICERS Francis Piette president Norman Phillips vice-president Christine Groefsema secretary Keith Jordan treasurer -V Flower: Carnation SPEAKERS Phyllis Sherwin Joan Stevens Gwen Switzer Loren Bloetscher William Marvin Vernon McAlpine CLASS UF JANUARY 1943 COMMITTEES Senior Prom: Boh Awrey and Lois McGinnis, chairmen: Miss Mahar and Mr. Hegener sponsors: Bill Marvin, Gwen Switzer, Jayne Allmayer, George Rutenhar, and Norma Craw- ford. Social: Joan Stevens, chairman: Miss Menard and Mr. Smith sponsors: George Shaffer, Betty Heal, Jim Mulkey, Virginia Jesse, Bill Wheeler, and Shirley Leonard. Dress: Pat Wallis, chairman: Mr. Hornkohl and Miss Erench, sponsors: Margaret Henrickson, Anne Alberts, Doug Wilson, Charles Sutherland, Betty DeForest, and Russell Vail- lancourt. Motto and Decorations: Grace Scheuring, chairman: Mr. Sayres, sponsor: Mary Ellen Gregory, Norman Wright, Bar- bara Blau, Ralph Johnson, Shirley Phillips, and Al Blythe. Commencement: Jim Aliher., chairman: Mrs. Barron, spon- sor: Renee Fouts, Peggy Lore, Marion Sharkey, Jim Simon, Bill Linehaugh, and Wayne Rogers. Class Day: Bud Eckerle, chairman: Mrs. Staveley, sponsor: Ruth Merritt, Betty Lou Scott, Corinne Calkins, Jim Taylor, Vernon McAlpine, and Dick Smith. Ways and Mean,s: Keith Jordan, chairman: Mr. Chickering, sponsor: Tom DeHaven, Carolyn Rice, Dick Peters, Ralph Cranston, Ferne Rogers, Lillian Pekkala. Publicity: Mary Ellen Flucke and Norman General, C0- chairmen: Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Langwin, sponsors: Bob Kiley, Loren Bloetscher, Jack Charters, Virginia Ford, and Shirley Fisk. Class Luncheon: Ruth Blair, chairman: Miss 0'Leary and Miss Fogoros, sponsors: Clark Whitehorn, Barbara Melville, Virginia Hawkins, Margaret Rowell, Don Grimshaw, and George Kinney. 7 Colors: Maroon and White COMMENCEMENT

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In many ways the January, 1943, class graduates into the world of cold reality with more practical advantages than its predecessors. While a few of the campus frivolities have had to be dispensed with, many Redford students have been able to gain a fuller education because of the presence of the war, than they would have otherwise. About half of the student body helped out at local stores and in the Post Office during the Holiday season. Many also have taken on full time regular jobs as war workers after school hours. Any list of the diferent positions held by Redford students would of necessity be too lengthy for publication, but a representative cross section of 12A's was taken and the examples given below are typical. Loma Sink, shown in the top left photo, has complete charge of a woman war worker's household. Her duties include manag- ing two young children, buying and preparing the meals plus all the rest of managing a household. The second photo shows Delbert Juracek busy with the complexities of a shaper, which he learned to operate in our machine shop. His experience served him in such good stead that he now operates the same type of machine at a local industrial plant. Industrial design is a field usually thought of as needing advanced training, but 12A Russell Vaillancourt C3rd picture, top row, stepped right into an important position on the strength of his study in Redford mechanical drawing classes. Starting the bottom row, the camera picks out three of the school's Civil Aeronautics Patrol members, Calvin Sandburg, Roger Maguire and Andrew Bloetscher Cstandingl struggling with some of the navigation problems given to students in the government's huge national progranl. The next picture is of Bob Watts, an advanced pupil in commercial subjects here, who now spends his extra hours in typing for the Union Equipment Company. The final, lower right hand photo shows Helen Cook enter- ing the Detroit Bell Telephone Company, where she is em- ployed as an operator. So strict are the company's rules that no one is admitted to the vital departments of the building without complete identification, which might give some idea of the seriousness of Helen's job. w-1-wwmw I-ww-V .- .W-M mums W .We ,.

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1 4 ff' s Q THE CARL CLARK -' Archery Club, Model Aircraft for U. S. KENNETH COBURN 1 Senior Play, Swinxnling Team, Nescor Club. XYILLIAIVI COMB -- Favorite sport. footballg hobby, col- lecting stamps. HELEN COOK--U.S.O. work, Red Cross. JAMES COOPER-'Ambition, Aeronautical Engineerg hobby, model airplanes. ALICE COUNCIL-Ambition, sec rctaryg hobby, collecting rec ords. RALPH CRANSTON-Hobby, photographyg plans to work in defense plant. NORMA CRAVVFORD-President of Vigilantig Senior Plnyg Prom Committee. WILLIAM DAVIS-Archery Club. 8 BLODWYN EDWARDS-Frexich Clubg hobby, football spec- tator. DON ELAND1'Golf teamg ambition, pilot. SQJAMES ELLIOT1In Service, U. S. Marines, hobby, horses. JOYCE EVANS-Office worker. GEORGE ANN FELIJTMUSE1Adcraftg Girl Reserves W'hiteg hobby, art. ALDA FELKER-Girl Reserves Blueg ambition, secretary, hobby, tennis. BARBARA FICK--Salesgirl, Red Cross, U.S.O. SHIRLIE FISK1Vigilantig Senior Publicity Committee. DONALD FITZGERALD1Glee Club, hobbies, photography and model planes. MARY ANN FIVES-Ambition, dress designer, hobby, swim- ming. :FARTHUR FLAI'IERTY'.I0iued U. S. Navy Air Corps, Red Hi-Y. MARY ELLEN FLUCKE-Vigilanti, Co-Chairman Publicity Committee, Adcrnft. RUTH FLYNN-Hobby, dnncingg ambition, teacher. VIRGINIA F0RD1Girl Reserves Bluug bobby, knitting. RENEE FOUTS1Aeolian, Commencement Committee, Senior Play. EUGENE FRANKLIN1Boys' Glee Club, ambition, dentistryg hobby, dancing. FRANCIS FULLER1Stage Staff, R.0.T.C. CHARLOTTE FURNKAS-Favorite sport, swimming. NORMAN CENERAL1I-Ii-Y Red, Advraft, track team. ANITA GERING-National Honor Society, Girl Reserves White, A.S.M.D.