Russell High School - Pointer Yearbook (East Point, GA)

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Color Guard 1934 Girls Rifle Team 1942 The Russell JROTC Color Guard was organized to carry the Colors tFlagsl for the JROTC Battalion at all JROTC and school functions during the school year. The Color Guard presents the colors at all PTA meetings and home football games. Each year the JROTC units in Fulton County holds competition between each color guard unit. In the past 5 years Russell has had an outstanding record in this competition. Their record follows: 1979e8econd Place 1980eFirst Place 1981-Second Place 1982-First Place 1983e8econd Place A Girls' Rifle Team was established in 1942. Members of the first team were Dorothy Blondheim, Shirley Morgan, Ruth Agnew, Anna Bergstrom, Doris Parketon, and Ruth Colley. SGT. Rathiewiez was the instructor. The team was discontinued after World War ll. It was not until 1975 that girls were able to participate actively in JROTC.

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Military Military 1929 The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps UROTQ of the Fulton County Schools is one of the oldest such organizations in the United States. In 1928 a JROTC unit was established at Russell High School, 12 years after the National Defense Act of 1916 was passed by the United States Congress. The JROTC program has been an important adjunct to the curriculum offered at Russell High School. The program has received the support of parents, teachers, and the respective administrations. The mayors and other officials of the communities concerned have not only attended ceremonies, but have periodically requested the services of the JROTC cadets for various public functions. The Russell High School JROTC has had a fine record of achievement. Students have gone to institutions of higher learning on military scholarships, earning degrees andyor commissions in the military services. This is a tribute not only to the JROTC instructors and cadets of the past, but to the Fulton County Board of Education and school principals, whose cooperation and support have made the program an Hinstitution within Russell High School.

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Clubs Russell High School, as the oldest school in the Fulton County System, has been kind of a proving ground for clubs and organizations. Following are some of the unusual clubs to have been organized at Russell: 1927-The Girl Reserves Sextette 1929-Madelin Club 1933e-Girl's Rifle Club Commercial Club 1934-Aviation Club 1939e-Monday Personality Club Wednesday Personality Club Friday Personality Club 1942-Model Airplane Club 1943eNutrition Club Garden Club Russell Auxiliary Corps 1944-Special Duty Patrol 1945eHWe Serve Club Body Bquers Club 1950eBoys Quartette 1952e-The Bank 1953-Locker Patrol 1955-Thrift Club 1960-Radio Club Miss Russell High 1927 Sextette 1927