Sault Ste Marie High School - Northern Light Yearbook (Sault Ste Marie, MI)

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Seated at table: left to right'-Margaret Mc- Kerchie. Margaret VanDusen. Bertha Brehm, Helen Gianakura, Joyce Ann Barry. Barbara Blair. Jean Rounds. Standing: left to rightf Marion Jacobson. Dorothy Matheson. emit Qlfigh School just as the Second World War has affected every phase of this nation's life, so it has played a major role in every class- room and in every activity of Sault High School. The four pictures on this page are merely representative of a few of the many activities that the war either has created or has affected in the school. Because of the magnificent work which the Junior Red Cross has done this year under the leadership of Miss Gladys Wold and Miss Ruth Bradish, that organization deserves a place of honor on this page as well as in the annals of the school. Through its efforts to promote the sale of war stamps and bonds, the Student Council has contributed much to the spirit of victory in Sault High. Students purchased a jeep, a machine gun, and an ambulance through buying war stamps and bonds. Physical education became a required subject in 1942 - '43 for junior and senior boys, who ordinarily are required to take only two years of that subjectg but since war demands physical fitness to a degree not thought of in peace time, back to calisthenics went every lad. Into the spotlight of war have been drawn the women of the world, to do jobs that men in the armed forces have left vacant. And so into Sault High's curriculum have been introduced a number of wartime courses, one of which is blueii print reading and tracing, a subject designed to teach girls the basic principles of drafting. Girls could also be seen in other wartime courses about the school this year-in auto mechanics, welding, aeronautics, fundamentals of machines, and fundamentals of electricity. Perhaps no other organization in school can boast of the fact that practically every student in school contributed ma- terially to it and its work, yet that fact is true in the case of the Junior Red Cross. Students have enjoyed their work in the organization and have had tangible evidence that their efforts have been decidedly worthwhile, They have received Y , .- - - nn-n--........- Azaz . Hard at work during sixth period are these lads, members of one of the physical edu- cation units which Uncle Sam ordered this year to make sure that his future members of the armed forces and his future citizens are physically fit. The editors are sorry that an action photo of the group perform- ing some of their Commando drills could not be taken. This picture shows the class doing calisthenics.

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The lure of marriage and careers have beckoned fourteen from our ranks, yet, in spite of this, room 22 is still THE home room of Sault High. A really accomplished group are the thirty-two senior girls of home room l0! We started out as freshmen with 48, but since then some of our number have quit to go to work, others to marry, still others to finish in different schools. Margaret Carlton and Georgia Adams were two who moved away. Perhaps we are unique in that once we had a home room song which Gwenn Buzzo composed and which we sang to the tune of Auld Lang Sync. We were exceptionally proud, in our junior year, of our quartet composed of Elizabeth Gibson, Jeanne Gollinger, Isabel Sparling, and Norma Silverthorn. This year we boast of the Junior Red Cross presi- dent, Joan Hunt, and of the fact that we were first of any home room to finish our Red Cross afghan. And speaking of the Red Cross, Miss Solvsberg overcharged us for our theater tickets, fShe made us pay 2c instead of lcj, and so we donated the 32c to the junior Red Cross. We are fortunate to have in our number two fine figure skaters, Elizabeth Gibson and Gwenn Buzzo. Elizabeth was also Winter 'Carnival Queen thisyear and won the D.A.R. Good Citizenship Award. Now aren't we accomplished? During our four years we have been led by such able presidents as Gwenn Buzzo, Anna Baver, Gloria Akkanen, and Wanda Hope. Maybe home room is a pleasant place to catch that second nap before classes, but we think we've really done a lot, and we shall smile over our arguments and our squabbles in the years to come. In 1939 Wllen the class of ,43 entered Sault High, seventy boys were assigned to r00m 7, a room much larger than thc present one, and Mr. Knapp and Mr. Hansen were our home room advisers. That was the year when Don Case strung us along on those wild tales he used to tell for home room programs, otherwise the year passed quietly. Came the year '40, and the cream of the room 7 crop was placed in room 26, while the bums and crumbs went to room 29. About 30 of us were under Mr. Dean's command. Sault High won many eupg that year mo, Aotloo took Place in 1941- We had many Pfeslll'-THIS? in fact nearly everyone in the home room was president. The Paddle W35 used almost CVCFY d2YS We f00li the l'l0mC I'00m basketball championship away from room 13, and Sharpless got the idea we hadn't enough religion so he read the Bible X0 US daily- After three long years of toil and strife, we became seniors, we also came to earth and didn't use the paddle so much. Furthermore we have backed every drive 10096. And n0W the men of 26 will give you a peep into their futures. Here are some headlines: Attorney Simpkin Wins Another Case, Faught Fights His Way Back to Big League Baseball, R. Oakes Becomes High Class Detective, H. Light- foot, H. Maki, R. Maki, D. Comstock Become Captains in U.S. Army? M- PSYITICHI and C- NiClSCH BUY 01-lt the A- and P- Co., Crow an Ensign in U.S. Navy, G. Patton Becomes Captain on Great Lakes, Kihlstrom and Bush Find New Way to Make Rubber, Killer Stanley and Two Gun Teeple Captured by State Policemen, Kivencn and B. Bye, B. Quigley Gets Opera Contract, Mansfield Becomes City Treasurer, Brawley and Smart Run for City Commission, E. Quinn a Minister, C. Guil- lard and D. Bye Back from Africa, Laitenen Lost in Canada, Mallette Now a Banker, Maclsachlan Buys Chick Hatchery, Rodiger Married to Movie Actress, Naylor purchases Night Club, Barras Now an Undertaker. fCOVIfil1lll'd on page 331 Page 21

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First row, front to back: Dorothy Ellis. Flora Ivins, Ruth Akkanen. Lois Johnson. Dorothy Lougheed, Barbara Bonner. Second row: Charles Stephenson tnot a class mem- berr, Gloria Akkanen. Audrey Doran. Ber- neice Reich. Mr. Nelson. Third row: Marg- aret Atkinson, Jane Steele, Florence Krol. Not pictured: Dorothy Cowell. zfks 701 C-Wzcto ry letters from several English children who have expressed their gratitude for the gift boxes, and they have had notes from various hospitals indicating the appreciation of the hospitalized soldiers and sailors. junior Red Cross members have also spent time and energy raising money for the production materials needed to supple- ment those obtained by salvage, for contributions to the National Children's Fund. In the fall the Junior Red Cross gave an amateur hour, in March the 131 Infantry concert band gave a benefit performance later in the month the music depart- ment presented its annual concert and contributed half the proceeds to the organization. The Red Cross council members assisted with ticket sales for the concert and with the party which followed the concert. In April the Senior Speech Club gave a Gay Ninetiesn show as a benefit performance. Other sums have been realized from the sale of hand-made pins of felt and leather and from the sale of apples. The budget has also been helped by generous contributions from Colon- nade, the History Club, and Camp Fire. Various home rooms also bought the yarn for afghans which they made. Uniting the efforts of the workers was a council composed of representatives from each home room. This group met each Wednesday sixth hour. 'Ioan Hunt served as president, Reginald Maki as vice president, and Audrey Hope as sten- ographer. Maurice Strahl replaced the first treasurer, Charles Bales, who left school to enter the navyg Leslie Bagnall suc- ceeded Helen Lipsett as secretary when Helen moved from the city. When school opened in the fall, Miss Gladys Wold was the adviser for the high school chapter. After Mr. Tod Ewald, the county chairman, left for the navy, Miss Wold became county chairman, and Miss Ruth Bradish became high school adviser. The various home room teachers have contributed much time and effort to the work: Miss Wilson, Miss Zim- merman, and Miss Johns have been of great assistance by carrying on projects in their sewing classes. Mr. Bishop has been of great aid, and Mr. Knapp, Mr. Thompson, and Mr Collins have ably supervised the work done by the boys. From the day that the first gift box was packed for some homeless child to the day that last fContinued on page 315 First row: Edith Tews, Nancy Lipsett, Betty Ann MaeLachlan, Lorna McMorris Lois Gregg, John Mansfield, Denny Booth fs-tandingl, Dale Loekrem, Norman Kuhn. Second row: June Zryd, Neva Bye, Mary Ferguson, Ellen Mannesto, Wanda Hope, Weldon Forrest, Lynn McDowell, Joe Turner. Third row: Bill McGovern Cstandingl, Lena Stabile, Shirley Leahy, Kathleen Harrison, Shirley Schweitzer. Fred Bye, Bruce Rook, George Antonelli, Charles DesJardins, Wel- don Burehill. Fourth row: Wanda Peterson, Kirsti Honka, Betty Ploegstra, Don Mae- Laehlan, Svante Salo, Betty Rutter, Bill James, Miss Haddock. Absent: George Chapman, Lillian Innes, Bette Reinhart.