Stephens City High School - Newtown Pippin Yearbook (Stephens City, VA)

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Patsy Barton Dean Baughman Dorothy Boone Betty Vonn Brill Margaret Brumback Gloria Clark Aline DeHaVen Nancy Ewing Ruth Grim Beta Club Mary Hollar Mary Hermanson Sarah Marks Joan Russell Pat Russell Alfred Snapp Harold Whetzel Esther Williams Jo Ann Wilson

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Beta Club Mrs. Elsie Hovermale --- ........ Sponsor Harold Whetzel ....... ........F P resident Margaret Brumback .... .... V ice-President Patsy Barton ....... .s... S ecretary Nancy Ewing ........ .. ........ .........,.......... - Treasurer A chapter of the Beta Club, a National Organization, was set up at Ste- phens City High School in February of the 1948-49 session under the direc- tion of Miss Betty Jo Wright. The club is composed of Juniors and Seniors whose averages are 87 or above in all subjects and the purposes of the or- ganization are to develop leadership and service. Aft the beginning of each session the club works out projects to improve various phases of school life and work together toward the successful culmination of their plans in terms of a very challenging motto: 'Let us lead by serving others. Mrs. Elsie Hovermale was selected by the Club members early in the current session to sponsor and direct the club activities.

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Commercial Club Mr. Donald Perrault ......... - ............. ....... S ponsor George Giles ....... ....... P resident Rosa Showalter .... .... V ice-President Betty Vonn Brill --- ....... Secretary Patsy Barton ...................................... Treasurer The Commercial Department became a part of the curriculum of Ste- phens City High School in the 1945-46 session and offered to the students of the high school their first opportunity to take shorthand and typing which were instructed by Miss Dorothy Poe. The following year Mr. Donald Pier- rault took over the Commercial Department and bookkeeping was added lo the curriculum. Mr. Perrault in 1948 organized the Commercial Club, the membership of which included all those students taking the commercial courses and this group assumed the responsibility for raising money to sup- ply the Department with needed equipment. The Commercial Club has purchased 15 typewriters, a Horescent light for the typing room, bookcases and other materials which have added greatly to the effectiveness of thc Commercial Department.