Streator Township High School - Hardscrabble Yearbook (Streator, IL)

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I27l THE FRIENDSHIP TRAIN Students of Streator High, we con- gratulate you. Never before in the his- tory of our school was such a large job accomplished in so little time. The drive for money for the Friendship Train proved a big success: 32100 were collected in three days and converted to grain which was sent overseas. A section of the train arrived in Strea- tor in December, carrying delegates from the French and Italian embassies in Wash- ington. Each of the delegates, Mr. Jean Biliard of France and Mr. Nicola Geirlic of Italy, thanked the people of Streator and surrounding areas for their generous contributions, and told of the dire need of food in their homelands. Others from the Friendship Train who participated in the ceremony were Mr. Dick Long, col- umnist of the Oklahoma Star, and Mr. The big moment I Representing Thomas Slater of Oklahoma. Miss Mar- jorie Simonton of Magnolia, Illinois and Miss Emma Waldschmidt of Granville, Illinois and Matty Lampson and Jim Thies of Streator High rode into Chicago on the train as representatives of this area. Later in the year, S. H. S. received a letter from Mr. Drew Pearson, sponsor of The Friendship Train Drive, commending the entire student body and citizens of Streator for their tremendous help in accomplishing a task well worth doing. S. H. S. Our hopes for the future P - went with

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I GROUPI Row one: M. Lesak, M. L. Flavel, A. Ondrey, M. Melvin, M. Mossberger, M. A. Carey, B. Alderson, M. Baietto, D. Dorland, B. Bennett, I. Hagi, E. Leis, P. Sauers Row two: R. Strobel, M. J. Egan, M. Voights, D. Brown. V. Kelly, J. Bacha, J. Conner, M. Hagi, N. Kmetz, D. Adamson Row three: E. Mallory, J. Green, W. Meyers, H. Dawson, J. Andrews, J. Maris, D. Edwards, W. Arrington, R. Drabik GROUPII Row one: S. Kristal, M. J. Barrett, M. Patton, J. Solon, M. Mayerchin, M. Vargovich, C. Armstrong, M. Vercimak, W. Brix, E. Stephens, B. Barackman, D. Freise, L. Engle, Miss Bash Row two: A. Funk, J. Lyons. D. Frappier. J. Applegate, S. McClenning, E. L. Walling, L. Woerner, E. Finger, M. Johnson, C. Rowland Row three: L. Sommer, F. Riss, J. Phillips, I-I. Studnicki, M. Lampson, J. Notman, G. Meyers, F. Neumann, R. Snow, M. Cipalo INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB The color and atmosphere of the United Nations Organization were cap- tured to some degree by our own Interna- tional Relations Club, which was newly organized this year by Miss Bash and U. S. History students. Monthly meetings were held, and at these, mock Security Council, Atomic Commission, and General Assem- bly meetings were set up, with club mem- bers taking the viewpoints of the various members of the United Nations in the dis- cussion. The executive branch of the International Relations Club was run in a democratic manner. A steering commit- tee, made up of representative club mem- bers met weekly to plan programs and discuss club policies With the ofiicers of the club, who were: president, Matty Lampsong vice president, Stewart Kristalg secretary, Emma Lou Walling, and treas- urer, Shirley King. The club's first year was very active. It sponsored: an intensive drive for funds for the Friendship Train, a student assem- bly program on the Atomic Commissiong panel discussions on the specialized agen- cies of the United Nations, and a panel dis- cussion on the Marshall Plan presented before various organizations around the city. In April, the club presented to the public a speaker who had traveled with a group of farmers to Europe to study con- ditions there. The money from this undertakng was sent to Care, an organ- ization for emergency European relief. U63

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