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membered in the Zonta Club, served later as a volunteer in the G ift Shop at La Crosse Lutheran Hospital. In 1963, the Wisconsin Bureau of Personnel Leaders said thanks with a special citation for her work here in help- ing place young people in jobs. A member of First Congregational Church, her activities for five yearshave been limited because she is legally blind. She maintained her home at Route 3, La Crosse until recently. A highlight of 1977 was a neighborhood surprise t ribute, in the form of a restaurant dinnerattended by over 50 neighbors and friends, for Mr. and Mrs. Pinker just prior .to Mr. Pinker's sudden death. Neighbors liked the Pinkers, and they told them so on their 80th birthday . anniversaries which oc- curred only a week apart in November of 1977. GEORGE HOWE, ausnuEss MANAGER t194o-19651 George L. Howe, the Mr. Personality of his time, was business manager of the La Crosse Vocational School for 25 years, retiring in 1965. During World War I, he was trained as a JN4D C'Jenny l aircraft pilot. He was born October 20, 1894 in La Crosse, and graduated from La Crosse High School in 1913. At that time he went to work in the Collection Department at First National Bank, remaining until sign- Facing page, Top: Mrs. Aileen Pinker- Director's Secretary l1916-1965l. Bottom: George Howe-Business Manager 11940- 1965l. This page: Alph Sorenson-Print- ing Head Department i1920-1969l, ing up for US. Army fiighttraining in 1917. After being discharged from military service, he returned to his hometown and was hired as business manager of the La Crosse Public Schools. He held this position until he accepted the same sort of job at theLa Crosse Vocational School in 1940 as business manager here, where Howe covered a range of duties from bid- taking to payrolls. Much of his routine was learned on the job. His office was the scene of hundreds of . interviews of students referred to him by teachers for placement. As a lieutenant in the Army Reserves, Howe was also president of the La Crosse Chapter, Reserve Officers Association, and a member-recruiter of La Crosse American Legion Post 52. For 45 years he sang bass in the St. Mary's Catholic Church.choir, also singing with the Old Style Babershop Quartet. He and his wife, Laura, had two sons and three daughters, who are not married. Living in an apartment alone, overlooking former Central High School grounds, Howeplays cribbage and gin rummy, likes to watch football, and visits friends. The late John B. Coleman, the La Crosse Vocational School's Long-time director, once said of Howe, The people that he met, and to whom he talked, were given the philosophy of adult education real lpainlessly'. I know he did very much for the school. ALPH SORENSON, PRINTING HEAD DEPARTMENT l1920-19691 Alph M. Sorenson, Printing - woodwork- ing instructor from 1920 into 1969 at Western Wisconsin Technical Institute, was recruited at Stout Institute to teach here by Director ColemarL He was the seventh staff member to be hired here when the school was only eight years old. Born at Madelia, Minnesota, December31, 1898, Sorenson had a wealth of high school training that prepared him for his double major certificate at Stout Institute and later teaching. His first duty at the La Crosse Vocational Schoolincludedteaching12to18yearold boys in printing, woodworking and sheet metal. Typical of most vocational instruc- tors, Sorenson also taught related academics, such as hygience, safety, mathematics, English, mechanical draw- ing and blueprint reading. For 47 years he taught woodworking and evening school and after1945,.haIf-time in day school. For 49 years he was head of the Printing Department. in addition, he Iectu red as a substitute for classes in draf- ting and sheet metal. For severalsummers he returned to Stout for printing credits, also working summers in area printing - publishing shops. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Stout in 1931. He also did graduate study at Colorado State University. He personally built the home he and his wife live intoday in 1937, with helpofother faculty members. He was chairman of the Wisconsin Association of Printing Teachers in 1960. For 35 years he was a teacher and later superintendent of the Sunday School at Bethel Lutheran Church and First Presbeyterian Church in La Crosse. He and wife, Alice, have two sons and one daughter, each the recipient ofa Sorenson - madewainut grandfather clock hand - built by grandad Alph at W.W.T.l. Retirement days are spent in travel and flower and vegetable gardening - a good tonic for .a former teacher whose reputation was enhanced by a cheerful, sincere, and yet firm classroom manner.
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in MachineShop,GeneralMetals,Welding and Sheet Metal, teaching day and night classes. He also i nstructed classes in three local industries. He coached school basketball squads and supervised intramurals. In 1938, he received his BachelorofScience degree in industrial education from Stout. Hawkins was president of the La Crosse Education Association; a charter mem ber of the La Crosse Teachers Credit Union; a member of the Wisconsin Education As- sociation Constitution Revision Com- mittee; Trustee and Deacon of the First Congregational Church; and in 1971, was recognized among the Outstanding Educators of America. He and .Mrs. Hawkins havea married son. Mrs. Hawkins also taught for many years at the La Crosse Vocational School on both a part- time and fuII-tir..e basis. Hawkins spends part of his time.in retirement on his stamp collection, as well as adding to his look and key research exhibiit. MRS. AILEEN PINKER, DIRECTORS SECRETARY 11916-1963 Aileen Pinker, the fourth staff member hired for La Crosse Continuation School in 1916, Just watched the thing grow through her 49 years' employment at the pioneer school which came to be Western Wisconsin Technical Institute. Mrs.Pinker was born November 8, 1897 in Viroqua, Wisconsin.She wasa19159raduate ofthe one-year business course at Keefe Business College in La Crosse. What started out as t wo weeks of tem- porary employment at $5 a week at the Continuation School turned into a career that included marriage in 1939 to Martin Pinker, a La Crosse merchant, who died in late 1977.They met a .school curriculum conference. Her first work,as always at the school, was secretary to Iong-time Director John B. Coleman. This job expanded into registering students, keeping attendance records, placing graduates from the school's College of Commerce, handling invoices and payrolls, issing work permits, giving state civil service examinations, and working with the day school plus two nights weekly in the evening school. A woman of striking features, especiallyin herearlieryears when she was welI-known as Miss Henry, many considered her the eyes and ears of the school. In addition to being secretary to Coleman for 47 years, starting just two weeks after Coleman first began his work here, she also served as secretary to Director Arthur F Jordan for two years before deciding to retire in 1965. Mrs. Pinker was the chairman of the ChristmasSeal Fund Drivefor many years. She was cited for Heart Fund work. She
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