DCT Members Entertain Employers With Banquet

This is what ran in The Evening Leader 50 years ago today.

Twenty-two Memorial high school students participating in Diversified Cooperative of 1973, entertained their employers and advisor, Carl Schumann, last evening with a banquet at Koch’s Restaurant in appreciation of their time and effort in making this a successful and productive year for them. It was an opportunity the students to show their employers how much they think of them.

The students are all employed in various capacities-receiving training in mechanics, carpentry, horse training, cooking, auto body work, meat cutting, drafting, nurse aide, electrician, plumbing, printing. They have been placed in locations which they have expressed interest to gain experience which will be helpful to them after they leave high school.

Carl Schumann, is the teacher coordinator for the DCT program.

Firms participating in the program with the school are Koenig Chevrolet, Hegemier Construction, Hoenie and Kogge Construction, Hasis Stable, Dull’s Texaco, Fisher Cheese, Katterheinrich Motor Sales, Halbert’s Motor Sales, Lampert’s Meats, Huffman Manufacturing, St. Marys Nursing Home, Goodyear service store, Shultz Electric, Beckett’s Sohio, St. Marys Market, Sanford Plumbing and Heating. The Evening Leader, Joint Township Memorial Hospital.

Both Margie Slone, president and Alan Brown, vice president, expressed their appreciation to the firms providing employmenttraining. “Without your help this program would be impossible,” they remarked in grateful appreciation. Certificates of appreciation were presented to the employers by Margie.

The speaker of the evening was Supt. Frank Dennings who spoke on the vocational education program and the part it plays in today’s schools. The St. Marys schools have seven units of vocational training now and next year will offer seven and a half. Three programs include work experience and without the aid of employers. such as those honored last evening, Mr. Dennings remarked, it would be impossible to have them. He expressed his appreciation and that of the schools to the employers.

Mr. Dennings issued to attendants a six-page compilation, “Major Reasons for Better Vocational Education Programs” stressing the importance of training youth for employment, preventing students from dropping out, boosting the skilled labor force, alleviating social problems.