In the senior section of the 1962 Aklan there are two students who are listed as having been in an Electronics Club all four of their years. To make sure they weren’t transfer students, we also checked the 1959, 1960, and 1961 Aklans. They were in all of them. What isn’t in the 1959, 1960, or 1961 yearbooks is any evidence of an Electronics Club. This is the first time there is any mention of it.
When you get to the 1960s, many of the yearbooks have the pictures separate from the lists of what they did. What the students did is stuck in the back of the yearbook.
The first student is James W. Scotchler.
His section says the following:
Scotchler, James W.–English, Science, Math, History major; Electronics Club 1, 2, 3, 4. Varied hobbies such as Hi-Fi, stamps, photography and electronics.
The second student is Robert Charles Shepard.
His section says the following:
Shepard, Robert Charles–Math, Science, English major; AKLAN 2; Stage Crew 2; Electronics Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Football 4. Ham radio operator.
While not explicitly listed as a Radio Club, you can find Electronics Clubs at other schools in the Acalanes Union High School District (AUHSD) that definitely did radio. Shepard’s section also states that he is a “Ham radio operator”.
Another issue is that the names of clubs can be misleading. A great example of this is the Math Club shown in the 1966 Aklan.
Being called the Math Club, of course it is “composed of students having an interest in computer programming.”
That’s all the information on this part that we have at the moment. As with all these posts, please feel free to share any information you might have.
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