Belleville Township West High School - Bellevinois Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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In July, Trond will return to his home city of Sandefjord, Norway, population 33,500. The school year for the students of Sandfjord is from August 20 to June 21. AFS unites Supporters of the exchange program were Angie See, Nancy Graf, treasurer, Patricia Papadopoulos, Stephanie Schade, Joyce Armstrong, secretary, Renee Rockwell, president, Julie Wikgren, Diane Kamper, vice-president, Donna Fulton. Trond Vernegg, and Miss Sue Sharp, sponsor. Nancy and her friends were in the center of things at the equator. the world The American Field Serv¬ ice Club raised funds to support the student ex¬ change program. It sent Nancy Graf to Ecuador last summer and brought Trond Vernegg from Oslo, Norway to spend the year at West. AFS sponsored a Christmas booth and a pie-eating con¬ test between teachers, won by Mr. Dennis Schutzen- hofer. The favorite activi¬ ties were the carnival and the auction in April at which students bought “slaves” and other items. Nancy stayed with the Torres family in Ecuador. Torge and Lillian, her “parents,” and Diego and Paulo, her “brothers,” kept her from becoming homesick. AFS Club 29

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“This one’s for me!” exclaimed Stacey Leslie, recording secretary, to Kathy Connely, corresponding secre¬ tary, as they worked on Valigrams. Preparing for the Hobby Fair were Todd Roberson, treasurer. Bob Cusack, parlia¬ mentarian, and Tom Sotiropoulos, chaplain. We led West the best we could The Student Council had many duties to perform. In fall the council got together to beautify the campus by planting trees and shrub¬ bery. They planned Spirit Week and Hobo Day. Their Christmas Dance attracted six hundred people. The council was kept busy by counting all the votes turned in at the class elections. Having a suggestion box in the Cafeteria helped the council to get ideas for a better school. Helping with the campus beautification program were Jim Rogers, president, Mr. Fritz Kunze, sponsor, and Chris Vandewater, vice-president. Serving as chairmen of committees were Julie Kcehner, Jeff Cange, Kathv Connely, Marianne Maloney, Lew Hages, and Photo Anagnos- topoulos. Selling balloons was an uplifting experience. 28 Student Council

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Reporting on the past were History Club members (Bottom Row) Lynn Moliter, treasurer, Karen Saffel, vice-president, June Hankammer, secretary, Linda Lehr, president, (Second Row) Bob Wilkemeyer, Mike Wilkemeyer, Chris Dahm, Juli Cunningham, Jeanine Rozycke, Mary Frerker, Sally Fox, Mary Holdener, Candy Rosenberg, Jane Rockwell, (Third Row) Scott Muskopf, Lynn Klemme, Leigh Gadell, Karen Athy, Patty Papadopoulos, Maria Anagnostopoulos, Karen Botkin, Nancy Waeltz, (Fourth Row) Gail Porter, Rhonda Burns, Kathy Koehler, Mary Beth Muskopf, Vicki Davis, Donna Foster, Barb Utz, Susan Blaies, Brenda Frerker, (Top Row) Mr. Vince Torigian, sponsor, Cecile Hauver, Beth Kramper, Lydia Falconnier, Cheryl Blanck, Lori Johnson, Photo Anagnostopoulos, Patricia Fierke, and Julie Wikgren. History was fun and games History Club members did research on local his¬ tory to write reports and create projects which were entered in district and state competition. Lew Hages, Cecile Hauver, Cindy Sum- The masterminds Ed Sewell and Doug Stewart plot to defeat their opponents. ner, Rhonda Schickedanz, and Juli Cunningham had articles printed in “Illinois History.” Student demand created the War Games Club in the first semester to study and make up war strategies. The wars were acted out on boards and even if someone was a rotten general, he always came out ahead in experience and friendship. The log cabin must have been cold in winter, according to the model created by the Historv Club. Strategiest of the War Games Club were (Bottom Row) Rick Sewell, Marilyn Uhley, Wayne West, Doug Stewart, Gary Stoll, (Second Row) Bob Wilkemeyer, Ken Wottowa, Jeff Elder, Scott Litsey, Richard Meyer, Mike Wilkemeyer, Brian Hoelscher, Mr. Gary Shepek, sponsor, (Top Row) Doug Bucknell, Larry Linskey, Jeff Kuchn, Ed Sewell, Pete Shaw, Paul Lindauer, Charles Romanic, Kyle Stumbaugh, and Chris Sutton. 30 History Club — War Games