Wahoo High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Wahoo, NE)

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STUDENT COUNCIL The student council has been the governing body of the school for three years. The council sponsored the Freshman Mixer Dance, and published a Student Hand Book. This book gave students rules to live by in their high school days. Dick McMaster was elected President of the council; Debbie Wallace. Vice President; and Jeanette Eads, Secretary-Treasurer. Left to right; Dale Shanahan, Richard McMaster, Debbie Wallace, Mr. Ackermann, Betty Striggow, Jeanette Eads, Sam Crouse, Bill Back, and Mike Jones. CHIEFTAIN STAFF BOTTOM ROW, left to right: K. Rezac; R. Lapour; W. Brown, Asst. Co-Ed; Co-Editors R. Valdez and S. Parnell; J. Rezek, Asst. Co-Ed; B. Brown; S. Cooper. SECOND ROW: Mr. Hawes; A. Brodd; J. Schulz; J. Copperstone; G. Cameron; M. Patton; J. Eads; L. Peglow; J. Dokulil; M. Bachand; M. Lindgren. THIRD ROW: S. Lehn; J. Ecklund; M. Clausen; F. Vybiral; P. Martin; J. Armstrong; B. Rouf; B. Loukota; S. Anderson; L. Handler. FOURTH ROW: K. Palensky; D. Vachal; D. Hanis; R. Lanik; C. Palmer; M. Gregg; J. Schultz; L. Kaspar; J. Pavlik; J. Leitgeb; and D. Wallace. The Chieftain staff published the school paper paper, The Chieftain, every three weeks. The staff included editors, reporters, artists, and office practice class, mimeographing, and distributing. The staff tried to bring to the school news, sports, jokes, and gossip. 23

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PEP BAND The Pep Band is an organization made up of 20 students. By its playing at pep rallies, football and basketball games, the band helps to boost the spirits of the team and student body. Several times during the year if a club wanted a musical number for entertainment, the pep band went. The members of the pep band starting from the bottom of the P are Leon Olson, John Harris, Jon Pearson, Kathy Rezac, Charles Otto, Bonnie Brown, Mary Jo McDermott, and Julie Ecklund. In the B starting with the bass drum, are Barbara Rouf, Jo Anne Rezek, Joan Leitgeb, Suzanne Parnell, Richard Vybiral, Richard Kavan, Richard Patton, Robert Cook, Jeris Schulz, Sandra Lehn, Laurel Handler, and Linda McCleery. CHEERLEADERS Six cheerleaders are elected annually in the spring by members of the Pep Club and W Club. This gives them the advantage of the summer months to practice and get ready for the the busy seasons ahead. Anyone in Pep Club is eligible to try out.” This past year the cheerleaders have received an unusual amount of publicity by appearing a number of times in two prominent newspapers. 22

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BACK ROW, Left to Right: J. Swinney, S. Crouse, F. Vybiral, D. Lindgren, A. Kanouff, R. Justsen, J. Sanderson, K. Bergman. MIDDLE ROW: L. Erickson, B. Brown, R. Lapour, R. Cribbett, L. Handler, C. Novy, W. Fidler, R. Taylor, W. Miners. FRONT ROW: D. Strauss, Tour Director; B. Justsen, President; G. Edgar, Vice-President; Mr. Meyer, Sponsor. MISSING: W. Brown. SCIENCE CLUB The Science Club sponsored by Mr. Meyer, its founder, in 1956, is one of the more popular clubs in the school. Each member is required to make one or more scientific projects. However, the club is not all work and no play. The club members enjoy field trips, and this year they sponsored a Science Fair. On November 10th of this year an audience of about 500 people watched with interest the second Science Fair in the history of the school. The floor of the entire gymnasium was filled with over 50 different projects. The projects ranged from model airplanes to the conductivity of water. Many of the items were made by Science Club members and Chemistry and Physics students. National Education Week fell on the same date as the Science Fair; therefore, the speech department and the chorus combined to give a fine pageant well-suited for the national theme. Entitled The Root and the Flower. it was a dramatic presentation of the ideals of the founders of our nation. The band played several numbers including Dixie-Land Concerto and March Forth. The high school held open house after the program and parents were encouraged to visit the classrooms. JUPITER C MISSILE MODEL OF NUCLEAR REACTOR Bill Justsen Allan Kanouff 24