Wapato High School - Wasehian Yearbook (Wapato, WA)

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WW L C I i , PEP GIRLS Follow IW lefz zo right: Lois Adolf, Anna Merritt, Carol Simchen, Delores Delp, Dorothy Elder, Patty Yearout, Darlene Trudeau, Marie Martin, Trixanna Thompson, Donna Brady, Nona Yearout, June Polley, Sylvia Weatherred, Lucile Schanzenbach, Lenora Eichler, Veleta Geffe, Leona Settler, Audre King, Miss Lois Hodges, adviser. The Pep Club this year has sought to better their organization by making additions and amend- ments to their constitution. The club adopted a demerit system. The yell leaders automatically become members of the Pep Club. Half time skits were provided at several basketball games. Girls also did their share of passing out programs and taking tickets at home games. Once again the girls boosted their treasury by selling shakers and apples. The Pep Girls annual assembly was presented for the high school. The setting was in the famous Mark Hopkins hotel in San Francisco. The Red Devils enjoyed the banquet that was given in their honor by the Pep Club. This is an event that both clubs looked forward to all year. The group was under the capable guidance of Miss Hodges, adviser. 6660266 With Verne Munson as President, and Mr. Middleton as adviser, the science club of Wapato was newly organized this year. ' The plan of the club is to learn more about science through actual practice. Some of the members continued their photography work and others worked further with other chemistry and physics experiments. The club had several field trips during the second semester. Trips to radio station K I T and the Perry Institute were two of the interesting visits. i From row: Bill Kramer, Verne Munson, Olga Belzer, Bob Pelzer, Verlan Clem, Arnold Brucker. Second row: Jay Maitlen, Ronald Dahlin, Charles Lewis, James Dart, Bob Schibig, Robert Lee. Third row: Paul Belzer, Mr. Middleton, adviser. 25

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fed Deaife W - Front row: Mr. Dwight Henley, adviser, Gene Bower, Lyle Noble, Calvin Radach, Dick Eckel, Vern Thomas. Second row: Bob Parnell, Everette Brandt, Dan Falen, Paul Schilperoort, Wayne johnson. Third row: Bob Pelzer, Bill Simonis, Orville Niesz, John Geffe, Bob Brown. Fourzb row: Wilbur Kwak, George Murphy, Dick Maib. The Red Devils is a service organization whose purpose it is to promote the general welfare and spirit of Wapato High School. ' It is the duty of each Red Devil to be at all school activities such as football and basketball games to help with ticket sales and keep order. They also are responsible for the making and enforcing of various rules to make the school a neat, friendly, and more orderly place. This year the club, headed by President Wilbur Kwak and under the supervision of Mr. Henley, has enacted some new rules as well as a demerit system. Any Red Devil who breaks a law of the club gets the usual punishment as well as demerits. At the beginning of this year each member was given 43 points as soon as 15 of these points are taken away, he automatically loses his membership. , ' Beginning this year each member was given a Red Devil head with the understanding that it would become his property after completing a successful year of service. I The debate teams for the first time since the outbreak of the war have again become an active organization. The question for this season being Resolved, The Federal Government should establish a Colum- bia Valley Authority. Opening the season, they had two practice debates with Marquette, won two ,conference debates from Marquette, tied one and suffered three loses to Sunnyside. At the conference in Tacoma, each team participated in six debates. Don O'Kelley placed in semi-final extemp in the upper 2502. , FORENSICS Firrl row: Donna Riddle, Beverly jean Lee, Opal Whitaker, Etta Mae Hoptowit. Second row: Miss Betty Fuchs, adviser, Gene Lloyd, Don O'Ke1ley. 24 '

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I I I Back row: Rae Dean Graham, Lois Shrode, Leona Settler, Mary Anna Hoyt. Front row: Dorothy Elder, Donna Mae Graham, Bonita Olney. The purpose of the G. A. C. is to sponsor good sportsmanship and develop physical skill. In order to make this possible the girls have participated in volley ball, basketball, tumbling, badminton, ping-pong, and softball. The members of the G. A. C. sponsored a play day for Sunnyside, Toppenish, and Yakima. It turned out very successfully. April 12 was the G. A. C. party. A grand time was had by all who attended. During May the lettermen had a party which turned out very well. Mrs. Marquerite Wise was the adviser of the Girls' Athletic Club for the past year. 77,14 With a membership of fifty boys, the Wapato Chapter of the Future Farmers of America had a very successful year of activities. Getting off to a poor start, the F. F. A. judging team placed eighth at Grandview last fall. An- other judging team composed of Bill Stobaugh, Glenn Wright, and Vernon Lawrence brought home a second place banner for the chapter in a state-wide swine judging contest at the janalu farm near Seattle. One of the highlights of the year was the S500 award made to the chapter by the local Lions Club to buy perpetual livestock projects. Outstanding in the year's activities was the first annual F. F. A. livestock show here at Wapato. Representatives attended the stock show held in Auburn in April. First raw: Harold Schibig, jim Clements, Virgil Stover, joe Morozzo, Paul Polley, Ernest Weeks, Dwight Henley, adviser. Second row: jim St. Hilaire, Clifford Evans, Lynn Parton, Dale Kure, Lyle Noble, Richard McMahan, Kenneth Heilman. ' Tlaird row: Gordon Elliott, Mervin Logan, Clifton Chezum, Verne Munson, Wilbur Kwak, Joe Favilla, Vernon Lawrence, Pete Hoyt. Fourth row: Leroy Hoffer, Floyd Amos, Bert Gorham, Bob Bort, Robert Gangle, Don Doyle, Paul Clements. Fifth row: Neal Bennett, Harvey Hert, Gordon Stover, Cleve Calahan, Bill Harrington, Dan Falen, Orville Niesz, Don Kohls. 26