Washington High School - Tiger Echoes Yearbook (Washington, KS)

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us another tal t d artist, Lyle Sitl r, from E1 lvrado, one of our quieter e , J rome Hanna, from Latour, Missouri, and that red ha 3 1, Mary Kurtz, from Topeka who joined our class later hat year At the first class me tlne we hose Lyle Sitler as pres- ldent, Agnes LlDGHk rger as vi e pr sldent, Phil Hanni secretary and tr asurer, Joan Patrie and Vic Schroed r as members of th student ouncil Our spansors were Mrs Sleigh and Mr Abel We lect d two ceupl s from each lass as can- didates for hollday king and queen, Joan Petrie and Lyle Sitl r as on ouple and Lynn Barley and Vic Schroed r asthe other CThe senlors won as usual 7 Four girls and four boys wer chos n to serve for the Junlor Senior banquet They were Lois Wat rman, Dorothy Fletch r, Mary Yurtz, Lynn Barl y,Vic Schroeder, Dick Bowen, Elmer Da efordt, and Iyl Sltltr Joan Patrle was hosen as on of th che rl aders The highllehts of t year v r th Chrlstmas formal, athletic banqu t, Junlor S nior prom, class p1CDlC, and some of the lass eav public sp ech s w1th the help of Mrs Waterbury Mary Jo Hein got lrst, Joan Patrle second, Joan Krueg r and Agn s L1nenberger tied for thlrd had lost Merlln Mcrltt who moved to Iowa, but gained the girl shy football player, Dwight Carl y, from Wichita who cam durlng th y ar, and the boy with the physique, B111 Cook, from Oklahoma We chose Dorothy Fl tcher as pr sldent, Phil Hanni as vie presldent, Dlck Bowen as secretary and treasur r, Vir ginia As hc and Bruc Bigelow as memb rs of the student councll Our sponsors w r Mlss Taylow and Mr Oursler Joan Patri and Mary Alyce Coleman were chosen as cheerleaders We pick d out our class rlngs wlthout too much debate Jan Wieland got first ln the county spelling ont st held at the school Th highlights of th year, whi h are many, wer dur class play, NThe Absent Mlnded Brid groom,H coached by Miss Taylor and Mr Oursler We had a pot luck supp r and dance later as well as a class picnic down at the park The big g st hlehlight was the Junior S nior prom decorated to carry out th them of HThe Days of Forty Nin , in honor of the s n1ors of forty nln Th d coratlons onslst d of a cover d wagon on the south w t sld of the roo , corral with a stuffed horse and saddl 1U the north ast corner, a big cactus plant in th c nt r of th roo , with yellow, brown, and green streamers ext ndlng to the walls Muslc was fur nlshed by Lou Gordon Here w large number ar from the Joan Kru 0 r Joan Krueger rho moved to the one an an were chosen as cheerleaders We lost Mary Kurtz Kansas Cityg Joyce Wilkinson moved to Hanover, ar to the last year of high school, wlth of thlrty nine members of the class, twenty country We have tw sets of twins, Jan and Herald and Gerald Sche tz Joan Petrie ,- 'W C K5 0 m :bers e A . ' e lie -gal , 4- - C l ' a . O C O C . . . D we C - 9 85 0 'D , .. V - - e . c . . . . e e e c . - e e e e . O O U e e ' . ' 0 : Q A e . e C fy Q x 'x ' 3 ' ru , . . , . . so e e 2 e , .. ' 11.5 yo Cx 'A ' Q ll - , V .f x, 4 . . . e . T - e , . e O e e, e . 1 . 5. . . . , e e - . . . . , Our JUHlOP year held more ln store -or us. We found we . . . 'J I - . .. Q - Q ' rm o ' A k., v J O . . 1 e e fb ' ' 'n g- J . , - e 3 e . e . . . e e . . e - A . . . I G 1 l ' fs 6 D .1 Lf O e e c e e . eh . . , . e 3 . Q . e O - e n . e e - e U -3 ' 14 fm Q ' n ' Q xg, ' L, 9 L, x., g, L, ' e - es ' e .- 1 - e '. e -e e 3 e e 1 0 ' ' - .. M 9 4. . O e e ' . 'a H J I - ,, - Q H fl C d u .A O ege ' 9 . d ' . '-.f I ' a ,