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 ,

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Rosie Durk e, now working 1n Dr Lindberg's oflice, Jam s Brouhard Jolned the navy, B1ll Cook mov d to Haddam Daryl Apley lS pres1dent,D1 k Bowen,v1c pr s1d nt,V1rginia Asche, secretary, Ph1l Hann1, treasurer, Bru Bigelow and Joan Patri , student coun 1l Sponsors are Mrs Beach and Mr Darby Bob Williams f1n1shed h1s h1gh school work while in far away Japan The senlors partlcipate 1n many 8CtlV1t1GS 22 girls in lub, 29 in m1x d voc l, ll 1n band, 22 in G R , l n Hi Y, seven 1n F F A nl ten 1n athletlcs The highlights of tr y ar were in1t1ation of thefresh men and a big blowout or them that n1ght,th choice of Joan Patrie as Football Quecn, w1th Margorie Fletch r and Mary Alyce Coleman as attendants nd Walter Hilklc, Bob Stoffel, and Lyl Sitle as escorts Th Christmas formal carried the theme of Hwlnt r Wonderland ' Nc chos Jane Krueger and Vic Schro der as Holiday Royalty First att ndants w re Dorothy Fletcher and Dick Bow n wlth Joan Patrie and Walterlhnkle as decorations using troph1 s,footballs, besketballs and second attendants The senlor play,HTon1ght We 14th of April, glV1Hg us cons1d which took us to Omaha, on April pollce St8t1OD, ver photogr ph Omaha World Herald, mad the Paxton hotel our Hhomen for Dane H was pr sented on rabl Nmoolan for sneak Ther we visited d 1D the Bull P nu by he day the the the day, toured th Omaha bran h of the Kansas City Federal Res rv , engoy d and partlcipat d in a t 1GVlS1On show at WOW In the ev ning we attend d the b autlful and colorful Ice Capades The Athletic banquet, on Apr1l 29 included el ver tabl The nlght club th me used for th Banquet and Prom was vcry club room eff ctive The gym was d corated to resemble a night from the blue canopied entr nc to the blue and whlte in 1de, adorn d with larg twinkllra stars Palm tree and tables back of a lattic work add d to its ff CtlVGDf5 Ve dune d to th music of K nny Knowl and his orchestra Class announcements and cards caused much XC1tOmCDt on May 9 M mory books wer 1ll d out and c rds exchanged The Mother Daught r th me 'Fi sta Time Maxi o Installation of Installation for H1 Y was b nqu t on Way 13, ca ricd out the 1ncldd d orlglnal dGCOFTt1OHS from new offie rs followed the d1nn r FCCOgDlZ d t a m ting on May 15 And th n c p and gown timt Baccalaureat was h ld on May 20, with Rev G orge Ros as speak r Then S nior n1ght with our play,NUncle Joe's Place nd the recognltion of the various aw rds to seniors and und r lwssmen The thing we hav worked four y ars to achi v lS almost here our gradu ation We chos Dr Lawson d an of th Univ rsity of Kansas, as our sp ak r Aft r the well W1Sh s of our par nts and fF1GDdS,th m mb rs of the class of 1950 will agaln be blown to th four wlnds, each to carry out h1s own dreams and am bitions as far as posslble ' D e I J U e . . , . 5 ., .J . .. Q, 1 . . . , .A . G . G , . v Q- 1 J V . . ' ' ' ce 9 C O U l . . . . O I . . . . I O . . . pep c , ' e a ' - . .' 5 1 , . , A r . . o o as G. . ' . 9 ., , , . . A ., 1.3 -J ' . - , . J. - ,, ' Q 3 . . e T C , a r a e r . e ' : 7 Y fm 1 'Q 3, . '. ' Q e . e e . . , e - ., 0 . . e e - t . . . e e 19. a e . . . H f e a e e o G I . 5 G A 2 , . . . e e e ,e e . . , e e A e A . U Q4 0 J E e 'e ' D such. The Top Notchers played for the dance that followed. . H e. ' e 1 e ,. e . . . . s e e c -- rg . s . ,e u c e e e . f f ,e e e - as T . . C - e A . . . e ' e T e 1 a . - c 3 e I P - ' I 0 n l e e e and ' e C , . C , ' e G 0 . . -' ' 'J Q. GG 0 e -- a, - 1. - e e . e . e e A e . e fa 3 . ' . a e c C . . e e e e ' -- - 1. 'a e . e e e . e e . e e e , . - e .e e , . . Q Q ' ' . l