West High School - Warrior Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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Honors of 1956 class leaders win citations 1:9 'SLD TOP RIGHT: Baccalaureate ushers of 1956 were Barbara Riddiford Martha McDermaid, Hila Muhl, Barbara Greenberg, Nancy Guyer, julie Stusrud, Edwina Garner, Bonnie Anderhub, Donna Diggs, Frances Sager, Elsbeth Loeppert, and Nancy Bertchie. CENTER LEFT: Miss Carol Brock, ABL adviser, points out the plaque in the main corridor on which the names of ABL Award winners Arlene Verbeski and Sally-Watlington will appear. This literary society award is presented annually to outstanding senior girls. BOTTOM LEFT: Mr. Ralph Cotta and Mr. Roy Acles give Nolden Gentry the American Legion Award for outstanding sportsmanship. leadership, and character. Principal james E. Blue is ready to con- gratulate Nolden. BOTTOM RIGHT: Frank Nussbaum receives the Rensselaer Poly- technic Institute Award from Miss Theodosia Keeler, mathematics department head. Frank also was named the outstanding senior ROTC cadet, an award offered by the Rockford Morning Star and the Rockford Register-Republic.

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TI2lIIltlOH. awe lllSPllll1g program close to hearts The traditional Christmas program. presented in the audi rorium Dt-ccmbcr ll, was dircctcd by Mr. Harry Lindberg dramatic tahlcauxg Mr. Floyd Ohlson, choral groupsg and Mr Donald Zimmerman, orchcstra. The tahlcaux portrayed thc story of thc Nativity and wcrc accompanied by carols which cmphasizcd thc moods of thc sccncs. HUT'l'UM I.lfl:T Rolwrt lN1andzcn and Mr. Allred D. Sahin look ov' a drawing ol .1 hydraulii tylindcr which won Hoh honoralwlt' mcntion in Fords iontcst. ISOTTOM RlKillT: Tha- thrcu slicplicrds, -Iohn Currier, Rohcrt Hun- hcst, and Carroll Alt-xandcr, pay lxorimyigc to thc- lwalwc horn ol -loscph and Mary. ,Q ,.. TOP LEFT: Coming to View tht' ffhrist Kihild .irc tlit-'l'l1rt-v Kings, Ro' land Poslxa. Si XVL-ir. and Norman Ishizaki. Ora Marlicll is Mary. and Art Orlandi. -Ioscph. CENTER RIGHT: Narrators of thi' traditional story arc' Hila Mnhl and XX7aynC Kramer. Ora Marltcll por- trays thc Virgin Mary. and .Italic Stusrud is thc Angel. 5 3 vo

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4 . 4 ' . I, is ag .. ' ix, K . ti Q3 'ff 0 r su ? 5 t 2 lt. I. vw-1 - .CN TOP RIGHT: Commencement ushers for 1956 were Richard Parrott, Richard Campobello, Dennis Hunt, Michael Elson, Charles Shepherd, Norman Ishizaki, Gerald Fowler, john Currier, Arthur Orlantli, Roland Poska, Michael Mortenson, James Lytldon, Webb Stevens, Roger Pea- cock, Jay Heath, and Keith Morse, CENTER RIGHT: Janet Ellis is awarded the National Ofhce Manage- ment Association Stenographic Award for 1956 by Mr. Roy Holvenstot. janet's name will appear on the bronze plaque with those of previous winners at West High. BOTTOM LEFT: Al Rinaldi, Duane Herbig, and Carl Elclund receive certificates of honor for their winning drafting contest entries of l955-56 from Mr. Lester Teachout, representative of the American Society of Tool Engineers, sponsor of the contest. BOTTOM RIGHT: Ist Lr. John L. Quinn congratulates Carroll Alex- ander and Bill Speer, who were named outstanding ROTC cadets of their classes in l956 by the Rockford Register-Republic and the Rock- ford Morning Star. 93 Xxa Rfk!