West High School - Warrior Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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iw -af 'Qgfii --,-- Agreeing it was worth all of the effort, the six winners of the Rockford Woman's Club Creative Writing Contest, Sue Johnson, joan Sheagren, Francie Connolly, Dick Bulliet, Jerry Gustafson, and Lynne Walther, compare their entries. Getting an early start on memorizing their lines for the all- school play The Great Sebastians which was staged on April , 'S- S : E Betty Gordon. Sharon Anderson, Georganne Trumbull, Carol Watson, and Judy Shoen were the five girls chosen from the West High orchestra to participate in the All-State Orchestra festivities at Peoria.

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CTX 1' 1 'pf Always striving for improvement, Dick Bulliet working on extem- poraneous speakinlmg John Dixon, radio speakingg and Karl Kahler, after-dinner speaking, practice for the lllinois High School Association's district speech contest. Comparing their entries for The Book I Like Best contest, sponsored by the West High library and the English department, are winners Kermit Laurent and Sally Montgomery, standing, and Sue Johnson, Sandy Saline, Ethan Natelson, and joan Sheagren. Ethan's entry, Pey- ton Place, received the first prize of 510. 'YI 2- 9 After winning second place in the Il-ISA district drama contest with their excerpt from Anastasia, Karen Braatz, portraying the Grand Duchessg Dave Conklin, Prince Paulg and Sue Anderson, Anastasia, prepare for their appearance in the sectional tournament. Eager to purchase tickets for the East-West basketball game, Westites Don Gronberytz, Tom Langkamp. Terry Cagznoni, Andy Dixon, and Bob Hazen wait impatiently for Vance Jones and Ticket Manager Lyle Clugg to collect their money and punch their season passes. 17

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Reserve Ofhcers Training Corps' color guard, consisting of cadets David johns, Mike LeParte, Richard Ganrz, and Larry Lathom, participated in parades and other battalion maneuvers. First rate p6l'f0l'lllHllC6S maintain WeSt's stautlards ,lust as the members of ROTCS color guard proudly display the American Hag and the battalion emblem in all parades. other representatives of curricular and extra-curricular activi- ties uphold the standards of XX'est both on and off the campus. Actors and Stagecrafters work together to present high grade entertainment, writers of poetry and prose produce note- worthy compositions for their classes and for contests, artists cooperate by supplying designs to promote almost every activ- ity. and musicians demonstrate superior abilities at home and away from home. Yes, everyone at West holds the schoo1's colors high. A taxidermy project exhibited by Sophomore Judy DeGroote won a tirsr place certihcate in the annual Junior Science Fair held on the Northern lllinois University campus April 12. First place awards also went to james Person and Darryl Rice of West High. 11-1--' 7 Karen Braatz. winner of the Betty Crocker Award, receives a booster button from Donna DiPiazza, who created the emblem's design. 19