Americus High School - Indian Scout Yearbook (Americus, KS)

Text from Pages 1 - 56 of the 1962 volume:

Governing Bodies Student Council FRONT ROW: Left to Right, S. Worchester, R. Yeakley, L. Emch, R. Grother, K. Gatewood. BACK ROW: W. Clover. J. Mounkes. G. Gibb, sponsor, Mr. Davidson. School Board LEFT TO RIGHT: M. Logan, D. Gibb, and R.I. Pickett. Principal 2 Mr. Thomas J. Richard FACULTY Faculty MR. DAVIDSON Bachelor of Arts, Uni- versity of Oklahoma. Graduate work K.S.T.C., Emporia, Kansas. MRS. SHERWOOD Bachelor of Science in Speech and English, K.S.T.C., Emporia, Kansas. Graduate work at K.S.T.C., Emporia, Kansas. MR. JOHNSON Bachelor of Science at K- State University of Manhattan, and Graduate work at K.S.T.C. of Emporia. MR. MCDONALD Bachelor of Science Degree and Graduate work at K.S.T.C., Emporia, Kansas. MR. HIGGINS Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from College of Emporia. Master of Science in Edu- cation from K.S.T.C. of Emporia. MRS. BOYD Bachelor of Science Degree at Norman, Oklahoma. M. A. at Tulsa, Oklahoma. 4 GRADUATES Seniors GUY ROBERT BACON Baseball 1,2; Basketball 1,2; Track 2; Annual Staff 4; Jr. Play 3; Sr. Play 4; Boys’ Glee Club 1,2. DEAN EDMISTON Band 1,2,3,4; Boys’ Glee Club 1,2,3; Mixed Chorus 1,2,3,4; Sax Trio 2,3,4; Baseball 1,2,4; Basketball 1,2,3,4; State B Class Champions 3; Runner- up B Class Champions 2; Track 3,4; Jr. Play 3; Sr. Play 4; ClassTreas- urer 3; Student Council 1,2; Annual Staff 4. KAROL GATEWOOD Girls’ Glee Club 1,2,3,4; Band 1,2; Class Secretary 2; Vice President 3; President 4; Treasurer 1; Cheer- leader 2,3,4; Student Council Presi- dent 4; Pep Club 1,2,3,4; Piano Solo 3,4; Senior Play 4; Junior Play 3; Girls’ Softball 4; Annual Staff 4; Miss Americus Attendant 3. GARY GIBB President 1; Treasurer 2; Student Council 1,3,4; President of Student Council 3; Boys' Vocal 1; Band 1,2,3, 4; Mixed Chorus I; Baseball 1,2,3,4; Track 3,4; Basketball 1,2,3,4; State Champions 3; Runner-up 2; Free Throw Award Winner 2,5; Baseball Leading Hitter 1,3; Jr. Play 3; Sr. Play 4; Annual Staff 4. CONNIE MERCER DUNLAP; Band 1,2, Glee Club 1,2; Pep Club 1,2; Cheerleading 1,2; Treasurer 1; Secretary 2. AMERICUS: Band 3,4; Glee Club 3.4; Pep Club 3,4; Cheerleading 3,4; Sec- retary 3; Annual Staff 4. DIANE MILLIKEN Secretary 1; President 2; Vice President 4; Student Council 2; Stu- dent Council Vice President 2; Pep Club 1,2,3,4; Cheerleader 1,3,4; Glee Club 1,2,3,4; Band 1,2,3,4; Sax Trio 2,3,4; Softball 1,4; Pep Club Secre- tary 2; Annual Staff 4; Sr. Play 2; Jr. Play 3; Sr. Play 4. LEWIS MOORE Manager 2,3,4; Jr. Play 3; Sr. Play 4; Annual Staff 4; Boys’ Glee Club I; Chorus 1. CHERYL MOUNKES Treasurer 1; Glee Club 1,2,3,4; Queen Candidate 2,3,4; Vice Presi- dent of Pep Club 3; President of Pep Club 4; Jr. Play 3; Sr. Play 4; Annu- al Staff 4; Pep Club 1,2,3,4; Softball 4. BEVERLY PINEGAR PECULIAR, MISSOURI;Cheerleader 1,3; Student Council 1,3; Treasurer 2; Band 1,2,3; Chorus 1,2.3; Carnival Queen Candidate 2; Pep Club 1,2,3; Swing Band 3; Softball 3. AMERICUS; Cheerleader 4; Secretary 4; Annual Staff 4; Senior Play 4; Band 4;Girls Glee Club 4; Softball 4. RICHARD PROEHL Mixed Chorus 1; Boys' Glee Club 1; Band 1,2,3,4; Basketball 1.2,3,4; Class B Champions 3; Runner-up 2; Track 4; Baseball 1,2,3,4; Vice President 2; Student Council 3; President 3; Treasurer 4; Jr. Play 3; Sr. Play 4; Annual Staff 4. JOE WAIDLEY Basketball 1,2,3, Baseball 1,2,3; Boys’ Glee Club 1.2,3,4; Mixed Chorus 1,2,3; Jr. Play 3; Sr. Play 4; Annual Staff 4. LARRY RATHKE Basketball 1,2; Track 3,4; Boys' Glee Club 1.2; Mixed Chorus 2; Jr. Play 3; Sr. Play 4; Annual Staff 4. DONALD SIMMONS Basketball 1,2,3,4; Baseball 12,3,4; Track 3,4; Annual Staff 4; Jr. Play 3; Senior Play 4; Boys' Vocal 1; Mixed Chorus I: Band 1 STANLEY VAHSHOLTZ Band 1,2,3,4; Mixed Chorus 1,2; Boys' Glee Club 1,4; Basketball 1,2, 3,4; State B Class Champions 3; Jr. Play 3; Sr. Play 4; Annual Staff 4; Baseball 1.2,3.4. CLAUDE DAVIDSON, Sponsor MRS. SHERWOOD, Sponsor, not pictured. UNDERGRADS Freshmen FIRST ROW: Connie Brickell, Sue Briggs, Charles Brown, Larry Brown, Patsy Crook, Burton Daharsh, Rita Dawes, Gerald Evans! SECOND ROW: Barbara Gatewood, Wesley Glover, Linda Grother, Vivian Haber, LaDonna Huddleston, Steve Huston, Bill Johnson, Linda Logan. THIRD ROW: Larry Mayes, Mary Morgan, Gary Myers, Dan Phelan, Maureen Pickett, Jeff Ryman, Everett Sowers, Steve Traw, Bette Wirsig, Susan Worcester, Jerry Voorhees, Frank Wright, Mr. McDonald, sponsor. CLASS OFFICERS:StevenTraw,Gerald Evans, Wesley Glover, Susan Worcester, Linda Grother. 9 Sophomores FIRST ROW: Robert Briggs, Jo Anne Hansen, Richard Luginsland, Ralph Hedgespeth, Ray Moore, John Mounkes. SECOND ROW: Cecilia Price, Mike Thomas, Rose Yeakley, Phillip Zink, Mr. Johnson, sponsor. CLASS OFFICERS: John Mounkes, Phillip Zink, Robert Briggs, Rose Yeakley. 10 Juniors FIRST ROW: Marybeth Blanken, Judy Dyer, Mary Jane Edmiston, Lyndabeth Emch, Dean Forbeck, Ronald Grother. SECOND ROW: Dean Horton, Judy Humbarger, Patty Jackson, Lee Kayser, Edward Lee. Everett Marsh. THIRD ROW: Phillip Matile. Sharon Mayes, Vicki Phelan, David Pickett, Ronald Pritchard, Dennis Traw. FOURTH ROW: Don Voorhees, David Wilmore, Mr. Higgins and Mrs. Boyd, sponsors. CLASS OFFICERS: Lee Kayser, Eddie Lee. David Wilmore. Ronald Grother. Inside Americas High Working hard, or hardly working? Study hall habits. Morning gab. Come on boys. Show your knees. No seconds. Let's pretend we're reading. Do you dig this jazz? And furthermore, friends. It's in the book. Sorry, wrong number. Homemakers in the making. Last stanza again, please. A little to the left. 1 3 Soup's on! Give me that ball! Lets smash his finger! Who swallowed the canary? 1 didn't do it. Anyone watching? Check it out please! ACTIVITIES Aunt Cathie's Cat CAST BACK ROW: Left to Right, David Wilmore, Everett Marsh, Marshall Miller, Dennis Traw, Judy Humbarger, Dean Forbeck, Ronald Grother, Don Voorhees, Edward Lee. FRONT ROW: Left to Right, Lyndabeth Emch, Philip Matile, Mary Jane Edmiston, David Pickett, Patty Jackson, Vicki Phelan, Lee Kayser, Judy Dyer. You neea a shave. How dry I am. It's dark! Maybe I aint. What are you, a nut t I know a good book. t 6 Music Department BOYS' GLEE CLUB: TOP ROW: Left To Right, Mr. Hume, S. Traw, R. Luginsland. D. Forbeck. L. Kayser. S. Vansholtz. BOTTOM ROW: L. Brown, C. Brown, P. Zink, D. Traw, M. Thomas, L. Mayes. BAND: Mr. Hume, L. Emch. K. Gatewood, R. Yeakly, P. L. Kayser, G. Gibb, D. Forbeck, M. Blanken V. Haber D. Matile, C. Mercer, S. Vahsholtz, V. Phelan, J. Hansen, L. Pickett, C. Price, B. Pinegar, D. Milliken. D. Edmiston. Huddleston, B. Wirsig, S. Worcester, S. Briggs, R. Dawes, GIRLS' GLEE CLUB TOP ROW: Left to Right, Mr. Hume, BOTTOM ROW: D. Milliken, S. Worcester. B. Gatewood, L. M. Pickett, B. Pinegar, M. Blanken, M. Morgan,C. Price, L. Huddleston. V. Haber, L. Grother, R. Dawes, V. Phelan, J. Emch, J. Humbargar, K. Gatewood, P. Crook, B. Wirsig, M. Hansen, M. Edmiston, S. Briggs. Mercer, R. Yeakly, P. Jackson, C. Brickell, L. Logan. R. Dawes and S. Briggs D. Edmiston, M. Pickett, and D. Milliken Mr. Hume, music instructor L. Emch and K. Gatewood K. Gatewood D. Edmiston D. Forbeck M. Blanken V. Phelan, J. Hansen and S. Worcester ■ 1 8 Queen Karol Royalty Party 20 Cheerleaders CONNIE MERCER BEVERLY PINEGAR ROSE YEAKLY BARBARA GATEWOOD KAROL GATEWOOD DIANE MILLIKEN 21 p E P C L U B PEP CLUB OFFICERS: L. Grother, J. Hansen, M. Edmiston, L. Emch. PEP CLUB: Left To Right, J. Hansen, R. Dawes. M. Pickett, R. Crook, B. Wirsig, C. Brickell, L. Huddleston, M. Morgan, L. Grother, L. Emch, C. Mounkes, M. Blanken, L. Logan, V. Haber, S. Worcester, V. Phelan. 22 Journalism Staff Connie Mercer, Richard Proehl, Don Simmons, Cheryl Mounkes, Gary Gibb, Dean Edmiston, Stanley Vahsholtz. 23 A C T I V I T I E S ATHLETICS Americas Indians A TEAM FRONT ROW: Left to Right. D. Edmiston, S. Vahsholtz, E. Lee. L. Kayser, R. Pritchard, R. Proehl, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Richard, P. Matile, D. Forbeck, G. Gibb, R. Grother, E. Marsh, L. Moore. NOT PICTURED: D. Pickett. LEAGUE GAMES Americus 70 Northern Heights 68 Roosevelt 58 Reading 68 Hartford 62 Olpe 75 Neosho Rapids 58 Northern Heights 68 Roosevelt 81 Reading 59 Hartford 91 Olpe 94 Neosho Rapids 47 55 52 55 50 34 41 48 44 53 70 33 27 Coach, MR. HIGCINS EDDIE LEE GARY GIBB RONALD GROTHER PHILIP MATILE DEAN EDMISTON RICHARD PROEHL Aetion 29 Baseball TEAM: LEFT TO RIGHT, S. Vahsholtz, E. Sowers, F. Wright, D. Horton, E. Lee, R. Pritchard, R. Proehl, D. Edmiston, P. Matile, G. Gibb. R. Grother, NOT PICTURED: D. Pickett. S. VAHSHOLTZ, Shortstop R. PROEHL, Catcher 30 G. GIBB, Pitcher D. EDMISTON, Third Base Track Squad LEFT TO RIGHT: Maurice Higgins, coach; D. Edmiston, P. Matile, D. Forbeck, G. Gibb, R. Grother, S. Vansholtz, R. Pritchard, E. Lee, D. Horton. L. Kayser, R. Proehl. NOT PICTURED: D. Pickett. 31 Building Staff 32 34 Graduates ;62 We Leave These Halls With Sorrow but With Anticipation for the Future ADVERTISING Seven-Up Bottling Co. 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