Durant High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Durant, IA)

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There s No End - - - Remembered joys are never past, They were, they are, they yet shall be, Therefore, there is no end, The events of 1966 may be departed in reality, but are only beginning in in the halls of memory,,, DHS-from the high school to the cafeteria-was prepared for the incoming student body, Then,,, R-l-N-GI!!! The first five minute bell of the school year rang at 8:25 on Monday morning, August 30, and students were hurried on their way to begin class for the 1965-1966 year, Many new faces were seen in the halls of DHS as an unusually large freshmen class experienced their first day of high school. The juniors and seniors happily began their roles as upperclassmen and the sophomores were just glad not to be freshmen, Then it came: the bell signaling the first lunch period of the new year, and the quiet cafeteria rapidly filled with a mass of hungry students, mn -as October 1 was an important day for five DHS senior girls. Of the five, Adryth Koeppe was crowned as the Homecoming Queen for 1965. Queen Ardyth and her court, Sara Lilienthal, Joyce Riessen, Diane lihrecke, and Carhy Nelson, reigned over the festivities including the annual Homecoming Dance, On the Tuesday after Homecoming, the seniors boarded a bus to go to Davenport, After having their pictures taken at l3irch's Studio, the seniors were given the day off to entertain themselves in Davenport, After the roar of the student body cheering at a pep meeting, October 21, the halls of DHS seemed uncommonly quiet because school had been dismissed early in order that faculty members could attend the iowa State l.ducation Association Convention, 3 nn 'it wap any Friday, September 10, classes were constantly disrupted as students were called from classes, with the exception of seniors, to pose for their individ- ual pictures, That night was the first football game ofthe season against Preston, there, The two weeks following September 13, members of the junior class were busy collecting magazine subscriptions in the annual magazine sales, Band members and their families held a style show on Thursday, September 23, to help pay for the new band uniforms, which band members were measured for during the summer and received in October, The Durant Student Council met for the second time of the year to discuss ideas to promote the Homecoming spirit in place of working on floats for a parade, W ref

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i 'ei LEFT: Patsy Best, editor, ' Mrs, Julie Scottqstandingj, , , ' ,fr A Advisor, and Diane lihrecke, ,- business manager, ABOVE: Mr, Robert Dreher, pho- tographer. RIGHT: Henry Pleon, photographer. The Wildcat Staff Presents The 1966 Wildcat Planning a theme, assigning duties, allotting pages, and sketching layouts were only a part of the reliminary planning that went into the preparation of the 1496? WILDCAT, Stories were written, proofread, and maybe rewritten, Pictures were posed for, taken, developed, and cropped, then were pasted on the pages, Stories were then typed into copy and pasted on the final layout sheets, Staff members aided Patsy Best and Diane lihrecke by SEATILD: Mary McAllister, Joyce Riessen, Diane lihrecke, Patsy Best, Karen Kroeger, Judy Toft, Janet Kummerfeldt, and Mrs, Julie Scott, STANDING: Lynn Christensen, Nancy Sohsen. Hollie Sinkler, Shirley Fischer. Pat Forbes, Judy writing stories and selling advertisements, Birch Studio took the group pictures for the yearbook, and Mr, Dreher and Henry Pleon took the other pictures, Mrs, Scott supervised the activities and helped keep things moving, 'lhe 1966 WILDCAT was financed by advertisements, con- cessions, a dance, and purchases of yearbooks and protective plastic covers, Friederichs, Shirley Horstmann, Linda Langbehn, Karen Moldenschardt, I, inda Collier, Carol Koppenhaver, Renae Best, Pat Kummerfeldt, Karen Kahler, Karen Schuett, Carl Anderson, Dick Reimers, and Henry Pleon. mv Arla A 1,1

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Students Participate In Athletics -i-www-4-my After many weeks of practice, the junior class play, Arsenic and Old Lace, was presented in the gymnasium, Horn-tooting Teddy Roosevelt was por- trayed by Dick Reimers, Again this year the Durant PTO sponsored a Hallo- ween Mardi Gras on October 30, for the grade school children, The marching band led the parade through town to the gymnasium, The first Friday of November, the Wildcat and Wildkitten basketball squads were presented at the annual Meet the Wildcats night. Members of the Wildcat wrestling squad were presented to fans on Tuesday, November 9. Classes were again disrupted November 8 when activity pictures were taken for the annual, November lO, Open llouse was held, Parents fol- lowed their child's class schedule, attending each class for several minutes, Mrs. Judy MacDonald was named Teacher of the Year at the annual Durant Chamber of Commerce Award Night, The girls' and boys' basketball teams opened their season November l2, when they played West Liberty, here, The Wildkitten's winning season began that night as they defeated the Liberty Belles, The following Monday Doctor Melville presented the first assembly of the year for the DHS student body, His program concerned glass blowing, The second year of wrestling at Durant began November l9 when the squad met the Pleasant Valley Spartans, Speech and music departments combined to present a Thanksgiving program on the day before Thanksgiving, The Forensic league at- tended their second contest of the year December l at North Scott, Three Durant stu- dents-Sue Schlapkohl, Patsy Best, and Barb Paulsen- qualified for the final cham- pionship round, The freshmen class spon- sored a dance, Casino l i On December 18, the student Council sponsored the annual Sno-Ball Dance, which was held in the gymnasium, Diane lihrecke and .loyee Riessen were crowned co-queen, and Phillip Young and Keith Dusenberry were eo-king, Music for the evening was provided by Music, Inc, 6 Royale , December 2 after the Mount Vernon basketball game,