Ellinwood High School - Eagle Yearbook (Ellinwood, KS)

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Basketball, football, track, cheerleading, bubble gum, dance Junior high opens Wonderland Junior high brought back the old feelings of a first day in a strange school. The junior high was part of the high school, and it was filled with strange hallways, big kids, and many teachers. Instead of be- ing the special property of sixth grade teachers Mr. Mettling and Mr. Peter, the beginning seventh graders discovered that they had a different teacher for each class. Some of them even had to walk past seniors in main hall every day to attend speech or home ec classes. But being in junior high opened up a wonderland of new opportuni- ties. Now they could go out for sports; for the boys it was Football, basketball, and track. For the girls it was basketball, track, and cheer- leading. They could take new classes. They each acquired a small cubicle of their own to stuff with books, coats, bubble gum and can- dy bars. And each had a lock with a combination that was promptly forgotten. Recognizing that junior high students start forming legitimate interests in the members of the op- posite sex, the school sponsored two dances for the group each year. With their new found maturity they discovered that parents would allow them to stay out until 10:30. They did all sorts of sneaky things, too. On Halloween, Karen Schrader and DeAnn Isern honored band director Steve Gordon with a decorated cowchip with the school colors of his alma mater, KU. Craig Amerine and Jay Schlaht both thought going out and egging that year was a big deal. Shairlyn Casey transferred in from Great Bend during the seventh grade year. In her first week of school here she was hit with eraser thrown by the social studies teacher at trouble- maker Mike Wilson. Later, Casey and Kim Doll were seen cruising around in an old white car named Butch belong to Chris Kincaid. Dee Bates received a I rating on a drum solo at the Hays' Music Festi- val. Renee Schwartz ended her eighth grade year at St. Josephs by engaging in a soak-down water fight while cleaning cafeteria ta- bles. Those years went fast. In no time at all, they were continuing in sen- ior high and starting at the bottom, again. What an experience. LOOK BEFORE YOU CROSS. Seniois Lau ra Carpenter, Dir Bates, and Vicky Cun ningham make the walk from the art build' ing to the high school which seems twice as long and cold in the middle of winter. (Photo by Amerine) Donna Sue Feist Joseph Andrew Linda Sue Grubb Mark Allan Hammeke Gerritzen 8 Seniors

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BODY GRAFFITI. Senior David Schlocter- meier signs his John Hancock on the back of sophomore Brenda Ahrens during T-shirt signing day. (Photo by Amerine) TOO COOL. Senior Ronnie Bieberle, soph- omore Mark Robl, senior Scott Strobl, soph- omore Joe Hammersmith, and junior Dion Hazen went all out on Twin Day Posing as the Jackson 5, they arrived for school in a green 4-door Olds, ate chicken and water- melon for lunch, and relaxed on top of the car while listening to soul music. (Photo by Amerine) Spirit Week 7

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Laura Jane Huslig DeAnn Kay Isern Jamie Lynn Kasselman Edwin Miller, Jr. CONNECT THE DOTS. Senior Scott Rhoades gives principal Don C'affee some constructive criticism on his pink and gray polka-dotted tie. The tie was a Christmas present from his son. Brent. (Photo by Amerine) Troy Allen Munden Brian Wade Nordstedt Seniors 9