Ellinwood High School - Eagle Yearbook (Ellinwood, KS)

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Bradley Douglas Bressler Lori Lynn Buckbee BLATST. JOHN BAD. With the help of senior Ronnie Bieberle. senior Mary Simmons leads the crowd in a cheer at the Home- coming bonfire. (Photo by Amvrinc) ougias James Carpenter Laura Jo Carpenter Bradley Ray Bowne Ronald Paul Bieberle Shairlyn Lynn Casey Vicky Louise Kimberly Ann Doll Yancy Allen Feck Cunningham Seniors 5

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Cookies, milk, playing house, bigfoot, no wheatland It all started in the Fall of ’71 In the fall of 1971, approximately 45 five-year-olds experienced their first day of kindergarten at Ellin- wood Grade School. Each child had different feelings on the subject. Some felt scared, some were brave, and some just didn't know what to think. Little Mike Wilson loved the cookies and milk that he got every day. He loved them so much he even tried to steal a few extra. Five- year-olds Renee Schwartz and Brenda Schartz played house and quarreled about who got to be mother. As the years passed, and the chil- dren grew older they quit playing house and sneaking cookies. Early maturing Dee Bates and Craig Amerine delighted their second grade classmates by walking down the hall arm in arm until somebody whistled at them. As they grew older, their imagi- nations began to work. A group of wild-eyed fourth graders formed the Big Foot Club. They swore they saw Big Foot in a field across the road from the school. DeAnn Isern, along with Karen Schrader broke a light in 5th grade. They tried hid- ing it by covering it up with paper in a trash can and ended up losing a week's recess because of it. Some of the boys had different things in mind in grade school. They wanted to take the girls in the bushes and see how many kisses they could steal. For the class of 1984, the sixth grade was a tragic year. Most of them had been looking forward to going out to Wheatland, the coun- try school south of town. Attend- ing Wheatland meant that school would start later and get out earlier. Only the sixth graders attended Wheatland — special people espe- cially isolated. But, due to the ad- ded expense of busing students to the rural school and the decreasing enrollment at USD 355, the school board decided to keep the sixth graders in town with the rest of the grade school. And the board never let the members of the class of '84 voice their disapproval. UP WITH EAGLE PRIDE. Seniors Tony Thill and Andy Gerritzen cheer for their classmates during the first round of the state basketball tournament. (Photo hy Amerine) Craig Allen Amerine Dee Anna Bates Sheila Hoffman Beneke Barbara Christine Biays 4 Seniors

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Students go wild on Spirit week Spirit week was a great chance to show your creativity and individ- uality. Students spent the week de- signing costumes, thinking of new ways to get the girl's hush buttons, and finding boxes and firecrackers for the bon fire. There have been many creative ideas, but none caused as much co- motion as the Jackson Five. Al- though there were golfers, accident victims and ladybugs at school on Twin Day, the Jackson Five, who painted their faces, drove up in an Oldsmobile, carried ghetto-blast- ers, and ate watermellon and Ken- tucky Fried Chicken for lunch, stole the show. On Thursday, everyone got a chance to play Zoro by putting individual marks on friends' T- shirts. The first-time event went over extremely well with most stu- dents leaving school with a nice re- membrance of their high school years. The participants added hats and shades to complete their attire. Each girl was also issued a Hush Button, and she had to give the but- ton away to the first guy who made her talk. Sophomore stud Joe Ham- mersmith proved he had what it takes to become Mr. Irristable as he was able to collect the most Hush Buttons. The traditional bonfire, the pep rally on main street, and the paint- ing of the merchants' windows ex- panded the week from a school ac- tivity to a community event. Though individuality was pre- sent all through the week, students became closer in spirit and cheered the Eagle football team to victory against St. John. P.G.A. COMES TO ELLINWOOD? Not quite, but sophomore Todd Robins and ju- nior Blake Wells did put on an impressive show as they shot a few rounds on the school lawn during noon hour on Twin Day. (Photo by Amerine) 6 Spirit Week