New Athens High School - Vespa Yearbook (New Athens, IL)

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Officers direct and guide their class activities Pleasant smiles ond that far-away look in the eyes of the freshman officers, Dennis Nadler, president; Allen Spalt, reporter; Mr. Don Schriner, sponsor; Harry Beadle, secretary; Evelyn Miller, treasurer; Miss Jean Tate, sponsor; and Lyle Schaller, vice-president; could only mean a class outing! Cleaning up after freshman initiation is one of the yearly tasks performed by the sophomores. Here the officers, Richard Forhan, president; Mrs. Dorothy Oelrich, sponsor; Terry Worms, secretary; James Newman, vice-president; and Marvin Kaiser, treasurer; set the pace for the rest of the class. Mr. Ed Thies, sponsor, is not pictured. Does this look all right?” asks Dave Roth, president of the junior class, while Miss Betty Jane Shaughnessy, sponsor; Doris Steinwagner, secretary; John Main, vice-president; Carla Walborg, treasurer; ond Mr. Walter Price, sponsor; supervise the job of prom decorations. The officers of the seventh grade, Jim Hood, president; Nelda Kniepkamp, vice-president; Mrs. Bernice Cox and Mr. Joe Pieron, sponsors; Wayne Nadler, treasurer; and Billy Sickmeier, secretary; look forward to their future school years in the new building. “Three minutes between classes just isn’t long enough to gather books and get to class!” exclaims Charles. The officers and sponsors of the eighth grade are Mike Strassman, president; Charles Oberholtzer, secretary; Sammy Castleton, vice-president; Mr. Ker-mit Jackson, sponsor; and Mary Ellen Fries, treasurer. Mrs. Frances Hunsoker, sponsor, is not pictured.

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Help! Mr. Russell Ziegler, maintenance superviser, explains to Miss Juanita Dudeck, secretary, a new bus schedule to be typed for publication in the Journal Press. Checking the magazine supply are the student librarians, Joe Weidemann, Allan Birkner, Gail Ruhl, Helen Schaller, Dorothy Gasser, Joan Hanft, Marianne Kirchhoefer, and Mrs. Dorothy Oelrich, Librarian. Not pictured Myra Schulz. If you have finished t h e dishes, Mrs. Aetna Nagel and Mrs. Martha Lischer, we ll put them away say the janitors Mr. Philip leilich and Mr. Emil Ziegler. Not pictured Mrs. Edna Lischer. Busily putting the new supplies in the storeroom are the student office help, Judy Ballard, Millie Cortner, Mary Lou Bar-tSiel, LaVerna Bollmeier, Roy Legendre, Erna Spait, Juliana Nuernberger, and Sondra Becker. Anxious to start on the morning bus run are the bus drivers, Mr. Russell Ziegler, Mr. Leonard Triefenbach, Mr. Philip Leilich, Mr. Wilmer Hentzel, Mr. Erwin Kirchhoefer, and Mr. Don Schriner. Betty Sauerwein, Erna Spait, and Patsy Bruns, student cafeteria help, are eager to try out the new dishwasher.

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Mr. Walter Loesche In j Etinoriain Mr. Walter Loesche, a highly regarded faculty member of NACI IS, passed away June 26, 1956. The guidance, teachings, and inspirations he gave us as our teacher, coach, and friend during his twenty years of teaching in New Athens, shall live in our hearts and minds always. I lis students will long remember him with respect as an excellent teacher devoted to his profession.