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

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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.

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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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We, the class of 1962, are still young and quaint Kenny Bn I 1 Lonnie Bald Diane Beadle Raymond Beck Barbara Birkner Lucy Brandenburger Karen Bruge e Carl Fisher Peggy Freeh Tommy Cordon Ray I lanft Evelyn I larriss Jim Hood Dean Jucnger iXelda Kniepkamp James Kosarek Lois Muench Wayne Nad.er Danny Roth La Doris Sauerwein Paul Schlesinger Diane Scholes David Seibert Billy Siekmeier Larry Stallmann Bob Strassman Dorothy Stroh Janet Van Hise Arthur Wagner David Weber Judy Weidemann Ronnv Yeslev Not pictured — Eileen Land