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

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Matt Myers, Roger Patton, David Allan, and Jim Viel-weber discovered that the drugstore is a good place to meet friends and eat a snack. In and Out of School The New Athens Public Library is used by Karen Patton to supplement her studies. Feet, at an after-the-game sock hop, tell the story.

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The work of the day past is forgotten and emotions take over at the evening ball games. Students Are Active Although most of a student’s life is spent in school, students perceived time to attend basketball games, and other school activities. On game nights. Fireside Inn and the Cree-Mee were jammed with students who had worked up appetites by pulling their teams to victory. Saint Libory for dancing, and Belleville for movies, were popular with students on Saturday nights. Still other students found release on weekends by bowling or watching their favorite TV programs. An avid Jacket follower, Davy Emery, mimics the players with his New Athens blazer. Davy is son of NACHS Coach Lee Emery. 6 The Cree-Mee provides NACHS students - Debbie Roe and Steve Wirth - with a refreshing time.

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Recognition Was Achieved in Various Ways by NACHS Students Participation of students in various events brought recognition to NACHS - events that recognized scholarship, leadership, and musical abilities of students. The school was represented in still other ways. Tom White, David Maurer, Steve Reinhardt, and Keith Walker, accompanied by Mr. Jackson, driver’s education instructor, attended the Illinois Youth Traffic Safety Conference at SIU, Edwardsville. Ann Wagner, Editor of the 1969 VESPA, attended a workshop for yearbook staffers on the campus of SIU at Carbondale during the month of July, 1968. Mr. George H. Wirth, president of New Athens Community School District 60, brought additional recognition to the school as he was elected first vice-president of the Illinois Association of School Boards. Four NACHS students - Ann Wagner, Joyce Mueller, Ilene Mueller, and Rita Kaiser - received honorary awards from the Illinois Statewide Scholarship Commission. Ilene Mueller, Mike Bickel, and Karen Dinges were presented certificates by Mr. Pieron, high school principal, recognizing them as Outstanding Teenagers of America at NACHS. Sponsored by the local American Legion Post 565, Gary Gummersheimer attended the 1968 Premier Boys State at Springfield. Tom White. Jim Cowden, Mike Bickel, and David Hepp were selected to accompany Mr. Sexton, band instructor, to Chicago, where they attended a music conference.