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

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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.

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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 three finalists in the Voice of Democracy contest -Laurie Wirth, second place; Arnold Juenger, third place; Kathy Hagan, first place - were presented medals by Mr. Cletus Kinzinger. commander of the VFW post, and Mrs. Leona Heine, president of the auxiliary. As president of the NACHS chapter of the FHA, it was Patty Louis's privilege to attend the 1968 Illinois leadership conference for Future Homemakers of America on the campus of Illinois State University, Normal, June 13 through 15. Diann Bechtold, local winner of the 1969 Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow award, looks over her test results with Mrs. Mehrtens, home economics teacher, and Mrs. Axley, guidance counselor. The Betty Crocker Test is given each year to all senior girls. The four top scorers on the 33rd Annual TIME Current Affairs Test given at NACHS were Mike Bickel, first; Gary Gummersheimer and Bill Schreiber, tied for second; Ruth Ann Haefner, third; and Sandra Falkenhein, fourth. 9