Northern Heights High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Allen, KS)

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Seniors -As We See Them

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FRED SCHMIDT (Sponsor) AUDREY LOOMIS (Sponsor) MARY JENNINGS (Giddy, giggling, girlish, gay. may- be serious some future day.) WINONA GARRETT (Just so I get there) RICHARD ROWLEY ( Girls, don’t look at me, I'm so bashful”) THEDA PINE (Short and Sweet) GENE TUCKER ROBERTS BLUE FRANK JOHNSON Emporia, Kansas (To study or not to study, that is the question.)

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()fass yfis toru The history of the Senior class of 1960 started four years ago, before the school was even built. In those days, half of the class started as green Freshmen at Admire, and the other half at Allen. Those starting at Admire were: Norman Pearson, Betty Dickson, Kenneth Moore, Marilyn Miller, Gene Tucker, Sandra Maxwell, Verle Stephenson, Mary Jennings, Paul Parks, Theda Pine, Jim Hooper, Viola Moser, Joe Kirk, and Shirley Jones. Dick Davidson, Faye Bech- tel, Phyllis Day, Nancy Frizzell, Don Day, Phyllis Marsh, Larry Pracht, Jim Albin, and Richard Rowley began their high school careers at Allen. In 1958, twenty-one Sophomores had the privilege of being the first Sophomore class in the new building. Shirley Jones and Jim Albin had left the group. Class officers that year were: Don, President: Norman, Vice President: Marilyn, Secretary-Treasurer; Paul, Reporter: and Dick and Betty, Student Council Members. Sponsors were Mrs. Victoria Daily and Mr. Jack Smith. The next year, the class gained two members and lost one. John Voorhees and Winona Gar- rett joined us, while Verle Stephenson left at mid-term. Phyllis was elected President; Norman, Vice President; Jim, Secretary-Treasurer; and Dick and Betty, Student Council Members. This was the year that the Junior play, Finders Creepers, a mystery-comedy in three acts, was presented. Norman, Kenneth, Sandra, Faye, Paul, Marilyn, Phyllis, Jim, Betty, Dick, Theda, Larry, Phyllis, and Richard had parts in the play; and Don, Viola, Mary, and Gene were part of the stage crew. Gifts were presented to the directors of the play, Mrs. Daily and Mr. Fred Schmidt. Probably the high point of the year was the Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom, held April 18, 1959. The Junior Class enjoyed preparing the decorations for the Top Hat Club,” a nightclub which served as the theme for the occasion. The library was decorated in silver and royal blue, with quartet tables and a bar at one end. By September of 1959, Larry Pracht started school at Council Grove, John Voorhees moved, and Marilyn Miller was married. We gained one new classmate this year, Jim Fitzgerald. Twenty happy Seniors began their last year at N. H. H. S. Highlights of this year were publishing their first paper and die annual, magazine sales, the Senior Play, the Junior-Senior Prom, Bac- calaureate, and Commencement. 1960 will go down as a year that will be long remembered in the minds, and hearts, of every member of the class of '60. CORONA GIFT SHOP MORRIS DRUG CO. EMPORIA WELDING SHOP PALMER'S BARBER SHOP Emporia, Kansas