Penn High School - Bittersweet Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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Q0 ' f- Pennas foreign exchange student, Gus Soler, concludes his part in the spring AFS Convocation with a few impromptu remarks concerning his year at Penn. Thuley Kasternoch from Greece, Hilda Ulrich from South Africa, Anne Notley from New Zealand, and Vincetine Loajo from liquador were the foreign exchange students from other area schools who took part in the program along with Gus. Senior student council president Linda May was the moderator. Mrs. Stana Bohnlein, school nurse, performs one of her many routine duties as she checks the temperature of senior Vicki Moon. Mrs. Bohnlein has been on the Penn staff for the past eight years. Miss Trudy Slaby of the Penn social studies de- partment goes all out in her bid for nomination for county clerk. She is the first Penn High School teacher to seek public oflice. Penn stu- dents and many faculty members eagerly cam- paigned. 84

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Debate Coach Mrs. Betty Smith assists sophomore debater Terry Shaller with the selection of research materials for the upcoming radio debate tournament. Sophomore Steve Mechling and senior .lack Hiler were two of the very dependable AV corps. Under the direction of Mr. Larry Nifong student operators served teachers with AV equipment. Here Steve andllack are upset with a mess of film. Senior debaters Phil Goddard and Virgil Wesco are all business as they spend after-school time in individual briefing sessions. Both Phil and Virgil were varsity debaters for three years. Phil Goddard and Virgil Wesco won 85'Z1 of their debates this year. They won l00'Z1 of their debates in the St. joseph Valley League. Linda Chapman and Terry Shaller won 5O'70 of their debates and were the second best two-man team on the debate squad this year. Other debaters this year were Judy Davis and Dave Cropsey. The Goddard- Wesco team also won the WSBT Radio Debates to put Penn in the Finals on television. Other achievements of members of the team include: Phil Goddard: SIVL Discussion Contest, lst place. Sons of the American Revolution Douglas C. High National Oratorical Contest, 2nd place in the state. Terry Shaller: SJVL After-dinner speaking, 3rd place. SAIVL Extemporaneous speaking, 5th place. Virgil Wesco: SJVL Discussion Contest, 3rd place. The four-man team of Linda Chapman, Phil Goddard, Terry Shaller, and Virgil Wesco won the Speech Sweepstakes in the St. Joseph Valley League. They also placed in more contests than any other school in the league. Sophomore cheerleader Dawn Gardner does an individual routine in the annual cheerleading- tryout pep session. For the second year Dawn was selected by the students to serve as a varsity cheerleader. l 83

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Seniors Gloria Powell, Bonnie Nash, and Linda May display the plaques they received at the GAA awards banquet. These plaques are achieved on a statewide basis by earning 350 points. The points are earned by participating in activities after school such as volley- ball, basketball, softball, tennis, and gymnastics and by turning in points in unorganized activities such as hik- ing, swimming, biking. and others. Gloria set a new record this year in collecting a four-year total of 604 points. Not included in this picture is Karen Huffman who was also awarded a plaque. The sportsmanship trophies were won by Gloria Powell and Bonnie Nash. The GAA oflicers for 1966-1967 are Karen Kelley, treasurerg Cheryl Hinton, vice president: Mary Van- derWende, secretary, and Linda Koehler, president. Amid the aroma of sausage and French toast members of the Pre-Engineers' Club again feasted at their an- nual spring breakfast. Sponsors Victor Haines, Robert Gilbert, Andrew Parker, and George Friedman joined guest speaker Mr. Parker Cox of Bendix and 25 club members at the 6:30 A.M. breakfast. Q 2 . ' is L... rg -' ' . . is 5 K kk,, , I 5 9 .fray l. - ' 777' lf -1 K t. ' . 'f t A Y 1 6' 6 2 gg 71 511' if ' vt f ..... ff ' u T SSE? ' Vft, if' 'R . , , - .. -4 -eta --'. was lei. . 'i . 5 '.. i ' gsav, if At the I .I .A. awards banquet club members received trophies in the following categories: Ray- mond Golata. poultryg ,lim Eller, soybeansg Maynard Hahn, star heavy chapter farmer, Tom Fox. swine, Tom Avery, dairy judging, Iohn Oswalt. beef, Mike Moran. corng David Phillips. star green hand, .jerry Stoeckinger. crop .judgingg and Larry Penn, tractor driving,