Reedsburg High School - Gleaner Yearbook (Reedsburg, WI)

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Sumor y roitt 1976 Pastels decorate As usual, the junior prom was running late... However, ad- hering just as firmly to tradition, the junior Class of 1977 came through in the final hours to pull off a successful prom: STAIR- WAY TO HEAVEN. Under the guidance of class president TAMMY DAUGS, who also turned out to be the Queen (JOHN BRADLEY was the King), dozens of juniors labored several evenings the week before the big event, constructing a false ceiling of streamers radiating to central hoop, painting three murals, and making a blue and white arch for a picture frame. By the evening of April 24, the gym was ready. QUEEN TAMMY DAUGS is escorted to the top of the juniors' tiered centerpiece by KINGJOHN BRADLEY: ANN STOLTE and JULIE NOVYwork; couples dance (ABOVE) after the Grand March. i 21

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20 The 1976 JUNIOR PROM COUR T by couples (ABOVE), was (LEFT TO RIGHT) Mike Fearing and Carol Koe- necke, Clark Thompson and Julie Johanson, Jerry Cra- er and Cathy Geffert, Dean Repka and Darlene Ham- mer, Thad Horkan and Laurie Wells, Paul Hanusa and Beth Ouellette, King John Bradley and Queen Tammy Daugs, crownbearers Nicole Oullette and Jeff Henke, Rita Montgomery and Bil I Conlin, Tierney Meister and Jim Paquin, Pat Garvey and Bob Nagel, Julie Kling- enmeyer and Keith Krueger, and Mary Kraemer and Ray Klecker. BILL CONLIN (ABOVE) connects a streamer to a central hoop at the ceiling of the gym- nasium in preparation for prom night; (TOP RIGHT) CAROL KOENECKE, MICHELLE HINRICHS,and TRISH BOLT connect them to the bleachers; SUE HARDER and TIERNEY MEISTER (MIDDLE RIGHT)stuff the picture frame with tissue.

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Taking it in stride It only happens—happened--once. There are graduating classes and there are gradu- ating classes, many members of the CLASS OF 1976 mused much of last year, but—indeed--there would be only ONE class to make the great transition during the United States' Bicentennial year. And that class was them. So, they paid what they thought was appropriate tribute to that milestone by mentioning it in the text of their official announcement, and wearing red-white- and-blue tassels during commencement exercises. Other than that, however, the C I a s s of '76 took their distinction modestly, and the official rite which marked their liberation from high school on June 2 went very much like past graduations. The weather, of course, was idyllic, and so the turnout numbered well above three thousand. Pomp and Circumstance, naturally, ushered in this group of Webb High School graduates onto the football field that evening, as it had dozens before. After the invocation by REVEREND DALE HARRISON of St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Loganvi lie, DAN ASTLE delivered his salutatory, SUE STEINWEG her Co-valedictory, and DALE BUSS his co-valedictory. The Webb band performed MacArthur Park, then PRINCIPAL ARLAN VANDEWATER introduced com- mencement speaker and Webb science teacher S. SI- VAM, who spoke, principally, (eventually to provoke a spontaneous standing ovation) on the new need for in- terdependence among individuals and na t i o n s of the world. The 187 graduates then received diplomas. Webb's Class of 1976 was the most highly-compet- itive group, academically, that the school had turned out in several years: not only was there an exact tie for the valedictorian's spot between DALE BUSS and SUE STEIN WEG, and the grade-points tight for the salutatorian honor which went to DAN ASTLE, but there were so many excellent academic performances throughout that Principal A r I a n VandeWater found it necessary to name a TOP TWELVE honor students for the seniors, instead of the traditional top ten. None of the top twelve scholars (ABOVE) h a d a grade-point below 3.6. They were (SITTING) Jill Seer- ing. Barb Tesch, Carolyn Behn, Marie Harms, Elaine Claridge, Jill Boone, (ST AN DING) S t e i n w e g, Astle, Kevin Holman, Tom Arbogast, Buss, and Sue Gade. Each was honored by being awarded the customary gold rope for commencement exercises. 22