Republic High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Republic, KS)

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Joyce Shadduck now lives on a farm with her husband and eight child- ren. She is pretty busy taking care of them but she still has lots of time for her hobby, western music. She has just had a party which in- cluded all the top country and western singers. Billie Hanson, better known as Dr. Billie S. Hanson, has just dis- covered the cure for cancer. Right now she is very busy with lectures, but she has lots of time to devote to her husband and three darling little girls. CLASS WILL We, the Seniors of 1965, of the Republic High School, of the city of Republic, of the state of Kansas, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills made by us, anything heretofore. SECTION I Article I: To the faculty, we leave the school structure still standing. Article II: To the Junior Class, we leave the ability to get into trouble with our teachers. Article III: To the Sophomore Class, we leave our ability to throw food in the lunchroom. Article IV: To the Freshman Class, we leave all the tricks of the trade to make school more enjoyable. Article V: To our parents, we leave peace and quiet for their old age. SECTION II Article I: I, Bradley Blair, will my dancing ability to Clifford Daugherty, and my ability to be on the basketball team to James Levendofsky. Article II: I, Lynn Boylan, will my brains to Mr. Menzies in the hopes that he will pass them along to the next annual staff, and my blonde hair to Jamie Hofts. Article III: I, Maxine Meggitt, will Stan to no one, and my ability to eat apples and oranges to Mr3. Davis. Article IV: I, John Charles, will my basketball ability to Eddie Van Meter, and my Super-Sports to the Fager boys. Article V: I, Stanley Davis, will my ability to get along with the English teachers to all the future Juniors, and my many hours in the office to anyone who wants them. Article VI: I, Elaine Gunn, will my ability to sing in the halls to Alana McClure, and my ability to have fun at Flipper Dances to Valeita Brzon. Article VII: I, Stanley Van Meter, will my ability to throw speed shifts to Jim Miller, and my ability to play basketball to Tom Smith. Article VIII: I, Alan McClure, will my ability to hunt coyotes to Sonny Boraan, and my ability of speed shifting a truck to Richard Barry. Article IX: I, Bryan Simms, will my hunting ability to Steve Gunn, and my running ability to Kenneth Gritten. Article X: I, Bette Zoltenko, will my fear of walking across bridges to Janice Thornton, and my ability to get in trouble with my par- ents to John Hall. SECTION III Article I: I, Steven Dunback, will my ability to raise blue ribbon hogs to Carolyn Davidson, and my ability to sing to Kent Swartz. Article IT: I, Sue Erkenbrack, will my height to Tom Smith, and my soft ball ability to Marlene Shulda. 12

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Bryan Simms went on a big game Safari ir. Africa. He was the first man to outrun the cannibals of Fooberrabbas. He is a world renouned poacher. Stan Davis, nicknamed Smokey, now lives up in the Rocky Mountains wuere he is a famous forester. He specializes in the prevention of for- est fires. Children all over know him because there are posters of him saying, Forester Stan says, 'Only you can prevent forest fires.' Dennis Fuller just won the Olympic medal for the U.S. in tumbling. He performed a feat never before accomplished last week by turning twelve backward summersaults while turning a backward flip. Ron Reinke is the President of an oil firm located in Republic. In his spare time he races cars and has set a new record of six seconds for the quarter mile. Sue Erkenbrack is much better known as Dr. Susie. She is a trained veterarian and specializes in horses. This works just fine for her, since she has her own horse farm where she raises race horses. Elaine Gunn is a medical technologist at one of the biggest hospitals in Texas. When she is not working she spends her time with her husband and ten boys on their ten thousand acre ranch. Maxine Meggitt, married to Stan now, is busy taking care of her fam- ily of five boys. Once a week, she makes a flying trip to London to fix the Queen's hair. Stan Van Meter and his wife, Maxine, own a five thousand acre pig farm north of Lovewell. In his spare time, Stan is building a reservoir to irrigate the Republican River Valley. Greg Birrell is now known as the top mechanic of the United States. He has just completed work on his own car. When not working on cars, he is busy helping his wife with their three children. Bette Zoltenko is now the star of her own night club. The Cave. She dances with the Cockroaches, a sensational new vocal group. After work, Bette rushes home to their fifty room fall-out shelter where she and her husband experiment with radio activity. Marlene Snyder is now living in a 200 by 72 foot trailer house in Washington. While her husband works, she takes care of their three sets of twins, all with red hair. During her spare time, she teaches a course in psychology at the nearest college. Donnie Rakestraw has been playing professional football since he graduated. Just recently, he quit playing and became the coach of the ever famous Republic Wildcats. Steve Dunback is Known all over the world for his coin collections. He has had recent showings of his collections all over Europe. He just received an award for donating some of his coins to a worthy charity. John Charles, better known as Coach J.C., has just led his team to their one hundredth straight victory at K-State. When he is not coach- ing J.C. spends his time hunting and fishing on his ranch near Republic. Alan McClure is the newest and brightest television comedy writer of this era. He writes shows for all the new stars. Big Al, as he is call- ed, also has his own comic strip in all of the top newspapers. Lynn Boylan, the first girl to graduate from Harvard, is teaching mathematics to the boys at Annapolis. After each lecture, she rushes home so she can fix supper for her husband, a processor at Westpoint. William Daugherty is teaching French at K.L.l’.C. at Emporia. Last year he spent a full year in France. He also visited several other coun- tries where he studied the languages also. 11

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Article Ills I, William Daugherty, will my good grades to a Freshman who needs them and my ability to speak French to Jim Elliott. Article TVs I, Billie Hanson, will my desire to be a nurse to anyone who wants it, and my ability to keep a secret to Joyce Webber and Carolyn Davidson. Article V: I, Ron Reinke, will my John Gnagy Drawing Course to Sally Fuller, and my moon watcning ability to Miss Nagely. Article Vis I, Marlene Snyder, will my ability to drive a car to Jim Miller, and my ability to get into trouble to Janice Thornton and Cathy Steier. Article VIIs I, Joyce Shadduck, will my ability to get into trouble with my teachers to Stan Fager and my ability to get along with my boy friend to Jo Ann Heistand. Article VIIIs I, Donnie Rakestraw, will my ability to play football to Sonny Boman, and my ability to study to Jim Miller. Article IXs I, Dennis Fuller, will my sports ability to John Hall, and my mechanical drawing ability to Stan Fager. Article Xs I, Greg Birrell, will my football ability to Article Xs I, Greg Birrell, will my sports ability to all the high school girls, and my ability to handle a F5rd on slick roads to Jim Miller. CLASS POEM William Daughtery, an unusual lad, Never does anything bad. In the library he can be found, Studying, but never making a sound. liarlene Snyder, tall and dark, Treats life like it were a lark. As a typist she's on the ball, As ’’Dear Abby she's always on call. John Charles, a super-sport man. Likes to drive it whenever he can. In basketball, John was our star. In basketball he will go far. Stan Van Meter, a football star. Made many friends, near and far. He likes basketball and he likes to run, Stan is really lots of fun. Billie Hanson, is a quiet girl, Joyce Shadduck, with hair of black, She's going to give being a nurse a whirl. With her a smile is never lack. She will be a good one, you can bet. Sometimes quiet but never down. And she'll get her a doctor, yet. She can be seen with Marv about town. Maxine Meggitt, is kind and sweet, She makes friends with all she meets, lad s a v'or’i fir she is really tops, When she gets started she nover stops. Steve Dunback, our homecoming king, He likes football and likes to sing. College is in the plans of this young For we all know he will do no bad. Elaine Gunn, in her red Ford goes, '•'here she goes nobody knows. laine is always full of jokes. Sometimes has troubles with her folks. Bryan Simms, whose always well dressed, Can run the hundred with the best. Over at Webber he spends all his time, We all like him and think he is fine. 13