Richmond High School - Echo Yearbook (Richmond, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 136 of the 1970 volume:

1 970 echo richmond high school richmond, michigan contents seniors.................................. 4 organizations............................24 sports...................................44 advertisements...........................70 underclassmen............................82 administration and faculty............104 student life and activities.............122 3 4.0 student Christine leach takes part in many student acti- vities. be- sides being 1970 valedic- torian, she is an active varsity cheer- leader. valedictorian salutatorian ellen o'donnell, salutato- rian of 1970, is also a member of the national honors society and the ski club. 4 seniors robert baaaczewski, president micheal callahan, vice-president janice marker, secretary bonnie puls, treasurer 6 julie stemmier and jeff fryer emoting during rehearsal for funny girl. daniel armstrong carl babel barbara bailer john bailer thomas baker earl balas 7 8 kevin bellhorn ronald bewersdorff dorothy braun brenda brooks senior pictures are viewed with mixed emotions. 9 cynthia burden willie burke dennis callahan kathleen cazel sharon deplae john campau gerald dark susan caughell robert Crittenden 10 kathy dickinson dorene doane paul emmi melodee dimick marilyn dobruck kim evans Charles delorey helen dumka neil evans II 12 13 david hollis ruth ann holton dona Id hoppe gerald jacob phyllis jacob linda job joann johnson shirley kaatz double, double, toil and trouble fire burn, and cauldron bubble. 14 suzanne kaatz marcia kahler roy kethe Paul koleda kenneth kulman james krause karen laeder robert lang Christine leach 15 1« barbara martin deborah masterson raymond maxwell janet mccoy alice mcdonald gerald meininger terri meyers john mills mary mills 17 michelle mousseau richard orzel joyce paetzel susan nemekay dwight Oswald douglas panchyshyn ellen o donnell sherri paehlig douglas pentzien 18 finish the meeting, i'm hungry. linda pfaff patricia quick James raska bernard reidel mary ren glenn rickert 19 linda rix linnie roiser carol rumenapp dennis scheible david scheuer Constance schneider linda schroeder calvin schuldt janice schulte 20 ruth stern norbert strzelecki leland teschler donna thomas veronica trombley sharon troppman glen ulbrich melvin vermeesch eileen walsh 21 kathleen schuster edward schweiger adam Sebastian john schuboy diane smith gerald smith debra spencer debra steger julie stemmier 22 kathleen ward yvonne Waterloo debra weeks mary weeks dossie wilson scott wheeler paul wormsbacher steven yelencich margaret zryd 23 24 organizations 25 student congress assumes leadership 26 advisors, mrs. mathiak and mr, daniels, coordi- nate jobs, stu- dents, and in- class training. co-op provides on-the-job experience 27 1970 echo staff records memories of school life bottom row: peggy zyrd, advisors, mrs. texley, mrs. gottschalk, marsha kahler; row 2: chris leach, barb martin, kathy swantek, barb busch, mary puls; row 3: june meininger, bob badaczewski, bill bernard. national honors society bottom row: advisor, mrs. falter, chuck delorey, peggy zyrd, carrie fistler, kathy dickinson, advisors, mrs. mathiak, mrs. weeks; row 2: dan armstrong, terri meyers, mary ren, brenda brooks, chris leach, barb martin; row 3: dennis scheible, bob badaczewski. 28 bottom tow: linda pfaff, advisor, mrs. welser, dave hollis, pam sullivan, jim krause, jim scott; row 2: tony maniaci, gail barnsfield, janice marker, sharon troppman, veronica trombley, roy kethe; row 3: don tewksberry, john jenkins, craig scofield. voice staffers are their own greatest fans 29 debate . . . forum for vital issues under mr. carr's direction, richmond's debate team won a third place trophy in the blue water foren- sics league. 21 wins out of 28 attempts made for a successful season. front row: delphine ren, brenda brooks, mr. carr, ka- ren dueweke, mary ren; back row: paul bach- man, robert enright, jim shariak. 30 31 future teachers club bottom row, advisor, mrs. mc- knight, kathy dickinson, marsha kahler, peggy zryd, barb martin, advisor, mrs. texley; row 2: cheri bush, kathy swantek, carrie brieholz, michelle holmes, mi- chelle mousseau, debbie hart- sock, barb busch, row 3: jennifer patrick, lynette kurtz, sue howard, judy thome, carol plagens. 32 thinking ahead to college plans and the various education curricula, f.t.a. members marcia kahler, carrie brieholz and lynette kurtz watch a national merit scholarship film. library and a.v. aids front row: 1. kelsey, t. meyers, mrs. falter, s. caughell, t. weber; se- cond row: k. ward, k. deplae, d. wilson, b. koryciak, s, pilkowski, l. schroeder; third row: a, germain, d. townsend, d. tewksbury, r. hebel, m. dimick. library aids keep our references in order. choral groups provide musical fare from concert choir comes the honors quartet, left to right: mary puls, ruth gramzow, jeff fryer, glenn rickert. mr. mahla at the piano. 34 mr. mahla prepares for the climax of the fall semester: the winter choral concert 1969 - below. 35 richmond comes alive with the sound of music richmond's band, under the direction of burton zander, provides spirited music from the first football half time in the fall to may's memorial day parade. 36 richmond high school cast fanny brice john — emma mrs. brice - mrs. strakosh mrs. meeker - debbie penwarden mrs. o'malley — yvonne Waterloo tom kenney - eddie ryan nick arnstein stage manager florenz ziegfeld, jr. - mimsey • michelle mousse au ziegfeld tenors Steve matich mr. renaldi - vera showgirls, stagehands, neighbors, musicians martin, jerry smith, mark kahler, kathy swantek, jim mccall, phil ferguson, linda strzelecki production directed by---------arthur rizzo musical direction---------------lester mahla student director-------------yvonne Waterloo production and stage management----------- glenn brassard in lush surroundings, dan armstrong, leading man, plays the romantic hero to a transformed fanny brice. 38 they’re “the greatest stars ... by far’ 39 behind the scenes lines, costumes, songs, makeup . . . much of the work for funny girl went on behind the scenes, below, mr. mahla and combo lead the cast in one of the numbers from the musical production. 40 . . . make funny girl a hit while cast members make the story of fanny brice come to life, tony maniaci lights the stage. 41 AM M7JM 42 43 front and center, mr. trocchio leads the ski club. sports 45 devils earn gridiron championship first in eleven years rhs scoreboard opponent 0 38 st. clair 26 0 harper woods 14 7 memphis 39 8 armada 21 6 dryden 23 6 new haven 29 8 almont 40 6 capac 27 8 yale back row, coach david lantz, bob ferguson, david oke, david hollis, leonard scheuer, mike lungu, jeff ingram, buzz schmidt, mei vermeesch, neil evans, john hicks, jim krause, coach don rettke; 2nd row, tom baker, bob kitiuk, dan krause, glenn rickert, john shuboy, tony maniaci, phil matich, dave scheuer, ted thomas, jim marker, ed schweiger; front row, carl babel, mike callahan, ken schweiger, joe haslem, randy reackhof, tom krause, mike doane, chuck delorey, tom ernst, jerry dark, dan armstrong. 46 47 left; cheerleaders reflect the spirit of enthusiastic richmond fans, below left; nothing in his way, jerry dark carries the devil's ball, below right; it's all over ... new haven is con- quered and we're confident of a trophy. 48 49 j.v. scores richmond 20 capac 8 richmond 22 yale 8 richmond 54 memphis 6 richmond 26 armada 6 richmond 6 dryden 12 richmond 64 new haven 12 richmond 64 almont 0 freshman scores richmond 20 armada 0 richmond 6 Chippewa 14 richmond 14 armada 0 j.v.'s, freshmen get gridiron practice top: dale troppman fol- lows the action while, left, mark barnes carries the ball in the game against almont. 50 end bob dickinson and full- back john novak block, tim baker carries the ball. both teams score a winning season freshman football team top row: m. yelenich, b. dubay, d. smith, p. ferguson, d. fritchie, b. dickenson, k. wilson, g. teltow. 2nd row: g. maddelien, g. mantey, r. schweiger, t. baker, j. novak, m. dimick, j. plagens, j. jogoda, coach addis, bottom row: 1. black, m. swantek, b. pfaff, 1. meininger, t. mitchell, e. pfaff, d. ernst, d. hartsock, b. montgomery. 51 on the bench (or off), coach wightman carefully directs th strategy that keeps the team on the ball. 1970 varsity basketball left to right: phil matich, dave oke, ron bewersdorf, john hicks, buzz schmidt, jeff gahan, jim hartway, ron grewe, tony maniaci, glenn rickert, coach wightman. 52 scoreboard seconds before john hicks scores, phil matich watches to see if the shot is good and prepares for the rebound at the almont game. rhs opponent 66 marine city 65 61 armada 82 47 capac 60 74 almont 67 83 mem phis 57 51 new haven 84 71 dryden 83 64 armada 72 56 capac 72 60 st. marys 63 53 anchor bay 46 70 almont 72 66 mem phis 55 69 a.b.c. 65 59 new haven 106 73 dryden 71 class b state tournament 75 lutheran east 87 53 jeff gahan, sole freshman of the starting five, concentrates on raising the score. varsity men show skill and stamina buzz schmidt moves in as ron bewersdorff goes up for two during the memphis game. 54 striving for an advantage, dave oke reaches the ball inches above his opponent's out- stretched hand. phil matich jumps high over his defensive man to make a basket for the blue devils. the long-arm reach of a basketball player blocks the camera's view as john hicks palms the ball. 55 |.v. cagers score for r.h.s. back row: tim strutz, paul robertson, dave koleda, dan krause, randy reackhof. jim samolej, mike hay; front row: coach phillips, mike doane, jim masterson, Steve matich, bob Schoenberg, mark bames, rob martin. 56 tim strutz gets off a shot against armada as mike hay waits for the rebound. above, bob dickenson raises the score for the freshman team, right, pat fryer and dennis fritchie follow the ball as george ottenbacher prepares to pass, under coach dave lantz, the freshman team had an 8-8 record. frosh won’t be outplayed back row: bob dickenson, phil ferguson, john novak, gary tel- tow; front row: joel furstenau, bob prior, george ottenbacher, dave smith, craig boyle. boyle. 57 back row: tom ward, ted thomas, toy kethe, greg bednarz, neil evans, coach sam applebaum; middle row: tom Make, tim baker, chuck delorey, tim delorey, mark gibson, tom baker; front row: cap- tain jerry dark, edgar pfaff, nick fram- r.n.s. wrestling team molino, stan bulski, dan armstxong. 58 tim delorey fights out of a pin against opponent. hard won triumphs bring congratulations from teammates the referee declares roy kethe winner of the heavy- weight class. 60 baseball 1970 returning lettermen are (right to left) dave scheuer, dwight Oswald, john hicks, roy kethe, buzz schmidt, ron grewe, mike callahan. 62 tennis team a new season sees the tennis team ready for action. above are: tim rix, dave oke, ron bewersdorff, rich socha, jim mccall, and coach phillips. 1970 spring sports girls' track 63 above, varsity track men gather for one of the first meetings of the year, before getting down to serious business, george shannon, tony maniaci, mike doane and glenn rickert take time to clown for the camera, below. 64 track to earn money for new uni- forms, cheerleaders had a slave sale. j.v. patti doane bows before her master. varsity cheerleaders spark enthusiasm dalphine burke bonnie barnes sue caughel melodee dimick dorene doane chris leach chris moran 66 junior varsity cheerleaders priscilla burke colleen webb robin spencer debbie penwarden patti doane diane baranowski dawn sparling 67 back row: miss creson, karen deplae, debbie masterson, linda job, dottie braun, pam sullivan, cheryl schweiger, karen laeder; bottom row: terri meyers, roxanne covert, barb bailer, carrie fistler, melodee dimick. girls' varsity basketball reaching for victory 68 opponents attempt to cool the heels of the j.v. team. girls’ junior varsity basketball back row: miss creson, carol thome, sharon reackoff, mary gabriel, darleen schroeder, chris moran, judy thorne, bernadette bulski, sandy pilkowski, roxanne deplae; front row: patty doane, cindy frayer, colleen kelly, sandy schroeder, june meininger, diane ceiplik. 69 stay in tune with pontiac skinner-fruin 68811 s. main street richmond, michigan buick 1 s AM congratulations to the class of '70 richmond tool service tires - batteries - accessories mfg. co. open 24 hours AAA road service 66492 gratiot congratulations to the class of '70 10830 gratiot richmond foster oil co. home freezer meats arrow service richmond, mich. for pizza that's out of this world roman rooster 72 J! xte4t 'Poa U KI' compliments of geirk’s family shoe store Setter 'l etlu t ... 41? shop at polewachs congratulations ron s barber shop lenox drugs downtown muttonville the review 1 ’ morale s the voice of northeastern. macomb and southeastern st. clair 69334 main counties richmond 73 ray weeks sons co., inc. schmidt schwark beef - pork - veal - lamb custom slaughtering buyers of livestock T‘] A richmond ■ 1 i | ■ Uii 727-3535 richmond rix barber shop mon. - sat. 8-6 friday nights till 8 p. m. 727-9595 Jl You're money Ahead j tschannen’s 54 to $5 store 69626 main richmond phone 727-5865 carl’s electric licensed electrical and electronic technicians tv - appliance - wiring sales and service frigidaire, rca, motorola; antennas, intercoms phone 727-9555 69333 main richmond compliments of wm. 1. evans insurance agency IF IT S COOD FOOD you want... newel 1 s featuring home cooking 74 compliments of flotuerS kerin's ||p richmond m flower shop beef house 68771 main street courtesy of hensch memorial chapel inc. congratulations stier and seniors wichert agency karl a. hirt inc. realtor waun’s barber shop 75 PRODUCTS COMPANY Phone 313-727-7587 35375 Division Road Richmond, Mich. 48062 ken’s oil co. 727-6775 35640 park richmond kelley's crossroads specializing in delicious pizza, chicken, fish, steaks appearing at the organ jack faucher and witt solgot friday, Saturday, and Sunday carry-outs 727-6626 gratiot at muttonville BRAND threaded products company plugs and bushings cast iron - brass - aluminum BRAND 68750 oak st. , richmond, mich. 48062 telephone 727-3435 (area code 313) 76 ■raw PRESCRIPTIONS rasmussen’s drugs st. clair-macomb consumers co-operative 66871 gratiot compliments of feurstenau’s 69329 main richmond supply sport center quality building supplies ski-doo sales and service phone 727-5905 national bank of richmond richmond, mich. 727-7581 memphis, mich. 392-2108 77 MACOMB COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE • TRANSFER PROGRAMS • OCCUPATIONAL PROGRAMS • ADULT EDUCATION CENTER CAMPUS 16500 Hall Road, Mount Clemens, Michigan SOUTH CAMPUS 14500 Twelve Mile Road, Warren, Michigan richmond supply sport center ski-doo sales and service . . . the lively one 36042 division rd. , richmond, mich. 79 % Divisions of Heath International, Inc. RECREATIONAL SALES INDUSTRIAL SALES UTILITY SERVICES TREE SERVICES skl-doo IS DISTRIBUTED BY RECREATIONAL SALES Division Of Ski-Doo is your number one choice in snowmobiles Ski-Doo apres set the standard for both style and quality throughout the snowmo- bile industry. Ski-Doo jacket, turtleneck sweater, stretch pants are worn by the rider (left). Rider (right) is wearing a one-piece Ski-Doo suit with hood. Gals are wearing new after-ski ap- parel by Ski-Doo Sports; two-piece Wool knit suit (left), pullover sweater and stretch pants (right). Snowmobiling and skiing fun go together now- adays. Especially when the snowmobilers have machines such as these new 1970 Ski-Doos. Nordic 399 (left) and Olympic 399 fright . An A-frame high in the mountains is no prob- lem for these 24-hp Ski-Doos to reach. And there are three additional series offering fifteen different models in all to choose from—which makes Ski-Doo number one in sales. North America's number one snowmobile ATH INTERNATIONAL, INC. 33737 32 Mile Road Ph. 727-3665 RICHMOND, MICHIGAN 48062 80 £x quia ite flemeCry L duenge 's -5 richmond jewelry compliments of appliance and gift center 67353 Main St. richmond, mich. gierk s family shoes macomb savings bank schmitz s Sunoco service salutes the class of '70 gratiot at division richmond, mich. flCELLY 1 CIfyusuffriM I VriRE:sy god bless the class of 1970 decca pattern co. Z9778 littlemack roseville, mich. |i a — i li 81 82 83 underclassmen juniors tow 1, d. armstrong, a. baczewski; row 2, p. bachman, m. badaczewski; tow 3, j. baker, s. bateman, d. bauman, b. bernatd, m. bettossi, j. bissey; row 4, b. bosman, s. braun, s. bulski, p. burke, s. Campbell, j. carroll; row 5, n. chartrand, d. cieplik, b. czenkus, k. deplai, c. dheygere, k. donovan. below, jun- ior officers and advisors, mr. wightman, mr. goodrich, miss Campbell, r. johnson, student congress; mr. trocchio, mrs. falter, mrs. rettke, p. ward, student congress; m. doane, vice president; s. soley, president; 84 85 row 1, 1. dye, j. eberwein, g. ernst, t. ernst, r. fender, b. ferguson; row 2, d. fink, 1. fowler, n. fram- molino, h. garlick, m. gibson, m. giddens; row 3, r, granzow, m. gravlin, r. grewe; s. haggerty; row 4, d. hartsock, d. hartway, j. haslem, m. hay; row 5, t. hebel, p. hooper, s. howard, h. huber. row 1, m. jagoda, p. jaska, j. jenkins; row 2, m. johnson, c. kaleto, d. kaminski; row 3, c. kelly, j. kelly, (}. kituik, r. kolhagen, b. koryciak, 1. kelsey; row 4, d. krause, t. krause, m. krzemecki, b. laeder, t. latimer, p. lesinski; row 5, k. liebetreu, m. lungu, c. maes, j. manchik, m. manchik, j. marineau. 86 row 1: c. martin, t. mason, p. matich, j, mccall. c. meininger, k. milarski; row 2: t. miller, p, mite hell, m. montgomery, s. moore, c, moran, 1. newell; row 3: d. oke, j, pietrykowski, s. pilkowski, n. powers, r. reackhof, d. riggs; row 4: t. rix, k. robertson, 1. scheuer; row 5: s. scheuer, d. schmitz, m. schneider. 87 row 1, i. schuldt, k. schweiger, c. scofield; row 2, j. scott, j. Sebastian, c. sbattuck; row 3, m. shepard, d. shillingburg, d. shue; row 4, d. simmons, w. spicer, w. Stanley; row 5, j. stoops, 1. strzelecki, j. Sullivan. 88 the class of 1971 row 1, p. sullivan, c. swords, d. Szymanowski; row 2, b. teltow, d, tewksbury, t. thomas; row 3, j. thorne, d. toner, d. townsend; row 4, s. town- send, s. trombley, t. ward; row 5, t, westrick, d. yelenich, j. young. 89 row 1: k. bachman, m. bames, m. bastian, j. bemard, t. bertossi, d. blake; row 2: t. blake, d. braun, s. brickel, d. burke, b. busch, c. bush; row 3: p. carroll, j. casey, g. chapman, d. dark, 1. collins, s. collins; row 4: 1, Con- ner, i. cosgrove, r. covert. 90 no, patty, you can't throw it at the ref. row 1, d. crittendan, 1. czaxnecki, t. delorey, p. doane, t. donovan; row 2, a. dudek, t. durkee, t. emmi, d. ernst, d. fadanelli; row 3, d. fasbender, v. fender, 1. fisher, n, fistler, d. fogarty; row 4, b. ford, b. fraley, k. frayer, d. gates, d, gavin. john and marc are on the lookout for mr. rettke. 91 in class, sophomores take interest tow 1: k. green, d. gutkowski; row 2: b. hagen, d. hebel, c. heck; row 3: d. heimke, b. hummel, j, ingram, s. izworski, m, jesse, l. job; row 4: 1. john, m. johnson, p. kaatz, m. kahler, m. kelly, c. kerin. — 'I 92 in learning Picture Not Available Picture Not Available row 1: b. killewald, d. koleda, m. krimmel; row 2: k. kronner, v. kulman, 1. kurtz; row 3: m. landon, j. lang, p. lang; row 4: r. lefler, j. lesinski, d. like, g. lobert, 1. lungu, g. mackley; row 5: s. maniaci, j. masterson, j. mathewson, s. mathewson, j. mcdonald, m. mclaughlin. 93 american history, class rings, sophomore english row 1, j. merritt, d. misuik, s. monahan, d. moore, 1. moshier; row 2, m. okalski. i. patrick, j, patterson, v. pearl, d. pentzien; row 3, c. plagens, t. ptach, r. quick, g. ren, d. riedel; row 4, m. riedel, t. riggs, d. rivard, d. rix, p. robertson. 94 june meinenger and barb fraley sell food during a game to in- crease the student congress treasury. row 1: m. roy. j. rumenapp; row 2: 1. rund, 1. rutkowski; row 3: m. sanford, m. scheuer, b. schmidt, t. schmidt, r. Schoenberg; row 4: p. schuster, c. schweiger, k. shanks, g. shannon, j. schariak; row 5: t. shuboy, e. siegrist, s. sini, j. smith, j. smith. 95 row 1: r. socha, t. sparby, j. steinhauer, m. stern; row 2: t. stem, b. stro- man, t. strutz, h. tewks- bury; row 3: c, thorne, p. townsend, g. trombley. directing a friend up into the stands is not an easy job at the devils' game, but jennifer patrick will find a way. 96 row 1, d. troppman, w. ulbrich, c. vanheusden, t. vanhevel, b. vermeesch, d. vining; row 2, c. volken- ing, m. ward, f. watson, d. waun, d. white, j. wilson, c. witt. above, sophomore advisors and officers, miss creason, mr. bissonette, mrs. ramirez, mrs. welser, mr. coutz; row 2, s. matich, student congress, c. brieholz, secretary, c. mackley, president, c. grubb, vice president, k. swantek, treasurer, j. meinin- ger, student congress. i 97 freshmen row 1: p. adams, d. arnold, d. arnold, t. baker, 1. band- low, d. baranowski; row 2: k. bastian, k. bellhorn, m. bertossi, d. biland, 1. black, s. bosma; row 3: n. bosman, c. boyle; row 4: c. brant, p. breiholz; row 5: 1. bruner, b. bulski. 98 watching the devils win. row 1: d. cani, c, chamberlain, 1. cosgrove, n. covert, d, dalrick; row 2: m. davidson, c. defrane, r. deplae, r. dickinson, m. dimick; row 3: 1. dudek, d. dumka, d. ernst, r. enright, r. fadanelli; row 4: p. ferguson, d. flechsig, c. frayer, c. gallagher, m. garlick. 99 class of '73 row 1: k. gloss, k. giavlin, d. hager, k, hamilton, d. hartsock, hartway; row 2: n. hilleware, m. hord, a. hubbel, m. ireland, j. jagoda, d, jesse; row 3: j. johnson, m. kaleto, d. kelly, t. kelly, g. krause, m. kulman. freshman officers and advisors: rear, pat fryer, aileen badac- zeski, mr. mahla, joe fuerstenau, gina leach; mr. rizzo, mis. texley, sue shu- boy, jeff gahan, mr. ddis 100 row 1: b. laeder, n. landreth, r. lynch, row 2: s. manchick, g. mantay, m. matich, v. mcdonald, 1. meininger, k. merritt; row 3: d. michelsen, d. milarski, p. mill- saps, t, mitchell, j. novae, a. o'donnell; row 4: d. okalski, k. okalski, g. otten- bacher, d. pearl, r. perry, b. pfaff. 101 row 1: s. pilkowski, d. pinskey, j. plagens, b. prior, j. raska, s. reack-. hof; row 2: d. ren, d. riley, p. roy, j. samolej, c. saylor, j. scheuer; row 3: k. scheuer, g. schmitz, d. schroeder, s. schroeder, r. schweiger, m. Sebastian; row 4: j. shannon, c. . shinska, p. smalley, d. smith; row 5: g, smith, d. soley, r. spencer. freshmen pam adams and mary bertossi eat lunch in the lunch- room. 102 row 1: d. sprader, j. sprader, d. stager, n. stevens, j. stoops; row 2: m. swantek, d. tardiff, g. teltow, f. thomas, p. trombley; row 3: c. ulbrich, p. wagoner, c. webb, d, welbes, k. wilson; row 4: p. winkel, a. wryembelski, m. yelenich, c. zurakowski. even in class, judy scheuer always has a smile. 105 faculty and administration it’s fun to teach in richmond above, mrs. mary ramirez; left, mr. aoug olson. 106 107 108 above left, mr. thomas addis; above right, mrs. marilyn welser; lower left, miss sandra hooper lower right, mrs. marian ferguson it's good to have a friend 109 teaching, guiding, sharing 110 above left, mrs. juliana texley; above right, mi. burton zander; lower left, mrs. lola b. weeks. top left, mr. thomas trocchio; top right, are you sure this is my size? ; left, mr. m. e. gahan. Ill providing the skills and knowledge for tomorrow’s world. 112 113 above right, mr. kouts; below right, mr. vanderberg; directly above, mr. kouts. 114 a dependable staff keeps r.h.s. running smoothly starting in the upper left-hand comer: in the book- store, mts. hildebrand manages supplies and attend- ance records, next, is the efficient staff at the administration building, left to right, sue fistler, marcia armstrong, and marie barnfield. next, marv fistler and al torrens’ conscientious efforts maintain richmond's buildings and grounds, next, getting students to school - on time - 185 days a year is a tough job well handled by a hardy crew of drivers, left to right, irene tewksbury, dorothy fistler, tena carroll, margaret fistler, norma hagen, and Charles dulin. mrs. rhode keeps the lunchroom in order, left, she lifts a load over the heads in the crowded room. 116 richmond offers special services sam applebaum, community school director, takes time from a busy schedule to coach the r.h.s. wres- tling team. mrs. bartholomew lends a helping hand and an open mind to those who seek her out. 117 118 above, miss carol creson; top right, mr. david lantz; lower right, mr. wayne eldred. below left, mr. dean backstrom; be- low right, mrs. anna mcheight; lower left, mr. Charles daniel. education . . . in science, humanities, and arts ' 119 administration eugene j. jakubiak, principal donald rettke, assistant principal 120 administrative assistant to the superintendent, paul k. hildebrand, takes into stride the challenges of a growing school community. urey b. arnold, superintendent of schools, success- fully leads the struggle for con- tinued and better educational op- portunities for richmond youth. 121 122 123 student life and activities homecoming 1 969 queen carrie carrie fistler, r.h.s. homecoming queen for 1969, is surrounded by admiring subjects as her mother secures the royal robes. 124 juniore linda strzelecki and michaelene badaczewski look out between the bare of the prize winning junior class float. senior court members diane baranowski and cindy burden, above, are escorted by their proud fathers. a variety of activities makes homecoming a success. marching band played a large part in the festiv- ities. doug flei- ching moves across the field ready for the signal to play. the blue devils fought hard to make the homecoming game and home- coming night a success. 125 mock election winners: (1) hero and heroine: dudley (jerry dark) doright and damsel-in-distress carrie fistler. (2) optimists: diane baranowski and glenn rickert strike a funny pose. (3) athletes: jerry dark and barb bailer. (4) class wits: bob crittendon and doreen doane clown in the counseling office. seniors mock electoral process on opposite page: (1) shyest - debbie steger, dan armstrong (2) pessimists - greg bednarz,1 debbie masterson (3) chatterbox - tony maniaci, peggy zyrd (4) lovers - kirn evans, bonnie barnes (5) musicians - kevin bellhom, bonnie puls (6) dancers - barb bailer, jeff fryer and donna thomas (7) best dressed - melodee dimick, ron bewersdorff (8) most likely to succeed - greg bednarz, chris leach (9) giant and midget - roy kethe, sharon deplae (10) most courteous - roy kethe, carrie fistler (11) most studious - greg bednarz, brenda brooks (12) actor - tony maniaci, actress - ruth stem (13) nicest smile - cindy burder, ron bewersdorff (14) always late - carl babel, kathy schuster (15) class pests - brenda brooks, tony maniaci (16) teacher's pets - tony maniaci, peggy zyrd (17) most all-round seniors - dan armstrong, carrie fistler (18) most popular - carrie fistler, john hicks 126 V ,S