Rock Island High School - Watchtower Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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ARTHUR GOLDSTEIN KEITH GUTHORMSON CAROLE GORDON PHYLLIS HAFT GORDON GREENLEY JOYCE HAINS GARY GREMS DONALD HALL PATRICIA GRIFFITH JEAN HANNER were Charles Dhooge and Lawerence Kipper- man. Among the active track men, we were able to boast three members; Richard Allison, Gary Appelquist, and Paul Van Hoorebeke. John Ellis, Martin Galex, and Richard Pewe were active members on the baseball team. Juniors representing Rocky High at the state speech contest in Champaign-Urbana were Lisa Burgess, Ronald Driggs, Nancy Johnson, Martha Mackey, Daniel Munn, and Karl Wick- strom. These were all cast members of the contest play, Antigone, which took third- place honors down at state. Lisa won second place with her original monologue. John House and David Rohlfing were the juniors on the debate team at the contest. An outstanding performance was shown by LOIS HANSEN CONRAD HARPER ESTHER HARNESS SALLY HARTNETT CAROLYN HARNEY ALLYN HASTINGS

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ROGER FIELDS JUDITH FOY ELAINE FLACK DUANE FRANK DAN FLAHERTY EUGENE FRANKLIN DONNA FLUEGEL JAMES FULLER JOHN FOWLER SANDFORD GAD I ENT WARREN GALE WILLIAM GEISLER MARTIN GALEX JANET GHYS HARVEY GARVER DONALD GILMORE We had something to cheer about when it came to the basketball team that year. How could we forget about going down to the state tournament and capturing fourth place? This was the first time in 14 years that Rocky High was represented at the Sweet Sixteen basketball tournament at Champaign-Urbana. The fine job done on the team by Merrell Clark, William Geisler, Donald Peterson, and Charles Thomas will always be remembered by our class. The Dramatic club play, Good Housekeep¬ ing, featured Daniel Munn in the leading male role. Nancy Johnson, Merrell Clark, Diane Dockum, and Carolyn Wessel were the other juniors in the play. Outstanding juniors on the wrestling team

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JOHN HAUSE GARY HENDREN SALLY HAWKS HELEN HERATH GERALD HAYES SHIRLEY HERBERT EUGENE HAZEN FRANCES HIXSON DARLENE HEATON MARIAN HODGE the Glee club when it presented The Bartered Bride during the spring of our junior year. Our junior class claimed the lead roles of that operetta with Marilyn Melow and Berta Weiler giving excellent performances. Mr. Maurus directed the music department at Rocky High and selected Bonnie Kjellstrand as accom¬ panist. Something which will stay in our minds for¬ ever was the production of the speech class play, The Father of the Bride, starring Nancy Johnson and Karl Wickstrom. The junior class play, Pink Magic, featured Car¬ olyn Wessel in the lead role. A large group of juniors composed this cast. The Crimson Crier was published in the spring of our junior year by a staff headed GLORIA HOFFMANN MARJORIE HOLCOMB YVONNE HOLLINGSWORTH MARGARET HOTELING JO ANN HOWELL WILSON HUBBELL 26