Sparta High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Sparta, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 96 of the 1954 volume:

Sparta, Illinois ra t rf You’re typical teens--making fun out of work--sharing interests--you like jeans but can change to glamour when it fits the occasion. Yes, you’re typical teens--Go steady--about five months--Dress up--heels for her--tie for him--You know how to drive--rely on the family bus--get it--say twice a week. You snack, watch television, listen to the radio while doing home work. You’re a typical high school student--You go out for sports one hundred per cent--You h o 1 d down a job--baby sit--sometimes into the early hours of morning--You work in stores--garages--up late--little spare time. Your daily schedule is a familiar pattern of high school life--get up at 7:30 maybe 8:00--sometimes oversleep--ride the bus--go at break-neck speed to cafeteria for lunch--drink cokes—munch candy bars and hot dogs—now and then you order a real feed — You enjoy school but hate to admit it—study some-three hours a night—no—a week—average “A”—well “C”—Anyway you make the grade—just—but you’re satisfied because you are a teenager. And so since you have all these qualities be they good or bad, ludicrous, pathetic, or otherwise we “DEDICATE THIS 1953-’54 BULLDOG TO YOU, THE STUDENTS OF SPARTA TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL.’’ vte. Left to right: Mr. A1 Michael Young. Mr. Dwight Fulton, Mr. Don Holloway, Mr. John R. Warren, Principal; Mr. Austin R. Cairns, President; Reverend R. W. Stewart, Secretary; Mr. Arthur Weber, Mr. Fred Rotramel and Mr. Herman Beisner. 'P'Uacifial ‘TfCeteaye To The Class of 1954: As you leave our school and go on to take your place in the world it is my sincere wish that your years in school will have been meaningful and productive for you. We value the contribution which you have made to the success of our school and hope that we have contributed to your preparation for success in life. I hope, too, that you will translate the lessons learned in school into an active, intelligent participating role in the affairs of our community, state, and nation. America is strong only as each citizen is strong, so each of us should strive to give the best that is in us always. I wish each one of you a full measure of success and happiness in the years that lie ahead. May the memories that you have of us be pleasant and the friendships you have formed here be dear to you. FRANK C. ADAMS Assistant Principal Geometry MARTHA ANDERSON English IV Librarian HAZEL JEAN BEATTIE Cheerleading Girls' Physical Education JAMES A. BIRCHLER Chemistry Physics ANNIE H. BOYD GENEVIEVE BROWN CLIFFORD H. BRYAN MILDRED CICKA School Treasurer English Head Coach English Typing I Boys' Physical Education Industrial Arts I CHARLES E. CROUCH RAYMOND E. DEASON DONALD L. DIEHL JOHN T. FULLERTON Assistant Coach Agriculture World History Trigonometry Boys' Physical Education Civics Algebra II Geometry ANTHONY G. HENTZ HORTENSE HOOD HAROLD W. HUCH Industrial Arts American History English; Latin Speech Annual Sponsor ALBERT KAYE Bookkeeping Typing Shorthand RICHARD V. PERRACHIONE Algebra I EVA Z. SMILEY General Science MARYK. WARREN English Spanish WILLIAM G. WATERS General Science Biology THELMA A. LAUFER Office Secretary Annual Sponsor VOLA MAY MILLER Home Economics FESTUS WADE PAUL Music JEROME MUELLER.........................Vice President BILL MUELLER................................President DIANE HOWIE ..... ..........................Secretary MARILYN BEEN............................... Treasurer Se U l C 46 'rtytetOMf In 1950 we as freshmen entered high school. Now this class is approach- ing graduation. We have had many eventful experiences in our high school years which we and the student body will long remember. Our class work and activities as freshmen began and proceeded in a customary fashion as we adjusted ourselves to high school life. As sophomores our subjects advanced, we had new teachers, we lost some of our original classmates, and some of us assisted in the success of the Junior-Senior Prom. The first important event of our junior year was when our candidate, Rosalind Lindsay, was crowned Homecoming Queen for 1952-1953. Our winter project was the presentation of What Ann Brought Home, a three-act comedy. A year of hard work was climaxed by a most successful prom. In our senior year Suzy Kaye was voted Homecoming Queen by popular vote from three senior candidates. The Maids of Honor were Thelma Todd and Mary Jane Beattie. It has been our privilege to present this annual to you this year. Many of the students from our class have been outstanding in the fields of music, dramatics, athletics, or agriculture. We, the senior class, wish to express our sincere thanks to our principal, advisors, and teachers. We have truly enjoyed our classes and activities in S. T. H. S. EVELYN APPEL Band 1,2,3,4; Girls’ Chorus 1,2,3; Mixed Chorus 1,2,3; Kleig Club 1,2,3,4; Thespians 4; Pep Club 1,2,3,4. DORIS ASHLEY Cheerleading 1; Pep Club 1,2. CLAY SAMUEL BEARD Football 1,2; Basketball 1; Track 1. MARY JANE BEATTIE Vice President of the Class 1; Queen Candidate 1,4; Pep Club 1,2, 3,4, Secretary 1,3; Band 1,2,3,4, Reporter 3, Treasurer 4; Kleig Club 1,2,3,4; Thespians 1,2,3,4, Secretary 3; Junior Play 3; Paper Staff 1,2,3; Student Coun- cil 3; Girls’ Chorus 1,2; Mixed Chorus 1,2,4; Annual Staff 4. MARILYN BECKER Band 1,2,3,4; Librarian 1; Pep Club 1,2,3,4; Paper Staff 4, Secretary-Treasurer 4; Girls’ Chorus 2,3; Mixed Chorus 3; Annual Staff 4. PAUL BECKER Hi-Y 2. MARILYN BEEN Band 1; Chorus 1; Pep Club 1,2,3, Secretary- Treasurer 2; Paper Staff 3; Kleig Club 3; Queen Candidate 2; Senior Class Treasurer 4; Annual Staff 4. ROBERT BLEEM FFA 1,2, 3,4; Vice President 2, President 4. ROMAN BLEEM Student Council 3; Pep Club 3,4. ELAINE BULLINER JOHN BLUM WILLIAM BOUAS Band 1,2, 3,4, Vice President 3; Mixed Chorus 2,3,4; Boys' Chorus 2,3; Pep Club 2,3,4; Hi-Y 2; Paper Staff 2,3,4; Kleig Club 2,3,4; Thespians 4; Student Council 4. DON BRADLEY Football 1; Hi-Y 3. RONALD BREMER Paper Staff 4; Pep Club 4. JIM CAIRNS Band 1,2,3,4; Basketball 1; Student Council 3; Hi-Y 2. ELISABETH CARTER JERRY CAUDLE Football 1. JAY COLBERT Hi-Y 2,3; Pep Club 2,3,4; Vice President of the Class 3; Paper Staff 2,4; Kleig Club 2; Annual Staff 4. JACK CLARK COULSON Band 1,2, 3,4; Hi-Y 2,3. RONALD COWAN CHARLES CUNNINGHAM KERM DAVIT Z Pep Club 1,2. DOROTHY JANE DICKEY Kleig Club 3; FHA 1; Girls' Chorus 1,2,3; Mixed Chorus 1,2,3. SHIRLEY DISKEY FHA 1,2, 3,4. CONNIE DOWNEN Basketball 1,2,3; Band 1,2; Track 1. LARY EGGEMEYER MARLENE LOU EGGEMEYER Mixed Chorus 1,2; Girls’ Chorus 1,2; FHA 1. VIRGIL EGGEMEYER FFA 1,2,3,4, President 4; Delegate to Kansas City Convention 4. JOAN FIRESTONE DELLA FOSTER JO ANN GAERTNER Pep Club 1,2; FHA 1,2,3,4, Parliamentarian 4. KENNETH GEGEL Football 2,3,4; Track 1,2,3,4; FFA 1,2; S” Club 3,4; Student Council 4, Vice President 4. ESTHER GERLACH Student Council 3; Kleig Club 3,4; Paper Staff 1; FHA 1,2,3,4, Reporter 1, Song Leader 2, Parliamentarian 3; Secretary 4; Pep Club 4; Girls' Chorus 1; Mixed Chorus 1. HARRY GLENN Football 1,2. PAT HAMILTON Student Council 4, Secretary 4; Pep Club 1,2,3; Paper Staff 3,4; Kleig Club 3,4; Thespians 4; Junior Class Secretary 3; Band 1,2,3; Mixed Chorus 2; Annual Staff 4. JULIA HARRISON FREEMAN HARTMAN Baseball 2; Football 3,4; Basketball 2; S Club 3,4; FFA 1; Student Council 1. DOROTHY HERMES Pep Club 1,2,3,4; Paper Staff 3,4, Treasurer 3; Band 1,2,3, Vice President 2. EUGENE HERZOG LELIA HEUMAN Band 1,2,3,4; FHA 2,3,4, President 4; Pep Club 1,4. DIANE HOWIE Band 1,2; Pep Club 1,2,3,4, Secretary 4; Bulldog Barker 1,2,3,4, Editor 4; Mixed Chorus 1; Kleig Club 3; Senior Class Secretary 4; An- nual Staff 4. RONALD HUDSON Class President 1,2; Athletic Manager 1,2; ”S” Club 1,2,3,4; Basketball 2,4. RONALD C. HUEY Basketball 1,2,3,4; Pep Club 1,2; Hill-Billy Band 2,3,4. CLAUDIA JACKSON Pep Club 1,2,3,4; Paper Staff 2,3; Band 1,2; Annual Staff 4. CAROL ANN JONES ANTHONY JUNG FFA 1,2,3,4. SUZANNE KAYE Secretary-Treasurer of the Class 1; Kleig Club 1,2,3,4; Thespians 2,3,4, Vice President 2, Secretary-Treasurer 4; Junior Play 3; Pep Club 1,2,3,4; Band 1,2,3,4, Secretary 3, Student Conductor 4; Girls' Chorus 1,2,3; Mixed Chorus 1,2,3; Paper Staff 3,4; Homecoming Queen 4; Annual Staff 4. DALE KEELER SHIRLEY KELLER Band 1,2,3,4; Pep Club 1,2,3,4. JAMES KEIFER BOB KOENEGSTEIN Paper Staff 4; Football 1; Track 1; Band 1; Pep Club 3. BETTY KUYKENDALL FHA 1; Pep Club 1,2,3,4; Cheerleading 1,2,3,4. SHIRLEY LANUM Cheerleading 2,3,4. BILL LAWDER PAT LEMON Pep Club 1,2,3,4; Kleig Club 2,3,4; Paper Staff 1,2,3,4. DONNA JO LINDSEY Student Council 4; Pep Club 3,4; Kleig Club 3,4; Bulldog Barker 3,4; Chorus 1,2,3; Thespians 4. MARY JOAN LINDSAY Band 1,2,3,4; Chorus 3,4, Accompanist 4; Kleig Club 2,3,4, Secretary 4; Pep Club 1,2,3,4. ROSALIND LINDSAY Band 1,2,3,4; Band Council 3; Pep Club 1,2,3,4; Kleig Club 4; Girls’ Chorus 3; Homecoming Queen 3. KAREN LOWE FHA 1,2; Pep Club 1,2; Chorus 2, Paper Staff 2,3,4. WILFORD KING FFA 1,2,3,4, Reporter 1, Treasurer 2; Pep Club 1,2,3,4; Hi-Y 2,3. bob McDonald FFA 1,2,3,4. MYRTLE P. MADISON Mixed Chorus 1. GENE MEYER JOYCE MEYER FHA 1,2,3,4; Pep Club 2,3; Paper Staff 3,4; Girls' Chorus 2, 3; Mixed Chorus 2. DARLENE MILLER DIANE MONTROY Chorus 3,4; Pep Club 4; Annual Staff 4. JACK MOORE Boys' Chorus 1; Mixed Chorus 1; Football 1,2,3,4; Basketball 1,2, 3,4; Track 1,2,4; ”S Club 2,3,4, Reporter 4. JEROME ROBERT MUELLER Basketball 1,2; Football 2,3,4; Track 2,3,4; S Club 3,4, Vice President 4; ROTC Fort Wayne, Indiana 1; Thespians 4; Class Vice President 4; Annual Staff 4. BILL MUELLER Football 1,2, 3,4; Basketball 1,2,4; ”S Club 3,4; Class President 3,4; Student Council 3,4, President 3; King Turkey 4; Annual Staff 4. JAMES B. ODLE Basketball 1,2,3; Track 1,2; Vice President of Class 1. BILL PARTINGTON S Club 2,3,4; Athletic Manager 2; Paper Staff 4. LARRY PARTINGTON Band 1,2,3,4, Reporter 2, Vice President 4; Boys' Chorus 1,2,3; Paper Staff 1,2,3,4; Mixed Chorus 1,2,3; Kleig Club 1,2,3,4, Treasurer 2, Business Manager 3, Vice President 4; Thespians 2,3,4, President 3; Annual Staff, Editor 4. ANN PHILLIPS Pep Club 1; Junior Play 3. MURRAY POSTON Football 1,2; Track 2. ORVILLE PRESLAR Basketball 1,2; Football 1,2; Track 1,2; Hi-Y Club 2. LUCILLE PRICE Band 1,2; Chorus 1; GAA 1. DONALD REDNOUR EDGAR REID FFA 1,2,3,4, Secretary 2, President 3, Treas- urer 4; Hi-Y 2, Chorus 4; Pep Club 4. RHODA RONNENBERG DOROTHY RUROEDE FHA 1,2,3,4; Recreation Chairman 4. CARL SCHLAGETER Band 1,2,3, 4, President 4; Athletics Manager 1,2; S” Club 1,2,3,4; Junior Play 3; Thespians 4; Chorus 2,4; Paper Staff 3. EDWARD SCOTT Band 1,2,3,4; Mixed Chorus 2,4; Pep Club 3,4; Paper Staff 3; Kleig Club 4; Thespians 4; Junior Play 3. PAT SLAYDEN Kleig Club 1,2, 3,4; Pep Club 2,3,4, Treasurer 1; Thespians 2,3,4, President 4; Band 1,2, 3,4, Treasurer 2, Student Conductor 4; Mixed Chorus 2; Girls' Chorus 3; Junior Play 3; Secretary- Treasurer of the Class 2; Annual Staff 4. JULIA SMITH Cheerleading 2,3,4; GAA 1,2; Band 1,2; Chorus 1,2; Pep Club 4. DOROTHY STAMM Girls' Chorus 1; Pep Club 1,2; Mixed Chorus 1. THELMA TODD FHA 1; Pep Club 1,2,3,4; Cheerleading 1,2,3,4; Thespians 4; Girls' Chorus 2,3; Mixed Chorus 2,3; Paper Staff 1,2,3,4. JIM TREVATHAN Football 1,2,3; Basketball 1,2,3; S Club 2,3; Track 1,2,3. LYDELL WILSON Pep Club 1,2,3,4; Paper Staff 1,2,3,4; Chorus 3. JOHN WITTENBORN Football 1,2,3,4; Basketball 1,2, 3,4; Track 1,2,3,4; S Club 1,2,3,4, Secretary 4. RONALD WOOLFORD Football 1,2,3,4; Basketball 1,2; Track 1,2; ’'S’' Club 3,4. 9. Bob Koenegstein 10. Doris Ashley 11. Jerome Mueller 12. Mary Jane Beattie 13. Ronald Hudson lii. Thelma Todd 15. Lydeil Wilson 16. Pat Slayden Esther Gerlach Marilyn Been Leila Hevunan Dorothy Stamm Dorothy Hermes Joan Lindsay Jo Ann Gaertner Kermith Davitz 25. Marilyn Becker 1. Eill Mueller 2. Dorothy Ruroede 3. Joyce Meyer : I4. Pat Hamilton . $. Bill 3ouas 6. Kenneth Gegal 7. Diane Montroy 8. Orville Preslar 17 Larry Partington 26. 18. Donna i- Lloyd Lindsey 27. 19 Edward Scott 28. 20. Suzy Kaye 1 29. 21. Jay Colbert Suzy Kaye 30. 22. Diane Howie 31� 23. Elizabeth Carter 32. 2li. Julia Harrison 33 LYNN PIRTLE-------- JOHN STEPHENSON---- MARY HAHN........... MARTHA WHITTINGTON MERLE KNIGHT------- -------Treasurer -------President - -Vice President -------Secretary Business Manager CLAUDIA ALEXANDER JAMES BAUE HELEN BEATTIE DICK BECKLEY JAMES BIETHMAN BARBARA BLUS BARBARA BOCKHORN JUANITA BRADLEY RUTH ANN BRADLEY IRMA BRINKLEY MARIE BROWN JAMES BURNS PAT BURNS SHIRLEY BURNS FRANK CAVALIER GEROLD CHAMBERS KATHRYN CHUNN EMILY CLAYTON PAT COLE WILLIAM CONN JAMES COOP MELVIN CUNNINGHAM DORRIS DAVITZ DONALD DEIMUND JOHN DUNGEY ROSE EDERER MARTHA EGGEMEYER ROSCOE ETHERTON VERNON FALKENHAIN PAT FERGUSON CHARLES FINLEY GENE FOX MONTE FULLERTON DONALD GENTRY LORETTA GERLACH MAUREEN GERLACH JACQUELINE HAYS RONALD HEIMBACH WILLIAM HEINEN DONALD HILL GEORGIA HILL KATHLEEN HOWARD DALE HOWIE BERNIE HUBERT DOLORES HUSEMAN JERRY ISOM JANET JUNG PEGGY KEPPEL CLAUDE KESSLER MERLE KNIGHT WANDA LANCASTER ADOLPH LOUVEAU ALBERT LOUVEAU DOROTHY LOVELAND L. D. McCARTY DON NITA McCONACHIE PAT McCREE arlen mcdonough RICHARD McELHENEY ROBERT McMURTRY THOMAS MAYBELL ROBERT MOELLER CLIFFORD MORGAN NORMA MORRISON DAVID NORDBERG JERRY OWENS DONNA PAUTLER THERESA PAUTLER DARNELL PENNY HORTENSE PENNY RICHARD PHILLIPS LYNN PIRTLE FRANCES RAPP LAURA REES PAUL REES THORNTON REID JOHN ROBB CAROLYN SALGER ALBERT SALTO $ BARBARA SHOFFNER RAY SMITH JOHN R. STAHLMAN JANE STELLHORN JOAN STELLHORN JOHN STEPHENSON RUSSELL STOLZE MARVIN SWINDLE CHARLENE SWONGER FAYE THEFELD BETTY THOMPSON ELSIE WALKER BETTY WASHINGTON HAROLD WEBER MARTHA WHITTINGTON MARGIE WIEGARD DARRELL WILSON LARRY WILSON ELIZABETH WOOD CALVIN WOOLFORD .‘.r'-'wvc' vk-� • : —j .w, , T- , .� S' . ,«t'C'i-V-. 7 £ £ ’ fjk £ -fl Henry Hartman President Janie Barber Secretary-Treasurer Alan Montgomery Vice President Clifford Alexander Roger Ashley Robert Baggett Martha Bannister Janie Barber Alyce Bayer Marvin Borders Eugene Brenning Donald Brooks Roberta Carter Linda Colbert Madie Conn Isabel Coulson Edward Cox Earl Crain Donald Dahlem Joe DeAngelo Melba Eggemeyer Cleada Emmerson Jo Ann Fair Roland Falkenhain Leroy Frazier Howard Fullerton Howard Fulton Margaret Fulton William Gaston Roberta Gerlach Marilyn Glass Alice Gibson Benny Glenn Lamoine Hall Gerald Hargis Donald Hartman Henry Hartman John Hayes Robert Hayes Rhea Hays Marlene Heck Ruth Herzog Lois Heuman Keith Hill Jim Hirte Margaret Hoffman Sherman Hoffman Suzanne Holloway John Holmes Harlen Howie Pauline Howie Robert Howie Susie Hughes Barbara Jones Betty Lou Jones Joyce Jung Thomas Jung Florence Koester Carlin Kane Kaye Ann Kloth Audre Kueker Ronald Kumke Lorene Laufer Betty Lewis Laura Mae Link Richard Long Dale Loyd Jewell Luthy Don Magary Edith McIntyre Nancy McKnight William McMurtry Pat McSmith Kenneth Miller Ronald Miller Eugene Mines Alan Montgomery David Montroy Marcia Morganthaler Myron Morrison Eugene Morrison Dorris Nehrt Darrel Neuling Lee Otten Lorna Oetting George Park Frances Patterson Norman Pautler Sylvia Pierce Janet Pigford Peggy Prest Vernon Pringle Lola Sue Rainey Gloria Rees Donald Riechman June Robert Mary Lou Rody Dixie Rotramel Kay Markham Geraldine Mennerich Robert Mertens Freddie Sieberg Karlyn Siegmann Wanda Snider Tom Stephenson Larry Stewart Peggy Stirnaman Sharon Suggs Donna Terry Roger Thompson Faye Trevathan Dorothy Valleroy Edward Varsa Ronald Voytas Charles Wallace Jerry Walls Tom Walls James Wasson Donna Wesbecker Harlan Wesbecker Richard Wiegard Ronald Wilson Shirley Wilson Shirley Wilson Martha Woll Dean Woods Bruce Adams Connie Adams Bill Anderson Carl Appel Bruce Adams, Vice President; Helen Carr, Secretary; Elmer Major, President. Ronald Bahl Harold Bardo Delmar Bauer Raymond Bauer Donald Beauford Charles Bierman Nathalie Biethman Maurcine Bilderback Donald Bockhorn Joan Bradley Larry Braeutigam Clemens Braun Virginia Braun Gloria Bulliner Judy Busby Donald Campbell Nancy Belle Campbell Donald Carman Helen Carr Julius Clayton available Myrna Clifton Carolyn Sue Cole Donald Lee Cole Robert Collins Kenneth Cowan William Cunningham Betty Davis Peggy DeRousse Doris DuFour Rosalie Easdale Georgie Ederer Arlene Eggemeyer Herbert Eggemeyer Marvin Etherton Patsy Falkenhain Harold Farris Judy Francis James Fleming Joann Franck Sue Fullerton William Fullerton Paul Fulton Sarah Fulton Fred Gentry Kathleen Geralds Rosalyn Gerlach Bert Edwin Gibson Constance Glasscock Dale Gleghorn Leland Gleghorn Roger Glenn Glennon Goetting Mary Lou Hailstone Robert Hall Alberta Hapke Joann Hargis Orville Hartman Roxy Dale Hawley Brenda Hayer Patricia Hayer Delbert Heller Frank Henry Josephine Higgins Christa Ann Hill Darlene Hill Darrell Howie Maurine Howie Gene Ingram Joann Johnsey Larry Johnson Gerald Jones Milton Jung Alice Keiffer Emilee Keller Warren Dale Kiefer Judy Kirkland Charles B. Knowles Fred Kocher Leola Koester John Krull Jack Kumke Mary Agnes LaFleur Edith Laufer Sue Lawder Robert Lemon Sharon Levery Lester Loucks Willard McBride James McConachie Sarabel McIntyre Sharon McIntyre Milton McMillan Sara Jean McMurtrie Keith Mahan Elmer Major William Mathews Leo Mathis Marvin Meredith Darlene Montroy Rodney Morgan Charles Lonnie Morrow James Murphy Judith Murphy Shirley Muskopf Melvin Niemeyer Allen Nitzsche Kay Numberger Frances Owens Sandy Park Anna Mae Pautler Bill Pautler Eleanor Penny Ruth Ann Penny Klondis Pirtle Robert Presswood Hazel Price Sharon Raney Daryl Reid Richard Reid William Reid Ralph Rickenberg Melba Ann Robb Margaret Robinson Kay Rody Dennis Rohlfing Joan Runge Allen Russell Jean Ann Saal Lawrence P. St. James Paul Schmoll James Schulein David Scott Lois Shubert Clyde Smith Martha Smith Tommy Smith Mary Snider Jerry Sparling Carolyn Stevens William Stone Iva Jean Stork Donald Stork Marilyn Suggs Margaret Swinferd Carolyn Van Sant Thomas Waldron Daniel Walker Tommy Welch Dixie Wilson Fleta Wilson Robert Wilson Patsy Zeidler Studeat @ou tcii Back row: Bob Hall, Kenny Miller, Bill Gaston, Larry Wilson, Eugene Brenning, Bill Bouas, Allen Nitzche. Second row-. Bill Mathews, Margie Weigard, Sandy Park, Peggy Prest, Donna Jo Lindsey, Edith Laufer, Margaret Robinson, Hortense Penny. Front row: Mr. Warren, Sponsor; Elmer Major, Henry Hartman, Vernon Falkenhain, Pat Hamilton, Kenneth Gegel, John Stephenson, Bill Mueller, Mrs. Laufer. Mr. Huch, Sponsors. s4twuaC Diane Howie, Marilyn Becker, Typist; Diane Montroy, Typist; Mr. Huch, Sponsor; Jerome Mueller, Sports Editor; Suzy Kaye, Typist; Claudia Jackson, Artist; Bill Mueller, Mrs. Laufer, Sponsor. Front row: Pat Slayden, Business Manager; Larry Partington, Editor; Jay Colbert, Assistant Editor; Pat Hamilton, Secretary; Mary Jane Beattie, Artist; Marilyn Been, Treasurer. ‘T Cecy- Cu - Business Manager - - - Vice President -----------President Secretary-Treasurer Lynn Pirtle - - - Larry Partington Mary Hahn - - ■ Joan Lindsay - - Thelma Todd - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Historian Mary Hahn-------------------------------Vice President Suzy Kaye--------------------------Secretary-Treasurer Pat Slayden--------------------------------- President Virgil Hggemeyer - William McMurtrie W. T. Hayer------ Edgar Reid------- Ronald Wilson----- Bob Bleem-------- Vice President -----Reporter • - - Treasurer -----Secretary - - Watch Dog -----President i 'sH ecu Bill Mueller---- John Wittenborn - Freeman Hartman Jerome Mueller - -----President -----Treasurer -----Secretary Vice President Pefe @Ccc -----Vice President Secretary-Treasurer -----------President Pep Club sponsors Ghrisimas dance The Pep Club is sponsoring a Christmas dance. It is to be held in the STHS gym on Wednesday. December 23. The highlight of the | evening will be the crowning of a “Snow Queen. There will be'a candidate chosen from each class and one from the Pep Club. Every- one is to vote on the back of their tickets when they come to the dance. Music will be furnished by Cletus Andres Orchestra. The dance will begin at 9 p. m. Everyone come. I’m si� have a grand time. Bo th- th pe ov te OL m fo BULLDOG BARKER VOLUME 3 SPARTA TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL. DEC. 8, 1953 NUMBER 2 Mr sul M s' Six from band take trip to Champaign 'X STHS band members and Mr. | went to the University of Illi- 'o take part in the all-state nd chorus. The six mem- ,jj re: Pat Slayden, clarinet; j tS ' sey. obe; Suzy Kaye, j Beattie, French horn; j —k— baritone, and personality ton. banto, A good defin iv tVxVer’ Lvmpanni. is: The traits tl P we are. tyV ve c artaut 3:00 p m. in One can take et f o mobile and arrived son and make an a° c o(l e a 8 ° clock |ha sonalitv. s was spent at. PLEASING: First in ’‘Tbe Robe was important; unless yo -Ud Hairilo - actor your thoughts a .e V' „c a ,1 Sr in vour face. c°° v C c V°c dl g thc r ENERGY: If you haveV e vo attitude toward life - -° � DIA E HOWIE EDITOR - e - n o-y had trH e' -A. . .A resul s at � - vv- - p-o ®o, e session REFINED: This refers to t C° A c. 1 « SV ? The some attitude toward life v e solve your everyday proble RRFINF.TV Thic rpforo trt'SA' 1 r there a of Illis ly - c - rt background, education, and _ ... control of your emotions and vi doS® Vv -o t -' , c° ol’Ji SPIRITUAL: The more you VeV V the more you get in return. v« J C’, G 0„TLOOK, W. « £. C° vi there c -tfurfd Choruses at VXXf Ballroom morning there was an- W‘ Tpractice period from 8:30 to j:30. Then, after lunch they took selves how can we make our weak c wpflf CoO X)C points stronger? £. NATURAL Just be yourself. I believe this to be a successful formula for a good personality. Personality rates before ability, education, and health in the busi- ness world. EDITOR’S COLUMN EXAM TIME IS HERE Bill Mueller named new 'King Turkey’ Bill Mueller. Senior at STHS. was ' crowned King Turkey” at the I Kleig Club sponsored Thanksgiving ' Dance, November 25. His lords-in- j waiting were Carl Schlageter, Ed- .[ die 5 ♦ and John Wittenborn. Bill --by Miss Phyliss ifhT j °ng J0 esc n l Je a Ofls Wc a the SL Ut rPoint salior’ f be ££ ■ ! i w°u ]£?xei3 hL nW y e(i0r o .sb°A Wc. (Yop w tnin t UR Holloway are«hier lections were p«w ' °U!) ments were also servfetir m he sic me se- esh- Home Economics class studies Christmas unit (by Esther Gerlach) In the Home Economics ' we aTe studying a CJ � On December 2 vaV 0 labratory to jp - V c, P° ies and - v ° -'o part in a concert at 1:00, which Ah we rf aW S stu nts in e known as'“cramming.” Cramming I o hand and orchestra and 600 in the £®k®ss fbold Or chorus, made up of 185 schools. It nl ht 1 Sparta delegates left Champaign There Is always your “Grade about 4 o'clock that evening and Conscious Gal” who studies like arrived in their home-town about a fiend and £ets herself into a 10:30 Saturday night. summer Mr. Paul attended school The general comment was at the University of Colorado, and •.'«.. .J U'lon in tha univnr«Stv The time for exams is here The Kleig members would like again. It is the one time kids de- to thank everyone for helping cide they need to study. If they them make their dance a success. don’t decide before, they certainly --------------- will after they see their test re 4 Student Council grOUD suits. Some even start making their New Year’s resolutions after the semester test, such as: I’ll study every night; I’ll do all my home work; I’ll pay attention in class, and etc. Even though it is too late to learn all the things we have been neglecting for so long, we all try by what is commonly = ?’ to meet December 8 On the eighth of December five members of the Student Council will go to Chester, and five other members will go to Pinckneyville. The members will sit in on Student Council meetings and discuss ideas of their schools. At the present time, the council is trying to work out a better ac- tivity period. So far the outstand- ing thing we have done is to change the rules of the queen con- test. Our sponsors this year are Mrs. T.nnfpr Tvtr Hm?b. jjn L-Mr—W.arxon— IMP COLUMN We see Sharon Suggs and Kenny Gegel are seen together a lot late- ly. Keep it up Kenny. Marcia Morgcnthaler, we heard you and Ronnie Bremer had a lot of fun Saturday night at Trico. We see Marvin Swindle and Helen Beattie are going steady now. Good luck, kids. Lydell Wilson, have you written to Cletus yet? Don't wait too long. Wanda Lancaster, who is you new flame, or Is it stil Jim Ful ton? Marilyn Suggs, did you have fun going to and from Trico Saturda night? We heard you did. Cute isn’t he Marilyn? John Wittenborn and David Nordberg seem to be having fur, sending notes back and forth to a certain Baldwin girl who goes tc Red Bud High. Wonder who. Just ask John and David, they’ll tel you. Karlyn Siegman seems to find i' hard to get over her old flame from Trico. A certain girl from Red But seems to have her eye on Russe Stolze. Could her first name b Jerry? Kids, don’t Jimmy Wasson am Sue Rainey make a cute couple? We hear that Karlyn Siegmm and Dale Lloyd sure have fun ii history. Wonder what they do? Marilyn Been and Claudia Jack son, did you have fun going to Si Louis to see “The Robe.” Retiring Queen, ROSALIND LINDSAY and Escort, JEROME MUELLER Maid of Honor, THELMA TODD and Escort, JACK MOORE Queen, SUZY KAYE and Escort, FREEMAN HARTMANN Maid of Honor, MARY JANE BEATTIE and Escort, JOHN WITTENBORN THE ROYAL COURT Freshman Attendant HELEN CARR and Escort RONALD WOOLFORD Sophomore Attendant PEGGY PREST and Escort KENNETH GEGEL Junior Attendant PAT BURNS and Escort BILL MUELLER ROSALIND LINDSAY and SUZY KAYE Sarior 'paoorcted Tftwt tUMectccat edt s4Ct-j4%otc u( DIANE MONTROY--EUGENE HERZOG SUZY KAYE—BILL MUELLER 7ft(riU c eief ta Succeed PAT SLAYDEN—JEROME MUELLER 7fto4t 72efie td xMe DIANE HOWIE—JAY COLBERT ESTHER GERLACH—JOHN WITTENBORN . TftoAt rftAdetic floutitvi 0pcu L fittc Ifttet tUMectccai Tfto t (zCented MARTHA WHITTINGTON—MONTE FULLERTON HELEN BEATTIE-BUDDY FALKENHAIN ttiletic THcet .i bety 7 j Succeed PAT McCREE--DARNELL PENNY MARY HAHN—JOHN STEPHENSON Sett Tffott 'DefceticOz te FRANCES RAPP--LARRY WILSON ELIZABETH WOOD--MERLE KNIGHT S yft£o n ie p z Mvutc Itttet )atetCectccai Tftaet 7 Ce ttect MARTHA BANNISTER—RICHARD WIEGARD . TfUit ttMetic BARBARA JONES—EUGENE BRENNING JO ANN FAIR—H. N. FULLERTON Tfttet iAeCy 7 Succeed MARGIE HOFFMAN—ROGER ASHLEY ‘TfCadt 0Defie tda £e JANET PIGFORD—KENNY MILLER Seat j4tt rfwc td JANIE BARBER—BOB GASTON Httet uteiCectucd 7 foct 07 de tted MARGARET ROBINSON—KONNIE PIRTLE 4 Xv RUTH ANN PENNY—J. C. CLAYTON DIXIE WILSON—FRED GENTRY Tfoct i6eCcf 7 Succeed CONNIE ADAMS—RICHARD REID Seat rfCt-Avucud Tftoct 'Defieuda Ce ALBERTA HAPKE—BRUCE ADAMS JUDY MURPHY—TOM WALDRON ELIZABETH WOOD and CARL SCHLAGETER SUZY KAYE and EDDIE SCOTT MARILYN BECKER and JOHN WITTENBORN PHYLLIS BASS and BILL MUELLER toy KING BILL MUELLEF FREEMAN HARTMANN Halfback BILL MUELLER Guard JACK MOORE End KENNETH GEGAL Halfback FRANK CAVALIER End and Halfback JEROME MUELLER Center ALAN MONTGOMERY Fullback DARNELL PENNY Quarterback All-Conference Team 1953-54 JERRY ISOM End DAVID NORDBERG Tackle A First row: Fred Sieberg, David Nordberg, John Wittenborn, Dick McEhleney, Bill Mueller, Kenneth Gegal, Jerome Mueller, Darnell Penny, Frank Cavalier, Jack Moore, Freeman Hartman, Robert Wilson. Second row: Coach Bryan, Bill Gaston, Ronnie Woolford, Milton Jung, Lee Otten, Alan Montgomery, Ronald Diemund, Lamoine Hall, Monte Fullerton, Jerry Isom, Shag Crouch. Third row: Sherman Hoffman, Leroy Frazier, Eugene Brenning, Bob Seymour, Earl Crain, Donald Dahlem, Roland Falkenhein, Gene Fox, Donald Hartmann, Henry Hartmann, Dale Loyd, Roger Ashley, Freddy Deutschmann. First row: Richard Reid, Tommy Waldron, Dale Hawley, Rodney Morgan, Danny Walker, Leo Mathis, Roger Glenn, Jim Murphy, Bob Lemon, Donald Bockhorn. Second row: Anthony Hentz, Bob Hall, Elmer Major, Bernie Knowles, Georgie Ederer, David Scott, Clyde Smith, Robert Wilson. Third row: Dale Gleghom, Julius Clayton, Bill Fullerton, Warren Kiefer, Allen Russel, Bert Gibson. ' f 7eam Back row: D. McElheney, J. Moore, J. Wittenborn, R. Stolze, L. Wilson. Front row: Coach Bryan, B. Mueller, F. Cavalier, D. Penny, R. Huey. S'leam Back row: Tom Waldron, Richard Reid, Paul Fulton, David Scott, Dale Gleghorn, Coach Crouch, Bemie Knowles, Harold Bardo, Tom Welch, Tom Smith, Bob Lemon. Front row: Ronald Deiumund, Allen Russell, Henry Hartman, Bill Gaston, Joe DeAngelo, Alan Montgomery, Eugene Brenning, Richard Wiegard, Julius Clayton, Jim Murphy, Leroy Frazier. 4 7e ft c t s4ctc t- DARNELL PENNY Guard BILL MUELLER Guard JACK MOORE Forward JOHN WITTENBORN Center CLIFFORD BRYAN Coach LARRY WILSON Forward RONALD HUEY Guard FRANK CAVALIER Guard DICK McELHENEY Guard m mk Front row, left to right: Pat Slayden, Marilyn Becker, John Holmes, Sharon McIntyre, Susie McMurtrie, Brenda Hayer, H. N. Fullerton, Kay Nurnburger, Janie Barber, Kathryn Chunn, Alice Gibson, Lynn Pirtle, Suzy Kaye. Second row: JoAnn Fair, Susie Holloway, Sue Lawder, Evelyn Appel, L. D. McCarty, Lelia Heuman, Alberta Hapke, Margie Hoffman, Martha Bannister, Mary Jane Beattie, Sandy Park, Maureen Gerlach, Konnie Pirtle, Sue Fullerton, Dixie Rotramel, Marcia Morgenthaler, Joan Lindsay. Third row: Donald Campbell, Judy Busby, Betty Davis, Connie Adams, Fleta Wilson, Doris Nehrt, Ann Hill, Don Hill, William Mathews, Monte Fullerton, iyd Sc tool Sand James Cairns, Norman Pautler, Leo Mathis, Porter St. James, KonNita McConachie, George Park, Dixie Wilson, Rosalee Easdale, Donald Riechmann, Ed Scott. Fourth row; Charles Finley, Ed Gibson, Theresa Pautler, Dennis Rohlfing, Donald Dahlem, Rosalind Lindsay, Jack Coulson, Pat Burns, Larry Wilson, Robert Moeller, Lee Otten, Bill Conn, John Stephenson, Tom Stephenson, Larry Partington, John Dungey, James Baue, Robert Hayes, Carl Sebastian, Paul Russell, Randall Schopfer, Bill Bouas. Standing: Madie Conn, Elizabeth Wood, Marvin Swindle, Nancy McKnight, John Stahlman, Bruce Adams, Gene Fox, Vernon Falkenhein, Carl Schlageter, F. W. Paul, Director. “Soviet @otutciC Front row: Kathryn Chunn, Librarian; Elizabeth Wood, Secretary; Suzy Kaye, Student Conductor; Carl Schlageter, President; Pat Slayden, Student Conductor; Mary Jane Beattie, Treasurer; Doris Nehrt, Librarian. Second row: Frances Rapp, Head Majorette; Madie Conn, Class Representative; Larry Partington, Vice President; Bruce Adams, Class Representative; John Stahlman, Reporter. Tttlxect '7?t zj(yriette FRANCES RAPP HELEN BEATTIE MARTHA WHITTINGTON RHEA HAYS JANET PIGFORD SARAH FULTON JUDY MURPHY PAT HAYER (?kee,ile4xle'i4 Thelma Todd, Betty Kuykendall, Barbara Bockhorn, Wanda Lancaster. Betty Thompson, Melinda Hayer. Maurcine Bilderback, Shirley Wilson, Marilyn Glass, Laura Link, Peggy Prest, Kay Kloth, Barbara Jones. Mont Fu t Newly Weds THI S tc,H T Smoke Gets i n ypciie. fygs Well ch peR0,j 4 swowfel Happy Niw Viak woWTTT? Big, Smuoic, ,0073 Shot Help Help Cooks: MRS. BRANDON MISS CAIRNS MRS. MAXWELL MRS. FOSTER MISS McKELVEY MRS. STAHLMAN Bus Drivers: MR. HECK MR. OWENS MR. ROTHWELL MR. NEUUNG MR. REDNOUR MR. FULTON MR. RAMSEY I i ecutt JOHN WITTENBORN KENNETH GEGEL State Participants Winner of Bill Simonds Award (Best Athlete of Year) Winner of Best Sportsmanship Award Back row: Karen Lowe, Myrtle Madison, Gene Meyer, Joyce Meyer, Darlene Miller, Diane Montroy, Jack Moore, Bill Mueller, Jerome Mueller, Jim Odle, Larry Partington, Bill Partington, Pat Pillers, Murray Poston, Orville Preslar, Edgar Reid, Rhoda Ronnenberg, Dorothy Ruroede, Carl Schlageter, Edward Scott, Pat Slayden, Julia Smith, Dorothy Stamm, Thelma Todd, Lydell Wilson. John Witten- born, Ronald Woolford. Second row: Esther Gerlach, Harry Glenn, Ann Hanna, Julia Harrison, Freeman Hartman, Dorothy Hermes, Eugene Herzog, Lelia Heuman, Diane Howie, Ronald Hudson, Ronald Huey, Claudia Jackson, Carol Ann Jones, Anthony Jung, Betty Kane, Suzy Kaye, Dale Keeler, Shirley Keller, James Kiefer, Wilford King, Marilyn Loenegstein, Shirley Lanum, Bill Lawder, Pat Lemon, Joan Lindsay, Rosalind Lindsay, Donna Jo Lindsey. Front row: Evelyn Appel, Doris Ashley, Clay Beard, Mary Jane Beattie, Marilyn Becker, Paul Becker, Robert Bleem, Roman Bleem, John Blum, Bill Bouas, Donald Bradley, Ronald Bremer, Elaine Bulliner, James Cairns, Elisabeth Carter, Jerry Caudle, Jay Colbert, Jack Coulson, Charles Cunningham, Kermith Davitz, Marlene Decker, Dorothy Dickey, Shirley Diskey, Connie Downen, Lary Eggemeyer, Virgil Eggemeyer, Jo Ann Gaertner, Kenneth Gegel. putccie 07eac6en TtatioacU Society Back row: Jerome Mueller, Larry Partington, Edgar Reid, Jerry Caudle, Carl Schlageter. Front row: Suzy Kaye, Joyce Meyer, Diane Howie, Dorothy Hermes, Pat Slayden, Diane Montroy, Joan Lindsay, Mary Jane Beattie, Esther Gerlach. MOISTEN GLUE AND STICK IN BACK OF YEARBOOK - INSIDE OF COVER - LET BOOK SET ONE HOUR TO SECURE STICKING BE SURE GLUE IS MOISTENED EVENLY Milii Se