Sparta High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Sparta, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 128 of the 1963 volume:

i • % r %LMm nflTlIilllSIIIBIII ■pfiSlMpiiilil Jiiitiimi ore wo ref As this final year passes for us, the class of '63, we linger awhile to think of our past years at S. T. H. S. We will not let our memories fall behind us, but instead, push them before us. Some of our last thoughts will be kept forever within the cover of this, your 1963, Annual. For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these! It might have been! John Whittier C)on en s I Administration II Faculty III Seniors IV Juniors V Sophomores VI Freshmen VII Favorites VIH Athletics IX Organizations X Activities XI Advertisers Vi IB Jioarcf wjBF - 7— of mf V1 j | y Bk - r C cfucation mr ' Kz w-dm 7 m Bfl K DR. CURTIS L. TRAINER JAMES A. BIRCHLER AUSTIN R. CARINS CHARLES CONNORS LOWELL McCREE LYLE MULHOLLAND ROBERT PILLARS LAWRENCE REID WILLARD STEVENSON ROBERT STEWART A. ALDRIDGE Business C. BRADLEY Drivers Training Coaching C. CROUCH Guidance H. BEATTIE Biology M. CICKA Geography Sociology English II A. BOYD Typing C. BELCHER Health World History Coaching P. E. B. CROUCH Girls P. E. R. DEASON Agriculture J. FULLERTON Algebra II Geometry Trigonometry G. GRIGG Gen. Math Gen. Science Algebra I G. HEITMAN English II, III Speech H. HOOD American History A. KAYE Bookkeeping Record Keeping P. HOOD English III, IV L B. LYONS Guidance H. HUCH Latin I, II English I V. MILLER Home Ec. II, III H. MITZE Civics - Econ. P.E. D. PALM Industrial Arts I, II, III, IV Coaching A. PATTERSON Algebra I Geometry C. PIRTLE English II D. TANNER Office Secretary M. REDPATH Librarian E. REID Home Economics I D. WILSON English I G. FRAZER Coaching Industrial Arts I, II ALLEN FRANCK - President BILL RYPKEMA - Vice President RAY DUDENBOSTEL - Secretary RUSS KEENE - Treasurer ANDERSON, MICHAEL Football 2; Track 3 BEACH, RONALD BENJAMIN, LOWELL Football 1,2,3, 4; Track 1,2; Pep Club 1,2,3,4; S Club 3, 4; Science Club 4; FEA 3, 4; Annual Staff 4; Most Dependable 4 BICKET, DENNIS Band 1; FFA 1,2,3, 4, Secretary 3; Annual Staff Business Manager 4 BILDERBACK, LINDA JEAN Cheerleader 2,3,4; Pep Club 1,2,3, 4, President 4; FSA 3,4, Secretary 4; Prom Waitress 2; AAU 1,2; FHA 1; Thespians 2; Annual Staff 4; Paper Staff 3; Most Popular 3, 4 BIRCHLER, ROBERTA GAYE AAU 1,2; FT A 1,2, 3, 4, Vice-President 3, Presi- dent 4; Annual Staff 4 BOWLIN, KENNETH BOYD, JOAN KAY FNA 1,2,4; FHA 1,2,3, 4; Historian 3,4; FSA 3,4; Pep Club 1,2,3, 4; Band 1,2; Mixed Chorus 1,3; Girls’ Chorus 2; AAU 1,2; Annual Staff 4 BRADLEY, DOROTHY ROBERTA Pep Club 1,2,4; Annual Staff 4; AAU 1,2 BRENNING, ALBERTA AAU 1,2; Mixed Chorus 2; Girls' Chorus 3; Cheer- leader 2; Pep Club 1,2,3, 4; Thespians 2, 3, 4; FSA 3,4; FHA 1; Annual Staff 4; Paper Staff 4; Most Athletic 3 BROWN, JOSEPH Basketball 1 BRUEGGEMANN, DOROTHY LEE Annual Staff; FSA 3,4; Thespians 2,3,4; Pep Club 1,2,3,4; Chorus 2; Majorette 1,2,3,4; Drum Major- ette 4; FHA 1,2; Student Council 3; Most Depend- able 3; Paper Staff 3,4; AAU 1; Class Treasurer 3; Homecoming Queen Candidate 4 BURKE, ARLENE Class President 1,2; Librarian 1; Pep Club 1,2,3,4, Vice-President 4; AAU 1,2; Thespians 1,2,3,4; FSA 3,4, Vice-President 3, President 4; FNA 4, Secre- tary 4; Student Council 1,2,3, 4; Paper Staff 3,4; Annual Staff 4 CHANDLER, WANDA AAU 1,2; Student Council 1,2,3, 4; FHA 1; FSA 3, 4; Thespians Treasurer 4; Paper Staff 4; Pep Club 2, 3,4; Annual Staff 4; Class Secretary 1; Prom Waitress 2; Homecoming Queen Candidate 4 CLAYTON, DOROTHY FSA 4; FHA 1 COLBERT, CLIFFORD Football 1,2,3,4; Track 2,3,4; Band 1,2,3, 4; Thespians 3,4; S Club 3,4; Pep Club 3,4; Paper Staff 4; Annual Staff 4 COVEY, MICHAEL Annual Staff Photographer 4; Science Club 3,4; FEA 3, 4; Pep Club 2,3, 4; Thespians 2,3,4 CRAIN, RHONDA Annual Staff 4; Homecoming Attendant 2; Majorette 1,2,3, 4; Head Majorette 4; Thespians 2,3,4; AAU 1; FSA 3,4, Secretary 4; Band Secretary-Treasurer 4; Girls’ Chorus 2; Paper Staff 3,4; Pep Club 1,2,3, 4 CUNNINGHAM, LOIS PEARL DAVISON, JAMES Football 1,2,3, 4; Basketball 1,2; Track 1,2; S Club 2, 3, 4; Pep Club 4; Baseball 3, 4; Annual Staff 4; Prom Waiter 2 DUDENBOSTEL, RAYBURN Pep Club 1,2,3,4; Science Club 3,4, Vice-President 3, President 4; Class Vice-President 2, Secretary 4; National Honor Society 3, 4; Most Likely to Succeed 3,4; Annual Staff, Assistant Editor 4 EASDALE, MARY ANN Annual Staff; FHA 1,2,3, 4, Secretary 3; Pep Club 2,3,4; FSA 3,4; Thespians 3; Chorus 3 EGGEMEYER, CARA NELL EGGEMEYER, NORLAN DALE FFA 1,2,3, 4; Band 1; Pep Club 4 DE ANGELO, JOHN Science Club 4; FEA 4 DE ROUSSE, THERON Football 1,2; Basketball Manager 1; Track 1, 4; Thespians 4; Annual Staff; Pep Club 2,3; S Club 2,3,4 DOERGE, DARLA JUNE Pep Club 1,2,4; Annual Staff DOERGE, MARY Pep Club 1,2, 4; FSA 4; Annual Staff Picture Not Available Picture Not Available ERVIN, MARY LOU AAU 1,2; Pep Club 2,3,4; FNA 1,2,3, 4, Vice- President 3, President 4; FSA 3,4; Thespians 3,4; Paper Staff 4; Chorus 1,3; Annual Staff 4 FAVIER, JOSEPH CLARENCE Future Farmers 1,2, 3, 4; Thespians 4 FINLEY, WILLIAM Future Farmers 1,2,3,4; Future Engineers 4 FRANCK, ALLEN RAY FFA 1,2,3; Student Council 3,4; FEA 3,4; Class President 3, 4; Pep Club 1,2,3,4 FRAZIER, RENWICK Basketball 1,2,3, 4; Track 1,2,3, 4; Football 1,2; Cross-Country 3; S’ Club 2,3,4, Treasurer 4; National Honor Society 3,4, President 4; Pep Club 4; Prom Waiter 2; Annual Staff GAERTNER, JOSEPH Football 1,2,3,4; Track 1,2, 3, 4; S’ Club 3,4; Student Council 3; Pep Club 4; Prom Waiter 2; Class Vice-President 3; Annual Staff 4; Thespians 4 GORMAN, JOSEPH Future Farmers 1,2, 3, 4; Pep Club 3,4 GRAFF, DAVID Annual Staff 4; Football 1; FFA 1,2,3, 4, Reporter 3, Vice-President 4; Pep Club 4 GROSS, THOMAS Pep Club 3, 4; Annual Staff 4 HAILSTONE, CAROLYN Band 1,2,3, 4; Cheerleading 2; FSA 3,4; Thespians 3; Pep Club 1,2,3,4; Annual Staff 4; AAU 1,2 HARGIS, LARRY Pep Club 1,2, 3, 4; FEA 3,4; Annual Staff 4; FFA 1 HARMON, SHARON Thespians 1,2,3, 4; Pep Club 1,2,3, 4; Chorus 1,2; FNA 1,2; Annual Staff 4; AAU 1,2 HAYER, PATRICIA MAY Pep Club 1; FNA 1 HAYES, JAMES VERNON Football Manager 1,2; Basketball Manager 1,2,4; Track Manager 1,3; S Club 1,2,3, 4; Pep Club 1, 2,3,4; Paper Staff 4; Annual Staff 4; Prom Waiter 2 HAYS, RICHARD LINDSEY FFA 1,2,3, 4, Sentinel 3; Basketball 1,2, 3, 4; Presi- dent FFA 4; S Club 2,3,4, Vice-President 4; Foot- ball 1,2,3,4; Pep Club 4; Track 1,2,3, 4; Student Council 1; Prom Waiter 2; Class Vice-President 1 HEINEN, HERBERT Annual Staff 4; Thespians 4 HENDERSON, JOHN Band 1,2,3, 4, President 4; Pep Club 1,2,3, 4; Thespians 1,2,3, 4; Science Club 1,2,3, 4; FEA 3; S Club 3,4; Chorus 1; Football 2,3,4; Track 1,2; Baseball 3; Pep Band 1,2; Annual Staff 4 HESSMAN, KAREN SUE Pep Club 1,2,3, 4; FT A 3,4; Thespians 2,3,4, Vice- President 3, President 4; AAU 1; Outstanding Thes- pian 3; Chairman of Prom 3; Class Secretary 3; FNA 4; Band 1,2,3,4; Prom Waitress 2; Paper Staff 3,4; Annual Staff 4 HESSMAN, MARY KIMBERLIN Pep Club 1,2,3, 4, Secretary 4; Thespians 2,3,4; Librarian 3; Historian 4; FT A 3,4, Historian 4; Band 1,2,3,4; AAU 1,2; Chorus 2; Prom Waitress 2; Pep Band 1,3; Paper Staff 3, 4, Assistant Editor 3, Editor 4; Annual Staff 4 HICKS, RONALD Football 3,4; Track 3,4; S Club 3,4; Thespians 3; Pep Club 4; Annual Staff 4 HOFFMAN, LARRY Band 1,2,3, 4; Pep Club 4; Thespians 4; FFA 1,2,3, 4; Chorus 1,3; Track 2,3,4; Football 3,4; Annual Staff 4; Student Council 4 HOPKINS, JOHN Football 1,2,3; Baseball 3,4; Track 1,2,4; S” Club 3,4; Pep Club 1,2,3, 4 HOWIE, CAROL AAU 1,2; Pep Club 3,4; FSA 4 JOHNS, SUSAN Thespians 1,2,3, 4; Pep Club 1,2,3, 4; FSA 3,4; Paper Staff 1,4; AAU 1; Chorus 2; Annual Staff 4 JOHNSON, DONNA KEENE, RUSSEL Football 1,2,3, 4; Basketball 1,2,3, 4; Baseball 3,4; Track 1,2,4; Prom Waiter 2; S Club 2,3,4, Presi- dent 4; Student Council 4; Class Treasurer 4; Annual Staff 4; Pep Club 4; Most Athletic 3,4 KEMPFER, DONNA FHA 1,2; Pep Club 1,2,4; FSA 4; AAU 1,2 KESSEL, VERNON KOESTER, GLENN FFA 1,2,3, 4; Pep Club 4 LARAMORE, ELIZABETH Annual Staff 4; Pep Club 3, 4; FHA 1,2; Thespians 3,4; Prom Waitress 2; Homecoming Attendant 3, Queen 4; Cheerleader 4; AAU 2; FSA 4; Paper Staff 4 LAWS, GEORGE DUANE Basketball 1,2,3,4; Football 1,3; Track 1; Baseball 3,4 LEWIS, DAVID Pep Club 1,2,3,4; Track and Football Manager 1 Pic+ure Not Available LOVINS, CAROL DON Pep Club 1,2,3,4; Football 1,3,4; S Club 3,4; Track 1,2; Annual Staff 4; Student Council 1 LYNCH, GILBERT Football 1,2,3,4; Track 1,2; Basketball 2; S Club 3,4; Science Club 2; Pep Club 1,2,3, 4; Thespians 2, 3, 4; Paper Staff 4; Annual Staff 4 McINTYRE, JANICE McIntyre, richard Band 1,2,3, 4; Chorus 1,3; Pep Band 2,3,4; Track 2; Thespians 3,4; Annual Staff 4; Pep Club 2,3,4; Science Club 1,2,3, 4; FEA 3,4, Secretary 3,4 McMASTER, RITA Pep Club 1,2,3, 4; FTA 1,2,3; FNA 4; Thespians 1, 2,3; Paper Staff 4; Annual Staff 4 MEININGER, SHARON Pep Club 1,2,3, 4; Thespians 1,2,3; FSA 3,4; Paper Staff 4; Annual Staff 4; AAU 1,2 MEYER, NORBERT Pep Club 3, 4; Science Club 4; Baseball 3, 4; Annual Staff 4 MILLER, RUSSEL Annual Staff 4; Thespians 4 MINES, JERRY LEE Pep Club 4 MITCHELL, DANIEL Letterman’s Club 2,3; Chess Club 1,2,3; National Honor Society 2,3,4, Secretary 4; Science Club 1, 2,3,4; Thespians 4; Spanish Club 3; Football 1,2,3; Basketball 1,2,3; Baseball 1,2 MITCHELL, PAUL Basketball 1; Track 1,3,4; Football 1,4; Paper Staff 4; Annual Staff 4; Pep Club 3 , 4; S Club 4 MONRONEY, GARRY FFA 1,2,3; Pep Club 4 OHMS, WILLIAM Annual Staff 4 OLIVER, DOUGLAS S Club 4; Pep Club 4; Baseball 3,4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Football 2; Track 4 PALMER, GEORGEANN Annual Staff 4; FHA 1; Pep Club 1,2,3, 4; Chorus 2; Band 1,2,3,4; FSA 3,4; Thespians 3,4, Reporter 3,4; AAU 1,2; Paper Staff 3, 4 PATTON, LYNDA AAU 1,2; Cheerleader 2; Sub. Cheerleader 1,4; Chorus 2,3; Pep Club 1,2,3,4; Thespians 3,4; Paper Staff 1,2,3,4; FSA 3,4; National Honor Society 3,4; Prom Waitress 2; Annual Staff Busi- ness Manager 4 REED, CARNELL REID, JOYCE RAE Band 1,2,3; Annual Staff 4; Paper Staff 3,4; Pep Club 1,2,3, 4; FSA 4; Thespians 2,3,4; Cheerleader 2,3 ROBERT, JAMES Band 1,2; Pep Club 1,2,3, 4; Paper Staff 3,4; Annual Staff 4; Thespians 2 RYKEMA, WILLIAM Science Club 1,2,3, 4, Secretary 3, Vice-President 4; FEA 3; Thespians 1,4; Pep Club 1,2,3,4; Pep Band 2,3,4; Band 1,2,3, 4, Vice-President 4; Chorus 1,3; Track 1; Class Vice-President 4; Class Secretary 2; Annual Staff Business Manager 4; Stu- dent Council 1,2,3, 4, Vice-President 3, President 4 PENFORD, LEON FFA 3, 4; Track 2,3, 4; Football 3, 4; Baseball 3, 4; Pep Club 4; S Club 3, 4; Annual Staff 4 PIERCE, MARGIE PRICE, CLIFFORD PRICE, RALPH SLAVEN, LINDA Chorus 2,3; Secretary Science Club 4; FSA 2,3; Thespians 1,2,3, 4; Annual Staff 4 STEPHENSON, SUE ANN FNA 1,2,3, 4; Pep Club 1,2,3,4; AAU 1; Annual Staff 4 STORK, JACKIE Band 1; Science Club 2; FFA 1,2,3, 4, Secretary 3, President 4; Pep Club 3,4; Class Treasurer 2; Student Council 2; Annual Staff 4 WALLACE, MICHAEL Football 2; Pep Club 3, 4; Baseball Manager 3; Base- ball 4 WEBB, NELLIE Band 1,3; Chorus 2,3,4; Pep Club 2,3; Latin Club 2, 3; Future Artists 3; President of Class 3; Drama Club 3; Thespians 4; Most Beautiful Girl in School in Egypt 3 WEBSTER, ROSALIE FHA 1,2,3,4; Thespians 1,2, 3,4; Chorus 1,2; Band 1,2, 3, 4; Pep Club 1,2, 3, 4; Annual Staff 4; Prom Banquet Chairman 3 WESBECHER, RONALD FFA 1,2,3, 4, Treasurer 4; Pep Club 1,2, 3,4; Foot- ball 3; Annual Staff 4 WILLIS, GARY Band 1,2,3,4; Pep Club 1, 2,3,4; Annual Staff 4; FEA 4; Science Club 4; Thespians 4 WILSON, JOE Pep Club 1,2,3, 4; Annual Staff 4 WILSON, JOYCE Pep Club 1,2; FHA 1,4; FSA 4 WILSON, LADONNA AAU 1; FSA 4 WITTENBORN, BONNIE Annual Staff 4, Editor 4; National Honor Society 3,4, Vice-President 4; Student Council 2,3,4; FTA 1,2,3, 4, Secretary 4; FSA 3,4; Paper Staff 1; AAU 1,2; Pep Club 1,2,3,4; Most Likely to Succeed 3,4 t WITTENBORN, LOIS Pep Club 2,3,4; Band 1,2, 3, 4; FSA 3,4; AAU 1,2 WOLL, JOHN Football Manager 2; Band 1; Pep Club 4; Annual Staff 4 20. Zip DeRousse 21. Mary Lou Ervin 22. Rhonda Crain 23. Joy Reid 24. Lois Wittenborn 25. Bonnie Wittenborn 26. Carol Howie 27. Mary Easdale 28. Susan Johns 29. Joe Gaertner 30. Garry Hargis 31. Donna Johnson 32. Rosalie Webster 33. Joyce Wilson 34. Donna Kempfer 35. Ron Hicks 36. Sue Stephenson 37. Jack Stork 38. Bill Rypkema 39. Dorothy Brueggemann 40. Ronnie Wesbecker 41. Larry Hoffman 42. Herb Hienen 43. Betty Laramore 44. Linda Bilderback 45. 46. Georgeann Palmer 47. Arlene Burke 48. Sharon Harmon 49. Russell Miller 50. Kenny Bowlin 51. John Hopkins 52. John Henderson 53. Dick McIntyre 54. Gary Willis 55. Jim Hayes 56. Ray Dudenbostel 57. Glen Koester 58. Jim Roberts 59. Lowell Benjamin 60. Don Lovins 61. Mike Covey 1. Jerry Mines 2. Leon Penford 3. Dennis Bickett 4. Ronald Beach 5. Alberta Brenning 6. Carolyn Hailstone 7. Dorothy Brueggemann 8. John Wool 9. Norbert Meyer 10. David Lewis 11. Karen Hessman 12. Kim Hessman 13. Sharon Meininger 14. Richard Hays 15. Sue Patton 16. Wanda Chandler 17. Joan Boyd 18. Ren brazier 19. Rita McMaster 3 ■t t 49 43 Juniors “There may be men who can live with- out political rights and without oppor- tunity of free individual development, but I think this is intolerable for most Americans.” Albert Einstein DON UTCHMANN - President MARC ANTHONY - Vice-President SANDY LIVELY - Secretary MIKE LYLE - Treasurer Albers, Linda Anthony, Marc Appel, Robert Bailey, Carla Beard, Delbert Beasley, Carole Bernasek, Michael Birchler, Jane Birchler, William Bollinger, Nancy Bourner, Robert Braeutigam, Judy Braun, Francis Brooks, Roger Browning, Judith Picture Not Available Bulliner, Lillian Burmester, Robert Cairns, Richard Caldwell, Linda Carle, Thomas Carter, Eris Clendenin, John Collins, Agnes Davis, Lemar Davis, N. R. Douglas, Robert Duvardo, Carol Eggemeyer, Brenda Eggemeyer, Jo Ann Ether ton, Nancy Finley, Martha Foster, John Fraley, Marvin Fullerton, Joyce Gentry, Larry Gerlach, Janet Gleghorn, Judith Graff, Richard Grefe, Carolyn Gremmels, Pamela Hagen, Allen Hallock, Judith Hargis, Barbara Harriss, Phyllis Hawkins, Roger Hays, Marilyn Henry, Rodger Hille, Lynne Hodge, Don Hoffman, Jeanine Holloway, Donald Hood, Robert Huntley, Elizabeth Jany, Melvin Joiner, Charlene Jones, Janet Kaesberg, Ralph Kohrs, Kenny Krantz, Donna Krantz, Kenneth Kueker, Donald Langford, Raymond Laufer, Vera Lehman, Sona Lively, Sandra Lowe, Michael Lyle, John McBride, Judith McDaniel, Richard McDaniel, Sammy McIntyre, Michael McKnight, Rebecca Mahan, Ruby Mathews, Carl Meyer, Eugene Miller, Bobby Mills, Jo Ann Mines, Judith Mines, Margaret Montroy, Dennis Moore, Rena Morrison, Larry Morrison, Peggy Mulholland, Patrick Myerschough, James Naile, Gary Neisler, Randall Nitzsche, Alice Owens, Dennis Paetzhold, Linda PHOTO Not Available PHOTO Not Available Park, James Peck, Kathryn Penny, LaDona Pierce, Clifford Pillers, Elizabeth Prest, Robert Raney, Roxana Rednour, Rosalie Rees, Rosemary Robertson, Rebecca Ronnenberg, Herman Runge, Kenneth Rury, Donna Schilling, Mary Seeber, Gregory Seymour, Linda Smith, Diane Spier, Fredrick Stamp, Sharon Stork, Mary Talley, Barbara Taylor, James Tucker, Raymond Uchtmann, Donald Wallace, Gena Wallace, Jazan Walter, Mary Watt, Susan White, Mary Wilson, Larry Wilson, Linda Wilson, William Wittenborn, Lou Ann Wittenborn, Rosalie Wood, Howard Young, Paul Zander, Larry Shaw, Randall W� ophomores l his .nation was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that honest 'men may honestly disagree ...” Elmer Davis CHARLENE NEILS ON - Treasurer NORRIS LESLEY - Vice-President PAM MULHOLLAND - Secretary GREG HAWKINS - President 'V' Albrecht, Lynne Allen, Donna Ashley, Barbara Bailey, Connie Beasley, Linda Beck, Mary Becker, Charlotte Becker, Douglas Becker, Ronald Bergner, Amy Bicket, Janet Boston, Alice Boston, Cheryl Boyd, William Braun, David Picture Not Available Breithaupt, Logan Brown, Sally Brunkhorst, Alberta Burt, Suanne Bush, Henry Butler, Mary Cash man, Robert Chandler, Jackie Chandler, Jimmy Chunn, Joyce Cole, Keitha Conners, Sharon Cornett, Brenda Dandridge, Johnetta Decker, Donna Picture Not Available Picture Not Available Degener, Kennis Derringer, Wilma DeSpain, Nina Dockery, Charles Dockery, Dianna Douglas, Mary Douglas, Terry Easdale, Sandra Eggemeyer, Donald Eggertsen, Robert Ernsting, Carolyn Falkenhein, Ann Finley, Robert Finley, Virginia Fox, Wayne Picture Not Available Gage, Florence Gerlach, Walter Gibson, Diana Grove, Cheryl Haege, Jean Hamilton, George Hammel, John Harms, Richard Hartman, Mitze Hawkins, Gregory Hawkins, Mary Hayer, Phllis Heitman, Cheryl Heller, Marilyn Henry, James Heuman, Joyce Hill, Dennis Hood, Chester Hougland, Robert Hurst, Sandra Johnson, Linda Jones, Richard Kaesberg, Charlecia Kempfer, Cleon Kessler, Vernon Kloth, Terry Kraus, Darrel Kueker, Robert Kukarola, Patricia Landman, Sandra Picture Not Available Lange, Donna Laramore, Jerry Laws, Clarence Lessley, Norris Lilienkamp, Janice Lindsey, Larry Ling, Marlene Lively, Larry Long, Roger Louveau, Gervis McKee, Sondra McMahon, William McMaster, Janice McMichael, Marvin Mabe, Vernon Picture Not Available Mahan, Mary Manwaring, Ronald Mayer, Jacquelyn Miller, Bruce Milligan, John Misselhorn, Carol Mitchell, Darlene Mitchell, Jack Moffat, Robert Moody, Steven Morrow, Mildred Mulholland, Pamela Murphy, Michael Nagel, Sondra Neal, John Neilson, Charlene Neuling, Gail Nitzsche, Linda Nitzsche, Glenn Nixon, Maurice Norman, Michael Otten, Robert Parsons, Stephen Patterson, John Pautler, Harvey Penny, Michael Penny, Sylvia Pickett, Connie Pierce, Mary Pigford, Linda Price, Jimmie Radford, Kathryn Ragland, Kenneth Ragland, John Reilly, Lynda Roberson, fithei Roberts, Joe Robison, Linda Rohlfing, Terry Salger, Paul Sams, Christine Schilling, Robert Schleifer, Larry Schupbach, Patricia Sears, Timothy Picture Not Available Simko, Raymond Soetebier, Michael Spier, Frances Spinney, Margaret Spreitler, Diana Smith, Norman Steiner, Larry Tate, Ronald Uhl, Judith Unger, Sandra Valleroy, Michele Varsa, Kathleen Walker, Mary Wall, Delbert Weilmuenster, Sharon Zweigart, Thomas Wells, Marie Wheat, Larry Wiggs, Larry Willis, Nancy Wills, Linda Wilson, Carl Wilson, James Wilson, Mary Zeidler, Kathryn Zipfel, Richard —m w«nn«w« Tty, Freshmen “May (the Declaration of Independence) be to the world what I believe it will be, to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all, the Signal of arousing men ... to assume the blessings and secu- rity of self-government.” Thomas Jefferson CAROL LIVELY - Treasurer CHARLES COOPER - Secretary TOM GENTRY - President BECKY PRIESTLY - Vice-President Allen, Peggy Bahl, Ruth Bates, Jan Beasley, Thelma Becker, Tyrus Belcher, Robert Belcher, Terence Birchler, George Blair, Paul Boston, Paul Bourner, Jane Bowlin, Patsy Boyet, Georgia Bradley, Carol Braun, Neil Bremer, Janice Brueggemann, Michael Brunkhorst, Ronald Chappell, Deborah Clayton, Rita Cole, David Cooper, Charles Covert,- Patrick Covington, Calvin Deppe, Sharon Derringer, Billie Diehl, Kent Dockery, Carol Dunker, Joyce Dunnivan, Janice Duvardo, Marilyn Eads, Wallace Eggemeyer, Donette Eggemeyer, Karen Ervin, Gary Ervin, Pamela Falkenhain, Sara Florreich, Rodger Fudge, George Fultz, Brenda Picture Not Available Gardiner, Carla Gentry, Thomas Gerlach, Dwayne Gleghorn, Alan Guidish, George ■totk Hargan, Reginald Hargis, Roland Hargis, Sarah Harriss, Allen Hartman, David Hayer, Delores Hays, Virginia Heck, Van Henderson, Dean Heuman, Richard Hewitt, Gary Hicks, Gary Holeman, Dorothy Hood, William Hopkins, Mary Howie, Emerson Hurst, Daniel Husemann, Sharon Irwin, John Jones, Donald Jones, Laurel King, Robert Koen, Delbert Kruski, Walter Kueker, Cheryl Kueker, Edda Lacy, Michael Landman, Patricia Laramore, Jackie Law, Vernon Ledbetter, Barbara Leemon, John Link, Tonia Little, Janice Lively, Carol Lowe, Paula Luongo, Thomas Lyle, Robert McCarty, Charles McConachie, Glenda McIntyre, Jerry McIntyre, William McMahon, Patricia Mahan, Dennis Mills, Charles Picture Not Available Mines, Elaine Mines, Mary Mines, Tommy Morgenthaler, Stephen Moro, Danny Morrison, Michal Morrow, Samuel Murry, Rosalind Neal, Constance Neisler, Dean Nitzsche, Rita Ohlau, Carol Oliver, Angela Oliver, Frances Owens, Delmar f' ' - • 1 wa EL r ■dRvc - a. ; Paetzhold, Jerry Park, Nedra Patton, Phyllis Peck, Carolyn Penny, Carl pF a ’ H ik p.’t Penny, Cynthia Prest, Dale Priestley, Rebecca Ragland, Ronold Rednour, Robert Picture A Picture A Rees, Mark Reinhardt, Betty Rezba, Linda Not 4 - ■ Not aflB - - SL Rickenberg, Alice Available Available Roche, Carol ... A a, A wm v ” t Runge, Brenda Salger, Larry Schilling, David Schilling, Dennis Schoenberger, Linda Schuessler, Carolyn Schulein, Ronald Shurtz, Pamela Stellhorn, Margaret Stephenson, Glenda Stirnaman, Rose Stork, Gary Stork, Lawrence Suggs, William Svanda, Nancy Tate, John Thies, Gary Throgmorton, Janet Todd, John Valleroy, Melvin Vanover, Steve Wallace, Larry Walter,- Jerald Webster, Ronald Webster, William Wiley, Jane Wilson, Byron Witmer, Wane Woolsey, Richard Wright, Michael Young, Donald Zweigart, Gary Favorites “Democracy is . . . the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time ... an idea which hasn’t been disproved yet.. . MOST POPULAR MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Seniors Linda Bilderback Allen Franck Bonnie Wittenborn Ray Dudenbostel MOST DEPENDABLE MOST ATHLETIC Kim Hessman Lowell Benjamen Joan Boyd Russ Keene MOST POPULAR MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED uniors Sandy Lively Marc Anthony Pam Gremmels Don Uchtman MOST DEPENDABLE Eris Carter Diane Smith Tom Morrison Bob Hodge MOST ATHLETIC op fio mores MOST POPULAR MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Donna Lange Greg Hawkins Pam Mulholland John Patterson MOST DEPENDABLE MOST ATHLETIC Kathy Radford Darrel Kraus Linda Pigford Norris Lesley MOST POPULAR MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED resAmen Carol Lively Tom Gentry Steve Morgenthaler Paula Lowe MOST DEPENDABLE Becky Priestley Terry Belcher MOST ATHLETIC Carol Ohlau Tom Mines '.:i .y . V f] v rrrrrrrrL 'BRITAIN 1944-MARSHALL ISLANDS MARIANAS ISLANDS fLLEUtl 1945-IVVO jIMA:OK.INAWA KO REA-1950• REVOLUTION ARYWAR-1775-1783 f ENOfMWfllMK I798-0W Athletics “If we win men’s hearts throughout the world, it will not be because we are a big country but be- cause we are a great country. Bigness is imposing. But greatness is enduring.” Adlai E. Stevenson T) ars Up Sc uacf FRONT ROW, left to right: Coach Frazier, Rich Carins, Leon Penford, Jim Davison, Gilbert Lynch, Ron Hicks, Tom Morrison, Lowell Benjamin, John Henderson, Don Lovins, Cliff Colbert, Larry Hoffman, Coach Palm. BACK ROW: George Boyd, Marc Anthony, Mike McIntyre, Paul Mitchel, Russ Keene, Rich Hays, Don Utchmann, Joe Gaertner, Bill Wilson, Bob Hodge, Robert Finley, Ralph Kaesberg, Manager Ron Hamilton. Sop£omore JJfa ipers FRONT ROW, left to right: B. Miller, R. Eggerson, R. Manwaring, C. Dockery, G. Hawkins, G. Boyd, J. Rag- land, T. Sears, S. Moody, V. Kessler, A. Moffat. BACK ROW: D. Gerlach, M. Murphy, R. Otten, R. Finley. Senior CPfa njers Sfres iman Sfeam FRONT ROW, left to right: Coach Belcher, Gentry, Mines, Hargan, Morrison, Belcher, Gleghorn, Belcher, Morgenthaler, Mills, Bruggemann, Diehl, Eads. BACK ROW: King, Lyle, Hood, Tate, Boston, Schilling, Koehn, McIntyre, Gerlach, Covington, Huiet, Schilling, Fudge, Mortow, Suggs, Hurst, Laramore, Hicks. RUSS KEENE JOE GAERTNER PAUL MITCHELL JOHN HENDERSON RICH HAYS DON LOVINS RON HICKS GILBERT LYNCH LARRY HOFFMAN JIM DAVISON LEON PENFORD LOWELL BENJAMIN CLIFF COLBERT eam FRONT ROW: Norris Lessley, Rich Cairn, Russ Keene, Delbert Beard, Duane Laws. SECOND ROW: Jim Hayes, Ren Frazier, Mike McIntyre, Coach Belcher, Don Holloway, Mike Lyle, Bob Hodge, Gilbert Lynch. Ueam FRONT ROW: M. McIntyre, D. Holloway, M. Lyle, M. Brueggemann, R. Manwaring. SECOND ROW: T. Belcher, M. Penny, G. Laws, T. Rolfing, G. Hawkins, Coach Frazer, B. Finley, M. Norman, L. Schleifer, D. Dagner. RUSS KEENE CO-CAPTAINS RUSS KEENE COACH BELCHER REN FRAZIER TJ arsity G ieer eacfers Left to Right: Betty Laramore, Sona Lehman, Linda Bilderback, Carol Duvardo, Sandra Lively. B TEAM CHEERLEADERS Back to Front; Sandra Easdale Lynne Albrecht Toni Link Donna Lange Carol Lively 5'reshi man Jj as J?e i Safi C7( eam Organizations “Before we put down our bets on a revolution- ary movement, we have a right to ask that it, like ours, have the broad goals of freedom and human welfare clearly before it ” Clinton Rossiter BILL RYPKEMA - President RICHARD CAIRNS - Vice President LINDA BILDERBACK - Sec. -Treasurer Sfuc ent Gouncijf future engineers MIKE COVEY - Treasurer DICK McINTYRE - Secretary ALLEN HAGEN - Vice President ALLEN FRANCK - President ERIS CARTER - Vice President DONNA LANGE Treasurer ARLENE BURKE - Secretary future '3Curses MARY ERVIN - President Juture armers JACK STORK - President RALPH KAESBURG - Secretary DAVID GRAFF - Vice President RONNIE WESBECHER - Treasurer JOHN FOSTER - Reporter MIKE McINTYRE - Sentinel ARLENE BURKE - President SON A LEHMAN - Vice President LINDA BILDERBACK - Rec. Secretary RHONDA CRAIN - Corresp. Secretary LINDA PAETZHOLD - Treasurer J'uture c5 e creiari es ROBERTA BIRCHLER - President PAMELA GREMMELS - Vice President BONNIE WITTENBORN - Secretary MARILYN HAYS - Treasurer KIM HESSMAN - Historian MARGARET MINES - Librarian 7uiure UeacAers President - KAREN HESSMAN Vice President - DON UTCHMANN Secretary - ROSALIE WEBSTER Treasurer - WANDA CHANDLER Historian - KIM HESSMAN Reporter - GEORGEANN PALMER GILBERT LYNCH Sports Editor ROSALIE WITTENBORN Feature Writer BOB HODGE Sports Editor CAROL DUVARDO Assistant Editor BETTY LARAMORE Exchange KIM HESSMAN Editor GEORGEANN PALMER Feature Writer Science Gfub ALLEN FRANCK - Treasurer BILL RYPKEMA - Vice President LINDA SLAVEN - Secretary BRENDA EGGEMEYER - Reporter RAY DUDENBOSTEL - President Editor - BONNIE WITTENBORN (center) (from left to right) DENNIS BICKET, BILL RYKEMA - Business Managers MIKE COVEY - Photographer RAY DUDENBOSTEL - Assistant Editor SUE PATTON, LARRY HOFFMAN - Advertising Managers E ORY Of • 'V- - ' . v .S r-.i I IGmsi ' S «I asw •hm HttlllW M III Mill mm T?5V ?■ 'M : $ , O v , • i li !mi r vv w % ■•L • ' t-4 n • X .w ' 4 r' ;• ; •T, • '• ■ 1 Activities ‘‘The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem . . . Walt Whitman J c om ecommcj 2 ueen yIom ecoming 1962 Our Reigning Queen BETTY LARAMORE Retiring Queen, JEANNETTE HAYES Escort, RICHARD HAYS Junior Attendant ERIS CARTER Escort JIM DAVISON Freshman Attendant, PAULA LOWE Escort, GILBERT LYNCH Sophomore Attendant, KATHY RADFORD Escort, RUSS KEENE Jfc omecomincj J oats Senior Class Float First Place Sophomore Class Float First Place Junior Class Float Third Place Freshman Class Float Fourth Place Homecoming Queen, BETTY LARAMORE Escort RONNIE HICKS DOROTHY BRUEGGEMAN Escort JOE GAERTNER WANDA CHANDLER Escort LEON PENFORD Au iocjrap fis Qjoncert FIRST ROW: Carolyn Hailstone, Lois Wittenborn, Karen Hessman, Marilyn Hays, Ann Bourner, Delores Hayer, Mary Louise Wilson, Lou Ann Wittenborn. 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