Tumwater High School - Tahlkee Yearbook (Tumwater, WA)

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Spring '78-Last Minute Wrap-Up First Row: Sue McCabe, Shelly Pederson, LeAnn Haines, Theresa Sheriff, Dorthy Elder. Second Row: Linda Cleveland, Randee McHugh, Delrae Riley, Debbie Kline, Renee Robinson, Sue Walters, Debbie Wood. Third Row: Dede Demetroff, Chrystall Hollingsworth, Teddi Davis, Pat Fullerton, Diane Cox, Michelle Coleman, Linda Robinson, Bill Ward. Powder Puff footballers, comprised of some of the roughest, toughest, and downright meanest females in T.H.S., organized themselves for the first time in two years to thrill and excite a stadium full of cheering fans March 3rd, Trained and equipped with the expert strategies of Tom Odegaard, Dave Littleton, Karst Brandsma, Cliff Johnson, and Sid Otton, the competition between the Junior and Senior teams was a fierce and heated one climaxed by a single touchdown Junior win. The support given these spirited girls makes continuation of such a program obviously certain. keep I 9 -. ..,- ' I .. . L W S Y .9 fig! L Ziff X 1335 ft Bound! ,f Thirteen lucky people spent April 4-ll in Washington D.C., New York, Philadelphia, and Williamsburg. Back Row: Chris Nelson, Stacy Polehonka, Steve Moss, Julie Sherrell, Tom Inglin, Lee Kus, Larry Grunow. Front Row: Paul Rudis, Cindy Parker, Denise Inglin, Kim McNamara, Marc Bell, and Randy Perkins.

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W hfmgfc i x x t . - H I, t -W W .g . ws I . ,A L ' . if H W 4,54 12 H .wig N T-BIRD T LO ' M The Tom-Tom was reincarnated this year as the T-Bird Talon with the help of Dave Littleton, advisor, Jeff Thornton and Janice Erskine were the winter editors and Sharon Nutter replaced Jeff in the spring. Joan and Jeni fSkoropinski and Swansonj assisted by becoming Production and Business Mana- gers. Other editors included: Luke Monroe, News, Harlan Zinck, Features, Tony Ros- siter and Frank Groundwater, Sports, Bob Haase, Advertising, and Mike Milligan and Pat Guttman, Photography. The reporters allowing the editors to do their job were: Marc Bell, Pam Dickey, Debby Garrison, Shell Green, Scott Gruender, Joyce Hicks, Lisa lrwin, Elaine Liukko, Janet Pluntze, and Janet Pluntze. The Talon staff deserves a great deal of credit and respect, not to men- tion a big thanks for giving the people at T.H.S. a newspaper we can all be proud of.

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There was no one more well known, more often called, or more highly respected than was Joe Odermann. His shy, congenial way of responding to appreciation after clearing up some major disaster made you want to thank him all the more, for there isn't a person about who hasn't had his locker unstuek, his wastebasket emptied, or his blinking light tube replaced by Joe. He lead an industinguished life, decorated by few laudits or laurels. Born Joseph John Odermann on June 9, 1915, in his native home of Celio, North Dakota, he received an early love of the outdoors from his father, John, a service station manager. Experiencing tradgedy early with the death of his mother, Elizabeth, the 13-year-old Joe matured into a shy, thoughtful young man blessed with a humanitarian streak. Life continued through high school, playing varsity football, graduating, becoming a logger, a dairy farmer, and, a few years later, marrying Mary in 1947. He was hired by the district as a night janitor in 1965, cleaning the MathfHome-Ee wing. His do-everything diligence earned him the position of head custodian in 1970, where he continued until May, l977g a short retirement followed, ending with his death in October of 1977. As any human being, he enjoyed many diversions: gardening was one, well as hustling friends at pool. The fact he constantly won his dog racing bets amazed everyone, including himself, yet he had a compassion for stray animals and loved them like no one else. If one had to sum up the feeling of loss T.H.S. experiences without Joe, it would be the wish that one could give him many more years in return for all his work and devotion. His was a gentle life, and although the world will continue, there will be something missing. That something is Joe's legacy. he was just superi' M. Clark ... more of a friend than a custodian. A. Ojala he was greit ind good to work with. M. Madison . . . did a lot tmorej for kids than they realize. C. Loete 1 humerous congemil man. B. Ward someone to lean on and be leaned on by. G. a good human being. C. .Johnson Cunningham . . . a kind of guy you miss very much. R. Schott 1 QI, C. 'A . f- If