Wahoo High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Wahoo, NE)

Text from Pages 1 - 104 of the 1975 volume:

Moving On Sometimes I reminisce the past and I remember how I always wanted to be a cowboy...or an Indian when I grew up. Now I wish I could be professional journalist. or even the President! Such dreams! I’m still young with so much time to grow up. I should start figuring out which path to travel. If only I could have answers now. or even be able to predict the future, but I must be satisfied with what I have, and try to accomplish more. As I walk through life there may be things that make me stumble and stop, but I’ll just keep MOVING ON! THUNDERBIRD ’75 Wahoo High School, Wahoo, Nebraska 1 Contents Classes .............................5 Student.............................27 Sports..............................49 Music ..............................73 Academics...........................85 Editors----Retha Knapp and Mariechen Stuart Business editor---Judy Snyder Photographers-----Tom Jonas and Kathy Virgl Advisor----Doug Watts Cover Design------Julie Shepherd Division pages----Mark Amman 2 The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step... CLASSES Seniors reach new goals Seniors of 1975 have experienced many things in their four years of high school. They’ve participated in many activities, sports and tests for the future. They received their class rings when they were juniors, did their duty as a prom server when they were sophomores, and were just “dumb” freshmen their first year at W.H.S. Now as Seniors, they were priveledged to plan their own skip day, prepare for graduation, and look back at all the years. By working together as a class, they have enriched their lives for the present and the future. RANDY ANDRESEN GLORIA BARSELL GARY ABBOTT DALE AKERSON DAN ALBERT CYNTHIA ANDERSON SHERRI BEAMAN BALLARD JACY BERN 6 SENIORS Julie Shepherd tests her creativeness by doing a sculpture in art. CHERLY BLANKENBECKLER KIM BONOW MARY EICHMEIER ANNE GRAFF BARB CEJKA SHARON GUSTAFSON DEBBIE CHRISTENSEN KEN HAJEK SENIORS 7 Senior class officers from top; Scot Thompson. Jan Lustgraaf. Julie Shepherd, and Anne Graff. nu mu ROB HALL MIKE HATTAN TIM HARNETT SHELLY HAVELKA PAT HARRIS DENNIS HEISER RHONDA HASS LEANNE HOLTORF SENIORS future Class of '75 plans for STEVE HOUFEK RETHA KNAPP PATTI LINDLEY IVAN HRDLICKA SHELLI KOLTERMAN JAN LUSTGRAAF SUSAN HRDLICKA MARK KUMPULA MARY LYNCH SHELLEY JORDAN REG LINDHOLM FRANK MALOUSEK SENIORS 9 Seniors Enjoy Serious, Happy Moments Together MIKE MALY BYRON NORDSTROM LARRY PEARSON CRAIG MARSHALL CRYSTAL OLSON DENNIS PERSON BOB NELSON GLENN OSBORNE SANDY PETERS NEIL NICHELSON KENT PEARSON DOUG PETERSON 10 SENIORS ROBERT POKORNY MIKE POULSEN CHUCK REZAC BARB RUZICKA SUZANNE REITMAJER SIM REYNOLDS RICH SCHOLZ JULIE SHEPHERD Seniors sample their cooking talents. From LEFT; Larry Nicholls. Tim Harnett, and Dennis Person. SENIORS 11 MARK SIMMERMAN GALE SNYDER JUDY SNYDER RANDY SORENSON Senior pep club show their loyalty to their Warriors. 12 SENIORS MICHELLE SPEICHINGER NANCY STEWART MARY THEIS SCOT THOMPSON KATHY VIRGIL TODD VOLKART MARIECHEN STUART LINDA TORRENS MIKE YARMON WAYNE SVOBODA CLAIRE VANNORMAN MARY ANN BOHATY Seniors NOT PICTURED: Leonard Moody. Larry Nicholls, Richard Sutherland, and Diane Totske. SENIORS 13 Graduation Day A Relief, A Sadness Commencement exercises for the 66-member Wahoo High School Class of 1975 and 10 mid-term members, was held Sunday. May 18, 1975 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The processional and recessional was played by the Wahoo High School band under the direction of Don Johnson. Father Joseph A. Mroczkowski offered the invocation and the benediction, as well as the address “The Challenge ... A Search for values.” A musical selection was offered by the senior vocal quintet under the direction of Boyd Bacon. Honor Cords were presented by Ronald M. Hulse, principal; scholarships by James L. Carlson, counselor. Diplomas were presented by Ken Christensen, Howard Pearson, members of the school board. Flowers were presented by Burl Graff, senior sponsor. 14 Jim Carlson, counselor, left, gives Judy Snyder a teachers scholarship. 1975 graduates. ABOVE, prepare to receive their diplomas. Anne Graff. MIDDLE, receives her diploma from principal Ron Hulse. Senior activities throughout high ABBOTT. GARY: Boys’ Track. Football. Basketball. Wrestl ing. W Club. AKERSON. DALE Boy ' Track. Football. Wrestling. W Club. Spanish Club. County Government Day. Prom Server. Executive Committee. Class Officer. Spanish Club Officer. W Club Officer. Homecoming King. Teacher’s aide. ALBERT. DANNY: Chorus ANDERSON. CINDY Girls’ Track. Pep Club. Spanish Club. Scholastic Club. Executive Committee. Pep Council. Band. Chorus. FHA. Teacher's Aide. ANDRESEN. RANDY: Boys’ Wrestling. W Club. Chorus. BALLARD. SHERRI Girls' Track. Pep Club. Band BARSELL. GLORIA BERN. JACY Girls’ Volleyball. Track. Pep Club. Band. Chorus. FHA. Art Club. BLANKENBECKLER. CHERYL. Pep club. Spanish Club. Executive Committee. Thunderbird Staff. Chieftain Staff. School Play. Band. Chorus. Small Vocal and Instrumental Groups. FHA. Stage Band. Spanish Club Officer. State Clinic BOHATY. MARY ANN: Chorus. Small Vocal Groups. BONOW. KIM Girls' Volleyball. Pep Club. Cheerleader. Executive Committee. Thunderbird Staff. Chieftain Staff. CEJKA. BARB: Chieftain Staff. Chorus. Small Vocal Groups. Transfer Student From Weston. CHRISTENSEN. DEBRA: Oirls' Volleyball. Basketball. Track. Pep Club. Cheerleader. Spanish Club. County Government Day. Prom Server. Executive Committee. Thunderbird Staff. School Play Crew. Band. Chorus. Homecoming Candidate. Prom Queen. Small Instrumental. Groups EICHMEIER. MARY Girls’ Volleyball. Track. Scholastic Club. County Government Day. Class Officer. Executive Committee, Chorus. FHA. Small Vocal Groups GRAFF. ANNE: Girls Volleyball. Track. Pep Club. Cheerleader. Spanish Club. Prom Server, Executive Committee. Class Officer Thunderbird Staff. Chieftain Staff. Pep Council. Band. Chorus. Small Instrumental Groups. Prom Candidate. GUSTAFSON. SHARON: Cheiftain Staff. Chorus. Small Vocal Groups. HAJEK. KENNETH: Boys’ Track. Football. Basketball. W Club. Thunderbird Staff. Cheiftain Staff. Prom Candidate. HALL. ROB HARNETT. TIM: Boys’ Football. Basketball. HARRIS. PAT: Boys’ Football. Wrestling. Golf. W Club. Prom Server. Student Council. Band. Stage Band HASS. RHONDA Girls’ Volleyball. Track. Pep Club. Cheerleader. County Government Day. Prom Server. Class Officer. School Play. Student Council. Pep Council. Chorus. Homecoming and Prom Candidate. Art Club. Teacher’s Aide HATTAN. MIKE: Boys’ Football. W Club. County Govern-ment Day. Executive Committee. Homecoming and Prom Candidate. HAVELKA. RaSHELLE: Girls’ Track. Scholastic Club. County Government Day. Executive Committee. Chorus. Transfer Student From Weston. HEISER. DENNIS. HOLTORF. LeANNE: Girls’ Track. Pep Club. Spanish Club. Thunderbird Staff. School Play. Speech Team. Band. Chorus. Small Vocal Groups. State Clinic. HOUFEK. STEVE: Boys' Basketball. HRDLICKA. IVAN: Boys' Track. Football. Wrestling. Prom Server. Chorus. HRDLICKA. SUSAN: Pep Club. Chorus. Small Vocal Groups JORDAN. SHELLEY: Girls' Volleyball. Basketball. Track. Pep Club. Executive Committee. Majorette. Band. Office Girl KOLTERMAN. SHELLI: Girls' Track. Golf. Pep Club. Scholastic Club. Spanish Club. County Government Day. Prom Server, Executive Committee. Majorette. Pep Council. Band. Chorus. Small Vocal Groups. Homecoming Candidate. KNAPP. RETHA Girls’ Track. Pep Club. Spanish Club. Prom Server. Executive Committee. Pep Council, Thunderbird Staff. Cheiftain Staff. Speech Team. Chorus. Small Vocal Groups. Prom Candidate. KUMPULA. MARK Boys’ Football. Wrestling. W Club. LINDHOLM. REG Boys' Basketball. Golf. W Club. Scholastic Club. County Government Day. Prom Server. Executive Committee. Class Officer. Student Council. Band. Chorus. Small Vocal and Instrumental Groups. Prom Candidate. Stage Band. State Clinic. LINDLEY. PATTI: Girls’ Volleyball. Basketball. Track. Pep Club. Cheerleader. Spanish Club. Prom Server. County Government Day. Executive Committee. Thunderbird Staff. Pep Council. Band. Chorus. Small Vocal Groups LUSTGRAAF. JAN: Girls’ Volleyball. Track. Pep Club. Scholastic Club. Executive Committee. Pep Council. Chorus. Small Vocal Groups LYNCH. MARY: Girls’ Volleyball. Track. Pep Club. Cheerleader. Scholastic Club. County Government Day. Executive Committee. Class Officer. School Play. Student Council. Band. Chorus. Small vocal Groups MALOUSEK. FRANK: MALY. MICHAEL: Boys’ Wrestling. MARSHALL. CRAIG: Boys’ Football. Wrestling. W Club. Chorus NELSON. ROBERT: Boys’ Football. Basketball. W Club. Thunderbird Staff. Chieftain Staff. NICHELSON. NEIL: Boys' Wrestling. County Government Day. Teacher's Aide. NORDSTROM. BYRON: Boys' Football. Wrestling OLSON. CRYSTAL: Girls' Volleyball. Pep Club. Scholastic Club. Thunderbird Staff. School Play. Small Instrumental Groups. State Clinic. POKORNY. ROBERT: Transfer Student From Weston. PEARSON KENT PEARSON. LARRY: Boys’ Basketball. Cross Country. W Club. Scholastic Club. Spanish Club. School Play. Student Council. Band. Chorus. Small Vocal and Instrumental Groups. Stage Band. PERSON. DENNIS Boys Football. Art Club PETERS. SANDRA: Girls’ Basketball. Track. Pep Club. Art Club. PETERSON. DOUGLAS POULSEN. MIKE Boys’ Track. Football. Wrestling. Student Council. school REITMAJER. SUSANNE: Girls’ Track. Thunderbird Staff. School Play. FHA REYNOLDS. SIMERA Girls’ Volleyball. Track. Pep Club. Pep Council. Executive Committee. Thunderbird Staff. Chieftain Staff. REZAC. CHARLES. Boys' Football As Basketball Manager. RUZICKA. BARBARA: Girls’ Volleyball. Basketball. Track. Pep Club. Spanish Club. County Government Day. Executive Committee. Student Council. Band. Chorus SCHOLZ. RICHARD SHEPHERD. JULIE Girls’ Volleyball. Scholastic Club. County Government Day FHA. Art Club. Teacher's Aide. SIMMERMAN. MARK Boys' Football. Basketball. Golf. W Club. Thunderbird Staff. Chieftain Staff. Chorus. Prom Candidate. W Club Officer. SNYDER GALE: Girls’ Volleyball. Pep Club. Cheerleader. County Government Day. Thunderbird Staff. Chieftain Staff. School Play. Chorus. Teacher's Aide SNYDER. JUDITH Pep Club. Scholastic Club. Spanish Club. Executive Committee. Thunderbird Staff. Chieftain Staff. School Play. Teacher's Aide. SORENSON. RANDY: Boys' Football. Wrestling. W Club. Thunderbird Staff. SPEICHINGER. MICHELLE: Girls’ Volleyball. Basketball. Track. Pep Club. Scholastic Club. Executive Committee. Class Officer Chorus. Prom Candidate. Transfer Student From Logan View STEWART. NANCY: Girls’ Volleyball. Track. Pep Club. Cheerleader. Scholastic Club. Spanish Club. County Government Day. Prom Server. Executive Committee. Thunderbird Staff. Pep Council. Prom Candidate. Band. Chorus. Small Instrumental Group STUART. MARIECHEN: Girls’ Volleyball. Track. Pep Club. Scholastic Club. Prom Server. Spanish Club. Executive Committee. Thunderbird Staff. Chieftain Staff. Student Council. Pep Council. Chorus. Small Vocal Groups. SUTHERLAND. RICHARD SVOBODA. WAYNE Boys' Track. Cross Country. W Club. Scholastic Club. Executive Committee. THIES. MARY TOTSKE. DIANE THOMPSON. SCOT: Boys’ Football. Basketball. Golf. Wrestling. W Club. Scholastic Club. Prom Server. Executive Committee. Class Officer. Band. Thunderbird Staff. Chieftain Staff. Student Council. Chorus. Small Vocal and Instrumental Groups. Homecoming and Prom Candidate. State Clinic. Stage Band. TORRENS. LINDA: Girls' Track. Pep Club. Cheerleader. Scholastic Club. Spanish Club. County Government Day. Prom Server. Executive Committee. Thunderbird Staff. Chieftain Staff. Pep Council. Band. Homecoming Queen. Spanish Club Officer, Teacher's Aide. VanNORMAN CLAIRE: Girls' Basketball. Track. FHA VIRGL. KATHY: Girls' Volleyball. Basketball. Track. Pep Club. Prom Server. Class Officer. Thunderbird Staff. Chorus. Small Vocal Groups. Teacher's Aide VOLKART. TODD: Boys Football. Wrestling. W Club. Prom Server. Homecoming Candidate. Prom King YARMON.MIKE: Boys' Track. B. Amman L. Barry T. Bern D. Bordovsky P. Caha S. Croghan B. Dau J. Divis L. Fisher M. Hajek K. Hamann M. Hansen J. Heinrichs C. Hoppe M. Hudkins C. Jansen K. Jelinek M. Kemerling K. Koranda W. Kramer V. Kreizel G. Kremlacek B. Kuenning B. Kumpula Junior English students. RIGHT, plan writing topics for their next assignment. Wes Kramer. FAR RIGHT, eagerly throws unwanted school work at the end of the year. 16 JUNIORS Juniors enjoy prom preparations M. Lattimcr D. Laudenback B. Lindgren D. Lindgren J. Lindley D. Lindquist J. Little P. Machovec B. Marshall M. Maynard M. Maynard T. McCright J. Miller G. Nice D. Pabian Junior class officers. Clockwise TOP LEFT: Barb Lindgren. Linda Barry. Brandol Marshall, and Carol Vermeline. M. Pearson K. Pestal D. Peterson K. Piper K. Pokorny M. Richardson D. Rood G Rouse J. Schinker V. Snyder J. S wo bod a L. Sy verson N. Thompson N. Triplett S. VanNorman C. Vermeline L. Veskrna B Virgl R Welton G. Woita 18 JUNIORS Sophomores Step Up in the World Sophomore class officers: Clockwise BOTTOM LEFT: Carrie Speichinger. Kurt Stuart. Andy Chapman, and Lynette Anderson. S. Albert M. Alicea J. Amman L. Anderson D. Barry R Barth R. Bonow D. Bordovsky S. Buchanan S. Callan M.Cejka A. Chapman SOPHOMORES 19 J. Covington S. Daharsh Y. Flick D. Gaddes S. Gricscr B. Hadan W. Haessler K. Hajek R. Hansen D. Heiser K. Hengen S. Herbener L Holtorf G. Jaroska L. Jelinek R. Johnson C. Jonas K: Jonas T. Jonas J. Jordan K. Knutson 20 SOPHOMORES wm M. Lindgren J. Loerch C. Lundgren G. Mathis L. Miller T. Monson R Nice K. Pearson M. Ply bon H Quick D. Reitmajer R. Robbins R. Samek R. Scholz T. Shanahan D. Smith C. Speichinger K. Stuart D. Swanson W. Swanson B. Thege M. Volkart D. Vrana R. Wharff C. Williamson N. Yarmon Sophomore English students work on group projects. SOPHOMORES 21 K. Barry M. Barry G. Beavers M. Brodahl K. Bosley B. Bordovsky S. Buchanan D. Buresh K. Cejka D. Copple D. Croghan C. Daharsh K. Davis E. Dillow D. Divis J. Divis T. Frana G. Graff M. Hageman C. Hajek 22 FRESHMEN Freshmen learn new ways Freshmen work together in world history class. From LEFT; Eric Disslow. Terry Nelson. Tom Tanner, and Jim Lynch. D. Hammond S. Hansen N. Hartshorn K. Hass C. Heiser S. Hejhal D. Howard L. Houfek C. Hrdlicka K. Hudkins L. Jansa S. Jansen R. Jelinek E. Johnson S. Johnson K. Jonas D. Kellner C. Kennedy D Koranda B. Kuenning FRESHMEN 23 S. Kumpula M. Laudenback T. Lawler J. Lindquist J. Lynch P. Machovec W. Mathis K. Matson E. Miller P Monson L. Mika T. Nelson R. Nice R. Nichelson T. Nordstrom M. Olson J. Peterson W. Peterson Among many other things, the freshmen general science class learn to measure the heat intensity of a light bulb. From left; Cathy Daharsh. Lori Jansa. Karen Hass, and Mr. Ketner. 24 FRESHMEN Freshmen Adjust to WHS Freshmen class officers take time to pose. From Left: Shari Jansen. Dwayne Koran-da. Wade Stewart. Sandy Stuart. L. Ply bon S. Prochaska P. Sagert D. Samek L. Skovgaard T. Smith E. Snyder W. Stewart A. Stoltenberg S. Stuart P. Sy verson T. Tanner L. Torrens E. Triplett P. Triplett S. Triplett T. Vanderpool R. Welton FRESHMEN 25 IN MEMORY William Lee Bordovsky April 26, 1960 September 20, 1974 “There comes a time for all of us, when we must say Goodbye, But Faith and Hope and Love and Trust can never die; Although the curtain falls at last is that a cause to grieve? The future’s fairer than the past if only we believe And trust in God’s eternal care. So when the Master calls Let’s say that life is still more fair. Although the curtain falls.” STUDENT LIFE Mexican Fiesta Homecoming Theme Clockwise starting right: Students dance to the music of the Fairfax Bros Queen Linda Torrens and King Dale Akerson, CENTER TOP. pose. Junior Pep Club Members. UPPER RIGHT, show spirit with a Charlie Brown skit. Mariechen and Patti. BOTTOM CENTER, enthusiastically work on fiesta decorations. LOWER LEFT, candidates pose after being chosen. BACK ROW. Scot Thompson. Mike Hattan. Todd Volkart. Dale Akerson. FRONT ROW. Thonda Hass. Deb Christensen. Linda Torrens, and Shelli Kolterman. Every night something to make or someplace to go in order to get ready for the 1974 Homecoming festivities. All this work seemed worthwhile in order to make this year’s Homecoming a success. The gym was brightly decorated to fit the theme “Warrior Fiesta.” The floors were also decorated with the Juniors winning first place for the colorfulness and creative depiction of a typical Mexican street. The traditional Homecoming parade proceeded downtown with a skit by the Juniors to fit the occasion. Although the dummy wasn’t burned because of the wind, spirit for the Homecoming game filled the air. After the game, the Fairfax Brothers entertained the students and their dates. At 11:00 Dale Akerson and Linda Torrens were crowned the 1974 Homecoming King and Queen. HOMECOMING 29 Cheerleaders Boost Warrior Spirit Wahoo High School cheerleaders were busy this year promoting spirit through the football, basketball, and wrestling seasons. Behind the spirit was plenty of hard work and planning. Under the direction of head cheerleaders Anne Graff, Mary Hansen, and Kim Bonow, the squads worked diligently to perform well at the activities and pep rallies. The cheerleaders helped to raise spirit by putting on special days such as sock day, hat day, and farmer day. Also, they started a new custom of occasionally feeding the wrestlers and basketball players breakfast on the days of meets and games to show their appreciation. 30 CHEERLEADERS t Varsity Cheerleaders, below. FRONT ROW: Ann Graff. Deb Christiansen. Nancy Stewart. BACK ROW: Patty Lindley. Cindy Jansen. Debbie Lauden-back. Reserve cheerleaders. LOWER MIDDLE: Mary Hansen. Deb Barry. Carrie Spiechinger. Phyllis Caha. Varsity Cheerleaders. FAR LEFT, read names of those “lucky” Football boys who will come to the floor for a skit. Wrestling cheerleaders, above left: BACK ROW. Gale Snyder. Carol Vermeline. FRONT ROW. Kim Bonow. Sandy Albert. Cheerleaders Play “Mafia”, UPPER RIGHT, during basketball skit. CHEERLEADERS 31 ‘74’-‘75’ Pep Club Changes Uniforms, Merits This year Wahoo High.s Pep Club decided to try something new. For the football season, they had a trial no-merit, de-merit system. However, the old system was put back into effect for the rest of the year. Another change they made was new uniforms. Each member got a new sweater and emblem. The cheerleaders received new uniforms also. Pep Club sponsored Senior recognition nights for the football, basketball, and wrestling teams in which the Senior team members and their parents were recognized for their achievements. UPPER LEFT. Anne Graff and LeAnne Holtorf portray Mark Simmerman in a Pep ralley skit. UPPER MIDDLE. Senior basketball and wrestling members are recognized with their parents. RIGHT. Junior and Senior Pep Club members, left to right. FIRST ROW: Sim Reynolds. Nancy Stewart. Patti Lindley. Mariechen Stuart. Retha Knapp. LeAnne Holtorf. SECOND ROW: Karen Koran-da. Anne Graff. Deb Christensen. Gale Snyder. Crystal Olson. Cindy Anderson. THIRD ROW: Mary Hansen. Julie Miller, Karen Pakorny. Delayne Peterson. Nancy Triplett. Shirley Crogan. FOURTH ROW: Carol Ver-maline. Verna Kreizal, Linda Barry. Deb Laudenback, Cindy Jansen. Janet Schinker. Karri Piper. Phyllis Caha. LOWER RIGHT. Pep Club president. Retha Knapp conducts a meeting. LOWER LEFT, Sophomore and freshmen Pep Club members. FIRST ROW: Kim Pearson. Carrie Speichinger. Lynette Anderson. LaVonne Holtorf. Nancy Yarmon. Deb Barry, Barb Thege. SECOND ROW: Kim Barry. Rene Welton. Solveig Hansen. Patti Syverson, Chris Lundgren. Diane Swanson. Kathy Hajek. THIRD ROW: Peggy Triplett. Connie Kennedy. Evelyn Triplett. Brenda Kuennigg. Leanne Torrens. Carol Hrdlicka. FOURTH ROW: Debbie Buresh. Susan Triplett. Marlys Olson. Jenay Woita. Julie Yarmon, Sandy Stuart. FIFTH ROW: Marla Barry. Evelyn Snyder. Pam Sagert. Tracy Lawler. Kim Davis. Karla Mika. SIXTH ROW: Shari Jansen. Lynette Berns. Karen Hass. NOT PICTURED are. Jan Lustgraaf. Linda Torrens. Kim Bonow. Susan Hrdlicka. Shelli Kolterman, Ramona Robbins. Cathy Heiser. Jackie Jordan. Shellie Hejhal. Eunice Miller. Sandy Albert, and Kelly Hengen. 33 Candyland Express train. RIGHT, stands ready to set the mood. Sandy Green. Carol Jelinek. and Mary Maynard. LOWER RIGHT, work hard to finish the Candy house by Prom night. 1975 Prom candidates. LOWER MIDDLE, from left to right. Nancy Stewart. Michelle Speichinger. Retha Knapp. Rhonda Hass. Anne Graff, Deb Christensen. Ken Hajek. Mike Hattan. Reg Lindholm. Scot Thompson. Mark Simmer-man. and Todd Volkart. Gift bearers pictured are Kristine Simonson and Kyle Gottschalk. Queen Deb Christensen and King Todd Volkart. LOWER LEFT, after crowning. 34 PROM ’75 Junior-Senior Prom Takes Place in Candyland Alot of hard work and preparation went into this year’s Junior-Senior Prom. The evening began at 6:30 with the banquet at the Presbyterian church. The Jrs. and Srs. enjoyed a meal served by the prom servers and after they were entertained with a skit by the servers. Superintendent Willard Hunzeker spoke and candidates for 1975 Prom King and Queen were announced. After the banquet the students proceeded to the dance at the school where they were entertained by the group Freedom Road. The gym was decorated accordingly with tin soldiers, candyland express train and even a candy house where at 11:00 with the gym filled with spectators, the crowning of Queen Deb Christensen and King Todd Volkart took place. PROM 35 Students Plan 1975 Annual The students who worked on the Chieftain and Thunderbird were enrolled in third and fourth period Journalism classes. Besides working on layouts, planning pictures and all that involves annual production and producing the school paper, they completed several various types of class assignments, including writing editorials, sports stories, interviews, feature stories, straight news stories and other basic techniques of Journalism. Editors for the 1975 Thunderbird were Retha Knapp and Mariechen Stuart. The art work for the cover page was done by Julie Shepherd and the division pages by John Amman. RIGHT: Thunderbird staff poses. BOTTOM ROW: Daryl Johnson, Ward Haessler, Tim Shanahan. Tom Jonas. Wes Kramer. SECOND ROW. Larry Veskrna, Kathy Virgl. Judy Snyder. Mariechen Stuart. LeAnne Holtorf. TOP ROW. Scott Grieser. Kurt Stuart. Steve Callan. Linda Torrens. Retha Knapp. RIGHT: Bob Nelson. John Covington, and Ken Hajek decide on head lines for Chieftian stories. FAR RIGHT: Linda Torrens. Judy Snyder. Brandol Marshall, and Debbie Bordovsky plan stories for the paper. LOWER RIGHT: Yvonne Flick. Chris Lundgren, Ramona Robbins. Mary Lattimer. and Rose Johnson work on news assignment. MIDDLE LOWER RIGHT: Brandol Marshall types editorial for the Chieftain. BELOW: Kathy Virgl and Ward Haessler crop pictures on layouts. BELOW LEFT: Larry Veskrna. Scott Grieser and Tom Jonas paste pictures for junior layout. Also on Chieftain staff, but NOT PICTURED is Kim Pearson. 36 THUNDERBIRD Students Create School Paper CHIEFTAIN 37 38 Booster Club and “W” Club Have Many Activities The W-Club and the newly formed Wahoo Booster club had many activities this year. The W-Club sponsored the W-Club Invitational wrestling tournament. The weights used by the athletes in the weight room were bought by the W-Club. W-Club members received their letters at three pot luck suppers which included sports participants and their families. One dinner consisted of football, girl’s golf, and cross country members, the second was made up of girls basketball, basketball, and wrestling, and the third was given for golf, girl’s track and track participants. The booster club was a new organization this year. It was made up of Wahoo High boys sports members and their fathers or sponsors. Several speakers gave talks to the group. One was Mr. Boyd Epley, weight training coach for the University of Nebraska. He gave a lecture on different techniques and aspects of weight training. Another guest speaker was Mr. Glen Houdersheldt, of the Physical Fitness Institute of America. He explained and demonstrated the Apollo type of physical fitness. The main reason that the booster club was started was to get more parents and students interested in Wahoo High athletics during what is called by many a “down” period. W-CLUB CLOCKWISE: Left. Mr. Wright awards Cross Country letters to Scot Thompson and Wayne Swoboda. Steve Banghart lifts in the W-Club weight room. LOWER LEFT. Mr. Glen Houdersheldt demonstrates the Apollo exerciser at Booster club meeting. UPPER LEFT. Coach Miller congratulates Todd Volkart after presenting him his letter at pot luck supper. UPPER RIGHT. W-Club members left to right. FIRST ROW. Ken Hajek. Dale Akerson. Todd Volkart. Mike Poulsen. Randy Andresen. Tim Monson. and W-Club sponsor. Mr. Barry Miller. SECOND ROW. Steve Herbener. Dan Lindquist. Daryl Johnson. Gary Nice. Mike Hudkins. Dave Rood. Nick Thompson. THIRD ROW. Jeff Swoboda. Jerry Divis. Bob Dau. Larry Veskrna, Bob Virgl. John Lindley. Pat Machovec. and Randy Sorenson. FOURTH ROW. Mark Lindgren. John Amman. Tim Shanahan. Ward Haessler. Steve Callan. Scot Buchanan, and Wes Kramer. FIFTH ROW. Harvey Quick. Ross Welton. Scott Grieser. Andy Chapman. Mark Volkart. Kurt Stuart. Other members NOT PICTURED are Bruce Kuenning. Vince Snyder. Mark Kumpala. Scot Thompson. Pat Harris. Glenn Osborne. Bob Nelson. Ivan Hrdlicka. Gary Abbott. Chuck Rezac. Byron Nordstrom. Mark Simmerman. Mike Hatton. Reg Lindholm. Craig Marshall. Larry Pearson. Kevin Hamman. Kirk Hudkins. Jim Little. Mike Richardson. Warren Swanson. Dave Croughan. Greg Graff. Steve Worm. Sherm Johnson. Jim Lynch. W-CLUB 39 41 Honored For Classroom Achievement Scholastic Club is a group made up of Sophomores. Juniors, and Seniors having an average of 3.5 for the second semester of last year and the first semester of this year. This year’s group consists of 41 members. Seven senior members, Cindy Anderson, Mary Eichmeier. Jan Lustgraaf. Larry Pearson. Julie Shephard, Wayne Svoboda, Mary Lynch, made the club every semester of the three elgible years. CLOCKWISE starting right: The Scholastic Club members go through the dinner line, during the Scholastic Club dinner. BELOW: The members of the Scholastic Club are: BACK ROW. left to right; Ward Haessler. Tom Jonas. Dave Smith. Jacke Jordan. Steve Herbener, Scott Buchanan, Carrie Speichinger. THIRD ROW: Mike Richardson. Larry Veskrna. Vince Snyder. Cindy Jansen. Carol Vermeline. Janet Schinker. Verna Kreizel. Kerri Pipper. SECOND ROW: Wayne Svoboda. Mary Eichmeier. Michelle Speichinger. Patty Lindley. Linda Torrens. Judy Snyder. Shellie Kolterman. Larry Pearson. FIRST ROW: Kim Bonow. Crystal Olson. Shellie Jordan. Nancy Stewart, Mariechen Stuart. Jan Lustgraaf. Cindy Anderson. NOT PICTURED are: Cheryl Blankenbecker. Anne Graff. RaShelle Havelka. Retha Knapp. Mary Lynch. Bruce Kuenning. Barb Lindgren. Mary Maynard. Nick Thompson. Steve Callan. Julie Shepherd. 40 75’ FHA Has Active Year FHA has had a busy year with all of their activities. One of their fun times was sponsoring a Goodie Raffle. Some of their other activities were Family Night, the Muscular Dystrophy project, selling stationery, conventions in Lincoln, a Christmas Party, and visiting elderly people at Haven House. Members of this years FHA are: Karen Pokorny, President; Delane Peterson; Vice President; Sandy Rogers, Secretary-Treasure; Keryl Jelinek. Debbie Burish, Denise Williamson, Shellie Hejal. Sponsor: Mrs. Rhonda Carritt. The FHA members and their parents enjoy eating at the pot-luck dinner, on Family Night. LEFT ABOVE, the FHA members and their parents go through the line, in the Home Ec. Room. 41 Spanish Club Celebrates Holiday The Spanish Club is organized to provide extra opportunities for participating in activities common to our Spanish-speaking neighbors. The members must either have completed a full year of Spanish or must be currently enrolled in the academic program. Activities vary with the opportunities which become available in the area, but we seek communication with those who have traveled in Spanish speaking lands. One popular annual event is the construction of pinatas in preparation for the Spanish observance of Christmas. The group studies the custom of Spanish-speaking people, then sponsors a posada and pinata party. Another annual outing has been a field trip to study and explore Mexican Cuisine. RIGHT: Kerri Piper attempts to break Pinata during Spanish Club party. LOWER RIGHT: Cindy Jensen. Carrie Speichinger. Lynette Andersen prepare there Pinatas for party. BELOW: Spanish Club goes caroling throughout town. 42 SPANISH CLUB Art Club Takes Trip Under the direction of Char Bakewell, the Art Club took a field trip to Omaha to the Old Market, and to the Westroads for dinner and a movie with the money they earned. Some of the money the club earned was used for buying tools and equipment for the Art Department. Members are: Craig Marshall, Tim Harnett. Rhonda Hass. John Amman. Jacy Bern, Keryl Jelinek, Sandy Peters, Larry Nicholls, Jim Little and Del Lindgren. LEFT: Craig Marshall and Jim Little hold sculpture of a man from the Renaissance Period. UPPER LEFT: Char Bakewell assists Tim Harnett in His clay structure. ABOVE: Mike Hat-tan. Jim Little, and Craig Marshall watch Tim Harnett work on his clay structure. ART CLUB 43 CLOCKWISE: ABOVE. Blackberry Winter performs at student council dance. Teachers eat pizza served by student council. UPPER RIGHT. LOWER LEFT, the 74-75 student council left to right. BOTTOM ROW. Duane Koronda. Evelyn Snyder. Kelly Hengen. Shelli Havelka. SECOND ROW. Julie Miller. Mariechen Stuart. Carol Vermeline. Mary Lynch. THIRD ROW. Tim Shanahan. Sherman Johnson. Ward Haessler. FOURTH ROW. Scott Thompson. Brandol Marshall. Mr. Carlson, student council sponsor. and Wes Kramer. Student council member Mariechen Stuart presents Mr. Toline with a flower on his birthday, right. 44 STUDENT COUNCIL Student Council Completes Busy Year The student council completed another busy year this year. Projects included a number of dances, a trip to Lincoln, and other events. At the dances put on by the student council were groups that included Blackberry Winter. The Chancellors, and a disc jockey dance with a disc jockey from the KLMS radio station. The council members also held a pizza meal for the teachers who helped with the dances. The council took a trip to Lincoln Southeast High School to observe their school and to see how they ran their student council. 1974-75 student council members were, freshmen; Sherm Johnson. Duane Koronda. and Evelyn Snyder. Sophomores; Tim Shanahan. Ward Haessler, and Kelly Hengen. Juniors; Brandol Marshall. Wes Kramer. Carol Vermeline. and Julie Miller. Seniors; Mary Lynch. Mariechen Stuart. Shelli Havelka. and President Scot Thompson. STUDENT COUNCIL 45 Speech Team Small But Promising Under the direction of Mrs. Hudson, the 1975 - 75 speech team did very well at the contests they attended. Chuck Hoppe and LeAnn Holtorf received superiors at the Capitol Conference tournaments, then repeated their achievement at the District Contest along with the Oral Interpertation of Drama group. The speech team qualified for state in three categories, including Informative Public Address, Oral Interpertation of Poetry, and Oral Interpertation of Drama. Although none of them made it to the finals, they all performed very well at the state contest. Le Anne Holtorf and Scot Thompson. RIGHT, pose before Conference Contest. Oral Interpretation of Drama members. BELOW RIGHT, practice for District Contest. 1975 Speech Team members. BELOW, from left to right: Coach Bev Hudson. Brandol Marshall. Janet Schinker. Carol Vermeline. Barb Lindgren. Scot Thompson. Chuck Hoppe. Phyllis Caha. Kerri Piper. Cindy Anderson, and Le Anne Holtorf. 46 SPEECH Sports Clockwise LOWER LEFT; reserves talk about game strategy during time out. UPPER LEFT; 1974 Volleyball team. FIRST ROW left to right; M. Barry. M. Plybon. P. Sagert, D. Barry. K. Hass. E. Snyder. S. Jansen, and L. Berns. SECOND ROW; S. Jordan. M. Eichmeier. K. Bonow, K. Virgl, D. Christensen. A. Graff, and N. Stewart. BACK ROW; Student Manager C. Heiser. R. Hass. J. Berns. P. Hageman. G. Woita. and Coach S. Nelson. UPPER RIGHT; G. Woita volleys the ball during the victorious game against Ashland. LOWER RIGHT; Coach Nelson encourages varsity team members. BOTTOM CENTER; D. Barry spikes the ball for another reserve point 48 VOLLEYBALL Seniors Lead Volleyball Team During the 1974 Volleyball season the warriorettes had their ups and downs, with a record of 4-6 for varsity and 4-5 for reserves. The warriorettes started off the season with two victories the first against Central and the second against Yutan. The win against Ashland was the highlight of the season, keeping them in bid for the Capital Conference Tournament. 50 Warriors Lose Games But Not Spirit The Wahoo High football team finished a disappointing season with a 0-9 record. The main reasons for the outcome of Coach Barry Miller’s squad was a lack of experienced players at backup positions along with the fact that there were only five senior team members on the squad. Seniors Mike Hattan and Todd Volkart were the only Warriors to be selected as All-Conference performers. Hattan, who was team captain, and Dale Akerson were voted the best lineman and offensive back by their fellow players. Volkart received the Wahoo Newspaper tackle trophy given each year. FOOTBALL v 'cr « ‘ I _ 1974 Varsity Football Scoreboard Wahoo 13 28 Ashland Wahoo 6 41 Schuyler Wahoo 0 47 Elkhorn Wahoo 0 23 Arlington Wahoo 0 35 Centennial Wahoo 0 33 Blair Wahoo 0 35 Norris Wahoo 0 46 Gretna Wahoo 13 56 Waverly Clockwise: BOTTOM RIGHT. FRONT ROW left to right: Mgr. T. Shanahan. W. Kramer. V. Snyder. S. Greiser. G. Nice. W. Haessler. A. Chapman. R Barth. S. Buchanan. D. Akerson. T. Monson. Mgr. T. Nelson: SECOND ROW: M. Cejka, J. Divis. M Hudkins. B. Virgl. M. Lindgren. S. Herbener. J. Lindley. W. Swanson. D. Johnson, D. Rood. B. Kuenning. Ast. Coach Bob Davis: THIRD ROW: Mgr. L. Pearson. Coach Barry Miller. K. Stuart. T. Volkart. K. Hamann. M. Hattan. M. Simmerman. P. Machovec. K. Knutson. G. Mathis. K. Hajek. Mgr. D. Lindquist. Dale Akerson. CORNER LEFT, is stopped after a short gain as Kurt Stuart (44) and Wes Kramer (13) lend help. ABOVE LEFT. Jerry Divis carries as Pat Machovec (74). Gary Nice (30) and Vince Snyder (80) look on. Bruce Kuenning. ABOVE RIGHT, snares a pass and heads up field. FOOTBALL 51 Clockwise: TOP LEFT. FRONT ROW left to right: T. Tanner. D. Divis. S. Buchanan. D. Koranda. J. Lynch. W. Stewart. M. Brodahl. P. Monson. M. Amman. Mgr. T. Nelson; BACK ROW: Coach Bruce Klemme, E. Dillow, R. Miller. S. Worm. M. Hageman. K. Hudkins. D. Crogan. J. Divis. J. Sutton. S. Johnson. Coach Doug Watts. TOP RIGHT: Dave Croghan sweeps around end for a sizeable gain. BOTTOM FAR RIGHT; FRONT ROW: W. Swanson. M. Cejka. R. Barth. S. Greiser. A. Chapman. M. Lindgren, T. Monson; BACK ROW: K. Knutson. M. Hudkins. K. Hamann. W. Haessler. J. Lindley. D. Rood. G Mathis. S. Herbener. Coach Bob Davis. BOTTOM CENTER. Marty Hageman lays a block on a D.C. defender ABOVE: A David City runner is stopped after a short gain by Wahoo defensive men. 52 FOOTBALL — Freshmen Complete Tough 4-1 Season The Wahoo freshmen football team ended a successful season with a 4 and 1 record. The freshman’s only loss was handed to them by Arlington. The squad recorded victories against David City. Norris. Waverly and Raymond Central. Eighth graders played a vital role in some of the games which gave them valuable experience for coming years as a Wahoo High School Warrior. The reserve team had a dissappointing season with an 0 and 3 record. Many underclassmen played on varsity so the squad had freshmen suited up and playing. The three games hopefully prepared the players for the 1975 football season. FOOTBALL 53 ABOVE: Seniors Todd Volkart and Randy Andresen practice take downs. TOP RIGHT: Dale Akerson practices for District tournament. LOWER RIGHT: 1975 wrestling lettermen left to right BACK ROW: Scott Buchanan. Dale Akerson. Randy Andresen. Daryl Johnson. John Lindley. Todd Volkart. Coach Doug Watts; FRONT ROW: student manager Kim Pearson. Harvey Quick. Scott Grieser. Mark Volkart, student managers LeAnne Holtorf and Dan Kellner. LOWER LEFT: sophomore Scott Grieser gains control of an opponent at Wahoo Invitational. RIGHT: sophomore Scott Buchanan tries for a pin against Ashland opponent. 54 WRESTLING Grieser, Volkart Qualify For State Under new coach Doug Watts, the varsity wrestlers finished the season with a 3-2 record and sent two qualifiers to the state meet in Lincoln, senior Todd Volkart and sophomore Scott Grieser. Five wrestlers finished with better than .500 seasons, led by Todd Volkart’s 17-6 record. Point leader for the 74-75 season was Scott Grieser with 73 points. Todd Volkart was close behind with 72V4. The high point of the tournament season was the fourth place finish out of 10 teams at the Clarks Invitational. The Warriors, who graduate only three lettermen, look forward to an improved season next year. WRESTLING 55 Reserves Show Promise 56 Outstanding performances by sophomore Mark Lindgren, freshmen Steve Banghart and Steve Buchanan led the reserves to a successful season. Lindgren had a 5-0 wrestling record, while his teammate Buchanan was 4-0. Both took first place at the Ashland Reserve Tournament. Banghart. with a 3-1-1 record, placed second in the tournament. Other reserve wrestlers also showed promise for future years. LOWER LEFT: Steve Buchanan tries for a pin over his Ashland opponent. LOWER RIGHT: John Divis fights for an escape. BELOW: 1975 reserve team BACK ROW. left to right, student manager Lavonne Holtorf. Terry Nelson. John Divis. FRONT ROW: Steve Buchanan. Steve Banghart. Mark Amman. NOT PICTURED: Mitch Alicea. Mark Lindgren. Andy Chapman, and Tim Monson. WRESTLING a Harriers Go 2-1 The WHS Cross Country team experienced one of their better seasons. The team compiled a 2 1 record in dual meets. 5th in the Capital Conference Tournament, and 7th at the district meet. The season was highlighted by the running of Junior Larry Veskrna. who set a school record in the 2.5 mile run in district competition held at Seward. Coach Don Wright’s harriers only had two seniors on the squad. The team showed promise for future years with three underclass lettermen. BOTTOM; FRONT ROW. left to right: Coach Don Wright. Bob Dau. Larry Veskrna. Harvey Quick: BACK ROW: Nick Thompson. Steve Callan. Wayne Svoboda. Scot Thompson. NOT PICTURED: Greg Graff. Steve Prochaska. LEFT: Seniors Scot Thompson, left, and Wayne Svoboda. right, pose with Coach Wright. CROSS COUNTRY 57 Excitement Mounts as Warriors “Come Close” The Warriors had a disappointing 5-12 season while losing eight of those games by three or less points. Even with all the frustrations, the team gave many exciting moments to their loyal fans. Reg Lindholm was picked most valuable player by Coach Bob Davis. Junior Jerry Divis led the team in total points and points per game average, while Mark Simmerman had the most rebounds and the best field goal percentage. The Warriors will have a strong team next year with five returning lettermen and a corp of experienced reserves. CLOCKWISE: TOP LEFT. Mark Simmerman puts up a shot against a Lincoln Pius X defender at district competition. TOP RIGHT. Varsity: Left to Right. Mgr. Jeff Swoboda, Jerry Divis. Ward Haessler. Bruce Kuenning. Ken Hajek. Tim Shanahan. Reg Lindholm. Mark Simmertnan, Nick Thompson. Bob Dau. Scot Thompson. Larry Veskrna. Vince Snyder. Larry Pearson. FRONT. Coach Bob Davis. BOTTOM RIGHT. Sophomore Tim Shanahan helps the Warriors with this shooting form. BOTTOM LEFT. Jerry Divis takes a shot in leading Wahoo's fast break against Pius X. 58 BASKETBALL WARRIOR BASKETBALL 1974-75 RECORD 5-12 Wahoo Opponents 76 David City 44 47 Waverly 48 55 Valley 62 63 Central 65 55 Arlington 58 58 Gretna 78 63 Platteview 58 55 Centennial 65 57 Centennial 59 55 D.C. Aquinas 59 64 Ashland 66 78 Blair 64 68 Schuyler 69 75 Norris 77 72 Elkhorn 69 DISTRICT 68 Pius X 67 51 Waverly 53 BASKETBALL Reserve And Frosh Build For Future Wahoo High’s reserve and freshman basketball teams went through a season of building its players for the varsity years to come. The reserves finished out the season with a 3-11 win-loss record. Their victories were over David City in the first game of the year and against Arlington and Gretna for a two game winning streak. Nick Thompson and Larry Veskrna led the team in rebounds and total points while Ward Haessler led in field goal percentage. The freshmen had a record of 5 wins and 4 losses. The newcomers last win of the season was a 30 point victory over Ashland. This gave them confidence before the Capitol Conference tournament only to be edged out for the second time of the year by Waverly in the first round. Dave Croghan. Sherm Johnson, and Tom Tanner also suited up for the reserve basketball team and should benefit from the added experience. 60 BASKETBALL CLOCKWISE: Left, Sherm Johnson battles a Schuyler player for the opening tipoff. FAR LEFT. Reserve Team: BACK ROW left to right, Tom Tanner. Steve Callan, Bob Dau, Nick Thompson. Mike Richardson. Kurt Stuart. Larry Veskrna. Coach Weyand. FRONT ROW. Dave Crogan, John Amman. Wes Kramer. Ward Haessler. NOT PICTURED. Sherm Johnson. Steve Herbener. UPPER LEFT. Junior Larry Veskrna shows his shooting ability against an Elkhorn defender. UPPER RIGHT. Freshman Team: BACK ROW left to right, Coach Klemme, Dave Croghan. Wade Stewart. Bob Jelinek. Leigh Houfek. Tom Tanner, Jim Lynch. FRONT ROW. Chris Hajek. Phil Monson. Mark Brodahl. Steve Prochaska. Greg Graff. Ken Cejka. Kirk Hudkins. NOT PICTURED. Sherm Johnson. BASKETBALL 61 Girls Improve To 6-5 Season Under the new head coach, Harry Kasischke. the Wahoo Girls Basketball team finished with a record of 6-5. The Warriorettes will graduate four seniors. Michelle Speichinger. Kathy Virgl, Debbie Christensen, and Patti Lindley. The Warriorettes can look forward to next season, because they will have five returning lettermen. The young reserve team finished the year with a record of 4-4. under former head coach Sarah Nelson. RIGHT: Gwenn Woita fights for a rebound. FAR RIGHT: Team picture left to right. FIRST ROW; Kim Barry. Marla Barry. Sandy Stuart. Evelyn Snyder. Evelyn Triplett. Brenda Kuenning. Patti Syverson. Peg Triplett. Connie Kennedy BACK ROW: Deb Christensen. Patti Lindley. Assistant coach Sarah Nelsen. Linda Barry. Gwenn Woita. Carrie Speichinger. Michelle Speichinger. Deb Barry. Cindy Jensen. Lynette Anderson. Deb Lauden-back. Head coach Harry Kasischke. and Kathy Virgl. LOWER FAR RIGHT: Deb Barry gets trapped between two Trojans. LOWER MIDDLE RIGHT: Kim Barry pumps in two points. LOWER RIGHT TOP: Deb Christersen refreshes during a time out. LOWER RIGHT BOTTOM: Kathy Virgl and Michelle Speichinger meet at center court to discuss the game. BELOW: Carrie Speichinger controls the tip during opening seconds of the game. VARSITY SEASON RECORD WE OPPONENT THEY 49 Norris 18 33 Elkorn 19 32 Valley 39 28 Platteview 23 29 Gretna 25 39 Schuyler 36 43 Arlington 45 35 Raymond Central 26 34 Blair 56 33 Blair 57 28 Logan View 64 62 GIRLS' BASKETBALL GIRLS’ BASKETBALL 63 Mike Paulsen - State Champ! Senior Mike Paulsen became Wahoo’s first state track champion as he became the number one 120 high hurdler. Mike ran the 120 high hurdles in 14.6, which also ties the Wahoo High School record in the event. Mike also qualified in two more events for state, the long jump and 180 low hurdles. Personal bests for other Wahoo Tracksters were a 10.6 and 10.7 in the 100 yard dash by sophomore Steve Herbener and senior Ken Hajek respectively. Also, Wayne Svoboda had a sub five minute mile run. The freshman track squad placed fourth at Capitol Conference. 64 TRACK RIGHT: Mike Paulsen approaches finish to win state title. BELOW; 1975 track squad. FIRST ROW left to right: Philip Monson. Greg Graff. Eric Dillow. Jim Lynch. Don Divis, Tim Monson. SECOND ROW Coach Don Wright, student manager Jeff Swoboda. Steve Buchanan. Wes Kramer. Kirk Hudkins. John Amman. Coach Barry Miller. THIRD ROW Dave Crogan. Steve Herbener. Wayne Svoboda. Sherm Johnson. Ken Hajek. Nick Thompson. Mike Paulsen. LOWER MIDDLE: Dave Crogan outruns opponent in meet; LOWER LEFT: freshman track squad FIRST Steve Buchanan. Philip Monson. Eric Dillow. Jim Lynch. Don Divis; SECOND ROW Sherm Johnson. Greg Graff. Dave Crogan. Kirk Hudkins; UPPER MIDDLE: tracksters warm up before meet; LEFT: Ken Hajek strives for finish line. GIRLS TRACK SEASON DELAYED BY WEATHER Debby Barry. RIGHT, practices hurdling during a practice. Pam Hageman. FAR RIGHT, throws the shot put for fifth place at district. Phyllis Caha, BELOW RIGHT, comes out of the starting blocks during a hundred yard dash. The 1974-75 girls track team. BELOW, are left to right. FIRST ROW: student manager. L. Torrens. D. Christersen. K. Hass. M. Barry. B. Kuenning. K. Mika. D. Barry. P. Sagert. R. Robbins. P. Caha. A Graff. SECOND ROW. Head Coach Harry Kasischke. M. Olson. J. Bern. P Hageman. K. Hajek. S. Havelka. D. Swanson. S. Hansen. T. Lawler. E. Snyder. C. Jensen, student managers. N. Yarmon. C. Kennedy. A M 7 66 GIRLS TRACK The girls track team got off to a slow start this year, because of the miserable weather. The girls saw action in only three meets this year, one of them being districts. Shot putter Pam Hageman was the only one to place in these three meets, finishing fifth at districts. “A lot of experience was gained this year and hopefully next year we can look foreward to a winning season,” stated head coach Harry Kasischke. CLOCKWISE; UPPER LEFT. Jay Loerch. Gary Bevers and Mark Brodhal practice their technique behind the school. UPPER MIDDLE. State qualifier Mark Simmerman drops a putt as Hilltop Country Club. UPPER RIGHT. Other varsity members were Scott Greiser. Kurt Stuart and Ross Welton. BOTTOM RIGHT, Coach Graff poses for his picture. BOTTOM LEFT. Wahoo Golf team. Left to right. Pat Harris. Gary Beavers. Mike Richardson. Kurt Stuart. Tim Shanahan. Mark Simmerman. Tim Bern. John Lindley. Mike Hudkins. Scott Greiser. Ward Haessler. Jim Little. Jay Loerch. NOT PICTURED. Ross Welton and Mark Brodhal. Inexperience Hampers Golf Team fa }■ l ■ 68 GOLF Coach Burl Graff’s golf team was hampered by inexperience much of the season. Although the team finished with a 5 and 3 dual record and a second place finish at conference, the younger members of the group couldn’t play consistently. Senior Mark Simmerman was the only player to qualify for the State Tournament by shooting a 79 at districts. Although the Warriors finished fifth, they were only five strokes out of first. Next year looks very promising with three of the four varsity members returning. There will be a strong corp of reserves to help out future golf teams. ■I With only two returning lettermen. senior Shelli Kolterman. and junior Mary Hansen, the girls golf team ended with a record of 2-2 and placed seventh at state. Coach Graff commented that he was very pleased with the results at state, since we were the only Class B team that placed in the top ten. This was the first state meet ever held in Nebraska’s history. Leading the varsity this year with an average score of 53 were: Shelli Kolterman and sophomore Barb Thege. Shelli also had the lowest 18 hole score of 107 and Mary Hansen had the lowest nine hole score of 49. Looking at the reserves record of 1-2 is somewhat deceiving, because the team consisted mainly of newcomers to the sport. Clockwise RIGHT; Coach Graff instructs reserves during practice. BELOW; 1974 Girls Golf Team, left to right; Coach Graff. S. Hansen. K. Hengen, K Pearson. S. Kolterman. B Thege. S. Stuart. M. Hansen. L. Anderson. R. Welton. ■I Young Golf Team 7th At State C lock wise: RIG HT. Larry Pearson demonstrates proper marching form. FAR RIGHT: Band marching to the tune of a superior rating at Pershing. BOTTOM RIGHT: Band plays for President Ford at Lincoln Airport. BOTTOM LEFT: Band warms up in Pershing Basement. LEFT: Majorettes Shelly Jordan and Shelli Kolterman take time out to have their picture taken. 72 BAND W.H.S. Band Entertains Ford Rates Superior at Pershing A lot of hard practice and a lot of dedication could describe the 1974 marching season. At the beginning of the year, the band played a half-time show for the Kansas City Chiefs in Arrowhead Stadium. They were one of the four bands honored to play for President Ford on his stop-over in Nebraska, and received a superior rating on their Pershing show for the eighth consecutive year. The Band spent many hours in early morning practices at the Safeway Parking lot. BAND 73 Concert Season A Success TOP LEFT: A trombone's eye view of concert music. TOP RIGHT: concert band during concert. Band members. BOTTOM RIGHT. FIRST ROW: K. Barry. J. Woita. E. Snyder. S. Stuart. J. Miller. R. Robbins. C. Kennedy. R. Welton, J. Yarmon. C. Lundgren. N. Stewart. A. Graff. SECOND ROW: K. Piper. L. Barry. P. Lindley. D. Christensen. P. Syverson. K. Heiser. C. Hoppe. K. Jonas. B. Thege. S. Jordan. M. Hansen. N. Yarmon. E. Miller. C. Olson. D. Swanson. S. Hansen. L. Holtorf. THIRD ROW: D. Smith. D. Barry. C. Anderson. J. Lindquist. L. Pearson. M. Lindgren. E. Dillow. M. Brohdahl. L. Houfek. K. Matson. B Kuenning. J. Loerch. S. Herbener. S. Johnson. B. Dau. N. Thompson. D. Vrana. C. Vermeline. M. Kemerling. S. Alberts. B. Kuenning. L. Torrens. C Blankenbeckler. FOURTH ROW: K. Hajek. L. Torrens. E. Triplett. K. Davis. K. Hammon. S. Buchanan. B Ruzicka. D. Laudenback. J. Jordan. S. Kolterman. V. Snyder. R. Lindholm. J. Lindley. S. Worm. T Mon-son. D. Lindgren. P Harris. K. Hengen. S. Buchanan. D. Crogan. D. Heiser. J. Covington. L. Holtorf. P Monson. E. Johnson. L. Anderson. M. Richardson. S. Thompson. BOTTOM LEFT: Mr. Johnson directs during graduation exercises. 74 BAND Wahoo’s Marching band success carried through their concert band season. Under Don Johnson's direction the concert band received a Superior rating at the District Music Contest held at Midland College. The band also put on a Winter Concert. Composers concert (with choral composers), and a spring concert with Picnic. During the whole year, plans were made by the band to journey in the summer to Winnipeg Canada, for the marching contest there. Early morning practices, with street and field marching and practice on concert music were part of the preparation made for the trip. BAND Soloists Perform Well Trombone Quartet. RIGHT, receives Superior rating. From LEFT: Eric Johnson. Lynnette Anderson. Mike Richardson. Scot Thompson. Soloists. FAR RIGHT, who received Superior and Excellent ratings are: Kerri Piper (sup.). Cheryl Blankenbeckler (sup.), Diane Swanson (sup.), Kelly Hengen (excel.). Linda Barry (excel.), Chris Lundgren. (sup.). Vince Snyder (sup.). Barb Thege (sup.). Mike Richardson (sup.). Scot Thompson (sup.). Horn Quartet. BOTTOM RIGHT, earns Superior. FROM LEFT: Crystal Olson. Diane Swanson. Eunice Miller. Solveig Hansen. Stage Band. BOTTOM LEFT, brings home a Superior. TOP ROW: R. Lindholm. B. Dau. N. Thompson. S. Thompson. M. Richardson. E. Johnson. MIDDLE ROW: V. Snyder. K Matson. M. Brohdahl. J. Yarmon. L. Anderson. BOTTOM ROW: D. Vrana. C. Vermeline. C. Blankenbeckler. K. Piper. E. Dillow. L. Pearson. LL QNVa CLOCKWISE ABOVE: Quintet members (Scot Thompson, Cheryl Blankenbeckler, Retha Knapp. LeAnne Holtorf. Reg Lindholm) Prepare for contest. TOP: Chorus performs their Christmas concert. Sop: Mary Bohaty. Retha Knapp. Cheryl Blankenbeckler. Barb Cejka. Keryl Jelinek. Verna Kreizel. Marilynn Pearson. Karen Pokorny. Sandy Rogers. Sharon Gustafson. Jacy Bern. Patti Lindley. Kathy Virgl. Mary Hajek, Julie Miller. Gale Snyder. Michelle Speichinger. Alto’s: Beth Amman. Cindy Anderson. Deb Christensen. Sandra Green. Pam Hageman. Rhonda Hass. Anne Graff. LeAnne Holtorf. Susan Hrdlicka. Mariechen Stuart. Mary Eichmier. Ten.: Bob Dau. Reg Lindholm. Mike Richardson. Nick Thompson. Jeff Swoboda. Mike Hudkins. Mard Simmer-man. Bass: Jerry Divis. Bruce Kuenning. Dan Lindquist. Larry Pearson. Scot Thompson. Dan Albert. Wes Kramer. TOP RIGHT: All State Choir member LeAnne Holtorf monkeying around. RIGHT: Choir practices dance steps in gym. BOTTOM RIGHT: Choir takes a breather between songs. ABOVE RIGHT: Mr. Bacon demonstrates his many talents. 78 CHORUS The audiences who came to listen to Wahoo’s chorus this year did a double-take. They didn’t listen to one choir, but two. Director Boyd Bacon split last year’s choir into two separate choirs, one for freshmen and sophomores and the other for juniors and seniors. Each worked on separate music and performed in joint concerts throughout the year. Two small groups were started in the Junior-Senior choir, a girls triple-trio and a Senior mixed quintet. The quintet performed at various functions, including performances at several organizations and a performance at the Junior Miss Pagent at Neumann High. Mr. Bacon selected swing choirs from both the Freshman-Sophomore and Junior-Senior choirs. Chorus Forms Two Groups; Four concerts Highlight Year CHORUS ABOVE. Swing Choir dances at spring concert. Barb Lindgren. TOP LEFT, accompanies young choir. Barb Lindgren. Don Hammond. Mr. Bacon and Eric Johnson. TOP CENTER, add spice to concert with drums, bass, and piano. Mr. Bacon. TOP RIGHT, directs choir. 1975 choir members, right. TOP ROW. J. Covington. L. Houfek. M. Brodahl. J. Loerch. P. Monson. S. Buchanan. D. Vrana, T. Monson. M. Lindgren. S. Herbener. A. Chapman. D. Hammond. H. Quick. S. Prochaska. M. Laudenback. D. Reitmajer. SECOND ROW. L. Holtorf. K. Hengen. B. Kuenning. E. Johnson. C. Kennedy. D. Buresh. L. Torrens. D. Williamson. P. Triplett. T. Lawlor. C. Hrdlicka. C. Williamson. D. Swanson. J. Jordan. E. Snyder. E. Triplett. NOT PICTURED. K. Pearson. B. Sagert. B. Mathis. E. Miller. K. Simon, S. Albert. S. Hansen, S. Daharsh. S. Johnson, S. Worm. CHORUS Young Swing Choir Wins Festival The Freshman - Sophomore Swing Choir danced and sang their way to a division title at the Midland Jazz Festival, Feb. 7. making it the first trophy brought home by the vocal department in four years. Three other groups also received superior ratings at the District Music Contest, the choir. Men’s Glee, and Mixed Quientet. Groups having an excellent rating were the girls triple trio, mens Barbershop Quartet, and Girls Glee. Reg Lindholm, Karen Pokorny and LeAnne Holtorf all received excellent ratings for their contest solos. Student composers were given a chance to perform with material they had written at the Spring Concert. Some of the student compositions were a trombone solo, a song, and a song with flute and guitar accompaniment. CHORUS si Soloists, RIGHT. Karen Pokorny. LeAnne Holtorf. Reg Lindholm. AH received ex cellents at District Music Contest. Barber Shop Quartet. BELOW, also received ex-cellents. Triple Trio members. BELOW LEFT, received excellents at the contest. BACK ROW. K Pokorny. B Ceika. S. Rodgers. S. Blandenbeckler. M. Pearson. B. Ruzicka, B. Amman. A. Graff. NOT PICTURED P. Lindley. 82 CHORUS Academics Money Problems Arise From New School The administration of Wahoo High School again had a very busy year. Work began on the new school proposed last year. Principal Mr. Ronald Hulse explained that cuts in the original plans had to be made but the school is expected to be completed by the 1976-77 school year. Some of the cuts were a track and paved parking lots. Mid-term graduation, passed last year by the Wahoo High School Board, went into effect and ten seniors took advantage of the new policy. Also pictured are janitors Benny Judd and Ed Lehr. They took care of all cleaning duties such as vacuuming, sweeping, lawn mowing, and snow shoveling. NOT PICTURED is Joe Rezac. 84 ACADEMICS CLOCKWISE: LEFT. Janitors Benny Judd, and Ed Lehr. NOT PICTURED is third janitor. Joe Rezac. Mr. Hulse and his secretary. Mrs. Jordan go over grade slips on the last day of school. LOWER MIDDLE. FAR LEFT. Teacher's aid Mrs. Elly Sagert works at the copy machine. Mr. Hunzeker and his Secretary. Mrs. Paula Erickson go over paper work. UPPER LEFT. ABOVE. The Wahoo High School Board members, left to right. Mr. Ken Christensen. Mr. Howard Pearson. Mrs. Dorothy Blair. Mr. Gene Piper. Mr. Willard Hunzeker. Mr. Don Brodahl. and Mrs. Jane Johnson. NOT PICTURED is Mr. Bob Cook. ACADEMICS 85 Special Aids Further Students Knowledge Special aids this year consisted of special education teacher, Mrs. Delores Benson, guidance counselor, Jim Carlson, and librarians. Mrs. Kathryn Hansson and Mrs. Faith Smith. Mr. Carlson served as guidance counselor and taught careers classes. He provided students with information on area colleges and many types of jobs. Mrs. Benson taught special education classes to certain students who also participated in other classes such as P.E. and shop. Mrs. Hansson was head librarian and her assistant again was Mrs. Smith. Both supervised the library and sorted books and magazines along with advising students on the use of the facilities of the library. 86 ACADEMICS The Square Root of Math = Learning Mr. Burl Graff and Mr. George Toline taught the math courses this year. Different phases of mathematics were covered in their classes. Students from all four grades attended these math courses. Mr. Graff taught algebra I, geometry, advanced math, and study hall. Algebra I was a required course for freshmen and geometry was made up of mainly sophomores. Applied math, general math, general science, algebra II. and study hall were taught by Mr. Toline, another of the five new teachers employed at Wahoo High this year. He generally covered the advanced math courses. Mrs. Lois Smith taught English R for students needing special aid in the English field. Clockwise: LEFT. Mr. Toline relaxes in the teacher’s lounge Mrs. Hannson and Mrs. Smith help Wade Stewart with the card catalogue. ABOVE LEFT. Mrs. Benson helps a special ed. student. Mr. Carlson. ABOVE CENTER, looks over a pamphlet. ABOVE RIGHT. Mr. Graff hands back a paper to Reg Lindholm. Mrs. Smith helps students in remedial reading. ABOVE. ACADEMICS 87 Students Experiment in Music and Science The science courses were handled by Mr. Don Wright and Mr. Jared Ketner and music courses were taught by Mr. Don Johnson and Mr. Boyd Bacon. Mr. Wright taught biology, zoology, physiology, and general science and coached track and cross country. Mr. Ketner taught general science, study hall, physics, and chemistry. These classes were offered to many different classes. Mr. Johnson’s band had numerous performances such as at halftime of football games. Mr. Bacon taught music theory and chorus. 88 ACADEMICS The English department for Wahoo High School’s 1974-75 school year consisted of Mrs. Karen Johnson. Mrs. Beverly Hudson. Mr. Doug Watts (See Page 92). and Mr. Bruce Klemme (See Page 93). Mrs. Johnson taught English for juniors and seniors and study hall. She handled three different periods of eleventh grade English. An assortment of books were studied in her classes. She also was a cosponsor of the pep club. Mrs. Hudson taught speech, study hall. Spanish I and II. and English Comp. In addition to these classes Mrs. Hudson coached the speech team organized in January. Mrs. Charlene Bakewell taught Art I. Art II. III. IV. She sponsored the Art Club which took field trips to the gallery in the Old Market and Joslyn Memorial both located in Omaha. In order to raise money for these trips art club members sold posters and raised about $200. Languages and Art Meet Students’ Needs Clockwise: LEFT. Mrs. Hudson discusses Spanish with fourth period Spanish class Mr. Bacon. BOTTOM CENTER, talks with students. FAR LEFT. Mr. Johnson directs band before contest. Mr Wright explains parts of the human body to students. ABOVE LEFT. Mr. Ketner uses his spare time for chemistry experiments. ABOVE CENTER. ABOVE RIGHT. Mrs. Bakewell molds clay on the potters wheel. ABOVE. Mrs. Johnson explains assignment to Bruce Kuenning and Dave Rood. ACADEMICS 89 Students Discover New Techniques of Teaching Mr. Joe Weyand and Mr. Bob Davis shared in the teaching of the social sciences in the 74-75 school year. Mr. Weyand taught numerous classes such as modern problems, urban geography, sciology, physiology, and humanities. Varied areas were covered in these classes. Mr Weyand also served as reserve basketball coach. Mr. Davis taught the history classes. This included American and world history. Mr. Davis was head basketball and assistant football coach. Mr. Doug Watts, a new addition to the Wahoo High teaching staff, taught English II and journalism. He was also wrestling coach and freshmen football coach. Phys. Ed. Classes Enthuse Students Four teachers. Mr. James Sutherland. Mr. Barry Miller (See page 94). Mrs. Sarah Nelson, and Mr. Bruce Klemme taught the P.E. classes. Enthusiasm remained high in both girls and boys P.E. classes. In Mrs. Nelson’s classes speedball, soccer, basketball, badminton, and gymnastics were only a few of the areas covered by the girls. Mrs. Nelson also coached volleyball and girls basketball and track. Clockwise: ABOVE Mr. Klemme supervises study hall. Mr. Watts helps a disgruntled Kurt Stuart. BOTTOM CENTER. Mr. Weyand. FAR LEFT, lectures his Sociology class. ABOVE LEFT. Mr. Davis talks with students. ABOVE CENTER. Mrs. Nelson prepares papers in P.E. class. Mr. Sutherland. FAR RIGHT, works at his desk. ACADEMICS Vocational Classes Interest Students The shop areas of the vocational classes were taught by Mr. Barry Miller, Mr. Marlin Meisinger. -nd the home ec. courses were taught by Mrs. Rhonda Carritt. These classes were taught to increase student knowledge on jobs used in later life. Mr. Miller covered the shop classes dealing with wood, P.E. for juniors for seniors, and mechanical drawing. Mr. Miller also coached the football team and assisted in track. Mr. Meisinger taught the other half of the shop classes by supervising shop III and IV and special shop class for eighth graders. This class was designed to give the eighth grade boys an introduction to shop. Mrs. Carritt introduced students to bachelor living that taught cooking and other activities. Mrs. Carritt also taught foods, adult living, and home ec. 92 ACADEMICS Business Courses Gear Students for Future The business courses were taught by Mrs. Jocelyn Stromberg. Mr. Dick Schlager, and Mr. Clyde Childers this year. These classes were taught to students to prepare them for office jobs and clerical work. Mrs. Stromberg taught shorthand, business English, typing and office practice. These classes prepared the students for office jobs and related fields. Mr. Schlager handled one period of typing I. bookkeeping, and three periods of general business. These classes provided students with information on the business world. Mr. Childers taught diversified occupations course for the second year in addition to his business law class. DO taught students about various jobs. Clockwise: ABOVE. Mr. Childers relaxes during business law class. FAR LEFT. Mr. Miller goes through the lunch line. Mrs. Carritt supervises bachelor living class fourth period. FAR RIGHT. Mr. Meisinger watches as students work on their cars in shop. Mrs. Stromberg demonstrates shorthand. ABOVE LEFT. FAR RIGHT. Mr. Schlager studies papers at his desk ACADEMICS 93 Rivers belong where they can ramble, Eagles belong where they can fly . . . I’ve got to be where my spirit can run free. Got to find my corner of the sky . . . From the Broadway Musical Pippin”