Wamego High School - Wa Kaw Yearbook (Wamego, KS)

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TODD G. BRETHOUR 1961-1980 On September 26. 1980. Todd Gaddie Brethour. a 1979 graduate, was killed in a car accident on Highway 24 near Wamego. Todd was coming home from Cloud County Junior College for the WHS homecoming activities To the memory of Todd Brethour the yearbook staff of the 1980-81 Wa-Kaw. “Passage , dedicate this book. May Todd's family and friends find comfort in these words. Jeff Doll, Editor. Some people are outgoing and popular and seem successful in almost everything they do They are good athletes, receive good grades, have high standings, and are elected to special clubs Todd Brethour was an outgoing person. He was a bright, understanding, and talented young man. He was always there to help the best he could and he never walked away from a friend in need. Todd was a football player and an active FFA member who was elected North East District Secretary He was a member of WHS debate. W-Club. golf team, choir, a homecoming king candidate, and his senior year, was elected to National Honor Society Todd was not only a good person but a good friend to all of us. Tina Clark. Assist Ed Todd Brethour was one of the very few who had direction and meaning in his life, he built bridges, not walls. He knew the way he wanted to go and he worked towards that goal He lived his life with a purpose and with meaning We respect him for what he was and love him for what he meant to us Dane Ditto. Staff This year the life of a special friend was taken. We all felt anger and pain — but as we recapture the memories given to us by that friend we realize there is still a special part of him that lingers Each set of memories are beautifully special, for they are our own memories of Todd. Kelly Carlson. Staff Becoming an achiever, strivng for a goal, loving the land and the things which God created and placed on this earth were Todd's qualities. He lived a quality life He loved his family and his friends and we all loved him. Though we have been separated, some place m a different passage of time we will all be together again. Sheryl Carnahan. Editor

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 •4 . Ii V X V %, PASSAGE This year is the beginning of a new dec- ade, the transition to a new school addi- tion, the election of a new President, and a turning point in many of our lives. Life is a continuous transmission from one stage to another. Many of us will soon penetrate the “big world and with this osmosis our label will bypass teenager and shift to adult. With this transference will come new views and greater responsibilities. ‘Pas the m.

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■ Julie H Anderson High school has been four exciting, fun-filled years during which we H prepared to enter our own worlds. It has been a time for growing, H learning, hoping, and planning for that first big transition. H Even though many of us were very good students and did well in our H classes, education seemed secondary to most of us. Classes were a H necessary evil; something that was endured so participation could take H place in the things we enjoyed most, sports, cheerleading, drill team, the H homecomings, the proms, even the noon visits on the lawn, in the balco- H ny of the Pit”, or on the way to the grocery store seemed more H memorable than most classes. H But. in spite of ourselves, we did learn and mature and hopefully we will H Roger pass into responsible citizens. Possibly even a few of us will make some H Anderson great accomplishment. Time will tell. H Twelve years of schooling have come to an end. High school will be. for H some of us. our last experience at formal education. May this passage H from high school be only a beginning for each of us ... H Senior class officers; Ken Dawson, president; Les Platz. vice-president; Nancy Stueve. secretary; Paul Deweese. treasurer; Paul White, stu-co representative. Steve Baker Stan Bartley 4