Wapella High School - Retro Yearbook (Wapella, IL)

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GLENNA THAYER 'To Be Successful Band 2, 3, 4 Chorus 1, 2. 3, 4 Sextette 1, 2. 3. 4 Retro Jr. 3. 4 F.H.A. 1, 2. 3. 4 F. H. A. Vice-Pres. 3 Class Reporter 2 F.H.A. See. 4 Librarian 2. 4 Junior Play Senior Play ROBERT THAYER 'To Marry Girl With Oil Well F.F.A. 1, 2. 3, 4 F.F.A. Sec. 2 F.F.A. Vice-Pres. 3 Class Vice-Pres. 3 Class Sec. 1 Class Sec.-Treas. 4 Basketball 1, 2, 3 Chorus 1 Librarian 1 LOTS WALDEN Secretary F.H.A. 1, 2. ?. 4 F.H.A. Reporter 2 Chorus 1, 3 Librarian 2 Page Eleven EARL WOOLLEN Well Driller F.F.A. 2. 3. 4 Retro Jr. 3, 4 Chorus 2 Basketball 1. 2 Junior Play

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JOHN MORRIS 'Engineer Doshetbdl 1. 2, 3 Chorus 1 Librarian 3 Junior Plccy Senior Play - BARBARA REYNOLDS Secretary Band 3, 4 Sextette 3 Chorus L 3 Librarian 2 F.H A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Class Sec. 2 Class Reporter 3 ROSEMARY POWERS Secretaiv Band 1, 2, 3, 4, Chorus 1, 2, 3. 4 Sextette L 2, 3, 4 F.H.A. 1, 2. 3. 4 Retro Jr. 3, 4 Cheerleader 4 Junior Play Senior Play WILMA RICH ‘To Be Successful (Transfer—Clinton) Class Pres. 4 Class Sec-Treas 3 Librarian 4 F.H.A. 4 Chorus 2, 3. 4 Sextette 3, 4 Junior Play Senior Play Page Ten

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CLASS HISTORY As we, the Seniors of 1950, glance backward to the fall of 1946, it seems hard to believe that we were once a group of pure-minded freshmen. “Green Freshmen” they called us, and we did our best to live up to the monicker pinned on us. As we remember, we did look rather ridiculous and awkward and even now, we wonder where the initiative came from that spurred us on through four years of this torture. By hard work and unending trials and tribulations, we made our way through the maze of problems our teachers put in our path. All of us wondered at one time or another why our teachers ever got paid, because wc did all the work. Nevertheless, we eventually evolved into a group of well-trained, high spirited men and women, called the Class of 1950. We began our freshmen year with thirty students. School had not been in session very long when Stanley Sympson and Analee Marris dropped from school. This left us with twenty-eight members on the class rolls, namely: Leo Mollet, Lawrence Hedrick, Doris Potter, John Morris, Robert Thayer, Gene Linderman, Glenna Thayer, Ruth Cooper, Wanda Bray, Rosemary Powers, Barbara Reynolds, Laura Jones, Lois Walden, Earl Woollen, Corwin Burris, Chares Luker, Meryl and Beyrl Nichols, John Holland, Ruth Bray, Richard Thayer, La Jean Short, Charles Underwood, Sammy Primmer, Wilbur Swisher, bill Spray, Jerry Corwin and Bill Duncan. The class elections were held, and the freshmen class elected Bill Duncan as president, John Holland as vice-president, Doris Potter as secretary-treasurer, and Lawrence Hedrick as reporter. Mrs. Pearl Stowell, the home economics teacher at that time, was elected as our class sponsor. Under her supervision and sponsorship, our main party, an all-school wiener roast, was held at Glenna Thayer’s home. The late summer of 1947 found twenty-two “Silly Sophomores” coming back to these ivied towers to resume our education. Class elections were held soon after school started, and the sophomore class elected Ruth Cooper as president, Wanda Bray as vice-president, Charles Luker as secretary-treasurer, and Glenna Thayer as reporter. Our English teacher, Miss Harreld, was elected class sponsor. The class sponsored an all-school St. Patrick’s Day party. We had a good attendance and a good time. During our sophomore year, Charles Underwood, Sammy Primmer, and Bill Spray were lost from class. In early fall of 1948, we returned to school as “Jolly Juniors” with twenty-two members in our class. During the first semester, the class lost Richard Thayer, Meryl and Beryl Nichols, Ruth Bray, Jerry Corwin, and John Holland. During this same semester, the class gained two new members, namely: Coraleen Blake and Wilma Rich from Clinton Page Twelve