Waterloo High School - Wahischo Yearbook (Waterloo, IL)

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Again this year the enthusiastic juniors tested their ability in salesmanship and did some fast talking in order to sell a profitable amount of magazine subscriptions. The proceeds from these sales are used to finance the Junior-Senior Prom given each spring. To stimulate sales, the class was divided into two teams-the Reds and the Blues, and a cash prize was given to the team credited with the most sales at the close of a 10-day contest, A special prize was awarded to the student who sold the largest cash amount of subscriptions, and a wide selection of small prizes was granted to the rest of the class, according to the established point value of the magazines they sold. It seems the secret of the salestalk is to get the prospective buyer in an affirmative mood, and that's a good trick if one can do it! WE DEV El-CP During a pause between numbers students relax and refresh themselves. Some of the prizes won in the Junior Magazine Contest. Business Manager Louis Gauen and Captains Paul Mueller and Melvin Fischer, with prizewinners Merna Morris and Delores Naumann. All Juniors participating in the Sales Contest received awards.

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We H7 gomda DEAR RUTH PRESENTED BY THE CLASS OF 1949 Dora ........................... Mrs. Edith lViIktns .... Miriam lVi1ktns .......... Judge Harry lVitkins THE CAST Ruby Steinsieck ........ Joanne Schulz Norma Jean Mueller Melvyn Amrine Ruth lViIkins ..................... ........ D orothy Leister Lt. lVilIrianzt Seazvright ,........,...... Bob Tedrow Albert Kummer .............. ........ N Vernon Mueller Martha Seawright ....... Sgt. Chuck Vincent ........ Harold Klobbermeyer Harold Klobbermeyer another of Miriamts virmardtxmte correspondents enters at the end of the t ir ac Betty Ann Hauptfleiseh Tommy Carr Charles Cameron Miriam appears at the head of the stairs and finds everything very funny

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Left to right: Prom Committee members Do- lores Naumann, Marlene Eitmann, Keith Nienhaus, Herbert Stemler, Paul Mueller. SQCXALLY Left to right: Lucy Davis, Law- rence Berg, Dolores Naumann, Maretta Davis, Ronald Rehmer, Robert Schneider. 1 I 4, An important event of the year was the annual prom, a formal dance given by the Junior Class in honor of the Seniors. As the graduates of '49 entered the gym on the night of May 7, they were welcomed by an atmospherevof merriment and gaiety, for the spacious gymnasium had been trans- formed into a grand reproduction of the famous Mardi Gras celebrated in New Orleans. Overhead, gaily colored crepe paper streamers radiated from a cleverly decorated and not-too-bright light centered over the dance floor. Navy blue paper was skilfull used to l y concea the bleachers, and colorful balloons and serpentine added to the original decorative scheme. The music was furnished by Marvin Whittlich's five piece orchestra and the e ' b - , op ning num er was none other than Come to the Mardi Gras. Besides the honored seniors, special guests included the members of the faculty and the Board of Education. During the early part of the evening the families and friends of the mem r , be s of both classes were invited to view the dancers in their festive finery.