Waterloo West High School - Wahawk Yearbook (Waterloo, IA)

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West Receives National Bellamy On October 12, 1892, the 400th anni- versary of Co1umbus's discovery of the New World, Francis Bellamy introduced his Pledge to the Flag. His purpose was to inspire the school children of his day in patriotic ideals. The success of this pledge is evidenced in its widespread use through- out America and the love-of-country pro- moted in each person's heart as the Pledge is repeated. Miss Margarette S. Miller, having sought six years to substantiate the authorship of the Pledge, established the National Bel- lamy Flag Award in 1942. Rome Free Academy, the high school attended by Francis Bellamy, was the first recipient of the Award. One secondary school, repre- sentative of high quality in citizenship, is designated to receive the Award each year. As the twenty-First school to be so hon- ored, West High School received the Award on October 12, 1962. Through the past twenty years, the Bellamy Award has

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WEST HIGH SCHOOL, WATERLOO, IOWA NATIONAL BELLAMY AWARD WINNER, 1962 K , XGH 086 DUTY SOS, x QI' HoNolg:gnw'lcx O 2 3?- Q III: QI! at 7 BELLQELHBSLVARD 3 ' AQ l962 ' QL f' Editor Judy Krantz Production Manhger Judy Rugg Photographer I 9 E3 3 Jeff Butler

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1950 1951 Flag Award grown in recognition and significance. 511 messages, sent from all areas of the nation, congratulated West High. High- lighting the list were the telegram received from President Iohn F. Kennedy and let- ters received from former Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Herbert Hoo- ver and Vice-President Lyndon B. Iohn- son. Central High School of Chattanooga, Tennessee, will take its place among the Bellamy family of schools on October 12, 1963. 1942 - 1943 - 1944 - 1945 - 1946 - 1947 - 1948 - 1949 - 1952 - 1953 - 1954 - 1955 - 1956 - 1957 - 1958 - 1959 - 1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963 Nominee - Central High School .s,. .. Chattanooga, Tennessee Bellamy Award Winners Rome Free Academy ,....s.,..1,.ss,..s, Rome, New York Cradock High School ..... ..,. P ortsmouth, Virginia Inactive ....s.....,...s.,, .,.,s,,,.,,c.c, F lorida Boys Town High School ,s,,.s ..,c, B oys Town, Nebraska Nicholas Senn High School ...c.. . ...,,,,. Chicago, Illinois Lincoln High School ..... .. .,,.,,s,c..,,, Portland, Oregon Arsenal Technical High School ss,,s, Indianapolis, Indiana Francis T. Nicholls High School, . ,New Orleans, Louisiana ,Washington, D. C. Iohn Harris High School ,,,s,,,, ..Harrisburg, Pennsylvania West High School ......, ,ss ...,,.,.. H -Cleveland, Ohio Annapolis High School .,.,. .s... A nnapolis, Maryland Hn, Lansing, Michigan Western High School- - .. ,......s,.. 1 as I. W. Sexton High School ..,.. Franklin High Schools.. ...,. ..s.., S eattle, Washington Pantego High Schoolsss. L ,s ---.Pantego, North Carolina Will Rogers High School ,.c,..s..s .,,,--Tulsa, Oklahoma 1 L , ,. , ,. . . Macon, Georgia 1 , , 1 Berkeley, California - 1 , . , - - -Augusta, Maine ,Topeka, Kansas sWaterloo, Iowa Lanier High School for Boys. ,U Berkeley High School -,. .,.s . , Cony High School ,s.s,,..s 1, Topeka High School .s....,..... .. ,c.,. 1- West High School s1.t. . .,s,.,.1, . ..,,. - Peg Dexter greets her guest Georgia Winfield at the Waterloo I I fl I I ' we're glad to have you in Airport. WHERE FACTQRE lowu