Watseka High School - Watchekee Yearbook (Watseka, IL)

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Left to Right-- Standing---Mr. Orson Craxton, Mr. George Sprau, Jerry Nichols, Earl Garfield, John Weidert, Ralph Davis, Dale Davis, Jack Voigt, Wayne Meyer, George Warner, Charles St. Germain, Mr. Ralph Dodson, Mr. Robert Grant. Seated--Mi ss Wilma Harrington, Barbara Mason, Gayle Flesher, Gloria Gerber, Margaret Fay Esther Prange, Sally Brommer, Carol Roberts, Ellen Eastburn, Ruth Ellen Prevo. Omittecl--Howard Gordon. N.H. . While looking over the calendar of slated club meetings one day, l discovered that a pow-wow was held the first Monday in each month by the N. H. S. Now l had heard a lot about the N. H. S. but not enough to satisfy my information-consuming curiosity, therefore I made a mental note to attend the meeting. Finally, the hour of the big pow-wow arrived and at last I was seated around the council tables of the N. H. S. N. H. S., l soon learned, stands for National Honor Society. l learned that the National Honor Society is one of the most honorable organizations in the school. One must have a high scholastic average to belong to it but contrary to popular belief the qualification ofa high scholastic record ol one does not make you eligible to be in this society. No, there are four basic qualifications upon which the eligibility of a person is based. They are: character, scholarship, leadership and service. He must also have attended W. C. H. S. for one full year. The members of the N. H. S. are chosen by the faculty and instated after the end of the first semester of each year. The faculty makes its decision after judging the members which must be either iuniors or seniors on the four basic qualifications. Mr. George Sprau acts as an advisor to the orgmization. 63

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Left fo Righf-- I George Warner, Barry Hynd, Beverly Paro, Sally Brammer, Wilma Kaufmann, Charles St. Germain, Pat Unger, Miss Wilma Harington, Gloria Yates, Betty Koenig, Carol Harrison, Charlene Kuhn, Philip Grice, Ronny Parkinson. STUDENT COUNCIL One day during my visit at W.C.H.S. I heard something that really made me prick up my ears. It was an announcement saying that a Student Council meeting would be held that day. I thought to myself that at last I had found something carried on from my Indian days so with eager feet I dashed off to attend the big council meeting when the proper time came. It seems that I was slightly disillusioned however, because your Student Council was just a little different from my tribe's councils. It seems that the Student Council was formed for the purpose of promoting general activities in the school and to stimulate a spirit of co-operation among the students and the faculty. The members of your Student Council have many responsibilities. They manage the selling of cafeteria tickets, the planning and choosing of school assemblies and many other duties. They also operate a school 'supply store for the convenience of the students. This year's Student Council entered into a new proiect. This was the exchanging of assembly programs with other schools throughout the county. The representatives of the Student Council are chosen by the students themselves. This year's student council representatives were as follows: Seniors, Patricia Unger, Sally Brammer, George Warner and WilmaKaufmann, Juniors, Charles St. Germain, 'Gloria Yates and Betty Koenig, Sophomores, Barry Hynd, Rodney Parkinson and Beverly Paro, Freshman, Carol Harrison, Philip Grice, cnd Charlene Kuhn. The Student Council members elected as their officers, Patricia Unger, President, Charles St. Germain, Vice-president, and Gloria Yates as Secretary. Miss Wilma Harrington serves as chief counselor and advisor of the organization. 62

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F. H. A. Back row---left to right: Pat Nichols, Margaret Jo Nolly, Mary Norder, Jane Hess, Sharon Wolfe, Joyce Peters, Shirley Kohl, Shirley Spring, Barbara Ehrhordt, Lou Ann Ahlden, Gloria Gerber, Alice Collins, Shelby Varvel. Third row---Violet Floriant, Beverly Milar, Jane Davis, Carol Harrison, Phyllis Siebring, Cora Norder, Martha White, Marlene Garfield, Shirley Behrens, Phyllis Grice, Charlene Kuhn, Barbara Hamilton, Peggy Stone, Norma Luehrsen. Second row---Carole Graeber, Annabelle Thomas, Linda Hessing, Patricia Kissack, Mariorie Sweeney, Norma Graeber, Mary Ellen Prater, Gloria Howard, Diane Anderson, Dorothy Kaufmann, Nancy Cushman, Donna Vreeland, Helen Strean. First row-Miss Wilma Cluver, Betty Focken, Nora Starkey, Shirley Peters, Lois Watts, Bonnie Morecraft, Edna Marie Tincher, Sharon Eckstein, Jean Atwood, Delores Hoover, Janet Schaumburg, Caroldean Miller, Wilma Kaufmann, Pat Wall, Darlene Stone. Ever since I was iust a little papoose in my tribe I always wondered iust exactly howa squaw learned to do the work of a squaw. I was delighted therefore when I was invited to visit an F. H. A. meeting one day. You see, F. H. A. means Future Homemakers of America and I was sure I would get to see iust exactly how an Indian Maiden learns to keep house. Guess what? I was disillusioned again, for when I got to the meeting I found that the F. H. A. does much more than teach maidens how to keep house. The F. H. A. is one of the largest clubs in the school. lt has a total of 55 people comprising its membership. The club holds its meetings every third Friday of the month. Each year the F. H. A. chooses a theme upon which to build that year's work. This year their theme is Learning to Co-operate By Helping Others. They also adopted a club motto Toward New Horizons. The F. H. A. is planning a trip for its members in May. They are raising the necessary funds for this trip by selling taffy apples at basketball and football games. They also sold Household Guides for this proiect. In addition to its many other activities the club has a party every month. Some ofthe parties planned for this year are: A Little Kid's Party, A Christmas Caroling Party, Initiation Party, A Valentine Dance, and A Mother and Daughter Pot Luck. Miss Wilma Cluver acts as the advisor for the organization, and Mrs. Carl Gerber is the Chapter Mother for the F. H. A. 64 1-d