Watseka High School - Watchekee Yearbook (Watseka, IL)

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4th Row---Keith Schmidt, Dick Kerchenfaut, Howard Gordon, Lee Mueller. 3rd Row---Nora Starkey, Wilma Kaufmann, Gloria Yates, Carol Mickelson, Martin Hanson, Roy Smith, Darrell Decker, Harold Gerber, Don Becker, Don Morrison, Charles St. Germain, Don Hendress. 2nd Row---Norma Graeber, Patricia Nichols, Linda Hessing, Alice Collins, Patricia Unger, Margaret Fay, Carole Graeber, Carol Roberts, Marlene Garfield, Sharon Wolf, Jane Hess. 'lst Row---Mi ss Brayford, Bill Razzano, Sally Brammer, Barbara Mason, Charlotte Owings, Ellen Eastburn, Martha White, Betty Koenig, Barbara Ehrhardt, Jean Milar, Beverly Paro. BRCADCASTER The Indians of my tribe always used smoke signals, drums or runner boys to keep up with the latest news, but even the news is passed along differently in this school. l'll never forget the day I first discovered the Broadcaster--your school newspaper. School was over for another day and l was anxious to leave its lovely interior when l sudden- ly noticed a big line of people in front ofthe ticket window. Since l'm such a curious soul, l iust had to see what the line led to, so l hopped on at the end and after about fifteen minutes l deposited a nickel and became the proud owner of a Broad- caster. A After delving into its contents, l found that' it is a four-page production of the latest news, sports, and interests in the school. l began to wonder how this paper was produced so, naturally, l asked a fellow student. He explained to me that The Broadcaster has a hard working staff of students who write, type, get the information and everything else necessary for the publishment of such a paper. They then assemble it and send it to press. This staff is quite large. It is made up of news writers, feature writers, sport writers, and typists. The editors of the paper are Feature Editors, Sally Brammer and Barbara Mason. News Editor, Charlotte Owings and Sports Editor, Bill Rozzano. Miss Brayford acts as an advisor and helps to get the Broadcaster off to press every two weeks. 66 I A . F' ' -ci-

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Om Left to Raghf-- - I Back Row---Edward Wesel, John Ash, Tom Davis, Bill McGill, Dick Milar, Bill Ash, Tom Qulllen, Clark Wockner, Dean Reichert. 3rd Flow---Jack Eighnor, Bob Strean, Carl Janssen, Bob Seggebruch, Cecil Minord, Varis Purkalitis, Phil Boekhoff, James Thomas, Tom Cavitt. 2nd Ro,w---Owen Zeigler, Donald Slater, Dale St. Peter, Jerry Minard, Alvin Bruns, Sam Foster, Francis Roberts, Glen Hoyer, Alan Weidert, Bob Tuttle. lst Row---Floyd Lankenau, Bill McTaggart, John Weidert, Weldon Bohlman, Ray Tuttle, Mr. Sprau, Wayne Neyer, Jerry Noonan, Eimo Norder, Lyle Wessels. F. F. A. FFA! Would you believe that three little letters like that could tickle a little lndian's curiosity bone? Well, believe it or not--they sure added an element of curiosity to this Little lniun Joe . l'm sure l would have died of sheer curiosity about those three letters if l hadn't finally discovered that they stood for Future Farmers of America. ' This discovery only served as an appetizer for me, however, because I then wanted to find out what this organization did. So what did I do? Naturally, l went to the F.F.A. advisor, Mr. George Sprau, and got some information on it. Now iust to satisfy your curiosity l'll tell you about it. One of the main aims of the Future Farmers of America is to help farm boys become estab- lished in farming and to train them to be useful citizens. ln order to help boys achieve this goal the F.F.A. sets up degrees of membership, which aid in measuring a boy's growth towards es- tablishment in farming and in becoming a useful citizen in his community and his country. The F.F.A. also sponsors public-speaking contests and parliamentary procedure contests, which help to train for leadership which is necessary in our democratic way of life. The Watseka F.F.A. Chapter centers its work around the activities of eight standing commit- tees are as follows: Supervised Farming, Community Service, Co-operative Activities, Scholar- ship, Recreation, Earnings and Savings, and Conduct of Meetings. The Watseka Chapter of the F.F.A. has 37 members. It has adopted as its motto this saying: Learning to do, doing to learn, Earning to living, Living to serve. 65

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5. ., -W ----- -V +fT.---. --VV .-in. . '2 .y' Left to Right-- Standing---Howard Gordon, George Warner, Beverly Milar, Barbara Mason, Jack Voigt, Wilma Kaufmann, Jean Milar, Pat Unger, Earl Garfield, Sally Brammer, Esther Prange, Sam Foster, Ralph Davis. Seated---Miss Wilma Harrington, Bill Razzano, Ruth Ellen Prevo, Gayle Flesher, Dale Davis, Charlotte Owings. WATCHEKEE STAFF Soon after my arrival at W. C. H. S., l had an occasion to doisome scouting in the halls. There I was quietly padding along when suddenly I heard the sound of mar1y Worker Bees buzzing. lt.was coming from the room directly in front of me so l decided to investigate. Upon sneaking into the room l discovered that it was not bees l heard buzzing but the Watchekee Staff busily working on plans for this year's annual. By observation I soon learned that they had a right to buzz for they were responsible for the completion of the biggest proiect in the whole school. Whatsmore this proiect had to positively be completed by a certain deadline in March. Miss Wilma Harrington acted as Advisor for the busy Watchekee Staff. The staff itself is composed of many people each'with a specific iob to do. lt is as follows: Editor, Gayle Flesher, Assistant Editor, Ruth Ellen Prevo, Business Manager, Dale Davis, Assistant Business Manager, Bill Razzano, Senior Writer, Esther Prange, Clubs, Sally Brammer, Calendar, Charlotte Owings, Features, Jean Milar, Other Classes, Doris McCullough, Snaps, Patricia Unger, Ralph Davis, Advertising, Howard Gordon, Sam Foster, George Warner, Jack Voigt, Typists, Wilma Kaufmann, Barbara Mason, Beverly Milar, and Artist, Barbara Mason. 67