Watseka High School - Watchekee Yearbook (Watseka, IL)

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Trac Watseka was represented by ten boys at the Normal Relays on April 24. It proved to be very stiff competition, as Gerald Gregory was the only Watseka boy to place. He was one of six to tie for third in the pole vault. Gregory cleared the bar at 11 feet 3 in. Onarga and Gilman furnished the competition for Watseka on April 27. The meet was held while a light rain was coming down. The Warriors came up with 77 3X4 points, Onarga got 37 1! 2 points and Gilman finished with 24 3X4 points. The local thinlyclads traveled to Onarga on April 30. It was a triangular meet with Onarga Mil. and Paxton being the second and third teams in the meet. That was the way they finished also. VVatseka racked up 64 points, Onarga Mil. totaled 41 points and Paxton accounted for 35 points. The Warriors braved very bad weather and won the county track meet, which was held at Onarga, on May 3. There were ten other teams in the meet. The Warriors, victory was highlighted by Captain Marion Ralph. Ralph clipped 3 of a second off the 180 yard low hurdles mark. Gerald Gregory got the only other first place for Watseka. He got this in the pole vault. The first five teams iinished in this order: Watseka-443,153 Sheldon-313!5g Onarga-254 Central- 23 3f5g O. M. S.-19. The district track meet was held at Kankakee on May 8. Thirty teams com- peted in very bad weather. Wats-:ka had to settle for five and one-half points. Gregory tied for iirst place in the pole vault. Ralph got the other point by running fifth in the low hurdles. The final varsity track meet for most of the boys was the Wauseca Gon- ference meet. It was held at Rantoul, May 11. The VVarriors placed second with forty-three points. The host team won the meet by accumulating sixty-eight points. Tom Gonzales, Marion Ralph and john Wood won first places for Wat- seka. Wood threw the discus 134' 4 1f2 , breaking the old record of 131' 1 1,f2 . l64l

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Left to right: Bottom row-Marty Hanson, Roger Cayitt, Nancy Crant, Bill Fox, Sharon Cassell, Terry Christy, and Miss Strauss. Second row-Shirley Crow, Leah llurd, Connie Segur, Ann Stanley, -loyce Bell, Anne Eastburn, janet Ilershberger, and Diane YVinslow. Third row-Shirley Meyer, Kay Evans, Marge Sweeney, Norma Craeber. jean llolbert, Lou Ann Ahlden, Pat Leiding. Virginia NIcTaggart, Sandra Jewell, and joan Dooley. Fourllz rou:-Dorothy Horton, Judy Ebeling, Carol Harrison. Nancy Sears, jerry McAnarney, Bill MeTaggart, jack Clauser, Norman Townsend, Bob Strieklcr, and ,lim Alder. Top row-Judy Edwards. Sharon Barragrce, Sheila Raymond, Dick Lewis, Roy Sinitb. Lowell Schmidt, Mike Martin, Bob NVilliams, Kenny Townsend, Frank Schaumburg, -loc Craeber. and Porter Nlartin. Dramatic Club Each spring of the year the Dramatic Club of our school presents its animal play which is put on by the club's members. in addition to its play the Dramatic Club puts on programs throughout the year which range from pantomimes, humorous readings, skits, monologues to all types of drama. The Dramatic Club is certainly one organization which the entire student body enjoys. This year the club was led by students very much interested in dramatics. They were Bill Fox, presidentg Nancy Grant, vice-presidentg Roger Cravitt, treasurerg and Sharon Cassell. secretary. One can gain admittance to this club by being in a play or by working on a committee. E T661