Watseka High School - Watchekee Yearbook (Watseka, IL)

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AUGUST Freshmen take a look at what is ahead fA.M.l. Faculty meeting CP.M.l-they plan for us. Half-day of school for everyone. SEPTEMBER No School. Labor Day. CAA sponsors skating party. Oh, those blisters! Faculty eats at a picnic. Adult education classes have potluck supper. Warriors scalp Momence 13-6 in first football game of season. 5.. 7.. 7- Everyone smiles for group pictLu'es. -D. O. skating party. Warriors suffer first defeat at Rantoul with a 33-0 score. Safe driving program for all of us. -End of first six weeks. East Central Division teacher's institute. Holi- day again. Seniors and freshmen get TB shots. Ouchl -Warriors lose close game to Paxton. -Wheel Warriors beat OMS 64-7. alendcw -Teachers' institute-another holiday for us. -Parents of freshmen Ag students learn about Agriculture. -Warriors victorious over Milford in first home football game. -GAA gives record dance. -Broadcaster Staff skating party a big success. More blisters. OCTOBER -Warriors score a breath-taking touchdown dur- ing last minutes to beat Gilman. -Square your sets. FFA square dance. f78l 17-Hold your breath. junior class charges admis- sion to record dance by waist size. 23-Band boosters sponsor square dance. -Warriors beat Gibson City 9-0 in Homecoming game. -Mary Ellen Prater and Pete Ferrero reign over huge Homecoming dance. NOVEMBER -Senior pictures are taken. -3-Underclassmen pictures. 5-Hoopeston defeats NVarriors in last game of SCHSOH. 1

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6-FFA square dance in high school gym. 18-W Club initiation. Remember the taste of that gooey mixture, boys? 19-Library Club members get together at a pot- luck supper. 23-WCHS's band plays for public at band concert. 24-Warriors drop first basketball game of the season to Unity of Tolono 55-51. 25-28-Thanksgiving vacation. What delicious tur- keyl 30-Warriors shine at Hoopeston and come home victorious. Watseka beats Gilman 65-52. Tod Cyrus gives Iroquois County teen-agers a free dance. Band and mixed ensemble Christmas concert. Central drops game to Watseka 56-42. Gala GAA Christmas dance. What an evening! -Beginning of Christmas vacation. Can't wait for Santa Claus to cime. 27-30-Paxton Holiday tournament. Watseka War- riors go all the way to the finish only to lose last game to Rantoul. Calendar DECEMBER IANUARY 3-Paxton beats VVatseka in a very exciting game. 4-Illinois State Normal Round-up for prospective freshmen. 6-About 250 juniors and seniors in Iroquois County attend College Night in WCHS,s gym. 9-Junior class actors and actresses perform at annual play, Best Foot Forward. 10-Warriors are victorious over Gibson City 60-48. 11-Onarga Military School bows to Watseka 60-50. 13-Library! Club entertains all the club members at a C ristmas party in the Library. 14-FFA boys treat their parents at the FFA Parent-Son Banquet. V791 -Back to school. How easily we forget what was studied before vacation! -Warriors trample Sheldon 82-60. 7-Watseka gets revenge on Rantoul with a vic- torious 85-74 score. -Freshman class sponsors skating party for all of us. -Watseka scalps Hoopeston in double overtime thriller. 15-Warriors gain easy victory over OMS.