West High School - EOS Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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National Honor Society On l'he basis of Scholarship, Characler, Service and Leadership, 'l'he following members of lhe Class of l947 won membership in fhe Nafional Honor ROBERT ANDERSON JOHN ARMBRUSER JOHN AUTHER BEVERLY ANN BROWN DONALD CAUGHEY NANCY CROWE WALTER DEUCHLER ROY GUSTAFSON JEVNE HANCHETTE JANE KNAPP JOYCE ANN LAFFERTY DONALDLAZ LYNN LUNGREN JOHN MARKEL GERALD VAN Socieiy. ARLENE MEYERS MAXINE NEBERGAL SALLY PATELSKI BRADFORD OUACKENBUSH vERNlcE RICE JOYCE RICHARDSON NANCY ROBERTS JoY SANDELL DONALD SHELP GENE SJOSTRAND DONALD SMITH SALQLYANN STAIB RUTH STALEY JEAN TEBELL DEVENTER PAGE 3I

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WEINGARTH, FREDDIE ANN Charming company any day. She likes Io laugh, she's seldom sileni, she's neilher peaceful, calm nor silen'r Band I, 2, 3: Dramalics 2: Jr. A Cappella 4: Jr. Red Cross Council 2. WHISLER, MYRON He isn r Troubled by conceit his quier slyle is hard Io beaI A Capella Choir 3, 4: EOS: lnlramurals I, 3: Jr. Red Cross Council I: Mixed Chorus I: Red and Blue I, business manager, managing eclifor 4: Tennis I, 4: Chicago Academy, Chicago, Illinois, 2. WHITCOMB, DOROTHY The world is wel, The world is dry, life is shorl and so am I Commercial Club 4: Dramalics 4: EOS: Glee Club I: Jr. A Cappella 2, 3: Shorlhand Club 3. WHITESIDE, DOLORES Energy and persislance conquer all 'l'hings A Cappella Choir 2, 3, 4: Commercial Club 4: EOS: Glee Club I: Shorlhand Club 4. WILEY, JEAN Busy souls have no lime 'ro be busvbodiesu Dramalics I, 2, 3. 4: EOS: Glee Club I: G. A. A. I, 2, 3: Jr. A Cappella 2: Jr. Red Cross Council 3: Red and Blue 3, 4: Science Club 2, 3, 4: Shorl- hand Club 4: Spanish Club 3, secrelary-lreasurer 4. WILKENING. GWEN A lass wifh a quier serene a'r+i+ude WILLIAMS, RICHARD My hopes are noi' always realized, buf I always hope Drarnalics I. 4: Jr. A Cappella I: Sludenr Council 2: Track I, 2, 4. WILLIAMS, KEITH ll: silence is golden, l'll be poor all my life A Cappella Choir 2, 4: Band 2, 3: Glee Club I: Cheer Leader 4: Chess Club 2: Dramafics 3, 4: Gym Club I, 2, 3: lnlramurals 2, 3 4: Jr. A Cap- pella 2: LeIfermen's Club 3, 4: Rille Club 3, 4: Science Club 4: Sludenl Council 4: Tennis 4: Track 4. WILLIAMS, RAYMOND Life wifhoul' sporfs is noi life Baskelball I, 2, 3, 4: Foolball I, 2, 3, 4: Jr. A Cappella I: LeI'lermen's Club 2, 3, 4: Sfudenl' Council I, 4: Tennis I, Track I, 2: Class Ireasurer 3. WINDETT, JAMES He lives in comforl' and in peace, may +his fine cus+om never cease ' Foofball 2. The piciures of fhe 'Following were unavailable: Roberf Barnharf Richard Davey Russel Evans Harold Neukirch Waller Nicholson Harold Ross Girard Schwarz Roy Thagersirom Paul Yunkus Charles Musaraca

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junior Class l-lolTy, Mr. Clarence Blubaum, and Mr. Fred Finchum. ln addiTion To Their scholasTic work, many sTudenTs parTicipaTed in exTra- curricular acTiviTies, The juniors were well represenTed on WesT l-ligh's TooT- loall Team, baskeTball Team, and Track squad. Many junior girls were in G. A. A. under The direcTion oT Miss Yargar. On The nighTs oT November I4 and I5 The junior class presenTed Their play, The Hoosier SchoolmasTer by Edward EgglesTon. The junior class did Their parT in making The Mid-WinTer Carnival a success by running a pop-corn sTand. In The Tall, The juniors assembled in The audiTorium To Take The Illinois ApT- iTude TesT, which deTermined Their abiliTy and comprehension. The junior sTudenTs assigned To se- lecTing The paTTerns Tor The class ring oT '48 were as Tollows: Shirley Benson, Jim Olesen, Warren l-libben, Duane McCurdy, Florence WolT, and Peggy Crawley. Many juniors parTicipaTed in The ac- Class officers are, clockwise: Don Burzlaff, presidenh Bud Kuhns, vice- president Bob SmiTh, secreTary: Bob Dikkers, Treasurer. lnseT: Miss JeaniTa PeTerson, head advisor. This was The Third Time ThaT This group oT juniors awaiTed The opening oT school. They were ready Tor anoTher year oT Tun, work, and acTiviTies, On The TirsT day oT school They paid locker Tees, renTed TexTbooks, and boughT ac- TiviTy TickeTs. The sTudenTs in The junior class chose as Their oTTicers: Don BurzlaTT, president Bud Kuhns, vice-presidenT7 Bob SmiTh, secreTaryg and Bob Dikkers, Treasurer. The cabineT con- sisTed oT Jim Olesen, Shirley FleTcher, John Milbacher, and Barbara Biever. The TaculTy advisor: who aided 'Them Through The year were: Miss JeaniTa PeTerson, head ad- visor, Mr. l-larold Meyer, counselor: Miss l-len- rieTTa Brown, Mr. Donald Paul, Miss Mary PAGE 32 TiviTies oT The STudenT Council. Bob Dikkers was voTed vice-presidenT of The NorTheasTern DisTricT STudenT Council meeTing held in Cicero, Illinois. To puT The Tinishing Touches on a year Tull oT Tun, acTiviTies, and work, The junior class was hosT To The graduaTing senior class aT The an- nual Junior Prom which was held May 3l. Jerry McLaughlin and Marjorie Dean were co-chair- men oT The aTTair. The remaining chairmen were: decoraTions, Rosalie Alschuler and Bud Kuhnsq orchesTra, Don Layden and PeTer Pal- mer: inviTaTions, Barbara Meyers and Barbara Cochrane: reTreshmenTs, Jean Evans and Mari- lyn Downs: and clean-up, Bob Dikkers. When The doors oT WesT l-ligh closed Tor The lasT Time unTil anoTher year, The juniors were eagerly awaiTing Their remaining year aT WesT High School.