West High School - Warrior Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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. ,wt Q no 9 Q 14758 Baccalaureate ushers were Helen Hopkins, Sue Jepsen, Pat Block, Fran lN1ulvain, Liz llrown, Bonnie Ciarard, Kathy Mclntosh, Vicki Bot- tomlev, Penny Unger, Linda Sandxvick, Sally Cameron, Ramona Reed, and Marilyn Triebel. The girls were chosen by scholastic rating. AT ASSEMBLY . . . honors Society of Tool lingineers for drattingg and the Alaycees Award for scholarship, character, leadership, and service. Those awards given by the school are the ABL Award, an honorary literary award to senior girls, the Rensselaer Award, to an outstanding mathematics and science studentg and the library service award for loyal service in the library. 'l'hirteen students were given special tribute at the 1958 asseiubly. Though these awards were only small tokens of the appreciation felt by the faculty, school, and civic organizations, they did give special recognition to the students who received them, and those students accepted them with great pride. Mr. Frank Schleiclier watches as his daughter, Gail, accepts the library service award from Miss Marv Davis, librarian. Gail received this award in recognition of hei' faithlul service in the library, -can .-4 Miss Theodosia Keeler presents the Rensselaer Award to Charles Munrz for his outstanding work in mathematics and science. up' The American Legion Award is given to a senior boy on the basis of character, scholastic achievement, and athletic skill. Bill ffacciatore receives the V358 award from Ralph Cotta and Rov Acles. Beaming with pride, Dick Bulliet accepts the 1053 Alaycee Award for citizenship, scholarship, character, leadership, and service. Making the presentation is Wesley Tucker, Jaycee vice president. x n 'Q' 1,4 .Vi 5.g,,,n.6.ViIi ff

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' tfwmy- W .. or s -. ,V I ef, fn pi 'YS' Q xt A 5 y . . ' 1 A . 'J , Sue johnson and Mary Ellen Caskey were chosen to receive the ABL honorary literary award for character, service, leadership, and scholar- ship. Miss Carol Brock, faculty sponsor, made the presentation. The presentation of the V758 American Society of Tool Engineers Awards for drafting was made by Earle johnson, right. The recipients of the .mards were Wlalter Smith, Gerald Bois, and Terry Foster. The annual Rockford Morning Star and Register-Republic ROTC .iwarils were made to cadets Harold Shelby, sophomoreg Gordon Hall, puniorg .ind Bill Speer, senior. The presentation was made by Rex Karney, A It N. s 2 :Q FN . 1, 1958 Commencement ushers: jerry Rotello, Gordon Hall, Rick Mayes, Jerry Giolitto, Al Acker, Ted Hollander, Fred Copus, David lshizaki. Art Washburn, Bob Swanson, Bill Carriere, lirik Floor, Vance hlones, Leonard Alfredson, Lyle Clugg. Not in picture: Richard Benson, and Ted Marzorati. STUDENTS ACCLAIMED It cannot be said that West High does not recognize its out- standing studentsg for each spring a special honors assembly is held in which those students who have shown their outstanding ability in such fields as scholarship, leadership, character, serv- ice, citizenship, proficiency, and athletics are presented awards. Many of these awards are given by civic organizations such as the Rockford Morning Star and Register-Republic ROTC Awards to the outstanding senior, junior, and sophomore cadetsg the American Legion Award to a prominent senior athleteg the National OHice Management Association Stenographic Prohciency Award to an outstanding senior girlg the American Chosen on the basis of her scholastic record, stenographic skill, and service to the business education department, Suzanne Melin receives the National Office Management Association stenographic award from Mr. Frank Schleicher, president of the Rockford chapter, 5...

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'E 1 ARSENlC AND OLD LACE . . .1959 class play -Xnother iinsuspecting victim is to be murdered by the eccentric Brewster sisters .is lbl.ll'll1.l Brewster, played by Alutly Erickson, eagerly pours the l.llt'llIl wine tor l1er sister Abby, pl.1ye1l by Rtitnonn Reed. Niippoxiiig himself to be Teddy Roosevelt. Teddy Brewster. portrayed bv :Xl xktker. cl1.lf4!CN up tl1e Sftllfi ol his nuntis home. ln close pursuit ire lNi1llcl'II1l'l1 ,lon Olson. Roger Biire, 1ll'lLl ,luck yloyce. S On October I7 Llllll 18, Arsenic .ind Old l.LlCCu w.1s presented. Tl1e production, sponsored by tl1e senior cl.1ss, w.1s directed by Mr. Hurry l.ll1Lll3L'fg Llllcl .1ssist.1nt. -l.1mes Person. Miss Dorothy Knill was business lNklI1LlgL'I'. M11rth41 and Abby Brewster, two old spinster .111nts, lived in tl notorious section of Brooklyn. They rented rooms io old inen .ind murdered them by putting poison in their wine, This they did for many yetirs. using their b.1sen1ent for .1 cemetery, Their nephews, Teddy 11nd .lOI1.lIl1.lI1. who were Llll.lXV.lI'L' ol their aunts' ttctions, proved to be eccentric .1lso. Teddy thought himself to be Colonel Teddy Roosevelt .lllkl const11ntly L'l1AlI'gL'Ll up his tiunts' st.1irs, 5.111 5111.111 Hill, sword i11 lhlllcl. 'lUI1.lIll.lI1 Brewster, meiin since childhood, w.1s .1 tniirdererg .ind his close comptinion was Dr. llinstein, .1 lNCI1Itllly'-Ill surligc-on who lltlkl escaped from 1111 LlSylllll1. Mortimer Brewster. tl1e only 5.1110 nephew. w.1s tl 11ewsp.1pe1'- mtin in love with I2lLll1lC Harper. the Reverend Dr. ll.lI'PCI S daughter, lt wtis he who discovered their .lLIlll5' P.lSIlINL' upon linding.1de11d body in the window se.1t. To l1is gre.1t shock, l11s iiunts quickly iidmitted tl1eir .ICUOIISL .1nd lXlUI'IiIl1CY'S ellorts to keep this knowledge from Ollicers Brophy. Klein, kyll.lI'.l, .ind l.lCLlICI1LlI1I Rooney l1il.1rio11sly round out tl1e rest of the play, Finding Sl -le11d body in the lireixsterk wintloxv sc-.it proves to be .111 1llTl2lZiI1AS llllsl shotkine experiente tor Mortiiner llrexxster .lllil llltllllc' Harper. pl.1yed by ,Iohn Sllllllhlfil .1nd S.ll'.lll l1lson, respeitixelv. ff ,gg 5,