West High School - Warrior Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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FE 1 QA Kiuiren Xvellmiin, Pitt Block. Judy Aden, and Sidney Bates listen attentively .is Liv Knrriker, tt-titer. tells them some of the latest gossip. The girls sang This Wins Told Me in ilontidenceu in the T.V. presentation of Great Daze. Others in the :ict were Silmh Flson and Ramona Reed. As the curt.iin opens, the spotlight appears on ar dance team composed Of Mgirtliii Vim Sickle and Beverly Bates. The couple, featured as boy and girl, dance ii puppy Swedish Polka in the West High vziriety show. Singing You Can't Get ti Man with a Gun are senior girls Betsy Ross, Linda Simons, Sue Diamond, and Diane Labowitz, stand ing, and Doris Hayden and Lynn Draznin, kneeling. These sharp-looking cowgirls found they couldn't get their man with a gun but they were suctesslul in their quest with a dainty, feminine handkerchief. i l 3?- x f , in i .--Re

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.5 Depicting scenes from the old South are Cradle Cuties , Becky Boston, Martha Heald, and Pat O'Leary as they perform-in this year's annual variety show, Great Daze. The Cradle Cuties , composed of ten junior girls, did a song and dance routine in which they sang that familiar Southern melody, Mammy's Little Baby Loves Shortnin' Bread . T. V. FANS SEE GREAT T.V. station WEST presented Great Daze , the annual variety show sponsored by Student Council, Stagecraftets, and Publications on February 21 and 22. The production was directed by Mr. Harry C. Lindberg and student directors Sharon Gersten and Bernie Rosenblatt. Miss Carolyn Wones was business manager, and Mrs. Ethelyn Poratunsky directed publicity. Accompanists were Maurcina Ellis, Larry Lathom, and -Iohn Russells band. Opening with the Jane Tyler dancers, the show, emceed by Al Acker. presented the outstanding West High talent. Enter- tainers included a vocalist singing Stardust g a precision hula hoop act, Hoop-ey g an accordion solog a cowgirl actg an accordion duet. Oodles of Noodlesug a musical act, This Was Told Me in Confidenceug a solo, Almost Like Being in Love g drill team exhibitiong a tap danceg a vocal and dance number by the Four S's 1 a violin solog and a musical act, Mammy'5 l,ittle Baby Loves Shortnin' Bread . CQomplc-ting the show were a Charleston act, a vocal solo, an accordion solo, a Swedish Polka , a vocal rendition by the Sitigcopates. a piano solo, a boys' quartet, a solo, four senior lvtiys, .lllll llll'l'C lUllSlC2ll ARTS. Klavortinu to the spirited music. The CQhildren's Marching Song , are Zan lirit kson. Nancy Coomber, Karen Fry, Sally Montgomery, Kay Hen- lsest. Sarah lflson, and Maxine Kraft. This group of talented juniors per- tormed intricate designs with their fluorescent hula hoops. I-I DAZE Ili O pm Q1 variety show 1' If- xf - 1- P K f is t

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I 'V ,. ft' Q 1 . X 1 XVt's: lliuhk hhmry is .t center of activity every hour of the school dnl :liter usine the t.trd c.tt.ilo,uue and locating the desired books on the slit-Ives. students beein tetttline und taking notes for research work or rcztdine just for their own enjoyment. BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS, EVERYWHERE BOOKS! liooks can .tlxxuiys be found within it short distance of West's students -- in the library, on the floor, and even for statistics. XY'est's libiztry h.1s ripproxiingttely l7,000 volumes. Students use the libr.1ry every hour of the duy for research work or for their own enjoyment. Many times books can be found on the lloor. l5ec.iuse of the crowded halls, collisions occur and books begin flying in gill directions. Wlieti 21 group of girls get together for ti gtib session after school, books are piled high on the floor. liven to record statistics, books are usedg for .ill the f.1cts in connection with the games must be recorded. ln with- or not to sruthg that is the question. Wliile waiting after sth-vol, ,ludy lisrerhrook, N.inty Ghent, Vicki Bottomley, and Sue ll.uu:en rind it h.ir.l to study when they would rather be talking. 3 ltm r 4 , . l t 6 I .1 t B: 1 n 2 2 Chivalry is not dead! After dropping her books in the hallway he- tween classes. ,lean Grover receives assistance from Randy Swenson. Keeping books for the football teitm is Senior Richard fiilI'lUY.l. Richard temoorgtrily substituted for smtistititnn Ditk Benson during Dicles absence.