Whitehall High School - Whitehall Yearbook (Whitehall, PA)

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posters most popular form of propaganda Where have all the young girls gone? For four months they were hard to find. Girls were granted permission to wear slacks from December through March. Petitions stating that girls be allowed to wear slacks and boys be permitted to wear blue jeans were circulated in late November by Student Council. They were presented to Clayton Northup, principal, who agreed only to the girls' request. Naturally most boys objected to females donning slacks. Kenneth McClellan, freshman, emphasized, “Girls should look like girls and boys should look like boys.” Posters lined the walls announcing dances. Student Council campaigns, highway safety promotion, and the cheerleaders emphatic urge for a team victory. Competing with teachers and students were the machines necessary to construct Whitehall's additional wing. Increasing population of the surrounding area forced Whitehall to adjust with an expansion. Although distracting, the noise may have been welcomed by students as teachers unwillingly forfeited daily plans. The arrival of long-awaited spring was equally disrupting as many students strayed from their studies. Caught in the excitement of Student Council election and tryouts for various activities, the prospects of the oncoming vacation were not far from everyone's minds. Members of the senior doss decorate for the Junior Prom with signs of the zodiac. Above: Driver theory and training instructor Edgar Beidleman tests Robin Brennen'speripheral vision. 29 typical day

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Homeward-bound students make a wild dash for buses and cars. Right: Robert Christman wears a look of dismay while observing three girls taking advantage of the dress code change permitting slacks. typical day

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colorful ceremony highlights homecoming Brightly beaming on Whitehall’s Homecoming festivities, the sun was no match for the joyous brilliance of Anita Artim. Crowned Homecoming Queen October 11 during halftime activities of the Whitehall-Northampton football game, Anita's tears of happiness could not darken the day. “It was an honor to be chosen queen and I'll remember it as one of my happiest moments,” she commented. Activities for the weekend began with a dance Friday night. Music was provided by the Combinations. Everyone who attended the dance was able to cast his vote for the queen. Although voting procedures remained the same as in previous years, nominations for queen candidates were conducted differently. In previous years football players had nominated the candidates and attendants. This year, however, subscribers to The Owl elected the attendants and named the nine senior finalists for queen. The crowning of Anita climaxed the weekend. Attired in suits, the candidates and attendants circled the field in convertibles. Escorts led the girls onto the field and Gail Parker, 1968 queen, crowned the new queen. Other finalists were Tina De Lucia, Donna Miller, Joanne Payonk, Sherry Salway, Kathy Sedmack, Lynn Simpson, Terry Thomas, and Gail Zalutsky. Dick’s Greenhouse in Fullerton donated the girls' corsages for the dance and mums for the game as well as the new queen's bouquet. Robin Musselman, committee chairman, said, “Cooperation of local citizens and businesses was very important in making it a successful Homecoming.” As the crowning ceremony begins, Anita Artim is led onto the field by her escort. Dennis Malika. Hearing her name announced as the new queen. Anita’s happiness overcomes her. After she is crowned by Gail Parker. 196H queen. Anita gains her composure and casts a smile. homecoming 30