Whitehall High School - Whitehall Yearbook (Whitehall, PA)

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9 Student Government president Dave lent: pays attention to Mrs. Elizabeth Buchmiller, school board president’s talk at the Letterwinner's Ban- quet. Mrs. Buchmiller attended many school Junctions Below: School board members enjoy guest speaker’s talk at the sports banquet in Ma Journalism banquet attendants Miss Marjorie Lazarus. Cathy Robertson. Val Skripek. Brenda Crush, and Daniel Yakubecek examine a portrait. Left: Checking campus layouts are Mr Yakubecek. Edwin Wertman. and Alton W Frey Jr. Mr Frey was assistant principal last year

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8 Female president, father-daughter team mark unique ADMINISTRATION SGfiOOF BOARD PACOS ROOMS W1TR1N [1] ew faces occupied old positions in the district office as If Daniel Yakubecek assumed Dr. George Steckel’s former job as district superintendent. Assisting Mr. Yakubecek were Edwin Wertman and Alton W. Frey Jr. William Bodisch was replaced by Mrs. Elizabeth Buchmiller who became the first woman president of the Whitehall-Coplay school board. Mrs. Buchmiller tried to keep an open line of communication between the school board and students. “Students are the leaders of tomorrow, she explained. “I don't think they should be able to run everything, but they can’t be ignored. The district’s first father-daughter team was formed when Bernard Nedcrostck was sworn in and joined Mary Catherine, elected in ’73. Samuel Schaadt was also elected in November. Student Government’s proposal of outside smoking areas was one issue the board had to contend with. They rejected the plan by a 5-2 vote. School board members Louis Kloiber, Stephen Polzer, secretary; Bernard Ne- Elizabeth Buchmiller. president, bottom row; provided the school district with derostek. Franklin Baer. Samuel Schaadt. vice president; top row; Miss Mary capable supervision and proper fund appropriation Mrs Buchmiller was the Catherine Nederostek. treasurer; William Bodisch. Owen Eberhardt Jr.. Mrs. first woman school board president

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10 Freshman failures worry ADMINISTRATION DIRECTORS TACKLE BAFPR1N6 PREDICAMENT Administrative assistant Richard Tracy, top. checks on absentees Middle: Principal Clayton Northup enjoys talking with students. Bottom: Always ready to lend a helping hand is assistant principal Dale Baker. Besides the daily hassle Clayton Northup, principal, coped with many other problems that were present. Perhaps, the most perplexing was the increase of student failures. Midway through the year 45.4 per cent of the freshmen were failing one subject or more. Administrators and faculty had to deal with this serious dilemma so they requested a transition and resource room for next year in the hopes of aiding incoming freshmen. Report cards underwent another revision as Whitehall went computerized. The resignation of Richard Tracy, administrative assistant, as head basketball coach, was an upset for many, but rumors of his decision to resign from his present position will probably cause even more uproar. He indicated he'd like to return to the classroom. Dale Baker, assistant principal, aided Mr. Tracy in discipline while organizing clubs and extracurricular activities.