Whitko High School - Spectrum Yearbook (Pierceton, IN)

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ASSEMBLIES — REST FROM CLASS Left--Mr. Hathaway, Gary Shepherd, and Julie Roberts play a guessing game with Jerry Brandt. Right--Mr. Brandt and his wife sing religious songs at a spring assembly. Above--The Warsaw choir, under the direction of Miss Margaret Anne Voirol, pre- sented an assembly on April 30. The Bells, the full choir, and the swing choir sang. i Right--Mr. Mark Newland, from Purdue University, explained atomic energy to | WHS in a humorous assembly, sponsored by the Science Club. He ended the program with an atomic cocktail spoof, with the help of Chuck Lake, Kerry Bailey, and Rory Smith. Below right--Mr. Newland is shown with John McCammon examining a radio- active golf-ball. DD AAA RAL MAL Above-- The Singing Hoosiers, from Indiana University, sang in a winter assembly.

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ff Left to Right, First Row: Dave Caudill, Brad Coble. Second Row: Sam Moffitt, Brad Nestel. Third Row: Tom Crowder, Mark Gruwell, and Joe AWARD WINNERS CLASS MOTTO Each year the WRSW Radio Station and the Times Union of Warsaw, IN., give Scholastic Achievement Awards to students in area high schools. The teachers of each department choose a student of any grade to receive this award, Receiving awards are Amy McVay, English; Gail Germann, Social Studies; John McCammon, Science; Bruce Bryant, Mathe- matics; and Leah Hartman, Foreign Lan- guage (German), Left to Right, First Row: Bruce Bryant and John McCammon. Second Row: Leah Hartman, Amy McVay, and Gail Germann. Five Whitko High School boys and two alternates have been chosen to attend Hoosier Boys' State. The American Legion sponsors a week of education and fun, learning about the U.S. government and practical politics. Brad Nestel is sponsored by the American Legion Post of Columbia City; Tom Crow- der, Mayer State Bank; Mark Gruwell, South Whitley VFW; and Dave Caudill, Pierceton American Legion, The two alternates are Sam Moffitt and Joe Chalk. These boys are chosen by the faculty on the basis of leadership, scholastic achievement, especially in U.S. History, and high moral chracter. Unit 258 of the American Legion Auxiliary of Pierce- ton has chosen Angie Bryant as a delegate to Hoosier Girls’ State; Kathy Pence is the alternate. Kathy Pence and Angie Bryant

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The girls dance to music of ''The Entertainer JUNIOR MISS | WHS had its first Junior Miss Pageant on Dec. 6, 1974, The pageant was sponsored by the South Whitley Jaycees, and its objective is to find the ideal high school girl. Contestants were judged in five cata- gories that count varying percentages. These catagories are; Scholastic Achievement, 15%; Poise and Appear- ance, 15%; Youth Fitness, 15%; Creative and Perform- ing Arts, 20%; and a judges interview, 35%. The girls who competed in the contest and their sponsors are Jan Adams, Science Club; Cheryl Chris - toffel, Sunshine Society; Gail Germann, Spectrum; Marlene Mishler, Speech Team; Charlotte Nicodemus, Thespians; Sonya Reiff, Art Club; and Patti Wolfe, Future Teachers of America. The five judges decided to give a second runner- up award because the scores were so close. Patti Wolfe was chosen for second runner-up, and she also won the Creative and Performing Arts Catagory with an anonymous poem entitled ''No More Oatmeal Kiss- es'', Gail Germann won the Scholastic Achievement trophy. Marlene Mishler was voted by the eight other girls the Spirit of Junior Miss. Marlene won both the Poise and Appearance and first runner-up trophies, Charlotte Nicodemus was crowned Junior Miss; she also won the Youth Fitness catagory. Charlotte traveled to Frankfort, Indiana to compete in Patti Wolfe, Charlotte Nicodemus, Marlene Mishler the state Junior Miss Pageant. Let at hee Left to Right--Seated: Marlene Mishler, Charlotte Nicademus, Patti Wolfe, Standing: Kim Wallace, Julie Roberts, Gail Ger- mann, JanAdams, Cheryl Christoffel , not pictured is Sonya Reiff. ss : i dat erage ita sor Aa Charlotte crowned Junior Miss Bee PA ee — - : te Whitko's Junior Miss ee iene BE Sees Paci J