William A Wirt High School - Sandscript Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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Senior girls charge to the scene of action in a fast moving wallball game. Pamela Michnik, Suzanne Stimson, and Chris Wysong release team spirit as tension mounts in a freshman sports session. The Pam's, Hires and Wymer, act as impartial and indispensable keepers of the time end score in wall-ball play. The mighty kick, essence of a wallball game, may be the factor which determines another GAA victory. Sponsor Miss Eleanor Brace casually watches Kathy Echle unfold one of many paper flowers which brought GAA the first club prize in homecoming judging. All senior girl pyramid is the pro uct of unity, desire, and stror backs. In a favorite meeting area, GAA officers, President N. Cornea, Vice-president N. Barsuko, Secretary K. Carsch, and Treasurer C. Isaacson assemble for executive deliberations. CfiR

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GAA Board members, J. Silver, C. Bole, C. Bode, K. Echle, A. Petkovich, T. Brown, and M. Chulak create a well-rounded sporting and social calendar. ‘pteld, You ain't got the money for the mortgage on the farm, sobs Kathy Echle in the GAA Board skit. Oct n O t6e A whistle shrieked and another GAA contest came to a close amid laughter, cheers, and exhaustion. In this spirit of wholesome fun, GAA strove to promote sportsmanship and athletic ability among girls. The year was not spent only in the four team sports—wallball, basketball, volleyball, and softball—but in refereeing, selling popcorn, sponsoring the turnabout Pirouettes in Pink, and planning a luau. President Noreve Cornea, Vice-president Natalie Barsuko, Secretary Karin Carsch, and Treasurer Charlene Isaacson joined with their executive board of seven and planned a busy social calendar. From the fall initiation of new members complete with skits and refreshments to the traditional awards banquet held at Marquette Pavilion, GAA's activity-filled schedule provided amusement and surprises. Soundings, a club newsletter under the editorship of Mary Chulak and Chris Bode, was a new endeavor which familiarized the girls with slated happenings. In an atmosphere of hotly-contested competition, diligent work, and spirited fun, the Girls' Athletic Association and Sponsor Miss Eleanor Brace worked in harmony to unite Wirt's young women and met with genuine success. A solemn air fills the auditorium as President Noreve Virginia Martin discloses the top ten standing Cornea welcomes new and old members to the formal of the records of GAA members, induction. Volunteer GAA girls sell reinforcements to hungry spectators at a home game. Virginia Jens and Annella Petkovich don't seem to mind the clean-up job after a GAA social.

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VARSITY SQUAD, left to right: B. Dolata, S. Anderson, K. Hinchman, S. Bode, and J. Silver. BARBARA DOLATA '63 z td 'Pefi JOANNE SILVER '64 KATHY HINCHMAN SUSAN ANDERSON '64 The average Wirt student often saw the bright enthusiastic faces of the five varsity and five reserve cheerleaders at both basketball and football games, but he seldom heard of the backstage work done to creat pep and spirit. From the tedious decisions to choose the outfits that would best represent our school to the fund-raising campaign of dances, July car washings, and selling of bus tickets and passes, these spirit boosters were constantly working to create gratefulness and respect for a school and a team. Their efforts made possible a precedent-setting homecoming, freezing but fun-filled bus rides to away games, and the all-around team triumph that brought our school admiration from many in the community. 24 RESERVE SQUAD, left to right: J. Sofiak, C. Morley, C. Book, J. Johnson, and C. Bode.