Winchester High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Winchester, IL)

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Thanks For The Memory Remember . . . Those long hours spent working on fourth-place floats . . . skit-chin' . . . hating Mr. Dunham and his 5th-hour study hall ... the two crashes at Homecoming and the party way out in the boonies ... the great Calhoun Massacre . . . getting lost going to classes . . . Mr. White's math classes ... the fantastic freshman football record . . . being the only freshmen in a senior PE class . . . standing on first floor because SENIORS were on second . . . Doc . . . being able to ride around at noon . . . paying 65 for a gallon of gas .. . initiations . . . being free during finals . . . motorcycles in the halls ... all those water balloons . . . getting thrown in a horse trough . . . going to see Romeo and Juliet . . . shaving cream and toilet paper everywhere at Homecoming . . . playing Frisbee in the streets . . . the first time you heard Cadillac Cowboys . . . Klug's go-ing-away, home-to-visit, and back-to-stay parties . . . Mr. Goetze's ham sandwiches at Christmas . . . sitting in, on, under, and around the bowling alley . . . Free Bird . . . the big pep rallies uptown . . . The Polar Bear Club . . . singing in PF, class . . . wondering what the Great White Buffalo was . . . getting class rings and driver's licenses . . . almost winning basketball sectionals . . . snake dances . . . the bonfire at Craigs' . . . racing to the cafeteria (why?) . . . English I, II. Ill ... volleyball tournaments . . . having a door almost fall on you in PE . . . Christmas caroling in the halls . . . the dance during the ice storm when the lights kept going out . . . Paul and his girls in Mark's Cadillac . . . Carnac . . . white-washing the streets . . . flirting with seniors . . . doing the Hillview . . . selling magazines . . . being free 8th hour . . . stealing privies . . . not being able to get the junior float out of the building ... log trips on the river ... car hoods in the winter ... the Baby Boom . . . watching barges . . . getting a new, stricter warden . . . baby showers and bachelor parties . . . term papers . . . I80's . . . Billy Joel . . . wild field trips . . . history class . . . football trip to Martinsville . . . sleeping in study hall . . . reading your name in Paw Prints . . . Centaur ... the first play and the party after . . . junior-senior banquet the first time . . . We've Got Tonight” . . . months preparing for Prom . . . showing the underclassmen what ROWDY is . . . Ken's Pizza . . . dancing . . . the new gym . . . finally getting a second-place float . . . Mr. Dunham's heart-to-hearts ... the Year of the Cats (and casts) . . . Government Class . . . Mrs. Summers leaving WHS . . . the grapes of wrath . . . senior pictures and keys . . . getting first in conference in softball . . . having one of the greatest bands in Illinois . . . realizing how rapidly time is passing . . . vowing our lasting friendship at our first senior party (September 22, 1979) - - -the Bleacher Bums ... the Toga Party . . . sitting at the senior table in study hall . . . baby blue and orchid ... yellow roses . . . sitting around a fire with loud music and cowboy hats . . . You don't have to call me darlin', dar-lin ’ . . . WHS ski team ... the wild Sunday at Nichols Park . . . pushups in study hall ... the ' Old Barn Inn . . . our wonderful sponsors. Mr. Dunham. Mrs. Sipes. Mrs. Cloyd, Mr. Herring, Mr. McCall . . . Robert's boat wiping out ducks on the lake . . . Buried Treasure . . . crying at banquet . . . Damn those flies in the kitchen . . . 'What's this about Rasputin?” . . . watching stars from the Mound . . . Oh, nooooo, Mr. Bill . . . round words . . . taking pictures after banquet . . . Montezuma Beach in the rain . . . Bonanza will never be the same . . . Pinto People . . . rafting on the river in the rain . . . We love RABBITS’! . . . realizing how much we love each other ... all those memories coming back to us as it ends . . . Scotty’s speech . . . I’ve loved these days ... so before we end and then begin . . . Cyndi Young When you look over your shoulder And you see the life that you've left behind — When you think it over, do you ever wonder What it is that holds your life so close to mine? Jackson Browne 13

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TAMMY ANDERS nickname: Red ambition: marry Ponch be rich fav. song: Born to Be Alive fav. saying: Live your life to the fullest fav. person: Archie zodiac sign: Gemini fav. teacher: Mrs. Cloyd activities: softball, cheerleading, track BONNIE BATES ambition: secretary fav. song: Can't Smile Without You fav. person: Billy Wigger zodiac sign: Leo fav. teacher: Mrs. Elmer CAROLYN ARNOLD nickname: Arnie ambition: to be a vet or own my own ranch fav. song: Dance Forever fav. saying: I told you so fav. person: Mom zodiac sign: Sagittarius fav. teacher: Mrs. Cloyd activities: 4H RUTH ANN MARSHALL BECKMAN nickname: Rufus ambition, to be a good mother and a good farmer's wife fav. song: You're in My Heart fav. saying Help me! fav. person: David Beckman zodiac sign: Aries fav. teachers: Mrs. Bradshaw, Mr. Dunham activities, track, FHA, yearbook RICHARD BOSTON nickname. Itch ambition: fly in a cruise missile to Russia fav. song: Lovin'. Touchin’, Squeezin' fav. saying: If you can t be a macho man, be a nice guy fav. person: Kathy fav. teacher: Miss Jud activities: football, baseball, band, Jazz Band honor awards: Jazz Soloist Award. Northwestern TONYA BRACKETT ambition: get a good job and stay out of trouble fav. song: Just One More fav. saying: If you love something, set it free; if it comes back to you it's yours. If it doesn't, it never was. zodiac sign: Cancer fav. teacher: Mrs. Elmer activities: FFA. student librarians, yearbook staff 14 JIM BROWN (voted Man Most Likely to Succeed) nickname: Jim B.. Jacques ambition: J.A.B.P.C. attorney at law fav. person: my dad fav. saying: We are always what our situation hands us; it's either sadness or euphoria fav. teacher: Mr. Dunham activities: FFA, play, Duma Club. Student Council, class officer. Band, track, speech contest, yearbook. Co-op, French Club honors awards: National Honor Society, 111. State Scholar, FFA Public Speaking Award, Chapter Farmer Degree. Who's Who ROBERT BOSTON nickname: B x Boo ambition: auto mechanic fav. song: Fernando by ABBA fav. saying: Don't Say No Till You've Tried It fav. person: John Beluchi fav. teacher: Mrs. Elmer activities: Marching Band, Concert Band. Jazz Band, Auto Mechanics Club, Band Council, band vice-president honors awards: band letters, 3 years; top ten band cert.