Wright City High School - Echo Yearbook (Wright City, MO)

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Senior Class Will We, the Seniors of 1956, being in our usual state of mind, and feel- ing the time of our departure from your- midst to be drawing nigh, feel that the time has come to draw up our last will and testament. Collectively, we leave to the members of the student body: (1) our best wishes for your future; and (2) our five positions on the boys basketball team To the faculty we leave: (l)our thanks for your pa- tience during our four years of high school; and (2) our assurance that the next yearfs class won't be like-us (you can take that either way). Individually we do will and bequeath the following. I, Geneva Barton, leave my loud mouth and forceful mien to Barbara Tomek in the hope that a happy medium will be reached. I, Elaine Bauman, wishing to be helpful and to aid her in over- coming an inferiority complex, will to Judy Barnett my way with the boys so that she may always have someone to sit with on the bus on ball trips. I, Bob Lewis, leave my little black book to Allan Hunt. The only number that I am not leaving at his disposal is SH5-3132. I, Paul Godt, leave to Buddy Taylor the job of announcing the ball games and furnishing transportation to Davis' and home to one of the guards on the girls' team. I, Bob Hasekamp, leave my chair in World History Jim Vessels and my position as editor of the Newspaper Staff to anyone who can't say No I, Earl Requat, being in my usual frame of mind, leave my speed record to Murrill Wohler, and his scooter and my ability to go steady to David Duebbert. I, Melavee Schreckengast, leave my knowledge of Senior subjects to Adele Eversmeyer in the hope that she may become less harum-scarum and rattle-brained . I, Charles Schnick, leave my absentee and tardy slips to Harold Rooher, Jackie Lee, and Neal Ordelheide. There should be enough for each one to have a plentiful supply. I, Ann Twiehaus, leave my love of school parties and formal affairs to Mary Jane. May she guard this trust well and in turn leave it to one of our ilk. I, Wendell Welge, do hereby leave to Jerry Churchill my basketball suit, whatever interest in girls I may not need in the future, and my habit of working hard on all class assignments. And lastly, I, Laverne Webbink, leave my nickname of Noisy to Alice Tremblay and Phyllis Sherrill. Let them practice diligently so that their voices can be heard without people straining their ears.

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Senior Class History On September 2, 1952, seventeen Freshmen entered the halls of W.C.H.S. After getting acquainted the first official act was to elect class officers. They were: Bob Hasekamp, president; Paul Godt, vice- president; Ann Twiehaus, secretary; Ruth Hoech, treasurer; Georgie Thompson, reporter; Paul Godt-Ruth Hoech, student council. Our sponsor was Miss Stuart. After initiation we settled down to everyday high school life. In this first year of high school, Ruth Hoech was chosen candidate for the Yearbook Queen, while Ann Twiehaus was nominated as candidate for F.F.A. Sweetheart. Charles Schnick was the Freshman nominee for King of Hearts. In September of 1953, we returned to school, but this time as Soph- omore instead of unsure Freshmen as we had been, and we were very de- termined to make the Freshmen Initiation Day a rough one. But first of all we elected the class officers. They were the following: Charles Schnick, president; Melavee Schreckengast, vice-president; Shelton Singer, secretary-treasurer; Paul Godt and Bob Hasekamp, student council; Janice Harms, reporter. Our sponsor was Mr. Fortune. Our enrollment for the beginning of the year was twenty, but we lost Terry Govoreau, Millena Thornberry, Georgia Thompson, and Charlie Milan, and we gained Betty and Ray Harper, James Bassey, and Elaine Bauman. Upperclassmen at last!! This was a big year for all of us. We had to give a play and we had to plan and sponsor a Prom. Our sponsor was Mr. Jones. As officers, we chose: Paul Godt, president; Earl Requat, vice-president; Janice Harms, secretary-treasurer; Geneva Barton and Fred Flake, student council; and Paul Godt, reporter. We gained two new mem- bers this year, Annette Wilson and Stephanie Sherrill. Our next step was to make money so as we could give the Junior-Senior Prom. We presented a play No Where Fast, and gave a few bake sales. We then gave the Junior- Senior Prom with the theme of Hitch Your Wagon to a Star . Ann Twiehaus was our candidate for the Yearbook Queen and Freddy Flake was the Candi- date for the Yearbook King. Ruth Hoech was our candidate for F.F.A. Queen Charles Schnick was the winner of the 1955 Decathalon. We were sorry to lose Annette Wilson and Stephanie Sherrill this year. Finally!! We are Seniors!! The class officers were elected. They are Earl Requat, president; Elaine Bauman, vice-president; Ann Twiehaus, secretary-treasurer; Wendell Welge, reporter; Geneva Barton and Bob Hasekamp, student council. Mr. Jones was our Senior sponsor. We had a big drop in the enrollment of our class this year, losing Janice Harms, Shelton Singer, Freddy Flake and Betty and Ray Harper. We now have only eleven members in the class. Bob Lewis and Ann Twiehaus were candidates for King and Queen of the school carnival, and Ann Twiehaus was the can- didate for F.F.A. Sweetheart. We had several bake sales, two movies, and sold pins and necklaces. We are also going to present a play. These activities have all gone to- ward our Senior Trip. We are looking forward to Commencement and also our trip. 11

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Senior Class Prophecy The Year—1970 The Place—Basement of the Wright City Evangelical Church The Occasion—The Alumni Banquet The Toastmaster—Bob Hasekamp Bob Hasekamp, who had graduated from M.U. with honors in the field of agronomy had been selected by the Secretary of Agriculture to tour the world and study agricultural methods, had returned to teach Vo. Ag. in Wright City because he felt that the small school was the place to do the most good. Since he was president of the Alumni that year he had made special effort to have all the members of the class of '56 present and had been successful. He introduced the members of the class as follows: Elaine Bauman, who had been so thin and willowy in high school, had been employed by the Hershey Candy Company as a ’’taster” and as a re- sult had put on enough pounds that she was one of the regular clients of ’’Slenderella, Inc.” and made appearances endorsing their program. Wendell Weige, who was the star pitcher on the W.C.H.S. baseball team, had been signed by the Cardinals. He had played in their Rochester Minor league to gain experience and then into the Majors. He had pitch- ed a perfect game during the 7th game of the 1969 World Series and had consequently been called Mr. Baseball of the year. Melavee Schreckengast had worked in the office of the Acme Motion Picture Agency and had been selected as a stand-in for Marie Wilson and, after her retirement, had gone on with the program using the name of Mela Vee. If you remember some of her answers in high school, you’ll understand that she is well qualified for her part as the ’’rattle-brained” blonde”. Paul Godt was really the surprise of the evening. When he was call- ed into service he was asked if he could speak any foreign language. He rared back and said ”Yes, Spanish”. He was immediately put into the se- cret communications where he was so successful at writing code messages in Spanish that no one, not even Paul himself, could de-code them. Geneva Barton had gone into biological research. She had become so engrossed with biology in Mr. Jones class that she determined to pursue it further. For a time she did office work in St. Louis and attended night classes where she showed so much promise that she was given a scholorship to continue her studies on a full time basis. Earl Requat had had a very colorful life. He had done some stock car racing (you remember he had been practicing all through high school when- ever he was behind the wheel), and the thrill of danger had got in his blood. From the racing he had gone on to bull fighting, where for a time he was highly successful. However, one day he became over-confident and as a result he appeared at the banquet wearing a black patch over one eye and walking with a cane. This caused quite a flutter among the hearts of the ’’bobby soxers”. 13