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

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ROW ONE-LEFT TO RIGHT: Randy Wright, Lynn Cook, Ben Corbet, Cathy Lindsey, Linda Williams, Tyrone Wool- folk. ROW TWO: Jeanne Symes, Max Mittler, Cathy Sheets, Maria Wilmsmeyer. ROW THREE: Mr. Utley-sponsor, Eric Park, and John Leykamp. FTA Goal: Improvement, Support of Education Another new organization this year is the Future Teachers of America. Although un- chartered until next year, FTA was originally established to encourage students to consider teaching as a career. Today FTA has become an organization whose primary purpose is to represent the educational interests of second- ary school students and to insure their involv- ment in improving and supporting education. Essential to the new direction for FTA chap- ters to insure that teachers and students work together to solve common educational problems. LEFT: Sam Park calls an FTA meeting to order. 28

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FAR LEFT: Sheila Junker survived the initiation of becom- ing an FHA member. UPPER LEFT: Diane Niemann and Lynne Warren were elected as Region IV FHA officers. Diane served as 1st. vice president and Lynne as treasurer. This was the first year W. C. H. S. has ever had regional FHA officers. UPPER RIGHT: Two Bake Sales were held during the year. Both were successful. The first profited the organization $105.00, the second $65.00. ABOVE: 18 girls were initiated into FHA. The girls were required to wear men's pants inside out, a bar of soap around their neck, a newspaper hat, one men's boot and one men's shoe, shirt worn inside out and backwards, no make up, hair in three pigtails with bows, men's tie in back, binder twine for a belt and carry a broom. ABOVE RIGHT: The Benefit Heart Fund game sponsored by the FHA and FFA made proceeds of $100.00. Crowned Mr. FFA was Dennis Meyer, crowned Miss FHA was Rosalie Stanek. Freshman Attendants: Jackie Bierer and Bill Hollenbeck, Sophomore Attendants: Sheila Junker and Jack Jaspering. Junior At- tendants: Daine Niemann and Gary Kruegar. Senior Can- didates: Debbi Dotson and Kent Buescher, Margaret Wild- ing and Freddie Mueller. RIGHT: Opponents in the game were FHA girls against Women Faculty and FFA Boys against Men Faculty. Mrs. Bedwell, Advisor played a very defensive game. 27

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SDA Practices Dramatic Skills ROW ONE-LEFT TO RIGHT: Randy Wright, Lynn Cook, Elaine Rose, Janie Hutchison, Tyrone Woolfolk, Linda Williams, Cindy Himziker. ROW TWO: Miss Paine-sponsor, Cathy Lindsey, Brenda Love, Karen Lashley, Charlene Schaper, Beth Kellison, Joy Rand. ROW THREE: Forest Howard, Julius Ball, Donald Copling, John Helvey, Danny Franks, and LeVan Sydnor. With the beginning of the 1972-73 school year, there marked the birth of the Speech and Dramatic Arts Club. Being a member of SDA in- volves taking part in activities in communicative skills eventu- ally being able to present tal- ents in the dramatic field as well as the oral field. Miss Diane Payne served as sponsor for the club. Playing a major role in the club’s active debut were: Randy Wright, president, Elaine Rose, vice president, Janie Hutchison, secretary, and Lynn Cook, treasurer. LEFT: Miss Payne glues a mustache on Max Mittler before the performance of Curse of an Aching Heart.