AROUND AND ABOUT THE HALLS OF TUSCOLA SCHOOLS .OVER …

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AROUND AND ABOUT THE HALLS OF TUSCOLA SCHOOLS

……………………………….OVER THE YEARS…………………………………..

COOKS AT TCHS

1st row: Anna Freche,

Marie Marler, Goldie

Weatherford, Arlene

Schrader

2nd

row: Viola Lloyd,

Mary Jane Rutan, Dorothy

Fry, Berniece Martin

Miss Harriet Sluss began teaching at

TCHS in 1914

as THE foreign language department.

She taught Latin and Spanish for forty-

eight years and retired in 1962.

Miss Alberta Magnusson taught in the

Business Department for thirty-seven

years and retired in 1966.

Mr. L. H. Mann – Eighteen years of

outstanding service to our school system. Mr.

Mann spent fourteen years as Principal of

South Ward Grade School and four years as

Superintendent

Retired 1965

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Mildred Grubb

TCHS Secretary

1956-1986

Bill Butkovich came to Tuscola to

coach football in 1956 and nine years

later became Principal of TCHS. He

retired in 1984.

W. A. Bozarth

Served as teacher, principal and superintendent

of schools for 44 years. Thirty-two of those

years were spent as County and Regional

Superintendent of Schools of Douglas County.

Jack Williams

Came to Tuscola in 1961

Superintendent of Schools

1967-1988

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1948

SOUTH WARD CHILDREN RAISE MONEY FOR YOUTH SUMMER PROGRAMS

SECOND GRADE

1st row: Arlene Soards, Duane Dunn, Jerry Norris, Linda Burress, Cliff

Green, William Flanigan, Linda Kennedy, Carolyn Miller, Charlene Martin,

Artie Huser, Linda Warren

2nd

row: Dolores Morey, Harold Weatherford, Philip Reynolds, Jimmy

Johnson, Elmer Lash, Barbara Lossman, Sue Buchanan

3rd

row: Joyce Bozarth, Betty Drake, Peggy Catron, Jane Reeder, Mrs.

Maloney, Dale Kerns, Fred Ross, Jane Ann Wright

FIRST GRADE

1st row: Larry Massie, Judy Davis, Virginia Wilson, Nancy Jane Owen, Nancy

Peddycoart, Darlene VonLanken, Priscilla Colwell, Phyllis Turner, Jean Thomas,

Linda Bailey

2nd

row: Loretta Swanik, Janet Williams, Joseph Fortna, Charles Klinkow, Ruth Ann

Lucas, Sandra Ellis 3rd

row: Eddie Cox, John Lloyd, Jimmy Arthur, Bobby Utterback,

Bobby Beasley, Sue Riddle, Gary Joe Chaplin, Ronnie Colwell, Forest Lee Ziegler,

Dennis Myers, Larry Joe Birch, Jerry Swanberg

and Miss Burnett

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THIRD GRADE

1st row: Jerry Ring, Delia Humphrey, Ruth Mayer, Mary Louise Klinkow, Davy

Walling and Eddie Frye (bull), Billy Nisbet, Janet Manwaring, Julie Gates, Mary

Derrington, Dick Rush

2nd

row: James Dague, Carolyn Martin, Michael Martin, Sharyl Sue Rahn, Sandra

Foley, Billy Ware, Linda Rich, Tommy Burns

3rd

row: Vera Robinson, James Harold Turner, Phyllis Chaplin, Carl Bozarth, Judy

Breen, Willie Turner, Jimmy Pettitt, Eddy Bass, Raymond Massie, John Lewis, Lola

Lamb, Jimmy Wishard, Diane Meyers

Miss Weaver

FOURTH GRADE

1ST

row: Rosetto Auten, Lucille Walls, Barbara Reeder, Marcella Lecher, Linda Swanik,

Cornellia Peddycoart, Corinne Tabor, Carole Haney, Ann Hinners, Rillo Miller, Beverly

Jolly, Shirley Van Dorn,

2nd

row: Troy Redman, Marilyn Waters, Jimmy Lucas, Betty Michener, Charles Martin,

June Armstrong, Larry Davis, Jane Armstrong, Eddie Miller, Suzanne Helm, Richard

Walling, Penelope Evans,

Stanton Dotson, Errol Frahm

Mrs. Philip Kennedy

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TCHS WARRIORS WIN THE OKAW VALLEY FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

1956

Varsity and Junior Varsity Cheerleaders

Mary Jane Jackson (V), Judy McCumber (JV), Reta Kleiss (V), Jane Kellogg

(JV), Janet Abney ((JV), Linda Wagner (V), Elaine Dunn (JV),

Jane Ann Wright (V)

TEEN DANCES AT THE COMMUNITY BUILDING - 1969

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1962 – STATE OF ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION SWEEPSTAKES

WINNERS IN BAND AND CHORUS – BOTH ENSEMBLES AND SOLOS

Jeryl Welborn, President of Chorus

Mr. Carl Kohrt, Band Director

Judy Wright, President of Band

Eric Pflum

Mrs. Elizabeth Van Voorhis, Vocal

Instructor and Mike Carroll

Class of 1971

Doug Brewer playing Teddy Roosevelt

Jean Waters playing Abbey Brewster in

the play, “Arsenic and Old Lace.”

Class of 1962

Jim Rice and Jim Weber

Variety Show

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MISS TUSCOLA PAGEANT 45 YEARS OLD IN 2006

The Tuscola Chamber of Commerce originated and sponsored the Miss Tuscola event. June Foley,

past Chamber secretary, is given much of the credit for its success along with the business and

organization sponsorship from the city. The first pageant was held at the Ervin Park swimming pool.

That first year there was a tie between Jeryl Welborn and Marsha Graham. Marsha was named Miss

Tuscola, and Jeryl, named Miss Tuscola Home Show. The location eventually moved to the Community

Building in conjunction with a style show showcasing local merchants’ clothing and the girls’ talent.

“For a lot of girls, this is an opportunity to gain some self-confidence and to learn some important

social skills – being in front of a group and learning how to present themselves in public.”

1962 Marsha Graham

Jeryl Welborn

1963 Mary Ann Holste

1964 Ann Ferguson

1965 Paula Preston

1966 Maureen Deaver

1967 Janet Broady

1968 Kit Koehneman

1969 Brenda Breen

1970 Bobbi McKinney

1971 Jean Waters

1972 Carla Ford

1973 Susie Baird

1974 Jeri Lake

1975 Kristi Kleiss

1976 Merci Izquierdo

1977 Ginger Allen

1978 Linda Hillard

1979 Tracy Maxey

1980 Linda Bartley

1981 Theresa Mattix

1982 Julie Carie

1983 Christine Maggio

1984 Janet Hill

1985 Heidi Huber

1986 Debbie Wax

1987 Susanna Ross

1988 Kim Sievers

1989 Jennifer Plaszczynski

1990 Danielle Mink

1991 Michelle Swihart

1992 Trisha Truitt

1993 Shannon Hatfield

1994 Shannon Hatfield

1995 Casey Herschberger

1996 Angela Obrecht

1997 Kristy Swihart

1998 Kate Hettinger

1999 Jennifer Gensler

2000 Lauren Huber

2001 Lyndsey Gregor

2002 Megan Quick

2003 Spencer Hall

2004 Amber Von Lanken

2005 Audrey Beeson

2006 Michelle Murphy

Marsha (Graham)

Strader

1962

Michelle Murphy

2006

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TCHS HALL OF FAME 1900-1950

1st row: Lyle Huff, Frances Fullerton Hopkins, Faye Fullerton Michelet, Dr. Maynard Hine,

Chuck Galbreath

2nd

row: Maurice Martin, Jim Wulliman, Jeff Reeder (accepting his father’s award, Wayne

Rideout (who also accepted for his brother, Blaine), Marge Mills (accepting an award for

Jim Reeder), Bill Huber, Joe Lloyd,

Bill McCarty, Wilbur J. Hoel, Gerhard Freche, Dr. Gale D. Taylor

Class of 1929 Fiftieth High School Reunion - 1979

1st row: Lois Marsh, Helen Sturgell, Mary Read Spies, Marjorie Snyder White, Clara Dotson

Robling, Elizabeth Good Beazley, Maude Hine Nelson, Irene Gilbreath McDonald

2nd

row: Alvin Alexander, Frederick Gilles, Archie Rowland, Harold Bradbury, Dorris Rose Clifton,

Dale Roberts, Blance O’Bryan Spencer, Eugene Carpenter, Dorothy Lincoln Fry

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TUSCOLA POOL – CLASS OF 1960 LIFE GUARDS AT

Mrs. John Gernon, instructor and pool manager

Mike Lemna, Carolyn Jackson, Sue Carnine, Ed Cox, Patti Powell, Adele Dotson,

Carter Morris, “Skip” Ziegler, and George Lansky

DUVIE’S NUT HOUSE

This small corner grocery store was located on the northwest corner of East

Sale and North Niles Streets. It was a popular hangout for the high school

students in the 1940’s and 1950’s.

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1953 FOOTBALL CHAMPS

Coaches: Bob Brigham, Kenneth Roll, Paul Gilpin and Gene Maloney

Cheerleaders: Vonda Branham, Clarice Ullrich, Nancy Jo Schrader and Phyllis Wetzel

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North Ward Principal Ann Randell, TCHS Principal-select

Kyle Ransom, retiring Superintendent Jim Voyles,

Superintendent-select Joe Burgess and East Prairie Principal

Bill Englehardt. The Tuscola Review, May 20, 2003

The janitorial staff for Tuscola’s three schools. Front row – Wayne

Hardwick, Tony Fidler and Larry Schweighart Back row – David

Horath, Doug Williamson, Gary Dallas and Jennifer Kappes. Photo at

left – Scott Patton. The Tuscola Review, July 5, 2005

Recently retired Principal Mike

Damler and his wife, Linda.

The Tuscola Review, October 7, 2003

Working on the Warrior Chain Gang Joe Harris, John Harris, Rick Quinn,

Bob Taylor and David Lohr.

The Tuscola Journal, August 29, 2006

Superintendent Joe Burgess (left) presents

retiring school board president Steve Wetzel

with a plaque in appreciation of his years of

service. The Tuscola Review, May 3, 2005

2006-07 TCHS Warriorettes From left – Stephanie Fintoski, Kelsey Robinson, Anna Marx, Jaci Albin, Laura Knight, Becca Endres, Breanna

Gabbard, Meghan Teak, Ashlea Teak, Erin Riley, Megan Riley and Liz Murphy.

The Tuscola Journal, July 25, 2006