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The fo under of th~ group Mr. Ro land Hinri chs

te aches and dir..:c ts th.: A mba ssad o rs .

Even though the work can be hard , fun is also included with the Ambassadors.
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Girls Athletic Association J
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is one of the largest activities for girls at South. This
year Mrs. Linda Stevens has taken on the exciting, but
sometimes exasperating job of being the girl's sponsor.

Activities on G.A.A. are anything from jogging to
bowling, ping-pong to aerial darts. The girls earn units
for every activity they participate in. In May, girls with
13 units are eligible to go on a camping trip to the El-
korn River.

Nancy Kuncel, Vice-President of G.A.A. feels that
being a member is a worthwhile experience. "It's a club
where you can meet new friends and have a lot of good
times ."

Jogging unit for G.A.A. took place in the Fall. Its mem- Volleyball is only one of the units offered by G.A.A.
bers spent their afternoons jogging from Spring Lake park
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Senior members of G.A.A. are first row, left to right: Dee-dee
Shestak, Nancy Kuncel, Audrey Bailey and Patty Barton. Standing
are: Sharon Mc Donnell, Linda Marfisi, Karen Bober and Theresa
Early.

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Junior members arc first row, left to right: Diane Elsasser, CcCc Bogatz, Mary Jensen, Margo Juarez, Susie Baez and Rita
Plaza. Kneeling arc: Carol Nodgaard, Shari Kesling, Patty Ksiazek, Cathy Cervantes, Denise Coonce and Debbie Young.
Standing a.re: Linda Popek, Debbie Dcnncll, Mary Jo Bartholomew, Nancy Reynolds and Kim Simpson.

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Sophomore a.nd Freshman members are, fust row, left to right: Acra Cooper and Deneta Alston. Mrs. Linda Stevens replaced
Seated a.re: Irene Monjarez, Kathy Stevens, Judy Risavi, Patty Vinski, Peggy Talmon, Valerie Alba and Mrs. Julie Haney as sponsor
Cherly Jedlicka. Kneeling are: CJuis Hocij, Mary Hazuka, Pam King, Barb Duff, Cindy landers, Mary for G.A.A. this year. She is in
Trusler, Carole K.luza and Judy Janicek. Standing are: Lori Stevens, Anne Sloger, Roseann Dibelka, her third yea.r of teaching at
Evelyn Young, Belinda West, Theresa Lengonski, Sandy Roseland and Mary Hoban. South.

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DECA, These arc active junior and senior members of DECA. They arc some of the students
who participated in the making o f th<! ho mecoming tlo at and o ther activities that the
Distributive Education Clubs of America , is club was invo lved in. Seated in front ro w, le ft to rig ht: Denise Minino, Sue Ya mbo r,
a club associated with retailing. It is the only Pauline Aranza, Nancy Linso n, Sharo n Verg ilito and Joann r o x. St:ind ing in ba c k ro w:
vocational business club. The DECA mem- Sandy Martin , Michelle Niedzw iecki, Debb ie Lo ngo , Linda Larso n, Debbie Fle mming,
bers were involved in many activities in Karen Larkin, Marie Niedzwiecki, Lydia Halverso n, Tamm y No vak and Debbie Masca-
school and with other schools. They had an
initiation breakfast , officers breakfast, Hal- rcllo.
loween supper, Christmas party, made a
float for the homecoming parade , and they
played basketball with other DECA mem-
bers from other schools.

Members of DECA had competition be-
tween other schools and in February went
down to Lincoln for state competition. Each
of the members that went to state had to
prepare manuals, each dealing with different
types of retailing. In May was the national
competition.

Mr. Yaw, head of the club , feels this
year's club had the largest number of stu-
dents involved in the extracurricular activi-
ties. Mr. Floyd Wozniak and Mrs. Verdie
Winters are co-sponsors .

More active members of DECA arc, seated in front row: Duane Patterson, T e rri ribich, Kar-
en Brennan, Steph Maloney, Ann Rassmussen and Patty Zadina. Standing in back row: Miss
Keasling (student teacher), Elaine Lenho ff, Calinda Smelcer, Lydia rlorcs, Pat Landon,
Tom Da yle, Carol Madiso n and Bernie Mo nicz.

Seated in fro nt row: Ray Zanski, Cindy Orso, Leslie Dean, Cheryl Mitchell and John Lu-
kowski. Back row : Mike Spenceri, Mike Wie czorek, Mike Marchese, Henry Benavente,
William Burgs, To m r oster, Na ncy Farley, Lydia Brazee add Chu ck Feser.

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Mr. Kent Yaw was the spo nso r of DECA .
This was his fi rst full 1car as head o f the
club, but was act ive last year as co -spo nso r
for half of that year.

Mrs . Verdie Winters and Mr. Floyd Wozniak were the co-sponso rs o f
DECA . Mr. Wozniak feds that, "Distributive edu catio n offers an out-
standing opport unity to young people who arc willing to apply them-
selves and learn . They ca n fini sh high school with sk ills t hat will pro-
vide the m with an advantage o ver co mpetitors in finding e mploy-
ment."

Junio r and senio r o fficers of DECA are, Front row: Ann Rassmussen , The rest of the junior officers arc: To ny Mahoney, Louri Maloney, Bil-
Chris Barry, a nd Karen Brennan. Standing in back row arc: Ma rgaret lie Kerwin a nd G ina Whitehead. The o fficers help decide what events
Vaca, Nancy Dickey, C hris Bowden , Tom Doyle and Dennis Ryt ych. are go ing to take place and where t hey sho uld be held a t .

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Library Club heard , "Pardon me miss, but

it seems you have your name tag on upside down ." Library
Club members probably heard a lot of this , the reason for
the upside down tag. They have to know the Library inside
out. Library Club members does a lot of activities besides
helping the Librarian. Members decorate the window display
in front of the Library. They built a float for the Homecom-
ing Parade. The sponsor is Mrs. Barbara Moore who is South's
Librarian. In which one girl said of her : "She is one of a
kind. "

Mrs. Barbara Moore who's the sponsor of the Library Oub and is also
a very humorous lady.

Front row, left to right: Nancy Farley, Margaret Vaca . Back row:
Llnda Macrander, Ray Zanski and Lydia Brazee .

~·,-.,.~;l,...riit\·F·~"'-fl·;•,., Front row, left to right : Debbie Dittman, Denise Jordon, Debbie
Meredith and Debbie Nekola. Back row : Louise Longo, Cathy Ay-
.~' : ala, Mariann Krzmein and Debbie Staskiewicz.

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Front row, left to right: Mary Hruza, Up above is the float the Library Club made for the Homecoming
Sharon Llss. Back row : Kathy Koperski Parade which took a lot of time and hard work .
and Fay Woods .

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Chess Club made the right moves this year.

Th ey won tile Iowa -Nebraska Me tro League championship.
fini shed second in state, and had an undefea ted regular
se aso n .

Two of th e chess club membe rs also we nt undefea ted,
13rya n Olso n with a reco rd of 11-0 and John Gajewski with a
reco rd of 8-0.

South 's eason reco rd fea tures victories against
Papillion 6-2, Mari on 8-0 . Lewi s Central 8-0 , Abraham
Lin co ln 6-2, Th omas Jeffe rso n 8-0 , Millard 7-1 . and Gross
5-3 . Th eir divisional playo ff reco rd included two vi ctories
over We tside 6-2 and 5-3, plus tw o wins ove r Papillion 6-2
and 51_-2½.

The Packers 11nished second in th e St ate Scholas tic
Chess Tourn ament. Their onl y loss of th e yea r was in the
State Tournament to State Champi on Burke by½ poin t.

This year's chess club wa s award ed th e Io wa -Nebras ka l\-lc tro Chess
Leag ue T ro ph y.

Pictured abo ve are fro m to p row , left to rig ht : Mr. Gle n Ticsse n, a genera l business and boo k keeping teacher, se nior An tho ny
Snid e r , se nio r Bryan Olso n, senio r Art Ha nna, junio r Jo hn Drexel, se nio r Al Warner , se nior F ran k So use, se nior T o m Ko neck, j u-
nio r Craig Wilkins , so pho mo re David Lee, so pho mo re John Gajewski , a nd Mr. Clark Wo hl ers. who is th e head or th e busin ess de-
pa rtm ent a nd just co mpl eted his fo rtie th year !caching a t So uth.

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Supervisors of "S" Club this year were Mrs. Karen Sapp and Miss Mrs. Sapp and Miss Peters instruct P.E. classes. Mrs. Sapp is coach
Susan Peters. for Girls' swimming and also assists in Girls' swimming .

Members of "S" Club this year are, First row, left to right : Karen "S" Club this year just wasn't the girls that let-
Bober , Theresa Early, Sheree Salerno and Denise Minino. Second
row: Jeri Shestak , Nancy Kuncel, Sharon McDonnel and Liese Fi- tered in such sports as golf, tennis, swimming, gymnastics,
este . volleyball, and track, it was also O-Club. The change in the
faces at the meetings !;eemed to bring on an overflow of
new members. According to Miss Susan Pete rs , "that the
combining of the two clubs will be a betterment for the
athletics and having one strong club would help the mem-
bers achieve more goals than if the two clubs worked
alone."

The activities were combined efforts of the clubs
such as printing the "S" on the fl oor in the main entrance
of the school, and the selling of Stadium seats.

Sponsors this year were Miss Susan Peters and Mrs.
Karen Sapp both who teach in the P .E. department.

Other members, First row, left to right: Mary Bartholemew, On November 15, the "S" Club palyed the women faculty in a
Mary Jensen and Carol Nodgaard. Second row : Kathy Bodrow- volleyball game. Cheerleaders were members of the male faculty.
ski and Debbie Erhart.

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"0" Club added a new cluster of members Code Of --- ---Sportsmanship
~younefffH.
this year , S-Club, which consists of girl that lettered in ,,
their respect ive sports. President Ron Harder had these Keep the rules. Keep your pride
thoughts on the two clubs combining: 'The clubs were under in victor,
dwindling in members and by joining them it would Keep faith with
make one strong club ." Activities of the year included your teammate. Keep a solid so
selling stadium seats, O-Club facu lty football and bas-
ketball games , and individual sc hool records for every Keep your temper. a clean mind,

sport displayed in gy m 310. Keep a stout heart and a heahhy
Sponsors of O-Club were Mr. Merlin Lawerence in defeat. body.

and Mr. Jack Oholend t. Mr. 0 holend t was an all metro

half-back from Bellevue Seni or High.

Wrestling coach Mr. Jack Oholendt and track coach Mr. Merlin
Lawrence overlooked the activities of the O-Club this year.

O-Club members are: Front, left to right : Brett Rozmiarek , Dan
Schmeckpeper, Dan Walsh and Gary Covey. Back: Don Mickeliun-
as, Steve Dugger and Rich Cain.

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O-Club members are: Front, left to right: Willie Reuter, Butch Galas, Rick Rosen- Distance runner Ron Harder served as president for the
tha l and Steve Jewel. Back: John Filipowicz, Steve Johnson, Dave Boggs, Rick O-Club this year. Aiding Ron was vice-president John Fil-
Pesek, Tom Koziol and Ron Harder. ipowicz.

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A Clubrt is a uniq ue as the Mona Lisa smile. It re-

qui res a good dea l of talent . originality and time -co nsu ming work.
Art Club has been al South High for eight yea rs. Miss An to inette
Tu rnq uis t has been the spo n or for seven of tho se years . Th i
year th ere were approx imately 25 membe rs and new members
kept joi ni ng. The Art Clu b and thei r objec ts de art trave led
aro und the city a grea t deal th is yea r: for star ters. they visited the
co llege of St. Ma ry·s art departme nt and exhib its and t h't: Crafts-
men Guild loca ted in the O ld Marke t. Ree Scho nlau :a visiting
arti st , de monstrated clay art and potte ry w hic h w:1s "very inter -
esti ng", commented senior Chuck WLe s.

Busily wor king in roo m 4 26 is ju n ior Patt ye Marsca lco.

Art Club me mb ers pic t u red fron t row, l d t to righ t a re Debbie Vace k,
Terr i Webe r and Monica Rosenthal. Seco nd row, left to r ig ht , a re Vin ce
Min ister, Jan ice O lt ma nn s a nd Torn roster.

Art Club me mbers pictured clockwise are T heresa Harn,
To m Koneck, Betty Bacome, Sue Tarsikes and Clay Ba c-
ome. Pict ured in the midd le is Cindy Orso.

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Art Club membe rs pictured above are fron t Pict ured above is Art Club spo n-
row left to right: Cathy Ho luba r , Dan De- sor Miss Antoinette Turnquist.
vening and Pau line Aranz.1. Seco nd row : Miss Turnq uist is a lso the head of
Chu ck Wees, Ray Zanski and Bill Waszak. the art d~part ment. Besides her
busy schedule here at South she
also teaches a rt classes part-time
at the Universit y of Nebraska at
Omaha . She has been teaching at
South High for e ight years.

Pictured above are art club me mbers le ft to right : Dan Dc- Mod eling for Miss Antoine tte Turnquist is
ve ning , Pa uli ne Aranza, Bill Waszak and Chuck Wees watch- senior Brad Harrison.
ing Rec Scho lnar , visit ing a rtist , from the Craftsmen Guild in
the O ld Market. Rec was d e mo nstrat ing clay and potte ry.
Art C lub me mbers no t pictured fo r o ne reaso n o r ano the r
arc: Ann Rasmussen, Vic ky Kartc hner , Victor Skaggs and
To m O ' Leary .

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Printing up South High's and many other school's - ,..J FF

programs is one or the major tasks of our print class. ,..,~
Printing is a two-hour class and students receive a co-op Senior Alan Overfelt is shown working on the Davidson Offset Press.
Al has been in print class for two years and is thinking on going more
if they obtain a printing job. A co-op is a shortened day, with deeply into the printing trade.
obligation that you have a printing job, then you receive a
credit for working.

As for junior, Lillian Torres, she proves to be just as
equal to the guys as shown in her ability in co-op.

South students are busy during many periods of the day,
)earning the techniques of the different types of machinery,
and how each piece of equipment is run .

Teacher, Mr. Gene McDonald, who has been at South
for five years , (formerly at Tech) said the main purpose of the
print class is to train the students to obtain jobs in the print-
ing trade either before or after graduation.

Greg Dragon, a senior said, " I have learned a lot in
printing and I owe it all to Mr. McDonald, he understands us ."

Dan Sommers, working on the Diamond Cutting Machine. Dan is a ju- Lillian Torres, "ls this a start Teacher, Mr. McDonald, is setting
nior and this is his first year in vocational printing. for Women's Liberation?" type on the Intertype.

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Drafting . or drawing plans of a large resi-

dence is one of the daily assignments of our drafters.
Students have to ab ide certain regulations such as regu-

lated floor plans. site plans, cross section and elevations.
After designing their residence plan , the student may

enter their masterpiece to the Architectural Awards Commit-
tee. All entries will be publicly displayed.

Drafting is also a class in which you can obtain a co-op
(working for a credit). This yea r, se nior Mike Huntley is in-
volved in co-op. Mike is working for Willis Regier and hopes
for a scholarshi p to further his education in the architectural
field.

Teacher Mr. Albert Pribamsky said this year's students
are responsive and he enjoys working with them.

Senior Willie G ustafson, who has been in drafting for
fo ur semesters, plans on building his own split-level house.
Willie is going to go on to college to supplement his drafting
ed ucation.

Mr. Albert Pribamsky, who has b een teaching at So uth for 7 years,
said he considers teaching drafting a hobb y . He is currently in the
process of remodeling his ho me.

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Mr. Dallas Hemenway has been coaching our de- Begin ner Novices who began the 74-75 year arc frnm left, T e ri Prucha, T o n y Savich ,
bate team for the past nine years. Lori Myers, Le wis Hicks, Jim Rummel, Greg Malko wski , A lan Brauhn, Cathy 13cnkis,
Jerome Vike meve, Jean Labrcyerc and 13o b Walte rs.

The Golden Gaveliers are 13ill Ev-Jnoff, Chuck Spahr, -~
rrank roley, Sue Dwight, Chris Ni!!rin and Mr. Hem-
enway.

Gaveliers ' otherwise known

as debaters, are under the direction of Mr.
Dallas Hemenway.

Entering speech tournaments anywhere
from October through April keeps our de-
baters busy all the time.

The debate class meets every day 7th pe-
riod , arguing or debating nationwide topics.
Are they for or against the main subject?

A debater can letter and then he would
be considered a "Golden" Gavelier. A be-
ginning debater is recognized as a "novice".

Mr. Hemenway feels this was a year of
unusual debate and speech competition
filled with many good learning experiences.

Frank Foley, a senior and also a "Gol-
den" Gavelier, said that he really enjoys de-
bating. "It's kind of fun," he said.

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English Club members pict ured from left to rig ht a rc: Spunsor Mrs . Nan-
cy Maust , Caroli ne Barr io, G igi llarvat, Geri Ha nus. J ud y R ucki. Barb
Wirth , Linda Macra ndce a nd sponsor r-t rs. J udy lkrtacc ini. Not Pic tured
arc club s po nsors Mrs. Mella ncc Kvasnicka and spu nsor Mrs. A lic~
Tho mpson.

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This yea r's '74-'75 club officers arc: Marga re t Vaca, p residen t, Vicki English Club is a club that provides inter-
Ro·sen tha l, treasurer; and offi cers not pic tured: Ka thy Hanus, V ice
president; and Ka th y McAuliffe, secretary. ested stude nts with the opportunity of enriching their knowl-
edge and enjoymen t of the Litera ry and performing arts.

This year's club members attended plays, musicals and
went to dinner theaters. They also are very up to date on the
best seller novels.

Mrs. Jud y Bertaccini is the club sponsor and co-sponsors
are: Mrs. Nancy Maust, Mrs. Mellanee Kvasnicka and Mrs. Alice
Tho mpson. This is Mrs. Maust's first year at South and she said
she enjoys our school spirit.

Marga ret Vaca, who is president of the club was in charge of
the fund-raising project, which they sold red and white porn
poms.

Next year the club is looking fo r interested young men to
escort the lad ies to the musicals or dinner theaters.

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Drama Club is a class COMMUNICATION is the new seventh Passing· out books, left to right are: Joey Pozil a, Miss
hour drama book. Jane Sicfer, O1arlene Hendricks a nd Rita Pla za .
of people who show audiences their
different sides and talents. This year
Drama club went on two field trips:
one to U.N.O . and another to the
Omaha Theater, chaperoned by Miss
Jane Seifer the new Drama teacher.
Drama gives lots of openings for
young actors and actresses. In the stu-
dents opinion , Drama is a class to do
your own thing and have fun while
you're doing it. Students like Susan
Knutzen say "Miss Seifer is the kind
of teacher who is interesting to the
class because she's concerned about
the students ." Drama helps you get
more confidence so you can speak in
front of a group .

Readin g, discussing and acting out parts of skits
to ke ep drama class entertained are from left to
right : Dave Boggs, Rita Plaza and "B" Camer-
on.

Discussing their opinion on several ways of I
giving different speech in speech-mama
class are, left to right : Susan Knutzen and Speech-drama class discuss different ways to make friend s, new ways to communicate and how to
Sandy Martin. make life better in the world around them. Left to right are : Sandy Martin, Rita Plaza, Tom
Koziol, Charlene Hendricks, Dave Boggs, Joey Pozila and Miss Jane Siefer.

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Stagecraft work has its good and

bad points. When it comes close to showtime a stu-
dent very seldom gets to see the light. They come
to school when it's dark and go home when it's
dark. But all in all stagecraft has a great sense of
pride involved. Especially when the curtain opens

and the applause goes up.
Being on stage needs a lot of patience. A stu-

dent learns to work spotlights, make props and to

paint scenery. An advantage of working on stage
is that the student gets to meet a lot of different
people. A student also gets experience in things
he would not regularly learn such as: how plays
are produced and how lighting is used on sets to
get certain effects.

Stage members think stage is great at times, ex-
cept when they have to stay late at night. Stage
comes in three classes: beginners or first year, sec-
ond year and third year. Second and third year
students get the more complicated jobs on stage
such as: planning, lighting arrangement and stage
managing during a show.

Front, First row, from left to right are: Candi Miller, Buni Scigo and Cheryl Caldson.
Second row: Mr. Douglas Young, Jerry Johnson, Larry Sherlock, Al Crawford , and
Tim Baldwin. On the ladders: Emil Lorence, Mike McGeorge and Jeff Salavec. Not
pictured are: Mary Klabunde , Ron Thompson, Dennis Haakenson, Alan Kalskett
and Jack Wood.

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Dave Dibelka and Jim Ladwig starred in Media English, avery
the "Oddfathcr."
uniq ue se nio r co urse , was taught b y Mrs.
Laura Haugse and Mr. J ames F a iman. This
class not o nly studied Edgar Alla n Poe,
Rock Music, Graphology and mystery
stories, but also crea ted their own te le-
visio n shows.

Mr. Faiman's classes presented " Odd-
fatner ," "Fat City ," "The Wiza rd of
Woz," and " Dratula ;" and Mrs. Haugse 's
classes presen ted "Nauseating News,"
" Beery Me Not ," " Seco nd Effort" and
" Candy Kids." Scripts for both commer-
cials and shows were written by students,
parts were cast and props were b roguht
to school- a coffin, trees, d rums, guitars,
a bar, grocery carts add a fire place to
name a few. During March an awards
ceremony was held.

Joe Ferguson, a supporting actor in "Dratula" Ron Bartlett, one of the "Oddfath-
played a henpecked husband. In this scene he er's" cameramen, worked very hard
took a shower while his wife was being when filming the show. In the back-
attacked. ground is Mrs. Neilsen, who ta ught
the classes how to operate all the
• equipment.

John Devaney, with a lot of help from his classmates, Mrs. Haugse
and Mrs. Neilsen, put together and directed the show "Beery Me
Not."

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Lillian Rapa ich accepted the award fo r "Odd- Mike Trummer, who played I he good
father" when it wo n the graphi cs award. fairy in "Wiza rd of \Voz", ope ned the
cere mo nies with a wave of his wand .

T . V. AWARDS Mrs. Laura Haugse a nd Mr. James Fairman spe nt
much time helping their classes get the progra ms
Bes t Pro ps, "Dratula" ; Bes t Graphics, together.
"Oddfather"; Best Photogra phy, "Dratula";
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Joh n Yo ung and Sue Feilds; Best Commer-
cial, Talka y Margarine; Bes t Special Effec ts ,
Kool and the Gals; Best Cost uming, "Fat
City" ; Best Supporting Actress and Actor,
Crystal Gomez and Joe Ferguso n; Best Mu-
sica l Sco re, "Fa t City" ; Mos t Unique Pres-
ent atio n , Mi ke Trummcr; Best Actress and
Acotr, Kim Yard and Da ve Sa mso n ; Bes t
Show, "Dratula"; Best Directo rs, Jo hn De-
V-dney a nd Julie Hoffma n, a nd Best Script ,
" Dra tula" and "B eery Me No t."

75's Spring Musical

was "Once Upon a Mattress". It was held
February 27-March I.

A great amount of hard work went in-
to the play. Head of costumes was Mrs.
Joanne Sokalsky, Mr. Albert Travis pre-
pared the orchestra for the play. Mr .
Doug Young and his crew directed the
scenery and lighting. Mr. Gene McDon-
ald printed the program, and Mr. Rich-
ard Wohlfarth was head of the ticket
sa les.

Directing the whole play was Mr. Ro l-
and Hinrichs, with his assistan ts, Miss Jane
Siefer in charge of dram tics, and Mrs.
Robyne Chickinelle, choreography.

Mrs. Robyne Chickinelle was, again th.is - ..:J
year , the cho reographer for the play. One
student sa id " It wouldn't have been a very ~
goo d play w itho ut he r." I

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Pictured abo ve; Ro w o ne, le ft to rig ht : Mic hael Sa mson. Je rry Hluchoweckyj, Phillip Avery, Do n Mr . R ola nd Hinrichs, directo r of the
Micke liunas, a nd Ke vin Ha ftings. Row two: Willia m Na pra vnik , Russell Whitma rsh , Richard Co ntrer-
as, Vince nt Ministe r , and Ra y mo nd Barrett. Row three : JoA nn Haje k , Pa me la King , Anne Sta rk , Kel- play, also has many ot her duties d uring
lie Flo w ers, Be th Westbroo k , Diana Vic ke rs, G lo ria Knuth , Ba rb Moorma n, Theresa Markise a nd t he year. He tea ches ma ny music classes.
Pame la Scha mp.

Pictured above ; Row o ne, left to rig ht : David. Samso n , Richard Brown, Tim Johnson , Ed Karnik, and Jay Urba n . Row two : James
He me nway, Ka thleen Divo ky, Cynthia Bledsoe , Dia ne Sne lling, Susa n Eich , Bridget Vand ervort , a nd Julie Hoffman. Row tlu ee :
Cyn t hia Safrane k , Miriam Hubbell, Ka re n Larkin , Barbara Duff, Jaa n T o lsma , Susie F ield s, Carol Swoboda, Susan Dewitt a nd Ro-
berta Noah. R ow fo ur: Russe l Marqua nd! , Sue Pro vo nd ra , Caro le Sa fely a nd Michael Bogenreif.

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11 F.F.A. , one of the most at-

,,H tended cl ubs at South, added quite a
few girls since last year. Members met
'I the second Wednesday of every month
"I and planned many activities. Every

I month they go twice to the farm , and
get complete farm experience.

First year students are Green
Hands , next they advance to Chapter
Farmers in either their second or third
year , then State Farmers are usually

seniors , and American Farmers are
first year college st udents or gradua-
tino seniors. After taking General Ag,
the°students can take Agri-business,
Soils and Horticulture , Ag-Mechan-
ics , or Livestock Production.

During the year F.F.A. students
entered many cont ests. At the State
Fair they showed the sheep they had
bought last summer, and in October
twenty students entered the Land
Judging Contest. The _F.F._A. Na_tional
Convention was held 111 M1ssoun ,
Kansas, and the South Chapter was

rated third.

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Seated from left to right are: Jim Minino, Gary Karnish, Jerry Ellis, Bob Kinsella and Rich Preister. Stand- FFA's fruit drive was a big
ing are: Ed Bogue, Ricky Hiatt, Steven Haizlip, Bill Pietig and John Swinarsld. Not pictured are : Michelle success with them selling ap-
Antoniak, Cynthia Cich, Patrick Dean, Ointon Gard, Roberta Grundzinskas, Rodney Jeck, Mike Johnson, proximately 15,000 pounds of
Theresa Lenczowsk.i, John Oliver, Bob Schab, Mike Stodolka, Gerald Ingram and Henry Parys. fruit.

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l'M PROUD TO BE
AN AMERICAN FARMER

FF~ Officers from left to right a.re : Steve Jewell, Second Reporter; Rod Adams,
Parliamentarian; Dan Karnish, First Reporter; Dan Preister, Sentinel ; .Mike Berg-
man_, Treasurer ; and Dennis Albers, Vice-President. Not pictured a.re: Tom Doyle,
PreSident; and Elaine Mathews, Secretary.

Mr. Elmendorf is showing his fourth hour class how a
surveying instrument works.

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Latin Club this year won a Ccrtamen - an ........
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award for Latin in a college bowl type of game. The game
was held at Central High January 28. The game was Class ,••• I
"A" and was held intra-city. Latin Club had heavy competi-
tion as not only South High was in the game but also Central ttw=
High, North High , Northwest and Burke were also in the
competition. Latin Club also had a noat in South High's Show n above, from lef1 to rig ht are two of the Latin Club officers:
homecoming parade. To become a member of South High's Cris Bowden -secretary and Butch Gaias-Co nsul.
Latin Club a person must be presently enrolled in a Latin
class, or have successfully completed one year of Latin.

t Shown above is L-itin Club 's Certamen, along with the ribbons
Mrs. Barbara Oldfield, shown above, is the sponsor of the Latin Club. brought back by participating Latin Club me mbe rs.

Pi ct ured abo ve, B,1ck row , left to right: Ro bert Faulk, Anthony Ausiukiewicz, Antho ny Snider. Second row: Debbie Etlin , Bobbie Fa st, Gndy
Bled soe, Cris Bowd en , Debbie Pea rso n , Nancy Stanek. f'ront row: Bobbie Stawniak, Bernie Albino, Annette St awn ia k, R e nie Rolfson a nd Ke vin
Cus hin g .

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German Club during the year engaged in

activities such as : bowling , bike hikes , tobogganing , roller
ska ting and a presentation of German slides. The German
Club is not a part of The Nationa l Organization of German
Clubs of America , but the members fee l that they really have
fun with themselves during the school year as well as the
summer. This year German Club also made a move to a
larger room - from room 425 to room 238. giving Mr. Scott
Clemons, who finis hed his third successful year at South ,
more room for his creativity with German bullet in boards.
Mr. Clemons says, " It 's been an enlightening experience
working with the progressive , changing inquisitive minds of
all the members of the German Club . Their apa thy , I think
and hope. rules on ly when their minds are lunching. They're
all good people- lousy bowlers , golfers, skaters and bikers
but good people! "

Shown above, from left to right , arc German Club officers Cindy
HaU -vice president, Cindy Safranek - secretary and Lilo Feistc-pres-
ident.

Shown above are just a few of the many German books available to Shown above is Mr. Scott Clemons, the German Club sponsor.
German Club members, among them is Der Grosse Duden, a German
Dictionary.

Pictured above, front row, left to right: Tom Vaiskunas, Sue Elsasser, Pictured above, front row, left to right : Mark Dasovic, Cind y Hall,
Rita Vaiskunas . Back row: To rn Bawwens , Micheal Luczy nski, Cindy Lilo Fieste and Phillip Luczy nski. Back row: Toni Vaiskunas, Pam
Safranek a nd To ny Boettger. Eilderts and Roberta Noah.

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Spanish Club has a pinata contest each

year and the students whose pinatas win, receive awards. The
remaining pinatas are given to the boys at the Omaha Ho me
for Boys . This year the club has 80 members, which consists
of 5 officers , 18 representatives, and 57 members.

Spanish club is under the supervision of Dr. Helia Pico
who has her P.H.D. in Foreign Languages. Karen Jones said ,
"Spanish club is very exciting and well worth your while."
Spanish club sponsors a scholarship program. The students
have a raffle to raise enough money to send one or two st u-
dents to Mexico or Spain.

SOUTH HIGH Spanish club o fficer s are from left to right : Susan Strnad , Repre sentative:
-SPANISH CLUB Gary Kubat , Sergeant ~ f-Arm s; Debbie L111t c nbaug h. Sccr<:tary: Carol
No dgaard , Trcasur cr ; and Samuel Lira. Vice-President. Not pictured is
RAFFLE Pre idcnt T'c rnand o Cas tillo.

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Shown here arc some more o f the Spanish club members s~own from Herc is a picture of a few of the Spanish club members shown from
left to rig ht: Roland Lopez. Gera ldine Shcstak , Valerie Alba. Den ise kft to right: Barbara Wirth, Mark Place k , David Austin , Chr is Ni-
Coone.:, Mary Ramirez , Eve lyn Yo ung and Mh:hael Thompson. grin , Tamara Boyles and Geradette Baughman.

Some of the Spanis h club representat ives are from left to right : Kare n
Jones, Dora Covas, Denise Coonce, Susan Strnad. Rickey Jurek and
George Limones.

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'l Auto Body he lps build cars 12 ways. This class

Two hard-working stude nts mount a new fender in 6th hour Auto provides many opportuni ties to learn the "ins and outs" of
Bod y. Much caution must be taken when there is use of fire. Gogg les auto repair. The boys re pair cracked windows , d en ted fenders
must be worn to protect the eyes from bits o f metal. and worn o ut windshield wipers . Jeff Skovgaa rd re marked,
"It's a fantastic course. Everyone enjoys the class . Because you
learn all of the different aspects o f body re pair. " Most of the
cars repaired are stude nt cars. There is no cost for lab or . The
only cos t is for the parts needed.

Wood Shop

can only be described as wood ,
nails, varnish and numerous
amounts of eager men. Wood I
and II require the construction of
small decorative jewelry boxes or
a sports men gun rack. Wood III
and IV students are not requir ed
to build a certain project. Many
students decided to build cedar
chests, coffee tables and china
cabinet. Wood V and VI consists
of mostly seniors. Students are re-
quired to work in small gro ups of
three. Together they blend their
talents into a card table, bars,
stereo cabinet and other large ob-
jects. Each stude nt must supply
their own wood. The tools are
supplied by the courtesy of the
school. There are 13 classes of
wood offered at South. Jeff Toma
said "I enjoy the class, because of
my freedom to choose my proj-

ect."

Richa.rd Grosse gives a helping hand to Perry Belman , o n the
right as the two of them attempt to finish Perry's jewelry
box.

Future Teacher's has

had another active year. Some of the club
members tutor young boys at the Boy's

Club during their spare time in the even-
ings. During the fall, the club had Miss Sue
Labie from U.N.O. to speak to them about
the teaching profession. The club planned
a field trip to U.N.O. in the spring. They
also planned to have a student teacher
talk to them in the spring about experi-
ences and first impressions. The club has
two sponsors this year : Mrs. Connie Baden
and Miss Jean Whiting. The club has eight
members and as Mrs. Baden says, "The
club is looking for more members all the
time."

Sponsors Mrs . Connie Baden and Miss Jean Whiting both enjoy teach- Sharon Suchy and some other students are busy working on a project

ing typing and shorthand . during a meeting after school.

Members of Future Teachers this year are from left to right in row one: Sherri Taylor and Pat Landon.
Back row: Donna Motiejaitis, Roberta Stawniak , Barb Wirth, Gerry Stockwell and Sharon Suchy.

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Teacher of the Year voting

this year was Thursday, December 12, 1974 and the
winner was announced on Friday December 13. Nomi-
nat ions for teacher of the year were taken on Monday,
December 9 and Tuesday, December 10. The student
council took the top five vote getters and put them on
the final electio n ballot. They were Mr. Mike Rice, Mr.
Paul Blazevich, Mr. Richard Beran, Mrs. Laura Haugse
and Mr. Tho mas O'Ha ra.

The winner of t he election was Mr. Thomas O'-
Hara. Mr. O' Hara has been at South for one year, origi-
nally replacing the late Dr. Edward Kuncel. He teaches
one American History class and three Core classes. He
also helps Mr . Merlin Lawrence with the track team, and
some of his favo rite sports are golf and basketball. Mr.
O' Hara said , " I am very proud of being selected teacher
of the year."

Mr. Tho mas O' Hara has been. teaching at So uth fo r o ne full year. He teaches
America n History anti Co re, and also helps !\fr . Mer li n Lawren ce o u t w ith t he
track team.

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Mr. Paul Blazevich coaches the J.V. r:ootball team and teach es Project Geog- Mr. Mike Rice teaches English and Journalism and coaches re-

raph y to his stud ents. serve football.

Mr. Richard Beran teach es Biology a nd also coaches boys a nd girls gymnastics. Mrs. Laura Haugse teaches English to her senior students.

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R.O.T.C. is a class which may be taken for

a half credit in place of a gym class. There are several
students enrolled in the co urse , consisting of boys and
girls. There are several things which a student can learn.
Such as: learning to shoot and clean a gun properly, and
presenting the flag at various functions and occasions. A
student volunteers for an area which he thinks he would
be good at, and if he is good enough, he is accepted.

On March 2 the Drill Team traveled to the Univer-
sity of Omaha to compete with other Drill Teams in the
City. Sergeant George Gill and Sergeant Troy Woody
are the teachers and sponsors again this year.

Shown above modeling their new all-weather coats are right to
left : Kim Zabka, Mary Jenkins, Kelley Chlupacek, Sue Duff,
Cindy Groves and Mart ha Atkins.

Pictured above are: Front: Napoleon Drakeford . Second row: Mike Kaupa,
Lucas Flores, Curt Marko, Leonard Neff, Ricky Ro se, Clayton Ba come and
Rich Mucky. Third row: Alfonso Rodriquez, Russ Marquardt, Jim Catron,
Brian Belik and Russ Hrdy. Back row: Mark Hluharty and Harvey Manilesky.

Shown above is Sergeant George Gill . He said, "I enjoy teach-
ing, and my job very much. There is more of an atlraction for
the military than there used to be." Sergeant Gill, who used to
be in charge at North High, transferred to South in 1967. Ser-
geant Troy Woody , who used to be in charge at Central, trans-
ferred here just last year. Sergea nt Woody said ," I also enjoy
my job very much."

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Math Club is a club

made up of students who like and
show interest in mathematics. Mem-
bers met and worked with compu-
ters and mathematical problems
which they may be having problems
with.

Math Club students participated
in contests throughout the year with
several different schools , which
challenged their mathematical abili-
ty.

Although Math Club was not
very active this year, the members
continued to be very enthusiastic.

This years Math Club consists of, sitting: Joe Ferguson and Carol Nodgaard. Standing, left to right are:
Cindy Hall, Barb Wirth, Randall Kelley, Roberta Stawniak, Judy Rucki and sponsor Mrs. Rickey Jira-
nek. Not pictured is Caroline Barrio .

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Mrs. Rickey Jiranek and Mrs. Elizabeth Wisner are this years sponsors. Mrs. Wis-
ner teaches Algebra and Geometry. Mrs. Jiranek teaches Algebra.

Math Club officers this year are: Barb Wirth, Secretary;
Randall Kelley, President; and Judy Ruckl, Treasurer. Nol
pictured is Caroline Barrio, Vice President.

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Mrs. Diane Howell was the originator of Spirit Men . She
also sponsors varsity cheerleaders.

Spirit Men stood with cheerleaders durin g the
baske tball games to promote spirit.

From left to right bottom row first are: Ron Hard- Spirit Men came into being
er , Dave Boggs and Don Mickeliunas. Ne xt are
Dan Schmeckpeper and Dan Walsh. On top is Lio- around the beginning of January at Mrs.
nel Orpeza . Howell 's suggestion . Since the school year
was approximately half over, they helped
78 with the cheering only at basketball games.
Next year's squad will cheer at football
games, basketball games and maybe wrestling
meets .

This year the Spirit Men were picked by
Mrs. Howell. The only requirement was that
they belong to "O" Club . Next year's men
will have to try-out, and there will be
twelve on the squad . Don Mickeliunas com-
mented, "At first it seemed to be a little
ridiculous, but it turned out to be a far-out
experience for everyone."

Story Theater a group of nine Standing left to right are Vin ce Minister Cast Members
and Jay Urban; Dennis Jenkins and Anita
short fables, was presented ovember 6.7 and 8. Faraboni are kneeling. Chris Biodrowski
The fab les used were: The Little Pea ant Brem- Dave Boggs
man Town Musicians , Is He Fat? , Robber Bride- Anita Faraboni
groom, Henny Penny , Master Thief, Venus and the John Filipowicz
Cat , Fisherman and His Wife , and Golden Goose. Julie Hoffman
Denn is Jenkins
Miss Jane Seifer , the new drama teacher , direct- Vince Minister
ed the play . The cast rehearsed for i.. weeks and Roberta Noah
stayed as late as ten-thirty practicing l he last two Jay Urban
weeks before the play. Mr. Douglas Young, the Bridget Vandervort
stage manager, is also new here this year. Besides
teaching stagecraft he also tea ches Sophomore DIRECTOR: Jane Siefer
Engl ish. STUDENT DIRECTOR :

The stage crew built a octagonal , raked stage Sue Knutzen
that extended three feet past the regular stage. - STAGE MANAGER :
Props were not an important feature of the play-
actions counted more . Basic costumes were worn Mr. Douglas Young
throughout the play with extra parts such as
shawls, aprons , capes and sweaters added when
needed.

Applying makeup before each show took quite awhile, since it
had to be put on very carefully.

Jay Urban unfortunately found out that the
woman he loved, liked to eat mice.

Miss Jane Seifer and Mr. Douglas Young put a lot of ef- Dave Boggs had a hard time get-
fort into the show to make it a success. ting the key from Chris Biodrow-
ski's chest.

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Varsity Football hadaroughand First row , left to right : Dave Bunch , John Young, Dave Patlan, Will Gustafson and
Joe Mittcrmcicr. Last row: 1ikc Mancuso, Sam Wilco xo n, ·nm Pershi ng, RoUand
disappointing season this year. Despite the losing sea- McCormick, Dave Honeycutt and Mike Burton .
son the team still worked hard . Football started the
last hot two weeks in August and ended on Nov. I
with last game against Central. Even with a losing
record , South's spirit was high , and school support
was strong. Head coach Mr. John Faiman and his as-
sistants, Coach Lad Nemecek and Coach Paul Blaz-
vich worked many hard hours coaching this year's
team. South griders fought hard on Friday nights, and
were rewarded with the upset victory over Bellevue.
Oudious Lee , a starting defensive and offensive line-
man said , "We just didn't hit this year as hard as we
should have."

Coach Nemecek and Sam Willcoxon
are deciding strategy for the Packer
defense.

Ending his fifth year as coach, John Sitting on the sidelines, Oudious Lee takes a well- Football isn't just a game on Friday nights, it also
Faiman was a quarterback for the deserved break. co nsists of hard practice after sc hool. TI1is is dem-
Nebraska Cornhuskers. onstrated by the Packers working out.

Brad Harrison and Rich Dickey are waiting to get in the action. The sled is used to improve the Linemen 's blocking techniques.

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Besides hi s football coaching ability, Lad
Nemecek was a pitcher fo r Arizona
Sta te's base ball team.

First row, left to right: Brad Harrison, Do n Skradis, Dan Schmeckpeper, Kevin Kottich , T. J. Koziol
and Ri ch Cai n. Last row: Brett Rozmiarek , Mike Hinchey, Dave Dwo rnicki, John Kriefel s, Oudio us
Lee, St eve Dugge r , Rich Dickey and Dan McCain.

Coach Blazevich was nam ed Little All- SOUTH OPPONENTS
Ame ri can when playing r-oo tball at
U.N.O . 41 7 North
0 28 Benson
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13 23 Fremont
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Standing on the new Collin f'ield stairs are the J.V. football team, front row, left to ri ght : Rod Jeck, Ooh
Spencer, Dave Christensen and Kerry Crisman. Second row: Kelly Mulligan, Mike Johnson , f'rJnk Alba
and Ed Swierczek. Third row : Matt Radik, Dave Tracy, Larry Blohn, Dave Lockett , Rudy Matulka and
John Fiarkowski.

SOUTH OPPONENT (

8 14 CENTRAL
6 19 BENSON
12 16 THOMAS JEFFERSON
7 0 ABRAHAM LINCOLN
0 20 BELLEVUE
0 21 CREIG HTON PREP
0 6 NORTHWEST

Mr. Rice, making his coaching debut, Above is the new Collin Field en-
trance.
looks nervous as the opposition ap-
proachcs the goa l line.

J. V. Football team had a rough

season, beginning with their opener to Central, 14-
8. New head coach, Mr. Mike Rice, commented on
the team's success : "Injuries, combined with peo-
ple being called up to Varsity, and the lack of
clutch-play inside the opposition's 20-yard line
added up to make this a frustrating season." Bad
breaks came at crucial moments for the J .V.'s.

Marty Martinez, a 1972 graduate of South, was
the assistant coach this year. Marty played foot-
ball all his years at South.

First row, left to right: Prentiss Cox, Larry Tarkington, Rollie McCormick and Jim
Hemenway. Seco nd row: Mike Spenceri, Mike Grebalunis, Bryan Skradis, Bob Kreis-
er and Steve Kosiski. Third row: Roger Steyer, Dave Hemsmeier and Mik e Powers.
Fourth row: Mark Cupak, Rick Pesek and Bob Rommelfanger.

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Fust row, left to right : Bob Marchello, Jay Barnes, Rick McGaig: To111 Dcloa, Larry Reserve Football started off
Pesek and Jerry Green. Second row : Tom Vaiskunas, Joe Ksiazek , Jeff Hood ,
Louis Roth and Mike Shea. Third row: Jack Anderson, Jim Mittermeier, Mike their season with two new coaches,Mr.Jack Oho!endt
Butera, Steve Haizlip and Duane Denton. Fowth row: Mat thew Radik, Mike and Mr. Joe Neuberger. Both are new to South High
Stopak, John OHver, Predrag Kopan and l\1ike Roth. Fifth row: student man- this year.
agers, Tom Koneck and Brad Hahn.
Coach Oholendt is very proud of his defense , but
his team had consistent trouble moving the ball to the
goal line . He said, "Mistakes in the Benson and T .J.
games hurt us." In both of these games, the Packers
were shutout. However, the team "got it together"
and moved the ball well in defeating Bryan, 22-8, and
Northwest , 12-6 , to close out the season.

The boys felt they worked hard , and even though
they didn't win a lot of games, it was all worth it.
Playing football for South is a real privilege , and
being a reserve is a valuable experience for young
Packers who wish to go on to Varsity action.

SOUTH OPPONENT

6 0 CENTRAL

0 27 BENSON

0 20 THOMAS JEFFERSON

6 13 ABRAHAM LINCOLN

~ 0 41 BELLEVUE
22 8 BRYAN

12 6 NORTHWEST

Mr. Jack Oholendt, in his first year at South, Besides coaching footbal l, Mr. Joe Neuberger
is a physical education teacher. also teaches History and coaches Varsity
basketball.

Reserve football team, First row, left to right : student manager, Mike Lesac, Rod

Bercheid, Paul Jensen, Jean Montes and Pat Sweeny. Second row: student manager,

Steve Jewel, Eric Van Fleet, Joe Konyak, Dennis Wees and Dean fl eming. 1l1ird row:

Cluis Tangeman, Joe Merton, Don Valla and Jay Barnes. Fourth row: Jack Miller,

Jim Walpus and Allan Mallory.

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Boys' Gymnastics ' lead by junior,

John Hartung, had an outstanding season. The team com•
piled a 10-0 dual season reco rd , won the Metro crow n, cap-
tured their district Championship and finished third at the
state me et.

Their I0-0 dual reco rd includes victories over North·
west , Westside, Burke, Central, Benson, Abrah am Lincoln ,
Boys Town, Lincoln High an d Creigh ton Prep.

They defeated I6 other teams to win the Art Harris In-
vitational and won the Creighton Prep Invitat ional. Lincoln
East edged South by less than half a point to capture first
with the score of 115 .03 to I 14,68.

Coach Richard Beran commented, "It was a fantastic
year. I was very please d with this season."

At Metro John Hartung placed second on th e side
horse, second on floor exercise, and fifth on the horizontal
bar. At district, John won gold medals on si de horse, and
floor exe rcise. He placed second in the all -around competi•
tion.

From left to right top row are : Randy Contrares, Rex Vlcek, Ed Bugle
wicz and Ch uck Chumtlk a. In the bottom row ar e : Steve Gofta, John
Hartung, Bob Buglewicz, Doug Boyd, Chucho Vasquez and Bob
Faulk.

Junior John Hartung won two gold Chucho Vasquez competes on

medals at district. the rings at the district meet.

Junior Buckey Buglewicz performs on The boys brought home this
the side horse. trophy for the 1975 district
champions.

Joh n Hartung vaults under the watchful eye of Coach Richard Beran.
Junior Bob Faulk is shown here on the side horse. He had a good year.

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From left to right back row fi rst arc: Do ris Standley, Wanda Schlayer, Girls' Gymnastic~ had another good
Cyndy Landers, Kathy Prosoki , Lori Myers, Renie Ro lfso n, Elaine
Mathews, Sue Karas, Karen Halski, Pattyc Marscalco and Barb Moormn. year, the team won their district championship, finishe d
In the front arc: Coach Beran , Nancy Steiner, Mary Parks, Karen Brc n- fourth in the state and had a state champion , Nancy Stei-
ner.
nam, Carol Dierking and Sue Pitz!.
Sou th placed fifth in the Bryan Invitational. There
were seventeen schools competing in the meet.

The girls district meet was held at Bryan High School
on February nineteenth. The packers took first place with
a score of 8 1.15. Five of the girls qualified for the state
meet. They were Nancy Steiner in vaulting, bars, and floor
exercise. Patti Marescalco on vaulting. Karen Brennan on
bars and beam. Carol Dierking on beam, and Mary Parks on
the bars.

At the state meet the girls finished fourth with 78.80
points. Junior Nancy Steiner won the state championship in
vaulting wi th a total score of 16.85 points. Karen Brennan

...was sixth on the bars and ninth all-around and Patty Mares-

calco was tenth in all-around competition.

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Junior Nancy Steiner who completed her second in the team was
the state championship in vaulting.

Mary Parks shows her talent on Karen Brennan with coach Richard

the balance beam. Beran.

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Coach Beran watches one of his girls Junior Carol Dierking qualified at district
perform o n the uneven-bars. This is for the state meet.
his seventh year of coaching at So uth.

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Girls' Swim team finished their season with .;...•:,·~ ~

five wins and three losses. The team also placed fifth at the . - ..
Metro Swim meet. The girls spent many long hours practicing
at the swimming pool after school. : :

The outstanding swimmers this year were Linda Popek , -
Jodi West , Carol Nodgaard and Debbie Dennell, who captured
fourth place in the 200-yard medley relay in the Metro Meet.

The coach of the girls swim team is Mrs. Karen Sapp.
This is her first year at South. She teaches Physical Education
and Swimming classes. Coach Sapp also helps assist the girls'
basketball team.

SOUTH OPPONENT

48 29 NORTHWEST
52 31 CENTRAL
11 72 BELLEVUE
68 10 RONCALLI
21 59 BURKE
63 15 RONCALLI
22 58 WESTSIDE
51 29 NORTH

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J ,::...._. some fundamenta ls during practice.

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Girls swim team members from bottom to top are: Cheryl Jedlicka, Dee Dee Shestak, Mary Coach Mrs. Karen Sapp and Heidi Tencowski.
Stark, Ellen Hajek , Pat ty Ksaisek, Linda Popek, Sherri Volcek, Jodi West, Carol Nodgard , Ann
Stark, and Debbie Den nel.

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Boys' Swim team this year

were under the direction of their first year
coach, Mr . Wayne Bolt. The team compiled a
dual meet record of 4-6 this year with the help
of co-captains Doug Boyd and Wil Gustafson.

The team had 9 returning lettermen and
finished 8th in the Ram Relay , 5th in the Mil-
lard invitational, and 5th in the Metro Re lay.
They also finished 8th in Metro with 38 points
and 16th in state.

This years team members are bottom row ,
left to right: Randy Bauwens , Doug Boyd , Wil
Gustafson , Dave Boggs and Coach Wayne Bolt.
Second row : Jon Montez , Dave Galaska Jim
Vondra , Steve Gofta, Steve Johnson and
Bob Nykiel. Top row: Tom Boggs , Russ Hurdy,
Rich Lavigne , John Fiarkowske, Jay Barnes,
and Terry Fricke.

SOUTH OPPONENT

103 67 BRYAN
23 60 PREP
62 21 RONCALLI
30 50 NORTHWEST
49 29 BENSON
34 49 CENTRAL
40 43 ABRAHAM LINCOLN
3 1 52 RALSTON
29 27 BELLEVUE
51 26 GROSS

Co-Captains this year for the swim team Doug Boyd showing his form as he is working
we re Doug Boyd and Wil Gustafson. on his start.

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Mr. Wayne Boldt , who is a Math teacher , -" .- .
here at South, is in his first year at
coaching the boys' swim team. Mr. Boldt • ·-...•~.•--• ;~~ '.I~\~••,'~"' ,. ...,
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Boys' Golf team consisted of four returning

lettermen. They are seniors: John Filipowicz and Do ug Koz-
lik. The underclassmen are: Gary Johnson and Dan Sommers.
Mr. Stutzman feels " A golf tea m is only as strong as its play-
ers." He also teaches Social Studies classes during the day.

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TI1is year's Boy's Golf coach was Mr. Cecil Stutzman. He also coaches
tennis.

Golf team members are, fro nt row: Doug Kozlik; and back row, from left to right : Dan
So mmers, Gary Johnson and John Filipowitz.
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Pictured from left to right are: Karen Bober, Nancy Kuncel, Mary Jensen, Faye Woods and
Miss Peters. Not Pictmed is Denise Minino and Audrey Bailey.

On their way to Spring Lake Golf course is Karen Bober and Nancy Miss Pe ters also coaches track and teaches Girl's Physical Education
Kuncel, who are both re turning letter persons. classes during the day.

Girls' Golf team completed its second year in

Metro Competition. South High Girl's Golf Team is an ex-
ample of how high school athletics is creating more sport pro•
grams for women. South High , also, has many other sports
programs for girls. Besides golf, girls can participate in wom-
en's tennis, track, basketball, gymnastics, swimming and
volleyball.

Being a girl's golf coach for the last two years, Miss Su-
san Pete rs states," Golf is a good , relaxing game, and I hope
the girls learn that they must compete with themselves to
better themselves, nq t only in the game of golf, but in the
game of life as well."

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Girls' Volleyball came to a winning

season this year as they entered their first year of compe-
tition. Taking on such teams as Central and North they
overcame the hard play and defeated them decisively.

Going on to the Metro tournament , the Packers
placed second after losing to Benson. Both the Jun ior
Varsity and Varsity Volleyball teams had a 7-1 record,
the best of any Omaha Public School.

Coach Linda Stevens has this to say about the year:
"I was proud of both teams , not only because of their
athletic ability , but also because of their attitude, sports-
manship and conduct at all times. They did a great job
of representing South High!"

SOUTH OPPONENT 1l1e first girls Varsi ty Volleyball team arc; left to right: Lynett e Laborde.
Cathy Kudlay, Diane Barry , Debbie Young, Cathy Cervantes, Coach Linda
11 ,15 ,15 15 ,8,6 NORTH Stevens, Debbie Coufal, Mary Bogatz, Patti Vin ski, Judy Ri sa vie and Peggy
15 ,15 5,3 BURKE Talmon. Not pictured : Margie Pleular.
15 ,15 9,8 TECH
15 ,11 ,15 12,15 ,9 WESTSIDE
15,15 6,7 BRYAN
15 ,15 12 ,6 CENTRAL
5,15 ,5 I 5,6, 15 BENSON
l 5,15 8,12 NORTHWEST

Playing against Northwest , South High shows the true value of
teamwork on their way to victory .

The girls Junior Varsity Volleyball team are; kne eling, left to right: Kathy
Steven s, Angie Cervantes, Patti Parks, Joanne Brown . Standing : Roseann Di-
belka , Judy Janicek, Mary Jo Bartholomew and Laurie Stevens. Not pictured :
Cindy Szawi cki, Mary Ann Pleular and Nancy Bergman.

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Girls' Basketball added a new chapter in Coach Lawrence gives instructions to the team during a timeout.

South High 's history as they came into existence this year.
During their first season the girls showed ability in play-

ing the game. Having practiced late at night the girls learned
the true game of basketba ll. As the first game came along both
the crowd and the team came out with an enthusiastic attitude.

Having a 4-2 season the Packers placed second in the
Omaha Public School Tournament. Shelia Morris remarked ,
"I'm glad the schools decided to add anot her sport that young
ladies can compete in."

Coach Merlin Lawerence commented "1l1ey clid a great
job for their first year , and they proved that girls can play five
person basketball."

Top sco rer , Sheila Morris sinks another basket which
insured a victory over Tech.

SOUTH OPPONENT As the first season past the girls basketball team proved that they were tough. They were,
bottom row, left to right : Laurie Stevens, Debbie Young, Susie Nath, Acra Cooper,
33 40 CENTRAL Patty Barton, Karen Holzaphil, Carol Nodgaard and Kim Crouch. Top row : Coach Merlin
46 27 NORTHWEST Lawrence, Nancy Kuncil, Mary Boga tz , Kathy McMahon, Evelyn Young, Shelia Morris,
63 38 NORTH Kim Corcoran , Yaiva Saika, Kim Simpson and Mrs. Karen Sapp.
34 30 TECH
33 39 BENSON
12 BRYAN
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Captain of the team, Susie Nath produces another two
pointer to help the team to victory.

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Cross Country is a sport ror

bo ys where size doesn't make a difference . It must
be looked upon as a fa ll trai ni ng camp fo r dista nce
runners says Coac h Merlin Lawerence as the team
ra n to a 4-5 season.

And distan ce is wha t they ra n. Running from 5
to 8 miles per pract ice it th en see med a breeze to
run the 2.5 mil es in a regula r me et.

The pace was se t by se niors Ron Harder and
Lionel Orpeza. Li onel place d ninth in district s.

Se ttin g th e pace in pract ice are se nio rs
Li o nel Or peza a nd Ro n Harder .

Mr. Wayne Bo ldt, on the right , retu rned to So ut h t hi s year
to tea ch math . He also assist ed Coach Me rlin La we rance
in supervis ing the Cross Co untr y t ea m .

The Va rsity Cro ss Cou nt ry tea m ra n alm ost e very n ig ht a t Sp rin g Lak e Pa rk to keep
in sha pe. Th ey ar e, fro nt , left t o right : Lio nel O rpeza, Craig Engard I a nd R o nald
Harder. Back : Willie Re ut e r, Mi ke Miller a nd Do n Mickeliunas .

SOUTH OPPONENT

17 20 ABRAHAM LINCOLN
19 18 NORTHWEST
32 14 CREIGHTON PREP
IO 30 BOYSTOWN
35 10 BELLEVU E
17 20 BENSON
24 16 CENTRAL
10 30 RYAN
24 16 BRYAN

The Jun ior Varsity Cross Co untry team lea rned -the va lue o f do wnhill raci ng as t hey
jog uph ill to vi cto ry . T hey are, fro nt , left to right : Richard Viy era, Fran k F ue nt es
and Cra ig Engard t. Back : Al Brun a nd Joe Fo ra !.

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