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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1966
Page
6
Frederick High announces its activities for the year under new officers. Mike Carson heads the Inspirational Club and theStudent Standards Club. Other officers include Thom Davis vice president Frances Simms recording secretary Cathy Collmus music.
J high seniors will be measured next Thursday and Friday for school rings and photographed. Rings will be distributed before Christmas vacation. Harfa and Ewing of Washington handles pictures. Numerous student offices and clubs are listed with officers and roles. Teen nutrition notes show height and weight gains since earlier generations.
Walkersville plans a Back-To-School dance tonight in the cafetorium open to seventh through twelfth grade students. Music from records and juke boxes features rock and roll and country with the Inmates providing mayhem. The yearbook staff revealed the 1966-67 editors and section heads led by Jeff Mercer as editor in chief and Marie Smith as assistant editor.
David Harris, 20, Stanford student body president elect, voices strong antiwar views. He calls the Vietnam conflict an aggression and imperialist enterprise, urges immediate U.S. withdrawal, and plans to refuse the draft after graduation to avoid armed service. Harris argues the crisis overshadows other student concerns and signals a broader student rebellion.
Local junior Nancy Duvall and fellow students discuss the value of extracurricular activities. They emphasize broad interests, meeting people, school spirit, and balance with academics, noting limits may be needed if grades suffer. Yearbook editors for Governor Thomas Johnson High School are Ed Dykstra and Barbara Macrum.
A senior executive committee was elected this week at Governor Thomas Johnson High School. The group will serve all year and its first task is to nominate candidates for senior class offices. Members include Pat McHenry, Mike Cavell, Linda Thrasher, John Dixon, Glenn Wiggs, Shirley Stroup, Ronnie Schattenburg, Ronnie Leong, Nell Long, and Ed Dykstra.
Walkersville High School junior Kathy Gladhill, 16, has won the Woodsboro American Legion essay contest twice. A blue-eyed, multi talent student from RFD 2 Keymar, she serves as vice president of Future Teachers of America, recording secretary of Student Council, and member of several clubs. She sings soprano and alto, enjoys piano and reading historical fiction, and helped at her church Bible school this summer.
Palm Springs High School opened to 1,585 students as a computer system assigned classes for the first time. The machine produced mix ups with boys in girls classes and students in incorrect levels. The heat peaked at 110 degrees as the air conditioner failed, prompting staff to take over the scheduling.
Frederick High School seniors voted for new class officers with Fran Simms Pat Staley and Ralph Galvin contesting for president. The second place finisher will become vice president. Secretary candidates are Tina Strobel Susan Walsh Janet Betson and Karen Roberts with Barbara Ewing running for treasurer.
St Johns names new student council officers led by Sue Putnam as president with Sharon Brown and Mardy Leichert as officers. Senior class officers include Michael Koontz president Michael OLeary vice president Sherry Warfield secretary Tom Sherald treasurer. Junior class head Kathleen Nicodemus with Monica Geesey as vice president Mandy Leichert secretary Angela Creager treasurer. Sophomore president Bill Jones with Jane Croghan as vice president Denise Warfield as secretary Susie Sherald treasurer Julie Magaha 10 B treasurer. Freshmen will elect offices next month.
Gaithersburg High School held its first assembly led by Principal William P. Hall and Vice Principal James Toquingo. Dr Calvin Blatt was introduced as new vice principal. Student Council members and Brazil exchange student Parade Cavalho were introduced. she will stay with junior Pauline Olsen. In France De Gaulle issues decree punishing hooky with police action, jail for parents, and fines for students.
Middletown High announces staff appointments for the yearbook Chestnut Burr and the school newspaper Spot-light. The selections mark the start of annual student publishing efforts and plan to publish later this year.
Miss Susan Jane Matthews, daughter of Mr and Mrs Glenn Matthews of West Third Street, graduates Sept 11 from Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing in Shaver Hall. She will work in psychiatry at Baltimore City Hospital and attend Johns Hopkins Evening College after earning her 1963 Frederick High School diploma.
Middletown High School held its first dance of the year last Friday titled Cherry Smash. The event welcomed the entire student body to enjoy the evening in the school gym.
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