Published by: No. The Tamarack Staff '69, North Central High School, Spokane, Vol. LX 58 Washington. Printed byPischel Yearbooks, Inc., Pasco Washington. Mr. Theisen. front teat, explains to student drivers, Mr. Sanford and Mr. Pelkie, how to park on a hill. Light Takes a Different Shade Within Our Students' Lives Dianna Garbarino, Big Sister of the Year, proudly shows her plaque to her Little Sister, Dorothy Huey. Jane Earling. Sue Currier and Dave Joern, seniors, work patiently on their art projects. CONTENTS Index 215 In the Quiet, Entwined Within Reality's Limits, Are Those Few Shifting Rays. Debbie Larkin, front, accepts the title of on. Nadine Neff, April Williams, Ruth Ashford complete the court. Roxie football queen as princesses Leslie Logan Haupt, Donna Rigney, Annette Alfonso, Weatherley, another finalist, was not and Marcella Knutson, second row, look Carol Farrell, K athey Alexander and Darcy present when the picture was taken. Obscurely Reaching for Each Small Fixture While Subtly Engulfing All Pretense, the Bonds of Restraint Are Broken Left, spirit takes on many faces as Judy Jewell watches the ASB pep con. Acting out his part in a pep con is Big Chief Scott Sullivan, senior. Mere Conception of Their Immediate Intensity Becomes Blinding Totality. Remains of the Warriors' Car Bash left something to be desired! Uncertainties Lose New Image of Life >3 Holiday merriment prevails at the Christmas Dance. Mr. Upchurch shoots another basket at the 1- free throw line as the KJRB players attempt to guard him during the Faculty Flyers' basketball game. Moody, Yet Enhancing, This Aurora Evolves Toward the Satisfaction of the Purpose and Meaning of Being in Itself. i Little Remains As It Was Remembrances Are Overshadowed by the Revelation of the Unaccustomed Tom Robinette, Debbie Parr, Mark Boyson and Ron Ashley discuss life after Boys' and Girls' State. Girls' State Representative, Roxie Weatherly, was not present at the time the picture was taken. Left, cadet teacher Curtis and Mr. Montroy look over the work of tome promising young NC artists. Carolyn Radford, senior, thowi tha enthusiasm that marks all NC debaters. On Wednesday, November 20, Rick received second year football awards from Ooherty, Tom Macurdy, Gary Creighton. Coaches Martin and Thompson. Bill Bush, Mike Beal and Bud Allbery . The Individual and His World Collide in Due Harmony and Discord as . Light Takes a Different Shade. 17 ADMINISTRATION A Teacher Affects Eternity: (She) Can Never Tell Where (Her) Influence Stops —H.B. Adams With these words we dedicate the 1969 Tamarack to Mrs. Helen Beaver, who retired this year. A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Mrs. Beaver has taught in many schools. Among these are the Pueblo Junior College, Pueblo, Colorado; University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and the University of Montana, Missoula, Montana. Since 1951, Mrs. Beaver has been on the North Central High School home economics staff. At the time of her coming to North Central, the famous North Central Doll Shop was yet being produced. Throughout the years of its presentation, Mrs. Beaver designed and made the costuming for the show. Sewing, tailoring and child development have been subjects specifically under her direction in the home economics department. Upon retirement Mrs. Beaver and her husband, retired engineer, Lewis K. Beaver, plan to travel, visiting in Hawaii and spending more time in Alaska with her daughter and her family. Summing up the feeling of countless students who have known Mrs. Beaver is the remark of former student, Mrs. Carol Nybert Quigley: "She is to me the perfect example of a lady' one of those rare people who make you realize the only limitations in life are those we set upon ourselves." 20 School board members: John Warn Byron Swanson Gordon Luscher Helen Rymond Orville Barnes Dr. Albert Ayars Hope for Success Lies in Common Understanding North Central's educational by the Board. The student most North Central was fortunate to system ran smoothly as the result often observed the School Board's enroll James B. Green as a student of successive discussions between effectiveness as new personnel this fall. After careful study of the our principal, John P. Rodkey, and were engaged to fill vacated qualifications of the many schools superintendent, Dr. Albert Ayars. positions. The School Board in the United States whose endeavored to keep the different curricula include a program for Judgment was passed on many aspects of the school as up-to-date the visually handicapped, he issues, from the general to the as was possible. chose North Central. particular, as they were reviewed Principal John Rodkey and James Green John Rodkey chats with Dr. Albert Ayars . Efficient Functioning Maintains Effective Environment . W if Evelyn Conrath Georgiana Backenstoe Betty Kliewer Ruth Smith Right: Marjorie Jennings Helen Wayland Anita Swanson Dick Muzatko, night foreman, Austin McDonnell, chief engineer, and Harry Schumaker, head custodian. Custodians, left to right: Mrs. A.O. Wendler, Fred Larson, John Boyes, Tom Elliot, Merle Scott, Chuck Holloway, Dick Muzatko, and head custodian, Harry Schumaker. Not pictured: Robert Barr. Viola Santora, head cook, Alice Gillespie, cafeteria manager, and Marie Johnson, . for Teachers and Students head baker. Cafeteria personnel, left to right: Viola Santora, Corrine Hirst, Irene Ryalls, Evelyn Forsell, Jan Usher, Alice Kruger, Alice Gillespie, Lela D' Andrea, Marie Johnson and Edith Johnson. George Smith, Vice-Principal Patricia Butterfield Kenneth Mhyre David Birdsell Patricia McKeirnan Forces in the Leadership of North Central High School in action and thought is not done by one person, but by a team, led by John P. Rodkey, principal, and George A. Smith, vice-principal. Other strategic positions are filled by Mrs. Pat Butterfield. dean of girls , and Miss Patricia McKeirnan as girls' counselor. Promoting spirit and cooperation among the boys are Kenneth Mhyre, dean of boys , and John P. Rodkey, Principal Background Influence the Certainty of Destiny Lorraine McNew Kenneth Hagen David Birdsell, boys' counselor. Making sure every student is ready for school is Kenneth Hagen, registrar. Planning for future careers is a step that Mrs. Lorraine McNew, college advisor, helps each student take. This team works together to make a compact administration, which is the backbone of North Central's faculty. History Casts Its Shadow Keith Cabe Alvin Meyer I V 29 Communication Opens The Mind to Channels of Greater Awareness John Malterner llmar Kuljus Art Dept. Head A.G. Tiemann Music Dept. Head Michael Caldwell Joseph Jonas Music Is Emotion in Search of Expression 31 Science Experiences Those Things the Exactness of Math Leaves in the Security of Darkness Kathleen Laubach James Upchurch Middle: William Nye Bottom: Robert Barnard Burrill Exley Math Dept. Head Joseph Schauble 33 *ft Application of Knowledge Broadens Perspective Elizabeth K illingsworth Left: Helen Beaver Home Ec. Dept. Head Right: Cleo Clizer Stella Mills Gladys Brooks Foundations Are Laid for Vocational Competence Al Manfred Norman Erickson Blair Glover Business Dept Head Karen Brockway Lyle Jewell Mary York Emphasis on Skills Yields Useful Experience George Theodorson Alvin Olson Industrial Arts Leonard Graham Dept. Head 37 GRADUATES To make the planning of a busy senior year ideas and events that the senior class is easier, senior representatives from each interested in. homeroom meet every Tuesday, to discuss President Ron Ashley loses the dignity of office as he is literally toppled when NC seniors have a skating session at Tiffany's 40 The Light of Senior Hopes Pierces Unknown Shadows of the Future skate-inn. Kathy Cameron, treasurer, president Bill Bush seems to be more officer's fate, as are senior class members stretches out a helping hand. Assisting him amused than concerned over his fellow in the background, to his feet is Darcy Ashford, secretary. Vice- 41 4.0 Students Robert Blizzard Thomas Carney Thomas MaCurdy Rank as computed on the basis of grades earned in sophomore, junior and the first semester of senior year. John Trautman Douglas Wise Students receiving 3.2 or better for five semesters in order of class rank. Barnetta Bindewald Joan Heinz Caprice Boles Beverly Davidson James Ormberg Steven Robinson Susan Noble Marilyn Brewer Darlene Peterschick Karen Papst Debbie Parr Dennis Seipp Susan McLellan Darcy Ashf ord Nadine Yingst Patricia Price Carol Naccarato Leslie Logan Becky Uhden Karen Youngren Randy Folsom Kenneth Strunk Melody Carpenter Stephen Aylor Mark Boyson Janet Holman Charlotte Spidle Tom Robinette Jeanne Thorsen Sandra Cummings Marshall Vicki Seger Kathleen Cameron James Janine Wittrock Robert Boyce Carole Barnes Patricia Lavery Karen Prophet Rick Sorenson Douglas Thompson April Williams Roberta Francis Steven Rigg Nancy Pendergraft Linda Geng Billie Ahrendt John Aiken Sandra Aiken Kathryn Alexander Annette Alfonso Norman Allbery Lanny Allen Sandra Altizer David Ankenbrand Susan Arnold Kenneth Aronson Glennda Arp Darcy Ashford Ronald Ashley Robert Avey Stephen Aylor 43 Thomas Baca Barbara Banks William Barline Carole Barnes Richard Barnes Cindy Bartlett Peggy Barzee John Bass Mike Beal Joanne Becker Raymond Beckman George Bell Vicki Bennett Bill Berens Arnold Beresford Patricia Betts 44 Charles Bigelow Theresa Binder Barnetta Bindewald Mary Birtles Judith Bjaaland Ron Blakeman Robert Blizzard Samuel Bloyed Caprice Boles Attentive seniors get directions from Mr. Bud Aaker for ordering cards and announcements. 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