AHS 1976 Commencement

Commencement Sunday, May 23, 1976, 2:00 p.m.

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• Class Motto:  We have climbed the hill together, now we must conquer the mountain alone.
• Class Song:  Theme from "Mahogany"
• Class Flower:  White Rose with Blue Tips
• Class Colors:  Red, White & Blue
• Class Sponsors:  Mary Schadwinkel & John Bandel
• Class President: John Nickens
• Class Vice President:  Tim Kollars
• Class Secretary:  Alice Cole
• Class Treasurer:  Lori Nagaki

Senior Speakers

• Kathy Saylor

• Tim Kollars

Music

• Processional, National Anthem, and Recessional by Alliance High School Band, Thomas Bibbey, Director
• "Allegretto" - flute solo by Paula Belden
• "Theme from Mahogany" sung by Becki Panwitz

National Honor Society

• Betty Lou Ackerman
• Nancy Joanne Adams
• Paula Don Belden
• Alice Marie Cole
• David Arthur Curtiss
• Joni Lynn Hand
• Bryan J. Henderson
• Timothy John Kollars
• Laura Jean Kuncl
• Karen Elizabeth Langner
• Mitchell D. Lyster
• Tomilayne McAndrew
• Lorraine Nagaki
• Johnny K. Nickens
• Becki Lynn Panwitz
• Paul Clair Phillip
• Clista Narcisus Prelle
• Katherine Ann Root Saylor

Board of Education

• Archie Lawrence, President
• Wayne Goff, Vice President
• Dean Simpson, Secretary
• Dr. Richard Jaggers
• Dr. Raymond Olson
• Sherrie Curtiss

High School Faculty

• Don L. Crowder, Principal
• John Bandel
• Bernard Becker
• Thomas Bibbey
• Bill Burgess
• Ellen Christensen
• Don Clarke
• Pat Cullen
• Debra Dowling
• Randall Epperley
• Lila Fiebeg
• Willis Furman
• Juanita Glarum
• Alice Greve
• Leonard Hartman
• Jim Hawk
• Keith Kyser
• Diane Leever
• Ellen Lierk
• Richard McCall
• James McDermott
• Larry Mannlein
• William Marchant
• Eunice Petersen
• Sandra Pillfold
• William Podraza
• Ivan Polyakov
• Anna Prentice
• Julia Reno
• Bruce D. Rockey
• Mary Schadwinkel
• George Schamber
• Philip Schweitzer
• Lonnie Sherlock
• William Stout
• Bill Verbeck
• Patricia Way
• Larry Yost
• Martin Peterson, Superintendent
• Bob J. Duryea, Business Manager