The “Pirateers” posed for a team photo in 1966, as the newly organized girls drill team made their first public appearance at the Proviso East Basketball game on Jan. 28, 1966. The 25 team members came from Bellwood, Broadview, Forest Park, Maywood, and Melrose Park. Front row, from left to right: Barbara Nunn, Nancy Gher, Bonnie Bailey, Vickie Johnston, Yasmin Fulton, Kathy Borchert, Christine Vergauwen, Dee Killins, Martha Davis, Rosalind Hedgely, Carol Kurtz. Back row, left to right: Karen Zobel, Joy Frederick, Debbie Wied, Ruthan Koester, Claudia Grimaldi, Patricia Fricke, Jill Zabka, Dana Stingley, Gini Hopkins, Sandy Talton, Mary Tauber, Lisa Badendick, Sandy Oberg.
Jill Wagner
Photo from the Feb. 10, 1966 Forest Park Review