Clay City High School - Claytonian Yearbook (Clay City, IL)

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DIZZY DERBY If It was the epochal night of November 8, 1945. The gym was a scene of wild-eyed people milling about from one concession to another with their pocketfuls of silver speedily getting lighter, for it was the night of the Junior-sponsored Dizzy Derby Carnival. Among the highly educational features—did I say educational?—were fortune telling, penny pitching, bingo, fish pond, basketball toss, and novelty stands. It was reported that the marriage bureau received a record number of applicants while the burlesque show did its share of business. During an intermission an amateur contest was held. Darlene Jennings walked off with first place for her rendition of “Shame On You.” Several raffles were held with such prizes as a full box of Hershey bars, an angel food cake, and shotgun shells. A one-act play, “Be Home By Midnight,” performed in the study hall, received good attendance. The cast was: Mr. Jones Jim Bokenkamp Mrs. Jones Lucille McKinney Junior Colmore Rinehart Paul Don Smith Mary Bernie Mitchell Each class had a stand for obtaining votes for their king and queen candidates. The Seniors had a very good location near the entrance where cokes, pie, coffee, hot-dogs, and ice cream were served. The Senior king and queen candidates, Robert Neal Coulter and Verna Deane Pittman, received the expert backing of their diligent comrades and led their closest rivals, Galen Pittman and Barbara McCraw, the Freshmen candidates, by a wide margin of 12,500 votes to 6,131 votes. The would-be Junior rulers, Colmore Rinehart and Rosa Mae Gill, were not far behind with 5,730 votes while the 3,559 votes of the Sophomores, Don Taylor and Wandalee Fehrenbacher, carried them in last. Then came the highlight of the Dizzy Derby; the Crowning Ceremony. A pathway was cleared through the throng of people and the king and queen, accompanied by their six attendants, slowly marched upon the stage. They were presented with their crrowns by the Junior Class president. Bill Boor. Then they mounted the throne and from their regal position they gazed upon their subjects over whom they would rule during the year. After the carnival was over, the floor was cleared and a dance began with music furnished by a rented juke-box.

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CALENDAR H SEPTEMBER: 3—Labor Day, then to school. 12—Sandoval challenges Clay City in a game of soft ball. OCTOBER: 10— Senior party at camp. The fun is starting already. 11— 12—Institute. Teachers come in handy after all. 19—F. F. A. held a hayride in honor of the F. H. A. — Future Homemakers of America. Better known as Home Ec. girls. 24— A little diversion of routine; the Juniors held a party. 25— Sophomores are not to be left behind and come up with a party. NOVEMBER: 2—F. F. A. initiation. “Greenhands” were in evidence today as new members were welcomed into the F. F. A. organization. 8—Dizziest Dizzy Derby with the Senior candidates elected King and Queen of the carnival. 12— All not in favor of attending school on Armistice Day, met in gym and staged a strike. What fun we had today (not at school). 12— (p. m.) Board of Education holds a meeting to decide terms of dealing with “strikers.” 13— A good start into the basketball season. We dealt with Sandoval. Most of the Pep Club turned out, led by those super cheerleaders, Patty Miller, Elinor Heninger, and Merle Poland. 16— Cisne came up tonight and we had a little test of skill out on the basketball court. 19— Home Ec. Party for the newly initiated poor woeful little girls. 22— Thanksgiving. Look at that turkey shrink under the faculty’s wolfish eye. 23— My how they do eat on Thanksgiving! DECEMBER: 5—Juniors held a class party. Two down and one to go. 7—Commerce meeting. Ask Simmons if any of those commerce people will ever hold down a commercial job. 12—Coach McDonald and the boys turned up in room 10 with hearty appetites and who but the Home Ec. Ill class was there to feed them. 18—Met that rival Flora again. Just wait until we are a little stronger. We’ll make them eat those words! 20— Band Concert—Everything went off in tune. 21— Vacation starts. Exchange of presents after drawing names. Ha! One time I found out what Santa had for me before Christmas. JANUARY: 2—Returned sorrowfully to school, but, “buzz, buzz’’ what didn’t you get for Christmas! 14— Warning: Semesters ahead! 17— Semester’s have arrived. 18— They’re here to stay. We’re so bright the teachers couldn’t find out what we didn’t know in one day, so they took two days for it. 25—M. T. C. Luck wasn’t with us this year. 31—Faculty meeting—those teachers can stand it only so long before they have to have a gossip session.