Mendota High School - Atodnem Yearbook (Mendota, IL)

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Ml CL K KOIWLQ .... The '47-'48 school Term began lasT SepTember wiTh sevenTy-Two eager sTudenTs answering The roll call as The sophomore class. ATTer geTTing OTT To a good sTarT, La Vere Gray was elecTed To acT capably as sophomore class presidenT, wiTh Marvin Ehlers Tilling The oTTice oT vice presidenT, and BeTTy Rave To Talce care OT pe- cuniary aTTairs as secreTary-Treasurer. To The sTudenT council Carol Pohl was newly elecTed This year To help WalTer EngelbrechT, George Leonard, Nancy Cummings, and Nancy BloTch in discussion OT class aTTairs. The sophomore class helped To swell Their Treas- ury by acTively parTicipaTing in The annual maga- zine sales, wiTh Marvin Ehlers Taking well-earned honors as high salesman This year. AnoTher money- making proiecT was The concession sTand during TooTball season, aT which The sophs Took Their Turn. When each class elecTed a queen lasT Tall aT The close of The TooTloall season, The sweeThearT of The sophomores proved To be preTTy, peTiTe, Lillian Svendsen. Her maids oT honor were aH'racTive Marie Kreiser and vivacious BeTTy Brown. Nine oT The girls wenT ouT Tor cadeTs, and added much To The Tine halT-Time parades during The TooT- ball season. The sophomores seemed To be musically inclined and were well represenTed in The music deparTmenT, noT only in The band, buT also in insTrumenTal and vocal groups. BeTTy Brown and Elsie Bunnell did such a Tine job as Treshmancheerleaders ThaT They were eIecTed again To lceep up class pep and morale, and This was done wiTh greaT enThusiasm. FiTTeen sophomore boys wenT ouT Tor TooTball, wiTh La Vere Gray as Their capTain. They showed Tine aThleTic abiliTy and sporTsmanship. NoT only in TooTball, buT in baskeTball and Traclc as well, The sophomores made a Tine showing. They show much promise Tor Their remaining years aT MHS. The FFA aTTracTed quiTe a number of The boys, and Jack Truckenbrod was elecTed vice presidenT oT The organizaTion. Also, This year 'Found Ten girls in The class inTer- esTed in The FHA. They added Their names To The ever growing membership OT This Tairly new or- ganizaTion oT MHS. AT The beginning oT The school Term The class welcomed Dean Gordon, TransTer from PrinceTon, and Alan Wood, Trom L-P. AT The beginning of The second semesTer, Two sophomores said good- bye To MHS, ETTie AusTin and George Leonard. This year Tound Roger Du Bois, Bill Pedersen, and Carol Pohl ouT To deTend Their righTs in debaTe. Carol was also a speech conTesTanT along wiTh BeTTy Rave and Bill Pedersen. The class did well under The Tine supervision of Mrs. Doenier, Mr. Doenier, and Mr. Le Marr.

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jf.. ct Ass .f I9 o HOME ROOMS Adviser-M rs. Doenier Top Row: J. Coonen, N. Blofch, N. Cummings, J. Finley, Mrs. Doenier, M. Ehlers, B. Brown, D. Didier, M. Goubeeux, J. Dunn, Second Row: D. Bauer, L. Gray, R. Fifzsimmons, R. Du Bois, D. Gordon, T. Faber, W. Engels brechf. Firsi Row: E. Ausfin, E. Eichorn, L. BoHs, M. Brucln, S. Gorman, C. Amfahr, E. Bunnell. Adviser-M r. Doenier Top Row: D. Momeny, G. Lar- son, E. Joerger, R. McCon- ville, M. Jauch, Mr. Doenier, J. Keller, D. Marcum, M. Hoel- zer, J. Nelson, N. Kelflebor- ough. Munson, D. Hilchins, R. Mealey, King, D. Mcconville. son, C. HoFfman. Adviser-Mr. Bryson fell. Second Row: D. Worsley, C Prescofl, R. Roach, P. Smiih R. Waller, J. Truclrenbrod, K , Piller, J. Rod, A. Wood, First Row: L. Svendsen, E. Slain B. Roach, D. Opsal, L. Wixom M. Wagner, A. Rohs, D. Opsal Second Row: G. Leonard, W. W. Haynes, D. Mahaffey, J. Firsl Row: N. Malhesius, C. Mann, M. Johnson, L. Hoadley, P. Marlin, M. Kreiser, B. John- Top Row: B, Rave, C. Pohl, D. Zimmerman, C. Van Ellen, Mr. Bryson, W. Pedersen, B. Shoe- maker, M. Whifmore, J. Shany-

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1. C ASS of I9 V s.'fau1s-15 D J Y'f-wo -H-mx- ll- mu- Q, 1 fb!! HOME RCOMS Miss Poffinger-Adviser Third Row: J. Cogdal, G. Foote. R. Elsesser, R. Bunfon, A. Crane, M. Emericlx, Miss PoHinger, M. Dalion, M. Brewbaker, C. Bry- son, D. Bauer, R. Childers. Second Row: N. CoHon, L. Ed- wards, J. Barule, J. Budach, M. Fox, R. Fiizgerald, L. Buefiner J. Auchsfeffer, J. Brunner, M Gorman, B. Galloway. Firsf Row: B. Durand, F, Efhridge, J. Dougherfy, G. Ehlers, D. Abboff, B. Edgcomb, D. Edg- comb, M. Didier, G. Delhofal. Mr. Madden-Adviser Third Row: G. Hochsfafier, R. Mclnfyre, M, Jackson, D. Nel- son, K. Morehouse. D. Newell R. Parsons, N. Hoover, W Krafz, D. Koerper, D. Mosher Mr. Madden. Second Row: P. Morehouse, B Hall, D. Kofoid. J. Olsen, J Klein, D. Kofoed, W. Mahar R. Munson, M. Greenwood, J Herberf, N. Kaufman, G. No- va L. Firsi' Row: L. McCollum, J Halbmaier, G. Johnson, L. Lau J. Harmon, H. Peasley, K Nowlin, H. Phalen, T. Kessel B. Ough, B. La Shonse, D Kuehl, Mr. Lewis-Adviser Third Row: D. Simpson, B. Wil- helm. L. Truckenbrod, H Schwemlein, P. Waller, A. Rep- pin, R. Roach, A. Richard, D Taylor, Jr. Worsley, Mr. Lewis Second Row: M. Zolper, D Schlesinger, J. Reid. C, Roehm B. Presfon, M. Wolfe, M. Span- ier, D. Wheelock, A. Rod, D Thorne, E. Zinhe. Firsf Row: C. Truckenbrod, A Widmer, N. Wolfe, T. Ward J. Sonniag, S. Yosf, S. Radfke B, Small, J. Schmidt, S. SchmiH J. Shannon. n