Mendota High School - Atodnem Yearbook (Mendota, IL)

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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

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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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.gf wad do Confuziing .... . . . . Mi 'ML Cimgkf on 570.gif ln SepTember, I947, more Than one hundred brighT-eyed freshmen enTered MHS. Quickly They adapTed Themselves To The hum OT school acTiviTies. FighTing Treshman Trojans num- bered around TwenTy on The TooTloall squad. When baskeTball season rolled around a large number oT boys wenT ouT, and The freshman Team and The Jay- Tee Team had Tull schedules. Don Simpson was a very capable manager Tor The Treshman squad. FirsT year sTudenTs also parTicipaTed in The cross counTry. Marna Brewbaker oTTered her lusTy lungs To The Trosh-soph cheerleading squad. l-ler pep and en- Thusiasm cheered The Team on To many vicTories. A large number OT girls marched as cadeTs during TooTball season. RuTh BunTon was elecTed Treshman homecoming queen and rode in a cleverly decoraTed TloaT wiTh her aTTendanTs, RuTh Ann Munson and Shirley RadTke. NoT To be ouTdone by The upper classmen, The Treshies wenT inTo The Tield OT music. Many par- TicipaTed in The band and girls' chorus while oThers were in The boys' ocTeT, brass quarTeT, insTrumenTal ensemble, or were vocal soloisTs. IT looks as iT There mighT be a brighT TuTure in sTore Tor These lads and lassies in music. Who knows: Maybe a Bach or a Crosby! The TalenT in This class iusT doesn'T seem To be limiTedl Marna Brewbaker, The sole Treshman speech conTesTanT, survived The eliminaTion conTesT and did her class crediT. Meanwhile Thais Ward wenT ouT To make The debaTe Team. NOT only The boys, buT ever so many of The girls in This class are aThleTically inclined. A large num- ber braved The iniTiaTion and were admiTTed inTo GAA This year. These lanky, energeTic girls gave The oTher members quiTe a sTruggle in The class TournamenTs. Carole Truckenbrod was chosen as The Treshman represenTaTive To The board. Ten Treshman girls ioined The Fl-IA while a num- ber oT The boys Took an acTive inTeresT in The FFA. AlThough The annual Treshman parTy was held aT a laTer daTe Than usual, a wonderTul evening was had by su. Busy wiTh The class oT '51 were The oTFicers: Suzann SchmiTT, presidenT: Beverly PresTon, vice presidenTg and Carol Roehm, secreTary-Treasurer. .lean Ann l-TerberT, Carol Roehm, Melvin Jackson, and l-lenry Peasley were elecTed To represenT Their class in The sTudenT council. The sponsors oT This group, who deserve a greaT deal oT crediT, were Miss PoTTinger, Mr. Madden, and Mr. Lewis.