Normal Community High School - Echoes Yearbook (Normal, IL)

 - Class of 1946

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SOPll0MORE BOYS Ist Row-Russell Bigger, Harold Beverage, Fred Chapmen, Robert Ogden, Jerry Schad, Eugene Miller, Richard Rader, Robert Biddle, Harold Bauman, Clilton Arbuckle, Walter Byerly, Bill Linden. 2nd Row-Wesley Rafferty, Ray Shirey, Ed Hullington, Jim McGuire, .lim Cloyd, Glen Porzeluis, Jack Anderson, Clillord Wilcox, Bill Fletcher, Roy Sparks, Donald Wallace. 3rd Row--Orville Ganaway, Dick Thompson, Joe Hinkle, Melvin Scarbcrry, Earl Peyton, Dick Kirstein, Bob Lesher, Bob Thompson, David Bridgewater, Ivan Kidd, Jerry Lusher. 4th Row-k:rMDiyeley, Dick Britt, Jack McQueen, Louis Seibert, Marvin Dunn, Clifford Vannice, Dick Sylvester, Bill Rich, Jack Buerkett, Milton Olson, an r. egg. SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTDRY On the fifth day of September, l944, one hundred and six freshmen walked in the front door for the first time as students of Normal Community High School. We were all a little bit frightened, but we were will- ing to grin and bear it. We started on the right foot by electing as our officers For the year: Dick Britt, president, Eugene Miller, vice-president, Betty Brown, secretary-treasurer. September 4th, l945, found eighty-five of us back and proud as punch to be sophomores. We had add- ed to our happy group thirteen new students whom we welcomed heartily. Our officers were elected and we were glad to find that we had elected as the leaders of our class: Virgil Cates, president, Bill Linden, vice-president, Marvin Dunn, secretary-treasurer. The first event in which we found our talented students participating was the summer theatre play, The Mad l-lattersn. Joyce Mann played the part of Gigi Hatter, Mary Sue Williams, the part of Nanc Hay- ward, Barbara Morgan, the part of Clara Sheldon. The next acting ability which was displayed in the alfischool play, Ramshackle lnn , which was held later in the year. Margaret Brown was cast as Joyce Rogers, a de- tective, Raymond l-lospelhorn was cast as Gilhooley, a policeman. The one-act plays held in March, included Minnie Carter in Sister Sue , Margaret Brown, directing Everything Nice with lna Belle Warren and Varda Belle Warren in the cast, and Mary Sue Williams, directing Orville's Big Date . The all-sophomore play in- cluded in its cast Jean Ochs, Marilyn Tate, Jeannine White, Joyce Peterson, Jean Ann Kewley, Ann Birlcy, Sally Veatch, and Lois l-largis. The girls found leading the Sophomore l-li-Tri girls were Lois Hargis, chairman, Jean Ochs, financial-sec- retary, Marilyn Tate, secretary. Page Twenty four

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.lUlll0ll GIRLS lst Row-Nancy Taylor, Alice Vlinsett, Mary Jane Hinshaw, Evelyn Schneider, Mary Jane Clemmons, Dorothy Schad, Betty Golden, Maxine Wiese, Jean Dodson, Lena Mae Durst, Barbara Lindsey. ind Row-Marilyn Mayes, Linda McCue, Laura Miller, Mary Lou Clesson, Lois McKinney, Marilyn Block, Ruth Reddel, Dorothy Buth, Mary Ann Thorpe, Vlaunita Klump, Mary Laverne Francis. 3rd Row-Joan Hinlfle, Virginia Aldridge, Jean Burr, Gladys Lawhun, Ella Mae Gaines, Mary Thompson, Shirley Wright, Mabel Allen, Vannie Shawgo, Doris Jean Price. 4th Row-Mrs. Bingham, Joanne Rich, Gloria Thomas, Elzada Zehr, Charlotte Hudspeth, Virginia Musick, Pat Kimball, Barbara Silvey, Joan Grillin, Frances Wood, Miss Forsythe. lUNl0R CLASS HISTURY - continued Cornet duets at several different times and places during the year. Athletics held the interest of many of the stronger sex. Allen Allers, Bill Altneu, Clarence Anderson, Bud Archer, Paul Bates, Charles Cox, Charles Geshiwlm, George Hinshaw, Lester loeger, Keith irons, Roger Jones, Harley McClure, Jack Pickering, Merle Simpson, Jim Stephens, Kay Ward, Dick Warner, Byron Zehr, and George Zook all helped drive the lronmen on to victory. Mary Jane Hinshaw was the junior representative on the pep committee, and Mary Jane and Lois Mc- Kinney were cheerleaders. Members ol our class who had literary aspirations served either on the lnkspot , our school newspaper, or the Reverie staff. Paul Bates, Marilyn Block, David Valentine, Alice Winsett, Byron Zehr, Mary Thomp- son, and Roger Jones were reporters on the newspaper staffp Nancy Taylor, Alice Winsett, and Marilyn Block worked on the production staff, and Elzada Zehr was assistant editor. Lois McKinney, Paul Bates, Marijayne Clemmons, Marilyn Block, Dick Warner, and Mary Ann Thorpe were members of the Reverie staff. Officiating in the junior Hi-Tri are: Dorothy Buth, president, Mary Thompson, vice-president, and Francis Wood, secretary. Miss Forsythe was the junior Hi-Tri sponsor. Gene Miller and Virginia Aldridge served on the Junior Red Cross lnter-City Council. Dick Warner and Jim Stephens were on the School Activities committee, and Kay Ward and Lois McKinney were members of the assembly committee. Mary Ann Thorpe, Byron Zehr, and Paul Bates helped choose our movies. Members of the class who were elected to the Student Council by their classmates are: Byron Zehr, Jo Anne Griffin, and Mary Jane Hinshaw. As always, the prom, which we sponsored, furnished a perfect climax for the year. We sold chrysanthe- mums at Homecoming, and candy, cokes , and other refreshments at football and basketball games to fi- nance the gala event. And now we leave N.C.H.S. until next year, happy in the knowledge that we will return as seniors. Page Tvenfy-three



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I SOPll0M0llE GIRLS lst Row-Barbara Anderson, Dorothy Alexander, Jane Callahan, Peggy Theiyagt, Edith Menken, Ina Belle Warren, Varda Belle Warren, Jeanne Ochs, Barbara Morgan, Mary Sue Williams, Minnie Carter. 2nd Row-Louise Whittinghill, Sharon Malcolm, Delores Murphy, Betty Alsene, Marjorie Gates, Betty Clesson, Zula Starkey, Alice Leipold, Yvonne Hinshaw, Joyce Peterson, Donna Thoreson, Joyce Mann. 3rd R w-J ' ' o eannrne White, Margaret Brown, Sally Veatch, Ann Birky, Lois Klump, Harriet Hastings, Donna Marsh, Norma Shoemaker, Lois Hunter, Pat Christ, Mary Lou Wiese. 4th Row--Mrs. Galbreath, Marilyn Larkin, Marilyn Mears, Lois Hargis, Marilyn Tate, Jean Ann Kewley, Carmen Burtis, Jean Rich, Beverly Crosby, Ruth Hargis, Ruth Leary, Miss Gorman. SOPHOMORE GLASS HIST0llY- continued Bill Linden and Marilyn Tate were our representatives on the Inter-City Red Cross Council. Mary Sue Williams represented the sophomore class on the Pep committee. The musically inclined students of the sophomore class playing in the band were Betty Clesson, Donna Marsh, Jack McQueen, Ina Belle Warren, Jim Cloyd, Walter Byerly, Cliff Wilcox, Marvin Dunn, Sharon Malcom, and Lois l-largis. We swelled with pride at the fact that six of our members had been elected to the National Honor So- ciety. They were Marilyn Tate, Sally Veatch, Louis Seibert, lna Belle Warren, Joyce Peterson, and Betty Cles- son. People who were elected in their freshmen year were Ann Birky, Marjorie Gates, Lois Hargis, Lois Klump, Margaret Brown. The illustrious students adding their talents to the lnkspot staff were Lois Hargis, Sally Veatch, Marg- aret Brown, Minnie Carter, Jeannine White, Jean Ochs, Marilyn Tate, Lois Klum , and Marilyn Larkin. Marg- aret Brown was sophomore editor for the Reverie and Jeannine White servecf on the photography staff. Our big event of the year was the freshmen-sophomore party which was held November 9th. Bill Linden served as general chairman. The boys on the football squad from the sophomore class were Walter Byerly, David Bridgewater, Jerr Schad, Bill Linden, Ed Huffington, Bob Biddle, Walden Crouch, Joe Hinkle, Marvin Dunn, Jack McQueen, Jack Buerkett, Earl Peyton, Dick Thompson, and Fred Chapman, manager. The boys on the basketball squad were Ed Huffington, Earl Peyton, David Bridgewater, Jack Buerkett, Bill Rich, Jack McQueen, Bob Lesher, Dick Kirstein, Fred Chapman, and Jerry Schad. We are eagerly awaiting our next year when we will be known as upperclassmen. Page Twenty-live

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