Sparland High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Sparland, IL)

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WILLIAM BRYDEN: UHe would rather play basketball than study.U ' ' Activities: Student Council, 3,h5 Baseball, l,2,3,h3 Basketball, l,2,3,h3 F.H.A., 33 Senior Class Play, Annual Staff, Mg Boys' State Camp Delegate, 3 LAVETA JOHNSON: WTO love and to be loved is the greatest happiness'of'eXistence,H Activitiesg Chillicothe High School, 1,23 Class' ' ' Treasurer, is Mixed Chorus, l,2,3,hg'Glee Club, l,2,3, as siris' sextstte, 35 F.H.A,, l,2,3,h5 Calendar sai- tor Annual, My Junior Class Play, Senior Class Play, Tri-County Music Contest, ag Dramatics, 3 KENNETH SUMMITT: WHappy am I3 from studies 11m free, Why can't they all be contented like me?u Activities: sand, l,2,3,hg student Council, 2,3,ag Student Council President, ug Baseball, 3,hg Basket- ball, 2,3,h5'Baseball--Most Valuable Player Award, 35 Mixed Chorus, l,2,3,u3 Boys Chorus, l,2,33 F.F.A., 3,M3 F.F.A. Vice-President,'h5 Newspaper Staff, 2,3,L5 NOWS- paper Assistant Editor, bg Annual Business Editor, M5 Junior Class Play, Senior Class Play, District and Stat Music Contests, l,2,3,hg Tri-County Music Contest, 2,3, MARY JANE RATCLIFF: nSmall things are not small if - great things come of thon.U Activities: Bradford High School, l,23 Class Pews ' Reporter, 3,hg Girls' Ensemble, 2,h5 Girls' Sextette, 35 Vocal Music Librarian, 23 F.H.A. Secretary, 35 F.F.A Vice-President, ag Newspaper Reporter, 3,ag Annual ' Assistant Editor, Lg Senior Class Play, Library Staff, 2,h5 Library Staff President, L3 G.A.A., 1,25 Tri- County Festival, l WILLARD MCCARTNEY: nIn the country, one grows to be a man.n ' ' ' Activities: Student Council, L5 Track, 33 Baseball, hy F.F.A., 3,L5 F.F.A. Reporter, 35 Annual Joke Editor, ug Junior Class Play '

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-Q Y Ar .rf vi Wx ssN1oR XX cmssf u y .fj?m7 ,saggy X v'mf - , It was a A5252 xyfifili, beautiful September day xij 5 , ,Qlgf4,m0 in l93'9'when a baker's dozen of i5f 'W tiny tots, eager f to find out all XRHISTORY about school and, of course their so , teacher wandered up the hill or climbed x ' out of the school bus to rush inside and choose the seat which he thought he would like best. We were greeted by a charming young teacher, Miss alice Cunningham. Our school career be- gan with Curtis Blackwell, William Bryden, illen Davis gudrey Davis, Ida Greene, Robert Hoskins, gnna Ingram, Joyce Jury, Mary Mutta, Donald Maddex, Henry RGHHHU, Phyllis Wunder, and Mildred Shipley. After a short summer vacation in l9hO, we were eager to carry on the work of second graders still under the leadership of Miss Cunningham. We found four former students missing, Allen Davis, Robert Hoskins, Anna Ingram, aid Mildred Shipley but gained six, namely Jon Babington, Virgil Beck, Raymony Ely, Jack Kear, Mary Lopeman, and Dianne Meyers. Upon being promoted, we learned that we third graders would move to the room across the hall and . have a new teacher. So, in l9hl, sixteen youngsters, a little frightened by the remark,,nThird grade is one of the hardest years,N trudgod on under supervision of Miss Wilmina Monier. Donald Maddox, Raymond Ely, Dianne Meyers aid Mary Lopeman moved during the year, Our gain was Willard McCartney, Norma Steele, aid Tommy Schupp. The following year as fourth graders, we were once again welcomed by Miss Monier. This year there were eighteen pupils, New pupils were Betty Ingram, William Jarrad, Paul Kaiser, anna Kear, Robert Griswold, and Helen Engelbrecht. ' . The year l9h3, we all felt Wbig.H Why? Well, by being promoted to fifth grade, we could climb the long flight of stairs, to which we had been looking forward