Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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Penny Clymer, Sally Holcomb, Joyce Thorngren, Nancy Rosborough and Pam Bell, fha spiriiecl sophomore regulars, cheer ihe Lifile Maroon: on fo vicfories. Our feam will win! yell Gloria Anderson, Karen Hoerrman, Gale Jones, Bev Bergshom and Pai' McFarland, fhe varsify alfernafes. Sparkling sophomore alfernaies, Jill King. Margi Eihl, Karen Hyink, Sandy Harrelson, and Pat Lievens pracfice for perfecfion.

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4 -3 X Maroon and whiTe, TighT, TighTl' T commanded The varsiTy and soph- omore cheerleaders as They radi- aTed enThusiasm and spiriT in leading The sTudenT body aT pep assemblies and games. In mid-SepTember, hopeTul girls Tried ouT Tor varsiTy and sopho- more cheerleading posiTions in Their respecTive assemblies. Prin- cipal LamonT T-lulTgren, The coun- selors, coaches, STudenT Congress represenTaTives. and The cheerleading sponsor, Mrs. Jean Carlson judged The girls on Their appearance, rhyThm, Timing, grace, poise, enunciaTion, and sTu- denT response. ATTer The voTes were Tallied and The regulars had been announced, They and Mrs. Carlson chose The Tive alTernaTes Trom The iunior girls who previously had Tried ouT. PrompTly aT 7:30 every Monday morning, TwenTy sleepy-eyed cheerleaders reporTed To The gym To work on cheers-old and new. Under The super- vision oT Mrs. Carlson, The girls sTrove Tor perTecTion. Every week a diTTerenT member oT boTh squads was given The opporTuniTy To serve as capTain whose iob iT was To choose The cheers Tor her pep assem- bly and game. LasT spring, The varsiTy and sopho- more groups, respecTively, chose Julie BenneTT and Joyce Thorngren To be honorary capTains. VarsiTy cheerleaders were presenTed in The spring wiTh an M and The sophomores received numerals. . S My gg ygi y T, I asv viNceNr rs , F NONIE MOORHUSEN MARY MURPHY 9. T LUANNE PANICUCCI JULIE BENNETT 1' , .... . s',. k I - .... I . . 'is ii T T ,-- T , T c , , - iii 1 T . ii ' lills i . XX 5 2 - -' . , X. . , gf frat: 4- g MHS Yell Belles Urge Maroons To Victories Each year The aThleTic deparTmenT gives The Cheer- leading Club a sum oT money. This year The money wenT Tor The purchase oT new uniforms Tor The varsiTy squad. LasT year's newly donned ouTTiTs were given To The sopho- more cheerleaders. ATTer choosing The design of The skirT, The Tive varsiTy regulars selecTed a paTTern. Mrs. Harley Moorhusen and Mrs. Galeno Panicucci, moThers of Nonie and Luanne, made The skirTs To TiT The girls. PleaTed knee lengTh skirTs were TiTTed To The hip line. To compleTe The uniform, The girls chose whiTe crew neck sweaTers. Medallions represenTing maroon megaphones wiTh The word Moline prinTed in whiTe across Them were sewn on The TronTs oT The sweaTers. Dressed in Their new cosTumes, The varsiTy group added new sparkle To The games and creaTed more spiriT. Wear- ing Their new ouTTiTs Tor The TirsT Time aT The Moline- Galesburg game, The girls really roused Team spiriT since The Maroons deTeaTed The Silver STreaks. Backing The Maroons ThroughouT The year are The five varsiTy cheerleaders: Julie Benne'H, Bev VincenT, Mary Murphy, Nonie Moorhusen and Luanne Panicucci.

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Members of The varsiTy Toofball squad are, BOTTOM ROW: Jim Bevins, CurT Kava, Ralph Higbee, Clarence Taylor, Ben Olivera, Dick Doerr, Larry Schinckel, Gary WaFl'le, Karl Todd, Sam Gusiafson, Terry PosTon, Nick Lanf, John Peferson, Bill Sunlin, Jim Caldwell. ROW 2: Gene Griffin, John PeTerson, STeve Thorne, Chuck CaTTerTon, Ron BesT, Carl McSparin, Ken Rosenberg, Norm Aquirre, Bob Bryan, ElliaT+ Parker, John STaack, Tom SeiTz, Bruce PeTerson, Jeff Buck, Dave SackeTT, Norm SToerr, Dale MoTT. TOP ROW: Doug Bendle, Bill Bump, Bill Masengarb, Bob Mason, Bob Graham, Joe EwerT, Gary Brown, Bill McCormick, CurT Roseman, Gary Goodwin, Joe Smilgis, Dave Tanner, Roger Pfehing, Don Weime, Dave Hyland, Rhod Hawk, Dan DaCosTer. Varsity Squad Enters New Conference Play Ending his TourTh consecuTive year as head TooTball coach aT MHS is Coach Archie Swanson. A graduaTe oT Mo- line. Coach Swanson previously coached baseball and sophomore TooTball beTore Taking over The varsiTy TooT- ball posiTion. A chemisTry Teacher aT MHS, Arch holds a masTer's degree from The UniversiTy of Illinois. Opening The '57 season wiTh The Dubuque Rams, The Mo- line Maroons drew TirsT blood wiTh Al ScoTT scoring The iniTial varsiTy Touchdown oT The inTanT season. Making Their bid To Tie The score, The Rams bulled Their way inTo Moline's end zone Tor a TD. LaTe in The Tinal period Maroon quarTerbaclc, JeTT Buclc, plowed over from The Two-yard line Tor six poinTs. Placekicker, John STaaclc, Again guiding Moline's B Team To a successTul, six win- made good ,ro give me Maroons a I4-6 vidoryi one loss, season was AssisTanT Coach FriTz Boom, com- pleTing his second year oT coaching aT MHS. A Torrner TooTball player Tor The UniversiT oT Illinois, Boom pre- viously handled all sporTs aT CoarValley Junior High. ln addiTion To coaching, he Teaches geomeTry and algebra. Bill BalTzell compleTed his TirsT year as Coach Swanson's assisTanT This season. LasT year he was an assisTanT To The sophomore coach, Joe Vavrus. Coach BalTzell aTTended EasT Moline High, where he played on The baseball, bas- lceTball and TooTball Teams. While aTTending WesTern lllinois STaTe Teacher's college, he leTTered in These Three sporTs. Mr. BalTzell also Teaches driving and saTeTy classes and assisTs in baseball coaching. Punfing deep in opponenfs' TerriTory was a chore accepTed by back, Bob Mason. Taking Time ouT from pracTice, coaches, Jack Coder, Archie Swanson, Frih Boom, and Bill BalTzell look over prospecfs Tor The Maroon eleven.