Aquin High School - Veritas Yearbook (Freeport, IL)

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LABOR DAY WEEKEND MARRED BY FANATICAL WAVE OF SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AS NINE MONTHS INCARCERATION IS THREATENED BY BULLDOG FACTORYI' If-D L YQ E M li I J TE i1955i HALLOWEEN HOP At a Halloween costume party attended only by upper classmen. Ruthann Isaccs and Sheila Martin took first prize as Raggedy Ann and Andy While Gene Dougherty copped second in his Donald Duck costume. third prize was awarded to Mary Jo Starkey and Judy Grant who came as an elderly couple' which goes to prove that the Juniors are more capable of concealing their good looks than are the Seniors JOAN AND JOHN NOMINATED Unanimously nominated for king of the Mardi Gras was John O'Conna' and Joan Boland for Queen. Led by Kay McCool, the Juniors brought their candim dates to second place. 104th PRECINCT GOES TO POLLS Duly elected were Bud Franz, Ed Murray, Joan Boland, and Judy Grant to the offices of President. Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer respectively. Q t I P'- I EDITION lE CONCESSIONS STAND FRAUD BARED It has been dis- closed to us that in at least one instance the coffee sold at the Aquin football games was well watered. It seems that the stand ran out of the precious brew and a few of the girls went out to borrow some. However, only a few teaspoons of instant coffee were secured, these were mixed with a few quarts of waterg lewis lye was added for strength, and sold as Mcoffeen OVER THE TOP IN MAGAZINE DRIVE. The Juniors again proved they had what it takes when they came in first in the magazine drive and topped their quota by more than four hundred dollars. ALS one

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DST AND FOUND ary Ann Oppold nd Joan Marie Blunt uring the summer, in hurch. If found, give ach our best wishes or a happy and success- ul marriage. DUND: Male of the pecie, claiming to e Charles Kenneth asey. Light hair ars of medium length earing no collar or ags. We'd like to eep him he's as Good 5 Gobeln for NHa'sn JUND: At Semester. quiet little coun- ry gal from Forreston ame: Margaret arrenstein. We'd like 9 keep her too, lthough she defies ll feminine tradition y not talking constant V! SPRING FEVER EPIDEMIC CHECKED Four adventuresome Juniors, namely Jim Peters, Betty Vickrey, Carol Fasanella, and Patsy Adams, took off one sunny Friday afta' noon for Rockford. Classes for this quar- tet resumed on Saturdy PROM DECORATIONS REAL GONE Sister Paulinus and Juniors had hysterics in the barracks, got nervous from the service, and went deke halfway thru the week. But with the aid of the Lord. many aspirins. und much coffee, they all are expected to pull thru, ,Y o A In .Q . Q., CHRISTMAS CRASHES CLASSES Christmas parties were enjoyed by all in the classes of French. English, religion and history. These parties came as a complete sur- prise to the sisters. who knew nothing of them, but throughly enjoyed them. News has leaked out that James Scanlon plans to publish in the near future a scientific treatise dealing with the flammability of Keith Souders hair when heki over a bunsen burner. BULLETIN By some sneaky, under- handed maneuver Red McGuire finally got his drivers license. We strongly advise you to sell your cars, keep the kids off the streets and zig zag when running across intersections It s harder to hit a moving target CAREER DAY AT AQUIN Aquin held its second career day with some very informative talks, Orchids of sincere gratitude to all those who gave valuable time and effort to make it possible. M.J.Bangasser, Marion Tobin, Barb Modica, Barb Pfeiffer, Carme Guiffre, Judy Grant, displayed their spirit of free enterprise by grasping every oppor- tunity to manufacture and market such NIC- NACS as shamrocks and green ties for St.Pat. Yarn dollsand corsages for Mardi Gras and pricentagged Freshmen for April first. All the Juniors sur- vived a zany day gn their class picnic- Hopes that Apple Riv- er soon will recup- erate were expressed by all. Continued on page 44 12