Arcola High School - Torch Yearbook (Arcola, IL)

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November E? M I.. Newman here, we won 1.3-13 15' lO. Football boys excited about the big game coming up Q, ll. This is it, the game with Tuscola, we won 39-6, a wonderful is day and a wonderful game, we are the co-champs lL,. Sophomore class party 15. Football Banquet ,J 16. Supper at Kaskaskia County Club for the football boys 1 17. Assembly - Bobo The Magician 21. Atwood and Arcola football boys have a steak supper , 21.. Thanksgiving vacation 25. Thanksgiving vacation 28. Back from four-day vacation - had too much turkey Q ,En XUm,g, 29. First basketball game with Mt. Zion there, we lost 63-1.6 QU OOC December l -:tg :O 2. Arthur here, we won , y 1 NO ' Senior pictures came - is it really me?? ' T ,QB 6. Atwood there, we won 67-53 F' g, 1 7. Report cards issued - dread to go home , 8. Assembly - Mr. Butler talked 9. Unity here, we won N ll. Senior Play Practice - long session 0 13. Senior Class Play - big turnout - I'm shaking in my boots 15. F.F.A. Parent St Son Banquet 16. Cerro Gordo here, we won 73-68 ,N 17. Christmas Dance and Annual Football Banquet nf 'xi lg. ghristmas Dance and Anmaal Football Banquet . orch meeting - P.T.A. hristmas Program , U 20. F.H.A. Tea -' ,QQ , Monticello there, we won ,- ,- 5 21. All classes had Xmas parties 'rf C 22. School dismissed for Xmas vacation at l:l+5 21.. Senior Bake Sale L, iff W 9 27. Start of Monticello Holiday Tourney, we lost to Argenta first game, not quite as lucky as last year January 3. School begins - Findley here, we won 75-57 6. Newman here, we lost 1.3-BL, 9. Band Boosters Meeting - class meetings 1O. Paris here, we lost 7O-61. I Q ll. Youth Committee Meeting , 5,5 13. Villa Grove there, we won g,, gf l 17. Tuscola there, we won i ' H, 19. Semester Exams - Oh I'm beginning to feel sick!! fp 2O. Bement here. we won. Semester Exams ' -I' 25. Okaw Tourney at Oakland, we won over Oakland 1 724. --.-, A 27. Report cards issued - Arcola won over Sullivan Mm- wmefwf, 28. Too bad but you can't always win - we got second place ' Newman took first 3O. Big snow on ground 31. Danville Schlarman here, we lost 1 qi- 4.1 . ,, ,IEE ' ' - - . K- 5: - ' 11- ,,:::::-::,,.,.-gg. 5-:Y:3 hgye ,ag 5 1 A X H .5.,:.-:.:-:ur ei-1 I - ' f Q 1 . is a'::::f:':r:i::rsfe he 1 :ET ' Q' ' : -Lge:-.-.4-5.-g.-.-Q k.. R 1. 4 5 5 Q i - 1ffff7fZfZ11 ECP - ' 1 2: .h Eg: ' rr!! .., . X Q is angie 1 ' L .grsf 5 :

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50 A - f 1 ff .,,- , y' ! X X mm f ,U ,EJ .5 f 1 f w. - f ef 2 Ni J , as--ra are SCHOOL CALENDAR 1955-56 August 28. Football practice begins - Oh those aching bones September W gg 1. School Begins - Back to Work ' I 6. Labor Day - Yipee! no school X ,I ' RN 9. Teachers Institute - No school - Goody Goody vi HR. 19. Fresh-Soph Lovington, there E' J 20. Senior Pictures - Don't break the camera I . 21. Organization Pictures , If '- 23. Varsity Football Game with St. Elmo here, we won 81-O E 26 . Fresh-Soph 27. Circus Assembly - Took some of the students with them ha! ha! 30. Monticello, there we won M.-O October he ul W 3. Fresh-Soph Paris, there A f I+. F. A. Initiation X Ag 6. Homecoming - rained all day and night, we won in the mud S 7-6 over Sullivan 1 N X 7. Teachers- Institute - no school 10. Fresh-Soph Sullivan, there 13. Teachers dinner at Kaskaskia County Club jx I llp. Arthur there we won 38-O i f I 17. Fresh-Soph Arthur - no school because of no heat -T f 18. No school still no heat V X gl 19. School begins again and the grade cards were issued , - 2O. Dean Sanders leaves for haircut L1 Assembly program - Band party NKXQQQ A 21. Oakland there, we won 1,6-6 W, 22. Seniors picked up corn for money making project 21.. gelcilded on Senior Class Play ' a and game there cancelled 5 4 25. Gibson and Young leave for haircuts xi 26. Important torch meeting - Seniors received football pins to sell at games 28. Assumption here, we won 52-O

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February 3 6 7 9 10 13 11+ 16 17 20 21 22 23 21+ 25 27 29 March l 2 5 7 9 16 21+ 27 30 April l 2 5 7 13 19 20 21+ 27 May 10 13 23 21+ 25 26 27 28 29 Sullivan there, we lost G.A.A. a Letterman Meetings Arthur there, we won Band Festival at Arthur Oakland here, we won Class Meetings Argenta here, we won Chorus Festival at Arthur - out of school hour early Tuscola here, we won ,fx Assembly Program - P.T.A. Meeting ' A School Being Inspected mv, - ,, , Still Inspecting - Minstrel Show - very good K .3 N Minstrel Show i gh Casey there, we won -'2.'-:-33.3 Leap Year Dance sponsored by Junior Class 'IR Worked on Torch at night .5 Regional Tourney at Mattoon, played Neoga - we won 70-62 'S Play Mattoon, we lost - out of school at 2:l,2 Q.: End of six weeks rs 1 Faculty committee meeting Q - Z7 Report Cards Oh My!! QQ ' U Douglas County Teachers Institute f Naval Recruiter talks to Senior boys '15, ,,,, District contest here Uiusicl .L ff ' f Eastern Gymastics Show at noon :E5gg5m, :,, Good Friday - no school April Fool - no school :Faster px, Easter Monday - no schoo .1'1'f Unit Meeting Music Contest D 1 End of six weeks ' Junior Class Play Junior Class Play Q High School Assembly Junior-Senior Prom S X N z- 1 ,M 1 Potlock for Band Boosters Jkt 1 Spring Concert Class night practice f Class Night Z- , ' Senior Trip -635 Senior Trip P 4 6 gaccalaureate 49 ornmencement Grade School Graduation Q4 - f'1 i'THE ENDWU9' Phyllis Vickroy Mary Key Ka mg. kg L K ge S s ' v- E M