Arcola High School - Torch Yearbook (Arcola, IL)

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CLASS HISTORY September, 1955, sixty-one ngreenn freshmen entered Arcola High with a will to be the best classever. Although we were just ngreenn as all the preceding Freshmen, we thought we were the of the cropn. But the upper-classmen soon taught us to think as ncream differently. Our freshman officers were Danny Strader, President, Art Beazley, Vice-President, Rosemary Soupis, Secretary-Treasurer, and Bob Waldron and Jo Elaine Hoots served as student council members. Our class advisors were Miss Newman and Mr. Dunn. we chose red and gold as our class colors. when Homecoming rolled around, we were all real excited, because it was our first rgal Nbig' dance. Our Homecoming float didn't win a prize but we enjoyed making it and getting out of study halls. we chose Bobbie Biggs as our Queen Attendant and Danny Strader as her escort. The semester exam, gave us our big scare but we soon became familiar with them and settled down to studying. when May rolled around, we weren't quite as green and were looking forward to a busy Sophomore year. with a gain of two and the loss of several, only fifty-five nsillyn Sophomores entered A. H. S. in the fall of 1956. Our officers were Art Beazley, President, Shauna Powell, Vice-President, and Jim Binford, Secretary-Treasurer. Ed Hein and Carolyn Kluesner were chosen as student council members. Mr. Roberts and Mrs. Willmann were our class advisors. Our class colors were black and white and our flower was a rose. Bobble Biggs was our Queen Attendant again and Ed Hein, her escort. Our Homecoming float won third prize which thrilled all of us. Because we were still under-classmen we had a few class projects but we were anxiously awaiting our Junior year when we would be upper- classmen. There were only fify njollyn Juniors that returned to A. H. S- in 1957. Our class was slowly diminishing. Our officers that year were Jack Phillips, President, John Wood, Vice-President, Jim Binford, Secretary, and Bob Vyverberg, Treasurer. Ed Hein and Art Beazley were our student council representatives and Mr. Roberts and Miss whitson were our class advisors. Our class rings, we thought, were the prettiest yet,but than Q11 Juniors think that. Our Queen Attendant was Karen Morris and her escort was Bob Vyverberg. Our float with the slogan, 'we'll Chop Down the Oaksn, d1dn't win a prize. After the magazine sales and Okaw Tournament concessions, our treasury was full of hard earned money, which we spent on the Prom. The Junior-Senior Prom was held at Mattoon . Our Class Play, nHere Comes Charlien, was directed by Mildred Dennis and was a huge success. Forty-three Seniors resumed their studies at Arcola High in September of 1958. The class officers were President Ed Hein, Vice- President Danny Strader, Secretary Bobbie Biggs.Treasurer John wood. Our student council members were Art Beazley and Jim Binford, M155 Jokisch and Mr. Sitter were our class advisors. Danny Strader and Art Beazley were elected Co-captains of the football team and Bob Cox WHS elected captain of the basketball squad. Our Homecoming Queen was Bobbie Biggs and our Queen Attendant was Barbara Carroll. The Senior Class Play, nNo Moon Tonightn, directed by Miss Whttson, was as big a success as the Junior Play. Our biggest nights were Class Night, Prom, and our Graduation Dance. The Prom was held at the Burgess Auditorium in Mattoon and the Graduation Dance was held at the Country Club. Thus ended our four years at Arcola High from 'green Freshmenn to nsophisticated Seniorsn. It was a wonderful, fun-filled four years and we hope that the future classes of Arcola High have as much fun as we have had.

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Over in the corner, Wayne Cothron and nElfordn Ellison, owners of a chain of gas stations talk shop while nMakeoutn Bowers, a building contractor, tries to sell nFilthy Johnn Young a hundred new turkey houses for his turkey farm. Suddenly there is an ape call as 'TarzanN Weller swings down with his harem of girls, Shirley Fletcher and Sue Anderson. Joyce Good, a successful commercial artist, quietly talks with Carolyn Kluesner, secretary to Unfortunately, the great star of basketball, football, and girls, Bob Cox, couldn't be here. Max and Kathleen Shaw are down here in South America and were happy to come to the reunion. Max and Kathy are down here on their second honeymoon which they won as the Most Compatable Couple, a contest sponsored by Danny Strader, a rich farmer who is down here with his personal secretary, nRedn Murphy. Over in the corner is a group of people carefully dis- cussing sports and the famous stars of football. But Miss Whitsona Charlotte Bunten, and Oretta Hudson are carefully eyeing Swivel Hipsn Binford, a professional football player for Notre Dame. Much commotion is caused by Ed Hein, our high school Romeo now a test pilot for the Burgess-Morris Lipstick Corporation. He tests the quality and taste of their smear-proof lipstick. Ed is carefully guarded by his two employers to protect him from all the women. Slowly a big, black car pulls up and the brains of the Chicago Syndicate carefully step out. Barbara Carroll, Pat Snively, Janet Carlberg, and Bobbie Biggs are the brains of the beautiful but deadly crime syndicate in Chicago. The evening comes to a perfect end as all the members of the class of '59 enjoy eating their favorite meal consisting of nStewed Sittern and Broiled Browningn ' 1 fm: X 15? GS y W. fm K X i . vf7 Q- 1 is X X 5 As, . L 4

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