Ashton High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Ashton, IL)

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X Asn rom cof,xMuru1'fY K' l VHGVI UCHQOL ' vi Hs-Us 111' ASHTON, ILLINOIS February 29, 1942 Dearest Johnny, I thought that you ought to know about the Junior class of Ashton. It's the best class in school, or at least we think so. There's not much to say about it but what there is, is really good. I Long about the first of September 1959, a bunch of about thirty- one scraggly kids, scared stiff and just out of the country and town grade schools, started in a new and different kind of adventure, high school. We surely were scared when the Sophomores put us through a lot of hair-raising things as our initiation. We declared we would get revenge and we did. We chose Mr. Obourn as our class advisor and we chose blue and white as our class colors. Our class flower was a carnation. Our class motto was and still is More beyond for those who try. When it came time for us to come back to school the next September, there were six of us missing. At this time we changed our class advi- sor to Miss Ensign but our class motto, flower and colors remained the same. Though we were ridiculed we braved the storm and gave a grand ' Freshman and Sophomore party, to gain revenge for what had happened to us the year before. The newly initiated Freshmen were dressed in various Indian costumes, and the party was a howling success, we do mean howling! Then came the year that the Juniors were important. Naturally that scraggly bunch that started school way back in 1939 had thinned f out a bit but there were still most of the original ones there. Those missing from our class were Raymond Sachs, Wayne Batchlor, and Alyce Pierce. Gaylon Mace, who transferred from Stillman Valley, and Glen Eyman, who moved to Columbus, Ohie the second semester, were new Juniors this year. As class officers for the most important year yet in the history- of the class of '43, we chose as President, Carl Witzelg as Vice President. Francis Bergsmithg and as Secretary-Treasurer, Carlettg Ann Stephan. The Juniors tried a new experiment. For many years there have been Senior plays, but never a Junior play. We had a play! The