Ashton High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Ashton, IL)

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'XSI-'ION c:oI,xMLINIfrY V j ' nr, I I 5 I KI 1' I Fails' ' 12 1'-et 'Q I '1l'f'. r I b , Mm VUGVII JCHOOL ,.y'-Q-4. if t-,I ' fi- ,W , :gf-t' I fi11F ASH TON, ILLINOIS 4 NOVEMBER 5 4-F.F.A. corn Hunting contest. That young ,F fr Q Sophomore Donald Jacobs won the Champion- -15,354 Ship- 5-Assembly Program at Dixon. Now we'll all . 'f up be electricians. A , 6-Oh Boy! Basketball season opens with 1,.1 Ashton defeating Lee Center. 7-Whoops! Schools out again---Teachers' Conference at Champaign. 10-Tuberculosis tests were given. ll-Armistice Day, schools out once more. It 13-Seniors pose for the camera. 14-Victory! Ashton defeats the old rival K S3 Franklin Grove. I Also assembly program' at the gym. 'I 19-Won another basketball game. This time N with Leaf River. NOVEMBER O-21-Thanksgiving vacation. Bet it was hard on the turkeys. , 26-English IV motored to Dixon to see play Macbeth and Dramatic Club see play Hamlet that evening. 2?-Cantata, The Harvest presented by the Mixed Chorus. 28-Victory! Won basketball game from Oregon. jiwgv 'utMl'lm. 7,1 2-Bad luck, lost basketball game with N1-3211 N' --': ?Sf'T-.x Steward. ' 'g5 '.-Q ' ' if, 3-Ag. boys journey to Chicago to the tr- 4nQ-t:,.4,I.I'- Z? '?'3M ,tk Livestock Show. gawk.. iff'-..y-.8 ,QV Q R 5-Victory for Ashton. Won basketball game .. 3. .' 'Q' 'We from B rori my 1' F ' AX N A y . '.g,,.2,!.-f I If .J msw' 9-Annual staff is announced. 2,-f I MQ. QN ,lo-11-12-1s-c.R.v.c. Tournament. We took 5-,,, '34 Wai' third place. W sf' 19-Another victory. Ashton defeats Monroe M , Center. I 1 I . .i 23-Another victo for the Aces. This time l - I-s ry '1. W :Nj-.,4 gg..-P' I over Forreston. ' 23-Hurrah! Christmas Party in the assembly. Vacation begins.