Atwood Hammond High School - Post Yearbook (Atwood, IL)

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tommmM CLASS OF 1963 FIRST ROW: Sharon Walker, Cindy Livengood, Linda Bishop, Betty Fleener, Janet Burklow, Cassie Metcalf, Reba Grayhem. SECOND ROW: Mick Moseley, John Sims, Sharon Ponder, Nancy Montgomery, Sharon Wilkerson, Nelson Stanley, Rick Phalen, Ralph Senteney. THIRD ROW: Jan Wait, Rick Scheffer, Dennis Heckler, Roger Leisner, Jim Hodge, Gale Luck, Curtis Hall, Ralph Gunter. FOURTH ROW; Lynn Coward, Sam Mahannah, Rick Wierman, Gene Burcham, Howard Eskridge, Richard Beaty, Steve Blain, Chic Born.

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61m tfcstMj mt Nancy Montgomery. Steve Blain. and Richard Beaty attended music camp during the summer. Junior advisers were Mrs. Irene Davenport and Mr. David Dunscomb. As seniors, only thirty-three returned to A-HHS. Class officers were Chic Born, president; Curtis Hall, vice-president; Sharon Ponder, secretary; andGeneBur-cham, treasurer. Janet Burklow and John Sims were representatives to the student council, with seniors Rick Phalen. Sharon Ponder, Chic Born, and Gale Luck serving as student council president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer, respectively. Nancy Montgomery was again editorial editor of the AT-TO-HI with Richard Beaty as sports editor, and Linda Bishop and Jan Wait as senior reporters. Steve Blain became editor of THE POST and Ralph Senteney and Gene Burcham filled the vacancies of subscription manager and business manager. Sharon Ponder, Reba Grayhem, and Cindy Liven-good were on the varsity cheering squad. Curtis Hall, homecoming king, crowned Sharon Ponder as Queen. Grand March leaders were Reba Grayhem, Cindy Livengood, Rick Phalen and Chic Born. Linda Bishop, the senior attendant, chose Rick Scheffer as her escort. Betty Fleener was president of the Library Club, Sharon Ponder, the G. A. A.; and Linda Bishop the F. H. A. Rick Phalen was president of the F. F. A. with Sam Mahannah, vice-president; Gene Burcham, secretary; and Rick Wierman, treasurer. At the F. H. A. -F. F. A. Christmas Dance, Rick Phalen was Snow Prince with seniors Linda Bishop, Janet Burklow, Janice Kellogg, Rick Wierman, and Gene Burcham as members of the court. Howard Eskridge served as the band president with Richard Beaty as secretary. From the senior class were eleven football letter-men. five basketball lettermen and four track lettermen. Football all-conference were Curtis Hall, Lynn Coward, Chic Born, and Rick Phalen. Curt Hall and Chic Born were All-State honorable mention while Lynn Coward received All-Area and Little All-State. In basketball, Curtis Hall received the rebound trophy. Richard Beaty and John Sims received Letter of Commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Foundation. Richard also was the recipient of a Rector Scholarship. Receiving monetary scholarships fcom Illinois State Scholarship Commission were Nancy Montgomery and Eugene Burcham while Richard Beaty, Chic Born, and John Sims received honorary scholarships. In their last year, the seniors lost two members of their class. The Senior Play, A Thurber Carnival , was given on May 17. The seniors were honored at the annual prom by the juniors on May 3. The prom was held at the Hotel Orlando in Decatur with the theme Hello, Young Lovers”. Class advisers were Miss Lois Shonkwiler and Mr. James Carney. On May 27, the seniors had their last get-together at the McCormick's Creek State Park at Spencer, Indiana. Baccalaureate was May 26. At Graduation exercises on May 29, Richard Beaty was valedictorian, with Chic Born and Howard Eskridge as co-salutatorians.

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Chic Born, co-salutatorian, gave the class Phalen, SAR winner, gave the class history. prophecy.