Avon High School - Boomerang Yearbook (Avon, IL)

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FRED HALL Mr. Fred Hall graduated from Maple Wood High School at Camp Point, Illinois. He attended college at W. I. S. T. C. and received his B. S. degree in Social Science at Quincy College. He taught in Vrsia, Liberty, Lorraine, Hershman, and Table Grove, before coming to Avon last year. He teaches civics, economics, algebra I, plane geometry, business arithmetic, and practical math. Mr. Hall is now doing graduate work in social science at Bradley University in Peoria. His hobby is reading. He is head sponsor of the Sophomore Class. I DONNA HATCH Mrs. Donna Hatch graduated from A.C.H.S. in 1906. She received her advanced training at Knox Conservatory in Galesburg, Bush Conservatory in Chicago, and the Christiansen Choral School at Lake Forest, Illinois. Mrs. Hatch belongs to the Delta Kappa Gamma, a National Honorary Teacherst Fraternity. She taught at Bushnell and Fairview before coming back to Avon. Now she is dean'l of the faculty, for she has been here for twenty-four years. She is very well-known in this territory for her musical ability, and is kept busy with her chorus and Vocal directing. Music is her vocation, and also her avocation. Boys and girls are her hobby. REBECCA HUGHES Miss Rebecca Hughes graduated from Trigg County High School in Cadiz, Ken- tucky. She attended Western Kentucky State Teachers College in Bowling Green and received her B. S. degree while there. She was editor of the college yearbook, and was also elected Campus Favorite and was selected as one of the members in Whois Who in American Universities and Colleges during her four years at Western. She taught one year in Gideon, Missouri, before coming to Avon to teach Home Economics I, II, III and to coach girls' P. E. She is assistant sponsor of the Sophomore Class, student council and F. H. A. advisor. She chooses dancing and cooking as her hobbies. ROBERT SLAYTON Mr. Robert Slayton graduated from Fairview High School in 1937. He attended Blackburn College in Carlinville for two years. After graduating from Blackburn, he went to the University of Illinois where he received his B. S. Degree in Agriculture in 1941. For two years he taught at Hillsdale, Illinois, and then taught at Fairview until he was called into the army. This is his first year of teaching in Avon, and his subject is agriculture. The Junior Class has him for an assistant sponsor, and he has no hobby. RICHARD STEARNS Mr. Richard Stearns went to high school in Detroit, Michigan for two years, and then came to Galesburg, Illinois, to finish high school in 1935. During these years he was very active in sports. He went into business for a year, and was then offered a contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, but refused the offer to go to college. He attended college at Macomb Teachers College and graduated in 1940. While there he was captain of the basketball team, and lettered in all sports, receiving 12 in all. He has attended Grimes Baseball School and also played in the National A. U. with the Keokuk Legionnaires. He has coached teams for seven years, and taught at Rushville, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Pittsfield, Illinois, and Pekin. Upon coming to Avon, he has never lost a conference championship. He teaches World History, American His- tory, and coaches boys' P. E. and all sports. He is assistant sponsor of the Freshman class, and chooses fishing as his hobby. Eleven

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