Avon High School - Boomerang Yearbook (Avon, IL)

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initiation during the day and formal initiation at night. “Auntie (Joes To College”, the senior play, was presented in November of ’49. We have had the honor of having had the Harvest Queen chosen from our class 3 out of our four years. The freshman year Verna Bovard, sophomore year Evelyn Johnson, and senior year Martha Davis. We have taken part in many school ac- tivities and have won honors in vocal solos, piano solos and chorus and band activities. We are planning and looking forward to graduation and our trip to Chicago. With the help of our two sponsors—Miss Davis and Mr. Reem—we have slaved incessantly to earn money to finance our trip and we know we will enjoy It. It’s been fun

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Four long years have taken their toll on the class of 1950. Starting with a class of 40 students, we near the joyous time of graduation with only 14. We have become well learned, thanks to kind and patient teachers, and we feel that we can now brave the hardships in this cruel world. Our parties were all fairly good, if we do say so ourselves. As freshmen we gave a “Cotton Ball. A novelty dance and song was given. We invited the 8th graders, and we hoped they enjoyed the evening. The summer before our sophomore year we lost Marvin Bloomer, Donald Overton. Bob Perdue, and Don Harding. We gained Joan Inman, Phyllis House, Darlene Hillman, and Fern Duncan. Later the same year we lost Joan Wagy, Harriet Jennings, Francis Singleton, Kenuy Howard, Bill Jackson, Ralph Murphy, Wilbur Wilson, Elwood Moshier, and Joan Inman. For our Sophomore party we gave a pautomine entitled “Love Making Down Through the Ages. Everyone en- joyed round dancing. We had a grand march and each couple went through a huge heart in the center of the floor. Our advisors for the first two years were Miss Barbara Bull and Mr. Richard Stearns. We started back to school in ’48 with 21 “Jolly Juniors”. During the summer we had lost Roberta Edward, Evelyn Johnson. Verna Bovard. Marvin Johnson, Louis Moon, Donald Brown. Rolland Hollsinger, Joann Reuter, and Robert Hook. In the course of the school year we lost Doris Gillette and Phyllis House. Joann Reuter came back in March. Being juniors we had the pleasant task of ordering our class rings. We were overjoyed when we received them, of course. Our junior party was given at Christmas. A skit entitled “The Night Before Christmas” was acted out by the entertainment committee. Several juniors sang Christmas songs and welcomed Santa Claus, who presented gifts to all. “Miss Jimmy” was given under the able direction of Mr. Ackerman. Carol Lee and Frances Ray wrote and directed the skit, “Grandma’s Album”, which was given between acts. The prom, which was built around the theme, “An Old Fashioned Garden” showed much work and thoughtful planning. We are very happy to say that, although we decorated on Friday, the 13th, it was a success, due to the hard work of the class and to the guildance of Mr. and Mrs. Davis, who were our ad- visors that year. When we came back to school this fall we found that several of our class had moved away or been married. Among these were: Gloria Jennings. Cynthia Sailer, Shirley Vernoy. Fern Duncan, and Darlene Hillman. The greatest loss, however, was that of Carl Ehresman. The senior party was the traditional initiation of freshies with informal

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PROPHECY Chicago, Illinois February 3, 1958 Dear Martha, I am hoping that you will remember me and the rest of the class of 1950 as you read this letter. While scanning through the library at the Chicago Heights High School, where I am teaching, I happened to discover the book, “My Life as a Nurse, by Martha Davis. Remembering the name, I quickly turned to the notes on the author and finding your address decided to write to you and tell you of our classmates. Joann Reuter, you remember how she always liked to draw pictures, is the art director of the Art Institute here in Chicago. In the past few years she has received notable awards on several of her best paintings. Her latest and most famous painting is “Memories of Shady Rest.’ Sensabaugh and Blount, “the inseparables”, are now in charge of the Peoria Livestock Market at Peoria. Illinois. They have made several improve- ments there; among them is an escalator loading chute. Rosalie and Clarice are now happily married. Clarice finally made her choice about the “Chevies”, and now a family of five. Rosalie is busy raising a family of egg-candlers for the Nichols Poultry and Egg Company, now managed by Marilyn Nichols. Tom Williamson is busy carrying the English language to the people of the Belgian Congo, and he (so I’ve heard) married one of the Congo girls there. I al- ways did think he was a little queer from the time he said his greatest ambition was to play Lady Macbeth. I haven’t heard much about Carol Lee, but the last I heard she was teaching freshman English and commercial subjects at Abingdon High School. That's where her greatest interest is you know. Marilyn Sorrells and Eloise Salisbury are secretaries at Marshall Field and Company here in Chicago. I think they were attached to that store from the time they saw it on our senior class trip. Gosh, remember all the fun we had on that trip? I think I shall always re- member that as a grand finale of my school days at Avon High. Well, to continue with our classmates— Paul McVay is working as an aero- nautical engineer at Municipal Airport in New York City. I haven’t heard whether or not he got married but they say he has lost his job several times because of being late. That always was a bad habit with him. Mary Parker was the proprietor of a restaurant somewhere near Avon the last I heard. The next time I go home I think I’ll try to pay a visit to her restaurant and find out if she’s learned to make milk shakes yet. If you ever come to Chicago be sure to come and see me, and we’ll discuss old times. Your friend and classmate. Frances.