Barry High School - Yr Rab Yearbook (Barry, IL)

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 ft 9 CLASS HISTORY On a crisp, clear morning in the late summer of 1954, 50 eager young- sters swarmed the Barr school for the first time. For many of us, this was our first experience in living with society and we gained many new friends. During our first year, under the supervision of Miss Brown and Mrs. Hunter, we began our long climb up the ladder of success by learning the fund- amentals of reading, writing, and'rith- metic. There were long noon hours with daily afternoon naps and recesses. In the second grade, we improved upon our previous learning with the sup- port of Miss Gilbert and Mrs. Hunter. By the time the third grade rolled around, we thought we were really mak- ing progress. With assistance of Mrs. Bethard and Mrs. Ward, we threw away those big, clumsy, lead pencils and began writing instead of that tedious printing. This was also the year of the national election, and we felt that we had done our part when our class voted overwhelmingly for Eisenhower. We had Been in school almost four years now and were beginning to feel pretty important. We stirred up a hor- net's nest w hen our teachers discovered we had been putting chewing gum on the coat hangers. Right, Miss Fitch and Mrs. Jennings? This year marked the beginning of our chic social life with the avid pursuit of 'rock and roll' parties. In the fifth grade, much tothehor- or of our teachers, Mrs. Bethard and Mrs. Card, on several occasions we set the clock up five or ten minutes in order to be dismissed from class earlier. We also contributed greatly to the success of the Christmas program that year. Our sixth grade teachers did their best to calm the class down by imposing the demerit system, which had you doing extra homework over the weekend if you got caught. Mrs. Redden and Mr. Mar- roon never did find out what went on during those ninth hour periods when they would have to leave, and a high school student would come over and substitute. Seven students from FI Dara joined us this year, and with these new class- mates we began to transform from 'little angels' to'holy terrors'. We went to Springfield and New Salem with the eighth graders and our academicians, Miss Leeds and Mr. Wright, to view the shrines of Lincoln. One of our fellow classmates emerged from the darkness and took all honors in the Junior High checker tournament. This year was also national election time again, and as previously, our class was an example of the national outcome with Kennedy nar- rowly edging Nixon. By tne eighth grade we were the lords of the grade school. Our boys constituted the starting five on the bas- ketball team that got third in the county w ith the aid of Coach 1 aBrier and our cheerleaders. Two of our classmates seemed to enjoy spending more time in the office than in the classroom. As eighth graders, we were given the privi- lege of caring for our underclassmen when the teachers were temporarily away on business. Much to the dis- satisfaction of Miss Leeds and Mr. Williams, there seemed to always be an ink or erasure fight in progress. This year it was our turn to lead an exped- ition to Navoo and Keokuk. The grade school was never the same again after we graduated. We had now reached the long awaited moment. After shaking with fear at the threats rendered Dy the Seniors and presenting our acts at the initiation, we were finally accepted into the BUS Society. This opened up a whole new world of dances, parties, and other special occasions for us. With the help of our sponsor, Mr. Moore, we began making money for our junior and senior years. There seemed to always be something happening in the Agshop that year. The highlite of the year was a cross country hike and wiener roast planned by our sponsor. During our sophomore year we continued to make money for our Prom and trip. Mr. Shaver was our sponsor this year. We ordered and received our class rings, much to the envy of our underclassmen and even some of the upperclassmen. For many, this was the long awaited year of their sixteenth birthday. The streets and highways haven't been the same since. Our Junior year was a very busy time with the play and Promcomingup. We put on one of the best plays seen in a long time at BHS. I am sure the boys won't soon forget the P.E, classes of this year very quickly, for it isn't often that a man like Mr. In low comes to a school like BHS (thank heavens!) The highlite of the year was the Prom with 'Enchanted Isles' as the theme. I am sure it won't be soon forgotten due to the commotion it caused. Remember the hole in the ceiling? Yep, we put it there. Remember the 'Icecube Incident' invol- ving Mr. Jones? We were right there on the scene. The success of everything we did this year is due a lot to the help and encouragement of our sponsor. Miss Myers. And now we have finally reached the summit. We are the Seniors now. This is the busiest and most important of all of the twelve years we have been in school. We have gone out and sold magazine subscriptions, solicited ad- vertisements for the Annual, had chili suppers, staged a donkey ballgame, and sponsored parties to help defray the costs of the annual, trip to St. Louis to see the Ice Capades, and the senior trip to the Ozarks, as well as to have fun. We have done our best to put out the best Annual ever. Mr. Moore de- serves a great deal of commendation for all the time and effort he has put into the 'Class of Sixty-Six' to make it the great group that it is. This has been a brief history of our twelve years in school and we hope we w ill be remembered in years to come, because we know we will always re- member you, Barry High School. fa £i.

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SENIORS

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Left to Right: Keith Churchill, Marcia Lewton, Carol Sue Yelton, J.A. Iftner, David O'Leary, Tom Spradlin, Nancy Ownby, Steve Mc'Laughlin; 2nd row, Ray Lone, Wilma Likes, Marilyn McNary, Ricky Lloyd, Ranay Renoud, Terry Nichols, Bruce Meredith, Mrs. Hunter; 3rd row, Dennis Sheppard, Jimmy White, Linda Rhoads, Doug Oakley, Sue McCarter, Barbara Mineer, Harry Wagy, Carolyn Schnepf 16 Left to Right: 1st row; Barbara Fuqua, Peggy Green, Eugene Beligorsky, Carolina Hull, Maude Duesenberry, Joe Brinkman, Donna Davidson Donnie Hodson, Jerry Gully; 2nd row, Janet Hubbard, Barre Hunter, Tammy Dolbeare, Phil Cory, Mike Hedges, Robert Clark, Robert Clark, Bonnie Hastings, Susan Schaell, Albert Halsema, Mrs. Brown; 3rd row, Monty Buffington,Sherril Howell. Janet Hinch. Billy Ewing, Jerry Smith, Carolyn Dickson, Bob Badgely