Byron Area High School - By Hi Yearbook (Byron, IL)

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First Row: Himes, McCormick, Johnston. Whetsel, C. McNames, M. Bridaoland, Mrs. Cox, Vogel. Second Row: Fleming, P. Smith, Hayes, I). Comstock, G. Stebncr. N. Bontjes, Hagerty, S. Nelson. Third Row: E. Falk. Welsh, P.per, Sampe. Burk.lt, Spencer. Noren, McAffee. Fourth Row: Molin, Noyes, Copeland, I. McNames. G. Cain, J. Cassell, Champion, Forrbes. ☆ ☆ ☆ Latin Club The Latin Club began its third year with 22 honorary members and 9 members who took Latin II this year making a total of 31 members. Chuck McNames was elected Consul (president); Dixie Whetsel, Tribune (vice- president); Margaret Bridgeland, Scribe (secretary); Marguerite Johnston, Quaestor (treasurer); and Betty McCormick, Pontifax Maximum (program chairman). Mrs. Cox, who also teaches Latin in Stillman Valley High School, was the Latin Club Advisor. The Latin Club sponsored a hayride last fall, to which they invited the Stillman Val- ley Latin Club. In December a banquet was held to celebrate the Saturnalia, the Roman holiday resembling our Christmas. Several times during the year the Byron and Still- man Valley Latin Clubs entertained each other. TWENTY-THREE

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First Row: Robert Donaldson, Ashelford, W. Palmer, D. Snyder, J. Bridgeland, J. Campbell. Second Row: Jacobson, C. Dil low. Guibrantson. B. Bridgeland. Myers, Mr. Shetler. Third Row: Copland, Heidenreich, Buisker, J. McXames, D. Palmer. Faulk ner. Fourth Row: D. Leary, Riley, Shultz, B. Meline, L. Brown, Richard Donaldson, L. Meline. ☆ ☆ ☆ F.F.A. The Future Farmers of America, which is one of the most active organizations in school, has been very successful this year in carrying out the numerous projects which were undertaken. Among these are trips to Chicago to attend the International Live- stock Exposition and the International Harvester Centennial Exposition, arranging to have a donkey basketball game at Byron, making plans to sell garden plants, sponsoring a county-wide rat-killing drive, and organizing a Chapter basketball team, to mention just a few. The officers who are helping to make these things possible are: Wesley Palmer, President: Donald Snyder, Vice-President; James Bridgeland, Secretary: Robert Don- aldson, Treasurer: Bill Ashelford, Reporter; and Jack Campbell, Sentinel. The members are hoping that they may again receive the highest honor which can be bestowed upon any F.F.A. Chapter, The Golden Emblem. TWENTY-TWO

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First Row: Gruben, Shelton, N. Bontjes, Heiclenreich, J. Morrison, J. Cassell. Hamer, J. Smith, Walker, Featherston, Cham- pion, Greene. Second Row: Rydholm, Wiley, Mrs. Foster, B. Weaver, C. McNames, G. Cain, Himes, Showaltcr, Molin, Gul- This year Byron High School had a band consisting of twenty-one members, five of which were from the Grade School. For the first twenty-four weeks of school the band was under the direction of Mrs. Foster. The last twelve weeks, Mrs. Hazen Himes acted as the music teacher and con- tinued the work of directing the band in numbers to be played at the Spring Concert and District Music Contest. The band played at basketball games during the year and kept the gym filled with the strains of the school song, “On Byron,” which was always the concluding number of their pre-game program. Two band members entered as soloists in the spring contest. Nylia Bontjes and ' Jim Smith played baritone and trumpet solos, respectively. The band members plan to make a trip to surrounding places of interest, the ex- tent of which has not been decided at the present time. brantson. ☆ ☆ ☆ TWENTY-FOUR