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

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We Salute MARGUERITE and GENE Each year much space in the yearbook is devoted to students who were outstanding in athletics, music, or speech, and very little is said about the students who are consistently making good grades. Sometimes the valedictorian of the class is also the captain of the basketball team, or a first trumpet in the band. If this is true, the yearbook gives him credit as an athlete or a musician but never as a scholar. So, we, the Class of 50 , would like to use these two pages of our book giving credit where credit is due, to the girl and to the boy in each class who is the scholastic leader. In the senior class Marguerite Johnston and Gene Heidenreich have the highest aver- ages. Both are examples of the fact that good students may also be active in school affairs. Marguerite, a dependable student and winner of the D.A.R. award, is president of the G.A.A. and is an active participant in that organization. In addition she is in the Girls' Chorus and Mixed Chorus. Speech activities were not neglected by Marguerite. She took part in two plays and for two years gave an original oration. Gene's primary outside class interest has been music and speech. He has been a mem- ber of the Boys' Chorus throughout high school and for two years has represented the school in the District Music Contest with a vocal solo. He has been a member of the band for a like number of years, and for two years has taken part in the speech contests with an original oration. Valdene Oltmanns leads the sophomore girls scholastically and Leary Kennedy leads the boys. Valdene graduated from the McCormick school, one of a class of two, but a small school and small class background has not hindered her in high school work. In addition to answering test questions correctly, Valdene is a member of the G.A.A. and actively par- ticipates in the sports, belongs to Spanish Club, and sings in the Girls' Chorus and Mixed Chorus. This year Valdene was chosen to represent her class in the Student Council. VALDENE OLTMANNS LEARY KENNEDY — 20 —

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Our Sophomores First Row: Reber, Boyer, Colwell, Noren, Hagan, Her big Second Row: Vanstone, Jones, E. Blanchard, V Whetsel, Worman, Shelton, Featherston, Walker, Mr. Quarton Third Row: E McDonald, England, Wallin, Gruben, Kennedy, L. Heidenreich, V. Oltmanns, J Myers, M. Nelson. Our Freshmen First Row: Wright, Stukenberg, Sherwood, Forbes, Marks, Greene Second Row: N. Morrison, G. Showalter, Dummer, Peterson, Radatz, K Dove, Capes. Drake, Mr Haselton Third Row: E Stebner, Garner, P. Mc- Donald, D. Oltmanns, Lutzow, Ray Rauch, Roy Rauch, B. Smith, Boehm. — 19 —

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Our Scholars DAVE and KAY Leary Kennedy, grade school salutatorian, is also on the Student Council, but his pri- mary interest is in sports writing. His coverage of basketball games throughout the year for the Ink Spot and also the Byron Tribune was unusual for a high school sophomore. Next year Leary hopes to be the Sports Editor of the Ink Spot inasmuch as he was officially only the assistant this year. In the Junior Class the two scholasic leaders are Kay Love and Dave Ives. Kay has found time in school to be a member of the G.A.A., the F.H.A. and the Spanish Club. This year she started music work and sang in the choruses as well as taking part in the Girls’ Sextet which competed in the spring contest. She held a class office for two years and in her sophomore year was chosen as a cheerleader, a responsibility that she carried through- out the year and will continue through next year. Dave Ives, the junior boy, is another musician. This year, in addition to singing in the choruses and the Boys' Quartet, and playing in the band, he was given a Division I rating in the District Music Contest for a trombone solo and thereby became one of the two Byron students who qualified for the State Meet. When they graduated from grade school a year ago Harold Greene was valedictorian and Judy Garner salutatorian. On the basis of their first semester of high school work they were still leading the class scholastically. However, each has found time to participate in activities outside the class room. Judy's interests seem to lean toward athletics and music inasmuch as she is active in G.A.A. and was chosen the captain of the freshman basketball team and still took part in the Girls' Chorus, Mixed Chorus, and Girls' Sextet. Judy was also secretary of the freshman class. Harold's principal extra-curricular interest is in music. He was a member of the Boys' Chorus, Mixed Chorus, and Boys' Quartet. He played the French horn or the bells in the band, and, in addition, he acted as accompanist for musical groups throughout the year. We take off our hats to you, our scholars, and we congratulate you on work well done. JUDY GARNER HAROLD GREENE — 21 —