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

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Class offucers were: Don Amsrud, Presudent, Melvyn Johnson, Vuce-Presudent' Leta Blanchard, Secretary- Dale Emery, Treasurer Student Councul members Maruan Heudenreich and Don Hughes Our sponsor was Mrs Robert Gourley Marvun Clark and Jerry Summons louned our class Whule our Junuor yearunvolved a lot of work there was also a lot more fun Important events of the year for us were the day we receuved our class rungs gettung ready for the furst Valentune Dance fthus dance was one of the most successful ever held un B C H S l, and the Junuor Senuor Banquet at the Sweden House un Rockford Now comes the year we have been lookung forward to for so long for at last we are at the top of theladderand SENIORS Our leaders were Don Amsrud, Presudent Leta Blanchard Vuce Presudent FrancusMedearus, Secretary Thelma Whupple, Treasurer Carol Swanson and Melvyn Johnson, Student Councul members Our sponsor was Mr Glen Sunderman We presented the play My Three Angels on November ll and l2 Thus was a three-act comedy durected by Mr Sunderman Practuce nughts were a lot of fun We enuoyed a party at the home of Walter Rose after the play Letters un all sports events were won by Tom Dowd, Melvyn Johnson and Frank Reeverts The gurls sextette was composed of all Senuor gurls Leta Blanchard Januce Bonne Maruan Heudenreuch, Lunda Lapp Carol Swanson and Mary Kay Vogel Two bug events un our luves thus year happened un May when the Junuors treated us to a Junuor Senuor Banquet and the May Dance whuch we sponsored as a money makung prolect for our trup the last week of school Lookung back over the years we found that eught members of our class who are puctured below Now that the tume has come to leave B C H S we recall all the good tumes we have had together and wuth our cluplomas un our hands we start out unto a future as yet unknown THROL GH SCHOOL TOGETHER Robert McKee Frank Reeverts Dale Emery Tom Dowd Bill Wilson Mary Kay Vogel Mary Alice Rieken and Melvyn Johnson who attended Byron schools for twelve years Sponsored HAMER S GRILL by CLARK'S PONTIAC . . t . . I r F 1 - : ' I I I 0 O - 1 ' 2 , ' - ' z I F ll ll ' . I n . , . . u . . I I , . attended Byron schools all twelve years. ll N uu Q 'D Q XX I I I I I I I 0 I

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Carol Swanson leave my seat un Mr Quarton s scuence classes whuch l have occupued for the last four years to any darung and up comung She Scuentust Jerry Campbell leave my secret on how to be the second man un a truo to Harry Messenger Sugned and wutnessed thus furst day of January nuneteen hundred and fufty-sux WITNESSED SIGNED Frances Medearus, Secretary Don Amsrud Leta Blanchard Vuce Presudent Carol Swanson 44 bb 44 PX? EP if PP if EP C5 bb cuuuss uuusuouuv One early September mornung un l952 thurty two boys and gurls entered the doors of Byron Com munuty Hugh School to begun the next four loyous years together These were Don Amsrud Don Arn Leta Blanchard Januce Bonne Januce Burkey Squure Butt Jerre Campbell Lela Castell JoAnn Duetruch Tom Dowd Dale Emery Mary Lou England Jon Fowler Maruan Heudenreuch Don Hughes Melvyn Johnson Allen McCoy Robert McKee Frances Medearus Russell Metheny Shurley Mon Polly Pepper Frank Reeverts, Mary Aluce Reuken Walter Rose Carol Swanson Darlene Swanson Lowell Taylor Mary Kay Vogel Thelma Whupple Harold Wultfang and Bull Wulson Our furst task was to choose someone to lead us through our Freshman year Thus Don Amsrud became Presudent Frank Reeverts Vuce Presudent Thelma Whupple Secretary Carol Swanson Trea surer and Polly Pepper and Melvyn Johnson were Student Councul representatuves Our class sponsor was Mr Quarton The Sophomores entertauned us wuth an unutuatuon unto the ways of hugh school lufe that they had learned by a year s experuence Later un the tenn we gave them a skatung party and pucnuc at the Whute Punes We also enuoyed several Algebra partues ln our Sophomore year Lunda Lapp uouned our class lt was nowour turn to unutuate the Freshmen unto the ways of hugh school lufe They un turn treated us to a pucnuc and a skatung partyat Whute Punes Our offucers For the year were Lowell Taylor Presudent Melvyn Johnson Vuce Presudent Shur ley Mon Secretary Don Amsrud Treasurer Student Councul representatuves were Tom Dowd and Carol Swanson Our class sponsor was Mr Bogott Thus year we began to make ourselves notuced by takung an actuve part un all organuzatuons Durung our Junuor year we held the furst Valentune Dance Thus wasverysuccessful brungung un a larger profutthan any prevuous dance ever held at B C H S We sold refreshments at allof our ball games to help uncrease our treasury CASSELL S BARBER SHOP Sponsored WHETSEL S SHOE STORE HELSDON S TAVERN by CARLSON 8- TOOPS I . , . . . I I ' I ' - uu - -uu I ' ' I U O I I - 5 I ll I I O . I . . . I . . . . - I . . . . . ' - I I . . . I I I I I I . . . . . I I I I I I I . . I I I I I I . . I I I I I . . . . I I I ' . ' I . I . . - . I I I I I I . . . . . . . .-.. . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ... . . . . . - - . . . . - . . . . . . - . - ' I I I I . . . . I I I I . . . 3 I O I I I I . . . . . . . . . I I . . . . . . . u I l

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CLASS PROPHECY ln thus year of 1076 Leta Blanchard and Lunda Lapp who were graduated un the year 1956 have funally come back to earth from theur trup to the moon un their Gold Plated Rocket Shup They have found 0 way to luve on Green Cheese and Buttermulk Leta and Linda are goung to guve theur secret unformatuon to the members of theur class of 1956 furst sunce theywere always so close and loyal to each other To begun theur uourney callung on old classmates they fourd Don Amsrud who was the easuestto fund because he us runnung for the Presudent of the Unuted States wuth Frank Reeverts runnung for Vuce Presudent Don and Frank reallyshouldn t worry for thev are sure of eughteen votes plus two more theur own Next they found Maruan Heudenreuch, who us the famous Beauty expert and Haur Specualust un and uf you are unterested please contact her at her pruvate offuce un Beverly Hulls They entered a luttle town by the name of Sad Sack Summerv Ile and begun to feel sorry they ever entered thus sad luttle town, when they came upon cu large hall where streams of laughter were rollung unto the streets When they stepped unsude who dud they see, but our comeduan fruend the one and only Jerry Summons We found out later that Jerry ran Georgue Goebel rught off the stage, Next they came to the huge cuty of Doody Vulle , where they found the well known dusc lockey, Cwho all the gurls swoon overl us sugnung off They lusten carefully for hus last few words Suncerely yours, Tommue Dowell Aluas Tommue Dowd By accudent, they came upon a Sweden House Banquet Hall, managed by Carol Swanson who had lust returned from Sweden, where she had been guvung one of her many lectures on the manage ment of the Sweden Halls Muss Swanson has a chaun of Sweden Halls all over the country Sponsored by BEMIS MOTOR COMPANY JOHNSON 8. REBER - - . I 1 I . I 4 -- - y the Hollywood Hall of Hillbillies . Miss Heidenreich has iust learned Marilyn Monroe's secret,