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

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CL JJ Uut or.j wrote a play and presented it at West High School in Rockford. The antics of Ronnie Swanson and James Morris kept the class in an uproar most of the time, but somehow we did manage to learn our lessons. That year our heavyweight bas- ketball team won the Route 72 and Ogle County Championships. The tragedy of Mr. Purdin's untimely death made a lasting impression on each and every one of us. Mrs. Dirksen took over and finished the term with us. Our trip to Springfield was the high spot of our eighth grade and the Graduation ceremonies climaxed this highly eventful year. HIGH SCHOOL, the beginning of the end, it seemed to us our Freshman year was marked by the absence of an honest- to-goodness Initiation, for which we con- sidered ourselves mighty lucky. However Miss McBride introduced our girls to the rigors of a real P. E. class, while the boys still received their initiation in the locker room during football season. Algebra class was exotic for the girls, with Mr. Orr and his baby blue-eyes. Our Adviser was Mr. Parks, and our officers were Mike Dennis, Tom Wallin, Jan Johnson, and Marsha Siebken. Sophomores at last! We were no longer the scum of the earth, and some of our class members began to emerge into the high school limelight. Barb. Claassen and Carla Morrison became Varsity cheer- leaders. Mike Dennis, J. P. Lundgren, and Dave Smith played Varsity basketball; and Val Dearborn played the female lead in the Speech Play. Our Officers were Jerry Eddie Dave Smith, Jim Love, Joan McLennan, and Rochelle Whitney. Mr. Quarton was our class adviser. Our Junior year was filled with many money-making schemes. We worked in the stand at the games and had to clean up the next day. We entertained the Seniors at the Skyway Room of the Greater Rockford Airport; we actually made over $40 on our June in January dance. Dave Smith was our President, Donna Novak, Lucile Classen, and Val Dear- born were our other officers. Under the guidance of Mrs. McCorkle we finished our Junior year better off financially than we started it. The pages of this book best describe our senior year. Sponsored by 7 PIPER'S HARDWARE STORE NELSON'S JEWELRY STORE

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Wilson, a sixth-grader, made his debut as Santa Claus at our Christmas party. CL Just Seniors In the fall of 1947 we entered kinder- garten. Here we met our first teacher, Mrs. Johnson, and our fellow classmates, some of whom were to be together for thirteen years. We showed our musical talents in the Rhythm Band, and our sand- box cities were really sights to beho'ld. We also had Show and Tell days, when our parents came to see the progress we were making in our coloring books. In spite of all Mrs. Johnson's efforts, it seems that Tom Nally colored a cow green. Mrs. King welcomed us into first grade with a flurry of flash cards, artwork, and the Dick-Jane-and-Sally books. Twice every day we had our milk, which we brought from home, and we pulled out our blankets from our orange-crate cubby-holes to take a rest on the floor. Miss Elliott, our second grade teacher, didn't make much of an impression on us, except that her favorite expression was, Oh, how you children irk me! Bill In Mrs. Humm's third grade we oper- ated a store and a post office, and we applied our artistic abilities to the making of innumerable scribbles. In fourth grade our beloved Miss Morgan awakened our dramatic instincts by having us act out our geography stories. In one of them, Pimwe, The Jungle Boy, Donna Hogan operated a cassava- squasher. Here we received our first tonette lessons from Mr. Fienne. Miss Lamont was another who liked plays. Under her direction we gave a minstrel show for PTA. At Christmas we put on a cowboy play, in which Jan John- son and Gordon Henry sang a duet while Jan plinked on her ukelele. Who could ever forget James Ward drawling out, Allah be praised! The next year the country schools were consolidated into our district, and we gained some of our dearest classmates. The going-steady craze hit us in sixth grade, although the girls still held all their club meetings in the shower room. Seventh grade was the first year our class was divided. Mr. Parks and Mr. Kufalk taught us in the new building. Eighth grade was the most wonderful year we'd ever spent in school. Mr. Hendee and Mr. Purdin were our teachers. Several members of Mr. Purdin's class BYRON GAMBLE STORE Sponsored by TOMSIC EXCAVATING COMPANY

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RAYMOND LEWIS ROSE Byron 1,2, 3,4, President 4; Foot- ball 1,2,4;F.F.A. 1,2, 3, 4, F.F.A. Vice-President 2, Presi- dent 3,4; (You Can't Take It With You). S, n iors JOAN MARGARET MCLENNAN Byron 1,2, 3,4; Student Council 1, Secretary 3,4; INKSPOT 3; BY-HI 4; Speech 3.4; G..AA. 1,2,3,4, Treasurer 4; F..H. A. 1,2, 3,4, Treasurer 3, President 4; Pep Club 3,4, President 4; (You Can't Take It With You). MICHAEL RAY DENNIS Byron i,2,3,4, President 1; Stu- dent Council 2, Vice-President 4; Basketball 1,2, 3, 4; Football 1.2, 3,4; Track 1,2, 3,4; Baseball 1.2, 3,4; Varsity Club 3,4; BY- HI 4; Mixed Chorus 3,4; Speech 2,3,4; School Play 1,2, 3, 4; Var- sity Club President 4; (You Can't Take It With You). VALERIE JEAN DEARBORN Byron 1,2, 3, 4, Treasurer 3,4; INKSPOT 4; BY-HI 4; Chorus 1, 2,3,4; Speech 2,3,4; School Play 2,3; G.A.A. 1,2,3,4, Treasurer 3; Librarian-2, 3, 4; Pep Club 4; (You Can't Take It With You). 8