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

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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