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

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1. Myrtle Mae (Kim Freedlund), Veta Louise (Connie Freeman), El- wood (Bob Freedlund). and Mrs. Chauvenet (Tammy Reif) react in their different ways to Harvey (obviously not pictured). 2. Dr. Chumley (Joe Pederson). Judge Gaffney (Rodney Gile). and Wilson (John Cher- nick) discuss what to do about Elwood and his rabbit. 3. Mrs. Chumley (Paula Frye) enjoys her conversation with Elwood (not pictured). 4. Nurse Kelly discusses the problem of Elwood with Veta Louise. Fall Play — 11

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‘Harvey’ entertained fall audiences. Another special event that added to the heat of the year was the fall play “Harvey.” The play centers around Elwood P. Dowd and his invisible friend Harvey, who is a rabbit visible only to Elwood. Because no one believes the existence of the rabbit, Elwood is in danger of being institution- alized but does manage to avoid it. Performed Nov. 20, 21, and 22, the play had a cast consisting of 12 students and two student directors. The cast members were as follows: the lead role of Elwood was played by Bob Freedlund, Connie Freeman played Veta Louise Simmons, Joe Pedersen played Doctor Chumley, Kim Freedlund was Myr- tle Mae Simmons, Erin Sullivan was Ruth Kelly R.N., John Chernick was Wilson, Missy Colloton was the maid, Chris Bullock was Doctor Lyman Sanderson, Robert Hopkins was the cab driver, Tammy Reif was Mrs. Chauvenet, Paula Frye was Mrs. Chumley, and Rodney Gile was Judge Omar Gaffney. The two student directors were Heidi Byrd and Jeffery Nel- son. “Har- vey” was a comedy play writ- t e n by Mary Chase and directed by Byron dra- in a and English teacher Donna Pin- son in her first year at Byron. 1. Nurse Kelly (Erin Sullivan) and Doctor Sanderson (Chris Bullock) are less than thrilled with Elwood’s (Bob Freedlund) invitation to have a drink with him. 2. Myrtle Mae (Kim Freedlund) complains to her mother Veta Louise (Connie Freeman) about Elwood’s destroying her party by introducing the guests to Harvey the invisible rabbit. 3. Elwood phones around town to find Harvey the invisible rabbit. 10 — Fall Play

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United we stand. That was the theme of Homecoming ’85. All the classes in B.H.S. unit- ed to make this the best Homecoming yet. The festivities began Monday morning with the stu- dents coming to school dressed as tourists. Get- ting ready for school on Tuesday was made easy by wearing p.j.’s all day. Wednesday was dress-up day and everyone looked good for yearbook pictures, which was taken that day. Thursday was Cowboy-and-lndian day, and the excitement grew as the seniors left school to build the annual bonfire. The seniors returned at 2:30 to compete with the rest of the school at Byron Games. The seniors won all but one, including the first Byron 500 big wheel race. At 6:00 that evening everyone returned for the night’s activities, including the pep assembly, tug-of-war, and introduction of the football players. The tug-of-war was won by the senior girls and the sophomore boys. The bonfire was held on the practice field and it was enjoyed by all, even though the juniors were upset by the loss of their decorative-stump. Brett Snodgrass and Amy Revell were announced as the King and Queen. Friday started early for about 40 seniors who enjoyed an early breakfast at Ponderosa. Ev- eryone at B.H.S. was in high spirits and all the orange and black worn for Orange-and-Black day added to the festivity. The school was decorated by posters made by the classes, and cheerleaders and pom-pon girls. The school day passed by quickly with an Homecoming spirit 12 — Homecoming