Chadwick High School - Silver Comet Yearbook (Chadwick, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 56 of the 1950 volume:

iiwgiwffi 0151016 All ZJWCWZJ 'ww Q ,QQ X7 ii 55 65 xx Ri W NX W I as 3 2 Z is? Qin WE THE ANNUAL STAFF OF 1950 DO DEDICATE OUR ANNUAL TO THE LOYAL BASKETBALL FANS WHO HAVE FOLLONED US THROUGH THE VICTORIES AND DEFEATS AJD, NHOSE SPORTSMANSHIP AND INTEREST INSPIRED US THROUGHOUT T'-IE ENTIRE SEASON Z 'Pa ANNUAL STAFF 1950 Viletta Pfundstein Ned Hartman Dick Janssen Lano Frank Willis Stewart Nanda Brown Henrietta Gordon Esther Isenhart Viletta Editor in Chief Assistant Editor Business Mgr Music Humor Typist Typist Typist 'fundstein The Annual Staff wishes to thank all those that contributed news, snap shots, time and energy to produce this book Our Editor in Chief worked hard to make this year's book a success It is the hope of the entire staff that each of you will enjoy this book for years to come The Staff Bob schleuningf. 'iififff Sports Editor KQMiQ5gQQ5fi5 wmv U 9 fi Q RQ db VF m mmwgzfmmzfzfcw X Q L. Morning H. Lepien Coach, History Music H Bushman Dramatics, English f H Brett Supt D Karriker Home Economics P Unzicker H Geldnacher C aeth Science M jtengel Ommerce ' Ag vulture 5 ,s a 0 .4-111. Q U 2 'Q 0 . 0 f. N' ' ' . ' .- , y 1' L.: ggi? 2355 Q9 F2 fi EAW ZWCWMFES K 5 xx A XX xx 4x db C, wav U NED HARTIAN ROBERT SCHLIUNING Basketball l,2,5,4, Softball class Sec Q Tres 2, Report 1,2,3n4, Track 1 2,3,4, Pep er 1, Vice Pres 43 Chorus 1 ster l,2,3,4, Class Play 5,43 2,3,4, Basketball 1 2,5 4, Chorus 1, Chat Staff 2, St Track 1,2,5,4, Softball l,2, Council l,3, Vice Pres 4 4 Class Play 3,4, Pepster 1 2 5, Asst Ed 4 RONALD HOLKES ROGER WALKER Basketball l, Class Play 3, lusic Contest 3,4, Chorus 3,4, Reporter 4, Chorus l,2,3, B073 QU8Pt0t 3.4, C1893 590 3 Band 1,2,3,4, Pepsrer 1,2,3, gras 4. C1888 P187 3.4. Band 9 7 1 Z' a Wi' ' ' e , e . V , 0 0 . 'I Class Pres. 43 Annual Ctaff 2:3,4. , 4 l M 4 , L . C I , - ' Q ' 40 e ' 0 seq: VILETTA PFUNDSTELN Class Pres 3, St council 3 res 4, Ed of Annual 4, F H A 2,3,4, F H A Vice Pres , Chorus 2, Class Play 3,4, Cheerleader 3,4, Pepster 2,3, HAROLD HAHLIAN Basketball l,2,3g Softball l, 2,3,4g Track 3,43 Pepster l,2, 3,43 St. Council lg Class Vice Pres. lg F.F.A. 2,43 Chorus 1, 2,3,4. 5 1 JOXCL II L Pepater 1,2,3,4, 31133 p1gy 3, 4, Annual Staff 3, class reporter 3 CHAHLES AUD! F,F,A, l,2,3,4, Sentinel 1,23 Student Council 23 Class Play 3,45 Basketball l,2,3,4g.Soft- ball 45 Track l,2,3,4g Chorus 1,2,3g Pepster l,2,3,4. 7 , . 4 v I . nf V 'Q . 0, K:-' . 3 f' f I ' ' Qfiynh . if EL 'Y .,,,, ,ff tif., Y . .J -.5 ,vs ii v -' . , ' ' F45 'nfl-'e 14 ' - A W,, fwl Wfef'gf, , :G 5W3iwme FRA. Qm1W3Q 1 A 5, ,ik K 4 . I .N M , 4- , if, Q- e ' e y ' P e e ' e ' ' ' 4 C O 0 Q I f O 4 a o s I O 4. . . . JOE MONTAGUE IAX STURTEVANT F F A 2,3,4, Chorus 2,4 F F A 1,2,3,4, Vice Pres 5, Vespor Service 4, Track 2,3,4, 390 2, ROPONIGI' 4, Basketball nan Imager in Beskesba11 4 1,2.3,4. Svftball 4. Track 2 3,4, Pepster 1,2,5,4 Howard Brett, Superintendent Senior C lass Advisor 9 SENIOR CLASS HISTORY September 1946, what a memorable day' The time finally arrived that we had been waiting for, the beginning of our high school career Our first class, was English, I can remember it very well There we sat very timid and shy not knowing what to expect As the tardy bell rang the teacher took attendance she foxmd the following people present Jo Ann Assy, Char es Aude, George Bittner Kenneth Cxmningham, Lawrence Farthing, Willard La Dew, Ronn e Holmes, Ned Hartman, Harold Hartman, Joyce Imel, Robert Schleuning, and Max Sturtevant In November, Kenneth Cunningham moved to Lanark and in February Willard La Dew moved to Thomson Agann, in April we lost a member of our class when Lawrence Farthing dropped when he moved to Chadwick from Sterling At the beginning of our Freshman year we had an enrollment of twelve, but by the end of the year the number had decreased to ten Then, we began our Sophomore year This year proved to be more enjoyable because we were no longer Freshmen W found we had the same classmates as at the end of last year with the exception of George Bittner, who had moved to Hanover during the summer In September, we welcomed a new member to our class, Vilitta Pfundstein from Sterling At the beginning of the new semester, Joe llontague moved here from Morrison Our Sophomore year closed with the enrollment of eleven In our Junior year, Dick Davis moved to llilledgeville, and Roger Walker transferred here from Davenport, at the end of the first semester We had a very successful year We gave a prom and our Junior play, and managed to come out money ahead Then came our last and most important year This year our enrollment changed but once, when Jo Ann Asay dropped out We gave our senior play and eng oyed the prom given in our honor by the Junior class There were ten of us to receive diplomas at our commencement exercises Bob X 10 out. But, Dick Davis helped to make up for these losses O . e CLASS PROPHECY For the last ten years we have truggled and been thrifty, Since we left the class in 1950 Ned Hartman who always was a tease Is now in a factory canning peas Jovce Imel is married and lives on a hill, Her husband, a banker, does her life fill Roger Walker a Democratic leader, Became r1ch, lnventing a Republican beater A roving sailor, Lefty, became, He knows any girl who has a name For now he has published a dictionary Bob Schleuning who was a very good man, Became famous by leading a band Max Sturtevant who played a good basketball game, A roving reporter he became Viletta Pfundstein with all the good grades she caught, Is now teaching children, who need to be taught Joe Montague an agrlcultural lover I'm told, Is making his money on stock he's sold Chuck Aude, a goat farmer turned out to be, Stop in some tlme, and see all his kiddies From the class of 'SO' tis true that we did come, We weren't all smart, and we weren't all dumb Some names are in fame up to the present date But don't get conceited, perhaps it was just fate Esther 11 Homer has made use of his vocabulary, i ! SENIOR CLASS WILL Hear ye, hear ye, people of Chadwick. le, the '50 being of sound mind present to you our last will 8.lll6I'1t Soon we will be leaving C H S We would like to our faculty and underclassmen some of our prized ions and personal qualities, in hopes that the class will always hold special memories in Bob leaves his changeable heart seems to have more girls than he interest in Lanark females to lillle that just flew by on the track? Why eaths his speed on the track to Herb class of and test to leave possess of '50 the years to come to Wanda Lucky Lefty handle so he wills his What was that streak that was Max, he beau Viletta, who lives very complicated life, leaves her ability to hold down two fo rts at once to Carol To Mrs Bushman, Ronnie wills his act ing ability Also his acting up ability Joyce, who we can always count on to do her share of a job, leaves her depend ability to Esther Roger wills his typewriter to any ambit ious underclassman who can put it to better use than he did Joe leaves his pull with Mr Stengel and his interest in ag riculture to Dick Virgil is to receive Ned's casanova qual ities, in hopes that he has as good results as Ned did Last but not least we come to Chuck and he bequeaths has patelnce to Mr Morning And so dear friends and faculty, we have presented you with these tokens to rememb r us by, and being of sound mind on this the 2nd day of June, 1950, do hereby affix our sign ature THE SENIOR CLASS OF '50 SENIOR CLASS NEWS We began our final year at H following officers V Pres k St Council Rep Sec k Tres Class Reporter S by electing the Bob Schleunlng Roger lalker Ronnie Holmes Our Senior Play was the first important event of the year Then came the holiday season and a much needed vac ation The Friday night before Christmas, the Seniors gave the traditional Christmas dance We chose purple and white as our class colors and sel ected the motto the triumphs ' etta was chosen edictorian, and IZ 'The greater the trials, the more glorious Our class flower was the white rose V11 to receive the D A R award, Ned was val Viletta was salutatorian e e - Q SBD e , Q - 8 s . e . . 1 s . 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C. . . 2 Pres.------------------------Ned Hartman . ,----------------- g - e e e e - 0 0 0 ' ' ' e THE SENIOR CLASS PLAY The senior class presented their play, We Shook The Family Tree' by Hildegarde Dolson, on November 4th It was a wonderful play and kept the audience chuckling for days Hildegarde fViletta Pfundsteinl is desperately anxious to attract the attention of some eligible senior to take her to the big dance She wins the school debate with a plea of attracting boys, she only convinces Hartman! must be a terrible drunkard mother CJoAnn Asayl for help the phone tie women asking if father beats them against drinking, but instead everyone that her father I Ned As nildegarde appeals to her starts ringing, with sympathe very often, and suggesting that he might be sent to Alcholics Anonymous Despite Mother's hor ror at these wild stories about her husband, she is moved by fear that if she misses this prom, it is the beginning of the end And when the more popular girls, KDorothy and ElizabethD,start to lord it over Hildegarde, Mother takes action She knows a nice boy and she has to phone his mother anyway Hildegarde is in ecstasy and though she does not know the boy's name, can not resist getting back a little at these popular girls Poor Hildegarde ' How could she know that her mother would pick Freddie CRonnie Holmesl, the one boy in school whose oldfashined parents CRoger Walker and Del ores Daehler J forcd him to wear knickers When Hildegarde finds this out she pleads with her father to let her break the date, but Father is mad and Freddie is the son of Father's boss It develops that Hildegarde has given a little girl, Paige Qshirley P I some envelopes to play mailman with the envelopes which gets distrib uted to all the neighbors turn out her folks, and she is in despair to be her fathers old love letters Sally, her sister, lJoyceD tells her about Beauty Mud so she gets some in hope that her fatal beauty will cause a stag line stampede Meanwhile, Father, in danger of los ing his job because of all the talk invites his boss out to the house to see for himself how sane and sensible his family really is Hildegarde, her face smeared with Beauty Clay, runs screaming into the room Her brothers Robert S and Chuck A , are respon sible for having a live bass in the bath tub Then Freddie bursts in wearing long pants He hooks them from her brother The brother rushes in after him and tackles Father's boss by mistake They all turn on Hildegarde, for she is at the bottom of every single disaster But in a laughter filled whirwind finish, the happy solution is reached that not only solves H1ldegarde's problem but Freddies too Director Mrs Harriet Bushman 13 to her mother. 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L' 9 Q JUNIOR CLASS lst row W Stewart, M Janssen, Mr Unzicker, L Frank, R Janssen 2nd row C Schriener, J Adolph, R Post, H Senneff, V Handle 3rd row W B own, G Williams, B Isenhart, H Gordon, B Olson Leroy Smith fabs ent I the beginning of tris year we could tell right away that it was going to be a lot different than our Sophomore year Mr Unzicker told us we had the play and prom to put over, e knew then our Junior year was not going to be easy The following class of lcers were ele ted Pres Lano Frank Tres Dick Janssen St, Coun 11 R p Donna Prowant Now on to the more important events of tke year Of course, number one was tre Prom le spent much of our time on it and if I may say so gave a pretty swell prom we tried sometring completely different this year, to raise the money we sold Christmas ards as usual We also had a bake sale took charge of a certain amount or basketball concessions, and of course presented tke Junior Play Our play fave us a nice little profit, which fattened our bankroll very nicely Our class worked quite hard on the play and in co operation with Mrs Bushman, presented it very well On befalf of the class, I would like to confratulate Mrs Bushman on the fine job she did, even though it was difficult at t mes Willis 15 O O I I I I I U O I O V 1 O O C U 0 At 1 F J I . 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O A O , ' Q o . f , J o :J .4 L I - . 1 I 5 D JUNIOR CLASS PLAY The Junior Class Play 'Oh Brother' by Christopher Sergel was presented to a capacity crowd on the evening of April 14th This gay comedy related the story of a high school senior, Paul who was trying desperately to raise money so that he could afford to take his girl friend, Jane, our and treat her to more than just a coke KBanana splits and costly sundaes were her specialty J In Paul's attempt to earn the money honestly, he finds that one comic misadventure after another occurs to thwart him KEach of which seemingly is innocentl First, his younger brother, Junior, invades his photographic equipment and ruins the lens of a borrowed camera The owner, Mr Willoughby, and also unfortunately, his father's boss, 1sn't the least bit pleased with him When photography fails, he tries selling chicken feed But, once again, Junior tries to be helpful, only hindering him instead To the chicken feed, he added a mixture of D are killed and chances for Paul then looked pretty gloomy! Ir Jones, the father, shows his outrage at the escapades of his family, Mrs Jones tries to keep the family in hand, spending her greatest effort calming the enraged father Paul's sister Mary, seems to be on the 'in' with most his enter prise and loyally attempts to defend him when all else has failed Of course, all ends well! Paul's photography helps advertise Mr W1lloughby's hats The sales increase, and part of the profit goes to Paul He and Jane then can go off for a splurge at the local soda grill 16 D. T. The tragic result is that a great number of chickens JUNIOR PROM On the night of May 5th the Junior class was host to the Seniors at a banquet The following program was given lelcome Lano Franks Responce Ned Hartman Prophecy Esther Isenhart After an elegant meal the group returned to the high school with their guests for a fine evening r brzi 'e of dancing to the music of A1 Grace and his orchestra The ballroom was decorated in blue and white with a theme Stairway to the Starsn The room was illumi ated by sparkl ing stars, and during the course of the evening many twinkl ing stars floated downward to the dancing floor In the center of the ballroom was a stairway l68d1HZ to a large star in the center The clever decorations are the art work of Mr Unzicker and his Junior class, and ch credit for the success of this wonderful event must go to him 17 Class Hill -------- Viletta P. n U .A ' SOPHOMORE CLASS lst row Miss Karriker, Allen Haag, Lyle Tripp, Walter Nelson, Gayle Neber, Mr Morning 2nd row Shirley Friederich, Velma Swanson, Mary Schleuning, Marvellis Prowant, Lois Janssen, Marilyn Schriener, Barbara Hawk 5rd row Joyce Eickert, Darlene Anderson, Marie Iben, Allen Tripp, Delores Daehler, Dorothy Shibly Last year's timid freshman class, which then consisted of eighteen members, resumed their studies on August 29, 1949 This year we found a few changes in our class, we now have only seventeen members We lost three of last year's classmates but were consoled by the arrival of our two new members, Valter Nelson and Lois Janssen At our first class meeting we elec ed the following officers Pres Walter Nelson Tregs Allen Haag SGC? G9Y19 Weber Reporter Marvellis Prowant Our first thoughts were of initiating the freshman This is something we had been looking forward to ever since our own in itiation The initiation was followed by a party in the evening to which the entire school was invited Ne wish to thank our class sponsors, Miss Karriker and Mr Morning for their help this past year Marvellis Prowant 18 V- Pres- ' Lyle Tripp St. C: ----- Lois Janssen st 2nd 5rd The FRESHMAN CLASS row il to r J Joan blakeslee, Joyce Rahn, Stanley harem Elizabeth Quest, Shirley Prowant Cl to r J Arlon Kahler, Nlarionlee Dennett, Kenneth Imel, Ronald Mackey, Eugene Lott C1 to r J Eileen Janssen, George Yingling, Wayne Linker, Janice Kahler, Grace Shuman row POW class officers of the Freshman class were as follows Pres Stanle Larem V Pres Joyce ahn Trees Joan Blakeslee Reporter Shirley Prowant Council Reporter Ronald Mackey The freshman sponsors were Mrs Geldmacher and Mr Stengel The freshman were initiated by the sophomores in the Fall, we gave them a return party Shirley Prowant 19 1 . . 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L ---------- I-I---I ----- Eliyabeth Quest . . so i iyE?s3 9 FJ Ci LJFAMLLEVHCES Kb Q db Q A U 5 XXX xx X s ,X Gb L-J wav M lplilhi S Varslfy nf ,..J ,uno 'Z LHIIL1' IIQK Z1 Allen T Mu S 'B Team Y lc Ha Shnrleq Vandc PM Cum .nc zz Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwi k Morrison Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadvlck Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadvick Chadwick Lyndon Elizabeth Hanover Lanark Elizabeth FIRST TEAM Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Mt Carroll Chadwick Shannon Chadwick Leaf River Milledgeville Lyndon Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick TOURNAMWNTS Thomson Lanark Thomson Shannon Tamplco Hanover Alumni Mt Carroll Milledveville Sabula, Iowa Shannon 40 Pearl City Chadwick 57 Chadwick Games won 7 Games lost 16 Second Team Lfrdon Elizabeth Lanark Elizabeth Mt Carroll Shannon Leaf River Milledvevllle Lyndon Chadwick ChBdWlCK Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwlck lournament Milledgeville 54 Chadwick Thomson Lanark Shannon Ta plco Hanover Grade School Mb Carroll Milledgeville uabula, Iowa Games non 6 Games lost 15 54 29 - 59 55 44 58 56 55 47 50 56 28 58 61 42 56 . 58 57 48 28 49 59 50 47 . 52 55 55 O 3 49 29 45 65 57 40 7. 22 56 28 46 ' ' 25 Chadwick 17 Hanover 57 Chadwick 54 Thomson 27 45 . 29 u' 16 40 16 m ' 24 . 57 50 1, M 42 20 29 . 28 25 . 26 1 . w 17 1 , ' 54 28 ' V . 28 16 - ' 26 ' 17 Z3 Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Won 5 SOFTBALL 1949 Sept Sept Sept Sept Sept Sept D 0 Lost 4 Milledgevllle Thomson Shannon Milledgeville Shannon Thomson Lyndon Pearl C ity Total runs Chadwick 97 fotal runs opponents 70 4 Tournament Game 24 -50 5 . 9 15 . 15 3 . 4 5 . 20 - Chadwick 31 Sept. 21 Lyndon 8 . 27 9 . 29 21 ct. 4 2 ct. 5 GRADE BASKETBALL Lightweights KConferenceJ Heavyweights KCOnferenceD Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Lanark Mt Carroll Shannon Willedgeville Lanark Thomson Shannon Thomson Willedgev1lle Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Tournament At Thomson Lanark Mt Carroll Shannon Milledgeville Lanark Tho son Shannon 'lhomson dllledgeville Mt Carroll Freshmen Mt Carroll Chadwick 27 dilledgeville Thomaon 4illedaev'lle 18 18 1O 15 . 6 . '7 14 - 10 15 14 16 . 15 25 - 20 4 25 26 . l9 22 fn 21 v 49 , 18 , 15 20 a r. ' 15 22 A Chadwick 14 Mt. Carroll 16 Chadwick gg ' ' 32 . . 17 1 23 1 22 20 I 1 The Lightweights Are County Champions For 1950 The Chadwick Grade team consisted of 15 boys for this past season, some coming out a little late in the season to make much of a showing in conference play The varsity team experienced very tough competition all through the year as well as being great ly outsized However, our boys proved to be a good competitor in all their games, showing up especially well against Shannon on the home floor The lightweights had a very good season, winning most of their games in conference play, and defeating Mt Carroll, Thomson, and Milledgeville, in tournament play,to win first place in the County These boys deserved to win this trophy and we are all justly proud of the fine trophy they brought home to Chadwick The boys that played on the lightweight championship team are as follows Neal Doden, Kenny Eickert, Jerry Knees, Lyle Weber, John Straub, Ronnie Heffelfinger, Larry Miller, and Ronrie Foy The lightweight cheerleaders were Sharon Stein, Nancy Heffelfinge and Sylvia Stein They were outstandwng in their work this past season and much credit must go to them for their fine work and the loyalty to their team Varsity cheerleaders were Judy lewis, and Nancy qmith two of the County's best Considering everything t1e Chadwick Grades had a very successful season and next year looks even better Bob Traum being the only eighth grader, we will have back for next year all the boys but Bob GRADE SOFlBALL Phe Chadwick Grade Softball team had a very good season this year, winning most of their games in spite of their size This was the first year of softball for ome of the boys and more will be expected next year, in fact they will all be bank except Bob Our opponents can well fear this aggregation another year Players on the team are as follows Gary Handel Ronnie Heffelfinger Kenneth Eickert Larry Miller Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Qhannon Thomson Argo Fay Lanark Qhannon Neal Doden John Straub Lyle Weber Billy Hawk Ronald Foy Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Games won 7 Game lost Z6 Jerry Kness Leroy Handel Kenneth Hahn Lee Spinka Argo Fay Lanark Mt Carroll Mt Carroll Villedgeville rn L 0 Chadwick 17 Thomson 7 Chadwick 8 Milledgeville 5 O c 2 Y 9 1 7 18 . 13 2 6 , 6 O , 6 . . l8 V 2 15 - 7 . , 4 ' 3 L 9 5 U O , s 5 ' 9 Q CWM HMM Kb KX 42 q c ? W , Q CAN YOU IMAGINE Ronnie Holmes having his assignments done Roger Walker without a joke Herb being seriods Delores not getting an 'A' Allen Tripp not making a point during a basketball game Lano Frank not wearing a red hat Virgil Handel getting another Nash Shirley Prowant and Eliaabith Quest not giggling Lyle Tripp not talking Carol Schreiner not going on dates Walter Nelson not being polite Chuck Aude not flirting Shirley Freiderich not yelling at a basketball game Lefty Hartman not sleeping in English class NICKNAMES Herbert Senneff Willis Stewart Richard Janssen Viletta Pfundstein Allen Haag Lano Frank Ronnie Mackey Bob Schleuning Elizabeth Quest Ronnie Holmes Arlon Kahler Roger Walker Lyle Tripp Smiley Stuke Wilber Gundar Luke Rock Smoo Liz Homer Peanuts Rog Noisy SONUS AND PEOPLE THEY SUGJEST Among My Souvieners Joy to The World Redhead In My Merry Oldsmobile Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarett Slippin' Around Two Loves Have I Too Fat Polka Song of the Open Road Feve Foot Two Baby Face las Anyone Seen My sal Z8 Carol Coach Mor Willie Ronnie Lefty Junior Viletta Herb Virgil George Shirley P Gene Lott ning A -------------------- ----- Vi Allen Tr1pp----- --------------------- ------ Dutser , ........ QUOTES An old timer is one who can remember when an nun co operative child was taken to the woodshed instead of to a paychiatr'st By the time you learn the lessons of life you're too old and weak to walk to the head of the class Morning is the time of day when the retiring generation rises and the rising generation retires Many a wife has found that hugging a husband is the best way of getting around him We judge ourselves by what we are capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already dore So live that you won't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip He who thinks best, knows best, He who knows less, thinks less We never HCBPG of a man catching cold from leaving off his bad habits Killing time is not murder 1t's suicide No man ever prayed heartily without learn'ng something If you put a chain around the neck of a slave the other end fastens itself around your own I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you Before you a k advice, explore your head, There may be something in it Everr man should keep a fair sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of h s friends This is the best day the world has ever known, Tommorow will be better Make the best of everything, think the best of everybody, hope the best for yourself The only difference between a rut and a grave 1 in their dimensions 29 A I have than to have things I am not able to appreciate. S H0 0 Coach- Bid you hear about the young girl that ordered an atb lete for Christmas? Miss Karriker No, I d1dn't, but did she get one? Coach lhy sure, she just hung up one of her silk stockings and the next morning she had a runner in 1 Stranger Only twelve o'clock? I thought it would be more tn an that Native Around here, stranger thats all it ever gets, then we start all over again Teacher Can you give the class an example of wasted effort? Marie Telling a hair raising story to a bald headed man Gayle Mother I canft Mother eayle, never say can't Nothhng is impossible if you try Gayle Okay, then, you come and put the tooth paste back ln the tube for me Carol Why is a painter like a mother? Wanda With one stroke of a brush they can change a smiling face to a frowning one Joy The two things I can cook best are apple dumplings and Coach Which is this? Shirley P Daddy, what are those holes in the wood? Daddy They're knot holes Shirley But if they're not holes, what are they? Mr Brett I would like a preparat1on of Allyl Isothiocy Amate. Drugglst Do you mean mustard oil? Mr Brett Yes, I can never think of the name Joe That's a funny pair of socks you're wearing Gene One of them is green and the other is red eene L Yes, I know, and stranvely enough I have another pair just like them By the way' asked the walter, Whow would you like your steak W 'Very much indeed, answered the man who had been waiting a half hour Dick lhat's black when you buy it, red when you use it, and white when you throw it away? Herb I don't know, what? Dick Senneff and Why coal Dad Why did you wake me out of a sound sleep? Son The sound was too loud 30 t. meat loaf. O 39 Q n .-- . Q n Y O ll HUMQR Darlene What is the hardest thing about learning to skate? Delores The ice, when you come right down to it Son Is an atom of coal very much? Father It depends on whether you are shoveling it or burning it Morning What was the largest island in the world before Australia was discovered? Aude Australia Viletta Ronnie Viletta Esther Virgil Esther Shirley Dick: N George Stanley George Wife What would you give me if I gave a big supper tomorrow night of roast chicken, and every thing to go with it Husband I would probably give you my insurance and your freedom Who? Mother Nature kiss me Bottoms up Did she ever give you a dirty look Anything you tell m goes That's the way I like to hear you talk, baby in one ear and out the other I suppose you wish I would give you a date so you could , I always did hate to stand in line My father always proposed a toast before he disciplined That's funny, what was it? RKHOUS LAST WORDS He spent so much money on her he had to marry her to protect his investment Men are Our The len hope their lean years are behind them Komen nope that theirs in front of them son is a cleanly lad He dry cleans his hands with the towel only time she puts her foot down is when the light turns green are the reason women dislike lhen I encouraged him to steal a to develope into a one man crime He used to walk in the moonlight the floor with both arms full each other kiss, I d1dn't know it was going wave with one ern full, new he walks 31 e U f o e O 2' e o O . . . I I e I I n e e 5' e e 2 . 2 Q , - e -7 eeeeeee I l I 2 eeeee e O . e 0 . g U16 O , . 2 Q e ee. e e e e e - e e KyTQfiN35 Q F2 Q LUG MW ZW551' Q Q Q as , if xv xx Q CQ ? S2 M Till SUIOR HAY CAST 4th row Dorothy Shibley, Chuck Ando, Dolores Daehler 3rd row Roger Walker, Ira Bushman, Shirley Prowant, Bob Schlsuning 2nd row Ronnie Holmes, Viletta Pfundstein, lied Hartman lst row Elisabeth Quest, Joyce Imsl THE CHAT STAFF The chat staff is made up of sight members with Mrs Bush man as their advisor Their aim is to write school news and put it in the town's wee kly paper This year, Marie Iben and Delores Daehler were he co editors, with Carol, Shirley, Henrietta, Willis, and Ronnie as their staff LIBRARIANS The librarians nave done a good job of keeping our lib rary clean and in good con dition Their duty is to heck tn and out all the bo oks This vear, Marie Iben Allen Haag, Lyle Tripp, Joyce Eickert, Marvillis Prowant, Shirley Freiderlch, and Eliz abeth Quest have been our librarians Girls Ckorvs Iam! Says Ch ow! 34 MUSIC The music department opened the year by giving a profram in which both the grade and high school took part The theme of the program was American Music and every feature of the program centered on this theme Grade School lst 5rd 5th 7th The and and and and The next program put on by the s hool was a Christmas Program The program was as follows 2nd 4th 6th Bth grade grade grade grade Songs, Rhythm band re itations Christmas Bells Christmas Bells in other lands Pageant Mr Wor1d's Christmas gift annual community Christmas Vesper Servi e, sponsored by the lomens Club, was held on Deo 18th The main part of this program was a pageant, 'The Nat1v1ty', by Effinger, this program was very good Also, the girls and boys chorus took part The girls trio and boys quartette sang special numbers During the last of February, we started working on con test music The contest was held on larch 25th at Hanover Those who entered were Roger Walker Voice solo 'Holy City' by Adam Wanda B own Sax solo UBeautiful Colorado' De Luca Gayle Weber Paino solo Lano Frank Trombone solo 'Thoughts of Yesterday' Sax Trio 'March Millteare' by Schubert Clarinet Quartette 'Humoreske' by Dvarok The band will play 'Auraer' by Yodee 'Students March Song' by Homberg 'Sky Rangpr' by King So all in all we had a very successful year in our music department under the instruction of lisa Hazel Leplen Lano 35 V 3 -A U D ,. c 5 I O C . l Z . 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The Future Homemakers of Alerl- ca is a National Organization of girls who have had or who are in Homemaking class P H A brings together girls who are interested in making our ll ilies of tomorrow better The Home Economies club was start ed in 1942 The Home leonomle teacher is the advisor of the club The club colors are red an white to sypobollse purity and virtue The F B A flower is the red rose which is of vibrant glowing health The motto, 'Toward New Hor1aons,' expresses th purpose of the orgainaetion each monthly meeting, we dis cussed a country and had refreshments ls answered roll call to our favorite flower, song, :port and so forth lb have had several special meetings this year which were usually parties DORIS KARRIKI Last Christmas, we sent a Christmas boa over seas le had many other special event such as in lay a lother and Daughter Banquet, in April we had Daddy Date Night The year was full of adventure, and we wish to express our tha nks to those who made our F H A possible To Irs Daehler, lr. Brlederlch and lies Karriker for the wonderful advise These people, as well as the club officers, put the F H A club on the path to success To these, we say 'Thanks Sec 36 Pres V Pres Trea Reporter Historian Degrees Ch Chapter lother Irs Deehler Chapter Father lr Frlederlch from the bottom.of our hearts.' The officers for the year 49 50 ares lands B own Darlene Anderson larie Iben Carol Schreiner Delores Daehler Gayle Weber Carol Jby 0 Q Q . t 1 . Q lc - . '--::::::::Vi1etta rrunascein P Pres Ned Hartman V Pres Junior Adolph Sec Virgil Handel Reporter Max Sturtevant Sentinel Allen Haag Advisor Melvin Stengel On September 7, 1949, we went on a field trip to the Van Buskirk Farm, to judge Purebred Herefords Our Chapter made out a program of work and entered it in the Sectional, State and National Contest le com pleted a second year of operating our F F A sprayer as a community service We held our F F A sale of hogs on October 12, at Handel's barn Con signers were Haag, Handel, Hartman, Linker, Nelson and Geisz A total of twenty one purebred hogs were sold for S1378 50 le had a refreshment stand at the sale with Roy Post in charge November 50, the Chadwick and Thomson Chapters chartered a 37 passenger bus to the International Livestock Exposition at Chicago We also visited the National farm show and Swift and Co Meat Pack ing Plant February 20, the Chapter's officers' attended the Section F F A Banquet at Morrison Here we got accquianted with approximately lOO other F F A members The Chadwick Chapter was represented at the Carroll County F F A grain Judging contest at Savanna March 17, and the Carroll County Poultry judging Contest helh at the Poultry Tribune Farms at Mt Morris March 18 The Chapter was also re presented at the Dairy and Fat Stock judging Contest for Section 2 at Franklin Grove Project tours, soil test1ng,soil conservation, cooperative buying, State and Sectional meetings, exhibiting projedts at 4-H clubs are some of our CHAPTER FARM R DEGREE-Junior Adolph, Xllen Haag, Harold Hartman, Richard Jan- seen, Roy Post, Charles Aude, Virgil iandel, Ned Hartman, Joe Montague, Max Sturtevant, and Leroy Smith. GREEN HAND DEGREE-Kenneth Imel, Stanley Larem, Wayne Linker, gen, Lgtt, 'alter Nelson, and George Yingline. Max Sturtevant. 37 Fe 0 Ae , . 'E- U, . .bctdb A MN r ,--------- y t. Tres.--------Richard Janssen , ----- . M ' . 3 Y . XA ' I J , - 0 O O I O l O O , - - 0 ' '7 e e I l , - O O O I' O O -Q .K o s Q 7 other activities which we have sponsored. lst and 2 nd Grade First Row Loren 5 , Daniel N , Mrs Knees, Ruby F , Carol L Kathryn R , Second Row Barton T , Carol G , Steven Allen R , Gerald Judy H , Dennis L , Judy M Walter B , Donald K Fourth Row Joan E , Darrell C , Shirley M Steven S , Steven Sherman M , Shirley H , Clare P lhis year we had an enrollment of thirty pupils in our room During the middle of the year Mrs Rolls substituted for Mrs Peters who was ill for several weeks In observance of Fire Prevention week we made posters, and some received prizes for their fine posters Others received fine complements from the judges At our Halloween party we paraded in costume through the assembly and other rooms We had a fine Christmas party, a Hall oween party, a Valentine party, as well as numerous treats for birthdays, etc All these parties and treats have helped make our year a pleasant one and now we are looking forward to summer vacation Mrs Irene Peters, teacher 38 : . . . . ., g 0 0 PI, 0 Kc, Third Row : Lynn K., Gary T., Richard S., Sharon G., Nancy H., : 0 e Q, 'g Za, lst 4th row: POW row There 3rd and 4th Grade Richard R , Gary M , Hugh F , Irs Lang, Shirley K Normie S , Judy F Roger R , Jo Ella S , Carole John J , Joretta H , Karen K Sue M , Arletta G Clark V B , Sharon S Vincen F , Evan Q , Dennis R Lynette S , Mavis K , Janice Absent Charles H , Florann P were thirty one boys and girls in our room this year Roger P , Gary S , Linda U This 1s quite a large group and everyone was kept very busy Both grades have shown a great deal of interest in several murals that were drawn and placed in the schoolroom Each grade has their own Weekly Reader that they enjoy reading each week year le have had several parties af different times during the We are now looking forward to our summer vacation Maude Lang, teacher 39 to e e e eg End 2 .. . . . ., 3rd rows Dennis M., Gloria Q., Marcia M., Donna F., Dennis S., 3 I ,O I, 0 O 0 O 'RO - 0 0, 0 5th and 6th Grade First How Lyle W , Elmer R , Mary P , Lee S , Mildred M Jerry S , Nancy H Second Row Ronnie H , Lynn M , Sandra S , Larry R , John H Ava M John S , Bill H Third Row DeWayne K , Sharon S , LeRoy H , Mary H , Sylvia Fourth Row Mickey H , Earl M , Hoyt H , Shirley J , Thelma K , Marcia H and Gerald Knees absent School opened with an enrollment of twenty slx pupils, fifteen in the 5th and eleven in the 6th grade Three Miller children joined us in October in time for the fine Halloween party put on in our room Included in our daily program have been basketball practice and games for most of the boys We were pleased when three the cheerleaders were chosen from our room The success of the season was displayed in our room on Feb 18th, A very lovely trophy and twenty nine happy students We were all very pleased with the results of the tournament Each day our roam listens to W L S radio programs from one fifteen to one thirty We have heard some fine educational programs this past year and enjoy them very much The programs include, Music, News, Science, and Good Citizenship Our school year has been very profitable and enjoyable under the direction of our teacher, Miss Lucille Bragg 40 : 0 0 0 'Q g, 2 . . . . 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I, Q . of 7th and 8th Grade lst row Rogene R , Ethel K , Judy L , Miss Thomas, Neal D Larry M 2nd row Gary H , Janet H , Kenneth E , Harold A , larjorie S , Beverly H , Jambs H Robert T , Linda Senneft The enrollment of the 7th grade was increased by 2 and the 8th grade by l which makes a total of 18 pupils Many puplls participated in the Junior and Senior band this year, so we are looking forward to the contest in Hanover le're very proud of our lightweight basketball team this year because tkey non a trophv for first place Also two of the cheerleaders were chosen from our room The 7th grade gave the 8th grade a Halloween party After the tournament we had a Victory party for the Sth, oth, 7th, and 8th grades with the team and our coach, Mr Brett, as guests of honor The 8th grade gave the 7th grade a 'einer roast in the spring as the last 'get together' of our room 41 : . . . ., 5rd row: Kenneth R., Nancy S., Curtis H., Dorothy N., H9 Ida war K frkfvce Ivoloqq JUS? loakmq .Scnurg Will 9 :in H 'ru Shop LGB WUVK lah, 42. .funky 85 G-rib HQPP1 ds-1: Uoqt' hfg GQ., nm' 'Thus Ctr I5 Sggflys J dw 4 Nl!! 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