Chenoa High School - Chenowan Yearbook (Chenoa, IL)

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The F reshman parties Our TirsT Treshman class parTy was a wiener roasT held aT The home oT John Cable in honor oT Billie Anderson, who was moving away. Games were played, songs were sung, Tingers were burnT by marshmallows and wieners, buT everyone had an enjoyable Time. The nexT parTy was a scavenger hunT. The class divided inTo Tive groups. The hunT was halTed by The rain buT neverTheless iT did noT spoil The resT of The Tun oT The evening. As guesTs oT The evening we had Miss BarTh and Miss l-larrower. Spin The boTTle, wind, and oTher games were played, and girls Tried To Teach The boys how To dance. A very happy evening was spenT by everyone. The Freshman class had a Tarewell parTy Tor Miss BarTh, one oT our class spon- sors. There were games Tor everyone. Toward The end oT The evening Miss BarTh was presenTed wiTh a lovely Evening in Paris seT Trom The Freshman class. A number oT Tecgchers were presenT. ATTer games had been played, chili and crackers were serve . The Sophomore Class party ATTer weeks oT preparaTion The Sophomore class oT Chenoa CommuniTy High School held Their TirsT semesTer class parTy, Wednesday, December TiTTeenTh, in The gymnasium. PrompTly aT seven-ThirTy The parTy began wiTh The lively games oT Bingo and KooTie KaT, keeping The class, as well as The sponsors, Miss l-larrower and Mr. Ferree, and oTher members oT The TaculTy busy. AT abouT Ten o'cloclc delicious re- TreshmenTs were served and rapidly consumed. During reTreshmenTs There was a general exchange oT giTTs. While The clean-up commiTTee did Their work, dancing was The main inTeresT Tor The oThers. The TirsT class parTy in Their new gymnasium was a huge success. The Junior Class party The Junior Class ParTy was a scavenger hunT held on The nighT of OcTober I8, l937. Everyone assembled aT The high school aT seven o'cloclc. Each car was given a lisT oT arTicles To Tind and reTurned aT 8:30 P. M. ATTer The lisTs were checlced, The occupanTs oT John GenTes' car were declared The winners. ReTreshmenTs were enjoyed by all in The l-lome Economics room. School parties On OcTober 22, l937, a school ChrisTmas parTy was held in The High School gymnasium. There were various Types oT enTerTainmenT To lceep The sTudenTs well en- TerTained. During The course oT The evening, Mr. Ferree inTeresTed The TooTball squad by showing moving picTures OT a TooTbal! game played on The home Tield. ln anoTher room a group oT sTudenTs were gaThered To play ping-pong. The gymnasium was open Tor dancing, The lighTing eTTecT being very lovely and impressive. The radio was used To Turnish music Tor dancing. ReTreshmenTs of ice cream and candy were served laTer in The evening. As The sTudenTs leTT The parTy There were many who wished Tor anGTher parTy in The near TuTure. l938 aT The l-ligh School. As There was a liars conTesT To The prize wenT To Merle Parry. Tor Those who wished To play. ng used To Turnish The music. There were lighT reTreshmenTs served which were enjoyed by everyone. As The groups leTT The parTy, everyone was Telling of The good Time he had. AnoTher school parTy was held on February 22, George WashingTon's birThday was being celebraTed, see which oT eighT sTudenTs could Tell The biggesT lie. ln a separaTe room There were Tables Tor ping-pong There was dancing in The gymnasium, The radio bei Page 1'1m1i,-.f.,1.f

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Junior Class Histor On SepTember 5, i935, a new C. C. H. S. Train wiTh ThirTy-nine passengers sTarTed on a journey Through school. Miss BarTh and Mr. Eerree were The engineers. The TirsT semesTer Vernon King, Gerald Claudon, and Mary Schwager were The conducTors. The Train sTopped aT TourisT Park in SepTember and The passengers enjoyed a wiener roasT. They Then conTinued Their journey. The second semesTer The conducTors were relieved oT Their work by Marjorie Lahn, Mildren Skaggs, and Eudora Bunge. In May They sTopped aT Asper's Grove Tor a picnic. In June They arrived aT Their TirsT desTina- Tion and The Train was Taken OTT The Track Tor repairs. Everyone was ready Tor The journey To Their second desTinaTion on AugusT 3l. I936. On This parT oT The Trip Miss BarTh and Mr. Jenson were The engineers. Mil- dred Skaggs, John Vercler, MarTha Reis, and Harold Morris were The conducTors. AT The William GenTes sTaTion They Took Time ouT Tor a Halloween parTy. During The second semesTer The conducTors were Verda EsTes, Mildred RaThbun, Bernice GenTes, and Gerald Claudon. As The passengers were geTTing Tired oT riding so long, in May They sTopped in PonTiac, where They wenT To a skaTing parTy. in June The Train arrived ar The second main sTop oT The journey. Everyone deserTed The Train Tor Three monThs. On AugusT 3I, I937, all were anxious To move on, so wiTh Miss Johnson and Mr. Perdue as engineers The Train pulled ouT Tor The Third desTinaTion oT Their Trip. Ber- nice GenTes, Harold Morris, John Vercler, and Lucas BuTTry were conducTors Tor The TirsT halT oT The year. On CommuniTy Fair Day, because They were running low on expense money, They sold chances on a Tive dollar bill. They also won second place on The TloaT They made. On November 24 The passengers sTopped long enough To buy Their class rings and pins. The second semesTer Mary Schwager, RuTh Ringenberg. Mildred RaThbun and Rozella OlTman were chosen Tor conducTors. In June The Train reached The Third desTinaTion oT The journey Through Chenoa High School. The pas- sengers hope To conclude Their journey nexT year by arriving aT The GaTe of The Alumni. Y Sophomore Class History On AugusT 3l, in an airship, The class oT I94O sTarTed on a very imporTanT Trip sponsored by Miss Harrower and Mr, Ferree. The TirsT half year, The ThirTy-eighT passengers were piloTed by Doris Leek, KeiTh Phillips, and Carolyn Kaplan, and The lasT halT oT The year by Jerome Schickedanz, Verne Erdman and Eloise McCarThy. On OcTober 23, The airplane landed aT The Tarm oT Alvin Schickedanz, where a Hal- lowe'en parTy was held. Then The TlighT was resumed. From June TirsT To SepTember TirsT The crew Took a Three monTh vacaTion. They again resumed Their TlighT on Sep- Tember TirsT piloTed by KenneTh Zimmerman, Lois STreid, Lillian Lee, and KeiTh Phil- lips. The plane landed on December TiTTeenTh aT The Chenoa CommuniTy High School, where a parTy was held. The TlighT was conTinued, being piloTed during The second halT by Helen Richardson, Merle Parry, Dois Leek, and Dean Johnson. The airslnip is now Tlying Toward The land of FurTher AchievemenT. Freshman Class History On AugusT 3l, The class oT '4I were pushed inTo high school on brighT green sleds. The TirsT semesTer we were sponsored by Mr. Walker, Miss Orr, and Miss BarTh. The class oTTicers were: PresidenT-Junior Osborne, Vice-PresidenT-Theodore Powell, SecreTary-Treasurer-Francis Vercler, and Treasurer-Junior RoszharT. The lasT halT oT The year we were sponsored by Mr. Walker and Miss Floyd. Junior RoszharT was elecTed new presidenT, Hilda Sievers-vice-presidenT, Corale Kindred-secre- Tary, and John Cable-Treasurer. AT The end of our happy Treshman year we were puT onTo large sleds and were given a shove Towards a successful sophomore year. Page 7'n'i'11fAv-tlirm'

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