Dixon High School - Dixonian Yearbook (Dixon, IL)

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ATHLETIC SEASON IDIXY Il H1gh Schr fl branded a perfect record 111 tl1e l11storx the sport xxorld when Shi? KWH 516 eonseeutlxe ClldIT1PIf1llSl1lpS lll tl1e North Ce11tral Ill111o1s Conference Haxmg perfect teams H1 ex erx sport Illlg xxas just Dlxon s xear l11 football IDIXUII Q smootl1 Tulllllllg attack smothered 1PPUllC'IlI9 and ge athered a beaut1ful actual s1zed trc phx lll gold 1 l1x1ngtr1bute t 1 a great for tball team But basketball xx as 11ot to be outdone bx football XY ltllflllf a xxord of warntng '1 team xx1th QFCLJ woperat1on and good coachmg stepped onto tl1e flf or the nxght 1 f the klumlll tussle and swept n through tl1e most thrllhng and successful basketball season Ill tl1e lnstr rx of tl1e sth rl er iIlIlCXlIlg tl1e X C roxx Il Duc xxe CII to w111 the I'CglOIld ine to be ru1111er 1 lll the seetlonal The l1ghtxxe1ghts also tled for tl1e t1tle xx1tl1 tl1e Sterhng outfit l r tl1e Illlfel QUCCCSSIXC xear Dxxon came l1r rre from tl1e cr nferenee meet xxnh the baer Il llelxalb xx as runner up but was IIUI QUIIC gcod enough to take Dm ll dllel the best she got xx is the relax xx hueh she l1ad to be 9dIlS6Cd Nltll U1x.111w1 Il all1f1ts dual meets xxlthout n1uel1 trouble and traxeled to lreeport to tl1e seetlonal a11d gdlIlCLl ru1111er up pfhltlflll there xx1tl1 eomplratue ease although Rockford aga1n landed 411 top I11 the up a11d commg sport of golf maugurated 111to tl1e N C Ill IQ32 the Illlfd t1 aga1n prox ed a charm and IDIXOII walked ffl' xx1tl1 golf honors for tl1e th1rd consecutne xear Cn der the ex es of Coach l111dell who has marxelously mastered tl1e Job and led bx 1nx1ne1ble Capt Durkes the conference meet was plax for IJIXUH dlltl another cl1amp1o11sl11p was a 11exed ,,...,,,........-Q aww Bx14's11xkr Boxx1-Rs Bue'x11,xRT Rot sm l uxrox ILXXACAN SHARPI' l1xn11L lx11t111 COACHINC STXIF OI D H 5 l INDI l l ll llCIl the dust settled on the hnal chapter of tl1e football season Coach l 111dell l1ad 211.1111 troeluced another champ1onsh1p team for D H S ln the sexen xears Xlr Lmdell has been head foftball coaeh here Ill IJIXUII he has wo11 three N C l lltle a11d has had four second places an admlrable record let s hope he1s here manx n1ore xears to come and n1ax succes rema111 Wllh h1m Sli XRPI Closmp. the sea o11 w1tl1 a heartbreakung. loss Ill the hnal of the sectnonal D ll 9 ended the nv t ucce ll eason 111 the ehf fl l11 torx a hnal record o won I9 a11d ost Coxerxng. a tough ehedule 111 tnarxelous shag e IJIYUH xxept 011 farther than a11x Duron team ha do11e before onlx to lose to tl1e skx scrapnmp. We t Xurora lllgh Ill a Illflllllll. battle Sharpe ll ele PHUCIICC VHIII the chool the conference t1tle the ref.1o11al tropl1x and the sect1on1l runner np trophx a worthx 1r1bute a11d mcomparable record Nlax he contmue s1m1larlx BOXXI RS Xt anx t1n1e after school hours one max find fa1thful Coach X C Br wers IH the athletlc room f11lf1ll111g. l1 dut e Xlnh the able a s1sta11ce of Coache l111dell and Sharpe Coach Bowers has lcd the Dncon track 163111 to the th1rd QUCCCNNIYC tttle lle IN also athletlc d1rector durlng all sports and extend credlt cheerfullx o11 sport artlcle ROL NIH Duong the football ea o11 Coach Roundx max be found strugghm. wlth the fleaxxelehts and flxxxe11.hts at the outh Clld of the athlettc held ln truth thvs IS one ofthe most lmportant coachmg. jobs for he 1 coachlnf. the future f1 t ITIHL Coach Roundx boxs engage the terllng xoung ters 1n four gan e each xear Paw If . 1 X . L. I : r . . 5 . - .1 , I K ' ,Z i 1 . . E n . .Z . U. . I V 1 y 1 1 C V I ' 1 , Y. . ' C 1 v K 1 . s 1 Q 1 V I k I . h , I KL 1 o , ' 'I ' ' - 11' fof. Aft- 2 . . .l. C. C ' .l 'Ill ' 11t , ' 'l 2 l ' ' -U1 I xv , 1 V ' K Y I g A o 1 1 1 .. . , L I . x I - . 'A. , . I , 1 K 1 , K a - x I r - , 3 QQ 3 e . 1 r r . , - sl . I , -. s E r I ' x . Q . . Q V h 1 '4 , s 11 1 ' ' ' - I 1 1 . . 15 5, , - . Q A v w 1 ' ' ' 1 1 C. I. . , me I I '3 ., Y I .' f g - ' - 1 . ' - 1' I 4 Q VA A 7 , V . v. W. ' 4 . 7 'l i Y , A ' ' 11- X! I . l ' L 7 , 'A 1 5 1 ' 'L 5 . t I, . M , A. f,,' ,gf 1.13 Z., 111' ' ' N , T 1 F ' . a I A . . . 1 . ' C 1 1- ' : . 1 N 5 : , ' 1' '.' 1 ' . 1 . . . w 1 . .. . 1 . 1 , , - f ' : :s ' ' ' l f .- C- ' 1 : s I ff ' ' i ' , . . .. - ms s -ss- fls-J ' -s'11's's W 'f' l. 2. ' ' ' 1 1 s' - -' 1. '. s ' ' ' '. s , ' 3 , ' '. ' 1 ' s . ' ' A ' . .N 's 'r' ss A K s ' , 1' ', . ' . - . . . ' ' , ' ' ' ,I ' is i-s. H s .' , ' , . '. ' ' s ' Q 1 . f' 'b ' C f' . 's ' ' 'rs s ' f stars. ' fs j s ' is 5' 1 s ,' .

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S E N I 0 R P L THREE CORNLRILD MOON Page 1 GERTRUDE Ton KONOGY THE CAST 'Xlrs Rlmplegar Lorrame Glannonl Douglas Rxmplegar Lynne enks Kenneth Rxmplegar Blll Thompson enny, the mald uanlta Van Nleter Ed Rlmplegar Louns Schumm Ehzabeth R1mplegar Betty Jane Senneff Donald ames Hey Dr Alan Stevens Arthur Klem Kxttv 'Mae Elchler PRODL CTIOIN EMILY SWAN Busznzn Managrr JEANWIE BOVEY rt PAUL PAGE Stagf FRANCIS LLOYD NIISS RUTH WIENMAN Dtrertor Miss BERNICE HORTOL Axnftant Dmfctor From almost every pomt of new, the Rlmplegars were moonstruck All through the play, lf you study them, vou w1ll nex er hear two words out of them that make sense In the first act, they are qulte well off IH the world and not havnng to work thev take out thelr lunacy m ll'lYCl'ltll'1g compllcated methods of sulclde or rn xmpulsne journeys But suddenly they find themselw es penmless Nlrs Rxmplegar, haxnng sold out the famllv fortune to a margln broker puts on her Turkxsh towel and walks nervously around the house Consequently the Rxmplegars all go to work at starvatnon wages and become a clan wnth a cause But ldle or mdustrlous a Rnmplegar IS alwass the same From one dax to another he new er tampers wlth loglc 4 S A v fi S ' by r ........ A GRACI.A COVERT ...,.. Propernf: l . ,.... ' x ' .... I Y 1 ' I . n . . 4 7 4 7 . Y v. . 1 . , 7 g I . . . , V 2

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ind Xlcndota battled tc a scoreless tie with cd the X C l FOOTBAL VK hen the Purple ll arriors xx allxed off the soggx mire after the Alumni tussle D H S closed one of the most successful seasons ex er played under the Hag of the l urple and Xlhite Bx txmg Delxalb Dixon clinched the N L I C title and put another natural sized football 1n the museum of our feats After being the only team to beat Dixon twice III a rovx since football here has been coached by Nlr llndell Rock lalls fell with practlcallx no resistance before the Purple machine 'Not satisfied with the two touch down lead which it had at thc half Dixon added three more talhes to its total before the gun stopped further onslaught Dixon s xx arrlor s awed for two quarters by the smoothness and beautx of the Rockford attaclt finally braced up in the last two frames and showed Rockford what smoothness and beautx reallx are Dixon outdistanced Rock ford in exerx department IH the latter part mf the gtme and had she onlx heeded sooner the result would no doubt haxe been different Opcning the conference schedule against lgClXlLlCI'C, the lurple attaclt smothered the gold clad lads with two touchclovxns in the first quarter and a duplicate felt in thc list X enclota superior in ctch cleptrtment S on cd 1 e a tough game tnd pcrhaps dc eat f r Dixwn but Dixon opcned up wxti swccping end runs lstcrals ind powcr plaxs which put Xlcndota at the mcrcx of thc l urple tcs o x ar pcna put tie enemx in scoring p xsition at last and ex apitthzed but in rdcr tc le I c to score ixron tgain crossec the Pat: 14 L SEASON stripe by a beautifully executed forward lateral pass just before the gun barlted ilith rexenge sealed tightlx behind their lips elexen lurple warriors took the field amid the threats of the Giant Killer of the 'X Q I C and proceeded to lay the Harms boxs gently aside by trampling the Hub City elex en to bits in the first half and then coasting the rest of the tlme The crowning ex ent of the y ear is the Sterling battle, and this was no exception for Sterling was neatlv crow ned under a barriage of passes and end runs A shift bv Sterling supposedlx to Stop Dixon s end runs xx as laid waste with little dlfficultx and with the field gxal to top it all the opposition xxas put in its place Xfter being halted on the Barb goal line again and again bx an iron stand Dixons power finally turned baclx the Orange surge and scwred a tallx before the half ended Ctnxersion failed and Dixon led 6-O at the half The Barbs toolt the field with grim determination in the ensuing half and bx exer perfect passes connected one near the goal and on the fourth doxx n plunged it ox er Conxersion was blocked and thus the frax ended 6-6 X dispute arose as to whom was ch tmpion but Delxalb had been tied bx Dixon Dixon Dixon Dixon Dm n Dix n Dixon Dixon Dixon 7 7 R wclx I alls Rockford lielx idere Xlendota Rochelle Sterling rlnceton De lxalb Xlumni V 'Y I A . A , . 4 . Q l V a . t i . t . V . , , J ' , J , ' ' , . . ' 7 Y. ,I . . . H ,. . ,, V. . Y . V s . 4 1 Y ' V 4' v' ' ' i ' ' i R i ' ' ' V . . , . , ' I t l ' 7 - i l ' -1 V I V, ' . i .lv li ' f I ' W r . , V v 1 Y V ' .' ' I . . Y . . - , , V , V 1 ' , 1 ' 1 z , y' ' , ' . , . . y . Y 1 v x v v I . Q . J u . . . . Q ' , V i ' liihile Dixon vanquished lielvidere, Delxalb Nlendota and was thus eliminated, and Dixon z . - . ' 1 ' : ' - .. ' rul ' . . '. .C. .l ' . ' -z' z . fu ...., ..,., 3 3 t : it l 1 lt ' l'k ' 'L 1 - ' . a ...... .,.. 7 'f ' U -ff , if ' 'I l if .......... ii - ., . '- .......... go . ' ,- H -' . ..x....... -fi 1 ln the final minu 1, tw' I5 1 tl Y zlties 'xo ,..,,..... ,o .' ' . l 1' ' ' : ' 1. ' , ..,,.,... 7 P ' ' th l' c' z . o x r 1 tie last ........,, 6 on ' J ' 1 D . z ' ' l final ....,...,, 6 4 ' ,.