Dixon High School - Dixonian Yearbook (Dixon, IL)

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0ff1CC Glrls Hell what s xour excuse th1s tnne' How mam students are there 1n IJIXUTI H1gh School who, upon askmg for 1n adn11t haxe not been greeted bx th1s or 1 SI1111111' rem 1rk Ihe speaker 1'1ther ot our two oFr1ce g1rls Nlrs Stella Grohe or X11ss -Xhce 111111118011 D H S IS proud to clalm hotl1 N11ss 1l1omson 1nd Nlrs Grohe IS former students Nlrs Grohe moved to D1xon from N11r1land If tl1e age ot two H 1v1ng spent l1er first YCZ1I'SO1111!:'Ql'I school at South Dlxon H1gh School she w 1s graduated from the present h1gh school w1th the class of 1931 She began workmg 111 the oH1ce 111 anu1r1 1917, and began her present dut1es ls secreta1 1 to Super1ntendent -X H 1anc1ster 111 1936 In 'iddlflfln to her secretarlal L111C1CS Xlrs Grohe handles the school supplles and busmess correspondence X11ss lhomsorn was Eve xears old when she c 1me to IDIXUH trom Iowa She attended DIXOII grade schools 1nd was graduated trom the Dxxon H1gh School She began workmg 1n the office as PFIHCIIDH1 B Prazers secretarw 111 1937 She IS also 1n charge of 1ssu1ng the absence and tardlness Zldlhlfg The C11f1I'6 student bodx especlallx the senlor class IS grateful to the OFFICC g1rls for thelr thoughttulness and conslderatlon through out our h1gh school daxs Mamtenance Staff We all readllx 1gree th 1f,1I1 order to h 1ve a school we 111ust haxe students 111d teachers However, we son1et1n1es forget th1t the 11111111611 1nce men 1re also a necessarx 11ctor 1n the ef11c1ent operatlon of '1 school 1'Jll11d1I'1Q Qheerfullx and efhclentlx our Dmon H1gh School 11an1tors go 1hout the school lffC11C11I1Q t the1rm1n1 tasks V111 xou come dow 11 to the 1ud1tor1u1n 1nd help us w1th the curr uns' 11111 xou ple ISC help 111e open 1111 locker lhese 1re 1ust 1 few ot the requests granted sr tents 1 hx our hard wor 1 1 l111fU1'N -X speclil hurden o11 thc I11l111f611l11kC men e eL!11111111s1 11 t1e sc1o1 r 1 commg c 1 s 1 res1men IINIQ1 1 trlghtened, thex hnd 1 true 11'lC11L1 111 1111 of the men from the 11111nten1nce department w o FCITIIVK1 them 11 the rule we 1 Nlusf o ex such a wet boots n1ust he taken o before xou enter school , and no runnmg 111 the halls Lpon entermg D H S tl1e hrst 1an1tor we are hkelx to see 1 Nlr Ymcent Bremer Ihe entlre hrst Hoor IS under Nlr Bremer s super 11s1on He became 1 member of tl1e munten 111ce st1tf 111 1936 111d COHTINLICL1 1118 C1Llf1C's ll1'l1'll 19-13 when he reslgned to go to the lTl11X N r Bre111er IS agaln hack 111 DHS a 1 member of the lN'l111YC111.I1CC departn1e11t Ihe second 1nd th1rd Floors 1re adequ1tcl1 taken c1re ot hx Nlr Clarence Bates, who 18 xerx popular 1111o11g tl1e students and IQ well 1x110W11 for h1s frlendlmess 1nd qLl1C1x Nl1111C 1er11d B1tes Nlr Bites N011 18 plrt t1111e 11n1tor 1t IDIXUI1 Hlgh Scl1ool 1116 I'ClNll11C1t?1' f the du he IS emploxed If North Cen ral School Re pons1hle to1 the w1r111th 11 the 15Ll11L1II1L 18 Nlr Iaul BC1L1SC1gf1CLl1' whohres the 13H11C1'Q 1nd takes care of tl1e 1'lC8.Cl112 pl 1nt -Xlthough the students do not hue the op portun1t1 toheC11111C acqua1ntedw1th the 1112111 111n1tor, Nlr Bert Buhler we haxe come to apprecmte h1s work werx 111uch We owe these men our deep st grat1tude,as thex haxe helped to make our school hte n1ore ple 1sant through the1r work 11 . . AK Y vs ' s s 1 Ny, . 1, s - , 1 . 1 . 1 . . 1 . . ,1 1. 1 . Y v s - 51 C 1 K L ,S A tx. 1' ' . ' V 1 1 , 1 ' 1 3 3 , .' g B ..- ix ' ' 1 sf . A I 1 1 1 1. . 1 1 1. H 1 1. 1 , 1. 1 1 1 1 1. . . . 1 . 1 J J 1' 3 S 1 . 1 .' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 E 1 ' , 5 '13 1 . 1 1. I ci 1' V s y ex .Y Sci x 1 .1 111, -1 s V ' ' H 1 1', .' - , 11. H1 3 3 1 .' 3 1 5 . V - v ' Q 1 1 is ,s 1 ' 1 lg 1 1 1 1 . 1 . . . - .' 3 1 ' J 5 1 1 ' . '1 1 1 - 5 J 1 1 3 1 1 1 S 5 1 1 ' 1 1 5 1 .71 1' 1 ' 1 .' H 1 ' 1 1 J V. .1 . J 1 ' . . . 1s 1 1' 1 1', . 5 1 1 1 . 1 ' .' 1 1 g 1- - 1 ' 1- I 1 1 - 1 .' 1 ' 1 A '. . 1 S ' 11 1' 1 x 1 ' ' 1 ' . 1 ' . , ' , ' ' - - - - - - - P ' 1: ' ? Q- . , . , .1 . '. , ' r ' ' . . ' I I cy A 1 I 1 - y 1 K ' I E 1 ,K K v a L to us 5 111 Q 111111 ' ' 1 1 k ng - , . '. . , ' 1, 1 1 - - e o 11 . 1 1 1 t 1 . 5 '1 1 1 1 ' . . . . . . . . . s .' ' '1 1 1 at th h 5 1 1 fl 11 yea s the . , . . . ' 111' '11s.' 11 1 .1 . 1 21111 . . .. . .. . . 1 1 ' 5 '1 B 1 . g.. .v L 1 v ' ,' 1 . - -1 -1 1 Y ' K K L 1 N' 1 1 U 'h 1 s ' 111 5 1 1 - ' V b J 5 1' ff - 1' '1 ' ' ' 1 1x ar 11 ' , ' 1 Q ' ' ' ' 1 . . L L 5, ' ' U1 ' ' - 11 1 1 . . 1 .

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Class of '47 B111 Rergle 'Vhlse McDonald and V5 alter Ortglesen It was onlw four short sears ago that we, the class of 19-17, entered the portals of the Dlxon Hrgh School as freshmen -Xfter experl encmg several embarrassmg moments, such as Fmdmg onlx the cafeterlx not class rooms, located on the fourth Hoor and that free lunches were not offered 111 studw h ills we were not qunte so vulnerable to the 1olses of the upper classmen We proved to be an average class, although we must note sexeral experrences of our fresh man sear vue shall never forget Nlaklng thelr mark 111 the held of sports were X111-te NIC Donald and Don Thoms, who recelved 11111101 letters ln football, and ack Schultz who appeared on the llEl'll'WClQl1C basketball hne rtamlx 16 s mll exer forget our class assemblx ln the fall of 43 Klthough we were lacltlng 1n self conhdence, we managed to present the l1Ul1L1Z1Y theme or our assemblx to the rest ot the student bods wlth no ma1or d1l'1'1cult1es Socxallx 1ncl1ned manx members of the freshman class yomed the x arrous clubs around 12 the school Freshman Sophomore Llterarx Socletx, G -X -X Home Fc Club and Iatm Club all claimed mans of the class of 1941 as members I'he 1943 Freshman class electlons ln troduced Don Thoms, Nllke N1cDonald, and Davrd Xoungmark lnto the polxtlcal hmellght as president, v1cepres1dent, and secretarx treasurer respectlvels On the rntellectual slde the freshmen clalmed more members of thelr class on the honor roll than elther the sophomores, junlors, or senlors There was excellent freshman representatlon at the G -X -X dance 1n the sprmg of 1944 wh1ch proved our glrls deflnrtelx had 1n1t1at1ve Bw the fall of 1944 although stlll lacking ln knowledge of D H S we were on our general course Bexng upper lower classmen IS an honor 1n ltself even though no one can explaln whx ack Schultz, Don Thoms, Mrke NIcDonald ohn Irrwxn, and Bob Sanford extracted pralse from both upper and lower classmen bw recelv mg ma1or letters ln football Eddie Emchen Brx an Cannon, Carrol Schumacher and Mllse XIcDonald were looklng forward to places on the virsltw basketball team the followlng sear Nlam of us partlclpated 1n the operetta talents and acting abrlltx as well, to both the chorus and speaklng roles Don 'I homs and Xllke 'X1cDonald were agam elected presldent and vlce presldent respec t1velN whlle ohn Frwln served as secretarx treasurer for the 1944 1945 school term 1t dxdn t seem posslble but we were hnallx upper classmen, the ar1stocracX as It were 1 he class officers for that wear were all members of Nlr Hamersmlths 304 home room Slhex were 1111 -Xmbrose as presldent, Frank Brechon as WICC president, and Rlchard Clausen secretarx treasurer Nlembers of our ILIIIIOI' class tools thelr places Contmued on page 71 V I I 'V .. .. ., 1 , 1 . ' Y C-.S ' 4 S . I 1 4 ' , Q X - ' 4 l . , . . .. .. . , tv , . . , , . ' 1 , 4 . ' - ' l ' 1 - j 'z , i .5 . A ' f 5 I 'N .v 2 :V - . . . l . l 7 , - L -v . . . . - , Th1s IS My Country , addlng our musical . . . S ' ' lf . Q l , ' U V 7 -V - L I , , - . , Q . Y V . - C- ' - , I- . .. 3 ' up. Ce 1' no or of the clasp ol 41 - x a Q' D ' Y. 7 1 K: -1-Y 'Y - .L K'-' - ' Q - ' 1 Y V' ' s L ' N ' nw 1 1 ,