Dixon High School - Dixonian Yearbook (Dixon, IL)

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The Jaunty Junzors Class of 49 XX e, the fortx nmers h1xe now completed 1nother step on th1t golden stfurxx 1x leldlng to knowledge 1nd success XX e look forxx 1rd to the comrng xelr xx hen xxe sh 1ll be gr1du1ted Ind to the promlslng future that l1es bex ond X et we hke to recall the m 1nx h 1ppx ex ents 1nd lccompllshments xx hlch took pl11ce durlng our hrst xears III Drvcon Htgh qchool Ihls remlmscence tftkes Us blck to the x ears I945r1ndI9-I6 when we were lnnocent llttle freshmen Ihere must haxe been close to one hundred 1nd hftx of us XXe elected Don Xlemler, president, IIN Xlcl em, xlce preslclent 1nd IIN Qligle secretarx tre1surer XIost of the xear xvfts spcnt III gettlng uquunred wlth the telchers, dolng homework 1nd keepmg up xxlth the extr1 culrlcullr 1ct1v1t1es lhe clubs open to freshmen th.1t xe1r were the I'reshm1n Qophomore I 1te1.1rx Socletx I-mn Club Home I'c Club, 1nd -Xg Club XXh1le some of the more energetlc fellows went out for footblll b1 ketlmll, JNCI tr1ck, the glrls p1rtlc1p1ted IN the CY -X -X progrlm Our sophomore xe1r proxed to be 18 Interesting 18 the prex lous one XXc xcmcmber thc f tblll 1ssernblx when thirteen of out muscle bound lwoxs recelxed letters How thcx blushed when thex xx 1 ed up to Xlr Bowers to get t mem IC 31 et 31 set 1 n 1roug1t 1 ut t1c mcst IH nn llesc me , uck I-Ihr t, 1 me ps mt ec ls 1 lhe e bt xs were l1ter o m 1ke u 1 1 v1lu 1b e pu of e x 1rs1tx te1m Ihen, too there were the 1ssemblles 1nd p1rt1es 1t whlch much t 1lent xv IN cllspl IX ed bx the yumor cl 1ss Ilnk Cooper, Ioulse B1ker, 1nd IDOIXHI Cable sang Dotene Shck 1nd o mne Clearx d1nced, ind Irene Sfllll whistled It w IN th1s xe1r th 1t Ied I'1sh, XI lrgcrx Dxehl 1nd I-Imkle were elected presldent, xlce presldent, 1nd secret 1rx treasurer, respectlx clx In the f1ll of I9-lf we c une b1ck to school 1s lower uppercl lssmen Bx th1s tlme the noxeltx cf hrgh school h 1d worn off 1nd we begin to take our educ 1tron more serlouslx XXe were kept busrer than exer wlth homework sports, clubs, chorus bind, the llzxzflz, p1rt1es pl 1xs, issembhes, 1nd dinces On September 73, the results of the cl 1ss electlon were 1nnounced P1t XX 1gner wfxs chosen presl second consecutlxe xeu I te 1rmu1l rn 1g111ne c xmpugn w Is of mterest to tue fortx nrners 1nd wlth cornpetrtlon from 1 c 1sses we produced t1e tmree top slesmen Herm U1 -X xer won hrst prlle, X UI 1nne Rex x second 1nd Ixen Church, third I me IUIII lr c 1ss w 1 1lso we represented rn the C1 -X w1t1 1ck1e Rx muck I-sther Rex no 1 1nd I'1t XX tgner IS secret 1rx tre ISLITCT, xlce president, 1nd presldent I he grrls of our cl 1ss w1ll nex er forget fhlf ong trudge home from Iowell I'1rk 1fter one of the flrst C -X -X hrkes It w ls fun III splte of the lLl1lI1!Z legs 1nd tlred feet In XOXCl11I36I'I'lICITIl1l1 soc11l event xx IN the SILIIC Haw krn s IJ 1X I 1rtx I he glrls co Ned some of o11r shx cl 1ssm 1tes out of lIII3CI'l11lfl0I'l 1nd showed them 21 good tlme X group of lunmor squ 1re d 1nce1 s QJXC 1 dCIT1OI1Sfl'lfIUY1 'U1LIfI'lCkl to te lch the d 1nces to the rest of the group e m1r XXolf IIN Phelps Ihxe Lihex led lush orenlo Contrer 1s 1nd Stexe ClIl'IHI' 1 lettermen c lrrled Dlxon s purple and xx hlte out on the Urrdrron It must h 1xe been prettx rough I ahex and lush, two of our best plix ers, were 1n1ured and had to hmp 1round for sex er ll weeks The b'1sketb1ll season came iround before we knew lf rm I helps IIN I lcschel, Chuck I' lhot, Daxe I.1hex Qteve Chrlst led I'1sh, and Xerne Biker represented the fortx rnners on the court lhe fellows dld good work, 1nd we re prt ud of them I roughout the footb1ll 1nd b1sketb1ll se1sons tie moxs were ept rn ngm splrns through t e cheers led bx IJonn1C1ble, otnne Cle 1rx 1nd XX endell XI itthexxs XXe remember the tunes when rm C1 tnnon, Don Xlemler, I 1ul I'rx C lrl Buchner, md llll Hrnkle 1nnounced the g 1mes I hex were good, too I e C -X -X sponsored 1 Xl 1rc1 cf Dunes Iltnce Ill lIIU1f'X through lts Health Ch urm 1n, X 1r1 '1nne Relllx Xl11nx of u 1un1 rr enlox ed the 1f'I.11r which w IN held 1fter school IH the gx m Ihe newlx organ1Led Sophlstr Ixlts cre1ted qulte ISCIINIYIUII IH D H S Xllckex exvett, ch.ur man of the Socnl ommrttee, drd 1 greit de1l tow 1rd orgtnmng fl'llS group of up 1nd comrng If . 9 '- ' 1 ' ' ' 1 5 1 1' 1' '. 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The Suave Seniors Contmued from pagc 8 of the p 1per -Xppearmg on the masthe 1d were these n H1168 Georglq C111-rin, man igmg gdlfor llm -Xngell Shrrlex Harrowrnan, Charlotte -Xllrcks, 1nd Plwood Schmrdt, 1ss1stant page edrtors Bettx Shaver, 1ss1st1nt advertrsrng rn rnftger Pat D1etr1ch, assrstant exchange edrtor, and Phs llrs Husker, clrulatron nr1n11Qer Ihe next scmestcr found these people actrng 1s edltors rn therr p1rt1cul11r dep1rtrnents, w1th le 111 C1rkhuH 1 1111111911111 edrtor Ql1N'sUl'l'1Lt'l's we1eGeorQeW1ll11ce, ohn l' ckl11r't, How 1rd Swegle -Ks rumors we were 1lrle to lttend the prom the l1l5l1llL,l1t A our runror xe1r Sweet rnusrc, soft l1c11ts Howers c ended our runror xe1r On September f, I9-lf Drxon Hlgh oncc more echoed wrth the norse of students str Llg2llH9,' wrth lockezs runnrng to cl 1sses, 1nd rgreetrng fellow cl rssm 1tes Ih1s xe1r we were senrors the lTllgl'lfN senror We chose IN class oH'rcers of our l'1st xerr Dolores leterson pres1dent Howard Swegle vrce presrdent, and ohn l'ckh1rt secretars trerrsurer Class 1ct1v1t1es were v1r1ed1s we SCNIOIS went out to make our l1sr1e11 If D H S '1I11Cll1OI'1l3lCOI'lC Nrne semors h 1d p1rts rn the two maror Dr11m11t1c Club productrons ol the xe1r Shrrlex Harrowman, XClITll Ilurnh Geor1111 Curr11n, l'velxn Hrnds Phxllls Husker D1ve Cr1wford, ohn Ltlex Helen flnnden 1nd rm -Xngell Dorothx XN1lI1rd served 11s student drrector of the hrst productron In Nl 1rch sever 1l students presented 1 one 1ct comedx New School ot Wrxes, tor the entrre student bodx rn 1 general 1ssernlxlx Senrors chosen for roles were Shrrlex H1rrowm11n Georr-111 Curran Helen llmrnden, 1nd l' velsn Hxnds Sever rl senrors represented the class 111 the newlx formed d1nce band, lhc Sophrstl lx1ts lhex were Carol lxlrng D1ve Rueckert, 1nd Kenneth Hrcgs Parlx rn the xear Bettx Sh 1ver WIS chosen edrtor ol the 1948 xe11r book YN rth the 111d of Nlr l+r17er she selected IS her staff Dolores Peterson and Phxllls Busker, 1ss1st11nt ed1to1s lrlwood Schmrdt 1dvert1s1ng m11n1aer, C 1rlett'1 Rosenow, crrculatron 1111111 zger, ohn Ltlex sports edltor 1nd Carol Ixllng, arf edltor -X new speech 1ctrv1tx 1t Drxon Hrgh School th1s Xear was student 1nnounc1ng at sports events Senrors prrtrcrp lI'lI1Q,' rn thrs prom U11 were ohn Utlex lrlwood Schnrldt, Hob Sproul IIN -Xngell lllll I1ck Hrlleter Senror P1t lxennex serxed her cl 1ss 1nd D H S well IS student Ll1dlIlNlH ot the Student -Xssernblx Corn rnrttee, responsrble for tour of the most successful 1sseml1l1es ot the school xe 1r ohn lxcllex Due Cr 1wlord, llox cl Urtgresen l'dw11rd Nletfler, XIIUTILC Urtglesen, Don Rees, I'red Rernelt, Howard Swegle 1nd Mc X 1lve were the nrne senror lmoxs who won v IISIYN letters tor the 1947 foot ball se rson George NN 1ll1ce, l oren Munson, ohn I' ckh11rt, 1ndGeor1ze lx II 1 des represented the cl11ss durrng the I9-lf I9-1-8 lr11sketb1ll selson len senrors recelxed coxeted honors on l'elxru'1rs 5 when thes were lI1lflll'CKl 1nto thef urll md Scroll, Intern1t1on1l Soc1etx lor Hrgh School OLlll1dl1SfS lhose selected tor mernbershrp were Hettx Sh11ve1, Georg11 Curr 111, Xllfll Nlrller lqlwood Schrnrdt P1t D1et11ch, P lt Ixennex, 'Nl1rx -Xnn Sotolo Ch1rlotte -Xllrcks Phxllr Husker, 1nd le1n Qarkrutl l he c llLfLll1 lILlITllNt'cl wrth rntervrcws conducted lax represent1t1xeso1 1 nrous colleges on Nl 1rch 3 md IO lhc c cc ntcrcnces 11e 111 rnucd tm 1elp senrors decrde upon thc r1111t c mlleues for t1en1 1111 t le1rn 1rout c mo 11s ll 1 xents porntrng row1rc t IC enc of 1121 sc 1 11 rte were t IC c cctr rn of c 1p md gowns mc the chorcc of 1nnouncernents for QI 1du1t1or1 In the sprmg of 48 c 11ne the hn 1l prom, t 16 clrrn 1x or tour wonderful Xe 1rs 1t D H S Durrnu the l1st week of school the senrors l1I1OH lCldllN s11d rgoodbxe to DH S WIFI 1 senror lssernblx I IC 1sseml1lx w 1 concluded w1th t1e tr1d1t1on1l song 1 memento to 111111K of therr Xears If Drxon 1211 SL 1011 Now rs the trnre w ren we 1 get together to s IX goo use 1ssn11tes fore1er,vsl11tcver the VSC1I'l1Cl, untrl we c re 1ese xelrs 11XCfl.lIE,1f us t11t 1 1s not 11 1 Now we 1re stuted UPUI1 our was lrom todax We ll 1lw1x s rernemlmer 1nd leave wrth 1 srrgh, de1r Drxon Hrgh 10 . . - L . . 1 . . . . 1 .1 1 1 1 1' 1 1': ' 1 1 ' 1 3. 1 , 1 1 L 1 1 g 1 1' 1' ' 1 L . 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musicians. Don Nlemler, Harrison MacDonald, and Merrill Richards were threejuniors in the band, while Bill Mahan served as its manager. :X choral group called the Girls' Ensemble was featured in the Christmas Program, the March of Dimes Dance, and the Spring Choral production, America Sings . Most of these talented girls are in our class, including Donna McCardle, .loan Dwyre, Betty Brotherton, Mary Ann Meeks, Donna Cable, Louise Baker, Nlickey ,lewett and Marianne Reilly. This year the juniors had the opportunity to join the Dramatic Club. The first production was livery Family Has One by George Batson. Those of our class who appeared in the play were Jim Gannon, Mickey -Iewett, XVayne Thomas, Ray Rhoads, Carl Buchner, Don Memler, and Nadine XN'olf. The next play produced was Midnight by Glenn Hughes. Again Jim Gannon, Mickey -lewett, Nadine XYolf', and Wayne Thomas had leading roles. Dorene Slick and Pat Schofield had parts in the play also. Highlights of the plays were Don's love scene with Mickey in Every Family Has One and Ray Rhoads in his long underwear worn in uhlidnightn. :Xt the beginning of the second semester, the work of editing the Dixirzi was turned over to us juniors. Those selected to be on the staff were as follows: .lim Gannon, managing editorg Marianne Reilly, assistant news editor, Don Nlemler, assistant copy editorg .loanne Cleary, assistant feature editorg Jim Slagle, assistant sports editor, Pat NVagner, art editor, Margaret Sharkey, assistant advertising manager, Marilyn Reed, exchange editorg and Zoe Anne Baxley, circulation manager. This year instead of having an All-School Party to raise money for the prom, the juniors took over coke concesslons during the tournament baslsetblll games Spring came and with it the G -X -X Dance, the Iumor Senior Prom, 1nd other parties We 1ll had fun preparing for the prom, even more fun elting it the banquet, 1nd simply loads of fun cleaning up aftervs lrds It wis be lutiful the flowers, the form lls, the music lhls event will be long remembered by those who attended Put 'XI Cooiea B Baoimakios P B-xaxi-mai XI PUNIER P Bimspors X CROM .I llxuiua BIACKBIRN Ir -Xsi-ii-'ORD l' D1 sING o IEX I- Luuu B DREH H -Xcsiin Bizacnos R 'xlSHOI E S FISH -X Boumu C 'XNDERs0N X BAsFR H Di sss L CONFRERAN R Dans R04 lRK Ess D l -uis H C1 na.-us I B-xxlsx H BM S D1DM-vs Climax D CABIL I BAsEP. ALNFIN R0-L ci-isrk ls QHIRCH S Cmusi L iioil X D-urs s oskos lui-sais H 'XIBER H C-nos ffbsf x XX XI-xlHExxs Nl DIFHI H-times X YEAKFR I8 I s ' 6- -Y 1 s t- . .. 1 .. . .. .. . t . - . . .. . ' ' i ' 1 i B z . 1 ,' . J ' . ig . i '1 if 1 ii ff- J i if i K 1 g gr A V we , . ' I , ., I ' 3 , .' t 1 1 I i . . . , . W -Q-4 Rou'2:D,C xv, ', , . ', . ', .. ' ,-I. 3, .. .. 's , . . ' ,.', .. .' J J, . s V4 ' I -ii.. , V .W fi, - Ti- x f-3.-LB .ig-, -, ', ,V ',. ..,j. . . .. t ,ju 4:C.B1' , . A ,.. .l-.1.. H , X, ..'.'A.,j.C .' ', D. .:.' 5, M, , , 71f.'P.FR','li.l.EILfiE'l li, '.,. . . .,j. . '.',. . 1.