Dixon High School - Dixonian Yearbook (Dixon, IL)

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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.

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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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