Dixon High School - Dixonian Yearbook (Dixon, IL)

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Activities Committee Do you remember Freshman Day, the Hallo- ween party, and the various tournaments? Those were some of the activities planned and spon- sored by the General Activities Committee. This committee consisted of a portion of the homeroom representatives, who had been elected in the fall. The first entertainments they planned were Freshman Day and the Freshman party. Jim Mercer and Jane Reynolds were in charge of these events. Tom Murphy led the annual Halloween party. In December and January, the committee rid the office of old unclaimed articles and had grab bag sales, the proceeds of which went to the March of Dimes. They also directed ping- pong, basketball, volleyball, and softball tour- naments. The Activities Committee officers were Floyd Acker, chairman,- Carol Reynolds, secretary; and Judy Kennedy and Judy Lahey, publicity chair- men. Other members were M. J. Gibson, J. Mercer, B. Drew, T. Murphy, D. Crawford, C. Haenitsch, E. Perry, J. Reynolds, L. J. Adams, J. Curran, W. Presnell, D. Rees, and J. Yount. Mr. Williams and Miss Wright were the faculty advisers. Social Committee The Social Committee under the leadership of Vernon Bashaw, faculty adviser, was very active in 1950-51. Home Room Representatives and other stu- dents that willingly helped were F. Lahey, N Long, S. Wooldridge, M. Foster, M. Swim, W. Hufford, C. Yount, B Anderson, J. De Young, J Lloyd, B. Sage, D. Murphy, N. Stripe, M. Rosbrook, P. Warner, M. Reed, J. Thompson, B. Utter, E. Fike, F Zbinden, P. Anderson, P. Johns, B. Spielman, P. Burgard, B. Heck, J. Weitzel, C. Wakeley, J. Lafferty, L. Gilmore, T. Wolf, B. Russell, J. Quinn, and Joyce Potter, student chairman. Assembly The Assembly Committee arranges student tal- ent programs and secures student chairmen for the professional assemblies. Homeroom Representatives who served on this committee were S. Prescott, R Kreamer, B. Buckley, R. Galindo, B. Russell, L. Venier, C. Willett, M. Billiter, L. Howard, D. Gerdes, J. Sweeney, B. Grobe, W. Gorman, J. Ruth, K. Bowers, and T. Hufford. Faculty advisers were Mr Hayes, Miss Brucker, and Miss Richardson. During the first semester A. Newcomer, B. Russell, B. Buckley, and Floyd Acker intro- duced the professional speakers, who talked on Electronics, Safe Driving, and Experiences of a Sea Captain, and presented a On November 3rd the first event of the social calendar was the Homecoming Dance with Jim Campbell’s orchestra. At Christmas members decorated the beauti- ful tree which stood in front of the office December 22nd the Christmas Dance was held. Basketball programs were furnished by this committee. The Sophistikats furnished the music for the dances after the Savanna, Fulton, Ster- ling, and Mendota games. The Annual Semi-Formal Dance, which was held March 9th, brought a close to the activ- ities of the Social Committee this year Committee ping-pong exhibition to the students.. The Thanksgiving program, introduced by Richard Joslyn, included the one-act play Thanksgiving with Uncle Sam and music by the choruses Students in the play were Fred- eric Johnston (Uncle Sam), Barbara Buckley (Miss Liberty), Pat Pieschel (Justice), Chuck Sherman (Free Speech), Pauline Heckman (Hap- piness), Ronnie Otten (Opportunity), Don and Ray Bush (Equality Boys), El Fike and Mary Ann Metz (Mr. and Mrs. Average Citizen). At the Christmas assembly the choral groups and the concert band, directed by Mr. Fast, and Mr. L’Heureux respectively, furnished the program. 29