Du Quoin High School - Flashlight Yearbook (Du Quoin, IL)

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SENIORS SENIOR HISTORY Conhnued from Page Fourteen Aprll 19 was the date whlch marked the begmnlng of the class greetlng card sales camparvn wh1ch feat ured cards sellmg at one dollar a box In May the class enJoyed a hay r1de glven by the class presrdent Joan Emlmg The class st1ll remembers thxs hay rrde whrch was clunaxed by the tractor run nmg out of gas whlle returmng It Patsy Dotson and John Hollrs were chosen as sopho ed to the mus1c of Erme Llmpus and saw Jane Barco crowned queen For the fxrst t1me students selected a prom kmg they chose Joe Albers To the number of boys partrcrpatmg rn sports thxs year the sophomores contr1buted 18 JUNIOR YEAR The class reglstered for 1ts Junlor year on Sept 6 1949 w1th a total of 90 students enrolled For Jumor offlcers the members chose Jane Hayes presrdent Janet Stevens VICE presldent Sue Bennett secretary and Don Wall treasurer Also elected were Barbara Graham and Janet Stevens to the Student Councll The new upperclassmen tarted the year by wmmng the second olace trophy 1n the Homecomrng parade wlth their float We re Lay1n for Pvllle As lt turned out ln the1r magazlne campalgn the 51ers broke the schools record by sel'1ng S1493 55 rn magazme subscrlptxons As a concluslon to the maffazrne campargn Elame Cavlns losmg Blue team gave a party for Paul Halls wmmng Reds The 1un1ors for the1r assembly program cf the year prepared the one for Chrlstmas It comblned the Jew 1sh and Chrlstxan celebratrons of that tlme of year The Rotarv Term Paper contest for 1950 sponsored for Amerrcan l'1story students was won by one of the class members Sam Leek In sponsormg the prom th1s year the class used an HOWARD VANCIL D 1 lub 4 1 l-A 1 4 lnrlnnen tan I noxedure Team 3 4 l oothall 5 4 Bnsl etball 1 5 BOBBY L MURRY ll' 1 1 4 State Farmer Degree Star State I lrmer Semtlo Stale Yue lresldent Section Delegate to National IIA lonxentlon 3 4 Iudgmg Team 1 4 larlnamentar-5 Procedure Team 4 tune President '3 Star Dlstrut Sheep I roJe1t Delegate for -imeruan farm r Degree JOE BOVA 1 eneral GENE LINDNER on 1 B I tlmll Or1ental theme They decorated the walls of the gym nasxum wxth red and gold fo1l papers Overhead were strung Japanese lanterns Elame Plnnrck and Gene Anderson were the rergn mg royalty of the prom wh1le Delores Martln and Don Wall represented the Jumors as the1r attendants Musrc was furnlshed by Vrnce Genovese s orchestra Several boys took part 1n athletrcs Bob Wheatley Paul Hall Gene Llrdner Don Wall Jxm Bowl1n and Howard Vancrl Don Wall Melvrn Farquhar Ken Swof ford John Hollls J1m Bowl1n and Paul Hall represent ed the class Then there was baseball w1th Gene Deg enhardt Don Wall and John Hummel partlc patmg SENIOR YEAR The 51ers last vear began w1th regrstratmn cn Sept 1 1950 Class members who served on the 195051 Student Councll mcluded Paul Hall as presrdent John Hol11s Jun Bowl1n Ruth Henderson and John Hummel Durmg thls last year the sen1ors hit the Jackpot by w1nn1ng f1rst place ln the annual Homecomlng parade The class was called upon once more to present the Chrlstmas assembly program It was made up cf a col lect1on of Yulet1de mus1c sung by a chorus of the1r class members Senlor gr1d1ron stars were Don Wall Howard Van c1l John Hollrs J1m Bowl1n Ken Swofford and Paul Hall In basketball Don Wall was the captam of the team w1th John Hummel Paul Hall nd Gene Lmdner as hrs teammates S1x class members played varsrty baseball dur1ng the 1951 season Thev were lettermen John Hummel Don Wall and Gene Degenhardt of last years sectronal champs and Dale Beard Phrl Davrson and Bob Moore Therr soclal aCt1V1tlBS at DTHS came to a close when they were the honored guests at the prom on Thurs day Mav 31 and danced to Jack Staulcup s orchestra I ' n F ' - 7 ' - I J ' z Si . su X .'- ' '1-I 4 -' n 24, ' L. .. , ,. , 24 - ' 2- , ... L.. ., -v , 1 ' ' ' A I D fluh 43 I tI1.ll l, I: as ie F.-4 Y ' ' ' . . . . . . . C, ' ' , . l ' ' Q - . , I . . . . . . 1 ' ' . ' I , ' 7 ' y v ' John Hummel all artici d ' k . l more attendants at the 1949 prom. The students danc- . P pate 19 bas etball In footbal . . . , , , - . . , , - ' ' 3 I . ' , . . . ' . . . . . , . , . , . . . ' Y v ' . ' n . . I , . . . . 7 7 . . , ' ' N Q L . . I ' ' A AL 7 ' D Y ' Y! l ' . l , . , , . . , - ' ' ' A I ! 3 I ' 1 ' rl as D Y v D ' 9 2 q ' ' aa n ' 1 X . , . . ' . , I . Q - v ' - ' -22.-

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