Fairfield High School - Quill Yearbook (Fairfield, IA)

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Hllil nllllll mIlfEf As The graduaTing class of T961 siTs Tensely awaifing The momenT when They will arise be- fore Their parenTs, friends, and Teachers To accepT Their diploma, They find Themselves reminiscing over The momenfs They shared wiTh Their fellow classmafes ThroughouT Their four years of high school. These momenTs of proud successes and miserable failures were a parT of Their everyday life ThaT helped Them To grow as individuals. Looking back, These years have passed by quick- ly, leaving behind memories ThaT will never die . . . memories of Their firsT prom, and Their lasT, The foofball game The Team almosT won, or The day The baskefball squad, and mosT of The school, journeyed To The STaTe TournamenT in Des Moines. Many sTudenTs spenT long hours helping To pro- duce The musical, Annie Gef Your Gun and The play Our Town, and many worked on sTudenT body presidenTial campaigns unTil The early hours of The morning. Dressing up as a Roman for The SPQR banquef, screaming aT The Top of Their lungs aT pep assemblies, and aTTending afTer-game dances will linger among The mem- ories of high school. BUT noT all of The sTudenT's Time was spenf in having fun. Homework required hours of concenTraTed sTudy. Seniors can remember The long hours of work ThaT final year as They prepared Their 5000 word Term paper in Eng- lish. And in Their oTher years, They will re- member The momenfous proiecfs They Tackled. As freshman They gave ThaT firsT speech, which aT The Time seemed To be an unapproachable Task. Caesar was The challenge of Their soph- omore year. Book reporfs were an ever pre- senT proiecf To Them as iuniors. Siudeni becomes alumnus. All is noT in The pasT. These sTudenTs who have prepared Through Their four years of high school now look To The fuTure. They are now ready To conTinue on info new experiences which will evenTually be added To Their sTore of memories. Every Senior musf aT one Time feel a lump in his ThroaT as his high school days draw To a close. YeT They can aT The same Time be glad ThaT They are sorry To leave, because These years have been such a wonder- ful parT of Their life. They look To The fuTure wiTh a mixTure of confidence and uncerTainiTy. The records which They made from day To day will be remembered as will The eTernal friend- ships which Took roof. Yes, The seniors can fervenfly say, Hail Alma NiaTer. Walt chooses farming. Linda seeks higher learning. The service beckons Jack 'I9

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Hearts und Flowers l l Coach and Mrs. Eland crown king and queen. A luminous ray of lighT shone down on The ma- iesfic hearT and The candidaTes as Coach and Mrs. R. VV. Eland sTood ready To crown The fuTure King and Queen of l-learTs. Two weeks before, The dance had only been in The early sfages of planning. The class officers were in a frenzy Trying To selecT sixfeen nom- inees from each class. These names were Then puT before Their respecTive classes and The four finalisTs chosen were senT To Alpha Tau Omega FraTerniTy and Alpha Chi Omega Sororify aT The STaTe UniversiTy of lowa for final selecTion. Those nominafed were: freshmen - Jean Ann Har- den, Diane Billingsley, Chuck Dickinson, Ken AlTman, sophomores - Carol Clingan, Sharon Fishel, Rick Hoadly, Kenf Vorhies, iunior - .!aneT MclnTire, BeTTy Blough, Bill Rausc er, Ron Maddix, seniors - Linda Morrow, ose Coop, Roger Lawson, Jerry Coble. Spec la- Tion increased and gossip inTensified as The daTe drew near. Quill members had been aT work weeks be- fore designing and building The decoraTions for The oncoming dance. Many hours of work had gone inTo The main decoraTion, and as The 6000Th kleenex was sTuffed in The lasT hole a sigh of relief and accomplishmenf was heard. The nighT had finally arrived, The Troians had iusT capTured The TiTle of conference champs and a doubly exciTed crowd sfreamed inTo The gym. As They enTered The gym They were meT by The beauTiful Tones of The 34Th Division NaTional Guard Dance Band. Now The big momenT had arrived and a hush fell over The crowd as Coach and Mrs. Eland received sealed envelopes conTaining The long awaiTed news and Turned To crown sopho- mores, KenT Vorhies and Carol Clingan, King and Queen of Hearfs. Carol received a beau- Tiful corsage of red roses and KenT received a red rose boufonniere. BuT The nighT ended all Too soon as do all good Times. Everyone Took home wonderful mem- ories, especially The candidaTes for whom The nighT had been a lasfing experience. Carol Clingan 18 Kent Vorhies

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