Genoa Township High School - Reflections Yearbook (Genoa, IL)

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On to our sophomore year and many happy times, Our class soon became famous forfwillingness to help, for leadership, and for ability to get things done. Our class, that year, originated what was to become the annual Valentine Dance. Our class was very well represented in sports, music, and other activities of the school. As juniors, we gave a very successful play, nDear Papa,f a comedy based on the lives of an American family. Many of the boys became leaders in sports and the class was very well represented in band, orchestra, and the dance band. we went all out on work for the Junior-Senior Prom. we were pleased to hear so many favorable com ents about the theme, Mardi Gras, and the decorations used to portray it. we chose our class colors, flower, and mottog we acquired the appropriate name of nThe Forty-niners. Our senior year activities began with the sponsoring of the first all-school party, a barn dance. Carole Benson was elected queen for the annual Homecoming Dance. Skip Day, April l, 1949, wasa very enjoyable day for the class. We left Genoa at six o'c1ock and arrived at our destination, Milwaukee,'Wisconsin, at nine. We visited the courthouse and Safety Building during the morning. The afternoon was spent doing as we pleased. At 6 p.m. we met at the Schroeder Hotel for dinner. Dancing and the movies were the after dinner recreations. At eleven o'clook we started on the long, long journey home. we arrived in Genoa at 2 a.m. a tired sleepy, and very happy bunch of seniors. Mr. Roberts, who substi- tuted for Mr. Louderback, and Miss Tiffany accompanied us on our trip. The senior play nNo Moon Tonightn was given May 6. It was a farce comedy directed by Mrs. Theodore Soli. high-lighted by musical numbers, the reading of many other interesting acts. The year draws to laureate services and Graduation exercises. Ten class have completed twelve years of school as Genoa schools. They are: Harlan Clausen, Anna Class Night was this yearbook, and an end with Bacca- of the graduating classmates in the Mae Phillips, Bill Skinner, Marlene Davis, Ann Holroyd, Jane Morgan, Catherine Prain, Dolores Schnur, Dolores Swanson, and Frank Kellogg. Mary Vandling and Bill Sherman were in the first grade at Kingston and are mem- bers of this graduating class. As seniors we look back on very eventful, happy school days, we look forward to a challenging future. ' 29