Hanover High School - Revonah Yearbook (Hanover, IL)

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A Special Thank You From left: John Liberg, Director; Darlene Coffey, Treasurer; Judy Sheridan, Secretary; Karen Harkness, President; Tim Sheridan, Vice-President. Not shown, Peg Otis and Rosemary Haring, Directors. Red Devil Booster Club The RED DEVIL BOOSTERS were organized and at work in a matter of a few months in 1981. We grew out of open town meetings called to see what could be done to avert some of the cuts that we realized were necessary in the Hanover School budget. Recognizing the importance of the school and its programs to community life and pride, we wanted to see what we, as members of the community, could salvage. In reveiwing the budget, we felt we could guarantee to raise enough money to retain boys’ baseball and girls’ basketball. We felt it best to raise the money for a specific purpose rather than for the general school fund. Also, we felt that we could exceed our initial goal of $6,000 and that the excess could go to the school to be used as we mutually felt most advantageous. Since then, our funds have been put to use by the school to support a number of extracurricular activities other than sports! All this was accomplished with everyone’s help in our various fund raising activities. Membership in the Booster Club was high and included students, school personnel, town folk, and country folk. This, our second year, we feel will outdo our first and will enable us to contribute even more to the school. We look forward to our new fund raising activities including our yearly membership drive. This is a yearly need as we work to support our school, a hub of community life in Hanover!

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REVONAH DEDICATION Leo Whalen may have started out small, but he is now a big part of Hanover’s community. Although his first job paid only 15c a day, he was not discouraged. After his graduation from Hanover High School in 1934, he ventured into the business field opening a sandwich shop and then progressing to a restaurant, the Hanover Recreation Hall, and a tavern. In 1960, Mr. Whalen bought a farm southeast of Hanover. It was here that the “Mallard Dream” was born; it was this farm which became known as Whistling Wings. This simple beginning has since grown into the world’s largest Mallard duck operation, a business which has supplimented the entire community. Mr. Whalen received a Merit Award for Outstanding Leadership, Service, and Dedication from the North American Game Bird Association and the Shooting Preserve Operations in 1978. Because of his efforts, Hanover was established in 1980 as the World center for Mallard duck production. Mr. Whalen has been active in many organizations for the interest of Hanover and was actually one of the founders of Hanover Days. Since he has connections throughout North America, Mr. Whalen has given many people, especially Hanover students, the opportunity to see points of interest in Canada, Mexico, and the United States through the delivery of Mallard ducks. For all his service to Hanover and the surrounding area, the dedication of the 1983 REVONAH goes to Mr. Leo Whalen.

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REVONAH 1983 Hanover Contents Administration Faculty 5 Seniors '83 11 Underclassmen 29 Organizations 33 Athletics 41 Music 51 Student Life 59 Middle School 75 Elementary 83 Recognition The REVONAH staff wishes to extend their gratitude to the following organizations: The Hanover State Bank for furnishing the embossed cover; Eaton Coorporation for financing the color Senior photograph; Wayne Chandler and Mayfair Studios for photography; and Josten’s American Yearbook Company and their representative Howard Dusek for production of the 1983 REVONAH.