Hinckley High School - Echoes Yearbook (Hinckley, IL)

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Agriculture Many services are performed by the school forthe community. Here we see John Davis, Allan Wielert, Jerry Larsen, and Carl Wassman testing soil to find out what minerals should be added to get a better pro- duction of cropsg and, also, to see which crops will grow best on the entire plot of ground. This is a very important service for anyone who wants to improve his soil and also his crop production, and what farmer does not? Seniors Keep Busy In Classrooms History One of the most important acquisitions the United States received in her early years was the Lousiana Purchase, which was bought from France in 1803. It almost doubled the size of the United States and brought many new raw materials and rich resources into the hands of the United States citizens. It also opened a new opportunity for raising many farm pro- ducts that a growing nation needs. Bob Dwyer, James Eastabrooks, and ,leryl Morsch are listening intently to Judy Bowker as she points out these facts to them. English Sometimes dramatization is used in the classroom work to better emphasize the difficult works of authors. Here we seen Gail Abell portraying Lady Macbeth, Becki Freundt as the nurse, and Fred Fur- bush as the doctor, in the sleepwalking scene from Shakespeare's famous tragedy, lVlacbeth .

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Barbara Dellenback John Davis High Honors Go To Seniors The seniors of 1956 are proud to have four members of their class receive honors either from state or coun- ty authorities. BARBARA DELLENBACK, who is President of the senior class, received fifty dollars on an essay en- titled The Advantages of Private Medical Caref' The contest, sponsored by the Association offirnerican Physicians and Surgeons Freedom Programs, was open to all students in the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades of the DeKalb County schools. Her essay, along with the second and third place winners, will be submitted to the national contest. JOHN DAVIS was declared DeKalb countyjunior corn-growing champion of 1955. He received this honor by raising 116.17 bushels of corn per acre on a two-acre plot. His yield exceeded that of the second place winner by 3.17 bushels. Each year the Hinckley American Legion Auxiliary picks a senior girl to attend Illini Girls' State. This year CARLA HAAGENSEN was chosen for that honor. The purpose of Illini Girls' State is to provide cit- izenship training for Illinois girls of high school age. While at Jacksonville, Illinois, Carla was honored by being elected city treasurer. She was also chosen to sing in the Illini Octette and Chorus. The Daughters of the American Revolution honors a senior girl each year from every school in the state. This award is based on dependability, service, leader- ship, and patriotism-the traits of good citizenship. The D.A.R. award winner this year was JUDY WEIHERMAN. She was chosen by her classmates and the members ofthe faculty. Judy also received a medal of the American Home- maker of Tomorrow contest. The medal was an award for receiving the highest grade in a test con- ducted in the Hinckley High School, in which she and four other senior girls were contestants. Her paper has been entered in the state contest. Judy was fortunate, too, to be chosen to spend two weeks attending the Illinois Summer Youth Theatre at the University of Illinois. Carla Haagensen Judy Weiherman

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ROW 1: Rnnalee Langdon, Janice Brorneland, Ronald Klein, Charlene Davis. ROW 3: Ronald Dillenback, David Engel, Bernadine Larson. ROW 2: Margery Whisler, Shirley Penning- john Voss, Robert Anderson, Toby Watne, Dale McKirgan, ton, Linda Wahlgren, Eugene Kapperschmidt, Linda Biehl, Dean Petschke. Juniors Recall Active Year Bernadine Larson, Janice Bromeland, Ronalee Langdon, Ronald Klein. On May 29th, the members of the Junior class re- turned tothe high school to receive their last report cards ofthe year. Now they were Seniors, but they would certainly remember that Junior term. It was a profitable year for each individual as well as the class as a whole. Music contest, Speech contest, and Latin contest were some of the events entered this year, some of the members of the class also partici- pated in sports. Several ,luniors received National Honor Society Pins indicating their scholastic achieve- ments. And, oh, those shiny new class rings, and hurry-scurryw ofthe last days before the ,lunior play and Senior prom. To guide them through this sequence of memorable events the class chose Janice Bromeland, President, Ronald Klein, Vice-President, Ronalee Langdon, Sec- retary, and Bernadine Larson, Treasurer.