Hononegah High School - Mack Yearbook (Rockton, IL)

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cfzemia'fum714 An alreet darb, Mrs. Jean Douglass, leads this group of fifty-seven rhumboogies. As cute greeniess, this group! decided to let. these gates and a gal give it a whirl, so they selected Robert Dixon as President and Fred Gummow ag Vice: President, and scared Billie Kalk into the job of Secre- tary-'1Teasurer, Although participating in many of the blowouts given by other gangs, this group only had one brawl, in which each filled histummy and then went scenery-gazing, They all had a superb time. X Thisggang, now all being able to rhumboogie, finally reached their sec- ond year. They picked as their builder-uppers, Billie Kalk as President, Nell Burton as Vice President, and Tom Peterson as Secretary-Treasurer. They were cooking on the front burner when they sold chow at thcse sending games, A rug-cutting brawl in the cold month of December was their social bang-up job of the season, 25

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s fm These 57 jitterbugs stumbled into this huge institution in the year 1942. They soon found out that it was a bird-minded idea if they thought it was going to be a bed of roses for their next four years, But they kept stumbling on and had a few blow outs. One of these was fi night of Murder! After this they became hep to our lingo, Walking or dancing on four wheels was a brawl in which they participated, This took place in Rockford, Illinois, Switching to the dull, business side, their big shots were: the Head Guy-Russell Bennett, Helper of the Big Guy-Peggy Fisher, Head of Finance and Records-Kenneth Pfaff. A limber gal, Mrs, Laffin sponsored this gang. 1943 iinds these 52 swiftly learning jitterbugs murdered again, this time by their followers, the green freshies, That was their punishment for not being super salesmen. A jam session sponsored many rug-cutters and also another session on wheels. The Big Shots this term were: President-Ralph Vincent, Vice Pres- ident-Jo Ann Birkett, Secretary-Treasurer-Alice Piatt, and they still have that limber gal with them. Thee whole months of sweet rest and back again this term brings forth 48 smooth jitterbugs, This gang picked their celebs as: President- Bob Fender, Vice President- Jo Ann Birkett, Seretary-Treasurer - Blanche Hinkle, That limber gal is still supervising, too. A blow out was held in the fall with these jitterbugs as the back- ground. 24

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TOP ROW Dawn Nelson, Rose Bates, Barbara Green, Elizabeth Oldenburg, Lowell Phelps, John Gleasman, Gertrude Black, Betty Clover, Mae Krupke, Lila Winterland, THIRD ROW , Charles Nelson, Ralph Vincent, Owen Sprague, Burdette Haas, Don- ald Mineff, Lawrence Roberts, Donald Guetschow, Phil Rich, Carl Bauling SECOND ROW Ella Barber, Betty Hamborg, Gladys Downs, Shirley Crockett, Earl Kiser, Ray Stultz, Sidney Bainbridge, Shirley McLean, Patsy Newell, Rut.h Deets, FIRST ROW ' Stewart Alexander, Donald Simonds, Millard Barlow, Dan Ayers, Frank Olson, Kenneth Pfaff, Russell Bennett, Kenneth Lotz, Robert Perkins, SEATED ' Mrs. Mabel Laffin, adviser, Marjorie McCleneghan, Dorothy Broge, Joan Birkett, Robert Fender, Blanche Hinkle, Barbara Olson, Alice Platt, Margaret Fisher. TOP ROW Gloria Bridge, Virginia McDonald, Robert Peterson, Newell Lovejoy, Mary Smith,, Audrey Liddle, David Meller, Kermit Ulrich, Verna McDon- ald, Beverly Woodcock. FOURTH ROW Laura Warren, Joyce Dahlgren, Jean Warren, Herbert Wallace, Rob- ert. Harshbarger, Delbert Finley, DeWayne Pederson, Joan Eklund, Ruth Metz, THIRD ROW Jeanne Lane, Fred Gummow, Paul Keeney, Donald Brayton, John Lundgren, Robert Dixon, Martin Redieski, James Laffin, Helen King, Catherine Rich, SECOND ROW Joan Brenner, Betty Kissack, Delores Lotz, Carolyn Crockett, Glenn Andrews, Tom Boswell, Eleanor Hildebrand, Berneice Stultz, Marian Hedman. FIRST ROW Norma Ellis, Louis Bauling, Alleil Gilmour. Nell Burton, Billie Kalk, Torn Peterson, Merle Sprague, John Bennett, Mrs. -T91-111 D0Ug1aSS, adviser, KNEELING Beverly Nichols, Charlotte Pryce, Dorothy Garner, Ida Barber, Dor- othy Burns, Lois Goodsell, Doris Osmond. 26