Hoopeston High School - Picayune Yearbook (Hoopeston, IL)

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l9-A gang of Thespians trooped up to Chi- cago to see Lady Windemeres Fan, and those who went really enjoyed them- selves. ZO-24-Victories over both Potomac and Ross- ville. Semester is over, so start with a clean slate and hang on for four more months. 26-27-28-Preliminaries of County tourna- ment. On to the finals, fellows. 30-31-Finals of the County Tournament at Westville. Guess who won. FEBRUARY 3-Victory over Paxton on their own floor. 4-Rev. Grace spoke at our first Religious meeting this year. 6-Georgetown, here we come, and here we go, with another win. lO-Sorry East Lynn, but we just had to win. ll--Westville had visitors tonight, and we came home with another win. I2-Good old Abe gave us an excuse for an- other holiday. I3-Oakwood went home rather sad, and an- other win for j. G. 19-A gala affair was held by the juniors, everyone present had a swell time. 20-Last game, and end of a perfect season. Too bad, Milford. 24-26-Everybody was in earnest, when they said they enjoyed, The Importance of Being Earnest. 28-Speeches here and Speeches there, as j. G. contestants trooped off to the Speech Contest at Georgetown. And what do you know we had some firsts. Phil, Dot, and Marilyn, along with the play will go to the Sectionals. MARCH l-Here ye, here ye, Court is now in session, and a very good session it was too. You make a fine Magistrate, Rus. 2-Another trophy to add to the collection, from the Regional. 5-Won't be long now till we're out of school, end of 4th six weeks. lO-l l-l2-The Sectional-in our own gym! Thrills to climax a brilliant Basketball Season. I3-The play goes on to state, good luck kids. Three cheers and a rah, to those who brought home honors, in the speech con- test. Tm: PICAYUNI-: of, flu, Fld, O I6-He-Haw, and the donkeys are off, lets hope the riders aren't. 20-A lot of new faces were in town, due to the F.l-l.A. Rally Day. Some of j. G. girls acted as models that day. ' 26-Good Friday and lt's out of school again, isn't this fun. 30-Waltz time-or vocal concert by the chorus. Remember Pauline dancing on the drums. APRIL 2-Final spelling bee. Got your dictionary handy? 3-District solo, and ensemble contest, and a Long list of lst ratings. 8-Seniors go to Danville to look into some different vocations for their college years. lO-Musical organization contest. Lots of sweet sounds by john Greer. l6-Bring home state honors, members of the play, we're rooting for you. Z7-The band gave us a concert. What music! Ray, Powley, Silver, Littick, were soloists. Student Council visits Peoria, and a good time was enjoyed by everyone. 30-We wished the music contestants good luck at the State,-and they didn't let us down, MAY 5-6-Last success for the school year, as Dear Ruth, hits the stage. 8-With a flying skip, hop, and a jump, we IO-l were off to the district track meet. 3-Reid hit a home run, and away he went, to start us out in the District Base- ball tourney. I4-The night that everyone has waited for, the junior, Senior Prom. Thanks juniors, for such a swell prom. The food was wonderful. You should have seen the look on the fellows faces, when they saw what good looking girls had been wandering around the halls of j. G. all year, just like a story book. 27-28-Baseball Finals. 30-Well Seniors this is just about the end of your High School days, see you at Bacca- laureate tonight. 3l-Now, you've got your diploma. Good luck to all of you in the future. PAGE 21

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Football-I st Team THE Back row-Wise, Beam, Arnold, Saffel, Curry, Trimble, Drollinger, H. Znd row-Adkins, Linn, Wagner, Drollinger, R., Samaras, Correll, Scullin, McFarland, Martin Cloud, Neathery, Meyers. lst row-Greenberg, Meritt, Kelenhofer, Siville, Holmberg, Coach standing in front. A hard fighting john Greer team, captained by fullback Gene Meyers, compiled a season's record of 7 wins and 2 losses. Coach Astroth used nine returning lettermen as a nucleus for the team that outscored their opponents l7l to lOO, for the total season, john Greer showed excellent offense averaging l9 points per game, while their defense held the opposition to l l per game. SO passes were attempted with 20 being completed, for a net of 349 yards and 5 touchdowns. Although Neathery and Meyers provided most of the scoring punch, without the coopera- tion of every man on the team, the season would have been a failure. A lot is owed to the boys, who put in a lot of time and hard work in order to bring john Greer another winning season. Extra credit goes to l-lerb Neathery who scored 87 points and averaged 8.8 yards each time he carried the ball, and to Gene Meyers who scored 54 points and carried the ball for an aver- age of 6.3 yards. Both were awarded scholarships to the University of Illinois for their out- standing play. Neathery was also voted the most valuable player award. Climaxing a successful season, Ray Eliot, head football coach at the University of Illinois, spoke at the annual Lions Club football banquet and Coach Astroth distributed Z5 football letters to those earning them. Three games were played by the second team, coached by Mr. Campbell, with Hoopeston winning Z and losing l. P:cAYuNE DAG 1:23