Illinois Valley Central High School - Sequence Yearbook (Chillicothe, IL)

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The mysterious birth of our Grey Ghost is best recollected to be 1939 or 1940. The most copular theory is that a new post office was under consideration for Chillicothe. At that time, t... [ resent post office was in the Bacon Building owned by Frank Bacon. Mr. Bacon, a prominent political figure as well as businessman, sent a series of letters to Washington s to .diculousness in because Chilli public eventually be school team black colors at m$ were g the school colors from maror n an Wack to maroonland grey, somewhere between 1948 and 1950. The Ghosts and we may never know the real story. Our ghost hal kept its past a came about. Theref Our special thanks to Dave Pfandschmidt, editor of the Chilfi- cothe Bulletin, whose research made this story possible. Chuck