Lanark High School - Lanette Yearbook (Lanark, IL)

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Harold Kruse Nature Boy ' Ta ent Show 3 4 F F 2 3 4 State ventlonl 2 Natxonal Con ventlon 4 Vlce President Ivan Burkltt Blue Suede Shoes Football 1 2 Basketball ep Club 1 Talent Shovx 4 Industrial s Club 1 2 Hugh and Mighty Clifford Berge Stranger m Paradise Transferred from Sterlmg High School 4 F F A 4 Pep Club 4 Page Elghteen Jamce Gledd Rock Around other Goose Junior Plav Senlor Plav All School Plav Glrls Chorus 2 3 Mixed Chor 4 Pep Club 2 '3 Talent Show 4 F H A G A A 4 Llhfarl Jeanette Walthers Gum Drop' C1ub4 FHA A O O .. , M l , 1 . . E . I ' ' A. 1, . . , Con- 1 1 ' ' . ' ' - us 3 , ., 4: 4. ' 1: . . . : ' 'an 4. 4. , 4: P . 2, 3, 4: Pep : . , . 1: ' 1 ' G. . A. 1, 2, 3, 4. Art, , , ', Zi, 4.

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Gloria Vlarfel Dont Let The Stars bet In Xour Eyes xed Chorus 1 2 'R rls Chorus 1 'pClub12 14 Tae oxx -4 Norman Blair Ialv hondolier Bovs Chorus 2 Pep Club -4 Industrial Arts Club 1 4 Librari Linda James Remember Me Junior Play: Senior Play: 'rls' Chorus 1, 2: I '.'- -d Chorus l, 2: Pep Club ,,Z, :'I ie So'Z. , 'ui '. Robert Nelson Little Red Monkey Pep Club li, -1: Industrial Arts Club 2, Zi, -l High and Mighty Page Seventeen H Van Smith 'UI' S3Ildh'lAIl ' Band l 4 Bows Chorus J 4 Mixe Chorus 1 2 'Z 4 Foot all 'l Man ig r 4 Track 1 4 ep ib 1 Talent ou l Ruth Smith Sincerely ' Junior Plav Senior Plav Girls Chorus 1 Mixed Chorusl 2 l Pep Cub 2 l 4 Talent Show A Roger Bonnell Tell Ls Where The food Times Are Initiation Comm. 2: Jun- ' Play: Band 1, 2, 3, 1 Saxophone Quartet 23 Boys' Chorus 1: Mixed Chorus 1: Blackhawk Fes- 1l 2: P p Club 1, , , -l: Industrial Arts Club 1, Linda Lamorenx Razzle Dazzle Junior Play: Senior Playg Girls' Chorus 23 Mixed Chorus 4: Pep Club 1, 2, Ii, -l: Talent Show 4,

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Remember Mak1ng a h1t record 1S a long and tedlous process as you w1ll see as we follow the h1t tune Class of 1956 from 1tS or1g1n to 1ts release In the beglnnmg 119443 there were only thlrty three l1ttle notes After worklng wlth these notes for elght years dropping some and addmg others a beaut1ful melody was created Th1s melody now compos d ot flfty four notes was nearly ready to be recorded But xt st1ll had to go through a per1od of four year s work to be entxrely ready The flrst year 119521 the l1ttle melody had to grow Th1S years conductors were Carl Shafer pres1dent Nancy Lotz v1ce presxdent Charles Champ1on secretary Jackle Buss treasurer Student Counc1l repre entatlves were Kenny Rogers and Carole Brant ner Joanne Burkholder was a cand1date for Basketball Queen and Nancy Lotz was a cand1date for Queen of the Flremen s Ball One d1Vers1on ln the l1ttle melody s work was In1t1at1on Day The boy notes had to wear the1r 19V1S backwards burlap bag shlrts boots nylons women s hats and earrlngs The glrl notes wore pajamas wrong s1de out short sk1rts blouses on backwards hlgh heeled shoes and their ha1r 1n thlrteen p1gta1ls on one s1de and uncombed on the other All the notes carrxed pa1ls to accommodate upperclassmen s books and they had to smear l1pst1ck all over the1r faces The second year the l1ttle melody had to be ref1ned so that all the notes would be ln harmony Th1S years conductors were Kenny Rogers pres1dent Mary Ann Dlffen derfer v1ce pres1dent Charles Champ1on secretary Jan1ce Geary treasurer Student Counc1l representatlves were Eddle Lamoreux and Nancy Lotz Elected to the In1t1at1on Comm1ttee whose Job It was to th1nk up l1ttle deeds for the freshmen to do were Carole Brantner and Bob Nelson Carole Brantner was a cand1date for Basketball Queen and Mary Ann D1ffenderfer was Queen of the Fxremen s Ball The thxrd year was a busy year for the l1ttle melody who now was a full fledged song Thls year rehearsals started for our fmal recordmg Our conductors were Loretta Champxon pres1dent Carl Shafer VICC pres1dent Charles Champ1on secretary Joanne Burkholder treasurer Student Counc1l representatxves were Kenny Rogers and Carolyn Joel Rahn and Joanne Burkholder were Basketball Klng and Queen Loretta Champ1on was Queen of the Flremens Ball and Ruth Merboth was a cand1date for F F A Chapter Sweetheart Joanne Burkholder Mary Ann D1ffenderfer Carl Shafer and Davld Mackey were elected to the Nat1onal Honor Socrety The busy l1ttle notes as a song won the annual Magaz1ne Sales Contest selected class rlngs put on the play We Shook the Famlly Tree served the annual Carroll County Athletlc Banquet and sponsored the Jun1or Sen1or Prom We were now ready to record our song IH th1s fourth and fxnal year Our con ductors th1S year were Loretta Champ1on pres1dent Davld Mackey V109 pres1dent Charles Ch3mp10H secretary Joanne Burkholder treasurer Carole Brantner and Joel Rahn were the Student Counc1l representatlves In1t1at1on Comm1ttee members were Jan 1ce Geary and Bob Nelson Carole Brantner and Eddle Lamoreux were Homecommg Queen and Kmg and Carolyn Erbsen was a cand1date for Queen of the Flremens Ball Elected to the Nat1onal Honor Socrety fh1S year were Jackre Buss Ronme L1HdSay Lo retta Champ1on and Carolyn Erbsen As a song the notes agam won the annual Maga zlne Sales Contest produced the play A Man Called Peter put on two Bake Sales ponsored a car wash publlshed the Lanette and went to New York on thexr senlor tr1p before they were flnally recorded May 31 1956 Thls IS the way a h1t song IS created refmed and recorded Of the thlrty seven notes that fmally compose the song only fourteen from the or1g1nal thlrty three notes survlved the the ent1re process They are Donalee Adams Charles Champ1on Loretta Champ1on Mary Ann Dlffenderfer Ruth Dlffenderfer Jan1ce Geary Jan1ce Gledd Eddle Lamoreux Ronnle Llndsay Nancy Lotz Lloyd Mlller John Morrls Lyle Prmtz and Kenny Rogers As a melody and then a song the notes were a smash h1t How success ful the notes w1ll be 1nd1v1dually dep nds upon each one It IS a shame after compos1ng such a beautlful song that the notes must break up and seek 1nd1v1dual success But we are certaln each Wlll f1nd that success Page Nxnet en . ,, ,, . . . . ! 7 ' . . . - . ,, ,, . '1 KG ,, 1 1 A 1 ' 1 7 7 ' I ' ' H 77 ' v -r ' 1 . . . , . . . . , r . I 1 . ' . . Z D 9 . , . 3 - ' . . , . . . . , 1 1 1 66 ,, I 1 1 1 ' 7 7 9 ' ' U H ' ' , 1 y , 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 7 Y 7 ' H H ' ' , . . . ' ' U 77 . . , . l . 1 ' 1 1 1, , - 7 7 1 . 1 , y - I 1 ' 1 . . ' I . . 1 , . Erbsen. Imtiation Committee members were Mary Ann Diffenderfer and John Morris. . , I , l . . -. ' 7 7 7 ' ' ' GK H ' 7 3 ' - 44 7 7 7 . ,, . 1 1 , , 1 . I y I 1 . . a . ' ' K., 7 Q 1 1 , 1 1 1 I 1 1 . 1 1 , . . 7 . , . y . . , - ,, ' 44 xv ' v ' ' ' 64 77 ' 7 . 1 S ' . 7 S U ' , U , , . . . ,, . ,, . . . 1 1 ' ' SK 77 ' ' ' ' - H H I . U . ' . 2 . ' . ' . ' . . ' . ' Z . ' 7 7 7 l 7 2 KC H ' - H ,., . . . . 3 . . . , . , ' Ll Y! ' ' ' 1 ,1 1 '