Le Roy High School - Melting Pot Yearbook (Le Roy, IL)

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twenty if nnunr.. nu 1 ru-xrr xl Senior Carnival, the big event of the year, took place in November -fun and entertainment for the whole family-Kenny Forrest and Eunice Scott were king and queen of the Carnival-looks as if our kings are coming in midget sizes...Gobble, gobble-poor Mr. Turkey-two days' vacation to get all our Christmas shopping done early . . . Broadcast on WJBC by some of the members of the speech class-we tried to listen in but for some reason it was cut off the air midway in the program . . . Seniors passing out pictures already . . . Mystery hung around the audit- orium on December 1 when the juniors put on their play. Left to right: C. Kumler, T. Edwards. J. Hill, D. Nichols. King K. Forrest. Queen E. Scoti. Jean Phillips, J. Buss. S. Prater.

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Row 1-D. Taylor. N. Foster, K. Troiier, B. Wheeler. L. Corry. J. Henson, E. Smiih. K. Robbins. T Holmes. Row 2-Manager D. Nichols. L. Wilkerson. G. Hart, Coach Bahan, P. Weber, R. 0'Neal, P. Moss. R Flanagan, D. Oliver. The Reserves showed steady improvement while playing through its five-game schedule. Opening the season on September 20 against the GIBSON CITY Reserves, the LeRoy eleven took a bad drubbing at the hands of a much larger, faster team. From our view point, the bright spots of the contest were the sharp tackling by Kenny Robbins and the power running of Gene Rafferty, the only backfield man who could make any consistent gains against the Gibson line. Still reeling from the first defeat, the home boys engaged LEXING- TON on the home field on September 27 to absorb another shellacking. Not only did the visitors score freely and often, but we failed to produce a single point. This was truly the low point of the season. We journeyed to RANTOUL on October 4 bolstered by Junior half- backs O'Neal and Flanagan but minus fullback Rafferty. Playing a good brand of football, the LeRoy club battled back from an early seven-point deficit to lose by the very respectable score 21-12. O'Neal scored both LeRoy touchdowns on runs. On October 17, after about a two-week rest and lots of practice, we engaged the CHENOA Reserves on the home field. It was a hard fought contest and ended in a 12-12 tie. Much improvement was noted especially in the line play. Phil Moss ran well at fullback and consistently reeled off yardage against the Chenoa line. The season was capped on October 24, when FARMER CITY visited LeRoy. After battling on even terms for three and a half quarters, the thrill of the season came when Bill Wheeler took a pass from Gene Stills on a sideline sleeper play and raced 95 yards to a touchdown and a sweet 6-0 victory for a fitting ending to the season. nineteen

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SHERIFF BAILEY HAS A PAIN l?l The High School Mystery was the three-act play chosen by the Junior Class to be given on Thursday, December 1, in the high school auditorium. The first scene takes place in the high school auditorium at dress rehearsal for the Junior Play House of Terror. Laura Crowder CPeggie Wheetj hears a threatening whisper off stage which frightens her into fainting. The director, Miss Fielding QMav- erine Hillj, and her assistant, Miss Jeffries CSara Siglerj, think it is one of the boys teasing her. They discover, however, that they have a real mystery on their hands. Who was the whispering man? Lei! to right: M. Garee, S. Sigler. M. Hill. C. Kumler, L. Corry, D. Bailey. K. Trotter, R. O'Neal. P. Wheet. J. Buss. W. Harvey. twenty-one