Liberty High School - Torch Yearbook (Liberty, IL)

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THE LIBERTY TORCH We gave our Semor class play on October 23 wh1ch was ent1t1ed Take Your Medlclne under the d1rect1on of Mrs Nelle Mulhns and Mr Derv1n Garr1son All of our class members were m the play wmth Bernard Conrad as announcer On November 10 we enjoyed a supper at Doc s Arrpark at West Qu1ncy Followlng the supper we attended the movle at the State Theater Our class was aga1n represented at the FHA Chrxstmas Ball on December 16 w1th Pa tr1c1a Clark crowned as Queen and Donald Mowen as Kmng Norma Rae Longlett and Larry Bunte were the Sen1or attendants The Semor class presented an assembly on December Z3 before the student body and faculty The assembly was 1n form of a te1ev1s1on program wxth Jerry Qu1ncy as Master of Ceremomes An exchange of g1fts was held after the program On January 20 our class sponsored a skatmg party at Scott1e's Roller R1nk On March 12 we attended the Ice Capades 1n St Lou1s Our class attended the annual Semor Guest Day at Western 1ll1no1s State College mn Macomb on March 17 The motto chosen by our class was To1l Conquers A11 Thlngs The colors of our class were green and wh1te Our class flowers were green and whlte carnatlons The Senrors were guests of the Alumm Assoc1at1on at the Alumm Banquet on May 13 On May 19 the Sen1or class had a party at the home of our Sponsor Mrs Nelle Mulhns After supper we attended the show at the Washxngton Theater Baccalaureate serv1ces were held on May Z3 wmth the Reverend Robert Nelson pastor of the Z1on Lutheran Church as our speaker Commencement exe rc1ses were held 1n the Alumm Gymnasmm on May 26 1954 The Reverend Rxchard Ingle pastor of the Congregatlonal Church 1n Qumcy was the speaker for graduatmon The Semors on the Natxonal Honor Socmety are Marcella Kaltenbach Patrlcma Clark R1ta Rossm111er Norma Rae Longlett ZZ . . . H . . H . , - - - , . ' V ' ' ll Q , . , . 3 9 l 1 1 , .

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THE LIBERTY TORCH The Jun1or class served as waitresses and waiters at the Alumn1 Banquet on May 14 On May Zl we sponsored the Junior Senior Banquet and Prom The theme was Har bor Lights The gym was beautifully decorated with a sea shore at one end and a light house on the other side of the gym containing a beacon light in the top of the light house Music for the evening was provided by Charles Winking and his orchestra They played on the deck of the beautiful ship U S S Seniors The prom proved to be a great suc CCSS Our class was in charge of the decoration for Baccalaureate and Commencement and also served as ushers Rita Rossmiller was the honor student for the year Pat Clark and Alberta Neisen re presented the cheerleading section for our class Rita Rossmiller and Norma Rae Longlett were selected as the two Junior members of the National Honor Society SE NIOR YEAR As the 1953 54 school term opened Liberty High School was blessed with the enroll ment of seventeen fine Seniors They were Bertha Allison Larry Bunte Jack Burton Joyce Chase Patricia Clark Elaine Cutforth Donna Griffin Donna Sue Hipkins Mar cella Kaltenbach Kenneth Leapley Norma Rae Longlett Wayne Moore Donald Mowen ison married and moved to Colorado leaving our class with an enrollment of sixteen Later in the year we gained two more students They were Bernard Conrad who trans ferred from Hannibal High School and Don Jingst who transferred from Warsaw I-hgh School which gave our class an enrollment of eighteen Our officers for 1953 54 were President Jack Burton V1ce Pres1dent Patricia Clark Secretary Reporter Donna Sue Hipkins Treasurer Rita Rossmiller Student Council Representatives Norma Rae Longlett Jerry Quincy and Bertha Allison who was later replaced by Donna Gr1ff1n Our sponsor was Mr Nelle Orr Mullins Our faculty consisted of Mr W1lsonO Neubauer Superintendent Mrs NelleO Mul lins Miss Pauline Carwell M1ssEstherM Reid Miss Gladys Jensen Mr Jarnes Fouts Mr Dervin Garrison Mr C A Gamble Mr Dean Sims and Mr Albert Whit more On October 6 we had our senior pictures taken 21 ' H ' ' ' Jerry Quincy, Teddy Reich, Rita Rossmiller, Dick Tenhouse. In November Bertha All-

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