Little York High School - Eaglelite Yearbook (Little York, IL)

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Mary Dcrmewood Student Councll 4 F H A 2 3 4 F H A Vlce PI'8S1 dent 3 4 Class Play 3 4 Yorker Staff 4 Annual Edltor 4 Y Teen Club 1 2 Pep Club 1 2 Rlchcrrd Montgomery Class Reporter 4 F F A 12 3 4 F F A Sentlnel 4 Class Play 3 4 Yorker Staff 4 Football 2 3 4 Track Lalune Frednckson Class Reporter 3 Class Secretary 2 G A A 1 F H A 1 2 Class Play 3 4 Band 1 2 3 4 G1rls Chorus 1 2 3 Verse Cholr 1 Operetta 1 Mlxed Chorus 1 2 Glrls En semble 3 Student Llbrarlan 1 Yorker Staff 1 3 4 An nual Staff 4 0 TWELVE I ,. . . ,. . . '- .- 's -1 v . 1' 'a n ,.. . ,.. . , 'y 1 1 1-2-3-4. - , , ,...,. .. 'v '1 '1 '1 r . . ., 1 v '1 ' 1 I . 9 9 '

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Suubfm. Dean Armstrong Class President 1, Class Treasurer 2, Class Secretary 3, Student Council 1-2, F. F. A. l-2-3-4, F. F. A. Treas- urer 2, Class Play 3-4, Yorker Staff 2, Annual Staff 4, Softball 1, Basketball 1-2-3-4, Football 3-4, Track 3-4, Football Captain 4 Ph1l1p Larson Class Vlce Presldent 4 Class Reporter 1 F F A 1 2 3 4 Operetta 4 Yorker Staff 1 2 4 Annual Staff 4 Basket ball 1 2 3 4 Football 2 3 4 Track 2 3 4 F F A Ban quet Toastmaster 3 Jumor Senlor Prom Toastmaster 3 Jamboree Chalrman 4 ELEVEN Manlyn Pernn Class Treasurer 3 G A A 1 F H A 4 Class Play 3 4 Yorker Staff 4 Annual Staff 4 F. F. A. Secretary 3, F. F. A. Reporter 2, Class Play 3-4,

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sawn, pg gmt pg 7953 One day last wlnter when the snow was on the ground I declded to go huntmg There wasnt too much excxtement IH the tlmber so I sat down on a log and began thmkmg of all the wonderful thmgs that had happened to our class durmg our four years at Lxttle York H1gh In September of 49 seventeen bashful qu1et green freshmen entered the front door of Llttle York Commun1ty Hlgh School They halled from such grade schools as Denny Pleasant Green Old No 1 Belmont Brownlee Cedar Creek Llttle York Bald Bluff and Hale They were LaJune Fredrlckson Martha Gavm Paulme Gott Mary Montgomery Shlrley Ne1ll Mar1lyn Perrln Evelyn Taylor Dean Armstrong Lloyd Bellmger Stanley B1vens B111 Boock D1ck Clark Bob Darrah Wnlllam Hughes Ph1l1p Larson Rxchard Montgomery and Leland Talbott Durlng the second week 1n school we held our f1rst class meetxng Dean Arm strong was elected Presldent Evelyn Taylor Secretary Bob Darrah Treasurer Dxck Clark Reporter Martha Gavln Student Counc1lRepresentat1ve Mr Foster was elected by the class to be our advxser for the freshman year Shlrley Ne1ll had dlffxculty stay 1ng 1n school because of slckness durmg the year and so dropped out durmg the second semester 1eav1ng us w1th s1xteen N1ven McVey saw to lt that we were properly 1n1t1ated Those dresses and hlgh heels were really a slght to see especlallv on the boys Lloyd just couldn t keep that bean on top of h1S straw hat that nlght Everyone got a k1ck out of that 1n1t1at1on Most of our money was made from bake sales and lunches our fxrst year On the last day of school the freshman class went along w1th the other three classes to a p1cn1c at Lake Storey 1n Galesburg By now the members felt as though they were welcome 1n Llttle York H1gh followmg offlcers were elected Presldent Martha Gavln V1ce Presxdent D1Ck Clark Secretary LaJune Fredrlckson Treasurer Dean Armstrong Student Counc1l Member Dean Armstrong Reporter Mary Montgomery We elected Mr Curtls and M1ss Ganson as our sponsors One of the members of our class served on the Freshman In1t1at1on Commlttee th1S year lnstead of havlng to take the 1n1t1at1on That fall we had a hay rack r1de and wxener roast at Phll Larson s farm Th1s year two members of our class B111 Boock and Dean Armstrong made the varslty team whlch won seventeen games and lost only three The class held a square dance dur1ng the wlnter and also had bake sales to 1n crease our treasury We went to Lake Storey aga1n at the close of our sophomore year and enjoyed a p1cn1c supper followed by a movle that nlght Quxte a few of us went to the Dr1ve In that nlght for some unknown reason Durlng the next summer we held an lce cream socxal on the hlgh school lawn We had a good slzed crowd from the ball game Martha Gavln must have sold a lot of 1ce cream and cake to some boys ID a blue Studebaker that even1ng After comlng back the next fall the class elected Mlss Leaverton to be our ad v1ser Our class now numbered thlrteen as we had lost Wllllam Hughes Leland Tal bott and Lloyd Belhnger We had to prepare for the Jun1orSen1or Banquet and Prom As was the custom the junlors got the concesslon stand at the basketball games D1d everyone 1n the class help clean up? We held a square dance whlch mcreased our treasury qu1te a b1t The Junlor play The More the Merrler was one tif the best that people had seen for qu1te a Whlle We netted over S200 00 mcludlng t e lunch whlch we served afterward Remember selllng tlckets after pract1ce Josten s came to show us the1r class rmgs and to take the fmger slzes Almost all THIRTEEN I , . . . , . ! , . u , . . , , . 1 7 ' Y I 7 ! . ! 5 ! , . .... Y 7 , 4 y 1 , 1 1 , , Q n , I . 7- Y ! Y 7 1 1 ! ' ' :H , n 5 H , 9 ' , 5 Q , u I u ' - . I , . . . I . , , .. In the fall of '50, sixteen sophomores returned to organize the Class of '53, The . I 1 Q ' 1 I I 3 7 I U ' 7 , , . . . . . , 3 ! , - 1 - ' , . . . . , . - . - I 1 , 1 1 , - 1 ' ' . , . ' ' U ' U . . , , . 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 1 , . . . . , .