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

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Klan, Jidito of the class members wore their rings for a couple of months after we got them! We were surely proud of them. Pauline Gott dropped out after the second semester to be married. Mary Dame- wood transferred from Monmouth to begin her second semester in Little York. In the month of May we gave our Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom. Our theme was Hawaiian. The sophomore girls wore hula skirts and a flower in their hair while they served the meal in the study hall. Miss Leaverton, our sponsor, knew a girl from Hawaii, and had her make leis for the guests. The gym was decorated with palm trees, Hawaiian scenes and colors. Our class was in charge of decorations for the commencement exercises of the seniors. The coming year of 1952-1953 was the year that most of us wanted to see. Our class had a total of twelve members Dick Clark was elected President' Martha Gavin Secretary Mary Damewood Student Council Representative Philip Larson Vice Pres ident Evelyn Taylor Treasurer Mr Luckenbill was elected as our adviser for the final year at L Y C H S For most of the senior boys football practice started in August Dean Armstrong was chosen football captain this year On October 6 three carloads of seniors started for Davenport to have the senior pictures taken When that was done we had interesting tours of various places in the city Remember what happened after we went to the show that night? After the proofs came back some of the class members didnt know whether to keep them or not The senior play Act Your Age was presented under the direction of Mrs Luckenbill in the early fall with a large crowd in attendance Purple and gold tassels with purple gowns were ordered for graduation Christmas card selling and Valley Conference advertising came at the same time The boys hate to admit it but the girls out sold them in the Christmas cards contest There was a little question over the advisability of putting out an annual but it was decided to go ahead with it and make enough money for it and the trip too We all had a wonderful time in Little York Community High School Its beginning to get too dark for further hunting so I had better be getting home bs.. ,YN W7 ,Z wifi! . ,itil I .fix FOURTELEN ' 1 v v S , . 9 1 , - . - , , . . , . ' 7 . I , . , . - sc n - ' . 7 . 9 T ' Y 1 ' , - o . . . , 5 7 ' , . . . . , . .1 ,gg if K lf. . a. . ' V , .A ' --9 t 'fb nj. ,. 01.47, s f-iii' ' . ,.-1' Vf ' ei' ,,.- ... A -H' 1 V ,-f- wx , .. V, 5 ', j,..' Q ,if- :Y o ' f' W: 'I'. ,.'ff 'l.f . H, W '-V, ' fb 3 4 . 113' v I- ,' V' .vw ff .A-. ,' 5 v Q 0f,,1.'..,.- ' , 5 'fly M ' 1323 43:1 5 ' ' taunt .- .f --1 91, f .a ,SY 1- ,

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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 , . . . . , .

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gm wuz We the departlng members of the senlor class of 195.3 the most brllllant class to enter the halls of Llttle York Commun1ty H1gh School ln the town of Llttle York County of Warren State of Ill1no1s bemg of sound mlnd and memory and leavmg th1S school to whlch we brought fame and fortune do make publlsh and declare this our last w1ll and testament ln the manner and form as follows to w1t FIRST To the faculty we leave the memory of small somet1mes unruly classes the soft spoken boys the br1ll1ant glrls SECOND To the Jumors the broad path of success whlch we have successfully blazed THIRD To the underclassmen namely the sophomores we leave the hope that they w1ll all be graduated 1n two more vears to the freshmen we leave our helght so that they may measure up to It eventually We as 1nd1v1dual senlors do hereby further w1ll and bequeath as follows I Evelyn Taylor leave my g1ft of gab to Barbara Perrln and my soda pop g1ggle to Donna Ph1ll1ps I Phlllp Larson leave my ab1l1ty to lose class rlngs to Noel Grabowskx my actlng ab1l1ty to Charles Earp my sklll at one armed dr1v1ng to D1ck Hess I Rlchard Clark leave my curly ha1r to Harold Klnney my shavlng brush to Lawrence Fredrlckson my ab1l1ty to know when the rlght glrl IS chosen to Andy Olson I Marilyn Perrm leave my rosy cheeks to Ne1l Martm and my wrest hng techmque to Ruth Burns I Rlchard Montgomery leave my success as Yorker reporter to any one who wants the Job my speedy Ford to Mr Foster my Aledo glrl frlends to Bxll Damewood I Martha Gavln leave my helght to LOUISE Belllnger my rules for good dr1v1ng to my s1ster Lucllle my good looks to anyone who needs them I Bull Boock leave my tvplng speed to Lorram Martm my 1953 Chevy to Mr Huddleston my shyness to Rondal McVey I Mary Montgomery leave my Monday nlght dates to Theda Hall my wr1st watch to Betty Spence so she can keep track of the tlme on date mghts I Mary Ruth Damewood leave my love for Bob Darrah to Shlrley Downes and my d1me store dlamond to Carol Peterson FIFTEEN . . , .. 9 y 9 . . . . Y . . Y I 7 ' I 7 9 ' ' ' U Y - , . ' v ' 9 7 -, Y Y 9 ' ' 9 9 9 9 v , - . . . ' . 9 9 y 9 . . . . 9 9 ' u V ' - 9 9 9 ' 9 9 9 s 9 7 . - - v, . 9 1 V 9 u 99 . . , . 9 9 v 9 9