Lovington High School - Mirror Yearbook (Lovington, IL)

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Seti i late 'rtyi t uf The time has come at last for our class of sixteen to depart from wonderful L. H. S. Before we leave, we should like to look back into the last four1 years of our lives here. It is hard to believe that our Senior year has passed so swiftly. We started by electing our class officers; Bob Stillens—president; Lynn Wil- liams—vice president; Ruth Newlan- Sec't-treasurer; Marjorie Fleischauer—reporter Our school functions for the past year include our sponsoring the Halloween party and the performance of the Senior class play, It’s Never Too Late.” The cast included Lynn Williams, Marjorie Fleischauer, Ruth Newlan. Bob Stillens, Patsy Thomas, Barbara Hill, Ronnie McCoy. Leland Wright, and Louanne Ostrowsky. Our king and queen candidates for homecoming were Lynn Williams and Lou- anne Ostrowsky. Lynn won the king’s crown. The Seniors were represented in the cheerleading squad by Louanne Ostrowsky. a new arrival this year. As we look back into the crystal ball to our Junior year, we see sixteen jolly students preparing for a difficult year featuring the Junior play A Poor Married Man,” which was a huge success, and the Junior-Senior Prom which took place on ''Treasure Island.” Roaming further back into the past we find our greatest loss of students was during our sophomore year. They were Ralph Townley, Lavon Fair, Rick Turner. Mary Lou Price. Gerald Noland, and Marilyn Henneberry. A faint picture seeps into mind of our freshman year when we embarked on a new career as strange then as the one which we face is now. Reluctantly, yet eager- ly, we leave our position to the juniors in order that we may prove ourselves worthy of L. H. S.

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tycation ‘TtiAtvuf Just two short years ago we were freshmen, a lowly specimen sometimes called “greenies.” We elected as our officers—Glenn Woodard, President and Carole Ann Noland, Vice-President. We had a queen candidate in the Homecoming, Rosie Rainey. One year gone and here we are “silly sophomores” already. To some of us it seemed almost a miracle. We elected as officers that year—Dolores Friesner, Presi- dent and Marty Smith, Vice-President. Our queen candidate for the Homecoming was Dolores Friesner. It seemed only a short time until the school doors were opened again and we were Big Wheel Juniors, upperclassmen DeLuxe. To start things off, we elected Junior Miller, President and Barbara Hagen, Vice-President. This was our big year, having the Junior-Senior Prom in the spring and the Junior Class Play in the fall. Our Junior Play was held November 14, 1952. The cast was as follows: Karen Odell...............Mrs. Maxwell Glenn Woodard...............Mr. Maxwell Dolores Friesner.............Aunt Mary Betty Bailey...............Gladys Gooch Rosie Rainey............Connie Maxwell George Foster...........Wilbur Maxwell Viola Oyer..............Bernadine Smith Marty Smith................Dr. Jeffrey Gooch Carole Noland......Betty Lou Maxwell Junior Miller...........Hercules Nelson Ronnie Murphy..........“Brains” Burke David Goodrich............Badge Burns Dean Newberry..............A Policeman The profits went for expenses on the Junior-Senior Prom. We also had a float and a queen candidate this year, Viola Oyer. Viola won the title of Homecoming Queen. Our float also received much favorable comment. As juniors, we shouldered the responsibility of financing and organizing the Prom. It was held on Friday, April 17, 1953. Our theme was “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” We hope everyone enjoyed it. We had a lot of fun our first three years in high school, and most of us are looking forward to our last year, as seniors. Row 1—Junior Miller, Barbara Hagen. row 2—Betty Bailey, Hubert Davis, Joan Borders, Duane Eckel, Dolores Friesner. Row 3—George Foster, Frances Marler, David Goodrich, Sally Matteson, Francis Hamed. Row 4—Carole Noland, Frank Meadows, Karen Odell, Ronnie Murphy, Viola Oyer. Row 5—Marty Smith, Shirley Phillips, Glen Woodard, Rosie Rainey, Janet Watkins.