Magnolia Swaney High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (McNabb, IL)

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Class History At the beginning of our freshman year we had an enrollment of thirteen in our class. Our class officers were Fred Stark President, Russell Nelson Vice-President, Kay Ashdown Secretary-Treasurer, and Bob Kinney our Student Council Representative. We chose Mr. Bunting as our class advisor. In March we presented two one-act plays, Easy Payments and Histl She's a Man . We also presented a group of acrobats from the University of Illinois . Russell, Fred, Ron, Bob, and Chuck were on the baseball and basketball teams . Fred played with the varsity team. Our attendants for the Home- coming were Fred Stark and Joyce Phillips . During the latter part of the school year we lost Joyce Phillips and Melvin Ziegler and gained Bill Hauger. During the summer we sponsored an ice cream social at McNabb. jim Mattern entered the scene during our sophomore year, again making a total of thirteen members . Our officers this year were Ron Dean President, Bob Kinney Vice- President, Fred Stark Secretary, Kay Ashdown Treasurer, and Russell Nelson Student Council Representative . Mr. Bunting was again selected to be our class advisor. In November we had a chili supper. Bob and Fred were on the baseball team. Chuck, Russell, Ron, Bob, and Elmer were on the fresh-soph basketball team . Fred played with the varsity and Russell and Bob were substitutes . Bob won the free throw contest at the Tri-County Tournament at Henry. We lost two members, Luticia johson and Jerry Martin. Our Homecoming attendants were Fred Stark and Connie Happold. In the fall at the beginning of our junior year we had eight boys and three girls . In October we welcomed Harriet Robinson from Tennessee . Our officers for this year were Ron Dean President, Chuck Sherman Vice-President, Connie Happold Secretary, Caroll Kapraun Treasurer, Elmer Mekley Parliamentarian, Kay Ashdown Student Council Rep- resentative, and Bob Kinney Store Manager, Mrs . Nelson was our class advisor. Our big project for this year was the Junior Store under the management of Bob Kinney. Russell, Chuck, Bob, and Fred were on the baseball team with Ron and Elmer joining them for the basketball season. Russell, Fred, Chuck, and Ron took part in the track activities . Jim Mattern left us about Christmas time. Bob Kinney and Connie Happold were our Homecoming attendants this year. We worked together for the first time with the seniors to sponsor the Homecoming. We presented a three-act comedy play, Find- ers Creepers . We also gave the junior-Senior Banquet and Prom on May 7 . We began our final year with a class membership of eleven, welcoming Eleanor He- witt to make a total of twelve. Our officers for this year were Bob Kinney President, Bill Hauger Vice-President, Harriet Robinson Secretary, Ronald Dean Treasurer, Chuck Sherman Student Council Representative, with Kay Ashdown editor and Caroll Kapraun co-editor of the annual. Mr. Bunting was our class advisor again this year. The senior play, Cheaper by the Dozen directed by Mr. Bunting was presented in November. Our Homecoming King and Queen were Connie Happold and Chuck Sherman and the senior attendants were Harriet Robinson and Bob Kinney. We had a number of boys in athletics and Harriet was a varsity cheerleader. A large part of our class took part in band and chorus. Kay was chosen to receive the D.A.R. and the Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow awards .

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RONALD DEAN - Baseball 1, 2,4, Basketball 1,2, 3, Track 1, 2, F. F.A. 1,2, 3,4, Fr. Play 1, Ir. Play 3, Sr. Play 4, Class Pres. 2, Class Treasurer 4, Student Government Teacher 3, 4. CONNIE HAPPOLD Con -F.H. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, F. H. A. Vice Pres. 2, F. H, A. Leadership Conference 2, F. H. A. Parliamentarian 3, G. A. A. 2,3,4, Fr. Play 1, Ir. Play 3, Sr. Play 4, Chorus 3,4, Chorus Student Council Del. 4, Class Secretary 3, Homecoming Attendant 2, 3, Homecoming Queen 4. WILLIAM HAUGER Bil1 - Transfer from Henry 1, Class Vice Pres. 4, F.F.A. 1,2,4,Ir. Play 3, Sr. Play 4, Track 2,3, Student Govern ment Teacher 4. RUSSEL NELSON Tussy - Baseball 1, 2, 3,4, Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4, Track 1, 2, 3, 4, F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, F. F. A. Treas. 3, Class Vice Pres 1, Class Student Council Del. 3, Fr, Play 1, Ir. Play 3, Sr. Play 4, Student Government Teacher 3, 4, Student Government Janitor 4.

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Class Will We, the class of One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-five of Magnolia-Swaney High School, do hereby publish our last will and testament. To certain members of our faculty we will the following: To our Principal, Mr. Hewitt, we hereby will and bequeath our best wishes and a bottle of aspirin to cure all the headaches we have caused him. To Mr. Bunting we will and bequeath a hearing aid, so he can better detect any whispering or loud breathing in his study halls . To Mr. Stark we will and bequeath a recipe box in which he can file all his original recipes . To Mr. Sichta we will and bequeath an Ag. IV class that wears old shoes so they will be willing to get in the pig pens on Ag. trips. ' To Mr. Maville we will and bequeath a student body that will never walk on the gym floor with street shoes . To Mrs . Hewitt we will and bequeath a louder whistle with which to attract the attention of the P.E. girls . To Mr. Dewey we will and bequeath a senior class with more musical talent. To our janitor, Don Hauger, we will and bequeath portable bleachers for the stage, ones that you just press a button and they fold up out of sight. To our underclassmen, we leave the following: To the Juniors we will and bequeath the ability to put on a senior play like ours, in hopes that you won't have to practice the last period of the last day. To the Sophomores we will and bequeath our hidden talents in hopes that they can develop them . To the Freshmen we will and bequeath our ability to unscramble sentences for Mr. Bunting. To certain individuals we will the following: I, Kay Ashdown, will my ability to sneak into the house unheard to Janet Hewitt. I, Connie Happold, will my petite figure to Beverly Harloff and my short natural curly hair to Dick Ashdown. I, Eleanor Hewitt, will my ability to keep calm at basket-ball games to Donna Grasser. I, Caroll Kapraun, will my bowling ability to Karen Billups . I, Harriet Robinson, will my southern accent to Lydia Glover and my shortness to janet Strode . I, Ronnie Dean, will my neatness to Carl Pratt and my ability to study to Roy Smith. I, Bill Hauger, will my '37 Chevie to Larry Ashdown so he can race with Dick's '37 Ford . I, Bob Kinney, will my ability to get a letter a day from a freshman girl at Augus- tana to Arthur Hewitt . I, Russell Nelson, will my ability to save money to Ted Mc Ghiey and my athletic ability to Gary Crank. I, Elmer Mekley, will my ability to date girls to Don Oser and my ability to skip school to Kathryn Beard. I, Chuck Sherman, will my ability to skate backwards to Mary Wood. I, Fred Stark, will my ability to mooch paper and pencils all through high school to Linda Brown.