McLeansboro High School - Pyramid Yearbook (McLeansboro, IL)

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F SL Evans Malone Arnold. Siville, and Staff HER MAIESTY. SUE SMEDLEY Metheney Ritchey The Foxes Favorites The annual Coronation ot the basketball queen was held on Friday night, February 3, l956. As the queens attendants and their escorts entered the qyin, the attendants were each presented a bouquet by Elva Tucker as Anna Lee Webb pinned a boutonniere on each ot the escorts, She was announced by the Master of Ceremonies, Tony lohnson, and a roll ot drums by lanice Mitchell. lerry McDaniel accompanied by Carolyn Fagan, sang a song appropriate tor each couple. The attendants entered as tollows: Gail Evans escorted by Ned Tyler, loann Malone escorted by Stephen Bell, Sue Metheney, escorted by Ronnie Sandusky, and ludy Ritchey escorted by Doyle Lee. Then atter a lonq roll ot drums, our l955 basketball queen, Sue Sinedley, escorted by Dick Deitz, entered. Connie Statt and Susan Arnold carried the queens train. Randy Siyille presented the queen with a bouquet and Marilyn Lee presented her with the game basketball. The l955 queen, Ianet Correll, was escorted from the stage by loe Gateley. 44632

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42372-Ji X Gholson McGill Q flqsx li! Evans THE QUEEN, ELVA TUCKER Mitchell tflootlirill Qgiicufirfiz ln October the student body elected the '55 Homecoming Queen and her attendants. On the night of November 4, after a very ex- citing football game between the Christopher Bearcats and the McLeansboro Foxes, the juniors sponsored a dance, open to the public, at which the crowning of the queen took place. The attendants and queen entered in the following order: Marilyn Lee, a cute brunette, escorted by 1, 'lf lngrain. loye Moore, a cute treshinan with a cliarinina personality, escorted by lerry Tlioinas. Sue Siiiedley, a cute and charming sophie, escorted by Bob McMahon, Vera lolinson, one of the six Channing clieerloaders, escorted by Dick Deitz. Iohnson . ' ' Q 'Dv- Elizabeth Gholson, a charming junior class president, escorted by Carlos Neal. Marilyn McGill, a cute junior with a sweet personality, escorted by Bill Nalley. Myrna Evans, the lady in waiting, a very charming young senior, escorted by Keith lones, Vada Mitchell, the rnaid of honor, a cute little brunette senior, escorted by co-captain Leon Hall. Elva Tucker, the queen, a cute, charining, and friendly senior, escorted by coecaptain Stephen Bell. The queen carried a bouquet of white inuins. She was crowned by her escort, Stephen Bell, and cofcaptain Leon l-lall pree sented her the football which had been used in the previous aaine. Congratulations Elval Smedley ' Lee Moore WN

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90355 lst row: Mr. Siville, Thomas, Bell, Gateley, Iones, Tyler, Sandusky, Mr, Staff. 2nd row: Prince, Deitz, Hall, Millenbine, Sloan, Lee, Mansell, Robertson Foxes The 1956 basketball season, was cut short of wins in the won and lost record as compared to some of the teams of the past two or three years, but the Foxes, have this year, met some of the tinest teams in Illinois. The Foxes played in the Centralia Holiday tournament, where sixteen teams were entered. The Foxes made a very good showing as Pinckneyville only beat them 49 to 49. The Foxes went into the consolation bracket, defeat- ing Benton by 19 points. Quincy, a highly rated team, eliminated the Foxes by only eight points. The Foxes were invited back and are expected to put Mclseansboro on the map, as most of the Foxes are juniors and sophomores. They are looking forward to next year's tournament, so let's all go with them and cheer them on. The Foxes got off to a flying start by winning four out of their first five starts, but then it seemed the tide changed as they only won three out of the next ten games. The remainder of the schedule was somewhat even as they won five and lost four. The Foxes next year are in a conference with three other schools, namely Eldorado, fohnston City, and Metropolis. A name for the conference was chosen by the student body of each school. The schools will be competing against each other in not only basketball, but in football and track. The Foxes will lose only two seniors next year. If they keep up the spirit they had this year, the Foxes will be dreaded by all teams in the state. K642