Mendota High School - Atodnem Yearbook (Mendota, IL)

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um lwai OPI-IOMOPES HIS YEAR you are a lillle more poised and confident ..... you wonder if you were ever as nervous and silly as 'rhe freshmen ..... you fight with Caesar's legions in Gaul ..... you divide your time between diagrams in English and parallelograms in geometry ..... you learn 'lo drive 'lhe driver's training car ..... you discover that teachers are here to guide and help you, not scare you ..... you have your own 'reams this year, the Jay Tees ..... you pick and choose and argue and compare and finally selecl' your class rings ..... you slarl having more dates ..... you enler the Kitch wilhoui' lhal self-conscious feeling you used 'ro have ..... you come to be known as dislincl' personalities by the other classes ..... you 'fry out 'lor the all-school play and speech conlesls ..... you learn to dance during the noon hour or 'From your older sisler or brother ..... you serve al' the prom banquet and long for nexl year when you can go too ..... you are belwixi' and between ..... because -- you are the sophomores of l950. HOMEROOMS BACK ROW: N. Anderson, N. Carr, D. Baird, J. Eichorn, B. Dewey, D. Biers, N. Pholen, Mrs. Doenier SECOND ROW: M. Fuyen, D. Danekas, L. Dunn, C. Bussing, R. Childers, G. Eich SEATED: E. Bumbu, R. Auchstetter, T. Auchstetler, C. Cotton, E. Baird, M. Biers, J. Dougherty BACK ROW: R. Klinefelter, D. Kuehl, J. Gehler, R. Gibson, J. Klein, D. Jones THIRD ROW: Mr. Doenier, D. Hoelzer, L. Kinney, N. Inman, D. McCollum, P. Lambert, E. Jewel, C. Joerger SECOND ROW: B. Mathesius, D. Karl, J. Keefe, R. Leiser, R. Hosta, V. Heinzeroth SEATED: D. Goubeaux, C. Mann, M. Larabee, C. Hoover, C. Groper, M. Harris, P. Kessler BACK ROW: D. McNally, S. Morton, D. Olson, K. Ough, K. Nowlin, D. Preston, M. Rempfer, V. Meyer, B. Pohl, Mr. P rch t ou o SECOND ROW: W. Prescott, K. McLaughlin, W. Meyer, C. Rich, W. Norwick, B. Ough, P, Pholen, J. Pierce SEATED: D. Ohlinger, P. Mealey, J. Pohl, D. Rider, D. Morsch, P. McLaughlin, H. Oherholz BACK ROW: V. Young, E. Schweiger, A. Steele, B, Sibigtroth, H. Schmidt, J. Tower, Miss Brown THIRD ROW: J. Woods, L. Thompson, E. Wood, O. Spenader, E. Sollitt, B. Schwingle SECOND ROW: A. Williams, L. Schlesinger, N. Worsley, J. Rob- inson, S. Scherger, J. Roach SEATED: P. Wood, M. Truckenbrod, J. Waller, J. Truckenbrod, J. McLaughlin, B. Spanier, S. Scott SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS J. Roach, Vice-Pres.: P. Phalen, Pres.: L. Schlesinger, Sec.-Treas.

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ffzawzlazm - FRESHMEN- OU ARRIVE af MHS a liH'le 'irighiened - bu'l' soon you discover +ha'r olhers are noi sure of ihemselves, eiiher ..... you gradually selecl' a group of friends 'From all ihe sirange 'faces ..... you waich for +he firsl appearance of your name in 'rhe Hi-Lighl' ..... you earn ihe iiile, Gig- gling Girls, ihal' is passed from class io class ..... you gel sliclced up for your firsl' high school dance ..... you go all oul' 'For ihe magazine drive - and, as usual, you excel in ii ..... you play baslceiball or go io l'he games and cheer like mad ..... you begin 'lo wonder if 'lhere ever will be a freshman pariy ..... you siruggle 'lhrough facioring and hic, haec, hoc ..... you have your chance fo be humble as you suffer fhrough GAA iniiiafion ..... you learn l'he liH'le lhings ihal' make you belong ..... you buy your lunch al' 'lhe cafeieria because i'l s somelhing dililereni ..... you decoraie ihe gym for l'he all-school pariy ..... you bring new pep and spiril' inio MHS ..... because - you are 'lhe fresh- men of l95O. HOMEROOMS BACK ROW: M. Ehlers, J. Brown, R. Anderson, W. Castle, B. Boykin, B. Cudaback, B. Austin, D. Bumba 3rd ROW: L. Eicharn, H. Brunner, B. Bromenschenkel, R. Budach, B. Durham, E. Faber, J. Cummings, Miss Pottinger 2nd. ROW: B. Campbell, L. Dewey, P. Corcoran, M. Bruckner, S. Davis, D. Amfahr SEATED: M. Cork, B. Crandall, B. Bialas, H. Bunton, D. Beets, W. Brown, M. Ebbinghaus BACK ROW: R. Geil, J. Hochstatter, B. Fitzsimmons, A. Frey, M. Hanson, R. Garrity, B. Gehler 3rd. ROW: M. Harvey, J. Kessinger, R. Gillette, H. Johnson, B. Joerger, E. Henry, M. Kidd, Mr. Lewis 2nd. ROW: P. Heininger, S. Hoadley, B. Geil, J. Kidd, R. Harris, B. Gardner SEATED: J. Gray, D. Jordon, G. Funfsinn, E. Herbert, M. Glaser, K. Juuch, S. Kilburn BACK ROW: J. Roach, E. Nance, C. Rohr, H. Sauer, E. Peasley, K E M'll . Ryan, . I er 3rd. ROW: R. Montavon, J. Lambert, H. Shed, D. Martin, N. Lucas, A. McManus, L. Roach, Mr. Morris 2nd. ROW: D. Lewis, E. Salamone, D. McConville, D. Klein, J. Rave, G. Olson, J. Longbein, G. Politsch, D. Rad SEATED: D. McConville, D. Mclauglllin, M. Schwemlein, P. Roth, M. Sheridan, C. Loach, V. Novak BACK ROW: J. Sloter, S. Spenader, J. Vogelsang, D. Van Etten, J. Wixom, J. Wilhelm, D. Ward 3rd. ROW: J. Wood, G. Schmidt, D. Waller, D. Sterchi, C. Sondgeroth, L. Shetter, J. Sibigtroth, Miss Brown 2nd. ROW: J. Zimmerman, N. Steele, R. Younglove, L. Van Dorn, A. Spenader, J. Sonntag, C. Smith SEATED: K. Weiss, W. Wood, B. Zimmerlein, B. Stulzer, M. Walter, A. Truckenbrod, V. Smith FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS E. Peasley, Vice-Pres.: B. Gehler, Pres.: M. Bruckner, Sec.-Treas

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