Mendota High School - Atodnem Yearbook (Mendota, IL)

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ear iar : My last year as a lower classman has ended! f am now half way up the ladder of high school. Next year when l write in these pages, I will have sponsored a prom and class play and taken part in all of the activities an upper classman does. But first let's take a look at what we did our sophomore year at MHS, a look at the fine basketball and football teams, the cheerleadi- ers, class officers and advisers. We cannot forget our fine class officers who were Gary Beardsley, president, Charlotte Schlesinger, vice-president, and Barbara Mar- tin, secretary-treasurer. Doris Kramer was added to the list of student council members. Those already on the list were lean Hochstatter, Carol Calderwood, john Meyer, and Norman Ehlers. When homecoming rolled around, the sopho- more class picked Alberta Weiss and Gary Beardsley as homecoming attendants. In the homecoming skit the Mendota Trojans were found guilty of brutally beating the Ottawa Pirates. Norman Ehlers served as judge of the court and Alberta Weiss was the prosecuting attorney. Other members of the class served on the jury. Those helping Mrs. Doenier as librarians from the sophomore class were Barbara Olson, Donna Piller, Yvonne Durand, and Bette Bro- menschenkel. Patti Miller, Yvonne Durand, Marjorie Camp- bell, and Diane Keefe led the frosh-soph foot- ball and basketball teams to many victories with their fine job as frosh-soph cheerleaders. The sophomore boys showed great interest in sports. Twenty-three participated in frosh- soph football. Nine boys played on the frosh- soph basketball team. Dick McMahon's and Don Kessel's brilliant playing on the varsity basketball team brought great honors to MHS and the sophomore class. Many of the sophomore girls were active members of GAA. Bette Gorman, janet Welsch, Evelyn Kuehl, and Pat Whitmore were mem- bers of the board. Norma lean Eich was secretary-treasurer of the FHA. This organization for future home- makers interested many of the sophomore girls who became active members. SOPHOMORE OFFICERS B. Martin, Sec.-Trees. - C. Schlesinger, Vlce-Pres G. Beardsley, Pres. All of the sophomores had a grand time on the biology tour to Chicago. The places visited were the Field museum, the aquarium, the planetarium, Chinatown, and the Municipal Airport. The very important task of choosing class rings was decided by a capable committee composed of the advisers, Miss Payne, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Doll, Mr. Morris, and Mr. Dennis who replaced Mr. Koeller, and five students, Gary Beardsley, Doris Longbein, Sonja Killion, Don Oberholz, and Allen Aughenbaugh. The final choice of the class was a beautiful ring and everyone felt a deep satisfaction in the choice and promptly placed his order for his ring. We sophomores elected Barbara Martin sophomore attendant to the Queens Court for the Gamma Phi circus. The sophomores overshadowed all other classes in debate. Eighteen sophs chose to participate in this activity. This boosted the number on the debate squad at MHS to twen- ty-seven. We can well be proud of this ex- tensive program for it is one of the largest in the State of Illinois and we have helped to make it that. We sophomores were also very active in the individual speech activities. Pat Ehlers, Bette Bromenschenkel, Violet Korneman, janet Welsch, and Betty Gorman paricipated in the various speech events and helped MHS amass a fine record in the conference, district and sectional contests.

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BACK ROW: R. Simpson Thomas, W. Mr. Doll MIDDLE ROW: Sondgeroth, F. Ward, K. Zimmerlein, W. Vietz, Stevens FRONT ROW: Sonntag, P. Whitmore, S. Sweger, L. Vermillion, nwrv Tgplwfw. dime L .14 .gzzlakomorefi we cAi5eLo! MR. LEWIS, ADVISER BACK ROW: S. Killion, D. Keefe, Lewis, D. Keefe, Mr. Lewis, Munson, B. Martin, J. Kessler, D Longbein MIDDLE ROW: B. Miller, D. Kessel, J .I T Meyer, L. Lewis, E. Klinge, R. Mila:- zo, J. Mealey, E. Manning FIRST ROW: D. Kramer, J. Kleckner, C Klein, E. Kuehl, V. Korneman, P Miller, L. Klinefelter MR. KOELLER, ADVISER BACK ROW: A. Aughenbaugh, F. Damer G. Beurdsley, D. Brandt, J. Brown L. Auzhstetter, C. Carter, K. Clement Mr. Koeller MIDDLE ROW: L. Carr, L. Bolts, R Bezket, S. Castle, A. Burkart, B Bromenschenkel, M, Campbell, C Calderwood, W. Andrews FIRST ROW: C. Bodenhamer, J. Cor- coran, L. Auchsletter, P. Bierwirth, R Bauer, B. Dana, J. Coonen, J. Brad- shaw 1