Meredosia Chambersburg High School - Chief Yearbook (Meredosia, IL)

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When we became up-and-coming Juniors in 1951 we found Donna Watkins and Bonita Lewis were not with us anymore. Donna moved and Bonita got in the way of Cupid’s arrow. During our Junior year we presented the play “Best Seller.” We were kept on our toes with the annual banquet and dance along with our studies. The theme for our banquet and dance was “Apple Blossom Time.” We received our class rings shortly before Christmas. Everyone was well pleased with them. Our Senior year twenty-three answered to the roll call. We found we had two new members in our class, Galen Pool and Marion Perry. In our Senior year we presented the play “Feudin Over Yonder” with every member of the class in it. The second semester of our last year at M. H. S. we found we had a new classmate, Gary Perry. We now had twenty-four members in our class. We went to Kirkwood Lodge for our Senior class trip. At the end of the school year we shall regret that it is our last year at M. H. S. and we will never forget the good time we had. 1

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Upon entering Meredosia High School in 1949 twenty-seven students answered the roll as “Green Freshmen.' The twenty-seven included: Donald Allen, Kenneth Browning, Virginia Dawson, Wayne Dickman, Bob Duvendack, Shirley Edwards, Yvonne Floyd, Donna Hobson, Billy Hulett, Glenn Janes, Marcia Koopman, Bonita Lewis, James McDaniel, John Miller, Marion Perry, Janice Pond, Jean Schneider, Norma Jean Simmons, Doris Smith, Erna Lee Staake, Gwendolyn Tegeder, Donna Mae Watkins, Barbara Yeakel, Layton Yeakel, and Paul Winkleman. In our Freshman year we were fortunate to have all our classmates with us, although Marion Perry moved to Chambersburg during the last half of the year. In 1950 we returned to school in September and when count was taken we still had all our classmates. Janice Pond decided she was tired of the old grind every day so she quit in the middle of the year. Paul Winkleman moved away during school time, so we lost two classmates during our Sophomore year.

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Junior-Senior Prom A highlight of the 1951-1952 school year was the Junior-Senior prom. The affair was held May 9, 1952 at the Dunlap Hotel in Jacksonville. A banquet centered around breaded pork chops was served to Juniors, Seniors, their guests, faculty, ministers, and chaperones. The Seniors were honored with Bob Duvendack, Junior class president, acting as toastmaster. Senior class president, Tony Simon, gave the farewell. Sterling silver 53 or 54 pins were presented to Junior and Senior students. A dance immediately followed the banquet.