Minooka High School - M DI AN Yearbook (Minooka, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 84 of the 1952 volume:

M-DI-AN PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENT BODY OF MINOOKA PUBLIC SCHOOLS MINOOKA, ILLINOIS 5 Ayn, A ' - ,, . Q.L Zin Memoriam PATRICIA KEELEY Class of 1952 :- f .. . 12 fwwzifmixakff,-1 :-mgwzmaxfwfxxemsww-NAM,fcmmwwwazrwf ws+zvv,.,LQM,,ass:eeses1 wwsaeqmf wm,w-W-Mwxwmw MINOOKA COMMUNITY HIGH SCI-IOOL1 Franklin Emileyg Clarence Knudsong Iohn Berg, Prosidenlg Arthur I-Ieapg Charles Thompson, Secretary. BOARDS OF EDUCATION MINOOKA PUBLIC SCHOOLS MINOOKA COMMUNITY CONSOLIDATED GRADE SCHOOL: Seated: lohn Holt Charles Greenbeck, Presiclentg Clifford Thompson, Secretaryg Arthur Knudson. Standingg William Stafford, Ralph Churchillg Donald McCoy. Ji '- 4 REX A. SIRON B.Ed. Ullinois State Normal Universityjp Superintendent, General Science, Advanced Mathematics. BETTE SEVERSON Secretary 5 . , H.. 2 THE FACULTY OF MINOOKA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL 4: DAVE DORICK BETTY LU MENZEL B.S. lBradley Universitylg Carthage College, B.S. CNorth Central Collegelp Social Science, Couch- Home Economics, Girls' Physical Education. INEZ HOLT FRED S. RUSSELL, IR. Ph-B lUniVefSllY of Chicagoli MA- lUniVef5ilY B.S. and M.S. CUniversity of Illinoislg University of lllinoislg of Missouri: English, LibmfY- Agriculture, Biology. MICHAEL I. KMETZ IUANITA STREID B.S. flllinois State Normal Universitylg B.Ec1. Ill' ' S N IU' ' : Elementary and High School Vocal, Beginning l mms tate orma mversnyl and Advanced Band. Mathematics, Physics. MRS. HAZEL MCEVILLY RAYMOND WILKEN B.Ed. CWhitewater State Teachers Collegebg B.S. CUniversity of Illinoislp Commerce. Agriculture, Biology. 6 THE FACULTY OF MINOOKA COMMUNITY CONSOLIDATED GRADE SCHOOL MRS. WILMA INMAN AL-VA OLSON I Northern Illinois State Teachers Collegeg Whea- B.S. IDePaul Universitylg Ioliet Iumor College: ton Collegeg Illinois State Normal Universityg Intermediate Grades, First Grgde. MRS. MARGARETTE SHIELDS . MRS- FREIDA KINTNER B.A. IUniversity ot Wyomingl: Northern Illinois State Teachers Collegeg Illinois State Normal University of lllinoisg Universityg Third Grade- Fourth Grade. HERBERT WICKE PATRICIA LONG B.S. INorthern Illinois State Teachers Collegelg Central Missouri State Teachers Collegeg Michi- B.A. ICollege of St. Francislg gan State Universityg Second Grade. Upper Grades and Grade School Coach. 7 ,xg , . Q.. Q. . fm . ...lw -, A. A- -f ' 4- p Y ' . -ef ... 'T .. . , 4-,fd y ll Q 1 .fu , ' r.'flj'ff:' ,- A ,mlm i 'Q . ' , . 3 er' ull:-x., BUS DRIVERS TOP: Lester Underhill, Clarence Knudson, Gor don Thorsen. BOTTOM: Alvin Thompson, Ray Fmllcenberg. CUSTODIAN Harvey Vuksdul. wffiwfv- bfztiifffl' E f2,:w'? mi . , ..V, K A ,V :L M- 2' SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS President Harvey Heap Vice-President Robert Rushton Secretary , , , Ioan Sage Treasurer A . Gladys Ditch Advisor , . A Miss Streid 10 ANDERSON, CHARLES Entered Freshman year from Minooka Grade School, Peace Pipe Chat- ter 1, M-Di-An 1, Z, 3, 4, Art Editor 4, Boys' Glee Club 2, 3, 4, Band 3, 4, Librarian 4, Honor Roll 1, 2, 3, 4, Perfect Attend- ance 1, Z, 3, 4, Basket- ball l, Manager 2, 3, 4, Christmas Pageant 2, 3, School Concerts 2, 3, 4, Senior Class Play 4, District Music Contest 3, District Music and Band Contest 4. BRADLEY. ELSIE Entered Freshman year from Minooka Grade School, F. H. A. l, Z, 3, 4, Peace Pipe Chatter 4, Pep Club Z, Girls' Glee Club 2, 3, 4, Accompa- nist 2, 3, 4, Perfect At- tendance l, 2, 3, Christ- mas Pageant 2, 3, School Concerts 1,'2, 3, 4, Sen- ior Class Play 4. 'unp- CANNEYJANE ANNE Entered Freshman year from lones School, F.H.A. l, 2, 3, 4, Song Leader 3, Publicity Book Chairman 4, Peace Pipe Chatter 4, Pep Club 2, M-Di-An 2, 3, 4, Girls' Glee Club 2, 3, 4, Librarian 3, Class Vice-President 2, Christ- mas Pageant 2, 3, School Concerts 2, 3, 4, Gradu- ation Chorus 1, 2, Senior Class Play 4. COOK. ROBERT Entered Freshman year from Channahon Grade School, FFA. l, 2, 3, 4, Treasurer 3, Class Vice- President 3, Basketball 1, The Perfect Idiot 3, Baseball 1, Senior Class Play 4. COOP, ARTHUR Entered Freshman year from Minooka Grade School, F.F.A. l, 2, 3, 4, Watch Dog 4, Class Vice-President l, Basket- ball l, 2, 3, 4, Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4, The Perfect ldiot 3. DITCH, GLADYS Entered Freshman year from McKanna Grade School, F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Program Chairman 2, Secretary 3, Peace Pipe Chatter 4, M-Di-An 3, 4, Pep Club 2, Girls' Glee Club 2, 3, 4, Librarian 4, Class Treasurer 3, Class Treasurer 4, Perfect At- tendance l, 2, 4, The Perfect Idiot 3, Christ- mas Pageant 2, 3, School Concerts 3, 4, Gradua- tion Chorus 1, 2, Senior Class Play 4, F.H.A. Sec- retary of Section l9, 2. ll FEENEY. IAMES Entered Freshman year from Minooka Grade School, Entered Senior year from Ioliet Catholic High School, Boys' Glee Club 4, Basketball l, 4, Baseball 1, 4, School Concerts 4, Senior Class Play 4. FERGUSON. GRACE Entered Freshman year from Minooka Grade School, F.H.A, l, 2, 3, 4, Reporter 3, Peace Pipe Chatter 4, Pep Club 2, M-Di-An 2, 3, 4, Girls' Glee Club 2, The Per- fect Idiot 3, Senior Class Play 4, Christmas Pag- eant 2. GALLINGER, WAYNE Entered Freshman year from Minooka Grade School, Band 2, 3, Class Secretary 2, Honor Roll 4, Basketball Z, Baseball l, Manager l, The Per- fect Idiot 3, Senior Class Play 4, School Concerts 2, 3. HEAP, HARVEY Entered Freshman year from Minooka Grade School, F.F.A. l, 2, 3, 4, Treasurer Z, Vice-Presi- dent 3, Secretary 4, Boys' Glee Club 2, 3, 4, Class Secretary l, Class Presi- dent 4, Honor Roll l, 2, 4, Basketball l, 2, 3, Base- ball l, 2, The Perfect Idiot 3, Senior Class Play 4, Christmas Pag- eant 2, 3, School Con- certs 2, 3. KITTLESON. MARY Entered Freshman year from Minooka Grade School, F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Vice-President 3, Presi- dent 4, Peace Pipe Chat- ter l, 4, Pep Club Z, M-Di-An l, 2, 3, 4, Editor- in-Chief 4, Girls' Glee Club 2, 3, 4, Treasurer 2, Vice-President 3, Presi- dent 4, Class President 3, Honor Roll 1, Perfect Attendance 1, The Per- fect Idiot 3, Senior Class Play 4, Cheerleader l, Z, 4, Christmas Pageant 2, 3, Graduation Chorus 1, School Concerts 2, 3, 4, F.H.A. Camp Delegate l. MORGAN. WILBERT KNUDSON. RUSSELL Entered Freshman year from Minooka Grade School, Boys' Glee Club 2, 3, 4, Accompanist 3, 4, Reporter 4, Band 2, 3, 4, President Z, Reporter 3, Librarian 4, Boys' Quar- tet 3, 4, Boys' Octette 4, Honor Roll 3, 4, Basket- ball l, Manager 2, 3, 4, The Perfect Idiot 3, Senior Class Play 4, Graduation Chorus 2, 3, School Concerts 2, 3, 4, All-State Band 4, District and State Band Contests 3, District 4. MCKANNA, MARY Entered Freshman year from McKanna Grade School, F.H.A. l, 2, 3, 4, Financial Chairman 2, 3, Peace Pipe Chatter 4, Pep Club 2, M-Di-An 3, 4, Girls' Glee Club Z, 3, 4, Vice-President 4, Girls' Sextette 4, The Perfect Idiot 3, Senior Class Play 4, Cheerleader 3, Christmas Pageant 2, 3, Graduation Chorus l, 3, School Concerts 2, 3, 4. 12 Entered Second Semes- ter of Sophomore year from Ioliet, F.F.A. 2, Boys' Glee Club 2, 3, Perfect Attendance 4, The Perfect Idiot 3, Senior Class Play 4, School Concerts 3. RUSHTON. ICANN Entered Freshman year trom Minooka Grade School, F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Song Leader 2, 4, Peace Pipe Chatter 1, Pep Club 2, M-Di-An 2, 3, 4, Pho- tography Staff 2, 4, Lit- erary Staff 3, Girls' Glee Club 2, 3, 4, Band 2, 3, 4, Secretary 2, 4, Vice- President 3, Girls' Sex- tette 4, Student Council l, Honor Roll l, Z, 3, 4, The Perfect Idiot 3: Cheerleader 2, 3, 4: Christmas Pageant Z, 3, School Concerts 2, 3, 4, Graduation Chorus l, 2, 3, Senior Class Play 4, District Music Contest 3, 4. RUSHTON, ROBERT Entered Freshman year from White Willow School, F.F.A. l, 2, 3, 4, Secretary 2, Reporter 3, President 4, M-Di-An 4, Boys' Glee Club 2, 3, 4, Secretary 3, President 4, Band 3, 4, Custodian 3, Boys' Quartet 2, 3, 4, Boys' Octette 4, Class Vice-President 4, Perfect Attendance 3, 4, Basket- ball l, Z, 3, 4, Baseball 4, The Perfect Idiot 3, Christmas Pageant 2, 3, All-State Chorus 4, Sen- ior Class Play 4, District Music Contest 3, 4, State Music Contest 3, State Farmer Degree 3, Chap- ter Star Farmer 3. SAGEJOAN Entered Freshman year from Channahon Grade School, F.H.A. l, 2, 3, 4, Welfare and Service 2, Vice-President 4, Peace Pipe Chatter 4, Pep Club 2, M-Di-An 3, 4, Art Staff 3, Subscriptions 4, Girls' Glee Club 4, Reporter 4, Class Secretary 4, Stu- dent Council 3, 4, Vice- President, Secretary- Treasurer, Honor Roll l, 2, 3, 4, Christmas Pag- eant 2, Senior Class Play 4. SANDSTROM. EDWARD Entered Freshman year from Ioliet, F.F.A. 4, M-Di-An 3, Art Staff 3, Boys' Glee Club l, Z, 3, 4, Band 2, 3, 4, Basketball l, 2, 3, 4, Baseball l, 2, 3, 4, Perfect Attendance 4, The Perfect ldiot 3, School Concerts 1, 2, 3, 4, Senior Class Play 4. STEGMAN. ALFRED Entered Freshman year from Minooka Grade School, Peace Pipe Chat- ter l, M-Di-An 4, Busi- ness Manager 4, Boys' Glee Club 2, 3, 4, Librar- ian 2, Reporter 3, Vice- President 4, Band 2, 3, 4, Secretary - Treasurer 3, President 4, Boys' Quar- tet 2, 3, 4, Boys' Octette 4, Honor Roll l, 2, 3, 4, Basketball l, Z, 3, 4, Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4, Christ- mas Pageant 2, 3, School Concerts 2, 3, 4, All-State Chorus 4, Graduation Chorus 2, 3, Senior Class Play 4, District Music Contest 3, 4. WINTERBOTTOM, IOYCE Entered Freshman year from Dresden Hill Grade School, F.H.A. l, 2, 3, 4, Publicity Book Chairman 3, Peace Pipe Chatter 4, Pep Club 2, M-Di-An 3, 4, Literary Staff 3, Edi- tor 4, Girls' Glee Club 2, 3, 4, Librarian Z, Treasurer 4, Band Z, 3, 4, Vice-President 2, 4, Presi- dent 3, Girls' Sextette 4, Class Secretary 3, Honor Roll 3, The Perfect ldi- ot 3, Cheerleader 3, 4, Christmas Pageant 2, 3, Senior Class Play 4, Graduation Chorus 1, 2, 3, All-State Band 4, Dis- trict Music Contest 3, 4. YOUNG. IOAN Entered Sophomore year from St, Patrick's School, F.H.A. 2, 3, 4, Program Book 3, Peace Pipe Chat- ter 4, Pep Club 2, M-Di- An 4, Girls' Glee Club 2, 3, 4, Librarian 3, 4, Band 2, Librarian 2, Christmas Pageant 2, 3, School Concerts 2, 3, 4, Graduation Chorus 2, 3, Senior Class Play 4. FIRST ROW: Arthur Coop, loann Rushton, Iames Feeney, Mary Kittleson, Wayne Gallinger, Gladys Ditch, Harvey Heap, Ioan Sage, Robert Rushton, Ioan Young, Russell Knudson, Miss Streid, Advisor. SECOND ROW: Elsie Bradley, Charles Anderson, Ioyce Winterbottom, Edward Sandstrom, Robert Cook, Mary McKanna, Al Stegman, lane Anne Canney, Wilbert Morgan, Grace Ferguson. SENIOR CLASS HISTORY lust think, it is 1952! It doesn't seem possi- ble that four years could have flown by so quickly. It seems like yesterday that thirty- one bright, shining faces started their career in Minooka High School. That day a very confused group made their way to their first class, and it doesn't seem possible now that we have attended our last class. During that first year we lost Rose Marie Stokes, Donald Iohnson, Tom Keagle, and Delores Tibbs, but we gained lohn Hylemon, lim Norton, and Ed Sandstrom. Having completed our first round, which was packed full of new experiences, we be- gan the second round with a total of twenty- five members. ln our Sophomore year we lost Clyde Davidson, Dale Belander, Dale Hanna, and lim Feeneyg but we gained Ioan Young, Ralph Leslie, and Bill Morgan. Our third round found the class of 52 well in the swing of things. Of course, there were still many new things to happen. We were all working hard and looking longingly to the night of our Iunior and Senior Prom, which was held at the Morris Country Club, and was very lovely. We also got our long awaited class rings. ln the year '51 we lost Iim Norton, Iohn White, and Gail McHugh. All in all, our lunior year was packed full of excitement and grand memories. Now we have completed our fourth and final round here together at Minooka High. This year of '52 found us in a new school and gym which thrilled us all. We started our Senior year with the loss of one of our classmates, Pat Keeley. Pat was very well liked and a very active classmate in our school. She was stricken with polio the 22nd of Iuly, l95l, and passed away two days later. We were all very stunned, but will long remember the very pleasant times she added to our class. We gained back lim l-'eeney that fall, ending with a total of twenty-one in the class of 52. Four of our fifty-twoers have completed twelve years at Minooka. They are: Mary Kittleson, Al Stegman, Chuck Anderson, and Wayne Gallinger. lim Feeney completed ten years at Minooka, having spent two years at Ioliet Catholic High School. This round was filled with just as much excitement as ever with the ordering and receiving of announcements and Senior pic- tures, the Senior play, and finally gradua- tion. We were proud to be the first class to graduate from the new auditorium. As we left, we said good-bye to a grand four years well spent and once again started on a new road with hope for a bright and successful future. his LJ ,J 'C 's l TNQ: -.5 TOP ROW: Bob C., Bill, Elsie, Billie. FOURTH ROW: Iarmie, Eddie, Mary M, Al, lim SECOND ROW: Ioyce, Bob R., Gracie, Io, Chuck, Harvey, Tom. FIFTH ROW1 Ioan Y., Russ. THIRD ROW: Art, Ioan S., Mary K. CLASS PROPHECY Iune I, 1970 The other day, I began wondering what had happened to the old Class of '52. I telephoned MARY KITTLESON, who is cur- rently starred in the show Legs Maggie. She is not married yet, but she and ROBERT RUSHTON, the famous quartette tenor and trombone player, have been seen together quite frequently in IAMES FEENEY'S Iewelry Shop. While I waited in the phone booth, the operator courteously made the connec- tion. When I told MARY who I was, and why I was calling, the operator, IOANN RUSH- TON, who just happened to be listening, said that she could help us. She also brought us up to date on the latest gossip. We agreed to meet in front of the building in which IOANN worked. When MARY and I arrived, there IOAN SAGE was with IOANN. IOANN explained that IOAN was working as a sec- retary for the big boss of the phone compa- ny, BOB COOK. IOAN told us that IANE ANNE CANNEY was married to WAYNE GALLINGER, a wealthy businessman who owned a chain of gas stations and afield of oil wells. IOAN said that ELSIE BRADLEY was working as a secretary for RUSSELL KNUDSON, the famous optometrist. We walked several blocks out of our way to get to BILL MORGAN'S Coffee Shop. While in BILL'S Coffee Shop, someone played that new recording, Yodel Blues, by that great hillbilly singer, HARVEY HOTSPURS I-IEAP. Iune 8, l97O Somehow or other, we managed to get all these people together a week later. I dug up a list of the old Senior Class and found out that seven of the members were unable to attend. I began drilling everyone. I finally found out that CHUCK ANDERSON was con- tacted but could not come. As general man- ager of Ioliet's first TV station, he had to work that evening. IOAN YOUNG, the first lady president of the U. S., was to make a personal appearance at the station the next day, CHUCK had to make all the prepara- tions. BOB COOK was there and he brought his wife, BILLIE DITCH. They also brought their five children. No one seemed to know where AL STEG- MAN, ART COOP, IOYCE WINTERBOTTOM, and MARY MCKANNA were. A while ago we had learned that AL and IOYCE were cele- brating their Tenth Wedding Anniversary with their family of six lovely children. Of course, everyone knew that ART and MARY had been married, too, and they had a large family, also. We began phoning all the ART COOPS and AL STEGMANS in the telephone book and finally succeeded in getting MARY and IOYCE. They happened to be spending the evening together watching TV. It was impossible for them to come, as their hus- bands were members of the famous Chicago White Sox, and they were in New York playing baseball at the time. MARY and IOYCE were watching the game on TV and had tucked all the little ones in bed. It was so much fun talking to them since they couldn't be with us. They also were able to tell us that GRACE FERGUSON was in Alaska teaching the Eskimos foreign lan- guages. Well, having my curiosity satisfied, l, ED SANDSTROM, went back to work writing my latest book, Life in the l950's. Most Representative Students The Most Representative Students are chosen, as their name implies, to represent all school activ- ities, academic achievement, participation in school clubs, sports, social activities, and on the basis of good citizenship. The boy and the girl from the l952 Class, chosen by popular vote of the students and faculty, were Mary Kittleson and Al Stegman, Woman's Club Awards An award is given each year to the boy and the girl having the highest scholastic average tor all tour years of high school work. The medals, award- ed by the Minooka Woman's Club, were presented to two girls and one boy this year because two girls tied for the highest scholastic average. The winners were: Ioan Sage, Ioann Rushton, and Al Stegman. DAR Award The Senior Class and faculty vote, based on Dependability, Leadership, Service, and Patriotism, elects the girl in the Senior Class for the DAR award bestowed our school by the Alicia C. Bliss Chapter of Grundy County. Mary Kittleson received the l952 award. American Legion Awards The American Legion Awards are presented by the American Legion Post ll88 to a boy and a girl in the Senior Class chosen by the student body and faculty on the basis of Honor, Courage, Lead- ership, Scholarship, Companionship, Character, and Service. This year's awards were presented to Mary Kittleson and Russell Knudson. use JVW V., . . Y ' ,w If fu A Q ,M A. K: rf W' X nam sw X. JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS President ...... . ..,. . Vice-President ,.... . Secretory ..... .... Treosurer . ......,..,... . Advisors .... Miss Menzel 20 George McCoy . . . . lock Kurtz Arlene Necker George Duvcdl cmd Mr. Kmetz Pfelffrfr .K . 1-glsifi' I :sf if ,Tag 4 , or . Q U A mists X K, N SX K' K g , . GUN Jer. - Y lr Y , 0 W ., , . w I 4 A h 64 X A PN 'R ' K' 3 ' -N Q wks f ff' 2. ffl. f f X JUNIORS FIRST ROW: Roy Carlson, Herbert Davis, Roger Dollinger, Severn Dorre, George Duvall, Norma Erickson, Eugene Ervin. SECOND ROW: Marilyn Heitmann, I.aVerne Hiller, Clinton Hulbert, Donald Iennings, Ann Knudson, Iack Kurtz, Mary Lawson. THIRD ROW: Audrey Lewis, Doris Locher, George McCoy, Barbara Montgomery, Richard Montgomery, Ar- lene Necker, Harvey Schmidt. FOURTH ROW: Miss Menzel, Advisor, Charles Sing, Carol Todd, Lorene Unland, Ioseph Van Cleave, Dale Williamson, Mr. Kmetz, Advisor. 21 FIRST ROW: Barbara McMillin, Carol Todd, Mary Lawson, Marilyn Heitmann, Barbara Montgomery, Ann Knudson, Norma Erickson, Lorene Unland, Miss Menzel, Advisor. SECOND BOW: Severn Dorre, Harvey Schmidt, lack Kurtz, Arlene Necker, Doris Locher, Audrey Lewis, Clinton Hulbert, Herbert Davis, Roy Carlson, Mr. Kmetz, Advisor. THIRD ROW: Richard Montgomery, George Duvall, Charles Sing, Dale Williamson, George McCoy, Donald lennings, Eugene Ervin, l.aVerne Hiller. JUNIORS When we started timidly through the halls of M. CH. S., we were a Freshman Class thirty-three strong. Our enrollment has had its ups and downs ever since. We started this year with a slightly diminished number of twenty-nine. By the end of the first se- mester, our enrollment was down to twenty- three. This year we had four members in the band, Dale Williamson on a saxophone, Ann Knudson in the drum section, Herbie Davis on his trumpet, and Marilyn Heitmann on the clarinet. We had a good representation in both Boys' and Girls' Choruses and our small mixed chorus which was made up of our boys' Octette and girls' Sextette. In the field of athletics this year, we proved fairly representative. Audrey Lewis helped lead us on to our victories as one of our peppy cheerleaders. On the team, Char- ley Sing, George Duvall, and Benny Van Cleave played some good games. Being the Iunior Class, we were a bit mercenary this year. We worked hard hop- ing to sponsor the best prom ever. We sold pop, candy, popcorn, and ice cream bars at the basketball games this year. Before Christmas, we sold Christmas and Everyday cards. Of course, we sold Everyday cards after Christmas, too. Due to the hard work and the helping hand our sponsors, Miss Menzel and Mr. Kmetz, gave us, we did very well. This was a year of many firsts for us, and it proved to be exciting and fun. lt was our first year in a new school, our first year of girls' gym, our first class rings, and our first prom. lt has been a wonderful year, and we have enjoyed every last minute of it. 1 SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS President .,.. .... R ichord Severson Vice-President .... ....... K en Bertcz Secretory ..., ..... G erold Kittleson Treasurer ...... Gail Coop Advisor . ..... Miss Holt 24 SCPHOMORES I FIRST ROW: Kenneih Berta, Waller Bradley, larnes Bretsch, Wesley Cook, Gail Coop. SECOND ROW: IoAnn Dollinger, Thomas Dorre, Marlene Guglielrnetti, Gerald Kiitleson, Charlene McEvilly THIRD ROW: Darrell McMullen, Suzanne Montgomery, Martha Moore, Leonard More, Gordon Olson. FOURTH ROW: Beverly Orlomoski, Lorraine Peterson, Iean Rushton, Richard Severson, Frances Szymanski. FIFTH ROW: Barbara Todd, Wayne Walters, Dorothy Wendell, Eugene Winterbottom, Miss Holt, Advisor, 25 FIRST ROW: IoAnn Dollinger, Martha Moore, Marlene Guglielmetti, Beverly Orlomoski, Dorothy Wendell, Iean Rushton, Lorraine Peterson, Frances Szymanski. SECOND ROW: Kenneth Berta, Leonard More, Dave Morgan, Suzanne Montgomery, Charlene McEvilly, Barbara Todd, Tom Dorre, Wayne Walters. THIRD ROW: Miss Holt, Advisor, Richard Severson, Eugene Winterbottom, Wesley Cook, Gordon Olson, Darrell McMullen, Gerald Kittleson, Gail Coop, Iim Bretsch. SOPHOMORES We started our Freshman year with twen- ty-nine members in the class. We lost Mar- tin Wiltong when we started back this year. During the year, we lost two and gained one. Darrell McMullen joined our class from Wenona Community High School. We were very happy to have him and hope he liked our school. Shortly after being in school, we elected the following leaders: President, Richard Seversong Vice-President, Ken Berta, Secre- tary, Gerald Kittleson, and Treasurer, Gail Coop. When Ken left us, we elected Walter Bradley to take his place. Student Council members were Gordon Olson and Walter Bradley. Our class sponsored a very successful Christmas party. Because of weather condi- tions, we were unable to have it at the time it was planned. The party was held imme- diately after we came back from our Christ- mas vacation. Most of the students attended and enjoyed themselves even though it was late. This year we had a Girls' Sextette and a Boys' Octette. Our representatives were lean Rushton and Eugene Winterbottom. Other members of the class were active in Girls' and Boys' Glee Clubs. Let us not forget the Future Homemakersg all the girls were enrolled. We were repre- sented in all sports by our very active boys. Several others in the class were members of the different organizations of the school, too. Our class advisor was Miss Holt. V Vs Rfk, if X., 4.x ,M , .57 V ,,.L...- FIN: u A s x , if 'K '-+30 Mff, 4 1' Q IQ '3'if2 Kx'5N T' T2 .5 AF' 'gil X , m www. - ' 1 V gg 1' A f ' WW,-W fgiw 'H' . K 9 K Q . V . M V if 'L A 1 ' ff, 2x:1n g an , v . . ,Q . w3rif'3Fi'f. A YH 3 4 ' I? Q ,RQ EY g M1 vgfax 'MQ S if as ibg I 1 A l3T'v 'Hk FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS President .... Vice-President Secretary .... Treasurer . . . Advisor . . . Betty Walters Virginia Kittlesori Edward Stegman . Gordon Murley . . . Mrs. McEvi11y QWWQ FRESHMEN FIRST ROW: Nancy Anderson, Phyllis Anderson, Ioanne Coop, Patrick Conroy, Carol Dixon, Gerald Emmert, Darlene Enger. SECOND ROW: Yvonne Ferguson, Ioseph Guglielrnetti, Lois Iennings, Virginia Kittleson, Sophie Konjevich, Lucille Larson, Shirley Lewis. THIRD ROW: Paul McMillin, Marva McMullen, Gordon Murley, Elaine Pehlke, Marianne Hush, Earl Lloyd Shearer, Henry Sing. FOURTH ROW: Edward Stegman, Patricia Torkelson, Alice Van Cleave, Betty Walters, Dorothy Willis, Anna Wilson, Mrs. McEvi11y, Advisor. ABSENT: Charles Keagle, Barbara Allen. 29 '51 FIRST ROW: Phyllis Anderson, Barbara Allen, Anna Wilson, Marianne Rush, Sophie Konjevich, Darlene Enger, Patricia Torkelson, Lois Iennings, Shirley Lewis, Nancy Anderson. SECOND ROW: Mrs. McEvil1y, Advisor, Yvonne Ferguson, Marva McMullen, Betty Walters, Dorothy Willis, Virginia Kittleson, Alice VanCleave, Ioanne Coop, Lucille Larson, Elaine Pehlke, Carol Dixon. THIRD ROW: Earl Lloyd Shearer, Gordon Murley, Edward Stegman, loseph Guglielmetti, Henry Sing, Paul McMillin, Charles Keagle, Gerald Emmert, Patrick Conroy. FRESHMEN The Class of '55 started the fall of '43 with thirteen members. ln '51, we graduated from eighth grade with ten members. When We started our high school career, we had twenty-nine members. During the year, we gained Barbara Allen from Ottawa and lost Raymond Drazen and Elaine Pehlke. We are proud to have Gordon Murley on the varsity basketball squad. Ioseph Gugliel- metti, Earl Shearer, Edward Stegman, and Henry Sing are on the Iunior varsity basket- ball squad. With the help of our class advisor, Mrs. McEvilly, we elected our class officers and Student Council representatives. Class offi- cers were: President, Betty Walters, Vice- President, Virginia Kittlesong Secretary, Ed- ward Stegman, and Treasurer, Gordon Mur- ley. Our Student Council representatives were Ioseph Guglielmetti and Edward Steg- man. The Freshman Class sponsored the spring party. Everyone enjoyed himself very much. We are proud to have Lois Iennings in the Sextette and Gordon Murley in the Octette. We have six members in the ad- vanced band-Lucille Larson, Ioanne Coop, Earl Shearer, Henry Sing, Paul McMillin, and Edward Stegman. Darlene Enger was in the beginning band. All of the girls were members of the Fu- ture Homemakers of America, and six of the boys were members of the Future Farm- ers of America. Last but not least, the Freshman Class was proud to say that they helped to pay for the group pictures in the M-Di-An. We sold 150 quarts of Stanley floor wax and cleared S50 on this project. We gave it all to the M-Di-An. We hope to be as successful during the next three years. S gf fu Q01 L A l v 4 ,l, .sa V . H f .?9vgv,, ww... iw- rs-C .v 5 if 3 Q.: ww-ii.PN J SagiP3iWbiSH .sf :iw aww 1-K f-'mf L, i . ' ' .:'2'5:'.:5?Q::A: FIRST ROW: Mrs. Shields, Advisor, Ken Berta, Charles Anderson, Ioan Sage, Billie Ditch, Mary Kittleson, Ioyce Winterbottom, Bob Rushton, Al Stegman, Mrs. McEvilly, Advisor. SECOND ROW: Ioann Rushton, Mary McKanna, Iane Anne Canney, Ann Knudson, Audrey Lewis, Doris Locher, Lorene Unland, Charlene McEvilly, Norma Erickson, Suzanne Montgomery, Frances Szymanski. THIRD ROW: Virginia Kittleson, Mary Lawson, Arlene Necker, Barbara Montgomery, Marilyn Heitmann, Bar- bara Todd, Grace Ferguson, Ioan Young, Martha Moore, Lorraine Peterson, Lois Iennings, Ioanne Coop. M-DI-AN Editor-in-Chief ,,.. ...... M ary Kittleson Editor .,.,..,.. . . . Ioyce Winterbottom Literary Editor ..........,...,....... Ann Knudson Literary Staff ,...,.. Arlene Necker, Lorene Unland Norma Erickson, Audrey Lewis, Ioanne Coop, Marilyn Heitmann, Barbara Montgomery, Iane Canney Art Editor ,,...,,,,..........,., Charles Anderson Photography Staff ..... Gladys Ditch, Doris Locher, Mary McKanna, Barbara Todd, Ioann Rushton, Lois Iennings, Charlene McEvilly Business Manager .................., Al Stegman Ads .. . , . ..... Robert Rushton, Harvey Heap, Mary Lawson, Martha Moore, Lorraine Peterson Subscriptions .... Ioan Sage, Grace Ferguson, Ioan Young, Virginia Kittleson, Frances Szymanski, Suzanne Montgomery Advisors ..,..,..,. Mrs. McEvilly, Mrs. Shields Publishing this book is an all-year job. The first thing we did to earn money for the annual was to sell magazines. We also sold turkey raffle tickets before Thanksgiving, with the entire student body participating. In Ianuary, ads were sold to help with the expenses. During the year, we sold hot- dogs at the Conference Tourney held at our school. Our yearbook tells of the advances made in our educational program during the school year. It will be a great source of en- tertainment for the alumni of the Minooka Schools to reminisce upon their school days. It has been enjoyable Working together on our yearbook. Nearly all the student body has helped in some way to make our annual a better yearbook. PEACE PIPE CHATTER The PEACE PIPE CHATTER was published once every month by the office training class of Minooka Community High School. A copy was given free of charge to each family in the high school and the grade school, the faculty members, and other school personnel. The PEACE PIPE CHAT- TER was exchanged with ten other schools nearby and was sent to several individual subscribers. The paper published all school news such as: class news, sports news, gossip, accounts of school activities, grade school news, a calendar of events to take place in the fu- ture month, and the birthdays for that period. All the members of the staff took turns writing stories, reporting gossip, drawing covers, and doing the various other jobs which made it fun to put out the paper. This concluded the eleventh year that the PEACE PIPE CHATTER has been in exist- ence. Each year it has grown a little. We looked forward to receiving the PEACE PIPE Cl-IATTER each month. STANDING: Grace Ferguson, Mary McKanna, Billie Ditch, Mary Kittleson, Mrs. McEvi1ly, Advisor, Elsie Bradley, lane Canney, Ioan Young. SEATED: Ioan Sage, Ioyce Winterbottom. - u , N6 . Q -,... A : FIRST ROW: Mary Kittleson, Gladys Ditch, Mary McKanna, Ioyce Winterbottom, Ioann Rushton, Iane Canney, Ioan Sage, Grace Ferguson, Ioan Young, Elsie Bradley, Miss Menzel, Advisor. SECOND ROW: Marilyn Heitmann, Ann Knudson, Mary Lawson, Arlene Necker, Carol Todd, Audrey Lewis, Barbara Montgomery, Doris Locher, Lorene Unland, Barbara McMillin, Norma Erickson. FUTURE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA The Minooka Chapter of the F. H. A. is a Chapter unit of the Illinois Association of the F. H. A., which, in turn, is chartered by the National Organization of the Future Homemakers of America. The F. H. A. mem- bership is open to any girl in high school who has been enrolled in a home economics training course for one semester. The officers for the past year were: President, Mary Kittleson, Vice-President, Ioan Sage, Secre- tary, Norma Erickson, Treasurer, Barbara Montgomery, Song Leader, Ioann Rushton, Reporter, Martha Moore, Financial Chair- man, Ann Knudson, Publicity Chairman, Iane Canney, Degrees Chairman, Ioyce Winterbottom, Welfare and Service Chair- man, Marlene Guglielmetti, Program Chair- man, Arlene Necker, Chapter Mother, Mrs. Dale Hoge, and Advisor, Miss Menzel. Two meetings a month were held, one for business and one for a social time. New features in this year's program were F. H. A. Week, the observance of United Nations' Day, a Daddy-Date Night, and sending packages to a foreign country. National F. H. A. Week, November 4-ll, was celebrated as follows: Sunday, Go to Church, Monday, Publicity Day, Tuesday, Wear F. H. A. Colors, Wednesday, F. H. A. Meeting, Thursday, Clean-Up Day tcleaned around schoolb, Friday, Community Day tshoveled snowl, Saturday, Family Day. To observe United Nations' Day, we dis- played a U. N. Flag and held a question and answer period at our meeting. At Daddy-Date Night, we had a special pro- gram to honor our dads. As part of the World Christmas Festival for Children, each girl brought a package with the age of either a boy or a girl that she wanted to re- ceive the package. The gifts were sent as one bundle to New York and then on to EnEl'and. An informal initiation of Freshman girls was humorous to all the school in Septem- ber. To show that they were interested in belonging to F. H. A., the girls wore curlers, pin curls, and braids in their hairg donned men's bib overalls, peasant blouses, one high heeled shoe with a man's sock, a card- board sole with ribbons on the other foot, garlic around their necks, nylon stockings on their arms, a mans sweat shirt, and tea aprons, and carried their books in a pail An all-school party was held March l4. Since this was leap year, we treated the boys and a good time was had by all. Each year we have a Mother-Daughter Banquet and a formal initiation for the Freshmen to which the mothers are invited. This year, in memory of our past president, Pat Keeley, we placed a tray, which has her name engraved on it, in the Home Economics room. We also had a program to welcome the eighth graders and bid farewell to the Seniors, as well as a field trip. In order to carry on our activities, we must have some money making projects. Our projects included: selling milk to the students every day, checking coats at basketball games, and the sponsoring of two bake sales. Norma Erickson, Barbara Montgomery, lean Rushton, Mary Kittleson, and Miss Menzel attended the district rally at Lostant on October 6, where they gained interesting ideas. Beverly Orlomoski attended Camp East Bay at Bloomington, lllinois last sum- mer, as our representative, and had many interesting experiences to tell us, as well as ideas. Our program was centered around the eight purposes of E. H. A., which are: l. To promote a growing appreciation of the joys and satisfactions of homemaking. 2. To em- phasize the importance of worthy home membership. 3. To encourage democracy in home and community life. 4. To work for good home and family life for all. 5. To pro- mote international good will. 6. To foster the development of creative leadership in home and community life. 7. To provide whole- some individual and group recreation. 8. To further interests in home economics. FIRST ROW: lean Rushton, Frances Szymanski, Lorraine Peterson, Charlene McEvilly, Beverly Orlomoski, Marlene Guglielmetti, Suzanne Montgomery, Barbara Todd, Martha Moore, Nancy Anderson. SECOND ROW: Dorothy Wendell, Phyllis Anderson, Dorothy Willis, Patricia Torkelson, Virginia Kittleson, Lois Iennings, Betty Walters, Sophie Konievich, Marianne Rush, Yvonne Ferguson. THIRD ROW: Shirley Lewis, Marva McMullen, Carol Dixon, Lucille Larson, Elaine Pehlke, Ioanne Coop, Bar- bara Allen, Darlene Enger, Alice VanCleave, Anna Wilson, IoAnn Dollinger. t. FIRST ROW: Edward Sandstrom, Henry Sing, Gerald Ernmert, Severn Dorre, Eugene Winterbottom, Herbert Davis. SECOND ROW: Bob Cook, George Duvall, Art Coop, Charles Sing, Bob Rushton, Dale Williamson, Harvey Heap, Richard Severson, Mr. Russell, Advisor. THIRD ROW: LaVerne Hiller, Eugene Ervin, Pat Conroy, Wesley Cook, Ioseph Guglielmetti, Tom Dorre, Charles Keagle, Paul McMillin, Wayne Walters, Richard Montgomery. FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA On lune 21-23, the Illinois F. F. A. Con- vention was held in Urbana. Harvey Heap, Charles Sing, and Robert Rushton repre- sented our chapter at the convention. Elec- tion of officers was held and various degrees were given. Bob Rushton received the de- gree of State Farmer at this time. Congrat- ulations, Bob. Throughout the summer various EF. A. meetings were held, and we were frequent- ly visited by our agriculture instructor, who helped us prepare animals for the fairs. The F. F. A. Sectional Livestock Fair was held on August 8, at Ottawa. Approximately 95 per cent of our members exhibited live- stock at this fair. We won our share of prizes, too. Marseilles was host to the Sectional F. F. A. Officers' Training Camp on Septem- ber l2. The following officers from our chap- ter were present: President, Bob Rushton, Vice-President, Charles Sing, Secretary, Harvey Heap, Treasurer, Dale Williamson, Reporter, George Duvall, Watch Dog, Art Coop. Meetings were held in the morning for each officer. We played baseball in the afternoon, and a program followed the eve- ning meal. Our State Supervisor, Mr. I. E. Hill, made a few remarks at this program. On October 26, the F. F. A. Chapter spon- sored an all-school Halloween party and square dance. Everyone had a good time. On November 17, the Minooka F. F. A. Chapter was host to the Sectional EF. A. Grain and Poultry Show. There were well over a hundred entries at this show, and it was a very successful event. On December l, we attended the Inter- national Livestock Exposition in Chicago. lt was a very full day because several of us took a trip through the Armour Meat Pack- ing Company, also. The biggest event of the trip was the Horse Show in the evening. This year we hope some of our members will be able to exhibit projects at this ex- position. ln December, we competed against Os- wego in a pest control campaign. This in- volved a lot of work and effort on the part of the members, but the contest results were astonishing-the Minooka Chapter won over the Oswego Chapter by a score of 6,000 to 3,0UU. As a result, the Oswego Chapter entertained us to a chili supper and a show. Nice work, men! On january 18, our advisor, Mr. Fred Russell, left Minooka to accept a teaching position at Manlius, Illinois. He was suc- ceeded by Mr. Raymond Wilken. Our annual Vitality and Punks garden seed campaign began in February. Plans also were made for our annual F. F. A. Banquet held on March 12. February l7-23 was set aside as National F. F. A. Week. This year our chapter really went all out for the occasion. Room was given to us in the trophy case for an exhibit. Our theme was UF. P. A. in Action. Cur official emblems were the center of attrac- tion. Pictures of the boys and their projects were shown beside miniature machines, which added much to the display. The annual Parents and Son Banquet was very successful. Colored slides of the boys were shown. An exhibit similar to the one in the trophy case was also presented. The speaker of the evening was Mr. Mark Brown, Soil Conservationist from Morris. His topic was Soil and Your Survival. Mr. Bussell was unable to be present. The Public Speaking Contest was held on April 2, in Plainfield. Eugene Winterbottom, our representative, did very well. He had a lot of competition. The annual P. P, A. Officers' Banquet was held April 9, in Ioliet. Those who attended had a wonderful time and hope they might be able to attend even after they graduate from high school. The annual F. P. A. Project Tour was held in May. A picnic dinner was enjoyed during the noon hour. The boys consider this one of the biggest events of the year because they are able to show their projects to the other members an that day. ln short, you could say this has been one of the most successful years the Minooka F. F. A. has evei had. GIRLS' GLEE CLUB FIRST ROW: Anna Wilson, Barbara Allen, IoAnn Dollinger, Barbara Todd, Suzanne Montgomery, Charlene McEVilly, Beverly Orlomoski, Marlene Guglielmetti, Frances Szymanski, Lorraine Peterson, Audrey Lewis. SECOND ROW: Elsie Bradley, Arlene Necker, Elaine Pehlke, Lois Iennings, Mary Kittleson, Ann Knuclson, Mary McKanna, loan Sage, lane Anne Canney, Billie Ditch, Ioann Rushton, lean Rushton. THIRD ROW: Yvonne Ferguson, Ioan Young, Betty Walters, Sophie Konjevich, Marilyn Heitmann, Barbara Montgomery, Martha Moore, Marianne Rush, Ioanne Coop, Norma Erickson, Lucille Larson, Ioyce Winterbottom. GIRLS' SEXTETTE loyce Winterbottom, Marilyn Heitmann, Lois lennings, lean Rushton, Mary McKanna, Ioann Rushton. 40 BOYS' OCTETTE Herbert Davis, Robert Rushton, Eugene Winterbottom, Gordon Murley, Dale Williamson, Al Stegrnan, Harvey Heap, Russell Knudson. BOYS' GLEE CLUB FIRST ROW: George Duvall, Eugene Winterbottom, LaVerne Hiller, Bob Rushton, Charles Sing, Charles Anderson, Dale Williamson, Henry Sing, Al Stegrnan, Russell Knudson, Gordon Murley. SECOND ROW: Mike Stegman, Herbert Davis, Richard Severson, Eugene Ervin, Harvey Heap, Ierry Ernrnert, lim Feeney, Eddie Sandstrom, Ken Berta, 41 ADVANCED BAND FIRST ROW: Marilyn Heitmann, loan Knudson, loanne Coop, lean Rushton, Elizabeth Contracieri, Marilyn Stafford. SECOND ROW: lames Winkler, Lucille Larson, Ruth Montgomery, Al Stegman, Karen Nichols, Andrew Anderson, Herbert Davis, loyce Winterbottom, Dale Williamson, Ronald Dirst, Ioan Feeney, Henry Sing, Russell Knudson. THIRD ROW: Ted Wendell, Margaret McCoy, Earl Shearer, lohn Stegman, lack Severson, LeRoy Vaksdal, ludy Walker, Maxine Todd, Anita Santorineos, Paul McMillin, Bob Rushton, Mike Stegman, Charles Anderson. FOURTH ROW: loann Rushton, Mr. Kmetz, Director, loann Cowdrick, Robert Turner, Alden Erickson, Kenneth Butler, Lois Severson, Maxine Larson, Ann Knudson, Edward Sandstrom. MUSIC This year has been a Very active one for all ot the various musical organizations in our school. We point with pride -to our Girls' Glee Club C34 membersj, our Boys' Glee Club C19 rnembersl, the Girls' Ensemble, the Boys' Ensemble, our Beginning Band C15 membersl, our Concert Band C43 membersl, and our ten-piece Dance Orchestra which were all active this year. Our glee clubs gave a good account of themselves at the Minooka Homecoming, the Winter Concert, and the Spring Concert. Various soloists and ensembles from the glee clubs participated in the l. H. S. A. spon- sored music contests with good results. The Concert Band, resplendent in their new orange and black uniforms, partici- pated in many activities. Among these ac- tivities Were: the Outdoor Concert on Main Street on Saturday, September l5, the Mor- ris Corn Festival Parade on Saturday, Octo- ber 13, the Halloween Parade, the half-time entertainment at all of the home basketball games, the Winter and the Spring Concerts, and the l. H. S. A. and l. G. S. B. A. music contests. The following were elected to serve as ot- ticers tor their respective organizations: BOYS' GLEE CLUB GIRLS' GLEE CLUB President ......,.......... Robert Rushton President ...............,. Mary Kittleson Vice-President ,...,. . . . Al Stegrnan Vlcepfesidem - - - ' ' MGTY MCKGHUG Secretary-Treasurer . . . ..... Charles Sing Secretary ' N Ormg Eftckson Treasurer . . . . . Ioyce Winterbottom Reporter ................ Russell Knudson Reporter b I I . . . ' . . 4 I . . I I D I Ioan Sage Librarians .... Iames Riggs, Kenneth Berta, Librarians , , l , , , Ioan Ygungl 1311119 Ditch' Eugene Winterbottorn, Henry Sing Elsie Bradley CONCERT BAND President ...............,.... Al Stegman Vice-President ........ Ioyce Winterbottorn Secretary-Treasurer ........ Ioann Rushton Reporter ................... Ann Knudson Librarians ...... Russell Knudson, Charles Anderson, Herbert Davis, Ioann Cowdrick Band Properties ....,,..,, Walter Bradley, Earl Shearer Uniform Custodians ,,.. Marilyn Heitrnann, lean Rushton BEGINNING BAND FIRST ROW: Edwin Feeney, Carol Link, Mary Kay Uziel, Darlene Anderson, loyce Greenbeck, Ianet Erickson. SECOND ROW: Donald McHugh, Richard Zarley, Virginia Wallin, Bob Sage, Raymond Butler, Michael Bedford, Iames Hancock, Kenneth Butler, Alden Erickson, Tom Parris, Darlene Enger, Bill Perona, Director, Mr. Kmetz. 43 Mr. Siron, Advisor, Gordon Olson, loseph Guglielmetti, Harvey Schmidt, Ioan Sage, Russell Knudson, Mike Stegman. STUDENT COUNCIL The Student Council of Miriooka Com- munity High School has eight members who represent the Whole student body. The rep- resentatives are: Senior Class, Ioan Sage, Russell Knudsong Iunior Class, Harvey Schmidt, Roger Dollingerg Sophomore Class, Gordon Olson, Walter Bradley, Freshman Class, Ioseph Cfuglielmetti, Edward Stegman. This group met with Mr. Siron, the super- intendent, to discuss problems that affected the school and the students. Their aim was to promote a feeling ot satisfaction among the students in helping them uphold self- government in the school. They were also responsible tor the conduct in the halls of our new school. One ot their biggest projects, during the year, was sponsoring an all-school dance alter the last home basketball game, Febru- ary 8. lt Was very successful, and a good time Was had by all. MN wil? Audrey Lewis, Ioann Rushton, Ioyce Winterbottom, Mary Kittleson WAYNE THCMPSON MEMORIAL TROPHY This is the seventh year that the Wayne Thompson Memorial Trophy has been presented. This trophy is pre- sented each year to the boy on the Minooka High School basketball squad who makes the greatest percentage ot his tree throws. He must shoot at least l5 tree throws during the season. Last years winner was Art Coop, and this year's winner is lim Bretsch. Con- gratulations, lim! CHEERLEADERS FIRST ROW: Harvey Heap, Gordon Murley, Art Coop, Charles Sing, Bob Rushton, Dale Williamson, Al Steg- man, George Duvall, Don Iennings, Richard Severson. SECOND ROW: Mr. Dorick, Coach, Earl Shearer, Darrell McMullen, Dave Morgan, Ioe Guglielmetti, Gail Coop, Eddie Sandstrom, Ken Berta, Mike Stegman, Bud Kittleson. THIRD ROW: Charles Anderson, Manager, Severn Dorre, lim Eeeney, Eugene Ervin, Henry Sing, Eugene Winterbottorn, Wes Cook, Iim Bretsch, Gordon Olson, Russell Knudson, Manager. BASKETBALL The ball started rolling for the Minooka Indians on the night of November 16, 1951, with a 49 to 48 victory over the Serena Corn- huskers. The ball continued rolling, and our braves scalped their way to a very success- ful season of 19 victories against 7 losses. The lndians started the season with three returning lettermen: Al Stegman, Art Coop, and George Duvall. Before the season was half over, Charlie Sing and Richard Sever- son were holding down the two positions that were left open due to graduation. The Braves scalped and shot their way to end conference play with a record of 9 wins against l defeat to share the title with Orland Park. This was the second year in a row that Minooka ended on top. ln the Holiday Tournament held at York- ville, the team advanced to the finals before being downed by Elburn. ln the Conference Tournament, which was held in Minooka for the first time, the Indians fought their way to the semi-finals, being beaten by Orland Park who Went on to win the tourna- ment. ln non-conference games, Minooka beat such teams as Serena, Mazon, Beecher, Wil- mington, and were beaten by Blue Island and Braidwood. Minooka downed the Newark Norsemen for the final game of the regular schedule and went on to win the District Tournament, which was held at Serena. As the ball continued to roll on into the Morris Regional Tournament, its was stopped by Marquette of Ottawa. The Wayne Thompson Memorial Free Throw Trophy was won by Iames Bretsch with a 66 per cent average. The runner-up was Art Coop with an average of 63 per cent. The Indians that will be missing next year are: Al Stegman, Art Coop, and Bob Rush- ton. Their spirit and sportsmanship will be hard to replace, and to them we wish lots of success in the future. Reserve Conference Scores: We They 43 23 Oswego Ctherel .............. Yorkville ......... . . . 27 41 Plainfield Ctherel . . . . . 41 28 Orland Park .......... . . . 30 46 Newark ............,.. . . . 64 43 Yorkville fConf. Tour.l .... . . . 30 34 Oswego ..,........... . . . 48 31 31 32 42 53 43 67 25 35 Yorkville Ctherel ...... . . . Plainfield ............ . . . Orland Park Ctherel , . . . . . Newark ftherel ..... . . . A P L me m. 'k 'Wi af M WCB 10-42 YQIKVIIIGTIHG' e e e e vAfzgif1+ef scbfig we They Mmooka ewallops Newark ez. Yox'HHlle'52. vu . 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Snmonaul Newark There if7'ET35'g'? lifiiisivmzvffffon-I Di Strict Toufnamm f A e ' f Sing.c 6 0 3 Flinnf - 9 eeye life- ' --N aasimfgfgon-g Rollo 'at Serena' 98 32 Rus 4 1 ,S S uk e . be .eyee Z nilvoakiqiihksps Eimille 33 gl eB'ff2'M'?f Y2f'ggf'!Ef f'3'33.,' N jjgigggimisgizvggt ee , J 1 0911, SA WA mar ue e awa - ' 'i eXe ee 600iDuvial.g 5 C Q ' . 9 . ,'.?- V 'ege 5 gjeead In FVC: Trms mmkil Stops 'YOI'kVlH8 IH! ' x9151eQr0za1s 2211 ' Q A o 5 xe f J 61 to sz Serena, 49-48 Semzfmal Tm FIRST ROW: Richard Severson, lim Bretsch, Eugene Winterbottom, Dale Williamson, George Duvall, Gail Coop, Gordon Murley, Henry Sing, Mr. Dorick, Coach. SECOND ROW: Ken Berta, Wes Cook, Art Coop, Don Ie-nnings, Gerald Emmert, Iim Feeney. THIRD ROW: LaVerne Hiller, Al Stegman, Charles Sing, Bob Rushton, Edward Sandstrom, Eugene Ervin, Darrell McMullen, Mike Stegman, Gordon Olson, Earl Shearer. BASEBALL Minooka High School completed its sixth year of fall baseball by winning one game and losing one. Minooka was hit hard by graduation as far as the baseball season was concerned. There were five positions that were vacated by Seniors and several others that needed to be filled due to other causes. The only returning lettermen were Al Stegman, who alternated between pitch- ing and playing first baseg George Duvall, who has been doing the catching for the past two years, and Art Coop, who played in the outfield. Some of the players that filled these posi- tions were young and inexperienced but have given a good account of themselves. With a few games under their belts, they should win their share. Here are a few of the players that took part in this season's games. Wes Cook played second base and short stop, Richie Severson played third base and outfield: Dale Williamson and Henry Sing alternated at first base, lim Bretsch played second base, and Ierry Ernmert played some in the outfield. The two games that were played in the fall were with Newark. We played the first game at Newark-Newark Winning 9 to 3. Stegman pitched and allowed 6 hits, striking out 9. Minooka got 6 hits and 3 runs. Steg- man and Duvall got 2 hits apiece while Wes Cook and Henry Sing both got singles. ln the second game, played at Minooka, Minooka won by a score of 4 to 3. The game Went into extra innings when Minooka tied the score in the fifth inning with 2 runs. Stegman stole home in the last half of the eighth inning to win the ball game. Stegman pitched and allowed 3 hits. FIRST ROW: Ioyce Winterbottom, lane Canney, loan Sage, Mary Kittleson, Ann Knudson, Audrey Lewis, Miss Menzel, Instructor. SECOND ROW: Gladys Ditch, Mary McKanna, Ioan Young, Grace Ferguson, Carol Todd, Norma Erickson. THIRD ROW: Barbara Montgomery, Arlene Necker, Marilyn Heitmann, Elsie Bradley, Ioann Rushton. GIRLS' PHYSICAL EDUCATION FIRST ROW: Darlene Enger, Anna Wilson, Frances Szymanski, Lorraine Peterson, loann Dollinger, Shirley Lewis, Carol Dixon, Lois lennings, Betty Walters. SECOND ROW: Marianne Rush, Dorothy Wendell, Sophie Konjevich, Alice Van Cleave, Ioanne Coop, Yvonne Ferguson, Barbara Allen, Lucille Larson, THIRD ROW: lean Rushton, Elaine Pehlke, Phyllis Anderson, Marva McMullen, Virginia Kittleson, Patricia Torkelson, Dorothy Willis. 53 54 I 'fl A fS EIGHTH GRADE FIRST ROW: Harold Breen, Ioseph Breen, lane Brewster, Caryl Churchill, Ioann Cowdrick, Iohn Duvall. SECOND ROW: Ianet Erickson, Gerald Feeney, Ioan Feeney, Loran Good, Gary Hadaway, lcrmes Hancock. THIRD ROW: Keith Knudson, Carol Lundstrom, Glenn Olson, Frank Pehlke, Maureen Pershey, Karen Sand strom. FOURTH ROW: lack Severson, Marilyn Stafford, Iudith Todd, LeRoy Vaksdal. 56 SEVENTH GRADE FIRST ROW: Andrew Anderson, Phyllis Baker, Charles Brown, Karen Brown, Ioyce Greenbeck. SECOND ROW: Iacqueline Hancock, Ioan Knudson, Ruth Montgomery, Donald Murley, Thomas Murley THIRD ROW: Leonard Olson, Richard Pehlke, Leonard Peterson, William Stafford, Iohn Stegman. FOURTH ROW: Edith Turner, Margaret Vaksdal, ludith Walker, Richard Zarley, Mr, Wicke. 57 .vyfgifi in SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES The Seventh and Eighth Grade Classes grew to forty-two students this year. lanet Erickson and Mickey Zarley moved here from loliet, Phyllis Baker came from a rural school, and Iudy Burns moved here from Kansas to make the total reach forty-two. At the beginning of the year the class elected lunior Citizen officers and Student Council representatives. Tom Murley, Iohn Stegrnan, Gary Hadaway, and Frank Pehlke were elected club officers while loan Feeney and lohn Stegman were elected Student Council representatives. The new facilities for physical education made the girls happy to be able to have P. E. classes daily. The boys from the classes who were out for basketball this year were: l-larold Breen, loseph Breen, lohn Duvall, Gerald Feeney, Loran Good, Gary Hada- way, lames Hancock, Keith Knudson, lack Severson, LeRoy Vaksdal, Charles Brown, Thomas Murley, Leonard Peterson, William Stafford, and Iohn Stegman. The class led the school in the magazine sales. lohn Stegman was high salesman for the class. Harold Breen, Gerald Feeney, and lohn Stegman received prizes in the maga- zine contest. LeBoy Vaksdal of the eighth grade and loyce Greenbeck of the seventh grade sparked their classes as highest sales- men in the Turkey Raffle sales. The class of Sl-52 leave a lot of memof ries of good times together. May this class continue to show leadership throughout the coming years. : Q!!-bi? -ww M. ff. f-v L -'. 1 SIXTH GRADE FIRST ROW: Patricia Anderson, Wildon Anderson, Phyllis Avery, Michael Bedford, Kenneth Butler, Raymond Butler, SECOND ROW: Elizabeth Contracieri, Alden Erickson, Margaret Good, Iune Iennings, Vada Knudson, Maxine Larson. THIRD ROW: Donald McHugh, Geraldine Mikkelson, Thomas Parris, Ioanne Patten, Leona Pehlke, Lois Sever- son, FOURTH ROW: Beverly Todd, Larry Todd, Virginia Wallin, Iudith Whalen, Iames Winkler, Mrs. Inman. 59 FIFTH GRADE FIRST ROW: Ralph Anderson, Darlene Anderson, Edwin Feeney, Richard Feeney SECOND ROW: Barbara Heap, Margery Knudson, Carol Link, Milford Mikkelson. THIRD ROW: Ioyce Murley, Anita Santorineos, Maxine Todd, Janet Walker. ABSENT: Thomas Cameron. 60 FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADES We started the 1951-1952 school year in a new room in the new building. We felt it was an honor and tried to do our best in gratitude. Our enrollment was thirty-six. Of these there were twenty-two girls and fourteen boys. New pupils were: Tom Cameron, Don- ald McHugh, and Virginia Wallin. Donald and Virginia came from White Willow School. Larry Todd was elected President, Beverly Todd, Vice-President, Iirnmy Winkler, Sec- retaryg and Barbara Heap, Treasurer for the Helpful Citizenship Club. Each member in the club volunteered for different duties to help keep our room in order as well as sweeping in the second grade room after the lunch period. Patrol boys from our room were: Michael Bedford, Kenneth Butler, Larry Todd, Dickie Feeney, Eddie Feeney, Tom Parris, and lim- my Winkler. The following cheerleaders were elected: Lois Severson, Beverly Todd, Barbara Heap, and Ioanne Patten. Elected for Student Council in fifth grade was Barbara Heap and Beverly Todd for sixth grade. Iudges for our annual Halloween parade were Mrs, Ablett, Mrs. Iva Knudson, and Mr. Dave Dorick. Those selected for Sl prizes were: Elizabeth Contracieri CCleopatral, Pat Anderson lSpirit of the Holidaysl, and Anita Santorineos Ca trampl. Our biggest event of the year was help- ing with Halloween Capers. Our room sponsored the Flower Garden, the Iewelry Booth, the Spook House, and the Check Room. Virginia Wallin received a turkey for sell- ing the most tickets for the Turkey Rattle- S3l worth. For Christmas we made baskets of wood- en spoons and red Butterfly Flowers as gifts to our parents. Several hobbies were displayed during the year such as - match box covers, dolls, key chains, stamps, and postal cards. The girls were elated to have PE. in the new gym. Monday found us having relays, Tuesday, square dancing, Wednesday, cal- isthenicsg Thursday and Friday, group games. We ended each period with a trip to the shower room. We helped collect old but usable clothes for the Childrens Clothing Crusade. Our returns for other worthy causes were: 31.90 for the Red Cross and 352.30 for the March of Dimes. Those with perfect attendance for the first semester were: Barbara Heap, Maxine Todd, and Margaret Good. ' ff' l IAI4, , hhlw 1 Q? X42 2 i ' fx T sffgffli l FOURTH GRADE FIRST ROW: Sharon Avery, Nancy Cowdrick, Iames Davidson, Coady Erickson, Edward Gannon, Iarnes Hadaway. SECOND ROW: Kay Holbrook, Helene Norlon, Ioseph Olsen, Ronald Olsen, Ernesl Pehlke, Walter Pehlke, THIRD ROW: Larry Peterson, Sheila Shearer, Elizabeth Singer, Richard Thomas, Glenda Todd, Mrs. Shields. 62 2 -S A FOURTH GRADE The Fourth Grade Class eagerly awaited September 5, l95l, for that was the date that we would enter the new school building in a new room. For the first time in the his- tory of the Minooka Grade School our fourth grade would have a room by ourselves. Such fun we had the first day when Mrs. Shields took us on a tour of the new school! The gym was a source of wonder to us all - with its shower rooms where once a week We were permitted to take showers. In No- vember we were told that we would have P. E. classes daily in the gym. We all ap- peared with new shoes to wear for these classes. Early in the term our Young Americans' Club had an election of officers. How we held our breath in anticipation as the votes were counted! The results gave us Kay Hol- brook, Larry Peterson, Glenda Todd, and Elizabeth Singer for officers. Coady Erickson was chosen Student Council representative. We were all happy to have a new boy in our class. Coady Erickson came from loliet. Now we had seven girls and ten boys to en- joy our beautiful new desks, green boards, lovely room, and hall lockers. On School Time we found Adventures in Freedom with Rusty was still our favorite radio program. We anxiously awaited the arrival ot American Childhood each month because Mrs. Shields would read us the silly antics of Mrs. Goose, the story series that delighted us all. ln early fall we brought clothing which was sent for the Children's Clothing Cru- sade. We collected money for the Iunior Red Cross and the March of Dimes. We sold S555 worth of Raffle Tickets for the M-Di-An. Our class was second highest in the school. Helene Norton won a silver dol- lar for selling the most in our grade which was 515. When Halloween time came, the judges awarded the prizes for costumes to Helene Norton CMost Beautifull, Ernest Pehlke fFun- niestl, and Eddie Gannon fMost Uglyl. Our judges were: Mrs. Clarence Knudson, Mrs. Ablett, and Mr. Dorick. For the first time the band, in orange and black uniforms, led the grade school children in the Halloween Pa- rade. The Halloween Capers was attended by one hundred per cent of the pupils of our class. We all enjoyed the games, plays, movies, and colored slides. Thanksgiving we presented a program for the first three grades and their teachers. All the parties were fun, and our mothers sent good food for refreshments. The year l95l- l952 was really one of many new pleasures for us all. ' wl I ' - : I 7 is , f xx! 7 , X417 I L at ltr' S I -V, 'X-1 I Lbfgf-:jf gl tfm ik I Zfg rn t y ,V P, V i I If Yr , tw, I -,y 5 - K Q4 , W d ,X R Jitt , ., ef Ii- .na y f .id 313 IJ. :, I in . .iv . HS. A 1 y ff- i Q ' Q' A Z I n in 3- AL , V I Q r4 W 1 in . v-,Q . 7 -n' as ,infix ' gg nip, 'Vie' ut M 1- L' ff' s iii e THIRD GRADE FIRST ROW: Fred Anderson, Ian-ies Attebery, Marjorie Avery, Barbara Beasley, Carol Blair, Rosemary Breen. SECOND ROW: Edward Brown, Mary Butler, Beryl Churchill, Lynda Connor, Donald Corp, Ioseph Coyne. THIRD ROW: Thomas Fleming, Warren Gallinger, Wanda Good, Larry Hinchliife, Bruce Knudson, Daniel Mahoney. FOURTH ROW: Evelyn Mikkelson, Betty Peterson, Bonnie Peterson, Iohn Santorineos, Carolyn Sawlaw, Carla Shearer. . FIFTH ROW: Fred Singer, Karen Skinner, Leon Stefles, Richard Todd, Sharon Winkler, Mrs. Kintner. 64 THIRD GRADE Our class was smaller this year than last. We had only thirty when school started in the fall. There were fifteen boys and fifteen girls. It was nice to be evenly divided for team games and contests. Besides several birthday parties, we had a little party on the last Friday of each month. In October we had our first big party- the Halloween Party. All the children wore costumes and marched in the parade. Caro- lyn Sawlaw won a prize for having the prettiest costume. She was dressed as a fairy. Larry Hinchliffe, masked as an old man, was chosen ugliest. Barbara Beasley was funniest. She wore long, white under- wear. The second special party was our Christ- mas party. At first we were disappointed about having to postpone our gift exchange till after the holidays. Later we decided we rather liked having an extra Christmas after Christmas. The last big party came on Valentine's Day when we exchanged valentines with all our friends. For the Fall Festival we put on a play entitled A Safe and Sane Halloween. Ev- ery child in the room had a part in it. Later, at different times during the year, each reading class practiced a little play to put on for the rest of the room. We invited first and second grades to see some of them. Danny Mahoney was our student council member this year. Among the many nice experiences we have to look back on during our third year of school, we especially remember how we enjoyed playing in the new gymnasium and taking our first showers at school. SECOND GRADE FIRST ROW: lames Breen, Dallas Butler, Richard Clark, Richard Corp, Richard Coyne, Chandra Dorick. SECOND ROW: Charity Dorre, Larry Dwyer, Keith Flatness, Russell Gross, Wesley Gross, Charlene Hancock THIRD ROW: Walter Heap, Anetta Kittleson, Linda Link, Pat Mahoney, Kay Moore, Dinah Morgan. FOURTH ROW: Rick Offerman, Richard Platt, Linda Sandstrom, Iames Shearer, Rex Siron, David Stafford. FIFTH ROW: Marie Talkington, Ianet Vaksdal, Iames Ward, Dennis Whalen, Ronnie Williamson, Miss Long 66 SECON Our new school year began with a new teacher and several new boys, For the first few days we had a hard time remembering each other's names, but soon we were all well acquainted, and we began to settle down to the work of Second Grade. Our new teacher's name was Miss Longg and the new boys were Iames Ward, who had come from Ioliet, and Russell and Wes- ley Gross who had come from Morris, We had many new books to use in our new grade, and at first it seemed like we would have all work and no play, but we soon found out that our new work could be fun, and we began to enjoy our spell-downs and arithmetic games. We learned to write, and we thought that looked much more grown-up than printing. We also began to read story books and give reports on them. Our teacher said that would help us when we got to the higher grades. We learned how to add and subtract and many other things in arithmetic. We learned something new every day, and we enjoyed it very much, D 67 GRADE For things other than school work, we en- joyed a Thanksgiving play given by the Fourth Grade, and a Toy Show given by the First Grade. Gym classes were a very enjoyable part of our school year. We played many games in our new gymg and although we often had stiff muscles, we liked doing the exercises that we had once every week. One of our classmates left in Ianuary. She was Dinah Morgan. Dinah went to St. Pa- trick's School in Ioliet. That left only nine girls to keep our nineteen boys in their places. Valentine's Day and Easter vacation came and Went very quickly and then we were enjoying the long, lazy spring days and daydreaming of summer vacation. Sooner than we thought the end of May was here, and we got ready to enjoy a long vacation before beginning Third Grade, We said good-bye to our baby days on that last day of school for we were now in Third Grade and Third Graders are such big peop1e. 'Ln ai- FIRST GRADE FIRST ROW: Eddie Anderson, Beverly Beasley, Eddie Beasley, lanet Blair, Nancy Blair, lack Breen. SECOND ROW: Greg Connor, Kathleen Fleming, Barbara Costella, Don Davidson, Wayne Greenbeck, lim Holbrook. THIRD ROW: Steven Hadaway, DeVonna Knudson, Diana Littlefair, Iackie McCoy, Rocky Morgan, Ion Murley, FOURTH ROW: Nick Santorineos, Kenneth Skinner, Susan Stafford, LeRoy Steffes, Charles Scharf, Bruce Thompson. FIFTH ROW: Bill Wilhelmi, Daniel Ward, lean Walker, Isabelle Viland, Tommie Williamson, Miss Olson. ABSENT: Kathleen Thompson, Iohn Cameron, Wayne Pehlke. 68 FIRST GRADE Nineteen little boys and twelve little girls left their favorite toys and places of play to enter their first day at school. Uohn Cameron entered September l8, l95l, and Rocky Morgan, Bruce Thompson, and Daniel Ward moved from our school later in the school term.l This was a new world to explore and more interesting things were to be learned. Our Halloween masquerade and party came in October. lean Walker won the prize for the prettiest costume. Nancy Blair was the funniest and Rocky Morgan was the ug- liest. We also took part in the all-school car- nival. Some of us sang the Topsy Turvy Song in our room. Several boys did some clown acts in the new gym. ln November, Mrs. Shields brought her fourth grade class into our room to give us a fine Thanksgiving program. December brought the happiest, as well as the most exciting, time of the year. We made little gifts for our mothers. We had lots of fun at our Christmas party. There was a present for everyone, and our room was full of new toys. We had our Doll and Toy Show in Ianu- ary. We invited the second, third, and fourth graders to see some of our nicest toys. We looked forward to our Valentine's Party, too. We had a pretty valentine box filled with many valentines for everyone. After winter days had passed, we looked forward to spring and thoughts were of our coming school picnic. However, all was not play for us. We en- joyed reading about Dick, Iane, and Baby Sally. We also read many other books and received a gold star on our Library Reading Chart for each book read. We enjoyed our art classes. We colored, painted, did free-hand drawing, paper cut- ting, and poster work. We kept our room looking pretty with our art work. Science was interesting for us. We read about Iudy and Ioe and their many adven- tures during the year. ' We liked to sing every day during our music class with Mr. Kmetz. We had lots of fun in the new gym at our forenoon play periods. 'St5TuoENTW EULJNE-IL' SEATED: Barbara Heap, Coady Erickson, Beverly Todd, Iohn Stegrnan, loan Feeney. STANDING: Bruce Thompson, Daniel Mahoney, Richard Coyne, Mr. Wicke, Advisor. FIRST ROW: Tom Parris, Edwin Feeney, Iohn Stegman. SECOND ROW: Michael Bedford, Harold Breen, Frank Pehlke, Gerald Feeney, Dick Feeney. THIRD ROW: Mr. Wicke, Advisor, Iames Winkler, Kenneth Butler. STUDENT COUNCIL The Student Council is an active organ- ization in the school whose purpose is help- ing students With their problems. The Presi- dent conducts the meeting and carries on the business of the Council. One representative from each grade is elected by his respective class to serve for one year as a council member. Each mem- ber is the representative spokesman from his or her class. Some of the specific problems discussed this year have been: rules on the play- ground, safety patrol duties, safety in the school building, and improving the looks of our school. Those chosen by the grade school student body to represent each grade Were: First, Bruce Thompson, Second, Richard Coyne, Third, Danny Mahoney, Fourth, Coady Erick- son, Fifth, Barbara Heap, Sixth, Beverly Todd, Seventh, Iohn Stegman, Eighth, Ioan Feeney. The officers elected Were: President, Ioan Feeney, Vice-President, Iohn Stegman, Sec- retary, Beverly Todd, Reporter, Barbara PATROL BOYS The Patrol Boys' election at the beginning of the year brought many boys back to serve their second year. The boys back for the second year were: Iohn Stegman, Gerald Feeney, Harold Breen, Tom Parris, and Leonard Peterson. lf you noticed, the boys returning to service were Wearing awards for meritorious service of the past year. The first year boys you saw Wearing white belts Were: Michael Bedford, Dick Feeney, Eddie Feeney, and Kenneth Butler. Last year the boys Were treated to an out- ing at Comiskey Park, given in appreciation for the fine service rendered to their school. Heap. CITIZENSHIP CLUBS The Iunior Citizqfs Club is the club of grades seven and eight. The pupils learn the responsibilities expected of young citizens of today. The meetings are carried on in a formal manner. The club meets twice a month to discuss plans for studying our school, safety patrol regulations, student problems, and recrea- tional activities. Committees are elected for entertainment and refreshments for Hallow- een, Christmas, and Valentine parties. The club has given to such charitable or- ganizations as the American Red Cross, Tuberculosis Foundation, March of Dimes, and the Heart Campaign. The officers elected were: President, Tom Murley, Vice-President, Iohn Stegman, Sec- retary, Gary Hadaway, and Treasurer, Frank Pehlke, The Helpful Citizens of grades five and six had the following officers: President, Larry Todd, Vice-President, Beverly Todd, Secretary, Iames Winkler, Treasurer, Bar- bara Heap. The club members volunteered for duties to help keep the room in order. Each school day they also swept the second grade room following the lunch period. Dues were paid by the members and reg- ular meetings were held. Each took his turn in entertaining for the Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Party, or Wiener Roast. The Young Americans of grade four held meetings twice a month to learn the conduct of meetings and help with keeping the room clean. Some projects sponsored by the club were: cleaning the first grade room, selling paper and pencils for the Grade Activity Fund, selling Turkey Raffle Tickets for the M-Di-An, and collecting Rap-in-wax Paper to earn money. The club also studied health rules for daily living and planned games to play at recess period. The officers elected Were: Kay Holbrook, President, Larry Peterson, Vice-President, Glenda Todd, Secretary, Elizabeth Singer, Treasurer. SEATED: Larry Todd, Glenda Todd, Kay Holbrook, Elizabeth Singer, Larry Peterson. STANDING: Frank Pehlke, Barbara Heap, Beverly Todd, Iohn Stegman, Tom Murley, Iames Winkler, Gary Hadaway. CITIZENSHIF CLUBS :flaws Q1 FIRST BOW: Lois Severson, Barbara Heap, Beverly Todd, loanne Patten, Mr. Wicke, Iohn Duvall, lim Hancock SECOND ROW: Maureen Pershey, Edith Turner, Karen Sandstrom, Marilyn Stafford. THIRD HOW: Tom Murley, Charlie Brown, Iohn Stegman. FOURTH ROW: Keith Knuclson, Harold Breen, Michael Bedford, lack Severson, LeRoy Vaksdal, Loran Good 72 FIRST ROW: Larry Todd, Gerald Feeney, Edwin Feeney, Kenneth Butler, Alden Erickson, Loran Good, Michael Bedford, Keith Knudson, Iohn Stegman, lack Severson, Iohn Duvall, Iames Hancock. SECOND ROW: Dick Feeney, Donald McHugh, Frank Pehlke, Ioseph Breen, Andrew Anderson, Donald Murley, Iames Winkler, Harold Breen, Gary Hadaway, LeRoy Vaksdal, Tom Murley, Charles Brown. THIRD ROW: Mr. Wicke, Coach, Leonard Peterson, Raymond Butler, Richard Zarley, Tom Parris, Glenn Olson, William Stafford, Richard Pehlke, Milford Mikkelson. GRADE SCHOOL BASKETBALL The heavyweights played seventeen reg- ular games and five tournament games. The team won the Minooka Grade School Tour- nament for the second year in a row. The boys finished second in the Des Plaines Val- ley Conference and ended their season with 15 wins and 7 losses. The lightweights played ten regular games and six tournament games. This group won second place in the large Chaney Grade School Tourney. This team finished second in the Des Plaines Valley Conference, too, and finished the season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses. Appreciation and thanks are expressed to all those who followed on through the sea- son to support the team. ' HEAVYWEIGHT scosss 29 Minooka Oswego Minooka 36 Newark 25 Minooka Braidwood 14 Minooka 45 St. Patrick's 181' Minooka Morris 33 Minooka 45 Rehn 41' Minooka Rockdale 1311 Minooka 33 Chaney 471' Minooka Oswego 23 Minooka 3U Rockdale 151' Minooka Rehn 411 Minooka 53 Channahon 151 Minooka Ludwig 10 Minooka 31 Plainfield 3319 Minooka Channahon 1911 Minooka 31 Plainfield 45 at Minooka Washington 47 Minooka 45 Lisbon 161 Minooka Lisbon 27 Minooka 41 Oswego 35212 Minooka Morris 41 Minooka 36 Gardner 32212 16 DesP1aines Valley Conference Games 1' Chaney Tournament 1 Minooka Tournament LIGHTWEIGHT SCORES Minooka Braidwood 10 Minooka 25 Morris 20 Minooka Morris 29 Minooka 48 A. O. Marsh. 251' Minooka Rockdale 12+ Minooka 43 St. Denis 391' Minooka Oswego 34 Minooka 35 Fairmont 301 Minooka Ludwig 6 Minooka 29 Braidwood 311' Minooka Mokena 21 Minooka 41 Rockdale 191' Minooka St. Denis 351 Minooka 35 Plainfield 371 Minooka Washington 31 Minooka 29 Plainfield 391' '19 DesP1aines Valley Conference Games 1' Chaney Tournament I Taft Tournament MORRIS Hansen Body Company, Morris, Illinois. Morris Coal and Mining Company, Morroco Coal, Phone 80 or 90, Morris, Illinois. Compliments of the Carr Service Station, Morris, Illinois. Bush Hatchery and Milling Company, Intersection of 6 and 47, Morris, Illinois. Myrick's Morris Hatchery, Morris, Illinois. The Quaker Oats Company, Morris, Illinois. M, K. Wix and Sons, Allis-Chalmers and New Idea Equipment, Morris, Illinois. Davis Funeral Home, Phone 84-85-86, Morris, Illinois. West Implement Company, Morris, Illinois. Prince Drive In, Morris, Illinois. Morris Implement Company, Minneapolis-Moline Farm Machinery, Morris, Illinois. C. A. Baker and Sons, Building Contractor's Shop, l0l3 North Liberty, Morris, Illinois. Harry O. Torrence, Men's Wear For Appearance Sake, Phone 738, Morris, Illinois. Earle O. Fruland, Funeral Home, Phone 700, Morris, Illinois. Surind Service Station, Mobilgas Products, Morris, Illinois. Self-Locking Carton Company, Division of Shellmar Products Corporation, Morris, Illinois. Wm. S. Lutzow, Auto and Fire Insurance, Service That Satiiies, Morris, Illinois. Farmers' Square Deal Grain Company, 829 Liberty Street, Phone 43, Morris, Illinois. Thompson's Meat Markets, Morris, Illinois. W. T. Ostrem, Ieweler, Watches-Diamonds-Clocks-Iewelry, Morris, Illinois. Sklut's - The Store for Men and Boys - Morris, Illinois. Wilson Iewelry, Morris, Illinois. McKee Drug Store, C. E. McKee, R. Ph., Walgreen's, Morris, Illinois. Sparks' Bright Spot, Exclusive Cleaners, Morris, Illinois. Grundy County, National Bank, Morris, Illinois. Morris Dry Cleaners, Phone 181, Morris, Illinois. A. C. Varland, Inc., International Harvester, Packard, Morris, Illinois. Iohn Enrietta, Ir., County Treasurer, Morris, Illinois. Nels P. Nelson, Grundy County Clerk, Morris, Illinois. Frank D. Condon, Circuit Clerk and Recorder, Morris, Illinois. Iames W. Bell, Sheriff of Grundy County, Morris, Illinois. Lillias K. Walker, County Superintendent of Schools, Morris, Illinois. August B. Black, State's Attorney, Morris, Illinois. Lasser's Furniture Company - Formerly the Colonial Furniture Company, Morris, Illinois. Baudino Temple of Music, Morris, Illinois. Fred Kavenda - Plumbing and Heating - Morris, Illinois. The Flower and Giit Shop - Flowers by Fae - Bridal Consultant, Phone 172, Morris, Illinois Muifler's Roller Rink, Morris, Illinois. Morris Paper Mills, Morris, Illinois. Iim's Truck Stop, Sporting Goods, Morris, Illinois. I. N. R. Beatty Lumber Company, Phone 31, Morris, Illinois. Lee Oil Company, Conoco Oil Products, Morris, Illinois. Matteson Hardware Company - Sportsman's Headquarters - Morris, Illinois. Gold's Store - Store for Men's and Boys' Wear- Morris, Illinois. First National Bank, Real Estate, Commercial, Collateral, Loans, Morris, Illinois. The Main Market, Morris I7, Morris, Illinois. Zimmerman Drug Store, Wm. Zimmerman, R. Ph., 218 Liberty Street, Morris, Illinois. Eno-Rediern Company-Hardware and Appliances - Phone 119, Morris, Illinois. Uptown Sweet Shop Confectionery, Don and Marion, Morris, Illinois. Kindelspire's Auto Supply, 109-lll West Washington Street, Morris, Illinois. Tague Chevrolet Company, Specialists in Courtesy and Fine Service, Morris, Illinois. Allan Furniture Company - Nationally Recognized Furniture - Phone Morris I43. Compliments of Phipps, Inc., 317 Liberty Street, Morris, Illinois. Compliments ol the Morris Limestone Company, Route 4, Morris, Illinois. 74 JOLIET Corn Belt Hatcheries, Incorporated, Ioliet, Illinois. McGrath Office Equipment, Ioliet, Illinois. Harrington Studio, School Yearbook Photographers, Ioliet, Illinois. National Iewelry and Clothing Company, 74-76 North Chicago Street, Ioliet, Illinois. The First National Bank of Ioliet, Ioliet, Illinois. Block and Kuhl Company, Ioliet's Fashion Center, Ioliet, Illinois. Erwin's Iewelers, The Diamond Store of Ioliet, Illinois, 110 North Chicago Street. Lytton's II-Ienry C. Lytton and Companyl, 112 North Chicago Street, Ioliet, Illinois. Lewis Brothers, Ioliet's Good Shoe Store, 116-118 North Chicago Street, Ioliet, Illinois. Mattei Music Shop, 21 East Clinton Street, Ioliet, Illinois. The Eagle Store, Furniture and Men's Clothing, 212-222, North Chicago Street, Ioliet, Illinois. Beutel Nash, W. I. Churchill, Salesman, loliet, Illinois. Hicks-Mattson Agency, Incorporated, 14 East Van Buren Street, Ioliet, Illinois. Francis C. Moss, Ph. G., 813 West Iefferson Street, Ioliet, Illinois. I-Ioniotes Brothers' Food Mart, 1401 West Iefferson Street, Ioliet, Illinois. The New Lumber Company, A Friendly Place to Trade, Troy Road, Ioliet, Illinois. Ray Kinney Motors, Center and lefferson Streets, Ioliet, Illinois. Gordon Pontiac Company, 145 East Cass Street, Ioliet, Illinois, Phone 3-9313. Sonntag Funeral I-Iome, Ioliet, Illinois. Budde Implement Company, 414 West Iefferson Street, Ioliet, Illinois. Fred C. Dames, Funeral I-Iome, 251 North Center Street, Ioliet, Illinois. The Fitzgerald Furniture Company, loliet, Illinois, Best Wishes to all Minooka Students. Ioliet Farm Market, 236 East Cass Street, Ioliet, Illinois. Ioliet Implements, Incorporated, Tractors and Farm Machinery, Ioliet, Illinois. Weber's Rich Grade A Milk - Best by Test - Ioliet, Illinois. Dr. Pepper Bottling Company, Ioliet, Illinois, Quality Built Our Business. Delihanty and Ioliet Tobacco, Incorporated, Confections and Specialty Wholesalers. Compliments of Walt Werner- Candy Man. The Ioliet Herald-News, Ioliet, Illinois. Newkirk Transit Mix, Incorporated, 543 South Chicago Street, Ioliet, Illinois. Marsh's - Where Ioliet Buys Its Better Footwear - 160 North Chicago Street, Ioliet, Illinois. Anderson Service Station, Routes 52 and 66, Ioliet, Illinois. Sears Roebuck and Company, 302 North Chicago Street, Ioliet, Illinois. I-Iausmann Paint Company, Incorporated, 31 East Cass Street, Iolizet, Illinois. Lester's Men's Shop, 1 West Iefferson Street, Ioliet, Illinois. Robert's Iewelers-Diamonds, Watches, Silverware -55 North Chicago Street, Ioliet, Illinois Bob Musser's Sport Shop, 20 West Van Buren Street, Ioliet, Illinois. Aron's Furniture Store, 71 North Ottawa Street, Ioliet, Illinois. Barretts, Incorporated, 65 North Ottawa Street, Ioliet, Illinois. Kline's Department Store, Ioliet, Illinois. I. D. Brown and Company, Drugs Since 1844, 86 West Iefferson Street, Ioliet, Illinois. Union National Bank and Trust Company, loliet, Illinois. Al Baskin's, Cass and Ottawa, Varsity Shop -lower level, Ioliet, Illinois. Labo F lorist, 80 West Iefferson Street, Ioliet, Illinois. Ioliet Conservatory of Music, 109 North Chicago Street, Ioliet, Illinois. You Can Put Your Confidence in Olson Memorials, llll East Cass Street, Ioliet, Illinois. Peterson Printing Craftsmen, Incorporated, 17 East Clinton Street, Ioliet, Illinois. Good Luck! Squick Laboratories, Incorporated, 558 North Chicago Street, Ioliet, Illinois. 75 MINOOKA AND CHANNAHON Rub's Service Station, Route 47 and Ridge Road, Minooka, Illinois. Compliments of Dr. G. P. Duran, Minooka, Illinois. Minooka Grain, Lumber, and Supply Company, Minooka, Illinois. Wilfong's Barber Shop, Minooka, Illinois. Compliments of Roy A. Hare, State Farm Insurance, Minooka, Illinois. Compliments of Alvin Thompson, Minooka, Illinois. Moore's, Phone 3283, Minooka, Illinois. Fred Littlefair, Standard Oil Company, Minooka, Illinois. Andy Anderson's Blacksmith Shop, Minooka, Illinois. Gallinger's Service Station, Minooka, Illinois. Shields Hardware and Plumbing, Minooka, Illinois. Compliments of Pete Holbrook, Minooka, Illinois. Compliments of Dr. and Mrs. Dale Hoge, Minooka, Illinois. Ernest G. Thorsen, Phone 2204, Minooka, Illinois. I. H. Van Asdlen, Electrical Sales and Service, General Electric Appliances, Minooka, Illinois. Triangle Foundry Company, Minooka, Illinois. Van Asdlen Service Station, General Auto Repairing and Accessories, Minooka, Illinois. Severson Brothers, Shelling and Hauling, Minooka, Illinois. C. Thompson and Sons, Farm Drainage, Minooka, Illinois. Moe's Place, Minooka, Illinois. McCoy's - Grocery, Lunch, Service Station - Channahon, Illinois. Drewes Texaco Service Station, Channahon, Illinois. Compliments ot Mr. and Mrs. Steve Rittoi, Channahon, Illinois. Compliments of Ray Hulbert, Channahon, Illinois. Brooks Confectionery, Channahon, Illinois. Nichols' Barber Shop, Channahon, Illinois. Emiley Cabinet Shop, Channahon, Illinois. OTHER Compliments of a Patron. Coleman Floor Company, 936 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago ll, Illinois. Knudson's Service Station, Routes 47 and 52. International Chemical Company, Makers of Dura Seal, The Lasting Floor Finish. Stanley A. Anderson - Plaster and Mason Contractor- 208 Water Street, Ianesville, Wis. Farmers' Co-operative Grain and Supply Company of Lisbon Center. Pontiac Engraving and Electrotype Company, 812-822 West Van Buren Street, Chicago 7, Ill Brookside Restaurant, Intersection of Routes 47 and 52. Lockwood Glass Company, Flat Glass Iobbers and Glazing Contractors, Ottawa, Illinois. Compliments of a Patron. Hertf-Iones Company, 1407-1419 North Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana. T. S. Willis, General Contractor, Ianesville, Wisconsin. 76 1,1 .,. :. ,.. f m2rf -- - 'A W iw - - A as ' - -x w ,rQf.,2, g,,Q I. ,,,, f x gf J -Q ,, , 1 . ,-rf.-0 - 1,-Q.,, -' . 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