Monticello High School - Memories Yearbook (Monticello, IL)

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Bontrre strrs student pep and opens 1950 Homecomrng October 28 1949 marked one of the n ost rmportant events of the year, Home commg It all started on the evemng before at the bonfrre Thxs tradrtronal bonf1re began at 7 15 rn the park1ng lot at the Hrgh School Both coaches spoke and the cheerleaders kept the group pepped up' Then members of the foot ball team were called upon to say a few words The band was there and gave us some musrc to help thrngs along lt ended about 9 SO wrth everyone rn good sp1r1ts lookrng forward to the next day The followrng day we lourneyed to school and gathered rn the audr torrum Xie began the morn1n pro gram w1th a movre provrdei us by the Student Council Agarn we had peppy pep meet1ng and some more short talks 10 45 w ad ourned get ready fo the arade by 11 30 As we left t e audrtorrum treats were served to us through the courtesy of Mr Schnerder The parade assembled IH nt of hgh Scho 12 30 and began therr march uptown On the square the cheerleaders took over agarn and gave a few qutck yells Leadxng the parade were the students who were dressed costumes then the band cheerlead ers football team and at last the class floats andthe students follow rng therr candxdates Tte I' A presented pr14e f 'j1O O0 tle Senror C ass e best foa Then everyone left or me o rea y 'or tle There rs no smoke but that there rs trre 6VE'1'l1t'1g 3.CClV1E1CS The flrst of these was a Dlnner wh1ch was served at 5 O0 and 600 by the P As usual rt was a wonder u meal Then all rnterest turned toward the football freld On th1s memorable nxght we played Arcola As you probably remember we lost the vame 126 Our boys put up a great battle, but Arcola was one of the toughest teams we had run agarnst A few sprrrts were drowned but everyone began lookrng forward to the dance The theme of Homecomlng th1s year was the Gold Rush te 49 ers The gym was decorated thus and the dance started rrght after the football game The musrc was furntshed by Bud Roderlck and hrs Orchestra approxrmately 1015 tle Queen was crowned The candrdates for thxs year were Ioan Padgett Freshman Carol tlrlls 'Sophomore Verna Br1dges Iunlor and Mary Prttson iemor The master of ceremonles at the dance was none other than that the ienror candrdate lary Ptttson was Queen of the 1949 llomecomrng Her attendants were llxstress Brrdgett Allman flower :url and Master ack irller crown bearer Tue honorary capta1ns,chosen by members the foot a team Rrch Gadbury and rerank lof man had he prrxllege of crownrng the Queen After the forona t1on the Queen and her attendants led the grand m lrch on the dance floor The dance ended at12 09 and thus ended our 1949 'lomecomxng but w shall take these mem or1es w1th us Best Wrshes from the KAP CHEVROLET , , . . . . . 1 . - ' : ' ' T. A. , ' f 1 za - I . . H l. . ' '- QQ ,Y h ,A 3 . . . I a ct sa l - A I ' ' . Af 7 . . At 2 , e ' .1 , ' I I0 t' ' P : . . h 3. v ' v 1 I N, 9 l I v l U Mr. Gregory. He announced fro the Y ol at M ' ' , IV : ' ' , f K . A. . , A , Y v to 7 I 1' I ' Q Fu , . l , . in a r of y ' , , I ' v is :T z ' 1 f , I . 0 A . 1 . 1 . I . A 'J 1 . -- - ' 1 a o . . to 1 1 , I l , ' ,lt 'K g , :ik for th . l t. . f I ' . , y i A e f ho t get - - d f I ' ' . ll ' I - ,, 1

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The Student Council plan Homecoming and other activities. The stars had changed to the srgn of Lovable Ltbra and the donnrnant planet Nleptune promrsed a group of twenty four freshmen, sophomores, yunrors, and senrors that others would follow therr lead and respect therr iudgement The signs also foretold that socral actrvrtres would attract exceptronal notrce Con sequently thrs group of class offrcers and chosen representatrves bandel to gether rnto the Student Councrl They were warned to choose therr leaders wrsely and so after due consrderatron they chose lane Sum nets, a very trusted rumor, as their Presrdent and Owen Anderson, another prominent rumor V1ce Presrdent The next two offices of Secretary and Treasurer were frlled by two effrcrent Senlor vrrls, Velma ultner and Nlorma lean Karr respectrvely The frrst acttvrty that these stars sponsored was the Annual 'lomecomrng on October 28th of which our Venus llary Prttson was crowned queen At the Oakland Football game the fathers of the players 'vere honored guests at the Annual Dads Nrght and at the Saybrook basketball game the mothers were lrkewrse honored The group really went to town thrs year rn furnrshrng assemblres for the student body These tncluded a ilagtc Show, a musrcal show put on by The Melody Four and four movres rncludrng God s Country Smrth of irnnesota, Centenmal Summer, and The Last lntellrvent Partrclpants Followers and Leaders seemed to be a theme that could be looked rnto, so our Student Councrl elected lane Summers and Owen A erson to go to the State Stu ent founcrl Conventron tn Peorra and f1nd out what rt was all about They came b c full of new ideas and ways rn whrch the Student Councrl could b tmproved Thxs has been a busy year for the Student Councrl and we wtsh to thank the stars for all the frne work they have done for the student body For H1 Quahty Jewelry See E S NICHOLS 1 D V . . I i i Y 1 I L 1 i ' - ' ' 1 . 1 . . . . , I ' O V L 'I L 3 . . . ' , , ' 'V 'V ' t ' so 1. x , iv ' ' ' f' ', H I cv I ' ' of the Mohicansf' s u 1 . . . ' h . 77. , C I . . l . . , k v - Q , ' - - - nd ' d 1 u a - l l s I . h u 1 . - a k ' f ' L Q . . .' ' Q A . . A r . -- . - - . .

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