Oblong Township High School - Panthers Tale Yearbook (Oblong, IL)

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'OUR CLASS PRESIDENT' RONNIE DENNIS 'They gazed and gazed and still the wonder grew, how a head so small could hold all he knew. J Well, here we are - - sophisticated seniors - - well, seniors anyway. Four years have passed and we are finally reach- ing that goal which we have been looking forward to for so long. We began 'as green as they come. We elected as our leaders Donna Henry, presidentg Pat Hillard, vice -president, Bonnie Newton, secretary, and Ray Elliott, treasurer. Although our freshman float for Homecoming wasu't the best in the world, we were really proud of it. Bonnie Newton was our attend- ant to the Queen. Also Patti Sullens and Bonnie were elected B team cheerleaders. Our Valentine Dance was very suc- cessful, and we had several other parties that proved to be a lot of hm. Helen Smith was chosen to help lead the Marching Band: this she has done for four years. We had a big boost behind us all the time from Mrs. Mitchell, our sponsor. A three-month vacation - - then back for our second year at O.T. H. S. The year started fine with Gary Frederick as president, Larry Dorrough as vice -president, Leona Kocher as secretary-treasurer. We had a cheerful boost from Mr. Stokes and Mr. Chapman, our sponsors. Ronnie Bailey and Sue York were our class favorites, Homecoming came with Sue York, our attendant to the Queen, riding on our 'Rolling to Victory float. Bonnie Newton and Patti Sullens again sparked the B team with their yells, St. Patrick's Day came, and to help celebrate we sponsored a dance with an orchestra. Summer brought tragedy. We lost one of our classmates, James Lackey, to an unexpected death, We came back to dear O,'l'. H. S. this time as jolly juniors and jolly we were. We started the year off by electing Bob Harris, presidentg Ronnie Bailey, vice-president,J0 AISH. SCCIGIBIY: 31181011 Tracy. IICSSUICIT MIS- Mitchell. SPOHSOI. and Mr. Stokes, co-sponsor. Here comes Homecoming and Junior Class's pride and joy, The Hound Dog' float on which we worked so hard to complete. Our efforts won us second place. Helen Smith, our attendant, rode in the convertible in front. Jann Miller and Bonnie Newton were elected to back our varsity team. Patti Sullens and Patty Kintner assisted Helen Smith at the job of leading the band. At Christmas we began the holidays with a grand Christmas Ball, We began early on Prom, only to finish at the last minute. Kismet was our theme, and a good time was our objective. The Prom was successful in many ways, Then, as always that inevitable day - - school was over for another year. Now, here we are seniors. The moment has almost arrived - - 'graduation day. We look back to find Ronnie Dennis, president: Bob Harris, vice-president, Sue York, secretary, Margaret Turnlpseed, treasurerg Mr. Doyel and Mrs. Wilkin, sponsors. We won first on our float in the Homecoming parade. Donna Henry rode on the Queen's throne, as she was later crowned Homecoming Queen of 1957. The year was filled with activities, mostly working to earn money for the Senior Trip. Now, we are waiting for the big moment which will mean the perfect end of those perfect four years,

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RAYMOND ALLEN 'Not to live in ease is not to live at all, CHARLES BAKER I have spread my dreams underher feet, NANCY IO ATEN 'Why are her eyes so bright, could it be she has a date with 'him' to- night? MARY BARNBROOK Un1ike others, she is herself, RONALD KEITH BAILEY 1f girls interfere with your work, quit work. ROBERT KEITH CATT Look out, he has mischief in his eyes.