Olney Area High School - Olnean Yearbook (Olney, IL)

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Page l2 ZVUOQS all ff' Defrnttely the best class that ever graduated from Olney To Nnshrp Hrgh School' If you dont belreve rt Just ask us The class of l940 has shown a hrgh scholasttc rattng all rts four years and parttcutarly thts year by havmg a much hrgher per cent of 1ts members on the nonor roll than any one of the other three classes And to top that the class has well shown rts abrltty to stay there by keeprng tts standrng on the honor roll to about frfty p r cent durmg the enttre l939 40 term B srdes bemg the smartest class ever to graduate we re also the largest' Yes str one hundred and frfty of the b st most acttve most rnterested and most wrllmg to work senrors you ve ever seen We re especrally proud of our athletrc record For the sent r lass had eleven boys on tne football squad thrs year two of whom made the all confer ence football team and seven on the basketball team three of wnom made the all conference basketball team The loss of these boys vvtll be deeply felt next year we re sure Outstandmg to us rs the frne record set by the four boys prctured on the next page Brll Hockman leff Wrrght tsecretary of h1s classl George Armsey tpresrdent of hrs classl and Bob Vaughn tvrce presrdent of nts classl rn presentrng sucn splendrd teamwork on the ball teams These boys have been teammates smce therr Central days that s srx long years Congratulatrons boys' Youve done a swell Job To contrnue wrth athletrcs the grrls thrs trme have also showed they can do rt The four grrls prctured on the followma page Marrlynn Mrller Ltffet Gassmann Helen lenn r and Neva Schnerter recerved tnetr second state awards thrs year rn the Grrls Athletrc Assocratton after four years of membershrp class such an outstandmg commerctal team The typmg shorthand and sp llrng Cnew thrs yearl teams of whrch all were senrors but one succeeded rn gettmg mucn farther thrs year than the Olney Townshtp Hrgh School has been able to do for many years The grrls won frrst rn the drstrtct rn typrng and shorthand and second rn sp llmg They then went to the sectronal where they agam won frrst rn typmg and shorthand and second rn spellmg The semors cr ated thrs year sonsethrng that has never b en don b for at O T H S a book called Echoes of l940 whrch contams the best of all tne pu zles drawtngs es ays and poetry whrch the senrors wrote rn Englrsh durmg l039 40 All worked hard to get somethtng tn the Echoes The book was bound and IS to be put tn the llbrary tor futur r ferenc and enjoyment to make enough money to brnd the book they pr sented a one act play rn the a sembly entttled Sparkln to whrch tney charg d ftve cents adnnssron B srdes the Echoes the sentor tarted several other thrngs One of them was a contest to el ct the b st lookmg b t dress d most tntellrgent best all around b st athlete and best p rsonaltty of the boys and grrls ln the sentor lass They also ubmrtted a request that May 24 be tne last day of school for the semors ' g . . I Y , A ' Y ' ' I V , 3 . 4 y t ' ' , ,.- . . c Mayo cr rr I J , I I , V t 9 , We seniors are especially proud that we could have as members of our e ' ' , ' ' , . Q . D , . ' ' ' ' 1 c ' ' . ' e ' , r 1 e e e e Y Z V , 5 t t I I A l ' ' ' e e e ' t. T . ' e ' e ' ' s s '. . . e e ' , es e , ' ' , - , e , e L ' ' ' c . s '

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MISS MARY E. MYERS. B.S.. is teacher of Girls' Physical Education, and health classes. She is director of the G.A.A. She particularly enjoys golf. MISS HAZEL TO WERY. B.ED.. is head of the Commercial Department. Olney business men rely on her recommendations for positions for which her work trains students. Miss Towery is QI charter member of the Beta Sigma Phi, MR. SLIVA, B.M.. is our new Band leader He has charge of the chorus classes as well as the individual classes for band. He espo- cially entoys hunting and camping. MISS CAROLYN BORAH BS ie Sr r rand ni Typin, he B Q MR FRANK NEW is 1 rn er c GJ Q1 fnr P11 S rority TON BS b slcel o cw s Pfiysi ui ion cl ss s ind Business r ir n . . .. 19833 S 'AC T' - . . .. Fcci cali and l ' :1 r 1' :'. S ' 1: ne .E:, f the Ba foall C a 1, feache Boys' 1 A' :T .f gg. 4 E' o '. . Edf 'ist' a e , f ' f T '1' ll Page ll

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SEN IORS NCT PICTURED The class went to C sey on Aprrl 4 to the Semor Conference and came back brxmnnng wlth ldeas and ldeals tor the future Also they presented therr usual senlor play thls tune ent1tled lune Mad and lncldentally a very good play too and went on a p1cn1c Then came the b1qgest event ot the whole year tne Iunror and Senror Prom Thrs year by a vote of the senlors rt was dec1ded that anybody could come to the dance prov1ded they were quests of e ther a 1un1or or a senlor and provtded the names ot those outslcle of school be subrnltted to a cornmrttee Our story wouldnt be complete wrthout telllnq sornethlna about the rnar nages and engagements 1U the class We re not only rntelllqent and act1ve but we re attractrve as well at least rt seerns so tor qu1te a tew engagements have been dtscovered and a tew marnages announced s1nce last September Yes were qulte an unusual Class and were partlcularly proud of our selves' HICKEL GARALDINE Gerry Ac ornplts nnen s Clorus l 3 Orange and B aplfi Hobbies DCIUCIIIC Arnbmons Travt l KUTZ IERRY A Lomphslnnents Class Se retarv l Class V1nePre E-1QlOI'll 3 Track Baske lobbtes Cwotng on ttshrng tr1ps Ambrnons A1rpl1ne p1lOl HOESZLE OVELLA A ompl1shrnen's Peqqv Parkersburg Hrgh S hool C3 years? Hobby MUSIC Amlexnon T o on rx IO LITHERLAND GERALDINE Ac omphshnwents Horne EC 4 Orange' and Black 4 Olnean 3 and 4 Hoboles Sewlng nd kmttxng Ambmon Nurse Semo Adv1sors llr Bower lvltss Tcwery lvnss Farrell and lvlr Slxva Gerry hr.. A 1 s Elll Hobkm In I lt Nfrrgl' George Arms y Marllynn Mxller Llffet Gassmann Helen lenner and Ne-vt md Bob Vaughn Schnener wlnners of se ond S' 'e GA A award ' ,L ' o ' . I I r I I ' I . . . . H H , . , , 1 . . . , 1 - V L I N4 i ' ' ' , ' ' , , , , , . . ' 1 , A , f . , . F . , , 1 .-2 ' I .- Q . . A L ' R ' CC , I 1 , . V 2 -' ' C . ' 5 ' 3, : '. ' I I 3 . N' ' j Q fl h t:' ' . 2 A - , Calhoun High Svnool K3 yearsl. ,tball O. 'lf H. S. ' ' I ' , G R f. E ' 1 ' , ' ' ' . 5 ' ' 2 ' 1 ' . Xe. Q ,. f 5. I W, lf - , fllvffi? 'I ' Q. ' ' 1., J . ' ' , ' , 1