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

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BLANK, IOYCE MAXINE Glee Club 3. loyce likes Ian Garber's orches- tra and enjoys bowling very much. Her hobbies are draw- ing and cooking and her favor- ite food is chili. BOATMAN, IEAN ROBERT Band l, 2, 3, 4, Debate l, 2, Secretary 2, Rifle Club 4. lean thinks there's nothing like T-Bone steaks or Pelty's draw- ings. He likes all sports, espe- cially tennis, and pings around at it almost all summer. BOLEY, BETTY Home Ec. Club 2, 3, 4, Sec. 37 Olnean 4. Almost everyone knows Betty's hobby is knitting, but she also enjoys reading murder mys- teries. She would like to meet Eleanor Roosevelt some day. BOWER, RALPH EDWARD Bookwomi Thespians 2, 3, 45 Library 4. Ralph thinks the third-hour Senior English class is pretty exciting and would rather argue than eat pie-and that's saying a lot. BRACY, MARY-IO Iodie Orange and Black 2, 4, Asst Editor 2: Olnean 3, 4, Ass't Co-Editor 4: Thespians 3, 4, Vice-President 45 Senior Play. Mary-lo soloed in the National Music Contest and also played in a quartet there. Her favorite sport is swimming, and she cer- tainly does enjoy eating ice cream. BRINKLEY, MARION E. Marion is interested in agricul- ture and would like to attend lowa State. I-le's really inter- ested in baseball, too, and would rather talk about it than any- thing else. BOATMAN. CARL WILLIAM FFA 4, Ass't Secretary 4. Carl was a member of the ap- ple judging team, and he was also on the EFA soft ball team. He would like to be an under- taker, he thinks. BOHREN. NAOMI LEE Naomi would rather eat Italian Spaghetti than almost anything else. Her hobby is playing the piano, and she enioys reading the American magazine. BOOKER, ANNA MAE Annie Dundas: Editor of school pa- per 2, 3. Annie's another of those match folder collectors and Spanish rice eaters, and Glenn Miller ians. BOWERS, GERALD LEE lei-ry Orange and Black l, 25 Olne- an 3, 4, Co-Editor Olriean 47 NFL l, 2, 3, 4, vice-president 4, Student Council 4, presidentq Band l, 2, 3, 45 Class Presi- dent ly Class Vice-President 37 Class President 4. Gerald's favorite magazine, like so many other boys', is Esquire. He would like to attend Yale and take up commercial art, and he certainly can make malted milks disappear in a hurry. BRINKLEY. 'CALEB FREDERICK Caleb is interested in aviation, fried chicken, sports, Hitler, and Smiling lack. BARBARA GASSMANN Vilhen Barbara says l Give You My Word she really means it. Thafs the l,ig reason why she's tops as a co-editor for the Olnean. She was also chosen most athletic Senior girl. Twenty-one

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AHLFIELD, PETE I ACOB Pete especially enjoys hunting and fishing, and eating cherry pie runs a close second. He is interested in business and would like to attend Lockyear Business College. AN DERSON. IDA RUTH Claremont: Glee Culb 37 Year Book 37 Plays 2, 3, President Glee Club 3. Ruth loves to play tennis and go bike riding, and she thinks her most exciting experience was commencement week at Claremont High School last year. BANGERT, BOB LEE Bang FFA 2. Bang says he's had no exciting experience so far, but he'd like to meet Veronica Lake, His hobby is fishing, and he's ine terested in engineering. BENNETT. IVAN LEE Dundas: Basketball l, 2, 3. Olney: Basketball 4, Football 4, Senior Play. lvan really did ci swell job on the football team this year, and he was in there plugging for the basketball team, too. His favor- ite iood is milk, his favorite topic of conversation is sports. BENTON. VIRGINIA LOU lin Home Ec. 4, Library Club 4, Olnean 4. lin thinks being a member of the bookkeeping team was about her most exciting exper- ience while in school. Sl1e'd like to meet Mickey Rooney and likes Glenn Miller's orchestra. GERALD BOWERS Gerald says He'll Never For- get his Senior year at O.T.H.S. He was president of the Senior class and Student Council, and a co-editor of the Olnean. Twenty AN DERSON. THEODORE MARSHALL Band 3, 4. Marshall's hobby is dancing, but he does enjoy eating ham- burgers, too. Kay Kyser is his favorite orchestra. BAILEY, RUBY LUCILLE G.A.A. l, 2, 3, 4, Home EC. Club 1, 2, 3. Ruby plans to go on with her secretarial work and would like to attend Sanford-Brown's in St. Louis. She's crazy about eat- ing lettuce and carrots, and she likes Alveno Ray's orchestra. BAUMGARTNER. WILLIAM SIMON Bummie F.F.A. l, 2, 3, 4, Band 1, 2, 3, 4. Bill likes to read Popular Mechanics and talk about the war. He likes to watch basket- ball games but would rather play baseball. BENNETT. WANDA RUTH Wanda received the Balfour Award at Dundas High School, which she attended before com- ing here. She likes to eat chicken, and Blondie is her favorite comic strip. BERRY. HELEN LEE Home Ec. Club l, 2, 3, 47 Library Club 47 Olnean 4. Helen is interested in office work and would like to attend MacMurray College. She likes to go horseback riding and roller skating. BLACKFORD, MARY ELLEN Mary was on the bookkeep- ing team last year, and she-'s in- terested in stenography. She thinks that nothing can beat Mothers cherry pie.

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Shorty BROOKFIELD, HENRY FFA l, 2, 3, 4. Henry would like to enter the Army Air Corps and would also like to run into Betty Grable sometime. BRUMMIT, PEARL ELMO Pete Basketball 2. Elmo's hobbies are hunting, fish- ing, and golf. The Sea Hawk is a book that he never tires of, and he would like to meet Sam Snead sometime. BURGENER, MARIORIE EVELYN Marge Music Club l, 2, 3, Class Sec- retary 2. Marge would like to enter nurse's training at the Olney Sanitarium when she's out of school. Her hobby is getting acquainted with people, so she should make an excellent nurse. BYRD. FRANCES OPAL Frankie Bridgeport: Home Ec, Club l: G.A,A. l. Olney: Home Ec. Club 2: G.A.A, 2. Frances received G.A.A. awards her first and second years. She is interested in business and would like to attend Sanford- Brown College. CHAPLIN, IOHN Chappy F.F.A. 3. lohn plans to attend the Uni- versity of Illinois and take up teaching. His favorite illustra- tor is one everyone knows-- Geralcl Bowers. BROWN. DALE Last year Dale a probationary National Honor hobby is music for several of programs. He ALLEN Dub was elected as member of the Society. His and he played our assembly would like to enter Civil Service. BURGENER. IOHN ALBERT MARY IO BRACY A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody. Mary-lo, an assistant co-editor of the Olnean, was elected pret- tiest girl in the Senior class. Twenty-two lohn Albert has been a member of the band all four years of high school. He's fond of read- ing Superman and likes to talk about automobiles. BURGENER, MARLYN Ferdinand FFA l, Z, 3, 4, Treasurer 3, President 45 Agriculture ludg- ing Teams 3, 47 Football 4. Marlyn is very much interested in farming and in sports, too. His hobbies of hunting, fishing, and racing seem to verify that. BYRD, HAROLD WAYNE Calla Lily Kid Football 3, 4. Harold was voted the most val- uable man on the football team this year. He would like to at- tend the University of Illinois. CHAPLIN, RAYMOND ..l-my., Ray is interested in all sorts of sports, especially racing and hunting. He would like to study mechanical trades, and always likes to eat fruit salad. COMBS, NEOLA IRENE Spuds Home Ec. Club 45 Class Vice- President 3. Neola can eat Italian Spaghetti almost any time, but she also likes to write and receive letters and listen to Guy Lombardo's music. She attended Dundas High School for three years.