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

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Q. all Special Qedicatioziz We affectionately dedicate this Olnean to a good friend. our principal. Mr. Cherry. Mr. Cherry as he was pictured in the 'service of our country. 1 Mr. Cherry and Mr. Clark smile happily as they await another Olnean dinner. Y 3 4-

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lgocmfvl Cvlucation IQLFC- IQLPY From left to right: Donovan D. McCarty, Allen Calvert, Frank C. Weber, Chester Scherer, Bob Murray, Frank B. Godeke, H. E. Coen, I. H. Cherry, T. C. Colvin. The school year of 1946-1947 was a year of considerable physical achieve- ment for the Olney High School. After a six Weeks program of intensive publicity in the form of newspaper articles and public mass meetings, interspersed with numerous meetings of the Board of Education, the Steering Committee, and Education Council, an expansion program was initiated by an annexation election in Claremont Township on May ll, 1946. The result Was a favorable 88 to 80 vote. The second focus shifted to the dissolution of non-operating Community High School District i1:l88 of the Dundas and West Liberty areas. The dissolution was successful by a vote of 398 to 23 on lune l, 1948. The third phase of the consolidation program was completed on Iune 29, 1948, when simultaneous elections were held in Preston, German, and Bonpas Townships, all of which areas voted favorably for annexation. At Dundas the results were 108 to 2, at German Town Hall, 44 to 18, and at Berryville, 48 to 6. The final block of territory to vote on the annexation question Was Madison Township where an election was held on September 7, 1946, Here, too, the- decision at the polls was a favorable one, the vote being 74 to 31. Thus was consummated the high school consolidation program. The territory of the district now comprised 257 square miles instead of the original 42, and contained all of the area and people it would need eventually to serve. Q49