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

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Jocmfd Qf Cvlucatiom lQ47- IQLIS From left to right: Donovan D. McCarty, Allen Calvert, Frank C, Weber, Chester Scherer, Bob Murray, Robert Blackburn, Iohn Williamson, I, H. Cherry, T. C. Colvin. A transportation system was set up to bring the Olney High School closer to its students. In the school year of l946-47 school busses covered routes totaling approximately 430 miles daily and serving only a few less than 200 high school students. During the fall of l946 the administration, Board of Education, Steering Committee, Education Council, and staff made an extensive study of the educational needs of the district. foining in this report were the architects, Boyer and Davis, Urbana, Illinois, and representatives of the State Superin- tendent's Office, and the University of Illinois High School V1sitor's Office. The result of this study was a recommendation that a 35950000 bond issue for a building program be submitted to the people for their approval. Again the resources of the school and community were thrown into an intense public relations campaign which took the story of the needs of educa- tion to people wherever they would read or listen. At an election on March 8, l947, the bond issue carried 3189 to 573. It has been a year of accomplishment and a year of steadfast faith in the value of education. The people of Richland County have set a pace of educational progress in the past year which again places them along with the most forward looking communities of Illinois. The task remains to consolidate the gains, to make faith a living reality in a system of education for all of the children of all the people. In this task we face the future confidently with the major physical problems solved, and an aggressive school spirit to spur us on. Q59

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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

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,. 2 Qffice Staff ' Mrs. Marian Miller and Miss Eleanor Burritt Miss Eleanor Burritt is one of our happy office secretaries. Miss Burritt belongs to the Beta Sigma Phi. She is a lover of all delicious foods. Mrs. Marian Miller is our other efficient secretary. The basket- ball games Were tops With her this year, and The lolson Story was her favorite. lf you were in need of a helping hand, one of our smiling office girls was always ready to help you. From left to right: Donna Tibbs, Io Ann Totten, Marjory Chapman, Miss Towery, directorg Vera Hartleroad, Naomi Goldsmith, and Mrs. Miller, secretary. Q62