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

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L.....A . Margy Herman and Dick Weber-have been active leaders in reorganizing the Student Council. Dick was elected president and Margy secretary of the new council. They also served on the Sen- ior Ring committee. Lauer. Theodore E. Ted li 4- l antl Q cxmslx Vlvb l 7 Football .. .:.. .r . . . , .. Ll 'lrnmfz 2 3 Olrmy Spcrnlslm Club 4, lfhntv 4 Track 3, 4, il'l1eSr'mr1s 4 Ted's hobbies are sleeping and eating. He plans to enter the field of Iournalism. His most exciting experience in school was getting kicked out of Mr. Snively's class. His favorite sport is football. 5' Linder. lohn William lohnny fl FA l, 2, 3, 4 lilllr- Club 3 Iohnny's interests seem to center around women and sports. He likes to talk to and about women. He enioys playing football. basketball. and baseball. When he has some leisure time he reads the Saturday Evening Post. Lomas, Dewane TVA l 2 3 -1 H1tlffTll.l'wl 2,Stv1dv-nt 'r.11C1l 4 fcotlfill 4 When Dewane finds time to take off, he either goes hunting or fishing. During football season he is in his glory. The song Move lt On Over really sends Dewane. His favorite food is catfish. May, Nancy Nanc Nanc came here from Centralia at the end of the first semester. After graduation she wants to play around with test tubes at Bob lones College. When it comes to sports, badminton and basketball hit the 'A I R spot with Nancy. McVaigh, Imogene Louise G A A fl fl lmogene's most exciting experience was skipping school. Tommy Dorsey and Apple Blossom Wedding appeal to Imogene musically. and her favorite sport is basketball. French fries and men are tops with her. vft Larry, Kathryn Ruby Catty PH A. l, 2. Catty left us to go to California. She likes to talk about men and her favorite illustrator is Petty. Catty spends most of her leisure time skating. Liggett. Charlotte Chuck GAA l, 2, 3, 4 Srcmsh fflnlw Ql Oll.Cv Practice 4, Chuck is one of that keen office staff. Her chatter is generally on that broad topic. boys. Chuck's idea of heaven is to sit and think of Alan Ladd while Vaughn Monroe plays More Than You Know. Linder, Lester Lester is a devout baseball fan. He likes most of 'l'unis's books, but The Boy from Tomkinsville rates highest. Lester likes to eat ice cream and laugh at Alley Oop. Maas. Iulia Ann Iudy llomo llc Club l, 'lrerxfs l 'llzrtsrmrxs l. 1-1 ' A ' 51 2, 3, 4, Sec-Tr as, 3 F TA 1, fl fltrxu 2, Spamsli Club 2 Stardust seems to be the song for Iudy. Other favorites include the comic strip. Doc Syke. and T-Bone steaks. She plans on entering E.l.S.'l'.C. and tak- ing up the teaching career, McDowell. Lowell Eugene Shorty F FA 4 When horses are mentioned. you can be sure to find Lowell in the midst of the conversation. Hunting and fishing are both tops with Lowell. He plans to be a C4 25 bb farmer when he graduates. Meadows, Eva Mae Eve FHA. l. Eva's most exciting experience was skipping school. Tommy Dorsey. Apple Blossom Wedding. Seventeen, and Men are high on her list. She also enioys Al Capp's illustrations and eating fried chicken.

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Iermer. Leon Al Capp's Lil' Abner gets Leon's vote for tops. He generally does his share of talking when girls are mentioned. His biggest thrill in the last four years was his first year in the Army. Leon plans to go to the U. of I. and study law. Iennings, Nadine National Honor Society. Nadine would like to attend the U. of I. and take secretarial work. She likes to read the Ladies' Home Iournal and eat chocolate pie. Guy Lombardo rates pretty high with Nadine. especially when he's playing Stardust. Iohnston, Lela Mae Meadvtllez Latin Club 2 Olney: Spantslt Club 4 Making a trip to Niagara Falls really excited Lela. She loves talking about food -but would adore meeting Kathryn Gray- son between bites. She plans to attend U. of I. and study architecture. Keller, Kenneth Richard Kenny FFA. l, 2, 3, 4. Kenny plans to enter the Naval Air Corps. Swimming and basketball rate high with Kenny, other favorites are. Too Fat Polka, Spike Iones. and women. He doesn't need a feather when reading Lil' Abner because the latter really tickles him. Kesler. Nancy Ann Rifle Club l, 2, Band 1, 2, 3, F.H.A, 4. Nancy's favorite comic strip is Nancy: in fact there might be some comparison- both cute as a button anyway. The topic of a football tackle really interests Nancy and we can see whyl King. Ronald Gene Rifle Club l, 2, Football 2, 3, 4, Basketball 2, 35 Track 2, 3, 4. Ronald would like to attend the U. of I. and enter engineering. Among his favor- ite pastimes are listening to Tex Beneke and Tommy Dorsey. Talking about women and playing football rank high with him. inlay' it f Q f fl, Iennings, Maxine to meet Ienifer Iones. Iohnson, Betty Lois Beb Q- H1110 Club 2, 3, GA A. 1, 2 3 4 Beb's conversation usually centers around a certain guy-so maybe that ex plains her continued interest in football You Do. eating shrimp. and Iohnny Coy are all top favorites on Bettys list her hobby. Kermicle, Doyle Gene FFA. l: Band 3, 4. farming. 4: Thesptans 4. Charleston. Elmor Sterchi and Keith Phillips-helped with the prom decorations this year but their main in- terest was l-'.F.A. Elmor was last year's president and Keith was president this year. Maxine was really thrilled when she passed World History. If she can eat potato salad and listen to Tommy Dorsey she is happy. Dagwood. and basketball rate high with her. too. She would like Iones, Ioann Phillips Ionesy Student Counctl l, 4, R1 e C u F.H.A. l, 2, Band l, 2, 3, The n 4, National Thesplan 2, 3, 4 Star Thesptan 3, 4, Vice-Pres. 35 N.F.I. l 2 3 4 r 4: Chorus 3, 4: G.A A. 1, 2 3 4 Olne 4: National Honor Society DA R award lones plans to enter William Woods Col lege. She claims her most exciting experr ence was seeing how much damage was done in her second accident Music is Hunting and fishing rate high on Doyle s list of favorites. Going to an FFA and F.H.A. party was his most exciting expert ence. He plans to enter the vocation ol King. Kathryn Ellen Kathy Chorus l, 3, 4, Band 1, 2 3 Olneare n Kathy's hobby is singing and she has been singing all through high school Rhapsody in Blue is tops with her When Kathy isn't singing she is talkin about boys or reading Seventeen After she gets that diploma. she plans to go to

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Michels. Mary Margaret Mike liillr- Club l, Cliotus l, 3, 4 Olrienwari 4, Student Council 3 4. Mike is one of those wonder gals. She designs and makes her own clothes. Wowl fneed we say morel. Lil' Abner really tickles her and Redheads are her fa- vorite topic of conversation. Miller. Robert C. Bob Bob moved at the end of the first se- mester. While he was here. his interest centered around phannacy. He thinks it it would be interesting to meet Ioseph Stalin. When feeling intellectual. he reads Lil' Abner. Morgan. Doris Rosemary Rosie Fll ll. 3, 4 Rosie's favorite pastime is writing let- ters. She wants to attend Varner School of Beauty Culture. She enioys reading Seventeen, bowling. and listening to Frank Sinatra. Murry. Glen Glen is one of those people who like to talk about anything and who will eat anything. His special interest is watching or playing volleyball. Negus. Virginia Eleanor Iinny GAA l, 2, 3, 4, Svc 12 'llrvsymns l, 3, 4- National Thais 3, 4 Svc, 4 lirllo Club rl, iliornv llc Club l, Olnwtin 4 Chorus linny's exciting experience was her first formal dance. Listening to Senti- mental Iourney and eating French fries and banana pie really is solid with her. linny would like to meet Guy Madison. She even admits her favorite topic of con- versation is men. Novak. Merle Edward l-lille Club Ll, FFA. l, 2. 3, 4 Football R, 4 Student Council 4, Class Cliauman 4 Playing in the Olney-Salem football game was Merle's most exciting experi- ence. From where we sat. it looked as though he had his favorite tune. Move lt On Over. in mind when he tackled a few of Salem's team. if 3551 fd 3 is 234 -Nl 95.51. lean Nelson and Susie Harms - really walk away with honors in the field of music. but music isn't their only field. be- cause both are outstand- ing athletes in GJLA. Miracle, Io Ann Io Thesrians l, 2, 3, 45 Natl Tires. 2, 3, 45 Best Thesplon 3 Tliespian Play 3, GA A l, 7, 3, 4: l'.ll,A. l, Olnonn 3, 47 Ass't Co-Editor 4. Reading is lo's hobby, but she finds great pleasure in swimming. basketball. and horseback riding. Olney's winning the Holiday Basketball Tournament seemed to her the most exciting school experience. She was voted best Thespian of 1947. Morgan. Norma leon Normie FH A. l, 2, 3. Normie's hobby is collecting skating photographs. and her most exciting experi- ence while in school was learning to do stunts on skates. Her favorite sport is roller skating. Myers. Dorothea lean Dottie Dottie likes the song, l'm Lookin' Over a Four Leaf Clover. and she'd consider herself lucky if she could meet President Truman. After Dottie gets that diploma she plans to be a secretary. Nelson. lean Nels Htllv Club l 2 GA A 1 2 3 4, Band l, 2, 3, 4 Tre-asurez 4 St..dt-nt Council 4 Nels is one of of our most outstand- ing girl athletes in about every sport but likes softball best. With her Stardust and Butterscotch Pie rate high. lean plans to enter nurses' training. 4427 DP Paddock, William Iohn Bill F FA. 4. Bill's hobby is hunting and fishing. Turning over on a motorcycle was really a thrill for Bill. He enjoys listening to Seranade of The Bells. and basketball is his favorite sport.