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

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Pauley, Rosella Rosie Band l, 2, 3, 4, GAA 2 3, 4, Home EC. Club l FFA 4 Chorus 3, 4 Rosie enioys roller skating and eating ice cream with cherry pie. Talking about a lellow lrom Peoria. writing letters. and Near You by Francis Craig are tops with her. Petty, Margaret Margaret is one ol the several house- wives in the senior class and a very pretty one indeedl She likes to talk about-and eat lood. The Anniversary Song and Harry Iames orchestra are her two musical lavorites. Phillips. Verna Verna thinks graduating lrom high school will be her most exciting experience ol her school days. She plans to be a beautician alter graduation. Vernie's la- vorite pastime is listening to Phil Harris. Pontius. Malcolm Male Malc's lavorite hobby is fishing. and he really goes into it in a big way. He plans to enter theater work as soon as he grad- uates. Malc's lavorite topic ol conversa- tion is sports. and baseball is first on his Hit Parade lor recreation. Ribley. Marilyn Ioyce F li A, l, 3, 4. Marilyn plans to be a secretary. Now she likes to read Seventeen and talk about people in general. The '47 Pow Wow was really exciting lor her. Among some ol her favorites are How Soon. basketball. and swimming. Dean Smith and Bob Schmalhausen--are two super swell guys in practically every way. Their work in Advertis- ing lor the Olnean was invaluable to the stall. H fr Q, If 51' r Q 44 its M Q... s If iff?-2 A Pennington. Donald Claremont: Newspaper Editor' l, Q, Yvar- book Editor 2 Olney: Olnr-arean 4, CO- Editor fl: Chorus 4, Thespians 4. Don wants to enter the U. ol I and study Iournalism. Between stories he would like to meet lose lturbi. Don likes to get into a deep conversation about music and automobiles. Phillips. Keith L. Rifle Club lf FFA. l, 2, 3, 4, Sentinel 2, Sec. 3, Pres 4. Keith's most exciting experience was hitch-hiking to Arkansas with Bob Wheeler. Either hunting or playing volleyball is O.K. with Keith. When exercising his brain. he reads Esquire. He hopes to attend the U. ol l. alter graduation. Piper. Ioanne Iody Home EC, lp Camera Club -'lg Chorus 2. Iody's hobby is art. and lrom what we've seen ol it. she does very well at it. She thought that her trip to Canada was most exciting. Iody's favorite book is The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas which shows an intellectual strain. Read. Fred Football 1, 2. Track 2 Fred is a very active member on the Recreation Executive Board. He also works hard at eating and sleeping. Alter May 31 he plans on Bell-Bottom Trous- ers. tNavy to youj. Fred can't under- stand why Esquire should have only twelve copies. Ritter. Robert Bob Bob would like to attend the University ol Florida. Next to eating lried chicken. he would rather talk politics or play pool. Some day Bob would like to meet Presi- dent Truman. Roberts, Betty Ion Whitcomb's illustrations send Betty into a whirl. Any song by Irving Berlin is tops with her. When relaxing Betty's oll to the movies. In the line of lood. Devils Food cake with ice cream is O.K. with her.

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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.

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Robinson. Kathryn Patricia Pat , . . c ,, iilllt Klub l iiamo if Club 1 .. French tries and cheeseburgers are tops with Pat. Her favorite topic ot con- versation centers around a certain guy. Wonder ii that has anything to do with Pat's liking Apple Blossom Wedding so much. Rogers. Walter Edwin Witnessing the winning ot the '47 Flora Blind Tournament was really exciting tor Walter. He enioys hearing the All Girl Orchestra and eating ice cream. Walter gets a big kick out oi Alley Oop and the tune. Too Fat Polka. Runyon. Evelyn Margaret THA l, QT, 3, 4, Spanish Club 4- Thes- pmns lg ETA 4, Vice-Pics. 4, Olnoarean 4 Next to riding the Comet in St. Louis -tried chicken and apple pie thrill Eve- lyn. A daily must in her schedule is Terry and the Pirates. She hopes to attend the University oi Chicago. Schahrer. Neva Eileen l'li.A 1, 2, Olean 3, 4, Co-Editor 4 Neva considers being chosen Co-Editor ot the Olnean the most thrilling experience ot her tour years in high school. Her three loves were definitely Olnean. a career in nursing. and Irene ther pal and sisterl. The Serenade of the Bells was her lavorite song. Scherer, Eugene Harold Gene FTA. 1, 3, 4, Rifle Club I, 2. Gene's hobby is building model air- planes and he plans to be a mechanic. His tavorite topic oi conversation is auto- mobiles. Angel tood cake and cherry pie are tirst on his tood list. Scherer. Vernon Allen Al FFA 1, 2, 3, 4. Vernon would like to attend Carbondale and maior in agriculture. He thinks that eating tried chicken while listening to Spike Iones Too Fat Polka would be swell. ..f Qs NUM! Rogers. Mariorie Rosetta Shorty Pmict'1si1t1IC1. fV1iltC'liCGCi l Y, 3, PfIliCPT1lit' iftittot 2 3. Cheerleading at the town ot Browns when the lights went out was Mariorie's most exciting experience. She loves to talk about movies and movie stars but would iust as soon eat cherry pie. Rudolphi, Ruth Rudy G.A A. 2, 3, Halle Limb 1,2 Rudy likes I Have But One Love. Vaughn Monroe. basketball, and of course men. Riding in Eagleson's Ieep was pretty exciting tor Rudy. She plans to enter Charleston and become a secretary. Runyon. Vanetta Tate Bunny Home lic Ci11bi,2 Band l, 3, 4, Otftcfl Practice 4, YHA. 4, Charleston Homecoming was Bunny's most exciting experience. When asked her iavorite topic ot conversation. she replied BOYSII The song that makes Bunny swoon is It Had To Be You. When she iinds time to relax. it's oti to the bowling alley. Scherer. Bernadine E. Band 3, 4. Passing American History her Iunior year was Bernadine's most exciting experience. tunder Mr. Snively we'll betlj Chocolate cake. Francis Craig's Near You. and talking about men get the highest vote from Bernadine. Scherer, Florence Florence let! school to be married. 4-1, w-..J insu- lames Hillis and Ted Dean-are a couple oi our merry music-makers. Aside from their interest in music. Hillis is inter- ested in cars and Dean. in radio.