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

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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.

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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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Schonert, Betty Lou Lu Ioann Iones and Mary Margaret Michele-These two make beautiful mu- sic together when Ionesy plays and Mike sings. Ionesy won the D.A.H. award this year. Mary Margaret did a bang up iob in directing the dec- oration for the Pow Wow and the Prom. Schnepper, Russell FFA. l, 2, 3, 4, State Farmer: Vice-Pres. 3, 4- Olnean 4. Russell would like to attend the U. of I. and maior in agriculture. In the music department it's Sioux City Sioux. He likes to eat fried chicken and considers Alley Oop the funniest thing out. Schonert. Ianet Doreen Ion FT.A 4, Parltamentarxan 4 Library Coun- cxl 4, lan's most exciting experience was the '47 Prom and she really had a wonderful time. She plans to enter U.C.l..A.. and become a librarian. She enioys watching basketball and playing Peteca. Shaw, Betty Lee Rifle Club l, 2- Chorus I Library Staff 33 Thesptansg NFL 4 Debate 4 Rhapsody in Blue sends Betty into a trance. but that's natural because Betty's so interested in music. Next to it. she enjoys a good basketball game or steak and French fries. Shipley. Ann Watson Rifle Club 1: Llbrartan l, 2. A trip to Kentucky to see a preacher about a man was Ann's most exciting experience. Strawberry shortcake. basket- ball, and Henry are favorites of hers. After graduation she plans to be a full time housewife. Simon. Paul Wm. Bill Parkersburg: F.A.A l Class Pre-s1clent3, Bill's hobby is hunting, and Spike Iones and His City Slickers stand high for laughs and music. Look is his favor- ite magazine. lce cream is first on his food list with Donald Duck as his favorite comic strip character. Schmalhausen. Robert Clancy Olnean 4: Basketball I, 2, 3, 4, Captain 4, Most Valuable Player 4, Football l, 2, 3, 4, Captain 3, 4, Most Valuable Player 4. If you hear an argument concerning Russia. you can be pretty sure Clancy's around. Tops with him are Gershwin's Summertime and Nancy. Some might call Bob an all around athlete. but we'd say swell guy in everyway sums him up perfectly. Band 1, F.f-l.A. 1, 2: Office Practice 4 Lu is one of our super office girls and she plans to be a secretary after gradua- tion. She enioys skating and she gets dreamy when Wayne King's orchestra is playing l'll See You ln My Dreams. Seessengood, Robert Lee Bob F.F.A. 4. Bob would like to have a business of his own someday. Hunting. Life. ice cream. Move lt On Over. and watching basketball are all O.K. with him. Reading Alley Cop is a daily must with Bob. Shipley, Corrine Shortie Calhoun: G.A.A. I, 25 Annual Staff 3, fheer-Leader 35 Band 1, 2, Olney: F.H.A. Corrine was a student at Calhoun High for three years and had exciting moments being in plays there. She likes to read Seventeen and practically lives for apple-sauce cake. Corrine could listen to Paul Whiteman till eternity. Shipley. Wayne S. Clem Thespians 1, 2, 3, 45 National Thespmans 2, 3, 4, Pres, 3: Chorus l, 2, 3, 4, Spanish Club 4, Pres. 4: Student Council 2, 4: F.T,A. 3, 4. Iust being in Miss Metzger's class was exciting enough for Clem. Talking about people takes up most of his time except when reading Lil' Abner. He plans to attend lndiana Central College. Slichenmyer, Iohn F,F.A. 2: Reporter 2. Iohn's spare time. foutside of farming? is spent either hunting or fishing. Saddle horses are also important to him. He enioys Spike Iones' conglomeration of music. He thinks Fortune is the best magazine on the newstand.