Onarga Township High School - Onarquois Yearbook (Onarga, IL)

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Juniors 1ST ROW: Kenneth Palmer, Marietta Scott, Wendell Orr, Shirley DeFries. 2ND ROW: Margaret Tilstra, Gene Sheppleman. Betty Postell, Kenneth I.egan. Glendora Greiner. 3RD ROW: Mr. Seaney, David Sie-bert, Glenn DuVall. Second only to the Seniors is that hard working class the Juniors. We were very active in sports, Dramatics, and many other school activities this year. Just in case you have seen anyone selling something around school, don’t get worried, it’s just the Juniors raising money for the prom. Now let’s find out just who this industrious class of twenty three is. To start things off we have: Buddy “Ears” McFadden, at least his ears are big; Elizabeth “Exception” Peters, she studies; David “Dope” Siebert, a nice guy (for a dope); Shirley “Cowgirl” DeFreis, she likes horses; Kenny “Character” Palmer, the life “or death” of the party; Margaret “Duane” Tilstra, she has a liking for Clifton; Roy “Nursemaid” Ficklin, I had to take care of my little sister; Mary “I don’t know why” Cox, she likes men; Billy “Pat” Patterson, spends his evenings in Thawville; Norma “Jimmy” Jimison, has a place in her heart for the Army; Charles “Finley” Krause, the thinman; Marietta “Scotty” Scott, she blows that big horn (Sousaphone); Wendell “Smiley” Orr, he sings too; Glendora “Silent” Greiner, she even studies; Gene “Ole Shep” Sheppelman, faithful to the end; Betty ‘Indiana” Postell, she has a friend from out of state; Donna ‘Can’t make up my mind” Lindsay, never say die; Boyd “He Man Harris, a swell guy with a build to match; Kenny “Country” Legan, he don’t know nothing; Doris “Flirty Gerty” Lindsay, she likes them all; Glen “Two Ton” Du Vail, he is a lot of — man?; Robert “Eagle Eye” Lee, he’s bashful. The Juniors elected as their officers this year two girls and two boys. The two girls were, Margaret Tilstra-Secretary, and Margaret Kanosky-Treasurer. The two boys were, Kenneth Palmer-President, and Boyd Harris-Vice President. The office of sponsor was held by Mr. Seaney ably assisted by Miss Boyd. Our representatives on varsity teams this year were Charles Krause, Kenneth Legan, Roy Ficklin, Wendell Orr, and Boyd Harris in football. In basketball they were Buddy McFadden, Roy Ficklin, Charles Krause, and Kenneth Legan. This same group of boys, more or less, is expected to constitute our bid for baseball and track fame. 18

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Senior Play The school was ablaze with lights and the grounds were packed with cars. Inside people were hurrying to their seats. Then, the house lights were dimmed, the audience was still, and the curtain opened on the Senior Class Play, Out of This World.” But this was not just an over night affair. For weeks the Seniors had been rehearsing, night after night, so they would be able to bring you this great dramatic accomplishment. The cast had to be able to carry their part perfectly or the play just would not have the full punch”. The play was a three act comedy presented by the following cast: Linda Russell-Frances Zeedyk. Pauline Russell-Norma Short, Otis Kerby-Fred Risley, Homer Judson-Warren Peters. Bruce Judson-Neil Talbert. June Bishop-Charleen Stephens, Donna Craig-Margie Homer. Phebe Atkins-Peggy Tilstra. Miss Crest-Betty Lou Price. Glen Willard-Paul Fryer, Leo Dennis-Edward Forrest. Myrtle Huff-Wilma Wulff. state manager-Ronald Decker. properties-Betty Henry and Fern Alvey. Director-Mrs. Frobish. Senior Class Will I, Fred “Fredrico” Risley, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to accomplish almost anything, that needs accomplishing, to “Finley” Krause. I, Frances “Fran” Zeedyk, do hereby will and bequeath my good standing in the “David Store” to Mary Cox. I, Warren “Pete” Peters, do hereby will and bequeath my heavy growth of beard to Jerry Jones and Ronnie Schnurr. There is enough for both of them. I, Norma “Red” Short, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to portray a flustered lady to Dorothy Richards. I, Fern “Ginger” Alvey, do hereby will and bequeath my shy smile and even tem-perment to “Dode” Kanosky. I, Edward “Eddie” Forrest, do hereby will and bequeath my best pair of skates and loudest pair of socks to Robert Hendricks. I. Ronald “Ronnie” Decker, do hereby will and bequeath my seat at the pinochle table on the south side of study hall to Gene Forrest. I, Betty “Cherokee” Price, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get excellent grades in seven different subjects to David Siebert. I, William “Moe” Utters, do hereby will and bequeath my schedule of only two afternoon classes to Raymond Neal. We, the Senior Class of Onarga Township High School, county of Iroquois, state of Illinois, do hereby commit this to be our last will and testament. Witnesses: Mr. Goodwin, Signed: THE SENIOR CLASS. Miss White. 17

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Juniors 1ST ROW: Norma Jimison. Charles Krause. Doris Lir.dsay. Donna Lindsay. Bill Patterson. 2ND ROW: Mary Cox. Chancey McFadden. Elizabeth Peters. Rcy Ficklin. 3RD ROW: Boyd Harris. Margaret Kan-osky. Robert Lee. Miss Boyd. Not to be outdone by the bnvs, the Junior girls had their representative in Mary Cox, who acted as cheerleader. The Junior class was also active in dramatics in the form of their Junior class play. This year it was “Shadows in the Night”, a three act melodrama. The cast was as follows: Dusty Lane-Bob Lee, Queenie Snow-Mary Cox, Wille-Glenn DuVall, Mrs. Welsh-Donna Lindsay, John Vardon-Wendell Orr, Buck McChesney-Boyd Harris, Nona Barrett-Norma Jimison, Ester Barrett-Shirley DeFries, Rufus Nicholds-Gene Sheppelman, Ted Howard-Kenneth Palmer, Malignant Jones-Betty Postell, Kenneth Legan-Stage Manager, C. L. Krause-Crew, E. Peters-Makeup, Mrs. Frobish-Director. In addition to this a number of our group were in the Thespians. Several members of the class were in boys and girls chorus, quartet, and other singing groups. Also we were well represented in band, F. H. A., G. A. A., and many other activities. At Christmas time the Juniors played Santa Claus to the entire school. We got a large Christmas tree, which we decorated and put on the platform in study hall. Then all the students drew names for gifts. On the afternoon we were to be dismissed, we presented a program. We had a quiz show, with Kenney Palmer as the master of ceremonies. When the performance was over, Santa Claus came with gifts of crackerjacks for all the students, faculty, and visitors. After Santa had delivered all his personal gifts, he set about to distribute the gifts for which names were drawn. When all the gifts had been given out the students were dismissed for the holidays. When the Carnival came around, the Juniors took over several consessions to help in raising money for the annual. Our candidate for Queen was Doris Lindsay and for King, Kenneth Palmer. 19