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

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Sophomores 1ST ROW: Maxine Tilstra, Russell Hockersmith. Robert Hendricks, Evanell Speers, Marvin Fink. Frances Mitchell, Paul Warner. 2ND ROW: Joretta Leonard. Delmer Cox, Rose Marie Talbert. Wilna Shepple-man, Edward Rueck. Dorothy Richards, Gene Cox. 3RD ROW: Mrs. Frobish. Vivian Lee, Odevia Her.e-gar. Gene Hall. Deloris Sumrall. Robert Dunker. Having taken another step in the walk, of life we find the Sophomore portion of the study hall occupied by the following group of students, who have been very active since they first entered the portals of dear old O. T. H. S. Odevia ‘’Tennessee” Henegar, I’m from the south son!; Robert “Wolf” Hendricks, a wolf in sheep’s clothing!; Dale “Lady Killer” Brantley, the girls just love him; Gene “Autry” Cox, A horse lover; Orville “Du Funny” Dufrain, He’s a scream. AH!; Jack “The Janitor’’ Krause, I'm really cleaning up around here; Maxine ‘Mac” Tilstra, She really gets around (mostly to Piper); Vivian “Viv” Lee, Our teams inspiration—Ah YES!; Delmer “Roy Rogers” Cox, a fellow horse lover; Robert “Dunk” Dunker, another Edison; Joretta “Jo Jo” Lenard; Margaret “Peg” Reynolds, George’s little helper; Russell “Russ” Hockersmith, His highness that is!; Donald “Donny” Archer, alias Pee Wee; Raymond “Dick” Dannehl, My girl calls me Faithful?; Rose Marie “Shorty” Talbert, Slight in stature but mighty in mind!; Charles “Chuck” Bot-torff; Arlis “Al” Legan, Buckley here I come; Doris “Hey” Peters; Margaret “Tooiie” Lindsay, Also Faithful?; Wilna “Bob” Sheppelman, Bob who?; Frances “Jim” Mitchell, love that Thawville; Delores “I need a man” Tilstra, any prospects?; Shirley “Tab” Link, “In my merry 39”; Ann “Annibelle” Burnett; Marlene “Mary Jo” Wilken; Gene “Playboy” Hall, Another day, another girl; Marvin “Finkie” Fink, Safety first is my motto; Edward “Sleepy” Rueck, I’m tired; Paul “Know-it-all” Warner, I get around; Patty “Pat” Al-thaus, A very staunch church member!; Evanell “Ev” Speers, My what nice uniforms they have at O. M. S.; Reta “Thawville” Conn, I like that blue Ford; Joy Lou “Ditto” Brewer, I like the black one; Deloris “De” Sumrall, The people you meet from Gilman; Gene “Work-Boy” Hewitt, Next manager of David’s; Dorothy “Dot” Richards, Our own little President. 20

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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

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Sophomores 1ST ROW: Patty Althaus, Jack Krause, Arlis Legan, Robert Green, Margaret Lindsay, Gene Hewitt, Clyde Gercken. 2ND ROW: Marlene Wilken, Joy Lou Brewer, Dick Dannehl, Reta Conn, Orville DuFrain, De-lores Tilstra. 3RD ROW: Ann Burnett, Donald Archer, Shirley Link, Charles Bottorff. Peggy Reynolds, Dale Brantley, Mr. Belote. Absent. Doris Peters. Under the capable leadership of our sponsors, Mr. Belote and Mrs. Frobish, our class elected the following officers: President, Dorothy Richards; Vice-Pres., Shirley Link; Secretary, Margaret Lindsay; and Treasurer, Vivian Lee. Most of us were in the boys, girls, and mixed choruses. Some were in sextet, octet and other groups. Also eight of our class took part in band. Several of the Sophomores had parts in the one-act plays that were given at the numerous programs of the year. Several also took part in speech work. All of the girls in the class were members of the F. H. A. and G. A. A. Many of the girls belonged to the Library Club. Six Sophomores were included on the “Narghi News” Staff. Several of the Sophomores participated in the music contests this year with their vocal work. The big event of the year, namely the Carnival, found all the Sophomores working like beavers. Our class sponsored the Horse Race and Cigarette Shoot. Our candidates for King and Queen were Russel Hockersmith and Anne Burnett. After working very hard, canvassing and advertising, we are proud to say that our class received the King and Queen honor of the school! The Sophomores, just like the other classes, have had a very busy and pleasant year. The leadership of our sponsors and officers proved to be extremely capable and helped make our second year at O. T. H. S. very successful. 21