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

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Seniors John “Jack” Krause Football Manager 1; Basketball 1; Track 1; Baseball 1; Boys’ Chorus 1. Ann “Anniebelle” Burnett G.A.A. 1, 2. 3, 4. Secretary 3; F. H. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Treasurer 3;; Library Club 2, 3, 4, Treasurer 3, Vice-President 4; Girls’ Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 1. 2. 3; Narghi News 1, 2. 3. 4; Thespians 3. 4; Octet 3, 4; Sextet 2. 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Christmas Play 2; Junior Class Play; Thespian Play 4; Vocal Solo Contest 2, 3, 4; Beauty Shop Quartet 4; Carnival Queen 2; Carnival Show 2, 3, 4. Gene “Cowboy” Cox F-F.A. 4; Football 2; Basketball 2; Track 3. 4; ior Play. i?

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Seniors I Paul “Plunger” Warner Boys’ Chorus 1. 2, 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3. 4; Football 2, 3. 4; Basketball 2, 3; Baseball 2; F.F.A. 4: Thespians 4; Junior Play; Senior Play; Contest Play 4. Dorothy ‘Dot” Richards Girls’ Chorus 1, 2. 3. 4; G.A.A. 1. 2. 3, Secretary 2. Treasurer 3; F.H.A. 1, 2, 3; Library Club 2, 3; Narghi News 3; Mixed Chorus 2. 3. 4; Class Vice-President 1; Class President 2; Class Treasurer 3. Charles “Chuck” Bottorff Varsity Klub 3. 4, Varsity Klub President 4; Class 9 Treasurer 4; Football 1, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; m Baseball 1, 2. 3, 4; Track 1, 2, 3, 4. Thespians 4: Varsity Klub 3, 4; Boys’ Chorus 1, 2, 3. 4; Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4: Band 1, 2. 3. 4; Football 1, 2, 3. 4; Basketball 1, 2, 4; Baseball 1, 3; Track 1. 3. 4; Quartet 1, 2, 3. 4; Octet 1, 2, 3, 4; Annual Staff 4; Contest Play 2; Freshman Play 1; Junior Play; Senior Play; Christmas Play 2; Thespian Play 4; Vocal Solo Contest 1, 3. 4; Speech 1, 3, 4; Carnival Stage Show 2, 3, 4. Vivian “Doug” Lee G.A.A. 1, 2. 3; F.H.A. 1. 2. 3; Thespians 3, 4; Chorus 1; Class Treasurer 2; Christmas Play 1; Contest Play 4; Junior Play; Cheerleader 2, 3, 4. Donald “Don” Archer Peggy “Peg” Reynolds G.A.A. 1, 2, 3, 4, President 4; F.H.A. 1, 2. 3, 4; Library Club 2, 3, 4; Girls’ Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 4; Annual Staff 4; Senior Play. 12

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Class History The Freshman year proved to be a very interesting and exciting one as all those who were initiated will testify. Ah. yes! Those three bells sent chills up and down your back many a time before they finally used them for what we knew they really were for. Our class was unusually large, with forty-five brilliant students This group included: Odevia Henegar Robert Hendricks. Dale Brantley. Gene Cox, Orville Du-Frain, Jack Krause. Maxine Tilstra. Vivian Lee. Delmer Cox. Robert Dunker, Joretta Leonard, Peggy Reynolds. Russell Hoekersmith, Donald Archer. Dick Dannehl, Rosie Talbert, Ralph Price, Charles Bottorff. Barbara Atkins, Arlis Legan. Doris Peters, Margaret Lindsay, Wilna Sheppleman, Frances Mitchell. Deloris Tilstra, Shirley Link, Ann Burnett. Marlene Wilken, Gene Hall, Marvin Fink. Edward Rueck. Paul Warner, Patty Al-thaus, Deloris Sum rail. Gene Hewitt, Evanell Speers, Reta Conn, Joy Lou Brewer. Dorothy Richards, Leila Dunlap. Robert Green and Harvey Reynolds. Our officers for that year were — President, Margaret Lindsay; Vice-President. Dorothy Richards; Secretary. Shirley Link, and Treasurer. Deloris Tilstra. At the helm as sponsors we had Miss Brookhart and Miss Barber. We had representatives in Band, Mixed Chorus, Boys’ Chorus. Girls’ Chorus, and of course we sent out quite a few boys for sports. Not to leave out dramatics we came up with two plays. The first was “Who Gets The Gar Tonight” and the second was The Last Christmas.” TIME WENT BV - - Upon becoming sophomores we found that we had lost Barbara Atkins, Maxine Nighsonger, Ralph Price, and Odevia Henegar joined the Navy. We again had Miss Barber for one of our class sponsors, plus Mr. Belote. Our officers were President, Dorothy Richards; Vice-President, Shirley Link; Secretary. Margaret Lindsay, and Treasurer, Vivian Lee. Some of the big guns in sports happened to be from our little old class. In football there was Dale Brantley. Dick Dannehl, Russ Hoekersmith, Don Archer, and Charles Bottorff, while in basketball. Dannehl. Bottorff, and Archer took the limelight. Vivian Lee had the honor of being elected as one of the cheer leaders. Again this year we had quite a few people in the various music organizations, and we contributed members for the Sextet. Mixed Octet, Mixed Chorus, and Girls and Boys Choruses. By now we even had representatives in the Thespians. We had a Christmas play under the direction of Miss White called “Star Eternal”. So you see we are slowly rising in the world. It wouldn’t surprise me a bit to see some of our class on the stage on Broadway some day. In the Carnival our candidates—Ann Burnett and Russell Hoekersmith, became King and Queen as a result of some fine work of the Class backing them. Our class was no slouch when it came to Speech either. Bob Green. Don Archer, and Margaret Lindsay were representatives here. Bob and Don were also in the Contest play which went to Sectional. ANOTHER YEAR APPROACHES - - And what a year it proved to be. This year we lost six members of our class to bring the total down to 33, but we still remained the largest class. As everyone knows the season of our Junior year brought great success in football. The captain of the squad was one of our boys, Dick Dannehl. with Brantley. Hoekersmith, and Archer also making the team. We had a very numerous aggregation out for music. So much so that we literally took the V. V. by storm and came through with the first place trophy. This year our officers were President, Dick Dannehl; Vice-President. Bob Green; Secretary, Shirley Link, and Treasurer, Gene Hall. The play “Moonlight for Herbert” proved to be a big success and with the success came many good time6 at the play practices too. The biggest project of the year was the Prom. This took a great deal of work from the start of the year when we started raising funds to the cleaning up part at the very last. It was very much worth it however. The theme of the Prom was Fiesta and the gym was very cheerfully decorated with all the colors of the rainbow and some others thrown in. A very enjoyable evening was spent by all since we had one part of the gym fixed up with chairs and sofas where you could rest your weary bones. AT LAST - - The final year. To start off the year right we elected our class officers. At the head as president we elected Robert Green. His assistants were: Vice-President, Robert Dunker; Secretary, Dorothy Richards, and Treasurer. Charles Bottorff. As sponsor we had Mr. Clay. We were in the height of our glory when the time came for initiation. We had a lot of fun and I’ll bet some of the freshmen can tell how many books we have in school and how big the school is. In music and sports we were again the dominating class. We had representatives in Mixed Chorus and the other large organizations and in the smaller ones we had Seniors in the Sextet, Boys’ Quartet, and in the Octet. Since the Carnival was in the fall of the year the Seniors had to put their play on in the spring. One of our girls. Arlis Legan was Queen this year in a popularity vote at the Carnival. The last six weeks were very full ones for the Seniors. Their play. “Stranger in the Night”, was a big success. The big shots took a trip to Normal, they went to the State Music Contest, V.V. Contest, V.V. Track Meet. County Track Meet, the Junior Prom, Baccalaureate, and finally dear old Commencement. We found we had lost Maxine Tilstra and Deloris Tilstra through marriage and Gene Hall went to Wisconsin at the end of the first semester. Well we have gone a long way since that first day in school. We’ve picked up a lot of kids and lost a few. The ones that started together and finished together are few: Ann Burnett, Vivian Lee. Margaret Lindsay. Shirley Link. Rosie Talbert, and Deloris Sum-rail, are the only ones that went from start to finish together. Thus marks the end of a glorious and eventful school career for the class of 1949. Good-bye kids, and good luck. Take a word of advice from a Senior and take advantage of all your days in school. And remember us, as we will you.