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

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Senior DIRECTOR - - Miss Edna Snider LENA RIVERS CAST Lena Rivers . Granny Nichols . John Livingstone . Mrs. Livingstone . Caroline Livingstone Anna Livingstone . John Junior . Frank Graham Mrs. Graham Durward Bellmont. Malcolm Everett . Aunt Milly Old Caesar Beverly Wilken Virginia Zirkle . Gene Forrest Doris Henrichs . Juanita Pierce . Jean Curphey Jerry Jones Tom Brim Betty Seggebruch Brad Perkinson Ronald Schnurr Beverly Legan James Lewis

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Senior C duSA We, the Senior Class of Onarga High School, Unit District one, being of sound mind (?) and body, do hereby declare this to be our last will and testament: I, Thomas Edmund Brim, will and bequeath my outstanding ability to love every girl in school, and one special one in Thawville, to Alara Hildenbrand’s little brother, Haroid. We, Sue Ficklin and Jeanne Curphey, do hereby will and bequeath all our interest in “boys” to any of the Junior girls. We prefer MEN! I, Edward Bottorff, will my desk in Study Hall to anyone fool enough to take a front seat, plus a wonderful bargain--one American History Book. I, Mrs. Pierce, formerly Juanita Henegar, will one used gas stove to Joyce Wilson, plus a box of “Duz . 1, Norman East, will and bequeath my grape arbor to Norman Bottorff. We, Ronald Schnurr and Brad Perkinson, will our unusual hairdo’s” and winning personalities to Mr. Callaway. We, Joanne Doyle and Marge Scott, will to RitaDoyle our ability to miss everyMonday morning but still LOVE school! 1, Irvin “Cobby Jean, will and bequeath my book, How To Be Muscular”, to little Jimmy Thomas. May it do as much for him as it did for me. 1, Beverly Wilken, will to Janice Orr my ability to be a flustered lady. We , Beverly Legan and Virginia Zirkle , will and bequeath to Joyce Fink and Doris Conn our habit of ignoring most boys and tormenting only a few. I, William Cox, will to Charles Bailey my hidden talents, and hope he can have more success in finding them than I had. I, Gerald Eddie Jones, will and bequeath my little car to Leslie Bork Jr., and included in this wonderful bargain, one television set installed in the bottom of the floor of my little auto. For further information see me. CHEAP! I, Terry Workman, will bequeath my ability to portray negro porters in plans and carnival acts to Ronald Redenius. We, Betty Seggebruch and Beverly Haerr, will and bequeath our abilities to get our men, no matter what, to Valda Dillon. I, Mervin Hanner, will to Dale Pool my ability to attract the women of Watseka. We, Gene Forrest and James Lewis, will the remainder of the Onarga Chapter of the F. F. A. to Bobby Talbert--what is left, that is! I, Betty Decker, will all my energy and witty expressions and silly laugh to Lucille Harris. 1, Doris Henrichs, will to Dee Haerr my shy personality. I, Mary Staubus, will to Donna Hall my ability to enjoy every class in high school, including American and World History classes. I, Marcella Greiner, will to Carol Gromoll my interest in “town” boys, ice cream, and my gift of gab. I, Jane Orr, will and bequeath my ability to talk more and say less to Janice Danforth, my car license to Bill Bailey, and my diamond to nobody. I, Harold Lathrop, will to Billy Whitlow my shy smile. I, Mary Ann Leonard, will to the Junior class--Me, so I can stay to torment people. We, the Senior Class, will to Miss Snider, our favorite English teacher, thirty-two very used English IV term papers!!! WITNESSES: Mr. Chase Miss Brookhart SIGNED: THE SENIOR CLASS

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X, ne Do You Remember? September 7--Books and pencils all are ready to begin the school year study. September 16—Gridiron glory—for Forrest. Onarga loses opener after a heated battle. September 21 --Seniors torture the freshmen--initiation! Remember the fun, especially Mary Lee Lindsay. September 23—Dedication of our new football field. Can you think of a better way to do it than by beating Chatsworth? Neither could we. October 25--Junior Class Play-- Aunt Cathy's Cat . What a cat! November 3--Homecoming game--Gilman vs. Onarga. November 8--With the barkers at their posts and the players in their costumes, the O. H. S. Carnival got under way. Really a Bang of a success. November 18--Varsity Klub party at the Country Club. A truly wonderful party. November 24-28--Thanksgiving vacation and oh!! the dinners. December 5--We sang from early morn till late at night. I'm sure youall remember when the lights went out! The seniors last county music festival. December 23-- Whoopee ! Christmas vacation. January 2----- January 19-20--Cramming, worry, bad marks, good marks, long hours of study, semester exams. January 23-27--County Basketball Tourney. February 9--A “chili” night, a chili supper. F. F. A. and F. H. A. February 13--Anything and everything was the theme of the F. H. A. informal initiation. February 14--Preliminary speech contest. Nice going. February 16--An impressive candle light ceremony--Thespian initiation. February 21--What a kick, what a game, what a donkey ball game. F. F. A. February 25--District Speech Contest--Milford. As I always say, there’s nothing like coming home with all honors. March 3--They called it an F. H. A. Slumber Party, but we wonder how much sleep they really got. March 7--F. F. A. Family banquet. Very nice, fellows. March 10--Sectional Basketball Tournament. March ll--With comedy in one room and serious, verse, and oration in still others, one did not quite know in what room to go at the sectional speech contest. March 16--Onarga Indians lose regional championship battle to Rantoul by one point. 16 m ernory