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

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re .simian (LIa 55 O i icer5 SITTING, Left to Right John Hockersmith, President; Mr. Elmer Calloway, Co-Sponsor; Delmer Hall, Secretary. STANDING, Left to Right Richard Pool, Vice President; Miss Nelrose Cork ill, Co-Sponsor, Janice Danforth, Treasurer. William Bailey Richard Crawford Mary Cox Janice Danforth Rita Doyle Glenn East Roger Eshelman Darlene Gercken Vernon Giroux Ronald Glick Delmer Hall Gerry Hicks Harold Hildenbrand John Hockersmith Joyce Ireland

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FIRST ROW: Eugene Hastings, Charles Jean, Jack Legan, Robert Johnson, James Link, Raymond Neal. SECOND ROW: William Palmer, George Patterson, Bob Perkinson, Ruth Peters, Paul Reynolds, Donna Sharp. THIRD ROW: Mary Thomas, Lillian Weakley, Nellie Wilson, Marie Wilt. Ah-h-h, we can sit back and relax as the three bells ring for now we are sophomores! No more worries about initiation!! As we looked around we saw that Gene Cusator, Earle Beasley, and Bobbye Stewart weren’t with us anymore but instead we had Mary Jo Thomas and Allen Crawford. As tradition goes we had to give a party for the Freshmen. Both classes enjoyed a weiner-roast and a treasure hunt but have you ever tried to find some goats’ milk where there weren’t any goats? Our class was very active in sports, Narghi News, Library Club, speech, band, and other organizations. When our school had the annual magazine drive, Leslie Bork was not only high salesman for the Sophomore class but for the school as well. As we look back on our two years in high school and remember all the good times only school can give, we’re kinda glad this isn’t our last year. 25

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 Jre sh unan FIRST ROW: Shirley Harris, Kenneth Keever, Arthur Krause, Mary Lindsay, Carol Olson, Donna Peters. SECOND ROW: Richard Pool, Mary Ann Reynolds, Ed Reiter, Richard Scott, Barbara Shroyer, Morris Smith. THIRD ROW: Ernie Seggebruch, James Thomas, Leon Thomas, Thelma Tilstra, Kermit Wasmer, Shirley Wilt. FOURTH ROW: Robert Zirkle. The Freshman class of 1949-50 was not only the youngest but also the largest class in high school, numbering thirty-four members in all. We enjoyed a very nice Freshman-Sophomore Reception held in October at Durham Park. Several bon-fires were built for roasting hot dogs and marshmellows. A Treasure Hunt followed the picnic. Initiation!! What a frightful experience. None of us minded dancing, singing, or acting like fools; and we even enjoyed wearing those lovely costumes that the Seniors had prepared for us. Now that it’s over, initiation wasn’t so terrible. It was just sitting there, waiting for those Seniors to come and beat us, that was so frightening ! The Freshmen and Sophomores gave the annual Christmas play entitled “He r Christmas Wish under the direction of Miss Snider, the English teacher. The main characters were Genny, Carol Olson; Mother, Barbara Shroyer; Father, Bill Palmer; Elaine , Martha Burke; Grandmother, Joyce Ann Ireland; Buzzy, Roger Eshelmen; and Roger, John DeFries. Many of the Freshmen took part in chorus work and sports. This was enjoyed by all. All of us have enjoyed this year very much and are looking forward to having just as good a time, if not better during our Sophomore year. 27