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

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 1961 (Sraduating Qllassi DAR Karen Henrichs CO-SALUTATORIAN Patricia Meyer VALEDICTORIAN Ruth Ann Patterson CO-SALUTATORIAN Ruddieann Goodwin Honors anti (Afuards SAR Cletus Nolde AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY Ruth Reed AMERICAN LEGION Robert Gharst AMERICAN LEGION Madonna Wasmer

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MARY EMMA VIRKUS Class Secretary 3; National Honor Society 3, 4; Newspaper Staff 3,4, Production Manager 4; Library Club 1,2, 3,4, President 3; G.A. A. 3,4; Pep Club 2,3,4; Future Secretary 4; Speech 1; Thespians 3,4; One Act Plays 1, 2, 3; Junior Class Play; Chorus 1,2 3,4, President 4, All State 4, Ensemble 3, Freshman Ensemble; Girl's State Alternate 3. Nickname: Virky Ambition: To be an elementary teacher. Favorite Saying: My gosh! MADONNA JEANE WASMER Library Club 1.2. 3.4, Vice President 4; Pep Club 1,2; Chorus 1.2. 3,4, Freshman Ensemble; American Legion Award. Nickname: Donna Ambition: To teach. Favorite Saying: You might know! ” Quietest JflofaBr: (Eolottial pouquei (Holors Caiiemler Sc 333Jqtte

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(Hiass JSiistoru On September 1, 1949, sixty frightened little first graders entered the Onarga Grade School into the classes of Mrs. Eimen and Miss Day. The joy of the year was when we were allowed to visit Brookfield Zoo. At the end of the year, we lost Karen Henrichs--plus twenty-four others. In 1950, we journeyed down the hall to be greeted by Mrs. Hanson and Mrs. Reed. Our most exciting experience this year was visiting ''Station Cloudville in our school operetta which was directed by Miss Corkill. We were all very sorry to see Martha Black leave, but were glad to welcome Carl and Carol Natterstad and Nan Beale r. As time sped on, we drove our teachers crazy with our brilliant brain capacity! Among those were: Mrs. Doran, third grade; Mrs. Zirkle, fourth grade; and Mr. Aikman and Mrs. Hanson, fifth grade. In those years, we gained Buddy French, Bob Gharst, Cletus Nolde, Jeannine Smith, Sharon Haire, and Christine Bayston. We were sorry to lose Bobby Miller, Bobby Berg, Jeannine Smith, Johnny Clifton, Nan Bealer, and Kay Rohrm. Sandra Kuhlman was queen of the May festival in fourth grade, and Ruth Ann Patterson was queen in fifth grade. The biggest moment of our sixth year in school was being able to move to the high school building. Mrs. Steinecker and Mr. Robek were waiting there to greet us. Another great moment was being able to be patrols and get to tell the little kids what to do! We were happy to welcome Toni Neely and Sandra Hubner to our class that year, but were sad to say good-bye to Kenneth Larkin, Tommy Paine, and Charlie Schumacher. The main event of our seventh year was when our teachers, Mrs. Stillens and Mrs. Pierce, took each of the classes on a field trip. We were glad to welcome Raymond Harshbarger and Pat Trumble that year. Finally eighth grade arrived with Mrs. Stillens and Miss Clarke as our teachers. We had a very busy year. Besides taking constitution tests, we were busily preparing for the May Festival and promotion into high school. This year we had to bid farewell to Pamela Tector and Danny Shelley. We added our beautiful voices to the songs for the May Festival and Ruddieann Goodwin was our May Queen. In May we took our class trip to Chicago. Forty-two students graduated from Onarga grade school on May 26, 1957. The History Award was given to Ruddieann Goodwin and Barbara Thomas and Robert Gharst received the Legion awards. Carole Coyne, Kay Brown, Sheila Lee, Sandra Kuhlman. and Sharon Haire were cheerleaders that year. In the fall of 1957, forty-three slightly green freshmen treked to school to begin their Freshman year. We were all anxious for initiation to be done away with so we could begin living again. We were welcomed into high school by the Freshman-Sophomore Reception and then settled down to work towards graduation. Barbara Thomas, President; Sheila Lee, Vice President; Bob Gharst, Secretary; and Kay Brown, Treasurer were our class officers. Greg Salmon was our Student Council representative. Miss Wright and Mr. Calloway were our sponsors. As the year came to an end, we had to bid sad good-bys to Alice Faulkner, Hiram and Lois Williams, and Toni Neely, but we gained two new classmates that year, Karen Henrichs and Jim Bohlman. We moved on to our Sophomore year with a great anticipation of the things to come. We entertained the Freshmen at the Freshman-Sophomore Reception. Our sponsors were Mr. Gromm, Miss Williams, and Mr. Ritsma. The class officers were: Greg Salmon, President; Kay Brown, Vice President; Karen Henrichs, Secretary; and Judy Swearingen, Treasurer. Glenn Lee was our Student Council representative. We decorated the football field for Homecoming and our float won first place in the Homecoming parade. Greg Salmon and Sheila Lee were our Homecoming King and Queen candidates. Kay Brown and Sharon Haire were in a saxophone duet and were in the state contest. We had a successful Penny Supper and the next thing we knew it was the end of the year. We lost Ruth Ellen Nis-wander, Glenda Zirkle, June Ficklin, and Sharon Haire that year. Karen Henrichs attended the F.H. A. Camp and Christine Bayston attended Art Camp.