Ottawa Township High School - Senior Yearbook (Ottawa, IL)

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Marx Lol Iixxlex and fqorge Kayla llelfljl' Coy m 'Vllss Bradford looking: crltlcal durmg a senlor play rehear al 1 r fs lwrnpmu That s Jake Lal-tan and Al Ham looklng., at you lilxerx one has been talklng about the first senlor plaxs xx hlch Kat1e Bradfo1d dlrected Her classes gaxe Rmgmq zu the G1 oom, The Dzmzmzf and Fmers Incmporafed Faxe Roxxlee Bette Wllson, B111 Rutledge Dorls Bretag, Robert Null Anne Damxen, Phxllls Boxxers and Lllllan Yates xxere the cast ofthe In st I xe enclosed plctures of some of the characte1s ln actlon It doesnt look much l1ke them, but It s 1ust thelr makeup Helen Lenac Flla Ixoeppe Cecll Cross, James Boxle and Franklxn H1ll plaxed ln are 1n the p1cture, but they re not bad, are they It s xx onderful what you can do xx 1th a camela Aa oooooo' Fzzus Incrnprnaferl came next, Vlrgll H1 Iilll Rutlulrzm ln ultcrl Paw Roxxlee I Iaxe mlffed at Blll at hammnefl to Ifhn er Wife r nl that :loc nt 1 c x mu rf ln th: I zoom lilll doe nt oo x to he rum. n Johnson, Fred Grax, Eleanor Wallem, lVIar1 lyn Joneson, George Kapas, and Marv Baxlex were IH thlg one Th1s p1cture vxas 1n the Buccaneer, prettx nlce, huh? All the plaxs xx ere darned good In fact, I don t knoyx xx hlch one I llked best CI sound l1ke an expert or somethlngj Probably the audlence thought the Joneson glrl was xery talented She and Mary Harts horn, Opal Tmdall Lena Tabor, Phyllls Gerdlng Helen Bonge Arlene Foster, Vera Lou W1ll1amson, Lenore Perlman, Irma Boxx and Ed Robmett xx ere ushers There xx as lust one catch Marllyn xxas 1n the play, Carolyn xx as the usher How 1n the world do x ou tell xx ho y ou re out Wlth when she s txx ms' Thr Dummy cast ln action Something. seems to haxe hapmned to the top of the e people but lt reallx ls Thr Dummrl Ca t me the dummy That Franklin Hlll xxlth lt hes the one leznlng oxer A I 'W 1 -' - wits l A ' - f I ' f S A 1 v v 1 1 l w Y .- A , ' - 2. , 1 , 4 l . U, ' . U' Y , Av 1, vvn v u ' x 1 v , v Y D . w . , L . . . in ' ' ' ' ' ' ' , 1 ' v w v r I . . , . , ' . Y . ' . ' 'I - I L s . . . , L' I , A I 1 , - xvns 1 ,q , S The Dummy. I don't know whose legs those ermaster, Larry Perlman, Lewis Bartlett, . . , . V Y 1 4',-. - - 1. f - ' ' f U V A f ' I u ' .' I. .'. ' 1 I x .51 Is dtvhlf 75 0 If ' -s ' fltz I It S l. I 'i Y ,il I 2 I , 1 'I'h'sisasenefrfml1',ir.1' J I' . ' ' l k s- F 's ' 'f as if he vanls f i . z ' f ' . lil

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The next week lntroduced more rn alrv and our Bucs ayenged their L P defeat by defeatlng Streator 13 6 Steyenson scored both times once on a quarterback sneak and once on a beautiful pass from Cllff Thorpe I don t think any one went rlght home aftel the game not any Ottawans anyway At Sterllng we lost a 6 O dec1s1on to the Sterling WHFFIOTS Wlth our team dr1y1ng 1ns1de Sterllng s 20 yard l1ne twlce and fail mg to score Lots of the k1dS got tlme for leaylng school early to get to the game but they all thought it was worth It It w as a good game even 1f we didn t w1n The first half played aga1nst Hall was dis astrous Hall scored tW1C9 once on a 99 yard touchdow n run and once on a long touchdown pass play Startlng with the second half the Plrates charged back and w1th beautlful blocking by Ottawa s fine guards Kapas Ferracutl and Jerry Peace at center they broke Stevenson 1nto the open for 51 yards and a touchdown The Bucs came back Wlth Rexroat and Lenc1on1 pushlng It to the one yard line where Stevenson finally scored on another quarterback sneak Stevle played a really neat game that mght The next game at DIXOH the Plrates took It on the ch1n 7 0 from a scrappy D1xon team Our game w1th DeKalb was a hard fought one that saw DeKalb score first Then Pete Peterson made a spectacular pass catch for our first touchdown DeKalb scored tw1ce more by oy erpowering plays and we dldnt score aga1n until Bob H1lton made a nlce 15 yard run around left end to complete the sea sons scorlng maklng the final score read 21 12 At Moline the Bucs made a startling ad vance to the one yard line in the first minute of play but falled to push the plgskm across the coyeted goal l1ne The big Plowboys from Moline battered the Ottawa l1ne all mght and Just before the final gun sounded had ended up wlth the ball on the Plrates' s1x1nch l1ne There was no score in the game but both teams nearly knocked them sely es out trying to get across the goal The Plrate l1ne from Pete Peterson to Ev Parklns played good ball all year W1th Kapas and Ferracutl at the guards and vet eran Jerry Peace at center the forward wall of the Red and White was a hard nut to crack John Haas Dario Lenc1on1 and LOUIS Gerdmg stopped manv an off tackle play thlS season The only capable reserx es that Coach Hank could depend on all season were Bob Gerding Ed Ryan Carl Schott and Norman Richards Tom Walkel Cllff Thoipe Donald Rexroat Way ne Stey enson Harly Stellmg Bob Hllton and Da11o Lenc1on1 rounded out a backfield w 1th V612 l1ttle expeuence as was shown by our sco11ng weakness Knobs Rexroat w as Ottawa s only conslstent threat of running attack and his fine defenslye work was good all season Ferracutl just nosed out Geol ge Kapas as the most yaluable play er 1n the squad by h1s fine tackling and blocklng J R Lenc1on1 IS going to be captaln of next year s team I llsted the scores I remember how vou used to gloat oy er them Here they are VISITORS OH S Ottaw a Streator Sterhng Hal D1xon Mollne The Jayvees were a small scrappy team this year They d1d manage to hold thelr opponents on even terms the first half but du11ng the second half Cha1l1e AIIKOHISS proteges were swamped they lost all s1x games they had scheduled Here are the11 SCOFQS VISITORS OHS Jollet Ottawa La Salle Streator Streator Jollet La Salle Charlie Allkoms claims that eyen lf e boys didn t win they all got wonderful train ing Nobody spent all h1s time on the bench because Charlle would send IH the second team wheney er he could He thinks the tram 1ng they get IS more lmportant than whethei they wln but 1ts n1ce to w1n too I guess he s rlght Well I guess thats about all there IS to say about football This IS dex elopmg 1nto a pretty long letter but an awful lot has hap pened this month . Y t , , . . ., Y - - . - . . . I U . - 7 v . I I . I . 1 w v , I I I Q K ' ' v U v I v , . Y . N . 1 . 1 I . , 1 , T v v 7 v v v w v v ' ' V ' y ' 1 , v . Y - . . . 1. . . v , V v qv' 1 , LI A . . . , - . . . - V V 1. v . ' . . Y V , 7 .L Y. , . , . . V . . , . Q . ' I, T LI A . Y L .A ' L' L' 7 lf, . N VY . V .A . . . l l . . A 1 , ' 1 1 .II ' ' l V' ,Il . s n ' l y 1 A A n A , L L A lf A . 1 . . , , , . , . . . Y , I , I , y , L.-P. ......... 6- f ...... 0 ' ' .... . . 6- ...... 13 - h ' ...... . 6- ..,... 0 ' l . . . ...... . 12- ...... 12 , ' ........ 7- ...... 0 - DeKalb ....... 21- ...... 12 - , ' ........ 0- ...... 0 , - . I I I . . . . I . ' I I II , I I I . 4. A' ' . ' ' 'Y ' , , A - I I K V - ' Q ' K . Y' , , ' 1 7 1 ' ' 7 , . 1 I . - ' ......... 20- ' ...... 0 'I ' , ' . ...... 32- ...... 0 - , ...... 26- ...... 0 - - ...... 26- ...... 6 L - u , - - - . ........ 19- .... . . 7 , - - - ..... . . 19- ..... . 0 , I I I , ' . ' u y ,L as . . .S . K Y . . . T . , V. , Y r 7 . - . . ' ' v 1 ' v ' 9 K - . ' I I , 7 L' ' v Aw ' w K . -. . . . Y , Y , - . I , , I- . .L . 7 1 7 ' ' . . . , Y . 7. N Y 9 9 - . . , . . . , - - 1 y 9 ' 12 '

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AtClb Z Lftto Bb BIIH Y kM y Cl t The Clylc Council sponsored a tea for the freshmen and thelr parents before Thanks giving Miss Mess Miss W1F1Ck Miss San ders Miss Peel MISS Baldwln Miss Hempen Miss Lewis and Miss Toohlll took turns pouring tea 1n the cafeterla from three to fiye The idea vs as to get the freshles and thelr parents acquainted with the teachers Wlth so many new teachers they should have asked the rest of us too but I guess they thlnk we can shift for oursely es Roberta Gurney Phyllis Stevenson Roy Mohler Tay French Jerry Peace Lois Schleevogt Caiolyn Joneson Betty Fiske Shirlev Day and Helen Bonge were fllttlng around being frlendly Id l1ke to see Tay French fllt Before the tea dlfferent students mostlv Juniors and seniors guided the parents around introduclng them to the teachers and shovying them the OHS geniuses fthat s usb at work The Art Club gave a swell Sadle Hawkins Day dance IH the cafeteria Ex eryone came IH oy elalls and plaid shirts dressed like Little Abner and other Dogpatchers Pete Peterson yn as about the most unusual looking tramp I ye ever seen His hat vsas a chewed straw model That was only the beginning it got ynorse the further dovyn you went Petes pretty big you know Bob Gerdlng had an lnterestlng looking pipe that Marilyn Schultz seemed to be enjoylng wheney er no one was looking Kay Carroll and Frltz Grav turned up 1n the same shirt Well there were tvso shlrts but thev looked allke May be youve seen some pictures of the dance already they were in the Chlcago Dailv News but in case you didnt Im sendlng you some httht T Ch qoDlyN Ddy Bh h d D d BbY My Maybe youve never heard of the Art Club before Jlm It s a new one this year There are a lot of talented kids ln the club you can see them 1n the picture They re interested in all kinds of painting and sculp ting and all the other things that artlsts are interested 1n Mrs Hoi IS the club spon sor and manages to keep one Jump ahead of the kids Its a good thing she s so full of pep because the klds are just bubbllng over with pep Ev elyn Olson IS presldent Bill Hossack IS X106 presldent B111 Yocum IS secretary Jackle Tesson IS treasurer and Helen Mlller IS program chairman In the floor show Hart Fisher d1d maglc and Katie Mitchell and Bev erly Peterson sang l1ke the b01dS J R LQHCIOHI and Pat Leamy sang Pzsfol Packmg Mama much to ey erybody s surprlse Key en thelr ownl They sounded l1ke bOldS too Mr Burke was the mayor of Dogpatch He read the official proclamatlon that started the annual race Mr Scott was Marrying Sam After the race he performed a mass Dogpatch style wedding The first honor roll came out today No I vs as NOT on it but eighty fellows and gals vs ere I ll bet there won t be that many again soon You remember how hard It IS to get those eley en honor pomts No one got more than slxteen this time but gee that could be four A pluses I don t see how they do It My compensation IS that I passed the Army Air Corps quallficatlon test last month and I was svs orn 1n at Peoria November 1 A lot of the old gang were but most of us w1ll stay at school until we get our diplomas Gee' I vsant to Hy But enough about me l The r u admires Marjorie Werner's paintin . e right This is the s o a was in he icu, ai ews. i ou we find o Yokum, i ossack, Jo Ann Milam, Mar Croll, see xt? It's the Sadie Hawkins Dance, of course. e ln t e .lac ohler. Doroth Schillings, Joe Honer, Genola Bellrose, fence are Jack Mohler, Phil IGTSIQIH. Hank an John, or John Jackie Tvsson, 'ol een Reilley, Evelyn Olson, Mamorie, Velma and Hank, Wolslegc-l: Genola Bellrose, and 0 okum. ar Mumper, Mary Ann Gass lwell, part of hc-rl. Helen Miller, and Croll. JoAnn Doolen, Helen Miller, Bill Hossack, Jackie Tesson, l'a sy Jones. and Patsy Jones are ln front. . . . , J 7 L L Y V . . , . L L L ' , . . T . L'L L L , L L , L L ' L ' . . . . . . , L , L L , L L , L L , L . L L L , L L L L - . . . . . . L 7 . . 7 K . . . . . - L L . L . . , . , , . - y Z Y L 7 n 1 7 ' r . 7 ' ' ' ' . L , 1 a s ' 7' - ' ' ' 1 . L , L , , L , L , . . l . I 1 1 7 L, 7 . . , . L . , L L . . . . . L , , ' 1 , A L , L .X . . A L L L y L K . A ' ' . ' L . I 1 ' , . . - - r 1 7 L' 7 L L L . ' . K ' - I L L , . . L 7 L L' . I . . V K . 7 , A A K , A . L . . . L 1 L 7 L L L 9 7 Y ' y L , Y . . ' . . - 9 A 1 , , . 1 1 - . 7 Y 7 V. 1 u , . . ' ' ' u Q , 1 1. 1 L Y A ' K . . . i . . t L y 1 ! Y , . 1 1 K ' ' L 1 , Y 1 A . - s . . . v ' 1 L L L L , v ! ' . . , , . . . , L . . Y . . ,