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

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I ate Dec 31 and xnto the daw n Dea1 J1m Jeepers another year 15 almost gone' It makes me feel so old Th1s w1ll be leap year Of course men arent scarce at OHS so It won t make any dlfference ha' Basketball season IS well under way now Our first game yy as w1th Seneca We reallv cleaned em up 62 18 Three of the1r play ers were s1ck so may be that had somethlng to do w 1th the score but we d haye won any way' Don Jobst was the captaln for the game and made nlne baskets We played L P next As you know there neyer was any loye lost between us and It was the same as always thls year It was knock em down drag em out from start to Hnlsh I never yelled so loud 1n all my llfe I yyas posltlyely hoarse the next day and On December 17 we played DeKalb and won 32 29 We played Sterllng durlng Chrlstmas vacatlon and lost It was a great dlsappolntment but we tell ourselyes that our boys were t1red because they had to play as soon as they got there W1th0Ut restlng after that long tr1p Got to haye some ex cuse huh? I y b th p t to g t ey r R K lgore A t D A a Don c and W lll K g The Blology Club gaye a Fall Festlyal dance on December 3 Seemed a llttle late for fall but we got the gene1 al ldea They decorated the gym w1th ears of corn corn shocks and straw Ey ery one came dressed ln oy eralls and plaxd shlrts and It reallv was qulte a success Cha1l1e Al1kOHlS had on the snazzxest Shlftl It was so loud you could almost hear lt way across the room He danced w1th all the g1rls and really had a gay old tlme I thlnk ey ery one d1d 1f HOISG IS any 1nd1cat1on Before the dance was oyer we were no longer danclng on the gym floor we were danclng on squlshed corn stalks straw and corn kernels but that only added to the fun By the tlme lt was oy er we looked llke real hayseeds we had straw st1ck1ng out of our ears even well almost Somebody tackled a corn shock rlght 1n the mlddle of every thlng boy d1d he start somethmg' The floor show was really swell Alta Bowman dld a marvelous acrobatlc number Boy that g1rl IS really graceful' I hold my breath half the tlme for fear she won t make It when she does a back fllp and lands on her feet but she always does Barbara H1HdS wore her woo vyoo1sh s1ly er costume and twlrled her baton Katle Mltchell brought down the house w1th her s1ng1ng as usual The whole dance was a great success The ffc al table 1 he cell k an al b xt h y r re a y the front g ng back are Ge ge G B B11 W Ito J r a Ander n Sterl ng s s orekeeper Mr Sapp and Bob Ple on . v I v 1 1 I Y r 1 u ' N 1 . , . v 1 . V v - , v Y. '1 n. ' Y 1 . . v v . L , L . L L L . v 1 . 1 D w - 1 , . . . , N . . . , . Y 1 . . . I . . L . . L , L L L . ' Y ' v 7 A , L L . L L 1 v x L n L .I 1 ' 9 7 Y , I . L L . L , L , L V' ' v 7 v ' p u L , 7 . . v Y . . . . ' . 1 -- w . 1 1 ' 1 v v u, ' - . . , . L L L U . t - v 1 Y' ' ' L, V ' V , . 1 ' - ' ' v 7 1. V . L , L U L ' ' . K - 1 L a v y ' Y v - K 7 . L- . U . L L , , , A L I 1 a L L . , , 1 L L T 1 .- . . L , 1 ' V 7 V . Y- ' v I L I L I . 7 T 9 ' 1 a ' ' 1 ' ' - 1 v v l . l L L L . V . . L . L . l l L . Y v 1 , , L L L . . . J K ' Stlff from Jumpmg from my seat. We won! - , L Y A n ' - I U l L I L L . , . ' ' v . 1 . v x x L u V L - - K . . Y 7' . L , L L Y I Y. . . W L ' v ' Y . . u 7 L , . o I i' s' 'n t - new gym. Some of the o wants d0n'T. loo y too ofhci , 1 t e ' e the n wvay. From The '. A. bo s being busy eay'ers with e ublic address 'oi y or urney, ill Pierson, i e n, e ry set. Lef ri ht h a ez uss i f , r ' s ro, Pe ce, Bud so , i ' c , . , Ri e, i '5 in . ' rs . l 19

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Mr 'Xnrlcr on Mqlflf qChll'll an1lMr Pool xx 'ltr-hlns, the cadet 1411 1111t4r1111t X lI'Lll lohnxon 1n1l C 11 t 1111 on dr1ll Look at the rxbbons on Al xxoxx Ill puung Lompany A On the 23rd flxe officera f1om Camp Grant mepected the OHS Cadete A banquet was g1x en IH hono1 of the 0fflC91 Q, and a re x1exx xx as open to the pub11c 1n the gvm at 8 00 o clock Among the 1HSD9Ct1I'1g' ofliceri xx ere Cap ta1n Warren F Gardner, Captam Norman Gore, Lleutenant Robert R O Br1en, L1euten M Chumblex, Jr All theee men are lnetruc tors IH the Pool Officers School at Camp Grant After each companx xxas mapected, It dem onstrated 1ts marchmg ab111tx D1Qc1p11ne xxas shoxxn xerx xxell, too Jake Lakans The rexlcxx er xx utmpx for the act1on to begm Prom left to rlyzht ITL lay t 111 Snx 111 of the Ottaxxa Home Guard and I uutcn llll U lirun Reed and Chumblex of Camp Grant bunch probablx xxould haxe Qcaled the vxall 1n Qtep lf Jake hadn t stopped them met xx hen he d1d The D1 um Corpa xxas the laat Llfllt to be mspected, and they d1d a H116 1ob So d1d the rest of the compames, but the D1um C 01138 xx as best acco1d1ng to Mr Scott s an nouncement sent d1OLlI1d the next day H sa1d Companx A d1d a lot bettel IH pe1 sonal vxas better IH d11ll1ng Well Jlm, as xou can dee, It s been a D1 ettx full month Wr1te as Qoon as xou haxe t1me flu! The ufhcmr 1re -,t1lI xx lllllll., but not for n1111h lo115,.tr I rom left to rxght thly ire C llltdlfl C1rflncr L 1pta111 Con hp A not skcp mg! he Ju t bllnkul Laptaln Small and llelltenahf O lirlen . . W S 7 .1 1 s . ff . ' . 'f ' Y Cz l If- - 2 'A 1 x 1 'z 1: ' G ' . . . , Y . V ' A ' A Y - j . K, V L. L. . , 1 ' . Q. - I , . ' - 4 l I Y . 1 . A x f ant Howard B. Reed, and Lieutenant Charles inspection than Company B, but Company B W . V , . 1 v I . , v 4 Y , . V . . V vq v x V v Y v A A , 1 4 X47 fi 18

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'VI Alk BlgyClbhpp W k bb lNt b We saw Dame! Boone on December 7 It was pretty good but he d1dnt even k1ss h1s girl friend I was never so dlsgusted ln all my llfe Phooeyl If any guy acted llke that nowadays he d be sent to Kankakee The Navy Mothers Club of Amerlca spon sored a program at the Armory that nlght It was open to the publlc and was 1n memory of the boys who have been killed slnce Pearl Harbor Our band plaved and Lt Mlller a Navy chaplaln spoke Grades came out on December 10 Xou know how that is Everyone trles to forget today IS grade day but some doggone dr1p always remlnds you and you find yourself dreadlng to go to home room Of course freshles and a few other genluses love grade day Me I say my prayers all the way to home room and Slt there Wlth my teeth 1n my mouth until they hand me the bad news Then I promptly resolve to turn over a new leaf but by the next day I Xe already forgotten About ninety senlors came to the Senior dance on Thursday the 10th in the Mixing Bowl Susle Dorr1s gawe everyone a tag w1th his name on It and he had to t1e the tag 1n a promlnent place on hlmself of course Art D Asaro and Don RICE vsere 1n charge of playmg records and they were better than the Make Belleve Dance Land announcer The boys fall but about two or three vsho happened to be with their glrlsj stay ed ox er in one corner unt1l we glrls declded to use commando tactlcs About fixe girls ganged up on Pete Ferracutl Cthat mountaln of Q1 lencel and LOU19 Gerdlng the of the bedroom eyesj and finally 1nduced them Cwlth strong arm methodsb to go out and dance' With Pete and Loule on the floor most of the other boys were more vx1ll1ng to take the great step fand the way some of them dance I a1n t k1dd1n J soon we had qulte a few out danc lng Georgle Kapas got so scared that he ran off and took most of the basketball team Wlth him What s he got that we hay en t got? Ex eryone had a good tlme and after put ting the cafeteria ln order aga1n we went home the glrls all hobbled along ln thelr pumps swearlng to be normal and wear com fortable shoes to the next dance Talk about a r1ot' You should haxe seen MISS Sanderss plays' We never had any thlng like them before The first was Happy Journey a play strlct I5 for people wlth healthy lmaglnatlons Sld Stlefel stage manager supphed the mforma t1on that we couldn t figure out for ourselves He sat on the stage and ate apples read books and otherw1se enjoyed himself IH be tween tlmes Dont you get lt Well let me explaln Susle Dorr1s was Ma Klrby John Clegg was Pa K1rby Sally Knott was Carollne Klrby Alan Hlllman was Arthur Klrby and MQFIOH Hlghland was the marrled daughter They got IH thelr Chex rolet fha' four chalrsj slammed thelr unaglnary doors and were on their way Every tlme the car started they all would bounce around just l1ke they were 1n a real car We almost rolled IH the aisles as they Journeyed through the play It was swell Next on the program came Blackout ah drama Complete W1tl'lSp16S pollce flash llght signals secret lovers It had every thlng Mary Belle Peck and Harold Gray were Amerlcan travelers Bob Plerson was the 1nn keeper Mary Sart1n1 was the Cockney mald Juanlta Armstrong was the beautlful vlllalness Donn Johnson was the v1lla1n Dorothy Sackse was a cranky dowager trav ellng Wlth her daughter Kit played by Janet Flsher Pete Ferracutl was the pollceman Imverette Parklns was Kit s secret lover and Don Jobst was the Scotland Yard lnspector and let me see oh yes B111 Morgan was an other tourlst and I guess that was all It was superb especlally when I forgot said leadlng lady Peck b grhkd ply h 1 f ' - 1 r 9 L , L ' . . ' 1 . . . ' , - ii i . . . A , - 7 . . . . . . v a ' , , , , I r, i onis and the io o u a ily discussing a specimen. . - - 7 Specimen of what? ho nows? Who CRTESYII s DTD a ly dead. - - - - ' 0 ez I said pro abIy.j , , , . . , . . , H 'Q . .' ' . . . . , Y . V . , . , A , L n L ' ' ' . . . . . , . . .L , a K 1 K A u ' . 9 ' ' . A - ' y ' . . . , U , , , u n , . . . . - , 9 - s 9 . . ' 1 ' v . . ' 1 . . . ' ' a I I . . K , y s W n L - . 9 . ' ' . 9 K , w - - a . . . , Y 7 . n 9 s -' 9 ' I . . . . 44 L 1 Q a ' . . Y . . ,, - . , , v . ' W x , u ' ' 1 ' This is Miss Peel's home room. See Miss Peel way in the ack- ,- ground? In case you're wonderin , e i sare a ingc eckers. K a - ' Y - - . 7 . i . . . y v . K . . y . . 1 . . 4 ' 1 y ' v i . . , K - A , . . , . 7 7. . . 7 1 ' ' . . . , I . Y - . . . . , . u , 7 , c