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

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In IZZ16 s class Ianualx 31 1944 Deal Jlm We sure haxe been haxlng a ulld time lfxtelx Basketball has been golng great guns After mnnmg the first three games and be ing 1 ited IS one of the top teams of the state we slumped to a three game los1ng streak when we lost to Sterhng 30 24 Rock Falls 50 40 and M3FQ61ll9S 48 41 Then we started on an uph1ll 1aunt Flrst came Hall whom ue easlly defeated 51 32 On the next nlght vie beat Morris 1n a real thrlller 41 38 Wlth Ottawa ahead by three pomts the gun Went t off and the game should haxe been ox er But the tlmex found that thele was st1ll about 30 seconds to go After much arguing the game tinallx xx as finished xuth Ottaua ahead bx the same three lJ0lI'lt marg1n Dlxon xx as next on the l1st for the Plrates The Dixon team had not lost a INCC game 1n ltS last 17 games But then the Plrates took them 1nto camp 1n a game that in as t1ed at least fifteen tlmes before the P1rates vion 38 30 The cloxsnmg xlctors to date IQ the sun ox er Stleator Streator lumped to an earlx lead but the Pirates were ahead at the half Wlth about one mlnute to go Streator pulled ahead 40 38 Don Jobet t1ed up the game and Way ne Stew enson sank the w1nn1ng bas ket wlth only three seconds to go The final score vias 42 40 In the last game plated th1S month DeKalb beat Ottawa 39 27 J t Wy . . - . v v , . . ' 1 V1 ' ' Q -n v 1 1 ' . . f 1 l ' . 1 ' ' 7 . 1 , . . , v v. v. . . i . v , . v 1 1 v I Q - ' c L . . . . . 1 v . - . , 4 Y . v i . U . -2 2 K1 , A. K , . . I I VV V S - . . 7 , . . Y - - . . . , . , ' , . . ' . ' . l , ' . . v v 1 l . . . . , i . L ' v 1 v' - ' ,' , . , . 1 . . Y . 1 . . - . y v n , . L L ' . t 1 c ' ' - ' Y Y I ' Com-h Hank showing the boys a new trick or two. Kneeling are George Kapas, Don obs , and a ne Stevenson. Standing, at least half way, are Fri z Dunlap and Pete Peterson. . 1

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The Hlghwaymen mn actlon Dorls Severson at the plano and Bxg Lou Gerdlng on the drums Back row right to left Bzll Ullrxch Warren Klugman Jxm Klrkman Howle Glarlfelter front row June Norem Tay French Louie Olmstuead and Bob Carr That IH the monkey sult 1 Jerry Peace Note the sernce Hag on the plano The Latxn Ill Club slngmg carols at their Christmas party Left to right Laurme Ann Scherer Mary Gelger Betty Jollffe Ann Nelson the face of Bob Klugman Helen Miller Dorxs Arthur 'md MISS Vhrnck Lou1s Olmstead gave a l1ttle sk1t called Em ll It was 1n some klnd of forelgn accent, and he told about how he envled some guy named McG1nty, envled h1m h1s Wlfe Mc Glnty dled, and he marrled MCG1HtV s Wld ow, he st1ll envles MCGlHty It was cute Exerw one llked It Mary Belle Peck gave Ambztzon Boy I nearly spht an 1nlin1t1we, I laughed so hard' She wanted to be a mow 16 star and her fam 1ly dldn t Want her to--and she was havlng an awful tlme She tr1ed to walk l1ke Clara Bow and her father asked what was wrong w1th her that made her wobble when she tr1ed to talk l1ke Garbo they thought she had a cold It was pretty good Bexerly Peterson sang Paper Doll She really can slng Then she and Jerry Peace sang People Wzll Say We re m Lote They d1d that k1nd of eifectlyely the stage was Katxe Mltchell dlggln lt at the Clvll Council assembly Thls IS what went on constantly all durmg xacatlon The lce was wonderful all the tlme Miss Norms and MISS Durham were out In thelr nlce whlte skates almost as much .1 we were' blacked out and a spot llght almed at wh1ch eve1 one was s1ng1ng Bex erly wore a long dress and Jerry wore a Tux Mm d1d he look snazzy Just l1ke an undertaker Cheryl Dee Barton dld an acrobatlc dance She wore a br1ght red costume, cut away ln places, It was a regular woo woo, and d1d the boys appreclate lt' That glrl IS really hmberl She could tw1st herself 1nto knots t1ll she almost looked l1ke a pretty pretzel' I sat there w1th my mouth hangmg open the whole tlme Katle Mltchell 1n a red evenlng gown sang C014 C014 Boogze, and then really brought down the house w1th Stormy Weather At the end of the show we all sang Whzte Chr zstmas and went home No more school untll January 3 I w1sh you could be here for Chrlstmas All my love, l H1 1 x ' 1 ' 'S . v I I . .5 , . U I . v I . . . . -- I i I I I I ' . . . . ,f . I . . I . . . .... K . . . . , . A - I . . . V . K 1 v ' ' - H . . I . 7 Y . n ' y v v Y ' 7 . N v . . . , . . . . ' ' ' Y 1 . V v. I . . Q V 1 ,' , ' ' L-T o 7 V ' v Y . - 1 s ' , K il

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