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

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The Buccaneer Breathes there a man w1th soul so dead who hasn t turned around and Sald When IS the Buccaneer commg out? The people most llkely to have an answer to that questlon thlS year are Mary Armstrong who kept thmgs under control as edltor ln Chlef Joanne Wolfe who handled the feature edltor s Job Jack McG1ll and Earl Fr1bbs who took care of the sports end of the sltuatlon Desplte the feroclous efforts of M1ss Doty and the staff the Buc dld come out late a few tlmes The Buccaneer had a lot of new talent th1S year and a plan was devlsed to provlde ed1t1ng experlence for next year s staff On the whole they dld pretty well The Senlor The yearbook w1ll never be out on t1me' All durmg the year that pla1nt1ve cry could be heard lSSl,l1I'lg from room 607 MISS Phyllls Doty s stronghold on the thlrd floor of the new blllldlllg Th1S cry wasn t entlrely the fault of the carefree staif Cthey ll love me for thatj but-er produc tlon dlfflcultles hmdered them all along the way Setback after setback occurred but d1d the staff glV8 up ln d1sgust NO' To break the monotony the staff sponsored an assembly m February Wlth Buc the Bookworm playmg the starrlng role Buc wasn t really too enthused about the whole thlng' because he became Very deflated as the assembly wore on A dance was the project early 1n March Wlth Don Radle Joanne Wolfe and Jack McG1ll pI'OVldlIlg the entertamment floor show that IS The Chlef decoratlons were the small plctures of semors grouped to form the words The 1947 Semor 25 - 1 ' cc ' ' 77 ' 1 1 . 1 ' ' 1 1 . , . . . . 1 1 1 1 ' 1 . . . . . , , . O u ' - 11 - . . . . . . , 1 . . . . , . . 1 , .-.. - . , . . ' 1 . . . , 1 n Q u n , , , -' , . u ' 11

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Junlor Red Cross Members of the JLIIIIOI Red Cross at OHS. a1e elected by the11 home looms to represent them 111 the organ1zat1on Club act1y1t1es axe ya11ed G1ft boxes yy ere fllled by 1nd1y1duals and those home 1ooms desumg to do so These boxee yy hen filled are bent to the needy ch1ld1en IH th1s co11ntry and abroad and sey Q1 al lette1s VNQIG recely ed from Phlllpplne people yyho FGCQIX ed them SC1aDbO0kS yy ere made by sey eral home 1ooms 1n add1t1on to Hllmg the11 glft boxes Mrs FFHHCIS McM1llan school nu1 se 19 SDOHQOI of the g1OLlD Oflicers elected yyere Bob Relschauer presldent Frank Polanclc X108 p1es1dent Helen Antrobus secretary treasurel and Joan M1tchell repo1te1 An all school aseembly yyas sponso1ed by the club on lNoyembe1 13 to acqua1nt the studente yylth the JRC member of yy h1ch took pa1t 1n a drly e fO1 the prey ent1on of tuberculosw and packed C h1 1stmas glft boxes for St Vmcent s 01 phanage at Freeport Art Club The Art club started off the school year yy 1th a bane That bang was a masquelade ball held on October 11 1n the g,a1ly deco1ated neyy gym Th1s dance yy as only the first of a long, l1st of thmgs that made the Art club one of the most act1ye g1oups IH OHS th1s yea1 In December the club accompamed by Mrs John Hoff the ady1sor and Mrs H D Andereon y1s1ted the Art 1nst1tute 1n Chlcago to y1eyy the col lect1ons of Engllsh pa1nt1ng,s by Hogarth Constable ind T111 ne1 on d1s pl ly thele F1om helc they yyent to the t1y1c 01361 1 house to sec the moyle HQHIX V Latel on 1n the season a Chalk T1lk yyas IJIQSGHJCGC1 to the club by MISS Cd1OljI1 Schobe1t Regular meetmgs yy ere held at yy h1ch pamtmgs a1t1sts and othel artxs t1c mterests yy ele d1scussed and repo1ted upon and pa1t of the tlme yy as spent 1n drayymg and pa1nt1ng The1e yy ere about tyy enty fiye members and dues yy e1e tyy enty fiye cents per semester Oflicers elected fO1 the yea1 yy ere P1 es1dent B1ll Hossack X106 pree1 dent Bob Xocum sec1etary treasure1 Pat PQIIX p1og1am chauman George Heth publ1c1ty agent Genola Jo Belhose 24 l . 1 1 w ' T 1 v . 1 1' . J L11 I X 1 1 1 '1 V ' ' D 4' K . '. - Y 1 H V 1. 1 1 1 1 . 1, . ' 1 v ' ' 7' 1 1 1 1 ' 1' U 1 1 1 1 v x Y . . . . 7 1 . 1 1, , , 1 1 1 y 1 ' 1 ' ' ' 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 . 1 . .N D Nw . 1 1 4 1 1 1 . 1, , 1 1, , 1, 1 1 1 1 7 . V . I I 1 v. - 1 Y. D K 1 ' 1 v ' 1 1l, 1 1 ' 1 , , 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -A x1 L I A ' 1 1 7 , 5 S l ' v . . Y. , ..' 1 V L1 L f x, 1w T L Q 1 , 1 1 . 1 1 7 ' v A-1 1 1 ,. 1 1 7 ' 9 1 1 ' 1 Y 1 V7 f ' T 1' 1 . 7 1 1 D . N V 1 1 1 1 t . 1 ' y V1 y' 1 9 ' ' s ' 9 Y Y Y.'. 1 u . . Y . v. Y - 1 1 . . . 1 , 1 1 1' 1' ' 71' 7 7' , 1 1' , 2 ' ' 1'- 2,v i - ' al xl ' X ln 'l' 'Z 1' 1' I 1' U 1 1 H 1 1 ' A 1 1 1 1 H ' 1 1 H 11 1 1 f1 - s A A f C 1 1 y ' 11 1 1 , 1 ' 11 v y ' f- ' ' 1 '1 1 1 1 '1- 1, 1 , 1 1, 1 . . N y 1 D 1 1 I 4 1 l 7 1 1 1 11 , 1 1 ' 1' ' ' 1 1 1 1 1- 1 -1 1, . L 1, 1 1 1 1 7- 1 1 1 1 U 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 - 1 1' ' 1 11 - 1' - 1'- V . 1 , 1 1 , 7 u 1 v w 1 1 11 vo 1 14 4 l 1 f 1 9 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' 7 1 1 , , 1 .

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Poseidon Club Every Wednesday afternoon the members of the Poseidon club twenty girls ln all swam under the d11ect1on of M1 s Virginia Fedosky The girls chose a theme for a water ballet wrote the script and directed it themselves producing it for public approval on May 14 It was some thing to see Any g1rl in school was eligible to try for Poseidon membership if she passed a test and was passing in three subjects Executives for the year were Dede Godfrey president Barbara Varland vice president Mireille Schneider treasurer and Beverly Carl son and Sally R5 an historians Bowling League one of the local alleys for three weeks At the end of that time eight teams of five members each were organized into the actual league which was sponsored by the GAA Ten more girls were subs for the year The league under the instructions of Miss Mandi Youmans bowled every Wednesday after school at four o clock for twenty one weeks February 14 a specially picked team entered competition for honors in the GAA state telegraphic bowling tournament The local girls Joan Vallat Nancy Hoxsey Mary White Ida Zuccarini and Dixie Chalus placed third with a score of 1991 Joan Vallat bowled the third highest single game in the state It was 198 Both the team and Joan received awards presented at a banquet held May 21 Here are the oflicers for the first semester Thelma Kellogg president Betty Saager secretary Marie Boness V108 president DIXIE Chalus treas urer They were followed second semester by Marie Boness president Patsy Jones vice president Lillian Russick secretary and Dolores Batls t1n1 treasurer 26 l l W - , Y. . , .n . .S . . . U . . G , . y . y . n ' ln 1 : , . : J ' i 9 i ' 7 , . .. . C In September O-High girls interested in a bowling league practised at 7 . . . , V! 7 . I . i l . , 7 7 7 7 7 . . s : , ' 3 y i a ' 3 1 ' . . : , 3 i I 9 ' 5 J Q ' , .