Pittsfield High School - Saukee Yearbook (Pittsfield, IL)

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CITIZENSHIP AWARDS TO SENIORS Each year the D.A.R. and the S.A.R. recognize a boy and a girl from the senior class who are outstanding citizens. This is indeed a very high honor, as they are chosen on qualities of dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism. Those honored with these awards are Inez Sutton and Bob Hayden. The Danforth Foundation has also set aside funds to recognize potential qualities of leadership in young people. This foundation is incorporated to stimulate young people for purposeful living, and presents copies of the inspirational book, I Dare You, to the two students chosen for this award. Eileen Robinson and Bob Dell were chosen for this award. INEZ SUTTON: Inez has become well known by her charming voice as well as her pleasing personality. As a member of the National Honor Society, Saukee Scoops, and Glee Club she has demonstrated her many abilities to the fullest extent. BOB HAYDEN: Bob is one of our busy members of the Annual Staff. He is a player on our powerful gridiron eleven and President of the National Honor Society. Bob has the kind of personality that makes him well liked by everyone. EILEEN ROBINSON: The queen of them all. This beautiful gal with a personality to match was queen of the '48 Junior Senior Banquet and queen of our Homecoming, too. Eileen’s activities, interest, and personality really make a hit. BOB DELL: He is outstanding in almost every field, especially the football and basketball field. Bob succeeds in everything he undertakes and he undertakes many things. Besides being a star in sports he is a member of the Annual Staff, Mixed Chorus, National Honor Society, and President of the Student Council. 27

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SENIOR ACTIVITIES This class of 49'ers have more students in extra-curricular activities than any other class of previous years. The above pictures show that there is a large membership in the following activities: glee club, annual staff, band, twirling, basketball, and football. Some of the members of these activities have won honors in music, dramatics, twirling, and many are outstanding athletes. 26

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SENIOR HISTORY FRESHMEN : Green! That was the word slung at us from every direction as we passed down the halls of old P.C.H.S. the first notable week of our Freshman career. We were called Green so frequently that we began to wonder if we really were turning green. The agony soon passed, however, and we no longer felt like a stranger in a strange land. Even the day of initiation wasn't so horrible as we had feared. Of course we all had to wear green arm bands all day. In the afternoon a party was arranged for us. First we had to remove our shoes and throw them into a huge pile in the middle of the floor. Then the hosts? made us play games in our barefeet or stockings. They then fed us ice-cream bars and soda pop. We started out with a nice round number of ninety-eight pupils. We elected Bob Sidwell, President; Bob Voshall, Vice-President; Bob Dell, Secretary; Bob Niebur, Treasurer; and Bob Hayden, treasurer of the Student Council. Miss Gwendolyn Lee was our class sponsor. SOPHOMORES: We started our Sophomore year with a very happy feeling, and a grand class of ninety pupils. We elected Bob Sidwell, President; Bob Dell, Vice-President; Bob Voshall, Secretary; Bob Niebur, Treasurer; and Bob Hayden was chosen secretary of the Student Council. Mr. Fesler was our class sponsor. Various activities and parties helped to brighten this year. For example, there was the basketball game between the Sophomore girls and the eighth hour English class boys after school. This was followed by a supper and a class party in the gymnasium. Then there was the party in Miss Bueker’s room when Joan Lashmett, Donna Griffeth, Marilyn Kiser, and Arlene Faris raised their beautiful young voices in songs to the tune of Chickery Chick and others. We recall that they were dressed in short skirts with clashy blouses, and wore big pink crepe ribbons in their hair. This, too, was the year that the Bob’s started up their imitation orchestra. JUNIORS: Well! Well! Here we are Juniors. It just simply doesn't seem possible, does it? Now the upperclassmen can't run over us, because we are upperclassmen. In the beginning of our Junior year we had eighty-five members. We chose Bob Dell, President; Gene Rhodes, Vice-President; Bob Niebur, Secretary; John Vertrees, Treasurer; and Bob Hayden, Vice-President of the Student Council. On November 21, we presented If This Be Bliss under the direction of Miss Lorena Bueker. Miss McGuire, our class sponsor, broke all records, as the sale of tickets netted $262. This money was used to prepare a most pleasant Junior and Senior banquet, which was held on May 7. The Jungle setting with all of its beauty and weirdness gave evidence of the great amount of labor and thought that the Juniors, with Miss McGuire, had given. Miss Eileen Robinson was the queen of this momentous occasion, and really looked and acted like a queen! SENIORS: Our Senior year began with eighty-four happy, laughing boys and girls. We chose Bob Sidwell, President; Bob Hayden, Vice-President; Bob Voshall, Secretary; Bob Kattleman, Treasurer; and Bob Dell, President of the Student Council. Miss Bleauer was our sponsor. Seniors! Are we really Seniors? Are we beginning to realize that we are adults? The past three years we had a feeling of security. A feeling that school is a place of refuge, where we can learn. But now we begin to realize that school has been a preparation for the larger life we shall live when we have passed out of the doors of old P.C.H.S., with our diplomas in our hands. For the life we shall live when we make a place for ourselves in the world. Those diplomas! What they represent! Days and nights of toil and worry, studying for tests that we were sure we’d fail in! But somehow we always managed to come through. Yes, the history of us seniors is one to be remembered by all. 28