Plainfield High School - Plainsman Yearbook (Plainfield, IL)

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Audrey Banister; Small in stature, but every inch pure gold. Plainfield High, 1-4; girls' chorus, 1-4; mixed chorus. 2, 3, 4; F.H.A., 1-4; vice- pres., 4; G.A.A., 1; oper- etta, 4; octet, 4; 'Fielder, 4; perfect attendance, 3, 4. Bonita Batson; The best things come in small pack- ages. Peotone High. 1-3; chorus. 1; band, 1, 2, 3; F.H.A., 1; Spanish Club, 2, 3; Travelogue, 3. Plainfield High, 4; Plains- man, 4; Sr. class play. Fannie Byerley; Happi- ness is a form of courage. Plainfield High. 1-4; Plainsman, 4; F.H.A., 2; G.A.A., 2, 3; perfect at- tendance, 2. Jean Chaplin; Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul. Plainfield High, 1-4; girls' chorus, 2, 3; mixed chorus, 3; 'Fielder, 4; Plainsman, 2. 3, 4; Librarian, 2; head Librarian, 4; operetta, 3; class play prompter, 3, 4; 100 word Gregg O.G.A. pin, 4; perfect attendance. 3, 4. Shirley Davis; Better to wear out than to rust out. Plainfield High, 1-4; class treas., 3; Sr. class play; chorus. 2; Plainsman. 3, 4; 'Fielder, 4; F.H.A., 1-4; 100 word Gregg O.G.A. pin 4; honor roll, 4; per- fect attendance. 1-3. Richard Gaylord; It mat- ters not how long we live, but how. Plainfield High, 1-4; foot- ball, 1-4; basketball, 1-4; baseball, 2, 3, 4; Jr. and Sr. class play; perfect at- tendance, 4; honor roll, 2. 4. Norma Jean Graver; Let thy words be few. Plainfield High 1-4; Plains- man, 4; F.H.A. 1-4; Sec- retary, 3; girls' chorus, 2, 3, 4; mixed chorus, 2, 3, 4; operetta, 3, 4; per- fect attendance, 2. Garland Grizell; The great end of life is not know- ledge but action. Sarah Scott High, Terre Haute, Ind., 1; Plainfield High, 2, 3. 4; dramatics club. 1; Plainsman, 4; 'Fielder, 3; mixed chorus, 1-4; boys' chorus, 1-4; operetta, 3, 4; Jr. and Sr. class plays; band, 1-4; secretary, 4; student di- rector, 4; perfect attend- ance. 2, 3, 4; co-manager of 1950 magazine drive. Ann Hickman; Anything that is worth doing at all is worth doing well. Plainfield High. 1-4; Li- brarian, 2; Plainsman, 4; F.H.A., 1. 4; class secre- tary and treasurer. 2; girls' chorus, 2, 3. 4; mix- ed chorus, 3, 4,- chorus pres., 4; G.A.A., 1, 2; Sr. class play; operetta, 2, 3. 4; octet, 4; honor roll, 1-4; perfect attendance, 4. Doran Huppert; Everything comes if a man will only wait. Plainfield High, 1-4; foot- ball, 2. 4; basketball. 1-3; golf. 2. 3. 19

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SENIOR CLASS CLASS COLORS: blue and white CLASS FLOWER: red rose CLASS MOTTO: Success comes from hanging on after everyone else has let go. President Wayne McArthur; Wit and wisdom are bom with a man. Plainfield High. 1-4; Student Council, 1. 4; F.F.A., 3, 4. pres., 4; football, 1-4; basket- ball, 1-4; baseball. 2, 3; Jr. and Sr. class plays; honor roll, 2; Boys' State. 2; perfect attendance. 1-4; class vice- pres., 3; class pres., 4. Secretary Joyce Wright; Great in quality, small in quantity. Plainfield High, 1-4; 'Fielder, 3, 4; F.H.A., 1-4; secretary. 4; G.A.A., 1, 2; cheerleader. 2, 3. 4; honor roll, 3. 4; Sr. class play; Jr. class play student director; Girls' State. 3; class treasurer, 1; class secretary, 4. Vice-President Barbara George; Her happy disposi- tion, her pleasant smile, have won her friends for many a mile. Plainfield High, 1-4; Student Council. 4,- pres., 4; Plains- man, 4; 'Fielder, 4; F.H.A., 1-4; parliamentarian, 2; rec- reation, 3; pres., 4; G.A.A., 1, 2; Jr. and Sr. class plays; D.A.R., 4; perfect attendance. 2, 3, 4; honor roll, 3; class vice-pres., 4. Treasurer Jean Russell; What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect gen- erally happens. Plainfield High. 1-4; F.H.A.. 1-4; treasurer, 4; G.A.A., 1, 2; 'Fielder, 4; editor, 4; honor roll, 3, 4; Jr. and Sr. class plays; chorus, 2; 120 word O.G.A. Gregg pin; perfect attendance, 1; class treas., 4. 18

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Richard Kinzler; A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest man. Plainfield High. 1-4; foot- ball. 2. 3. 4; basketball. 2. 3; baseball. 2. 3. 4; F. F.A., 3. 4; vice-pres.. 3, 4. Joan Lockwood; Nothing endures but personal qualities. Plainfield High, 1-4; girls' chorus, 3, 4; F.H. A., 1-4; Fielder. 4; honor roll, 2, 3, 4; Plainsman. 4; mixed chorus, 3, 4; Jr. and Sr. class play. Joyce Lutter; Impulsive earnest, prompt to act and make her generous thought a fact. Plainfield High 1-4; Stu- dent Council. 2; Plains- man, 4; 'Fielder, 4; F.H. A. 1-4; girls' chorus 2, 3, 4; mixed chorus, 2, 3, 4; operetta, 2, 4; G.A.A., 1, 2; cheerleader, 2. Ralph Mauer; Laugh and the world laughs with you. Plainfield High, 1-4; boys' chorus, 2; mixed chorus, 2; football, 1-4; basket- ball. 1-4; baseball, 2. 3, 4. Virginia McAlpin; The sweetest joy is love. Plainfield High, 1-4; F.H. A., 1-4; 'Fielder, 4; girls' chorus, 2, 3, 4; mixed chorus, 2, 3, 4; operetta, 2, 3, 4; Jr. class play. Carolyn McMicken; One star differeth from a nother in glory. Plainfield High, 1-4; libra- rian, 3, 4; Plainsman, 2, 3. 4; Co-Editor, 4; F.H.A., 3, 4; class secretary, 3; girls' chorus, 2, 3, 4; mixed chorus, 3, 4; Sr. class play student director, 4; honor roll, 1-4; perfect attend- ance, 3, 4; co-manager of 1950 magazine drive. Phyllis Nelson; Her ways are ways of gentleness, and all her paths are peace. Plainfield High, 1-4; F.H. A., 1-4; Plainsman, 4; 'Fielder, 4; girls' chorus, 2, 3, 4; mixed chorus, 2, 3, 4; operetta, 2, 3, 4; Jr. class play. Gordon Pennington; Where there is a will there's a way. Plainfield High. 1-4; foot- ball. 1-4; basketball. 2; baseball, 2, 3, 4; perfect attendance, 2. Merrill Pennington; None but himself can be his parallel. Plainfield High, 1-4; boys' chorus, 2, 3; football. 1, 2, 4; basketball, 1-4; base- ball, 2, 3, 4; perfect at- tendance, 4; play stage manager, 3, 4. Robert Reiter; He thinks like a philosopher, and acts like a king. Plainfield High, 1-4; boys' chorus, 1; baseball, 2, 3, 4; football, 2, 3, 4; basket- ball, 2, 3; Jr. and Sr. class plays; honor roll, 1-4; per- fect attendance, 1, 2. 20