Plainfield High School - Plainsman Yearbook (Plainfield, IL)

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Led lo Right: Front Row: Mary Alyce Crawford, Secretary, Marlene Sebby. president. Back Row: Jo Ellyn Bidner, Vice-President: Lucy Ward, Treasurer. Will you work at the game tonight? Can you stay after school today to prepare food? These are questions which echoed in the Juniors' ears. Members of the Junior Class have been very active in all school affairs. They were well represented in athletics, music, dra- matics, and other school activities. An all- school Christmas party sponsored by the Juniors was a huge success. The class worked hard to make money for the Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom by selling food at games and other school ac- tivities and giving the class play, Pro- fessor, How Could You! Upon the success- ful completion of this year the Juniors are ready to assume the responsibilities of their senior year. Left to Right: Top Row: Marie Ambrus, Virginia Anderson, Albert Ashby, Arthur Beck. Second Row: Rose Boughton, lane Burgess, Annabelle Byerley. Madelyn Clark. Albert Covili. 25

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t e (?Ccu 1953 At last we were old enough for first grade. Forty-two happy kids tramped off to school. Miss Teasdale taught us to print and were we proud to be growing up. Second grade brought new things to do. This year Mrs. Lasser taught us to write. In third grade Miss Gray showed us how to paint with water colors. She also read us stories when we were especially good. Fourth grade and for the first time we had geography. Mrs. Pennington helped us make model homes, our favorite pastime. In fifth grade Mrs. Cadwell taught us to make salt maps. Sixth grade and another new subject, his- tory. Oh, to be back in sixth grade! Re- member those stories Mrs. Blake read us— Beautiful Joe and White Saddle ? In seventh grade Mrs. Hansen taught the girls to knit and Mr. Trumpy taught the boys to saw wood and make shadow boxes. Eighth grade was a favorite year for many of us. Our class was divided into two groups. One was called the Bungalow Bunch. Teachers were Mrs. Lambert, Mrs. Scott, and Mrs. Feeney. Mr. Brennan or- ganized a basketball team and we elected cheerleaders. Before the year was over the boys had won a trophy. What a celebra- tioni It lasted for days. An athletic banquet was held and food came out of everyone's ears. Graduation at last and our new super- intendent, Mr. Niehus, gave congratulations to all of us. High School here we come! I In September of 1949 we entered High School. We were so thrilled to be able to carry so many books from class to class. Initiation by the Seniors proved to be quite an experience, and some of the more fortu- nate freshies” had to eat baby food with chopsticks. Tomato fights followed the party. In basketball, Chuck Anderson won the Fox Valley Freethrow Trophy. This was the first year for our marching band, and Pat Smith was drum majorette. Mr. Emery Holt organized the Plainfield Chapter of tne F. F. A. and many of our boys joined it. Near the end of the year we enjoyed presenting an assembly pro- gram. We began our Sophomore year feeling just a little more sure of ourselves than the year before. Two of our boys were mem- bers of the football team which won the Fox Valley Co-championship and Chuck Ander- son represented our class on the basketball varsity team. Two down and two to go! Dorothy Broc- kett and Pat Smith were elected to cheer the boys on to victory—six of whom were on the football team and two on the varsity basketball team. Our class played basket- ball in the new gym for the first time and those who weren't playing sold food at the games. Bob Watts was the first boy to serve as assistant editor of the school paper, and our play, Room for One More, marked an additional first because we were the first class to put on a play in the new gym. Last but certainly not least, our prom was the first to be given in the gym— Moon- light and Shadows made a beautiful set- ting for dancing. Seniors! Our last year at Plainfield High. Initiating the freshmen brought back mem- ories of our freshmen year. The football season was a wonderful success—we were Fox Valley Co-champs. In basketball we won the trophy for the consolation cham- pionship at the Christmas tournament. Our first Homecoming was held on October 10th, 11th, and 12th and Anne Dodge was chosen queen of the gala festivities. Sam Kova- cevich made the class very proud when he won the State Farmer award and was chosen the most valuable football player of 1952. The Senior Play, Let Me Grow Up, was fun for everyone who took part in it and it helped add money to the class treasury which paid for the public address system. As the year draws to a close we grow sad. Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom — Baccalaureate and Graduation bring back memories. We leave you now and turn to- ward new horizons where we hope to tackle new jobs and make good. 24

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Left to Right: Top Row: Charles Fish, Alan Fisher, Marvin Fowler. Shirley Frazier, Robert Freehauf. Second Row: Lowell Golliher, Norma Hart, Gerald Hayes, Donald Heiman, Frederick Hensel. Third Row: Daniel Hogan, Donald Kinley. Carolyn Mauer, Gordon Mauer, Orland Miller. Fourth Row: Lois Niehus, Joyce Potter, Albert Rigoni, James Rutten, Thomas Sacco. Fifth Row: Bonnie Schempf. Jacquelyn Schoob, Judy Snook, Mary Stafford, Thomas Testin. Sixth Row: Donald Teufer, Melvin Titus, Shirley Williams. Betty Wright. James Yahnke. Not pictured: Judith Reeves. 26