Pontiac Township High School - Pontio Yearbook (Pontiac, IL)

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Contents Time Past-Time Present 219 SchoolLWe 10-23 Curncuhnn 24-41 Classes 42-79 Organizations 80-121 Athletics 122-136 1895 H Index 137-140 Time Present and Time Past are both per- haps present in time future, and time future is contained in time pastf, wrote T. S. Eliot. This is true of Pontiac, the City and its High School. Pictured for you on these two pages are the buildings which show different stages in the growth of the high school. Pontiac City High School, pictured in the upper left-hand corner on the opposite page, was the first high school in Pontiac. is ' r Q 4 .1 ijh School students attended classes in the lirst townshi high schoo w 1 R P the main part of today s structure. The building, which was destroyed by fire in July, 1893, was located at the present site of Central Grade School. Students attended classes in stores throughout the city until a new Township High School, pictured above, was erected in 1894. Additions were added to the 1894 structure in 1905, 1923, 1937, and 1954, forming the building pictured at the left which is Pontiac Township High School as it is known today. 3 1 iii 1

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Tnne Post Tnne Present l879!High School classes met on the second floor of the building pictured above, known as thc Pontiac City High School. Grade School Classes were hclcl on the first floor. Our School in i961 as we approach the main entrance 2 QAMM ? ' xl ff h-v E4 is 4 .J its J 4 A as-.IM lg...

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TIME PAST South Mill Stu-t't Cngtmvtl for the Williams' mill in the left of the pictttrcj. :mtl the Mill Street llritlge across the Vet'- million Rixt-1' were fttmilim' sights to tmvtispctipltu Nlttny ol' the i'1ll'lllt'l'S who hrottglit grain to tht' mill to be grottntl, or logs to bc sztwecl, Croswtl tht- lnitlgt' in xtztgoiif, l.ot':ttt-tl directly lwliilitl tht' John XY. Sl'llllL'lllL'l' house in tht' t't'ntt-1' of the 1JlC'llll'iT iw ll liztrn, 21 common sight in titles of the l8EltJ's: ttlxo lttmilittr were the wintlmills which may lit' seen on the right sitle of the pifttlrtx The Pontiac Bfllllfll of tht' Stzttt' Prison is IJlClllIil'1l in tht- lJ2H'lQQI'Ulllltl. Clttltlwell :intl NIt'CQi't-got' botlglit zt cout of pzlint for the mill with the ttnclerstztntling t that their tttlxci'ti9ing Shoultl ztpptxtt' on tlielXoi'th cntl, t'l'he zttl i'egttlwAl-'oi' thugs. pztints. lmookx, wull pztpet' go to Clztltlwvll and BICcil'Cg01'.J TIME PRESENT the Mill corner looks like this. The mill littrnetl in April '55. The service station, which was built in front of thc mill now has com- plete tlominion over tht- comer. A new parking lot offttpies what was at resitletitiztl area. The wind- mills ztrt- no niore. untl the ll't'4'S have ohscttretl the prison.