Port Byron High School - Echo Yearbook (Port Byron, IL)

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, Senior Memoirs Seotember - Only thirteen of the sixteen Juniors of the previous year returned to high school for their Senior year. We lost Helen Cooper, Reid King, and Mar- jorie McKim, Helen returning to International where she had been employed during the summer, Reid joining the Marines, and Marjorie moving with her family to Aldon, Illinois. K . Senior girls out out first issue of the Ink Snot while the boys were busy playing football - Murphy and Steffen on first team. October - Senior pictures taken at Hawkins - half day off - really the best pictures yetl we think. November - Basketball - Kenny and Bob on first team. Senior play, HMiss Adventuren - full house - lots of laughs - made money. December - Seniors all at Smith's making taffy apples. Gave the Christmas Party - short nrogram and dancing - Coach was the sweet, fat, jolly old Santa - got kissed as a Christmas oresent from some of the Senior girls - refreshments of taffy aooles and pop.i January - Gave Assembly orogram - short and corny May - Junior-Senior banquet at Johnson's Tea Room in Moline - a Junior Farewell to us Seniors - very for mal and all according to Emily Post - thanks Juniors. Vent collegiate - caps and gowns for the first time. , Kids' day - pig tails - curls - short dresses - boys in short pants - lolly pens - baby bottles 4 dolls - freckles. Baccalaureate Services - Caps and gowns - Larry Atkinson, Junior Class President lead the Processional olayed by Mrs. Harry Speckman - Seniors first, then Marian Henry, our Class Sponsor - followed by the rest of the Faculty - services in Auditorium - Rev. Stanley W. Graf, Pastor of the Congregational Church, gave an inspiring address in tune with our class motto - then to the strains of the Recessional our class marched out of tie Auditorium feeling more than ever that the bonds between us and the high school were slowly but surely being severed. Class Night - high light of all our graduation exercises - the crowning of May King and his Queen - Pannell twins Crown Bearers - Michael Murohy and Ronny Buell, Train Searers - Juniors made and held flower-

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entwined arches under which the Seniors marched - flowers - formals - candles - everybody hanny - thrills galore - nrogram with Indian theme - girls in Indian costume, boys in Indian blankets - read our will to underclassmen, our orobhecy, and history - heap big progran1- heat big fun. Fleet Day - all in cars to Iowa City and Cedar Ra- oids to spend the day - one last hanpy fling together. Graduation Exercises - all Seniors in line again as the Processional was nlayed by Mrs. Sneckman - received our diplomas from Arthur Long, President of the Board - the long awaited day had come - we were graduates - bearing our diplomas, we again filed out of the Auditorium, no longer members of Port Byron High School, sheltered, advised, and directed by a symnathet- ic Faculty but ready to embark upon our life careers the seas uncharted, knowing full well that to make our life a success we must, HAct Well Our Part.N uThe nower is ours To clear the hills of brush and nlow the groundg And all the hours Fresh nourishment We are the young, Makes strong impr Green leaves will The green That hang we live are silver hours. from earth is in our veins. and beauty of the flowers ssive channels in our brains. sing for us--- and the blue cornflowers tobacco out in the wind and love the hours--- We are the young today. Il The power is ours J. Stuart