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

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if fe,f1w f -at -1 ' ,I ,It . oaM?iFn,- - If I ff Car, , 5 ,. , , et' I 1 , , 1 THE ECHO In the year of 1941-2, the first Echo Staff was organf' ized under the Sponsorship of Rue Cooper, Commercial Instruc- tor. Editor-in-chief was Delbert Simpson and assisting him were Class Reporters: Evelyn Nose, Norma May, Virginia Smith, Darathy aacnman, Annie Mae Searl, Fiery Esther Kelly for the Feniorsg Earl Nay, Norma Anderson, Barbara Rick, Jane Simpson, Phyllis Wildermuth for the Juniors, Dick Keeley, Marie Hedeen, Isabelle Boardman, Evelyn Pannell for the Sophomoresg Beverly Dye, and Barbara Mathes for the Freshmen. The book was ded- icated to S.C,Monson in appreciation of the guidance he had given the Seniors. This work was continued durirg 1942-3, with Miss Cooper again acting as Adviser. As this was a year of was, the book took on an uarmy thomen with classes ranked respectively as Privates, Corporals, Sergeants, and Lieutenants and dedicated to Charles Lamb, a l938 graduate, whose life was sacrificed in World War II. ' 'In 1943-4, Margaret Welch who succeeded Miss Cooper as Comnercial Instructor sponsored the publication of The Echo, and in spite of inconveniences due to wartime restrictions of labor and material, her Staff put out a most commendable ' Year Book. This third volume was dedicated to Mothers every- where, Hwho untiringly and prayerfully work on -- that the stars in windows may soon be removedn. In 1944-F, the fourth volume of The Echo was edited by the Senior Class under the guidance of Catherire Perring, successor to Miss Welch in the Commercial Department. The book was dedicated to a Classmate of this l945 graduates, Duane Irwin, who lost his life while serving his country on an aircraft carrier, the ill-fated Franklin. This issue carried a page in Memoriam to three Port Byron grad- uates who paid the supreme sacrifice in World War II - b, '38, on a fog-obscured Air Base in California, Arthur Hughes, '37, on the battlefield at Biak Island, Fred Hanny on the Japanese-hold island of Iwo Jima. Another page cited awards given to graduates serving in the armed forces of their country - to Dale Ziegler, to Arthur Ying, to Charles Lam Frank Morford. The Honor Roll this year was longer than in previous years, more blue stars were seen in windows, nore had turned to gold. In the fall of 1946, the eight Senior girls who were to serve on the Year Book Staff faced a year of Peace in- stead of War, The Echo took on a lighter, happier tone. The war was over. The book was dedicated to Peace. Though still inconveniencod by lack of material and labor, the Staff fin- ally realized the joy of seeing their efforts materialize in the Echo of l946.

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I , THE ink sroir In the year of l942 the first Ink Snot was or- ganized to publish seni-monthly a nineographed four page paper to which students in hiqh school could subscribe. All news was handled in general by those on the Staff and each edition had a new editor. Work was done, as it still is, in the Commercial Depart- X ment under the supervision of Miss Cooper who was then the head of that departnent. Original menbers of the Ink Snot Staff and those to whom much credit is due for initiating a publication which is of so much in- terest to the student body were: Virginia Smith, Norma Yay, Bill Stebbins, Janice Skelton, Barbara Nathas, LaVera Tyler, Varie Hedeen, Joyce Sallows, Isabelle Boardman, Barbara Rick, Jane Sinpson, Phyllis Wilder- nuth, Norma Anderson, Bob Dailey, Vary E. Kelly, Levy Jinks, Evelyn Nose, Annie M, Searl, Dorothy Bachman, John Kelly and Ira Lillinan. Records of the number of subscribers that year are not available, nor of 43, but in 1944-5 some , seventy students subscribed, and in l945-6 the Staff p boasted alnost one hundred per cent. In addition both last year and this, sirteen copies dere nailed monthly to the Port Byron students in the Service - many over- seas. Five were sent to members of the Board of Ed- ucation, and seven to Port Byron Grade School Children Back in 1942, the student body submitted nanos for the oaner, Bhyllis Wildernuth's UPort Byron Ink Spotu winning for her the distinction of naninq her school oaoor which, in all probability, will stand the tzst of time and be continued through the years to cone. Inciientally, Phyllis won a season basketball ticket. An HInk Spot Staffn has continued to function through succeeding years until in l945-6, it boasts a nuch HBigQer and Bettorn nonthly publication, some issues containing as many as eight pages of interest- ing ness concerning the school and its activities. All work this year and last has been done in the Com- mercial Department under the supervision of Yiss Perr- ing, instructor in Commercial subjects. Yuch of the success of the publication is due to Yarilyn Sidlinger, Editor-in-Chief. Working with her in a corps of cap- able Nners-houndsu, typists, and nimeograph operators. The Staff prides itself uoon getting the issue out on tine, keeping a high standard in neatness, accuracy, correctness in spellinq, punctuation, and conoosition. Assisting Yarilyn vere the following Staff members: Beverly Pannoll, Barbara Strandgard, Targaret Swith, Helen Yilliams. Shirley Erickson, Kathloin Thompson, Virginia Kay from the Senior Class, Coach Hunson in charge of Sports Columns, and contributors of news fron the various classes and clubs.