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

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JATTTARY- FEBRUARY NARCH--- APR1L--- my ----- W ' '-'- --- ' 1 --1----7?,-... ,,,,,...-FG.-. .... ,...,.. an' kaboodle. Snowballs was han in' all aroun' Crather cold fer our'n bare feetg, Santy Clauz brung us presents--a Xmas tree was settin' in front of the stage--then we et, ---Jve selled poo all during County Tourney fer score- board, we made 100 bucks. We sent fer our'n in- vites fer graduation, Oh yeah, we lost Jake too, ----Us's boys and girls won the Physical Ed. Tourna- ments. We all went too a beautyfull Valentines party. -We'uns had an Ice-skatin' Purtya Shirley Jacob- sen got herself hitched--in Missery CHissouri7. Helped out on Athletic Banquet, big success had gym decorated like Hell Kfer the Red Devilsi. ----Planned fer our Carnival to be given' in May. We'n all had a Sadie Hawkins Day--everbody tglgg to land em a man! ----We gaved a Spring Carnival on May lst and 2nd. We had lots of inneresting stuff--A Fun House where Bob and Ben really sceered us's. The Bingo game made us loads of money--Mildred and Norma were there with Kr. Henry hollering his head off on some numbers, The Fishpond gived the littl' kids a big wallop--they just pulled a string and gotted a purty prize every time. Pat suppervised it. Then we had a Milk Bottle stand with Jac and Flip helping Cpart of the timel. It was all very silly--furst they setted the milk bottles up and then they knocked 'em doawn--setted em up agin-and tried to knock em doawn agin Cgettin' no place fast,J A Basketball Throw was good and fun--Ed, Bob E, and Vic did it fer us. The guys really like to try to hit the hole in the basket.with the ball. There ware a Ring Toss with fruit jar rub- bers, a board with pegs, and Rusty's nosel Rusty were our'n clown, sure were cute. Frances P. and Blondie runned it. The movies was inneresting and fun, some funny ones an' a thing they call a west- ern, Miss Perring tooked all the money fer us CThanks Miss Perrin'D, Ayers showed the pictur. Mary and Dolores runned a Novelty Stand--they sell- ed balloons an' everthing C?7 The mothers of us made us some fanciful work and cakes we selled them alsew, The mothers runned lunch room fer us 0