Roanoke Benson High School - Ro Vic Yearbook (Roanoke, IL)

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Class History We entered the first grade the first part of September, 1941, with Miss McCleary as our teacher. There were 28 af us that started school life together. They were the following: Marvin Aeschleman, Gary Bertola, Bob Blunier, Jim Cravens, Clark Davies, Francis Fuchs, Jim Gialetti, Amand Lepretre, Robert Lovings, Bob Luginbuhl, John McCauley, LeRoy Monge, Lee Roger Pretet, Jerome Ruble, Gene Santi, Clark Schoan, Roger Whittington, Danny Wolfe, Frances Audi, Margie DeJohn, Sonya Belle Davis, Laverne Fischer, Jean Funk, Marilyn Hangartner, Eileen Nauman, Gwen Orussa, Anita Sansone, and Sally Sauder. y In the second grade we lost Jean Funk and Eileen Nauman. Miss Hiatt was our teacher. In the third grade, Florence Blunier was our teacher. We gained Margaret Hasty and lost Roger Whittington and Sonya Belle Davis. In the fourth grade, Florence Bresson was our teacher. We gained Dick Audi, Eileen Nauman, Karen Taylor, and Marilyn Martin and lost Francis Fuchs. ln the fifth grade, we gained Bob Lovings, Bob Schacherbauer, Larry Fash, Aldo Nauman, and Ruth Vogel. Fern Zimmerman was our teacher. ln the sixth grade, we gained Marvin Fischer. This year we had Frances Riley as our teacher. In the seventh grade, Mrs. Miller was our teacher. We gained Jerry Hadel, Fred Pisel. Charles Schlossler and Mae Kinder. We last Marilyn Hangartner. ln the eighth grade, we gained Joe Klein and Geraldine Friend and lost Mae Kinder. Our officers for the year were Jim Cravens, President, Gary Bertola, Vice-President, Gwen Orussa, Secretary, John McCauley, treasurer. Our teacher was Miss Alma Caldwell. We held graduation exercises in May of 1949. Jim Cravens and Gwen Orussa were given the school awards. We, the class of '49, paid the balance of a movie projector, bought a typewriter and stand, and a wire recorder. Seven- teen of the original class graduated. When Miss Caldwell left, we held a party for her and pre- sented her with several silver dollars. We entered High School the latter part of August. We starred high school with thirty-eight fresh- men. Our freshmen officers were John McCauley, President, Jim Cravens, Vice-President, Gary Bertola, Secretary, and Margie DeJohn, Treasurer. Mr. Cravens was our sponsor. Our Student Council members were John McCauley, Larry Fash, and Frank Bachman. Our first main event was initiation. We also had a skating party and a wiener roast our first year. In our Sophomore year, we lost Amand Lepretre, Frank Bachman, and Ruth Vogel. We gained Marilyn Hangartner. Mr. Seibold was our sponsor. Our officers were Jim Cravens, President, Bob Luginbuhl, Vice- President, Eileen Nauman, Secretary, and John McCauley, Treasurer. Our Student Council repre- sentatives were Jim Cravens, Gerry Friend, and Bob Luginbuhl. At the end af our Junior year, we lost Clark Schoan and Aldo Nauman. We gained Jean Funk. Mr. Seibold andMiss Danielson were our sponsors. Uur officers this year were Roger Wilson, President, Eileen Nauman, Vice-President, Gwen Orussa, Secretory, and Gary Bertola, Treasurer. Student Council: Roger Wilson, Lee Pretet, Jim Cravens, Bob Luginbuhl, and Margie DeJohn. Our two main events this year were our play, 'Love is Too Much Trouble, and our Jr.-Sr. Banquet. Both were great successes.

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i FRONT ROW: Sally Sauderp Jean Funk: Barbara Moserp Frances Audi. SECOND ROW: Miss Miller, Directory Laverne Fischerp Marilyn Hangartnerp Gwen Orussap Eileen Nauman. THIRD ROW: Clark Daviesp Allenzehrp Jim Cravensp Joe Klein: Rogerwilsoni John McCauley: Gary Bertolop Larry Fash. Senior Flag 'Mumba Jumbo' was the play given by the seniors on April 24. lt was a mystery farce in three acts. As a whole the play cast enioyed very much the rehearsals as well as the production of the play. The committees for the play were very important in helping to make the production of the pldy a success. They were made up from the whole senior class. The committees are as follows: A STAGE Bob Luginbuhl Dick Audi Jerome Ruble Lee Pretet Gene Santi Jim Gioletti PUBLICITY AND TICKETS Gerry Friend Allen Zehr Jerome Ruble Laverne Fischer Jean Funk PROPERTIES Jerry Hodel John Meginnes Fred Pisel Melvin Kruse Barbara Moser Margie DeJohn MAKE-UP Jean Funk Marilyn Martin HOUSE Margie DeJohn Leona Kruse Viola Kenyon Dorothy Armstrong Jerry Hodel Charlie Schlossler P ROMPT E R Marilyn Martin

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Senior News On September 2, we entered the halls of R.V.l l.S. as seniors. Initiation of the freshmen was among one of the first events to take place. Everyone had fun and will agree that the freshmen are a swell group to spend our last year with. Recognizing a good president when we see one, we elected Lee Roger Pretet to be our last class president. For Vice-president, John McCauley, Secretary, Marilyn Hangartnerg Treasurer, .lim Gioletti, and Student Council members, Eileen Nauman, John McCauley, Lee Pretet, Gary Bertolo, and Bob Luginbuhl were elected. Our sponsors were Mr. Luallen and Mr. Cravens. Miss Miller helped us with the RoVic and Mr. Luallen and Mr. Koos helped with the lnkwell. We chose silver and royal blue to be our class colors, the 'peace rose' as our class flower, and 'The Road Called Toil Leads to the City Called Success' as our motto. On October 8, we went to Peoria to have our senior pictures taken. Again this year as in years before, we decided to go to Rembrandt's. Our Senior play was given April 24. A gymnasium full of people enioyed the fun-packed play. A chili supper and dance was sponsored on February 28. Everyone in school was invited. Besides that party, we had one which only the seniors attended. On May 'l5 and 16, we went on our class trip. Everyone had a wonderful time and enioyed every bit of the two days that we were gone. We all enioyed the lovely banquet given to us on May 23 by the iunior class. Everyone had a swell time and will agree that the iuniors had put a lot of hard work and time into it. The next evening we held our Baccalaureate services. Class night was the time when we gave each of the iuniors a little token of remembrance, a little gift of something we remembered them by. The great night, May 29, 1953, finally arrives when we graduate from R.V.l'l.S. after four years of unforgettable memories. Everyone agrees that our four years ofhigh school came to an end very quickly and we will never forget those great days of memories. Ag C 8 as -' 8 we ff , A ' K - .9 . fr . K IG reeks . -A ' ' e, , . t Lu ie M 6 Z, sm 9 5. F . -, 4? Y C . ..f: ff- ' A f :: ':1 4 ----- ,... Gwen Sul F X Alan