Rock Island High School - Watchtower Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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(Zewtnber ? It scarcely seems possible that you, a mighty senior, were a mere sophomore only three short years ago. Let us turn the calen¬ dar back to a special day in September, 1947. This was a momentous occasion, for this day marked the beginning of the best years of your life. It is hard to know where to begin in this memory flashback because the high school days of the class of 1950 have teemed with such activity. Your first class president was Maurice Van Speybroeck. He was ably as¬ sisted by Richard Thomas, vice-president; and Lila Dean, secretary. Your sophomore class boasted two mem¬ bers of the varsity basketball squad. This honor was claimed by Joel Collier and Ken¬ neth Melow. The football and basketball teams were backed up by the sophomore cheerleaders, Betty Schaum, Colleen McGovern, Chloe Andich, Beverly Anderson, Nancy Plantz, and Donna Palmer. Donald Manhard, Vernon Mack, James Engman, Albert Brelsford and Joel Collier were prominent in track that year. Joan Deyo and Joanne Coffield were members of the girls’ tennis team and Tom DONALD ACUFF JESSE ANDERECK CHLOE ANDICH MARY LOU ALEXANDER GRACE ANDERSON JOIE ANGLE ALICE ALLEN RAYMOND ANDERSON LYNN ATKINS LOIS WAYNE MARGARET DONNA SHIRLEY DONALD BARR BARTLEY BATES BEAL BEAM BENDER RICHARD RUTH BETTY KATHRYN JOANNE VERNELL BENTLEY BISCONTINE BISHOP BJORK BLADEL BLAND TOM DARREL FRED PATRICIA DAVID ALBERT BLUMENTHAL BOGNAR BOLL BRADSHAW BRADY BRELSFORD 23

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Oh 7 7 ? SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS JOHN SWISHER, vice-president DONNA PALMER, secretary LAWRENCE SUTTERMAN, president Graduation , the climax of your high school career 22

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Blumenthal represented the sophomores on the boys’ tennis team, while Ronald Janetzke and Stuart Steadman held their own on the golf team. Sports were not your only activities, for Jacqueline Davis took second place with her serious declamation in the Illinois-Iowa speech tournament held at Davenport high school. By now you had graduated from Tri-9 into CYC and the Y-Canteen. Sophomores serving on the CYC committee were George Kieffer and Lucille Shrader. James Engman, Regina Pilcher, and Joan Lee were Y-Can- teen committee members. You started your junior year by electing Richard Thomas president; Adele Stone, vice-president; and Betty Fuller, secretary. Juniors who saw a lot of action on the football team were Richard Thomas, Kent Nelson, and Joel Collier. Chloe Andich and Colleen McGovern continued their cheering activities as members of the varsity cheer¬ leading squad. Three of the five regulars on the varsity basketball squad were your fellow juniors Richard Thomas, Joel Collier, and Kenneth Melow. Center Joel Collier was the leading scorer of the Northwest Conference, making 144 points in 10 games. He also won the Eddie Gippert Free-Throw trophy by main¬ taining 63 per cent accuracy. DELORIS BRISENO RUSSELL BUR WELL IDA MAE CHRISTENSEN LORRAINE BROWN NAOMI CADY ARLENE CLANTON PAULINE BRYAN JACQUELINE CALHOUN LARRY CLARK DONALD KAY ALAN LUCY MARY ERLANE COX CREPS CRONAU DANNEELS DARR DAUFFENBAC JOYCE EVELYN JOAN JAMES CYRUS BARBARA DE PAEPE DESKIN DEYO DIEROLF DIETZ DRINKALL ROBERT ELLEN JEAN JAMES CAROLYN JAMES ELDER ELLIOTT EMRICK ENGMAN ERICKSEN EVERLY 24