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

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KARLEE BUHMAN MAX CAMPBELL DARLENE CLAYTON MARILYN BULENS BETTY CANTRALL JOANNE COFFIELD ARVALEA BUNNING DORIS CANUM JOEL COLLIER JANET BURGESS DONNELL CARNES JUNE COLONY DOUGLAS BURKERT ALBERT CHEVALIER ROBERT COULSON CLAYTON BURTON ROGER CHINDBERG CAROL COULTER JACQUELINE DAVIS HAROLD DURBIN JOHN EWERT MILDRED DAVIS JOHN EASTMAN NANCY EXNER ROBERT DE KOSTER ROBERT ELBRECHTER RAYMOND FEUSER Outstanding juniors on the wrestling team were Dale Nelson, George Hedstrom, and Rudolph Kolinchinsky. Dale and George placed first in the sectional meet and George went on to win the state championship in the 105-pound class. Irwin Reitz, Vernon Mack, and Donald Manhard headed the long list of juniors who made impressive showings during the track season. As the baseball season rolled around, junior Michael Corken was one of the main¬ stays of the pitching staff, while David Hop- ley held a regular position in the outfield. Joanne Coffield and Lucille Shrader were members of the girls’ tennis team and Joan Deyo served as captain. The boys’ tennis team boasted such capable performers as David Pearson, Cyrus Dietz, Tom Blumen- thal, and Paul Lauritzen. On the golf team were John Henneman, Lawrence Sutterman, Ronald Janetzke, and Daniel Spence. Remember what a big hit the Dramatic club play “Life With Father” made? Eight juniors helped make this play successful. Carolyn Ericksen placed second in the dramatic division of the girls’ declamation tournament in Davenport. Later Carolyn took fourth place in the district speech con¬ test with the same declamation. 25

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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

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Nancy Plantz played the title role in your class play, “The Divine Flora.” She was supported by Tom Wallace, Lawrence Sut- terman, Marilyn Lawson, Arlene Clanton, George Schneider, and Charles Heriford in leading roles. An unusually large number of juniors represented Rocky High in the state speech contest held at the University of Illinois in Champaign. Tom Wallace, Lawrence Sutter- man, and George Schneider had roles in the second-place winning play, a cutting from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Tom and Lawrence were two of the four Rock Island players capturing coveted places on the all- state cast. Arlene Clanton advanced to the state finals in the verse-speaking division. The Rock Island high school band had the distinct honor of playing for the presidential candidates that year. Many juniors took part in the annual spring and fall band con¬ certs. Solos, duets, and group singing were pre¬ sented by juniors who participated in the Glee club program of various types of music. The top five on the spring Crier staff, which is composed entirely of juniors, were Arlene Clanton, editor in chief, David Brady, managing editor; Betty Fuller, busi¬ ness manager; Joan Lee, copy editor; and Alyce McWilliams, first-page editor. BETTY JACK STANLEY FITCH FITZPATRICK FLOWERS BETTY FULLER BETTY GARRISON DOLORES GARRITY KENNETH LEONA JOHN GREEN GROENE HAHN GEORGE HARDIN GEORGIA HARDIN CLIFFORD HARRIS GEORGE HEDSTROM JOHN HENNEMAN CHARLES HERIFORD GARY HODSON CAROLYN HOEFLE ROBERT HOLDORF EBNER HOLKE CLARK HOLMES TOM HOLST JAMES HORST ROSELLA HORTON PHYLLIS HOUSTON DONALD HUGGINS JACK HUNTER GERALDINE INGRAM 26