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

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teams, and along with Dale Nelson made the first team in the Northwest circuit. Irwin Rietz, who was undefeated during the regular cross-country competition, took second place at the state meet at Champaign, which was the highest place ever won by a Rock Island high school athlete in the state cross-country meet. Adele Stone reigned as queen over the Homecoming game with Galesburg and the dance following. Her attendants were Betty Nelson, Mary Ann Nelson, Betty Fuller, and Donna Palmer. Colleen McGovern was captain of the cheerleaders. Chloe Andich was the only other senior member of the squad. Also Northwest Conference champion was your spirited basketball team, which in¬ cluded Joel Collier, Richard Thomas, and Jack Whan among its starting five. James Engman and Jack Shoemaker were depend¬ able reserves. This team was a strong con¬ tender for the “Sweet Sixteen” finals in Champaign. Again Joel Collier, this year as a forward, was triumphant in the scoring department, breaking two all-time records and tying an¬ other. He was not only the leading scorer in the high schools history but also topped the Northwest Conference record for the to¬ tal number of points scored in conference DONALD LOGAN JAMES MacLEAN MARY MENDOZA ROBERT LOTHRIDGE EDNA MAKEDON JOYCE MILLER LOLA LOUCK DONALD MANHARD ROLAND MILLER DONALD LUND CHARLEEN MANUEL STELLA MILLER EARLE mcbride MAURICE MARBLE KENNETH MILLS COLLEEN McGovern JOHN MARCH TOM MILLS 28

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NANCY FLUEGEL LORRETTA FOSTER JAMES FOX MARTHA FOX ROSE MARIE FOX BARBARA GERMAINE RO ORLA GISH JUN£ GOODWIN LEON GOOLD DORIS GORDON DENNIS HALL RICHARD HAMLIN MARILYN HANCO GERALDINE HANDELMAN DONNA HANDLEY SHELDON FRANK PAUL GRALTON JOAN HANNER WADE HERMAN LOUISE HOLUB HOWARD JACKSON RONALD HESSER ROBERT HOOVER GILDA JACOBSON BARBARA HICKMAN DAVID HOPLEY RONALD JANETZKE The juniors assisting the senior staff mem¬ bers of The Watchtower were Carolyn Ericksen, Clark Holmes, Janet Burgess, Adele Stone, and David Brady. At the close of your junior year, Adele Stone received two high honors. She was selected as the American Legion auxiliary’s delegate to Illini Girls’ State held the fol¬ lowing summer at MacMurray college. She was chosen by you as a junior marshal, along with Erlane Dauffenbach, George Schneider, and Richard Thomas. Small but mighty! This is a perfect de¬ scription of your senior class, which set many outstanding records in all activities. The students who gained the honor of being your class officers were Lawrence Sutter- man, Jack Swisher, and Donna Palmer. “The Fighting Forty-Niners”—a football team never to be forgotten in the annals of Rock Island high school history, stormed its way to an undefeated seascn. This team emerged as both Northwest Conference and Quad-City champ. Seven deserving seniors receiving awards at the annual football banquet were Joel Collier, Kent Nelson, Russell Burwell, Ric¬ hard Thomas, Robert Wenger, Maurice Van Speybroeck, and Jerry Schiller. Richard Thomas and Joel Collier were named to the f irst string of two all-state 27

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SHIRLEY JONES PATRICIA LANE DONNA LEES KATHERINE JORDAN NORMA LANKTON SHIRLEY LEIBOVITZ ROGER KELLEY JAMES LARGENT MARILYN LERNER GEORGE KIEFFER CARL LARSON RICHARD LIEDTKE HENRYETTA KISH EDWARD LARSON WANDA LIVENGOOD RICHARD KLAUER PAUL LAURITZEN BETTY LOGAN JOSEPH Mcknight DANIEL MATTER DONNA MITCHELL ALYCE McWILLIAMS LUELLA MEEK PATRICIA MONTZ VERNON MACK KENNETH MELOW KATHERINE MOODY games. With 31 points against Galesburg, Joel tied the record for points scored in a single game. Joel also received one of the highest hon¬ ors it is possible for a high school basketball player to attain. The Chicago Daily News named Joel to a forward position on the first team of their all-state squad. He also occupied a place on the first string of the Northwest Conference all-star team, and was selected for the Champaign-Urbana News Gazette all-state team. Richard Tho¬ mas, another prominent player, was named to the Northwest Conference second team. Senior wrestlers participating in their state contest were George Hedstrom, Neil Summers, Morris Marble, and Dale Nelson. Returning as girls’ tennis team captain was Joan Deyo, while on her team were Lucille Shrader, Joanne Coffield, Susan Thompson,, Luella Meek and Marianne Rus¬ sell. The same boys returned to the tennis and golf teams this year. Many senior boys were active in other spring sports such as track and baseball. The baseball team had David Hopley as the only returning member of last year’s team. 29