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

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CHARLENE BELL RONALD BENESH DONALD BLEDSOE HOWARD BOHANNON JUDITH BENSON HAROLD BORST EVELYN BJORKLUND BETTY BRIMBERG MARLENE BLAND ROBERT BROOKS gained second place in the Tri-City confer¬ ence. Our sophomore class was joined by students from Washington junior high school, and the class started with a bang when we elected June Chambers as president. Charles Thomas and Barbara Short were elected vice-president and secretary, respectively. Remember how proud we were when three members of our class made varsity teams? In football, left halfback Richard Allison won a place on the varsity squad near the end of the season by his outstanding performances on the sophomore team. Merrell Clark and Wil¬ liam Geisler held spots on the varsity basket¬ ball team. Not only did we advance players to the var-

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EDWARD ALEXANDER RICHARD ALLISON BEVERLY AMSBAUGH SALLIE ANDERSON SHARON ANDERSON JOSEPH ANDREWS GARY APPELQUIST KATHARINE ARMSTRONG ALICE BARBER JAYNE BARBER These three short years have meant a lot to us; so now let us try to remember the very first day we stepped into this world of work and play at Rocky High. Remember back in ' 49 when 155 Franklin junior high school students came to high school as green freshmen? This was a new ex¬ perience for both them and the school. This class was led by the president, June Cham¬ bers; vice-president, Roger Varner; and secre¬ tary, Judith Schaible. More students entered the freshmen class from Central junior high school when it was destroyed by fire in De¬ cember of ' 49. It was certainly a mix-up, but lots of fun. In basketball that year, the frosh cagers took the city crown and then went ahead and HELEN BARLANG CAROL BARR NANCY BECK BARBARA BECKWITH JOYCE BEEMBLOSSOM JANE BEESON 19

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GUY CARTER MERRELL CLARK JOHN CATES JAMES CLOW WILLIAM CAUDILL TASSO COIN JUNE CHAMBERS WILLIAM COLEMAN JACQUELINE CHAMBERS MARVIN CONGDON c sity, but our football team captured the North¬ west Conference crown, losing only to Daven¬ port the entire season. The basketball team then fell into the same groove and brought the season to a close by possessing the North¬ west Conference crown also. Our sophomore sports were backed up by the sophomore cheerleaders, Lisa Burgess, Sally Hawks, Darlene Heaton, Elaine Larson, and Janet Saunders. Karl Wickstrom stepped onto the tennis court and took the top position on the Is¬ lander tennis team, while Robert Motz bobbed between the number three and four positions during the season. Lisa Burgess, Megan Day, and Marian Hodge represented our class on the girls ' tennis team. JANET CONNER ROBERT COOK ROBERT COWART JO ANNE COX MARY COOLIDGE RICHARD CROUSE