ROWVA High School - Rovan Yearbook (Oneida, IL)

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Ti as-afar.,-4--1. is-Q as-e csv Q.-ex-evfevs N.f'-c-f -c-Q-se ieee -'ce-CNPN we-vig, v,kvL. Jaw-lk., ,,-As- A -4:-v-AJ ,-:XY-113' .1 ,fi 3211+ 77+ Q 4:-vii!! CLASS HISTORY Thirteen Freshman entered .Altcna.LH1gh 'School ,on August 50, 1943. We elected as our officers Gordon Mess- more, Presidentg Donald Perry, Vice President 3 Donald Bjorling, .Secretary and Treasurer. The members of our class were Wilbur Berg, Donald Ejorling , Joan 'Fansler 3 Carleton'.Hammerlund, 'Lois Hopkins, Everett Main, Gordon Messmore, Donald Perry, June Quanstrom, Robert Riesebieten Stuart Simpson, Jr., 'Nancy Stuckey, and Andrew Viers. Orval Lvnd came into our class after school had been in sessionvtwo weeks. Miss Lentz was our class advisor. We were properly initiated by the Seniors and were honored at a Weiner roast and a hike back to town after the party was over. ' Our Sophomore year we started with fifteen members. We elected as our class officers: Robert Riesebieter, Presidentg Donald Krans, Vice Presidentg Nancy Stuckey, Secretary and Treasurer. Donald Krans joined our class this year. We started this year minus Coach Kelly and Mrs. Nichols. Mr. Davis took the place of Mr. Kelly and Mrs. Davis the place of Mrs. Nichols as Home Economics teacher. We gave a Valentine Party, our first high school success. In the fall of our Junior year we came back with ony' thirteen members. Andrew Viers and Donald Perry were absent. Donald had moved to Mt. Sterling. Our class officers for this year were as follows: Gordon Messmore, Presidentg Donald Krans, Vice President, Nancy Stuckey, Secretary and Treasurer. Our faculty was made up of Mr. Pyle, our Principal, our Advisor, Miss Jones, Coach Shaw, Miss Schleieh, Mrs. Davis, Mr. Moore, and Mr. Simmons. We gave our class play March 22,l946, entitled nThe Imaginary Invalidu, in which twelve class members took part. During the close of the second semester, Carroll Thomson joined us from Yates City. The final event of the Junior-Senior Banquet, held at Waunee Farms which we honored the Seniors, carrying out colors of American Beauty Red and Silver in tions. The tables were decorated with 'vases year was the on May 3, at their class our decora- filled-.with sweet peas, the class flower. After the Banquet we went to Hotel Custer in Galesburg where the Junior-Senior Hi- Ball was held. We danced to the music of Joe Kilton' s Orchestra. ' During the summer Donald Krans left our class to join Uncle Sam's forces, so thirteen of us entered our Senior year on September l. We again had a few change in our faculty: Mr. Plapp taking Miss Schleich's place as English teacher and Mr. Simmons' as Band Instructor,

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CLASS PROPHBCY One afternoon in 1955, as I was watching a rodeo in Phoenix, Arizona, I noticed in front of me an artist who was sketching the rodeo. At first I thought she was a cowgirl, but as she turned I saw it was June Quanstrom, now a noted artist. I had heard that she was just back from Europe. I recognized the man sitting beside her as one she had known back in high school days. He was eating a piece of cheese. As I cried out her name she turned and recognized me. We sat there and talked of old times. She told me that the man was her manager, but it looked like ,to me that he would rather manage her. She also told me The calf roping contest was on that Gus Lynd, a famous orchestra leader, was playing for the dance that night. With him was Bud Main, now known as Larry Lamar. he is an engineer and gives all the is sponsored by Suddsy Soap,1 e soap soft in only 4 days ---- Gee! What am commercial! Then the rodeo clown came into the crowd. Were my eyes deceiving me? Simpson, up to his old tricks, making found out that Stuart was working married to one of his ten girl friends. his talented singer, In Bud's spare time girls free rides. He that makes your hands I doing giving them a the ring to cheer up No, it was Stuart people laugh. I get money to get Well----maybe the to rodeo was going to be more interesting than I had thought it would be. and one of the field judges was inspecting the ties. It was Bill Bergll Bill in personal life is a lawyer and is forever getting pretty girls out of trouble. Later in the afternoon they had stunt flying and as the planes landed I went over to see the pilots. Much to my surprise one of them was Carl Hammerlund, noted stunt flyer. Talking with him a while I watched newspapermen and photographers running around us. One of them came dashing up shouting nHello!n at me. You might know! Bob Riesebieter, world famous reporter. Say what is this a class re-union? Who was that over there? Ahal Sitting on an old fence I found Lois Hopkins, just as pretty as ever, trying to show her youngest how to write shorthand for she is a world champion typist and shorthand writer. Her husband is owner of the rodeo. I didn't get to meet him but I think I've met him before in high school days. We talked while watching a man calling to his children, there were about ten of them. Suddenly I recognized him, Donald Bjorlingl He and his wife, a former Altona girl, were taking a