ROWVA High School - Rovan Yearbook (Oneida, IL)

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I JOYCE LEAFGREEN wlll my laugh and giggles to Roberta Grahn I DEAN SORNBERGER vull my ability t throw chairs out of the window to Marjorie Deets I CLEO CAMPBELL wlll my cuteness and ways with men to Nonna Johnson I JOE FANSLER mll my good looks and shy ways to Jon Powell I BONNIE GRAVITT will my fair complexion and blond hair to George Showalter I JIM QUANSTROM will my abllltv to play basketball to Dale Neff I BOB HEFLIN will mv tallness and crew hair nut to Rollie Mam I ASHTON NEFF will mv cheerleading ability to Dons Scott I LOIS HANSON will my abxllty to blush and my quietness to Frank Knapp I BILL DeREVl will my long trips to Kewanee to Bob Green I NANCY ANDERSON wlll all of the books ln the home ec room to Nancy Selboldt I JANE MILROY will my ability to play bas ketball and make all long shots to Marlon Goff Student Council ln order to Jeannie Moe We LaVONNE HOLMES JEANNE DEVLIN and EVELYN JOHNSON wlll our seats at the Amvet basketball games to Leona Jensen and who ever else might be Interested I CHARLENE THOMSON will my little black book m which I keep my dates stralght to Bettv Rusk We JOYCE 'VIOORF and Bonme Nelson wlll our frequent nights ln the skating rink to Joan Ileflin and Margaret Motz I BETTY ANIENOFF wlll mv ablllty to make the FHA a good actlve organization 'lo Audrey Nelson I DALE HATCH mll my actlng ablllty in the class play to Kenny Sparks I JAMES ASPLUND will my croonmg ablhtv to Gerald Johnson to be used for serenadmg his glrl friends I RUTH KENNY wlll my vntty remarks to Jim Harriman I BOB L JOHNSON wlll mv bright shirts and perfume to Darrel Devlin. I JoANN JOHNSON wxll my ever trying attempts to get to Galesburg to Lucllle Nelson I PATRICIA ANDERSON will my pleasant number please to Sue Newberg I FRED HENDRICKS will my touchdown ln the ROVA Valley game to next years football team I DONALD BAINBRIDGE will my frequent trips to the office to LeRoy Lawrence I SAM OLSON will my tardy slip to Don Larson I GAYLE KRANTZ will my leadership ability to Maynard Adams I JAIMIE STUCKEY wlll my carefree ways to Roberta Mitchell I VALERIE REYNOLDS will my neat appear ance at all times to Pat Miller I MARTHA ERICKSON will my abllity to help Mlss Grady in the library to Lois McClymonds I JOAN MELTON will my efforts to be at all basketball games to Lou Ann Weeeh I ROGER BOLAND will my ability to make a basket whenever it ls needed mod. to the center on next years basketball team I BOB BROWN will mv ability to dnve a car to Jon Abram. I EARL CRAIG will my quiet smile and friend llness to Bobby Vogel I BILL GREEN will my abllity for winning I, TRACY JOHNSTON wlll my car to Bill Hol comb so he can make more trips to Victoria. I EBBIE JEAN LARSON will my abnllty to make posters for ROVA Senior High School to Damta Thuline I CHARLES NELSON leave my good grades nn ag to Lawrence Tarleton. I DORIS PETERSON will my cooking and serving ablllty to Reva Mae Smith I HELEN PETERSON will all the txmes I stayed after school to prepare the hot dogs for the games to any lucky person who is lucky enough to get to do lt I DOROTHY POWELL, leave my splc and span saddle shoes to every glrl who dislikes to polish hers I CHARLES SHAW will my trumpet t MarJone Deets I ROSEMARY SIMPSON wlll my camera and snapshots to the photographer of 50 51 I RAYMOND ZEIGLER, will my bashfulness to Eddle Scott In witness whereof we have here unto mscrlbed our names and flxed our seal this FIRST day of JUNE in the year of our Lord one thousand nme hundred and fifty , . ' 0 - - . 9 1. Bon M. J0uNsoN, win my ability no keep gh f e ds to Bob Nelson- l , . . ' . .' v n 0 21

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Everett told me that hed seen JIM QUANSTROM the night before playmg basketball wlth thc Indian apohs Olympians It seems Babe had had .1 good mght connectmg for 46 points After a pleasant rlde I got off at Grand Central Station amld cranking cameras and fllckermg flash bulb tvondermg what the oceasxon was questioned the nearest photographer who turned out to he none other than ROSE MARY SIMPSON 1Shes now a photographer for a. large New York Syndlcatel Why havent you heardo she sand They re welcommg home the Foreign Mmlster to Alaska DEAN SORNBERGER Hes done a wonder ful Job of rehabxlltatmg the Lsklmos' Taklng my leave I too.: a taxi to the Waldorf Astoria where I had reserved a room.. Here I was greeted by the srmllnv manager who tumed out to be none other than my old chum CHARLIE SHAW Hcd recently been lmked romantlcallv wlth one of New Yorks beautiful coverglrls Thus coverglrl by the way was employed bv my old school chum BONNIE NELSON who IS now the head of Wogue and doing well too After freshemng up a blt I stopped ln the dmmg room for a blte to eat Whlle emoylng my dellcxous lunch I leamezl that the heads of the Waldorfs food department were none other than the PETER SON slsters DORIS and HELEN I had a nlce chat with them and leamed that they bought all the hotels poultry from SAM OLSONS chicken ranch Flmshing my conversatxon I decided to spend the evenmg at the Stork Club Steppmg into the club I was greeted bv the melodlous strams f JAIMIE STUCKEYS smooth all glrl orchestra. Thev were voted the danclest band ln the land last vear Over at the next table sat VALERIE REYNOLDS and CHARLENE THOMSON with two handsome beaus ln tow The two young ladies were models for the Harry Conover agency Whlle en,,oylng the floor show I noticed the h use detective and the bouncer throwing out an unwanted vlsltor The two strong men turned out to be our old ROVA classmates RAY ZEIGLER and ASHTON NEFF They tell me that these two boy really keep the sltuatlon well ln hand Whlle talk Ing with Ray and Jeff I learned that their emplover was CHARLIE NELSON who had as his personal secretary DOROTHY POWELL What a wonderful summer I had' Not only did I get to travel all over the countrv but the course of mv travels helped me to run mto all mv old classmates of the class of 1'la0 How proud I was of them all' Well as tales must end somewhere I guess this one wlll end here Be sure to write to me Sincerely ROVY SENIOR CLASS WILL We the Seniors of ROVA Semor Hlgh School bemg slnghtlv shaky from four years of an overdose of exertion of mlnd and body hereby declare thus wlll legal and revoke any former wnll or prvonuse that vou mav have heard resounding nn the halls and noxsv classrooms of thus mstxtution ARTICLE I We smcerely pray that we hate enough true frlends left m school to take care of all of our un pald debts smce we Sensors are financially embarrassed ARTICLE II Since we have no further use for our braln which has out wltted many a teacher we Wllllllglt leave It to the Junlors To the Sophomores we wxll our sophlstncated ways and our serlous outlook toward llfe ARTICLE III To the facultv we leave our quietness and co operative ways To MRS WEECH we wlll the sticky pans left from the boys home ec class To MISS SOUCEK the edntors of the ROVAN and the ROVA H1 Crler wlsh to wall thexr worries To MR POGUE we wlll a team of straight A students so all players wlll be elxglble and a palr of long pants so he will be more presentable to the study hall students To MISS IANGHAM we will the box of dlrtv socks and towels that are left ln the girls dressing room To MISS GRADY we wnll all torn magazine covers and vocational pamphlets To MR ADAMS the Semor Class sponsor we will a tube of Ben Gay to relieve stiffness ln Joints from days plckmg up corn and a problem ln Geome rv that will take a month to solve. To MRS FEITH we wall a quieter more studious history class To MRS McLUTCHEON we wlll a simple form of bookkeeping To MR HUNTER we will the Jars of earth wcrms m the biology room To MR LEIGHTOIN we w1ll our sweet dlsposl tions and good humor To MR DeVORE we wlll a. few flat notes and a bus to take hun over to band To MR MOORE we wlll the drlps from the water pipes and leakmg faucet ln the ag room To MRS MOORE we will our smiles and sweet volees MR BROWNING our principal we wlll an electric eve that can see in all classrooms so there wlll be no extra trlps up and down stairs ARTICLE IV To the student body as a whole we wlll our old broken down desks held together by gum and our reserved seats m assembly To all home room teachers we wlll our attentive ness and our ablllty to reach class on time To our Janitors WALT STRANDBERG and JACK FOSTER we wlll the echoes of our footsteps and all emptv coke bottles ARTICLE W PERSONAL BEQUEATIIS I EVERETT STEWARD will all of my wlse cracks and mv seat m sociologv to John Malcolm, , Q . . . . . . 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Class of '51 . . . 'QQ The yunlor class at ROVA Senior High has had two vears in which to prepare itself for the role which it will take as next vears graduating class To make all necessarv prepar ations thev needed officers to guide them those who were willing to work when some Job wxs expected to be done Officers elected were President Maynard Adams Vice President Jeannie Moe becretary Marilyn bomberger Treasurer Marilyn Moody tMary Edwards replaced Marilyn in this position during the second semester! Reporter Lois Nicbly monds Their sponsor w is Miss Lorraine Soucek The Junior year has always been considered a busy one and this year was mdeed an example A school dance was sponsored ROY A shirts and hats were sold a class play was presented in the spring and plans were made for the Junior S mol Banquet which was held ln Galesburg also in the spring However not all their time was spent working and studying they had many enjoyable moments too Manv ewents of the past wear will make wonderful memories later on The dances, the basketball and foot ball games track meets and assem bhes will be remembeled as a part of high school llfe here These were the important events which took place durmg 1949 50, but what 1951 has to offer also is of great importance. New officers will be elected, and they will haye an equal chance in leading the Juniors. Max the oftlcers and the class of '51 do as well as this wear's senior class. .r 7ff3fj'f 3' U N N I I . ,, ,, .V 1 K ,X 'af A Ag ' , ' 4 . , N V ,A , M3 - Mfg Y ' . I, ,. ' ,Q rv: . 'fy gt jx' ff ' an-w - , , , , i 'gi ..., It -1 A ' . x ggfjz V ,541 g ' . . ' - . 'K . pf . - ' 2 is :J .' A , . . ' ., j Y 3. . . 9' 1' ts 1 4 ' ' V 5 1 . S, L . . Y . ' 9 V - . . ' V . side by side with their classmates J A ' Q ' 'z Q .' , .......... - A V ' 1 n . . . ' . ' v , W f 1 sv ' ' l 1 Q' Dt ' ' L . Q I 51 li 5 , 5. , . St. . u. . L. .Q I l i . 1 . i ' W ', 1 ' K .I , ' v,, ' . 3 'L L V Y . ' , , J VK VK K . , ' ' V . . f... A , '. f l - K5 ' K . ., .4 A1 V 1 ' V : ' Y . , .' . . V D. I K. .. I . 1 -lv ' ' A 23 '