Roxana High School - Rox Yearbook (Roxana, IL)

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First Row—Nellie Naylor. Bumadene Hammond. Frances Hardesty. Helen Handfelder. June Grange. Helen Nail. Bernice Hubbard. Norma King. Virginia Grant. Second Row—Jim Oden. Roy Renner. Jack Fletcher. Bi'l Randels. Jack Loyd. Marion Figge, Charles Hubbard. Jerry Schneider. Third Row—Margaret Nell Kirby. Jessie Lovell. Don Gilbert. Den McVey, Texas Kramer. Sam Sexton. Velma Magee. Grace Lovell. Seventeen First Row’—Alice Southard. Marveline Tappy. Merilcu Williams. Betty Wolfe, Hazel Wilson. Norma Willman. Sue Radcliffe. Dorothy Segrest. Betty Odle. Second Row—Lowell Vincent. Bill Wolfe. Joe Williams. George Smith. Richard Zyph. Jim Williams. Edward Wooldridge. Gunther Wieckhorst. Third Row—Herman Turnbeaugh. Norman Taulbee. Roland VanCamp. Jean Reichert, Beverly Slingerland. Shirley Parker. John Sheets. Bud West. Jack Tits worth.

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CLASS OF ’49 The Freshmen—green as a bean, scared as they dared, giggly as they’re wiggly and as dumb as they come. These are the thoughts of the upper classmen. Of course, they were never Freshmen. Nobody ever forgets his first day in High School—their uncertain smiles and self conscious actions, the familiar awkwardness, and the anxious stares of the upper classmen. The complicated locker combinations seemed so unnecessary and trying” to the brain when one compared them to grade school desks. The halls were just too long to make it to classes on time, and the teachers seemed “so - - -so different.” Somehow they pull through, trying as high school may seem at first. Most of the boys turned out for football, basketball, and track, and pictured themselves as “stars of R. C. H. S. within the next years. Girls joined all of the organizations possible to get in the swing of high school activities and in favor of the teachers. Alas! Next year the Freshmen will be looked to as Sophomores by the new class. Firs! Row—Wilma Dwyer. Shirley Callison, Sally Gilbert. Rosella Crocker, Faye Franklin. Mary Ann Clarey. Joyce Dochterinan. Jane Frisby. Lois Ducrr. Second Row—Dick Dillow. Don Bean. Tom Avromovich, Lloyd Bishop. Dick Bland, Jim Davis. Jim Anderson. Bob Cutting. Third Row—Shirley Exton. Norma Acklin. Ron Bedwell. Joe Coburn, George Bakan. Lester Buford. Anna Buford. Melva Franke. Sixteen

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ENGINEERS Mr. Nevius and Mr. Arnold, our Engineers, have done a fine job in keeping up the appearance of Roxana High. Due to their knowledge of gardening and landscaping, our fine building is now neatly surrounded by ornamental shrubbery and evergreens. ★ ★ SENIORS At last we have reached the goal of our school life—becoming Seniors and graduating. Questions enter our mind such as. Will the world be as cold and cruel as our parents and older acquaintances have warned us? Are we prepared to make a living for ourselves now instead of relying upon our weekly allowances and hand-outs from our parents? Will we be given a fair chance in the world in spite of the mixed-up way it is now? These questions will be answered in the very near future for better or for worse. Let’s do all we can to live up to our motto—“We face the future and march on. Class Officers — Norman West, President Leighton Lefler, Vice-President Annette Harney. Secretary Class Colors — Blue and White Eighteen