Shelbyville High School - Okawwako Yearbook (Shelbyville, IL)

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WIE Ill AUISIE lt you were only here this yedr, Betty, you'd get g good work-out dlong with the rest ot us. Whgt doing? Why, helping us to produce the best gnnugl since the good old dgysf' You see, it's up to us to do just thot, becouse this volume ot the OKAWWAKO is the twenty-fifth. Yes, our silver gnniversgryl Thgt's the why oi the silver cover, silver printing, ond other testive iegtures. Some ot our ggng got out the old copies ot the gnnugl the other dgy, clegr bdck to the beginning. lt wgs lots ot fun io look thern over. Do you suppose thgt twentyrtive yegrs from now our grgndchildren will think us os tunny ds some ot those old pictures we giggled over? l suppose they will but it's hctrd to believe. We got much more thgn lgughs out ot those old books, though. lt wcts g thrill to find our school hos dn inspiring post. You know, we tound rngny tcrmous ngmes here- gbout on the toculty lists ond clgss rolls. We're proud ot our ctthletesy but do you know thot once the boslcetbctll teom did get to the stgteu? Whgt's more, it won third plocel How they must hcrve enjoyed lite here, bgck in those dctys when the building wos lgrge enough to hold the student body comiortoblyl But you'd hgve been most interested in seeing the chdnge in the OKAWlNAKO it- self. Sorne of the eorliest books look old tgshioned ond gueer. Vile could notice ct

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SCIHIOUIL ILIHFIE Il?-Qttl Dear Betty, lt's almost time to graduate, and we miss you more than we have all year. Aren't you miss- ing us here at Shelby High just a little bit? Wouldn't you like to see us and know what we've been doing this past year since you left? Yes? We thought you would! Know what we're doing? Turning our OKAWWAKO into a letter for you! When it's done, you'll know all about us: your old friends, new people in school, our good times, our athletic teams, our faculty, and other people of note. Then, it there's room, we'll put in some pictures for you.

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steady 1mprovement c1eor up to 1929 1930 cmd 1931 when the very best books Nere Wcts roted A11 Amemccm Then come the depresslont The book ot 1933 was 1ucky to make on oppectrcmce ot ot11 1 que s Smce then the OKAWWAKO hots be ome qrodu o111y better c1eorr up to 1940 But of course thls book hos to be the best ever' Dont you 11ke 11'11S p1cture'? We cou1dnt get or11 twenty four books 1I'1 one snop so we chose severo1 ot the best 1ookmq ones RIEMIEMIBIER fAe1p1ZkSF11-