Stillman Valley High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Stillman Valley, IL)

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FO0TBALL 1951 coAcH G1-:TSCHMAN 'l , s f .p' . For several years the Stillman Valley area has dreamed of an athletic field with adequate lighting for football, softball, track and community projects. About a year ago the wheels began to roll to make this dream a reality. The land adjoining the high school in the west was purchased from the landowners. Late in the summer of '51 a call was put out by Mr. Roe and Mr. Getschman for help to clear the land. Many boys volunteered for this work and in a few days the fences were cleared, trees cut down, and the ground leveled and plowed. Finally after days of grading and rolling, seed was planted and everyone settled back to watch it grow. Before winter had set in they were rewarded with a thick teen coverin of B h g g grass. y t is time the field was beginning to take on a look of reality. ln the early fall of 1951, a meeting of the representatives of all the clubs and organizations of the area was called to discuss ways to raise funds for the field lights. Mr. Eno Wiltfang and Mr. Parkinson were elected to head this group. They decided to sponsor fund raising activities and to solicit donation in ff mately 35, OOO of this amount had been obtained. The first major problem of the group was to locate poles, which needed to be 75 feet long. After many delays these were located and ordered from a firm in Kansas, and on a cold January morning these arrived and were promptly delivered to the field. h T e next obstacle was to find a way to dig the holes and raise these tremendous poles. As spring approached, these difficulties were overcome and the group put on its final drive for funds to purchase the light fixtures. Some of the activities sponsored were box socials, dances, square dances, plays, a donkey basketball game, and a Carnival and minstrel show. By June the entire area was looking forward to a lighted athletic field for the fall football games. s an e ort to raise 35,000 toward the lights, By January 1, 1952, approxi- Compliments of PARKERS SPORTING GOODS 415 W. State St. SHOOKS SERVICE Junction 72 and 51 Davis Junction Illinois

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