Tuscola High School - Tuscolian Yearbook (Tuscola, IL)

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CLASS HISTORY In the year 1956, the Freshman Class entered high school with visions of sitting on fountains and walking back to town from a nice ride into the country. Most of us were saved, though, as a new ruling against initiation was put into effect. We were guided through our Freshman year by our advisors, who were Mrs. Scott and Mr. Butkovich. The representatives of the eighty-seven members in our class were Steve Allison, President; Jim Perry, Vice-President; Mike Lemna, Secretary; Donna Hausmann, Treasurer; and Curt Turner, Student Council Representative. That year, much to our delight, we gained a new student, Bob Embser. Much to our dismay, we lost Sally Conley, Kathy Cain, Carole Carico, and Sandra Hill. The first major project of our high school years was the homecoming float, “Light the Way to Victory.” We were all surprised and amazed when we received second place. We entered as Sophomores with confidence and knowledge gained from the preceding year. Through the loss of Jim Kirby, Jean Shanks, Louise Botts, and Carolyn Martin, our enrollment dropped to eighty-two students. With the addition of Betty Dickey, our enrollment became eighty-three members. Our leaders were Phil Morris, President; Jerry Thompson, Vice-President; Christine Moore, Secretary; Adele Dotson, Treasurer; and Larry Owen, Student Council Representative. Our advisors were Mr. Schrader and Mr. Lionberger. At Homecoming, our class worked hard on the float “Win-Dy Game,” which was winner of second place. We made it! We were now upper classmen and had a grand total of eighty members left to help the administrators run the school. The only new member to help us with this great task was Steve Wright. We had to bid farewell to Donna Boomershine, Reta Perry, Nancy Kirchner, and La Donna Supancic. We elected Carter Morris, President; Adele Dotson, Vice-President; Christine Moore, Secretary; Lynne McCartney, Treasurer; and Curt Turner, Student Council Representative. We were kept busy by the magazine sales, the Junior Class Play, “Come Out of the Closet,” and giving the departing Seniors a reception and prom on April 25, 1959. The theme was Bali Hai with music by Bob Norman and his orchestra. We were helped through our busiest year by our advisors, Mr. Schrader and Mr. Lionberger. We reached the summit of high school life, as full-fledged Seniors. Our class totaled seventy-three members and for our last year in high school, we had with us Lee Mardis and Janice Barger. During the summer, we lost Anita Stevens, Connie Leger, Paul Jewel and Steve Wright. Our Homecoming will always be remembered not only as our last one, but also because we beat our opponents, Villa Grove, and won first place with our float “Roaring to Victory.” Our activities this past year included the Senior Class play, “Our Town,” directed by Mr. Cain, the reception and prom which was given to us by the Junior Class, our Senior Skip Day, and the Yearbook, which you are now reading. Carter Morris, President; Craig Wyatt, Vice-President; Christine Moore, Secretary; Betty Dickey, Treasurer; and Joyce Reeder, Student Council Representative were our class officers. Our advisors were Mr. Schrader, Mr. Lionberger, and Mrs. Allen. We shall always remember Baccalaureate, which was held on May 22, and Commencement, held on May 26, as a fitting close to our high school days. Dan Rutan Nancy Kappes

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JUNIORS President Vice -President Secretary Doug Green Pat Consoer Kitty Kish Treasurer Student Council Jeri Little Representative Bill Alexander Advisors; Miss Schrader Mrs. Kennedy Mr. Meyer Lloyd Anderson Julia Barger Rex Bridges Kathleen Boylson Ralph Briggs Virginia Brown Gary Brinkley David Burge Roy Chaplin Norma Chapman Ralph Cook Carolyn Corrie Marolyn Corrie Leroy Davis Judy Dickey Kay Donley Shirley Drake Dick Etzwiler Bob Felix Jim Fortney ■