United Township High School - Skyline Yearbook (East Moline, IL)

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life on the river now is different . . . yes sir, the mighty mississippi . . . bisecting americo’s heartland . . . most people around here take the big river for granted ... it just keeps rolling by everyday. a modern day huck finn doesn't have a raft . . . nope, nowadays, he's got a 15-foot Chrysler with a johnson outboard ... he swims at willow or at the community pool . . . skis on the river. proud mary round the quad-cities is the delta queen . . . congress gave her a reprieve . . . she's the last wood ,ppddle-wheeler thai cavorts up and down the -river . . . reflecting a past that sing? of mark ‘ ' twain -ygys. everyon’e ?TtH« Lrongs to the to see the qjjeen . . can'trtrveHh- the past thoucnr1.m'. . -orr the big w river noW r$ pQWution or floods . , huge steel and conc SE brr es span the mississippi barite . . . acfoss tfre natioa .-oprgT--s iQg . . inTWstaU. 80 . . . always strangef Toming-, avuiJy to eqt then off again . rtver towns.. what's say . . . like anywher§ ouprose . . most people ar the sam you . . . a rotTnd hteeT Ke nra j oTI hard working and ment . . . there’s o pas'sfe j pern- that €r ' mi aU ta1 spoU§- no one to glfexcited jjorr na ltJ s o pas'sfe o rowdi in stock car racing IL tar wrestTTng . . .or higTi'school

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 ♦ seniors . . . bill abbott, president; mary king, treasurer; andy smith, vice president; annie perez, secretary. juniors . . . penny anderson, treasurer; cindy hughes, secretary; bruce green, president; mel howard, vice president.