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

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 UTs 'GCIIGEN AGES Dear Kelly and Laurie, Did you know your 1980 edition will mark the 50th year for the Skyline? How proud we were of that first Skyline in 1930. Two boys were at the helm, guiding a staff of twelve seniors whose only experience in publication was their work on the Key ... but good experience that proved to be. The editor-in-chief of that first annual recently passed away, but the assistant editor, called Business manager in those days, lives here in East Moline. He is J.C. Dralle. He also named the Skyline; his was the winning entry in a contest amongst all students in the high school. Eight seniors of those first twelve staff members still live in East Moline. Indeed the Skyline wasn’t only FIRST established or organized by the Class of ’30 ... we have several others to our credit. The Girls Athletic Association was organized in 1930. We attended that first Play Day at Stronghurst. III. ... a long trip in those days! First state Awards were earned by Barbara Black (Weime), Olivia Bloeser (McMeen), Dorothy McLain (Lueders) and Dorothy Swanson (Bjurstrom). The East Moline Club was the forerunner of today’s Letterman Club. Although the Great Depression affected many people as we graduated and went out into the world, it didn’t seem to have dampened the enthusiasm of our classmates- for we lived, and forged “on” ... our class motto. Sincerely, Dorothy L. Swanson (Bjurstrom) Publicity Chairperson 1930 Golden Anniversary Reunion THK SKYLINE GOLDEN CONTENTS Opening UT s Golden Ages 2 Student Life The Melting Pot 10 Sports The Gold Mine 18 Seniors .... Solid Gold 62 Underclassmen Gold-Plated 120 Faculty Gold Smiths . 162 Entertainment The Midas Touch 184 Organizations Gold Rush 204 Advertisements Gold Nuggets 226 Index Gold Dust 238 Closing Polishing It Up! 248 OFFICERS Editor-in-Chief Business Manatfei Faculty Advisers Morton .1. brail, Miss Clara Carlson and Miss Flora ■ STAFF Faculty and Senior Music and Dramatic Athletics and Mounting Art Literary i literary Snaps « alendar and Humor Advertising A 'Man! Advertising Heulah Wildermuth Irene Murra;. Donald I onh r i Jennie T r‘- I irene Mar.- Phyllis Mom Clarctta Bri -1’ Aline B« •v Darrell Barr Jack Mat the - Klv.f lil 1 ' • 3 MjiB UT's Golden Age;

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The 1980 SKYLINE is the golden anniversary for Skyline. Fifty years ago in 1930. the first yearbook staff put together Volume One of what was to become a yearly tradition. The 1980 yearbook staff has been more than twice the size of the 1930 staff and has had more than twice the number of pages to complete. The 1980 Skyline is not Volume 50. but Volume 38, because the annual was not published during the Depression. The yearbook trends have changed over the years, as have the number of pages and the yearbook companies. The 1955 edition was the silver anniversary yearbook and was advised by Ms. Anita Murrens. The 1955 Skyline used the hands of time as its theme in order to convey to the student body that it was Skyline’s silver anniversary. The 1980 Skyline staff chose Skyline Strikes It Rich as the theme for the golden anniversary book and used phrases relating to gold to carry out its theme. Far upper left: Fifty years ago. males cheered for UT. Eldon Fisher was one of them. Far lower left: The first Skyline staff all fourteen of them Upper left: Fifty years ago later, the 1980 Skyline staff is much larger staff of twenty-two. Middle right: Maryann Ryan, sophomore, discovers that being on Skyline for her first year takes a lot of work and responsibility. Lower left: Annette Nagel, senior, and Laura Heath, junior, take a moment from sorting underclassmen pictures. Lower right: Mrs. Marsha Peterson. Skyline adviser, copyreads a feature story. U.T.'s Golden Ages — 3