VIT High School - Vitorian Yearbook (Table Grove, IL)

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MR. WILLIAMS THE OFFICERS Seated Left to Right--President--Barry Frye, Vice-President--Gordon Cornelius. Standing Left to Right--Secretary Carol Jean Speer, Treasurer--Sandy Mayall.

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Our Class Flower CAROLE ELAINE WEAVER At ball games you'll always hear, This 5' 10” from far and near. RED ROSE Our Class Colors GREEN and WHITE Our Class Motto IGNORANCE IS THE CURSE OF GOD KNOWLEDGE THE WINGS WHEREWITH WE FLY TO HEAVEN JAMES E. WEESE A football hero makes his fame, And we know Sarge is his name. SHAKESPEARE

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CLASS HISTORY In the fall of 1957, we entered high school as small green freshmen eating big green persimmons. We elected as our class officers: Barry Frye--President; Gordon Cornelius- Vice President; Beverly Netzer--Secretary; Val Neil-sen--Treasurer; and Marshall Farr, Carol Jean Speer, Dale Brown, and Kay Burgett--Student Council. The girls who represented our class in sports as cheerleaders were Sandy Mayall and Linda Harris. Our majorettes were Pam Harris and Nancy Atwater. Our football statistics were; six wins--no losses and the basketball statistics were twenty wins and five losses. We were sorry that our Homecoming game was spoiled that year because of the flu, but the Homecoming attendants were Carol Jean Speer and Gordon Cornelius. Out class sponsors were Miss Brown and Mr. Williams. Our sophomore year opened with a membership of fifty-four and a new school building. Our class officers were: Gordon Cornelius--President; Ron Blemler--Vice President; Bev Steele--Secretary; Linda Flynn--Treasurer; and Sandy Mayall and Ed Counselman--Student Council. The Homecoming attendants chosen that year were Sandy Mayall and Harold Thompson. Gordon Cornelius headed the scoring on the football team with thirty points. Also that year our magnificent sophomore boys brought home the first place trophy in the County B Tournament. Their final season run turned out with seventeen wins and only three losses. Pam Harris and Nancy Atwater led the band again as majorettes and Sandy Mayall and Linda Harris led the boys on to victory as cheerleaders. To start our first year of upperclassmen, we elected Barry Frye as our President; Phil Icenogle as the Vice President; Val Neilsen--Secretary; and Kay Burgett as Treasurer; and Ed Counselman and Rose Etta Easley as Student Council. In football, the season record brought in seven wins and one loss, and in basketball, the season record was eighteen wins and seven losses. The cheerleaders behind the teams from our class were Linda Harris, Mary Jane Schleich, and Carole Weaver. Pam Harris was a majorette and Nancy Atwater moved up to drum major. Our Homecoming attendants were Sandy Mayall and Ron Blemler. The Sweetheart attendant from our class was Pam Harris. In November of 1959, we presented our first play, Finders Creepers and in May of 1960, we put our heads together and decorated the gym for the Junior-Senior Prom with our theme Paradise of the Deep. Mrs. DeKoster was the new sponsor added. Forty-four seniors finished our final year at V. I. T. with President--Barry Frye; Vice President--Gordon Cornelius; Secretary--Carol Jean Speer; Treasurer--Sandy Mayall; and Student Council--Val Neilsen and Ed Counselman. Fred Bulmer and Gordon Cornelius were co-captains of the football team which won three and lost five games. Fred was basketball captain also and the team had fourteen wins and eight losses. The cheerleaders cheering the boys on were Carole Weaver, Pam Harris, Sandy Mayall, Mary Jane Schleich, and Linda Harris. The 1960-61 Homecoming King and Queen were Ron Blemler and Sandy Mayall. Our Homecoming scene won first place. Carol Jean Speer was Track Queen and Val Neilsen was Sweetheart Queen with Carol Jean Speer, Pam Harris, Kay Burgett, and Bev Steele as her attendants. To add some spice to class plays, the Seniors of 1961 presented Twelve Angry Jurors using the gym floor as the stage and again directed by Miss Brown. The Juniors honored us in an Oriental Garden for a lovely evening at the Junior-Senior Prom. Janice Thompson and Bill Palmer were chosen to rule the royal court at the Prom. Our final step from high school was May 31, 1961 with our high school diplomas from V.I.T. in our hands. Our sponsors were Miss Brown, Miss Eddington, and Mr. Williams. Our Class Project all four years was selling light bulbs.