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

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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.

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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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SENIOR CLASS WILLS WE THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1961 of V. I. T. HIGH SCHOOL do hereby will and bequeath the following. To the faculty we leave the fond memories of the best behaved class that ever roamed these sacred halls. To the administration we leave our superb standings as students. To the janitors we leave our muddy little foot prints in the halls. To the cooks we leave a cook-book and instructions on how to use it. To the underclassmen of V. I. T. we leave our books, papers, pencils, teachers, gip slips, and all other items of value which are: I, NELDA RICHEY, will my ability to get along with teachers to Susan Hunter, who might need it. I, PHYLLIS HOPPING, will Pumpkin Lake road to anyone who owns a caterpillar. I, BILL PALMER, will my ability to spend time in Astoria to Ed Haney, who spends some time there himself. I, KENNETH DARLING, will my nickname Skeed to anyone who can prove they deserve it. I, BEVERLY STEELE, will my diplomatic relationship with Cuba to my alma mater, V. I. T. in hopes that they can strive to improve the relationships between the schools as much as I have done. I, GORDON CORNELIUS, will my interest in a certain Table Grove family to anyone who appreciates them as much as I do. I, CAROL JEAN SPEER, will my record player to Joe Hughes so he and his mother can listen to Jonathan Winters records and keep all imitations up to date after the mighty seniors of 1961 leave. I, CHARLES GILSON, will my ability to carry my bass horn to Edwin Seasley in hopes he joins the band. I, EUGENE WALKER, will my ability to get along with Mr. Hunter to Richard Bottenburg who needs it. I, RODNEY KEEFAUVER, will my jungle talents to Sport Jones who may make better use of them. I, DAN ELLIOTT, will my managers job to anyone who can stand it. I, SANDRA MAYALL. will to Joyce Blemler my ability to get along so well with her brother as I think she needs some of it. I, RON BLEMLER, will my good with Gordon Cornelius to John Barker and Roger Wilson who never seem to get along. I, WENDELL ANDERSON, will my good relations with the faculty to Charles Wren. I, FRED BULMER. will my height in basketball to Bud Clemens who could use it. WE, MARY JANE SCHLEICH, LINDA HARRIS, AND JANICE THOMPSON, will our planned trip to Havana, (the one we didn’t get to go on because of the fog) to anyone who can drive in fog like Ed Counselman can or anyone who can serve hot coffee like Dale Brown. I, EDWARD COUNSELMAN, will my drag slicks to Kendall Haines in hopes that his screaming 6 will get better mileage out of them. I, MARY JANE ERB, will my ability to get by with things to Bubbles who needs it. I, SHARON ABERNATHY, will my American history book to my sister in hopes she will make better use of it than I did. I, J. E. WEESE, will my ability to get my point across and chew gum to Joyce Blemler and Connie Clemens. I, HUGH MARSHALL FARR, will these Halls of Ivy and many memories to any underclassmen who can enjoy them as much as I have. I, NANCY ATWATER, will the mufflers on my Chevy to Rita Fawcerr who could sure use some quite ones. I, PAM HARRIS, will one good cheerleading lung to the incoming freshmen to help root the V. I. T. Hornets on to victory. I, BARRY A. FRYE, will my executive position in the V. I. T. grapevine to any person worthy of it. I, KAY BURGETT, will my red marked bookkeeping papers to Beth Kessler in hopes she doesn't get them. I, ROSE ETTA EASLEY, will my hours in the office, to anyone who likes office work. I, CLARENCE KELLER, will my great love for P. E. to anyone who can stand it. I, JEFF HATCH, will my mathematical ability to Joe Hughes, hoping he will achieve more than I did. I, PHILLIP ICENOGLE, will my polaroid to anyone who is a shutterbug and likes to waste film. I, VAL NIELSEN, will my lab partner and, equipment in Chemistry to Sally Current in hopes she will enjoy them as much as I have. I, LINDA FLYNN, will a certain boy's class ring to anyone who thinks they can get it since I have a much better one now. I, RICHARD THOMPSON, will all my trips to Vermont to Bill Palmer so he doesn't have to go to Astoria. I, JOANNE COOK, will my desk in the biology room to Damaris Richmond in hopes she has fun with those new freshmen especially during initiation. I, CAROL WEAVER, will my height to David Reedy, Jerry Thompson, Clyde Clemens, and Roger Wilson, four freshman boys who I feel will make good use of it. I, CHARLES BROCK, will my training habits to John Brinton who seems to be doing all right himself. I, BONNIE McCARTY, will Patty Baker and Carolyn Cook all the junk in my locker that has somehow accumulated through the years. I, PHILLIS MORSE, will my part of Granny in the junior class play to anyone who can jitterbug at that age. I, BARBARA LANNERY, will all my trips to Lewistown to Mary Ellen Gorsage, in hopes that she enjoys them as much as I did. P. S. Good Luck. Mary. $