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

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Senior Zrip 23

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Fred Current Nancy Smith 22

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Senior Class .History In the fall of 1961, we began our high school careers by selecting the following officers: President--Dennis Bassett, Vice-President--Ketra Mytich, Secretary--Becky Baily, Treasurer--Cecilia Wright, Reporter--Steve Burgard, Student Council--Bobby Douglas and Fred Current. Our faculty sponsors were Mrs. Carlton and Mr. Snowden. After going through the terror of initiation, we looked forward to Homecoming for which we chose Ketra Mytich and Dennis Bassett as our attendants. In the decoration contests on the lawn, our entry, Autumn Harvest, won first place. During our sophomore year, our sponsors were Mrs. Brumett and Mrs. Cary. We selected as class officers: President--Fred Current, Vice-President--Dennis Bassett, Secretary--Cindy McMullen, Treasurer--Tom Speer, Reporter--Becky Baily, Student Council--Tom Speer and Kay Walters. At Homecoming time, we chose Lynn Moses and Carol Derry as attendants. All three Junior Varsity cheerleaders were sophomores: Lean Jo Bohannon. Becky Baily, and Ketra Mytich. Our money-making project for this year was the selling of magazines. We were led during our Junior year by these officers: President--Cindy McMullen, Vice-President--Sibyl Butcher, Secretary--John Kost, Treasurer--Cecilia Wright, Reporter--Tom Speer, Student Council--Ketra Mytich and Roy Cripe. Mr. and Mrs. Cary and Mr. Hunter were our sponsors for the year. During the first week of school, our class sponsored a Back to School dance. We were responsible too for the concession stand at basketball games. Our class play, The Perfect Idiot,” directed by Mrs. Baily, was very successful and well attended. The high spot of our Junior year came in May when we entertained the Senior class at the annual Prom. The theme, Blue Hawaii, was successfully and tastefully carried out. The dinner preceding the dance was held at the LaMoine Hotel in Macomb, Illinois. In our Senior year, we shall always remember the privilege of having a foreign exchange student, Flor del Carmen Valverde Gomez, as a member of our class. Flor is a native of Costa Rica and we shall always consider her a true friend. Our senior officers were President--Fred Current, Vice-President--Lyle Arnett, Secretary--Kay Walters, Treasurer--Tom Speer, Reporter--Neal Gamm, and Student Council--Dennis Bassett and Carol Derry. Our faculty sponsors were Mr. and Mrs. Cary and Mr. Inman. At the first big social event of the year, Fred Current and Ketra Mytich were honored to be chosen as Homecoming king and queen. We wrecked our vengeance on the Freshmen on initiation day. The formal ceremony that evening was carried out very effectively. Royalty was present in our class also in the persons of Joyce Conner, queen of the Winter Mist Dance, and Ketra Mytich and Lena Jo Bohannon, track queens. Our class play, Headin’ for a Weddin’,” was directed by Mrs. Horack. This play, a hillbilly comedy, was truly a smash hit. Our class was entertained by the Juniors at the annual Prom. This gala event, carrying the theme Roman Holiday,” was truly appreciated, from the chicken dinner at the Beehive, all during the evening in the beautifully decorated gymnasium. Here Dennis Bassett and Ketra Mytich were crowned king and queen. One of the highlights of our Senior year was the overnight class trip to Chicago. We went by bus and while in the city stayed at the Palmer House Hotel, saw The Greatest Story Ever Told, ” a baseball game, and the museums. We ended our high school careers with Baccalaureate May 23, and Commencement May 28.