Valley High School - Vall Ee Hi Yearbook (Fairview, IL)

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JUDY ARCHDALE DANIEL ATHEARN SENIORS TOM BAKER GARY BOWEN compliments of CANTON WHOLESALER, canton 17

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CLASS OFFICERS Seated: Mrs. Wilcoxen, Roger Simkins, Mr. Willis Standing: Mary Lindstrom, Jim Lafary, Janet Rask, Mike Porch CLASS HISTORY In the latter part of August, 1962, seventy-six new sopho- mores entered Valley full of anticipation about the new aca- demic and social life that stretched out before them in high school. We began to feel a part of Valley in the weeks that followed as we joined the various organizations and met our upperclassmen. We led happy lives until the day arrived that all sophomores dread--Initiation Day. In spite of our fears, we surmounted our first hurdle with only a little strain. As we were initiated into the various organizations, we finally became a part of Valley. At our first class meeting we met our sponsors, Mrs. Edith Wilcoxen and Mr. Wilmer Willis. Also, at the first meeting we elected our officers--Jerrv Woodall, president; John Shortness, vice-president; Janet Rask, secretary; Roger Wright, treasurer; and Andy Foshay, student council represen- tative. We chose as our attendants for the Homecoming King and Queen. Linda Bowles and Jim Frame. We all anticipated Homecoming eagerly as we prepared our float with the theme, My Blue Heaven”. As the year progressed we helped cheer the Vikings to victory on the football field and basketball court with the aid of our sophomore cheerleaders--Pat Porch, Nancy Brown, and Linda Bowles. In November we held a party to help us get to know one another better. We all remember that night--complete with square dances, broom dances, and an impromptu limbo session. In the spring, we took a small part in the Prom as attend- ants from our class were chosen. They were: Jerry Woodall, Roger Simkins, John Shortness, Bill Parli, Phil Kennelly, Janet Rask, Ardith Owens, Jonie Hartstirn, Nancy Brown, and Judy Archdale. Also during the spring, as we awaited our junior year, we chose new officers. They were: Bill Parli, president; Andy Foshay, vice-president; Marilyn Schuman, secretary; Susan Donaldson, treasurer; and Phil Kennelly, student council representative. In the fall of 1963 we entered the halls of Valley with our new junior-classmen status, and gleams in our eyes as we plotted our part of the initiation for the incoming sophomores. The new underclassmen, however, survived their ordeal, and we turned our thoughts to Homecoming. We elected Marilyn Schuman and Bill Parli Homecoming Ring and Queen atten- dants. During half-time of the Homecoming game. Bill and Marilyn rode the junior class car decorated to the theme of Hand Your Heart from a Star”. On November fifteenth our Junior class proudly presented hours of work, fun, and worry in the form of our play entitled WHEN A BODY MEETS A BODY. Two weeks later after an eternity of impatient waiting, our class rings arrived. With their arrival came cries of joy, moans of disappointment if they didn't fit, and the inevitable exchange of rings. Also during the winter of our junior year, some of us partici- pated in the operetta THE MERRY WIDOW, presented by the music department. All through our junior year we worked diligently to make enough money to finance our Banquet and Prom. After much excited anticipation, careful planning, and hectic decorating; the Junior-Senior Prom was held on April 24, 1964, with the gym decorated to look like an April in Paris”. We all spent an evening we will never forget as we danced to the music of Ozzie Osborne and his orchestra. Eight days after the Prom, sixty-nine juniors got up in the wee hours of the morning to go to Chicago for one fun-filled day. None of us w ill ever forget the tours through the museums, shopping in Marshal Field's, losing people in the subway, and seeing the Chicago shore line in the moonlight from the boat on Lake Michigan. Even as we arrived in Galesburg early the next morning, we began to realize our responsibility as seniors and the leaders of Valley students. At our last class meeting we chose our class officers for the next year. IJiey were: Roger Simkins, president; Mike Porch, vice president; Mary I indstrom, secretary; Jim Lafary, treasurer; and Janet Rask, student council representative On August 27, 1964, we entered the doors of Valley for the last time as a class on the first day of school. Our thoughts immediately turned to Homecoming, since many of the senior boys practiced for their last high school football season. W hile we decorated the senior car to the theme of South Pacific” for our attendants Pat Porch and Dave Donaldson, the Student Council made ready a float for our Homecoming King and Queen, Janet Rask and Jerry Woodall. The year progressed quickly as we enjoyed every minute of our last year at Valley, and soon it was time to prepare for the Christmas Dance. We decorated a tree and made a fireplace so that the gym would be full of the feeling and spirit of Christmas as we came and danced that night to the music of Russell Dietriech. Soon afterwards we chose our SAR and DAR winners, John Shortness and Susan Donaldson respec- tively. All too quickly our last year at Valley passed before us, until it was time to choose our class colors, rose and silver; our class flower, the rose; and our class motto, ' Knowledge is Power . Finally, the graduation proceedings began as wre attended Senior Night May 14, Baccalaureate May 23, and Commencement Exercises on May 28. We would like to thank our sponsors, Mrs. Wilcoxen and Mr. Willis, for three happy productive years at Valley.

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LINDA BOWLES NANCY BROWN SENIORS JIM BUCKMAN JOHN BURNETT 18 COMPLIMENTS OF FAIR VIEW STATE BANKING CO.t fairview