Venice High School - Venetian Yearbook (Venice, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 64 of the 1956 volume:

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V' V X ,Hz . no o o -N ,- Q -as 3.-11,1--' Q .Q f ,nf 0 1 9 ,iz O k -,111 9 Q X X , x XX X :1 XXX 3-iggzfy XX X X X X :if-'-11 X iz-,L -QE' X X X X3,5:?,,Q1.i X X XX N .-mi. .- X , XXX , X X XX X ,, X X X W XX XX X X X X XXXSQX X QQ.. 1.-fQXS'Xx X X X X X XXX X X Q Wi371j,L x,5.h,,,N.Qq.f , X X X .gfgfir 1? 'XQTFQ X Q T1 ,X X553 Xjfiq-QXXX X N X X ,QS 1X-SXELS N , XX 'SSS3 X X w.-: SX Ffi X X X xg 5y1f,XuX XX X sl -Nz 'f'v:jfg.35 X X XXX X X X Q X NXXX Cgecfica tion Thirty-two years have elapsed since the first edition of the VENETIAN. We, the staff of the 1956 VENETIAN, dedicate this yearbook to the future students of Venice High in the hope that the yearbook will become one of the treas- ured traditions of our school. Compliments Of CATON'S EL-BE FOOD STORE 200 Hampden Venice, Illinois PhOI1e TR 6-94951 N XX XX NX NW if AGU LTY SUPERINTENDENT I.H. GORE Qoarcf of gcfucatlon FIRST ROW: Attorney Austin Levyis, Raymond Robbs, Lester Salem, Elmer Carpenter, Leo Davinroy. SECOND ROW: Otis Lundy, Roy Musick, Thomas Foley, Superintendent I.H. Gore. Compliments of MJNNINGTQN IEWELRY HANK'S SERVICE STATION Granite City, Illinois Venice, EHEQQRP MRS. IESSELYN PAULSON English, Latin Library , IOHN PIER Industrial Arts MISS ALICE PURDES Vocal Music MRS . CLEO WELLS Girls' Physical Education KP1cture Mis singl MRS. DOROTHY REID Speech, Speech Correction Drama Club Advisor MRS . FAITH WEYER English, Mathematics Student Council Advisor MRS . BARBARA WILLIAMS Business Courses Sophomore Advisor VENETIAN Advisor MADISON FURNITURE MART 405 Madison Avenue Madison, Illinois WILLIAM CAVALLO k Band LEWIS SABIN, Principal Science Freshman Advisor gfiglfz Qgcfwof czcu tag MISS MARY EUBANKS Business Courses MISS MORENE GROSI-IONG Social Studies Senior Advisor Student Council Advisor MISS EMMA KELLY Home Economics Iunior Advisor FHA Advisor ZAHN WELLS Boys' Physical Education Coach 5 Compliments of YM 'SW '40-no DR. CLAUDE C HILES DR. STANLEY F MAER Granite City Illinois ROGER DAVIS, Principal Coachrt S I I ' ROBERT BLATTNER Grade Eightfxl 'N H.S. Algebra grade School Cgdczcufty MRS. GWENDOLYN DAKE Grade Six U, MRS. DOROTHY LUEDERS Grade Seven MISS FLORENCE MALOTTE ' Grade Three 1' MISS SHIRLEY MCCONNAUGHHAY Grade One -. f MRS? IESSIE O'DAY Grade Four f 7 A . W MISS CIARIBEL RYNEARSON Grade Fivefj , I ' V ' MRS. EVELYN SMITH Glfade Seven 1 ' , . ' MRS. LAURA N. ULFPERS ' Grade Two if A ' 'Q I W ' MRS . ESTHER VASILEFF Kindergarten Compliments of VENICE POLICE DEPARTMENT 8 Venice Illinois arf' CS3CllOO! gl71p!OyQQ.S' Nurse: MISS MARGUERITE FECHTE L Cooks: MRS. MARY SUGG MRS. GEORGIA BURNS MRS. ALICE SHAMBRO Office Staff: MISS LOIS WELLS MRS. NORMA ROBERTSON Maintenance Staff: VIC GONDOLPO GUS REHMUS Pictures Missing: DICK MAHER GEORGE ZEIGLER 0 Compliments of GRAHAM'S BOOK STORE Granite City I Illinois S ' QA. I Compliments of GOFF G DITTMAN FLORISTS TR 6-4320 Madison, Illinois GL 2-2197 ENIURS 5? ROSALIE BEYER Chorus 1 ,3 ,47 President 47 'Travel Fund Treasurer 27 Secretary 37 Play 37 Yearbook Staff 47 Student Coun- cil 47 Music Contest-Vocal 3-Chorus 2 ,3. THOMAS FOLEY Band 1, 2 , 3 , 47 Basketball 1 , 2 , 3 , 47 Dance Band 2 ,3,47 Baseball 3 ,47 Play 37 Student Council 47 Boys' State 37 Music Contest-Instrumental l,2, 3 , 4-Band 2. R ONALD B LATZ Band 1,2,3,47 Track 37 Play 37 Dance Band 2,3,47 Latin Club 1 ,27 Class President 17 Secretary 3 Yearbook Staff 47 T.A.B. Club 1,21 Music Contest Band 27 Drama Club 4. 1 DON HILL ADA CARVER Chorus 2 ,3 ,47 Vice-President 37 Secretary-Treas urer 47 Play 37 Yearbook Staff 47 Chorus Contest 2. KEITH KELLY Vice-President 27 Play 37 Latin Club l 2 Basketball 47 T.A.B. Club 1,2 ROGERA DAVIS Band 1,2,3,41 Dance Band 2,3,4j Chorus l,2,3,4 1 Tvvirlers 1,2,37 President 2,37 Play 37 F.H.A. 1,47 Latin Club 1 ,27 Yearbook Staff 47 Student Council 4 1 T.A.B. Club 1,27 School Paper 1 ,Z7 Music Contest- Vocal 2 , 3 , 4-Instrumental l , 2 , 3 , 4-ChOruS 2-Band 2 Drama Club 4. 1 LENORA LEDBETTER Band 1,2 ,3,47 Travel Fund 'Treasurer 47 Vice-Presi- dent 17 Chorus 1,2 ,3 ,47 Play 37 Yearbook Staff 47 Student Council 47 T.A.B. Club 1,27 School Paper 27 Music Contest Vocal Chorus Instrumental Band 2. QI'llOI'S Compliments of VENICE-MADISON AMERICAN LEGION Post 442307 THOMAS MARCUS Vice-President 47 Sergeant at Arms 1,2 ,37 Latin Club l7 Yearbook Staff 47 T.A.B. Club 1,2 . LEONARD RITZ Basketball 3j Play 37 T.A.B. Club l,2. LILLIAN PADGETT Band 1 , 2 ,3 , 47 Play 37 Music Contest-Instru- mental 1,2,3-Chorus 2-Band 27 School Paper 27 Yearbook Staff 47 P.H.A. 1,27 Twirlers 2,3,41 Chorus l,2,3,4. WILLIAM SCHAEPER Band 3,47 Basketball 47 Play 37 Music Contest, Instrumental 4 . BOB PONCE Basketball 1,3,4, Baseball 2 ,3,4, Treasurer 17 Student Council 4. 3390 EARL WARNHOFF Yearbook Staff 47 Play 37 Drama Club 47 T.A.B. Club l,2. 1? ww! ROSEMARY PONCE Chorus l ,2 , 3,47 Cheerleader 2,37 Secretary 27 F.H.A. l,2,47 Play 37 Music Contest, Chorus l,2. DON WELLS Basketball l,2,3,47 Baseball l,2,3,47 Track 1,22 , 7 W, 7 ,,,,, 7 fi '24 I 692 Play 37 T.A.B. Club 1,21 Boys' State 1. C C'fllOf'S Compliments of FRIEDMAN'S Madison Fifth and Madison Illinois Tri-Cities' Most Complete Home Furnishings 13 enior Gffass gastory The first Tuesday of September, 1952 , we meekly walked into Venice High School as Freshmen. The number in our class was twenty- nine. About October of that year, we gave the Sophomores a Freshman- Sophomore Party in return for the Sophomore -Freshman Party given us . Our officers were: President, Ronald Blatz: Vice-President, Lenora Ledbetter: Secretary, Rosemary Ponce: Treasurer, Bob Ponce, Sergeant at Arms , Tom Marcus . In September, 1953 , we grudgingly walked back into Venice High as Sophomores . Our number had decreased to twenty-four. Our officers were: President, Rogera Davis: Vice-President, Keith Kelly: Secretary, Rosalie Beyer: Treasurer, Carolyn Langston: Travel Fund Treasurer, Phyllis Vaught, Sergeant at Arms , Tom Marcus . We gave the Freshmen a Sophomore-Freshman Party. Later in the year, we staged a Sophomore Hop which was very successful. Also, during this year, we had a wild ambition to take a long trip when we graduated. To try to help gain this goal, we started collecting Travel Fund Dues from our class members . When September of 1954 arrived, we came back to school as Juniors . Our number now was nineteen. Our officers this year were: President, Rogera Davis: Vice-Pres- ident, Ada Carver: Secretary, Ronald Blatz: Treasurer, Carolyn Langston: 'Travel Fund Treasurer, Rosalie Beyer: Sergeant at Arms, Tom Marcus . In October, the Iuniors presented a play entitled, It's A Long Lane . Later on in the year, the Second Semester Iunior Speech Class gave a One-Act Play for an assembly program. The title was , Like Father, Like Son. On the first of September, 1956 , we came back to school looking forward to the end of our high school days. By this time, our number had sadly diminished to sixteen. Our officers were: President, Rosalie Beyer: Vice-President, Tom Marcus: Secretary-Treasurer, Ada Carver: Travel Fund Treasurer, Lenora Ledbetter: Sergeant at Arms , Earl Wamhoff. We held a Senior Coronation Ball in Ianuary. Miss Rosemary Ponce was crowned Yearbook Queen. During our Senior year, a group of our members worked on the Yearbook, participated in the Student Council, and started Iournalism and Dramatic Clubs . In April of 1956 , the Senior Class presented a play for the public. We hope, soon after this history is read, the remaininglsixteen of us will be marching up to get that long-awaited diploma. Compliments of GLIK'S DEPARTMENT STORES Madison and Bellemore Village enior roplzecy This is 1971 . My name is Ron Blatz, and I'm on my way to work. Sometimes I see some of my old buddies from the Class of '56 at' Venice High School. For instance , every morning I pass the Reverend Thomas Marcus and his head missionary, Leonard Ritz, on the corner of skid row , they're trying to win back lost souls . Usually I buy my paper from one of my old buddies, Keith Killer Kelly. Killer was a pretty good wrestler some time ago, but sud- denly stopped. No one knows why. After I buy my paper, I get on a bus and read the paper on my way to work. On the front page of today's paper is a picture of Earl Warnhoff being escorted very unceremoniously Hom court. He has become one of the most unsuccessful lawyers in the state. Here is his statement to the press: I'll buy my own courts and judges. These rules are old-fashioned. I'1l bet I can win a case if you get some good crooked judges on the bench. Here's a small article about Rogera Davis, too. It seems she was seen in St. Louis going into a restaurant to ask if she could sing for her supper . She had been singing with the St. Louis Met. , but lost her health and had to go to the hospital. Her doctor bills were extremely high, and now she is broke. In the section called It Happened Here is an article about Tom Foley. It seems he recently spent the biggest part of a night trying to teach his twelve year old son how many pennies he has left out of a nickel if he buys three pieces of bubble gum. On the Women's Page I see that Rosemary Ponce has won the Mrs . America Contest for this year. Well, I'm at work now. Did I tell you I was working for an invest- ment corporation? One of my main clients is Ada Carver. Vlfhen Ada was a senior, she worked in a plastic factory. After that, plastic just seemed to run in her blood. Today she came into the office with some stock to sell. It seems she has just purchased three plastic factorie s . Another of our clients is Lillian Padgett. If you remember, Lillian's high school ambition was to be an airline hostess. Something caused her not to fulfill her ambition, so she recently purchased an airline for herself. It's to be known as Padgett's Rocket Line . One of my favorite lunching spots is Schaefer's Drug Store . Schaefer ? Oh yes, it's Bill. When Bill was in high school, he worked nights in a drug store. He disliked his boss so much that he decided to buy a chain of drug stores so he could be a Scrooge , too. On my way to the bus stop this afternoon, I met the former Rosalie Beyer and Lenora Ledbetter. Rosalie always said she would never marry, but cupid hit her with an arrow, too . This year she was named the Most Efficient Housewife in the U.S. Lenora was in love with Rab when she was in high school, and, today, she was proudly flash- ing a diamond engagement ring she had just received. Iust as I got on my bus, I saw Don Hill. Dumpy is living up to his high school nickname . He was chosen by the Dump Trucks Drivers of America as the Most Muscular Dump Truck Driver in the U.S. You will never guess whom I saw while eating lunch--Don Wells and Bob Ponce. Remember, they were stars on the basketball squad in high schoolp and they decided to coach basketball. Well, in the past fifteen years, they got kind of fat and flabby, and now they are teaching physical education at the Downtown Y . Well, here's my stop, I'm getting off downtovsm today so I can buy another toupee. This makes my third one, so far. So long! See you tomorrow to tell you the news of the day. fast and cistarnent of tfze Glass o 1956 We , the Seniors of '56 of Venice, Illinois , as we depart from Venice High School, after twelve years of hard labor, still being of sane minds, wish to leave this last will and testament to the poor souls remaining behind. To the Freshman Class, we will our intelligence . To the Sophomore Class, we will our beauty. To the Iunior Class , we will our quiet, reserved, and dignified actions. I, Rosalie Beyer, will my ability to maintain a perfect attendance record to Cathy Koelker. I, Ron Blatz, will my captain stripes to Terry Greenlee. I, Ada Carver, will my naturally stringy hair and my ability to smile my way through school to Connie Parks. I, Rogera Davis , will my naturally dark hair to Iudy Garris in the hope that she will contemplate nature's gift. I, Thomas Foley, will my beautiful red complexion and betting ways to Lawrence Caruso . I, Donald Hill, will my loud mouth and rowdy manners to Marilyn Kowalski. I, Keith Kelly, will my ability to attract good-looking girls to Don Davinroy. I, Lenora Ledbetter, will my naturally black eyebrows and eyelashes to Miss Groshong in the event that she would like to use them. I, Thomas Marcus, will my golden tonsils to Don Cook in the hope that he will be able to talk his way through school as well as I did. I, Lillian Padgett, will my ability to drive without a license for two years to Margaret Fears . I, Robert Ponce, will my masculine physique to David Weber. I, Rosemary Ponce, will my Queenly abilities to Iudith Chalfin. I, Leonard Ritz, will the fender of my hopped-up Oldsmobile to Skip Schaffner. Compliments of HARVEY'S BARBER SHOP Phone TR 6-4357 1503 Third Madison, Illinois I, William Schaefer, will my car to anyone who has the vocabulary to make it run. I, Earl Warnoff, will my rniserly abilities to Glen Sadler. I, Don Wells, will my ability to love them and leave them to Noel Ogden. Besides these enforced gifts we leave--not of necessity, but of our won free will-our bodies to the future Williams' Funeral Home. Rosalie Beyer Lillian Padgett Attorneys Signed, sealed, published, and delivered on this fifteenth day of May , in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-six. Compliments of PERDUE FURNITURE CO. Phone GL 2-7197 910 Madison Avenue Madison , Illinois ADA CARVER KEITH KELLY H ay ack when BOB PONCE LENORA LEDBETTER -'-4 RON BLATZ LILLIAN PADGETT xi EARL WARNHOFF TOM POLEY ROGERA DAVIS DON WELLS TOM MARCUS K 17 , - mm 6 455 5 - I 'ftf f Q f X f If 24 Exciting , Isn't It? Mag Glenn Q X .8 Km L e Caught Again! I 5 an 5 Studious ? Q NDERGRADS ...Z -J ww ff L, 4' f, A 1 A A ' f , 9' X zpyf ' , X IERRY BILBREY IUDITH CHALPIN -ri' I 'fl A fa- inf' A Z K as S. , BILLIE JEAN DANIELS A A x'A' Q PEEE E 5 F X MS? Q' : A Yv, ' -, XV ' , ,,,V 'tg.., gf lvvnl JAMES EOLEY Z4 DAVID BUTLER IOAN CASE U fl I O ITS' DONALD COOK IAMES EDMISTON V ,V ,VV if I if Aw of ff' 1 f MARGARET FEARS , A- My 7 7 Ni ' 1 , T 23 , If ' ' wif 'gg ' . ' f V fy , Q A ,. ,X ' f -I if 'YW .V if I- if f, ' ' , , 40' . V 4 f 'z-eg I. ' Af X f I I NN AZ w, ffy, X, ,NNE A 5 I g ROSEMARY GODFREY Compliments of E2 EDWIN GRAY MARILYN KOWALSKI WALLS TRAILER RENTAL POPULAR PROCK SHOP 205 Broadway 19 14 D9 1111611 Venice, Illinois Granite City, Illinois GERALD MCCURTER MARIE MUSICK DONALD MYRACLE . - rin? 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Campbell, Caruso, Moad, McClain, Hand, Fischer, Wyatt, Young, Wylde, Hoover. TEACHER: Mr. Blattner. 3 x r FIRST ROW: O. Hyden, Robertson, K. Crawford, T. Bauer, Wilkinson, Dickerson, Fuller, L. Boyer. SECOND ROW: Kampman, Black, Turner, Dowdy, Schaffner, Kelly, Shelton, Seibert. THIRD ROW: Moore, D. Minks, Leaton, Patterson, Gray, Brown, Ledbetter, Barr, Edwards, B. Hydenf I. Hack- ney. FOURTH ROW: Agers, Parker, Ochoa, Neal, R. Minks, Corrie, Crews, Hill, Kellems, Hogan, Zeigler, Coggins, H. Hackney, R. Hackney. LEFT: Mrs. Smith. RIGHT: Mrs. Lueders. Compliments of BUSY BEE BAKERY WHITE WAY BARBER SHOP 806 Madison Avenue 10th Sf Madison Avenue Madison , Illinois Madison , Illinois FIRST ROW: Hasty, M. Wallace, Robertson. SECOND ROW: Hormann, Connell, Long, Hill, Beyer, S. Hubbard, Martin. TI-HRD ROW: Mrs. Dake, May, Hawkins, Azari, Sugg, Rody, Dennis, Wylde, Murray, Price. FOURTH ROW: Baggette, Bartlett, Carver, McClanahan, Moad, Thompson, Devany, Ebersoldt, Black, Gonterman, R. Hubbard, I, Wallace. FIRST ROW: McClanahan, Frawley, Wylde. SECOND ROW: Hackney, D. McClain, Bousharcl Allison, Bazzell, Blatz, Ledbetter. THIRD ROW: Miss Rynearsorx, Schaefer, Bauer, Austin, E Campbell, Hormann, Lopez, L. Campbell, Fisher, Johnson. FOURTH ROW: Murray, Brown, Callen der, Hill, B. McClain, Rousseau, Sitton, Suddeth, Ruddle. Compliments of MILMOR Venice lllinoi s fi 1 fi ff ff 'Z ,rf 'xl ,lv FIRST ROW: Wilkinson, Weber, Moore, Robertson, Dennis. SECOND ROW: Boyer, Brown, Connell Cooper, Davis, Steele, Elliot. THIRD ROW: Iane Iohnisee, Judy Iohnisee, Agers, Barrett, Robert- son, Marquis, Martin, Rehmus, Hubbard, Iohnson, Litton, McKinney. FOURTH ROW: Boyer, Brooks Brown, Edwards, Fears, Patterson, McMullen, McCarty, O'Neill, Case. TEACHER: Mrs. O'Day If Q U I Sys. F. f , if If 1,1 O, 'MAJ r FIRST ROW: McCrea, George, Hawkins, Nash, Thompson, Wilcox. SECOND ROW: Pierson, Fleig Copeman, Caudron, Callender, Bazzell ,Gibson. THIRD ROW: Reed, M. Kampman, Bartlett, Austin Moore, Presswood, Rongey, Hasty, Hogan, I. Kampman. FOURTH ROW: Hyden, Osborn, Iohnisee Hackney, Coggins, Ebersolclt, Elliot, Garner, S. Campbell, Turner, R. Campbell, Wallace. TEACHL ER: Miss Malotte. Compliments of THE NATIONAL BAKERY CO. HILKER SUPPLY COMPANY Phone TR 6-8348 Phone Glenview 2-3111 Madison, Illinois Granite City, Illinois 1 1 1 Trl .gi fx FF. f FIRST ROW: Young, Wallace, Seibert. SECOND ROW: Scott, Ruddle, Nash, Murray, Barr, Cook, King, Kinkel. THIRD ROW: Hubbard, Hornberger, Gray, Black, Blattner, Hogan, Smith, Allison, Boushard, Ely, Ford, King. FOURTH ROW: Beccera, Callender, Coggins, Devany, Gonterman, Hackney, Hill, Caudron, Lemler, May, McCarty, McClanahan, Osborn. TEACHER: Mrs. Ulffers. 1 ' , ff- 77 :ff Nfl 'lf FIRST ROW: Willis, Kinkel, Hundley, B. Fuller, Ely, Fears, Fleig, B. Kutz. SECOND ROW: Elliot, Coggins, Caudron, Bryant, Austin, Bazzell, G. Brown, I. Brown. THLRD ROW: Tinnin, McCoid, McCrea, Essington, Fox, ,. Fuller, Hendricks, Hogan, Pier, Puent, Royce, Schaffner. FOURTH ROW: Barrett, Bauder, D. Brown, Kampman, Callender, Franklin, George, Hill, Howards, R. Kutz, Myracle, Nash, Rongey. TEACHER: Miss McConnaughhay. Compliments of DR. and MRS. IACOB CI-IALFIN JUDY and BARBARA Wow Which Twin Has The A Toni ? Coal Miners ? 90 ohhh!! oexoxao wh ' ow X Z , O The Terror w 4 M 7 Vzh' ng.,.ir.,11Q Real Gonel Now, Really! Cool! Now , Now Girls Civilization ? 1 eww ex V Compliments of Wanna Weed? ? C. CAVNER I Groceries - Meats - Fruits - Vegetables Phone TR 6-8880 ' 426 Broadway Venice , Illinois 25 Q- Wbcj f aww TIILETICS fir ki' 4' f-...,r ' FIRST ROW: Pickens, Kowalski. SECOND ROW: Case, Cockrill, Shambro. f F exif g X N. V FIRST ROW: Edmiston, Gray, Butler, Cook, Wells. SECOND ROW: Coach Wells, lielly, Foley Ohlendorf, Davinroy, Ponce. Compliments of BROADWAY HARDWARE Phone TR 6-3935 306 Broadway Venice, Illinois FIRST ROW: Campbell, Salem, Greenlee, Painter, Hornberger, Boushard, Weber, I. Gray, Voegele, Sugg. SECOND ROW: Coach Wells, Edmiston, Cook, Wells, Butler, E. Gray, T. Foley, Davinroy, Murray. THIRD-ROW: Ebersoldt, Schaefer, I. Foley, Kelly, Ohlendorf, Ponce, McCurter, Myracle. Q l FIRST ROW: Greenlee, Murray, Campbell, I, Gray, Heagy, Ebersoldt. SECOND ROW: E. GIBY, Salem, Davinroy, T. Foley, Hornberger, Robertson. THIRD ROW: Ponce, Wells, Myracle, Ohlen- dorf, Schaffner, Cook. Compliments of MADISON POLICE DEPARTMENT Madison Illinois 5 l 2 r :film l A ffm: , q L lull-l 1 W , .Y 1, ff g Opgonent Eng Qpone 53 Southwestern 50 6 7 Pocahontas 70 St . Paul 60 5 1 Aviston 5 7 Trenton 7 6 6 1 Bethalto 83 Columbia 4 1 5 1 Trenton 47 Worden 62 M.B.C. TOURNEY COLUMBIA TOURNEY 5 8 Trenton 58 Mascoutah 67 63 Worden 88 SS . Peter and Paul 7 6 7 7 Troy 5 5 Coulterville 5 6 6 8 Livingston 54 Livingston 5 2 'ff Pocahontas 78 Southwe stern 5 8 ' Aviston 51 St. Paul 47 ' Troy 'P Book In Press Before End Of Season. Iackie Seibert, Sandra Ohlendorf, Marilyn Hasty, Janet Yearman, Connie Iohnisee. ' Jll 1 jul - FIRST ROW: Black, Neal, Gray, Johnson, Devany. SECOND ROW: Stover, Baqgette,Wllcox, Mead Hand, Hackney, Crews, Ledbetter, Brown. THIRD ROW: Mr. Davis, Price, Fischer, Wyatt, Mc- Clain , Minks , Corrie, Hill, Wylde . Compliments of TEEN TOWN Venice Illinois Jw -f W inf, nf m f A 'A 'H-L.. x if Q CTIVITIES Lf iss Venetfdn .' -ROSQITLCIIAQ QOHCQ mzks Venetian s Gourt: JUDY emuus, mssn: Lou MITCHELL, mum FLEIG, IUDY AUSTIN, IOAN CASE. ..,.-- : -usqp Compliments of SAVE-MOR SUPER MARKET 1508 Third Street Madison Illinois k. - . '-f- . Y, Compliments of FIIAN-MAERAS AGENCY Real Estate and Insurance Lenora Ledbetter, Earl Warnhoff, Rosalie Beyer, Rogera Davis, Ronald Blatz. Ada Carver, muian Padgett. earoook Staff Thomas Marcus Margaret Fears , Mrs . Williams . Mary Compliments of MADISON BOWLING CLUB 1000 Madison Avenue Madison ella Price, Marie Musick , George Shaffner Illinois row OUNL' FRONT ROW: Marshall, Mitchell, Groshong, Hackney, Foley, Ledbetter, Davis, Mercer. SECOND ROW: Ebersoldt, Butler, Koelker, Beyer, Cockrlll, Foley, Ohlendorf, Ponce. ,4 , I6 U fffzf FIRST ROW: Koelker, Hatchard, Hill, Mercer, Ponce. SECOND ROW: Hawkins, Rody, Iohnson, Miss Kelly, Wilkinson, Chalfin, Robertson. THIRD ROW: Siover, Mitchell, Marshall, Sadler, Garris, Cockrill, Bushong, Campbell, Baseden. FOURTH ROW: Davis, Pickens, Groshong, Price, Allison , Chalfin . Compliments of HOME NURSERY GREENHOUSES, INC. Phone TR 7-0689 , l Harvey Balke , Manager Grarute City Illinois FIRST ROW: Pears, Kowalski, Mrs. Reid, Chalfin, Shambro, Musick. SECOND ROW: Butler, Case, Daniels, Thompson, Edmiston. THIRD ROW: Bilbrey, Foley, Ohlendorf, McCurter, Myracle. FIRST ROW: Musick, Thompson, Mrs. Reid, Chalfin, Davis, Shambro, Cockrill, Case. SECOND ROW: Kowalski, Marshall, Garris, Parks, Bushong, Fears, Daniels, Sadler. THIRD ROW: Mc- Curter, Edmiston, Bilbrey, Ebersoldt, Butler, Warnhoff, Ohlendorf, Schaefer, Blatz, Greenlee. Compliments of M. MILLER IRON 61 METAL CO. 321-323 Broadway Venice Illi1'1OiS 'WA in s l FIRST ROW: Chalfin, Hawkins, Ponce, Iohnson, Shambro, Neal, Miss Purdes, Carver, Marshall, Case, Bushong, Mercer, Baseden. SECOND ROW: Mitchell, Campbell, Robertson, Cockrill, Rody, Stover, Mangi, Sadler, Groshong, Koelker, Fears, Garris, Musick. THIRD ROW: Davis, Beyer, Pickens, Price, Parks, Daniels, Kowalski, Brooks, I-Iill, Hogan, Thompson, Chalfin, Padgett, Led- better . 1 1-ef , ff F7 , l , n '4 VW:ff'5'l f C' FIRST ROW: Shelton, K. Crawford, Price, Azari, K. Price, Martin, T. Bauer, D. Bauer, Hawkins Hasty, A. Robertson, Fuller. SECOND ROW: Brooks, D. May, Leaton, Yearman, Turner, Schaffner Moreland, Wallace, McKinney, Hubbard, Minks, Boyer, Robertson. THIRD ROW: Hyden, Iohnisee S. May, I. Crawford, Hogan, C. Boyer, Ohlendorf, Marquis, Seibert, Edwards, Kelly, Long DIRECTOR: Miss Purdes. Compliments of MOERLIEN 'S CHICKEN DINNERS Phone TR 7-0509 1229 Madison Avenue Madison, Illinois E D GM QNCQ f' J FRONT ROW: Davis, I. Foley, Salem, Case, Edmiston. SECOND ROW: Mitchell, Blatz, Hackney Groshong, Musick. BACK ROW: Gpeenlee, T. Foley, Ebersoldt, Schaffner. FRONT ROW: Ohlendorf, Moreland, Case. BACK ROW: Baseden, Padgett, Pickens, Davis. - Compliments of SEDLACK'S FUNERAL HOME Madison Granite City ION: SS U PERC HORNSZ CH FREN NETS: C I S: PET UM TR ONES: PH O SAX I Chalfin Davis Cockrill Hackney el' Pol I. Mitchell Ledbetter Turner Groshong Edmiston Iohnson Schaefer Baseden ler Case But Blatz Painter Mercer Musick Salem Greenlee Weber Moreland Daniels Eilbrey Sadler Shambro TROMBONES: FLUTES: Crawford Price Ebersoldt TUBAS: Ohlendorf Bauer Hawkins Hornberger ai Ur: -. OW LEE UD ci cow xx: --. .Em cum 1: r.. ii gm pq.: UO Ill .,,. :Em S.. ,non .,.,-1 F,-. -.:x -fun. 05 DJ O m O Robertson Schaffner B. alski KOW K Crawford Edwards BAS-SOON: Padgett BARITONE: Schaffner G. CONDUCTOR: Wm. Cavallo FIRST ROW: Groshong, Mrs. Paulson, Hendricks, Marshall. SECOND ROW: Wyatt, Hackney. , W., ,vu FIRST ROW: Rody, Jim Baggette, Wallace, Sugg, Ierry Baggette, Dennis, Bartlett, Ledbetter, C. Brown, Hubbard. SECOND ROW: Gray, Barr, Wilcox, Thompson, Campbell, Johnston, Ebersoldt, Black. THIRD ROW: Hawkins, H. Hackney, Stover, R. Hackney, Martin, Agers, Crews, Kellems, Hill, McClanahan, D. Moad. FOURTH ROW: Price, Corrie, Hoover, Boushard, Fischer, McClain, W. Moad, Wyatt, Wylde, Hand, Minks. Compliments of NIEBUR'S SHOE STORE LOUIS AGENCY 1315 19th Street 1215 Madison Avenue Granite City, Illinois Madison, Illinois 'o Which ls The Sucker? -'19 So? Let's Get 'Eml 4, ' - , I Gun Moll! Feel Those Brains? I Any Goodies ? Be Bop Santa Claus Lemme Up! I'll Kill 'Im! E2 Wanna' Ride ? What Happened? Caught! AHA! 'U HO! HO! Blood! Duhhl Fori???? Careful Now! Compliments of NORNBERG'S I LA RUE VARIETY STORE 305 Madison Avenue Madison. Illinois VeI1iC9, Illinois We , the VENETIAN staff of '56 , are very proud of what we have pro- duced for you , the members of the student body. We hope you will enjoy the book as much as we have enjoyed preparing it. We would like to thank the VENETIAN'S Managers , Earl Warnhoff, Lillian Padgett, and Ron Blatz , for doing an efficient job of managing 7 the Copy Writers , Ada Carver, Maryella Price, and Rosalie Beyer, for typing and other general work, and our Photographers , Marie Musick and George Schaffner, for taking the snaps used on our snap pages. We also would like to thank our Artist, Tom Marcus, for his tedious work on drawings, and our ever-helping Assistant Editor, Margaret Fears , who did just about everything and who was a wonderful help . Mrs. Williams , our VENETIAN sponsor, deserves a great deal of thanks . She was our anchor in the storm, and really found those mistakes we made! We would like to thank the photographers from the Hollywood-Andrews Studio for coming down to take pictures at our convenience , and the Press- Record for some of the basketball action shots contained in the VENETIAN. The Seniors of the staff will really miss our Wednesday night meetings next year, but we know that the lowerclassmen are looking forward to next year and hoping there will be a place for them on the '57 staff. Last, but not least, we want to say a special thank you to all the grade school teachers who helped so much with the picture -money collec- tions . Co-editors Rogera Davis Lenora Ledbetter Compliments of CROFT TRAILER RENTAL Venice 901 Fourth Stxeet Illinois ' QZZ? VX, ,f w f , , f f f f f , Q1 ' ff ff , f'I' . 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