Vienna High School - Illianna Yearbook (Vienna, IL)

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t in 7. Margaret Racey, Miss Francis .Amos and Norma Hester make a pretty picture. 8. Junior President, Bennie Russell, looks on approvingly while Bob Smith crowns Janet Taylor, Prom Queen. Fllli THE IGHT 0F 'l'llE PRUM THE GYM BECAME A GARDE On the night of May il, soft lights glowing through a draped ceiling of delicate pastel colors, flowers everywhere, and in the center of the floor, a pool complete with water lilies and a real live frog made the '51 prom one of the most attractive in recent years. High point of the prom was the crowning of a queen chosen by lot from the senior girls. Each girl as she entered signed her name and dropped it in a box. The queen's name was drawn by Junior President, Bennie Russell, iust before the first dance. Louise Taylor was the lucky girl crowned Wit.h a wreath of red roses. Committees in charge of arrangements included: Program- Sue Thomas, Bill Owens, Nellie Evans and Zack Murphy, Refreshments-Barbara George, Barbara Racey, Dick Rushing and Billy Brown, Decorations-Tommy Benton, Eddie Brown, Carolyn Huckleberry, Dixie Hinkle, Mary E. Johnson and Hillis Johnson. All day before the prom a tantalizing smell of baking cake pervaded the building. At intervals members of the re- freshment committee appeared clad in aprons, their mouths wreathed with crumbs. There was some doubt that enough of the dainty little cakes with the numerals '5i in colored icing would survive the sampling of the committee to feed the iuniors and their guests. Formal entertainment included songs by Nellie Evans, Sue Thomas, Zack Murphy and Bill Owens. . iz ,Pai .3-:givin ' fry, :-.1 'z- A -. j. F- f-:Vi M., t K-1.,,,, 43' ,QT -.1 . 3:45, . A -ze ,..., -I ' J . ' '13 -W' get I ,:- :L :c-:':' ,.413f- ,, '-'Diff'-, 4 s j 1 ' , .-..,.-:3:.::?. -' '+ ' 531. ' . , , - -. 1-,,,.5' . . -. . - feta.-:4. 'rf-:-.-:ft f . T ' 4 u -Vp' - . 4 - . - ' 1 GIFT-litem-'-:-'-- 7 ' -Sig' -:- 1 V-,..,., ,,, ,Z J., A , ,fwfr an e,-,-W, E 'Q

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fn.-4-' .4 1. Dick Boyd, Bonnie Flora, Norma Davidson, Zack Murphy, Dick Rushing and Barbara Rose look for the real live frog. 2. The prom was no exception. La Doro Deaton and Frank Nutty held hands there too. 3. Girls danced with girls - and old VHS prom custom. 4. Mariorie Moore and Ronald Pickering caught beside the pool. 5. Sophomore waitresses, La Donna Ruble, Shirley Roinbolt, Shirley Hunclley, Eula Smith, and Loretta Burkelow, and iunior sponsors, Mrs. Janet McCoy and Miss Betty McClellan, inspect the refreshments. 6. lrene Deaton, '50 senior, attended the '51 prom also as the guest of Gordon Brewer.

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GRAD ATIO WA MAY 25 A hot nlghtp mingled feelings of joy and sadness, the faces, familiar after tour years, suddenly strange above the blue folds of the scholarly gowns. Dr. Douglas Lawson of the College of Education at Southern illinois University was the speaker. The distance to the tront of the stage where Mr. Hogs- head waited with the diplomas was unbelievably long.