Atlanta High School - Atalanta Yearbook (Atlanta, IL)

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IK THE UAHS II) COME As we were walking down the street one fine fall day in '52, we were talking of what we would be doing 20 years from now. All of a sudden two leaves hit us on the head. Upon awakening, we found ourselves in a very different sort of world. At first we thought it was Halloween, as all the people wore masks and strange-looking costumes. We soon learned the reason; we were in the land of twenty years from now, and the masks and strange clothes served the people as a protection from the radio-active rays that came from Atlanta's atomic power plant. As soon as we purchased our new suits of clothing, we decided to look up some of our old classmates of the year 1953 The first thing we saw was a huge poster proclaiming, You should vote Cheerocratic for a better government. The candidate for the Presidency was none other than our own Tom Ewing. Opposing him on the Peppercan ticket was the female politician of the old school, Rosie Wilcoxson. Russell Miller, who owns the only taxi service in Atlanta, took us to the space post in his ultra-modern taxi cab. Upon reaching the space post, we found Bob Ford designing the new modernistic hangars and Dick Botkin, the head pilot, just returning from a flight to Pluto. Following a long chat with the three, Dick kindly offered to take us to see the members of our class who had moved away from Atlanta. The first stop was at the Jewel Ranch, where Joan Cook had continued her work with Hereford Hogs. She now has a ranch covering nearly 2,000 acres of the finest land on the moon. Joan has developed a breed of hogs which produces four litters a year and an average of 24 pigs to a litter. We stopped for a little refreshment at Helen Bruner's Hot Dog Stand, which was just around the corner on Fifth and Main. Helen uses only the choice cuts of Joan's Hogs. From here we flew to Jupiter where we visited the offices of the Super Space Drive-In Restaurants. We enjoyed a visit with the owner, Don Gehrke, and his new secretary, Lois Hamblen. Our next stop was Mars. There we found the Inter-Planetary Basketball Tournament in full swing, so we decided to stop and see the last game. When the two teams playing for the championship came running out 1 punched my friend and said, Isn't that Raymie? Sure enough it was. Raymie Leesman is playing forward on Earth's Marvels--out to win their third consecutive inter-planetary championship. We had still another surprise when the referee came out, as it was none other than Kent Young. He had been unable to play for the last fifteen years, because of a new disease--hardening of the brain. After the game he told us that his condition has improved greatly since he started taking atomic bomb treatments from Dr. Dane Wycliffe Canfield, M.D., who has his main office and laboratory on Venus. His nurse was also glad to see us as she turned out to be Joyce Bateman. She was very interested in hearing the news from Atlanta and McLean. (??????????????) On our way to Mercury we had motor trouble and stopped at the Horrom Inter-Planetary garages. None to our surprise, we found Joe and Joan living happily on the stars of wedded bliss with four happy, bouncing boys. When we reached Mercury we found Pete Baldwin, the head of Hoblit’s Farms on Mercury, very busy husking his new type of corn which grows 35 feet tall and has an average of 25 ears to a stalk. Another nice thing about the corn is that the bottom ten ears are corn flakes on a cob. We learned from Pete that Alice Begolka is the dean of the Inter-Planetary Music School on Mercury. We journeyed from Mercury to Saturn where we found Sally Givens planning the diets for the Home of the Aged and Dying Mice on Saturn. Delores Kellems is teaching commerce at the Elite School for Girls which is right across the street. Then it was time to return to Earth. The first stop on Earth was in Hollywood where we found Jack Barr playing the lead in the new movie, Jet Plane Named Passion . We also learned that he was leading man in the following movies: High Jupiter , The Moon in His Pocket , and Son of Horseface. When we reached Atlanta again, Russell directed us to the Bateman and Gilbert Hardware establishment. Here we found our old friend, Paul Bateman. He informed us that he had taken over the controlling interest in the business. We also learned that Buster Dyer was a successful farmer on a 1000 acre homestead just west of Atlanta. We were famished by this time, so we decided to go to our old hangout, The Standard, where we found Harold Harris doing just what he had always done--peeling potatoes and loafing. As we were walking down the street one fine day in ’72, two leaves hit us on the head again and we found ourselves in the wonderful land of today. Compliments of A FRIEND 16

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LAST Will AND HSIAMHIT We, the Senior Class of nineteen hundred fifty-three, being of sound mind and body, do here by bequeath and get rid of the following personal items, abilities, and characteristics: FIRST: To the Faculty and Board of Education, we leave our sincerest thanks and heartfelt apprec iation for their untiring efforts in paving the way toward our futures. SECOND: To our office help, engineers, cooks, and bus drivers, we give our best wishes for good luck in the years to come. THIRD: To our unworthy successors, the members of the Junior Class, we will the following: Pete Baldwin’s ability to study to Kenneth Johnston. Joan Harris’ diamond to Anna Kurth and Carol Leesman. Joan Cook's sewing ability to Joyce Johnson and Margie Karrick. Jack Barr's appeal to the opposite sex to Bob Kessinger. Alice Begolka's farming ability to Barbara Gilbert. Kent Young’s singing ability to Huey Mandrell. Don Gehrke’s quietness in school to Jerry Rude and Dale McRoberts. Tom Ewing's veracity to Dick Willis. Russell Miller's curly hair to Bob Warrick. Dane Canfield's safe driving to Julia Kieszling. Joyce Bateman's short hair cut to Lois Baldwin and Annabelle Kieszling. Rosemary Wilcoxson's oratorical ability to Patricia Baker and James Pittenger. Buster Dyer's jail cell to Ronnie Yeast. Paul Bateman's hair cut and his habit of wearing dress pants to school to Don Benedict. Sally Givens’ cheerleading ability to Mina Hulva. Dick Botkins' candy-eating in study hall to Joyce Rawlins, Patty Fones, and Lois Brown. Helen Bruner's quietness in class to Joe Gaither. Raymond Leesman's ability to play basketball to Harold Long. Harold Harris' visits to Mr. Hofer's little room to Donna Cook. Bob Ford's size to Teddy Griffin. Lois Hamblen's play-acting ability to Joan Baker and Delores Miller. Delores Kellems' pierced ears to Virginia Bateman and Charmayne Upton. Signed, sealed, and declared as our last will and testament by the Senior Class of 1953 on this 9th day of May, 1953. Joan Cook Helen Bruner Kent Young, chairman Tom Ewing, president

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