Carrollton Community High School - White C Yearbook (Carrollton, IL)

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CLASS WILL We the Senlors of 1950 havlng been judged sane of mind and sound of body by Sld Rlef do hereby ordam the followxng wlll Helen Black do hereby w1ll my red haxr to Monk Schumann ' Raymond Bland do hereby wxll my Vlrglma Lou to Lyndell Smlth Arnold Bowers do hereby will my Model A to Walter Hamel Betty Brady do hereby w1ll my left over boy fnends to Mary Rhoades Joan Brannan do hereby wxll all my energy and loud mouth to Betty Flatt Leola Brooks do hereby w1ll my shy and qulet ways to Betty Camerer Paul Bushnell do hereby w111 my typlng hablts to anyone who w1ll accept them Dw1ght Burger do hereby w11l my way w1th women to Henry Sethaler Marle Carlton do hereby w1ll my hexght to Catherlne Cunmngham Mary Eldred do hereby w1ll my tallness to Jennxe Carstens Loxs Flatt do hereby w1ll my bxg brown eyes and ways wxth men to Phyllls Martm I Darlene Gllllngham do hereby w1ll my warts to Jeanette Baumgartner to add to her collectlon of moles I Herbert Graham do hereby w1ll my Lovelorn look to Jan Dlckxnson I Robert Graner do hereby w1ll my taxlback posxtlon to Bobby Hutchlns all pounds I Robert Hamel do hereby w1.ll my stm yness to Buzzy Andrews I Vlrglflla Hartwxck do hereby wlll my place ln Gym Class to Donna Hxllxs I Gene Hubbard do hereby w1ll my trlps to Kampsvllle to Jr Combs I Betty Lemons do hereby w1ll my place 1n Shorthand Class to anyone dumb enough to take It I Rlchard Logan do hereby w1l1 my bashfulness to Kmg Kong Keller I Dorothy Long do hereby wxll my ab1l1ty of gettmg and holdmg a man to some underclassman glrl Ida Long do hereby wxll my pug nose to Gulla Phxllxps Clement Smlth do hereby w1ll my Llfe to Barbara Reno Jake McCaherty do hereby w1ll my sk1ll ln gettlng along wlth Mrs Trost to Betty Tuey Donna McDona'd do hereby w1l1 my short black curly ha1r to Lavxna Varble Rlchard Mehrhoff do hereby w1ll my posltlon as Presldent of the Student Councll to some unlucky Junxor I Buddy Moss do hereby w1ll my qu1et manners and excess wexght to W1llard Bur ger I Kenneth Portwood do hereby w1ll my abllxty xn speech makxng to Dutch Standeback I Dale Rexf do hereby w1ll my ambxtlons to Chalmer Darr I Mary R1chards do hereby w1ll my femmlne charm to any 1950 51 Senxor glrl needlng It I James Rldlngs do hereby will my Sunday afternoon crulses across the river to Ronald Byland I Nelhe Shafer do hereby wxll my place ln the shower room to Anna Mae Woods I Norma Schroeder do hereby w1l1 my Blue Mondays to Janelle Maholland and my Job at Days to anyone Maxme Shanks do hereby wlll my black halr to Marllyn Darr Betty Sxebermann do hereby wxll all my men troubles to Janice Fry Dxck Standefer do hereby will my motor blke to Rlchard Hamonn Robert Underwood do hereby wxll my football ab1l1ty to Red Guntermann Dorla Wagner do hereby wxll my Streamlme Fxgure to Thelma Nolan I Kenneth Vwagrler' do hereby w1ll my talent for goxng w1th the women to Rlchard Pru1tt I Leroy Vlheeler do hereby w1ll my manly physxque to Spud Graner and my speak mg ab1l1ty to M1ss Harrxngton I Dale w1l9S do hereby w1.1l my talents of art to Tommy Maberry I Bobby Ann Wllllams do hereby w1ll my Semor seat In the study hall to Norma Talley I Ruth Whlteslde do hereby w1l1 my front seat xn the ltudy hall to Dutch I Glenda Woolsey do hereby wlll my 1950 classr1ng to Kelth Darr The entlre Senlor Class collectxvely wllls the sum of 699 to the Faculty under the following cond1t1ons 1 Entxre sum IS to be spent at Sheets Drug Store for Kleenex 2 Saxd Kleenex IS to be used Commencement mght to dry the Faculty tears J , I I, ' ' lu l , . I' 41 lr I' I . . . ' I, ' . ' . If , ' ' . I. , ' ' ' ' . L ' . . . I. , ' ' . - .. ,. - - ' I . . ., . ' 70 , f - K, .. .. , , . 6 . . , . 1 p - . U . 1 . . ' ' ll ' ll , , I ' ' Ll ' I7 I. . ' I K , - - - A - ' an u . . I ' J - . . ' J I - . . . .. .. . , I, , . I, , . I' ' - . - .. U.. I ' ll ' ' fl I I ' , . I 1 - ,. . . , I - I '

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HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1950 In September 1938 ten C H S students of the class of 50 entered the f1rst grade together and have passed through twelve years of school to graduate ln the same class These are Mary Eldred Darlene Gxlhngham Donna McDonald R1chard Mehrhoff Betty Ann Sleberm mn Clement Smlth Jr Ruth Wh1tes1de Bobby Ann Wlllxams D1ck Standefer and Le roy Wheeler Although these ten were Jomed by many students and left by many others s1x more of the present ben 1ors Jomed th1s group 1n grade school Max1ne Shanks Dorla Wagner V1rgm1a Hartwxck and James Rxd mgs 1n the Stxth Grade and Helen Black Paul Bushnell and Gene Hubbard 1n the Seventh Grade The Freshman Year IH h1gh school brought s1x more happy students to JOIN the ranks Betty Lemons Norm 1 Schroeder Arnold Bowers Dwlght Burger Herbert Graham and Robert Hamel The class of 50 stxll mcreased 1n 1948 and 1949 then' Sophomore and Jumor Years Dorothy Long Ida Long and Nellxe Shafer came ln as Sophomores Jumor year brought four new students one re turnmg from the Army These were Glenda Woolsey Dale Relf Robert Underwood and Robert Graner In 1949 the present class of 50 composed of forty three students was completed wxth the arr1val of the followmg thlrteen Betty Brady Joan Brannan Raymond Bland Leola Brooks Marle Carlton LOIS F1 att, Rlchard Logan Harlan McCaherty Buddy Moss Kenneth Portwood Mary LOUIS Rlchards Kenneth Wagner and Dale Wlles Our class offxcers through the years have been FRBSHMAN Presldent Donna McDonald Vlce Presxdent Clem Smlth Secretary Ellzabeth Meek Treasurer Helen Black SOPHOMORE Pres1dent Bob Hamel Vxce Presldent Donna McDonald Secretary Dorla Vt agner Treasurer Darlene Glllmgham JUNIOR Presxdent Betty S1ebermann V1ce Presldent Dtck Mehxhoff Secretary Glenda Woolsey Treasurer Ellzabeth Meek SENIOR Presldent Clem Smlth Vxce Presldent Bob Graner Secretary Betty Slebermann Treasurer Rlchard Logan , . , . . . , 1 ,, 1 ' , , , . , , , 1 ' f 1 '1 1 1 1 ' ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1 1 . . , X X 1 1 . ' , 1 ' - 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 L ' 1 1 1 1 - 1 , . . . 1 . . ' , . 1 1 - 1 ' - - 1 1 1 - , . . 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 K 1 1 1 1 1 , . , h- ,. 3 '

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PROPHECY On a beautxful May day ln 1960 I was out r1dmg 1n my new Cad1llac in Carrollton ready to leave for a long extended vacatlon motor1ng 1n the U S and flymg to var1ous ne1ghbormg countrles Wh1le prepar1ng to leave Itook my car in for a check up and gas to the former Pruxtt Shell Statlon now owned by R1chard Standefer Th1s bus1ness covers two square blocks and Dxck IS sellmg cars l1ke hotcakes Wh1le my car was be1ng checked I stepped Lnto the restaurant across the street and was met by the sm1l1ng face of Mxss Norma Schroeder said by many to own the most successful restaurant bus1ness m the world After drmkmg my coffee that burned all the way down whxch zncxdentally 15 manufactured bythe Dorothy Long Coffee and Chem1cal Co I returned to my automoblle and proceeded on my Jaunt On my way through Jacksonville I encountered Betty Brady who 15 now Head Matron of the Illinoxs State Hosp1tal She appeared to be havmg a gay old t1me wh1le pushmg her lawnmower around the yard It was wh1le I was chatting wlth her that I recelved the sad news about our sc1ent1f1c mmded Rlchard Logan being the head Lnmate up there now It seems he had a nervous breakdown whtle tryxng o prevent Lifebuoy from stoppmg B O AFT1V1I1g m Chlcago my new Cad1llac was promptly hx broadsxde by our lntelllgent look1ng Qha'l taxa, drxver my old classmate Dick Mehrhoff We went to the msurance Off1Ce to see about payment for fxxlng the car and who should the xnsurance agents be but Miss Nelhe Shafer and M1ss Maxlne Shanks After greeting my old classmates and gettmg my car f1xed I found a ticket 1n the gutter to the Ch1cago Revue of 1960 the star of course was none other than the exotlc M1ss Dorla Wagner Qwhose Shlmmy once started the Frisco quake' J Her co star the charmmg handsome 1nd1fferent Arnold Bowers was bus1ly engaged m deep conversatlon w1th two of the chorus g1rls M1ss Bobby Ann Wxllxams and V1rg1n1a Hartwxck After v1.ew1ng an enjoyable show I then proceeded out to the ballpark where I saw Paul Bushnell pxtch h1s fortleth stralght no hltter agamst the hopeless St Lou1s Cardxnals Raymond Bland head of the ground crew told me that Buddy Joe Moss and Pug Portwood made two fme assxstants whenever they decxded to work and re fra1n from looking at the bleacherttes A few days later 1n North Dakota I plcked up a h1tch hxker who was none other than my old companlon Jake McCaherty Whtle rem1n1sc1ng he told me Imxght f1.nd S1d Re1f at the local bank 1n Blsmarck I hurrled there to f1nd S1d bus1ly engaged 1n the bankmg busitness scrubbmg the txle floor S1d descr1bed h s work by saymg No Place L1ke Home ' Saymg goodbye to S1d I drove 1nto Montana and whxle looklng for a place to spend the nlght I arrxved at the Last Chance Inn' owned by none other than the former All Amerxcan Bob Graner Whlle dxmng that evenlng I ran across Robert Hamel now the welght l1fta.ng champlon of the woz ld HL tx axns by carrylng h1s many different w1ves across thresholds He asked me xf I destred to place a small wager on one of the lo McDonald who always has been mterested -in horses After spendlng a fxtful evenlng I proceeded to Yellowstone Natlonal Park and there I saw a g1.rl chasmg a pack of bears trymg to capture one to obta1n a fur coat Upon lookmg closer I percexved 1t was the one and only Mary Louis Rxchards After a short talk wlth Mary I wert to look at Old Faithful and who should be standmg above the mouth of Old Falthful but Herbert Graham lookmg for a free shower After the eruptlon and disappearance of Herb I proceeded to Boxse and look1ng for entertamment that nxght I declded to spend my evenmg at one of the local theatres The txcket taker was none other than that fabulous red head Mlss Helen Black Before the movxe started I had the pleasure of meetlng an old acquamtance who was now the manager of the Boxse Stockyards Dwlght Burger After chattxng awhlle w1th h1m Itook my seat and the free acts started That very famous tr1o cons1st1ng of Glenda Woolsey Leola Brooks and Marxe Carlton proceeded to thrxll the audxence w1th thelr verslons of such songs as That s What I L1ke About the South' After the free act the March of T1mes marched on and off The mam feature was a new Tarzan plcture starr1ng Leroy tMusclesj Wheeler the new 1dol of the Amerxcan bobby soxers It was very exc1t1ng and 1n one scene he was makmg v1olent love to Mary Eldred the Amazon Bullf1ghter After en uneventful trlp to Calxfornla I took to the a1r from the San Francxsco airport and who should the pxlot be but the mcomparable J1m Rldmgs a former Jet p1lot who 15 now flylng for commerclal alr lmes Arr1v1ng 1n Hawau I was a bxt nervous and ruffled for James La Verne had buzzed every sh1.p and plane he met on the way After havmg the fragrant lexs thrown around my neck I hurrxed to the beach to have a swlm and there on the beach doxng a typxcal temptmg 'Dance of the Islands to the strams of Ida Long's all g1rl Hawauan band was M1ss Darlene Gllhngham Whlle on the 1sland I met the new queen the former Betty Sxebermann now known as Queen Lxz Wh1le walkmg along the beach a natxve 1slander polnted out two dlstant specks 1n the ocean and told me they were Joan Brannan and Loxs Flatt the two famous pearl dxvers who after all these years have eventually grown txred of men and have turned to oysters Decxdlng to v1s1t Canada I left Hawau the next day and on the ocean llner I met the sklpper and h1s wlfe Ken Wagner and the former Ruth Whxteslde who are now worth a fabulous fortune Arrlvmg 1n Canada I rented a car complete wxth chauffeur to take me on a tour through Montreal My chauffeur was of course another classmate Betty Lemons st1.ll able to handle a car as she did In h1gh school After ten coll1s1ons and the loss of twenty pounds the tour ended and Idectded to head farther north In Quebec I ran across Dale Wxles who was gxvlng paxntmg lessons to such great personal1t1es as Gene Hubbard the vocallst wxth a volce as tender as a mother s sm1le Leavlng these two old acqualntances I employed Bob Underwood In the capacxty of a guxde to take me to northern Klond1ke After escortmg me to the border Bob left me on my own Spendmg one day m the fabulous Klond1ke reglon I stumbled upon the last of my old classmates Clem Smxth now a travellng salesman who was trymg to sell electrlc 1ce boxes to the Esk1mos Clem told me th1s was h1s only means of vlsxble support for h1s wxfe and fxfteen ch1ldren Leavxng th1s sad and gruesome spectacle I returned home never more to roam 1n search of my ex class mates U I 5 . . . . 1 , . . 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