Clay City High School - Claytonian Yearbook (Clay City, IL)

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ll QI Ei 'CILAXYTDN IIAXN 48 UNCONQUERED 'is' The seniors of this year think that high school is all work and no playg If you don't believe it just ask Clarabelle and Famie Pearl Gray. Bobby Bissey, Dolan Bayler and Mac Lindsey think so too. They rack and rack and rack their brains but what good does it do? They wish they were smart like Elinor Heninger and Sylvia Gumbel, too. But what's the use for them to wish? 'Cause they were born to be as dumb as a fish. Marjorie Benskin is known by all To be the first one to get down the hall. A bad comparison is Carman Harrison who moves along at a tortoise pace, He would really be in a predicament if he were in a race. There's Patty Miller and Norma Jean Moore, I never saw two girls stay together so much before. Bobby Hinkel and Jim Bokenkamp- Each boy thinks he's the baskeiball champ. Russell Fields is an expert when he's guarding some little squirt- But when he finds someone his size, he backs away and replies, You take him Taylor-l'm going to join the Navy and be a sailor. Francis Morris and Weldon McVay are noted for skipping school every other day. Marion Sharp attends every day even though she has to come in her old Chevrolet Wilma Stanford runs stop signs as most women do. Don Smith and Raymond Pierce don't lookg they just plow right on throughg Some day they will get a ticket, too. Arthur Tolbert walks around as quiet as a mouse- You'd never know he was in the school house. But when there's a question in American History class, He's the first to answer and also the last. Now take Donald T. Miller and Doris Ageg When it comes to acting they are on the stage, Viola Moseley and Wandalee Fehrenbacher want to be nurses- But it will be a long time before they have enough money in their purses. Evelyn Rhoads doesn't want to go to school, but she will- She wants to satisfy her mother and Bill. Frieda Shelton, Dorothy Weger, and Retha Padgett work on the Fang, They really do it up with a bang. Jean Levitt is looking for a career. Sl1e's going to Champaign because she doesn't want to stay here. Eugene Wattles was smarter than the rest- . At the end of the first semester he took a test. He passed it by thinking with all of his might. Now he doesn't have to be back until graduation night. Norma Hudson and Jacqueline Walker are the only ones left, you see, They are really happy and waiting for graduation to be.

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llQl 'Cll.AY'If'DN IIAN 48 SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY '23 t'ContinuedJ Jackie Walker, the famous woman scientist, has just perfected another of her fascinating toys. She calls it Mr. Walker. The most shocking news was the church wedding of Don Smith and Norma Hudsong it wasn't for long. Poor Don died of a pain in the neck. Seems as though Norma pushed him down the stairs one morning. And now coming to the microphone is one of our biggest sales managers, Ray Pierce. Ray did quite well managing Murvin Inc. Of course Norma went along with the big deal. Retha Padgett is now showing the world how she can play basketball. Last night she had a poor night but scored 50 points for the Red Heads from Dew Drop. Marion Sharp became a taxi driver for the Yellow Cab Co. of Flora. Her favorite car is a black Chevrolet. The authorities put Viola Moseley in an institution for the slightly cracked, because of her insane Isn't it killing attitude toward other people. Wilma Stanford has had great success in her night club, The Wolf Pack Howls, which features Sylvia Gurnbel and Jean Levitt as piano players, along with the world's greatest bass singer, Famie Gray. Bob Hinkel, the great horiicul'urist, has struck upon an idea of making his strawberries sweeter for his customers. Next year he plans to put 10 pounds of sugar around each strawberry plant. The other day Francis Morris walked into the Clay City Bank and upon seeing so much money belonging to someone else, quickly purchased a second-hand machine-gun from Jesse James' granddaughter, robbed the bank, and lit out over the border. Frieda Shelton has become a Sherlock Holmes and is now convicting chicken thieves for making farmers waste their expensive shotgun shells. Dorothy Weger surprised everyone by becoming the wife of Senor Dope Lopez of Bongo Bongo Bongo in the Congo. Donald T. Miller developed his musical talents, but not in the direction that we thought he would. He is now an organ-grinder in downtown Chicago . They say the monkey that he has is quite charmingg he calls it Meatball II. Since Russell Fields did such a good job as business manager for the school annual, he goes along with Don to take care of the financial dealings. Elinor Heninger and her loving husband, Carroll Lewis, are now living in the interior of Africa. 'From their last letter, it seems that they are very happy living among the pygmies. Evelyn Rhoads has certainly lived up to her name. She is America's first lady contractor and up to now she has built, built, and built only roads. And that, ladies and gentlemen, concludes our Senior Class of 1948 on Parade. Good night!

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'CILAXVIf'D N IIAXN 48 CLASS MOTTO 'Hi Hitch your wagon to a star CLASS FLOWER CLASS COLORS WhiteiCarnation Blue and White GOOD-BYE The time has come for us to say Good-bye, To all the things we hate to leave behind. We leave our Alma Mater with a sighg To search for great ambitions in our minds. VVe leave our halls and class rooms always shining, Thanks to Ernie, who's always with a smile. You know each cloud must have a silver liningg Our school is silver, shining all the while. You, faculty, have strived to give some knowledge, So we may have a better chance in life. We've caused you sleepless nights and hours of worryg But We're grateful you've helped us in the strife. And as we leave, we shall not be forgetting, The kindness and the friendships we have won. So, Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniorsg Stop that frettingg Few tears and many smiles are yet to come. ---Norma Jean Moore