Clinton High School - Clintonia Yearbook (Clinton, IL)

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Dear Alumni of 1954: It seems only yesterday, not twenty years ago, that we selected our prophecies for our glorious annual. Since 1954 5 rtiembers of our brilliant class have gone their various wavs with little attention to their Selections of careers. I have noticed ? J though that they have been successful in thelr Vhoices and we have proven ourselves to be the most ambitious and outstanding class to tread the corridors and walk —7 —tL through the portals of C. C. H. S. Katie Reeder and Janie McKelvey are now in charge of an old alums home (for S] you see there is an age limit on air line hostesses). B L4r6isr by means of the grapes' effort will soon vine, and my hearing aid, that Jane has been offered a job as head surgical nurse at Michael Reese hospital in Chicago and Katie teaching kindergarten in the Clinton, Illinois '. M. C. A. il Betty Polston, Ken Baker, and Norma Cartmill are currently employed at Clinton y Community High School. Ken, Athletics Director, has the number onev basketball team in the and Betty and Norma a| tgnin ») redecorating the interi- i our or of the John school buil ldings that were planned when our noble class graduated. Terry Herman, and Corwin Burns (boy butcher) are now supplying the eats for the lucky married people: Mary Spainhour, Beverly Reynolds, Sandra Stuckey, Arlene Enos, Doris Steele, Audrey Boyd, and Donald Roethe. Their grocery is dislocated at 315 West Johnson Street, where the old Willis B E was when we 1§■ - 'TAJaN now don't used to skip E. tQ. geta gaifiy Bar f (I hope the students at C.C.H. S give Tiger , Terrance, and Bunnsie as much trouble as we gave the B E. ) Following their men folks to various armed service bases all over the world are Gay McWilliam, Shirley Carlson, and Laura Newberry. These lifers, in the service.

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I, Betty Shobe, will my ability to get an A in p. e. to Kay Ayers. I, Joyce Shue, will my size 4 1 2 shoes to Ammie DeBois. I, Joyce Adcock, will my ability to get A's in Modern Literature to the unsuspecting Juniors who take it next year. I, Beverly Allen, will my ability in Shorthand to any Junior girl (or boy) who is in dire need of it. I, Sharon Brady, will my short hair to Peg Moots so that she may stay up later every night and not have to worry about her long locks. I, Kenneth Baker, will and bequeath my quiet ways to my sister, Jean. I, Douglas Beck, will my ability of good conduct and willingness to co-operate with Mr. Krabill and Mr. Fry to any unlucky student who is one of their pupils. I, Alene Benton, will my ability to open my combination lock to Sandra Bogan. I, Frank Black, will my athletics ability to Mary Ann Barrett. I, Betty Bourne, will my ability to go steady with a boy from Argenta to Marilyn Gregory. I, Janyce Buchanan, will The Old Forty to Earl Thayer. I, Lamar Bundy, will my curly hair to a boy who wears a burr. I, Audrey Boyd, will my ability to go steady to Adrienne Jere”'. I, Thomas Bundy, will my ability for not going steady in all four years of high school to anyone needing it. I, Bobbie Burger, will my wavey hair to Bev Anderson. I, Corwin Burns, will my ability to get along with Mrs. Knochel to anyone who needs it. I, Patricia Burton, will my ability to play the ukulele to Mrs. Rhoades so that she can play it during National Honor Society Induction. I, Shirley Carlson, will my ability to play volleyball so well to Linda Scogin. I, Charles Carter, hereby will my ability to weld to Mr. Bergman known to students as George. I, Helen Chapman, will my weakness for dark-eyed, dark-haired men. I, Norma Cartmill, will my long hair to Sara Marvel. I, Jack Chick, will my brown suede jacket to Sue Clemons. I, Glenn Covey, will my good behavior in 6th hour study hall to Glenn Brennan. I, Bob Cowles, do hereby will my green convertible to Bob Hunsley. I, Janice Crang, will my thinness to Ann Nichols. I, Jim Crum, will my falsies (teeth) to anyone who needs them. I, Welby Cyrulik, wish to will nothing because everthing I have I am going to keep. I, Maurice Day, will my typing ability to Mrs. Zubeck. I, Imosene Dial, will my ability to enjoy showers in p. e. to Mary Roberts. I, Phillis Dobbs, will my ability to get my speech at the last minute to Barbara Lane. I, Carolyn Dresback, will my skill and superior knowledge of the sport, volleyball, to Shirley Cole in hopes that she can profit from my technique. I, Martha DuPree, will to Pat Willoughby my position in the duplicating department. I, Sharon Evans, will my Movies to Evon Perrins. I, Arlene Enos, will my blonde hair to Mrs. Zubeck. I, Eddie Gardner, will my ability to sleep in Mr. Little's classes and still get passing grades to Bob Lane. I, Mary Grady, will my height to Miss Ray so she can see in a crowd. 22

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ssful managers in our class turned out to be -6)g.role Halsey, Martha DuPree. and I is taking caife of Wilso to her kiddies from Sha healt' ■ne Dial. Carole, the best dre se L, Clinton, it and Dress Shoppe. Martha 1 es ier toys home the da pling the pills a those girlirwork Ten Cent Store. 1: el's Drug Store. Gee e stays in good remember Incidentally, I got it that Duane T 'U. job for Ker at Michael Reese where dng- her training at the Univ .pson helped to secure Jane McKelvi y's Devil is laboratory technician. California, Henrietta Reed took a poisition as supervisor of a large hospital, i and I can't recall the name of it at the moment, but it's near Oakland, California. Dixie Rees is teaching young would-be nt the teacher ty pounding the flc ies but that'! tiversity of Denver. I never tV ..n jaks. Shifley Smith and Sa of her as being ts are of the John Warner Hospital to help assist the ; iging alums. Whitey Thomas, Keith Wantland, Larry West, and Duane Harris are partners, TO» it might as well be a corporation, of a 5,000-acre estate left to them by Mr. r, the ecided not to be a cop after all. Bob j r , Charles Carter, Robert Dial, Tommy Thompson, ketball team, Johnny as attendant and now owns a big fuel company, is making a fortune off the Thomas, Wantland, West, and Harris Partnership, you know tract The 5t of gasoline. .loominton, Illinois, took a lot of o Weslfy Mayfield and Ileane Sessions are tes have gone so hi iffbrd to k ep up their payments. McKinney, Betty Shobe, and Sher a d e al! Mon e y!' Mo n ey!