Minooka High School - M DI AN Yearbook (Minooka, IL)

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AMERICAN LEGION AWARDS XX'OMAN'S CLUB AXWARDS D.A.R. AWARD MOST REPRESENTATIVE STUDENTS Senior ,4 Wards AMERICAN LEGION AWARDS Honor, Courage, Leadership, Scholarship, Companion- ship, Character, and Service are the qualities considered by the faculty in voting for this award which is presented by Post 1188. Joanne Patten and john Findlay received this honor. D.A.R. AWARD Minooka High School is proud to be presented a D.A.R. Award. This honor is bestowed upon our high school by the Alida C. Bliss Chapter of Grundy County. The follow- ing qualifications are used in voting for this award: De- pendability, Leadership, Service, and Patriotism. The Senior Class and faculty voted for this award. Our congratulations to Charlene Heap. WOMAN'S CLUB AWARDS Each year the Woman's Club of Minooka awards medals to the boy and girl who have the highest scholastic average in their class for their four years of high school work. Our congratulations to Charlene Heap and James Winkler. MOST REPRESENTATIVE STUDENTS The Most Representative Students are chosen to repre- sent all school activities: academic achievement, participa- tion in school clubs, sports, social activities, and on the basis of good citizenship. The boy and girl of the Class of 1958, chosen by popular vote by the student body and faculty, are Barbara Binkele and James Winkler.

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LAWRENCE MARVIN TODD February 11, 1940. Entered 1954 from Minooka Grade School, Perfect Attendance 23 Pres. 23 Vice-Pres. 33 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4, Baseball 2, 3, 43 Track 13 Room for the Groom 3. VIRGINIA JEAN WALLIN May 29, 1940, Entered 1954 from Minooka Grade School3 Perfect Attendance 1, 4: Secretary 33 Peace Pipe Chatter 43 M-DI-AN 4, Business Manager, F.I-LA, 1, 2, 3, 43 Parliamentar- ian 2, Public Relations 3, Secretary 43 Girls' Chorus 1, 2, 3. 4. Secretary-Treasurer 33 All State Band 43 District Music Contest 2, 3, 43 State Music Contest 2, 3, 41 Room for the Groom 33 Camera Club 1, 23 Band 1, 2. 3, 4. JAMES ALLEN WINKLER September 15, 1940. Entered 1954 from Minooka Grade School. Vice-Pres. 2, 4: Honor Roll 1, 2, 3, 41 Peace Pipe Chatter 3, 43 M-DI-AN 3, 43 F.F.A. 23 Boys' Glee Club 23 Band 13 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 43 Baseball 2. 3, 4: Track 1: Room for the Groom 3. HAROLD SA LTZMAN September 6. 1940. Entered 1954 from Channahon Grade School: President 13 Room for the Groom 31 Baseball 1, 2. 43 Basketa ball 1. 2. LOIS ANN SEVERSON March 5. 1940. Entered 1954 from Minooka Grade Schoolg Honor Roll 1. 2 4: Student Council 2, 3. 4. Secretary 2, Vice- Pres. 4: MVDI-AN 33 F.H.A. 1, 2. 3, 4, Parliamentarian 4: Girls' Chorus 1. 2. 3, 4, Secretary-Treasurer 23 Girls' Sextet 3. 4: Band 1. 2, 33 District Music Contest 3, 43 State Music Contest 3: Cheerleader 23 Room for the Groom 31 Peace Pipe Chatter 2, 4. GLENN EDXWIN SING February 10. 1940. Entered 1954 from jones School, F,F.A, 1, 2. 3, 4, Sentinel 33 Camera Club 1. 2: Basketball Manager 1. 2, 3, 43 Baseball 1. 2. 3. 4: Room forthe Groom 3. BEVERLEY LYNN TODD December 29, 1939. Entered 1954 from Conklin Grade School, Honor Roll 2, 3, 43 Peace Pipe Chatter 4: F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4. Recreation leader 2, Song Leader 3: Girls' Chorus 1. 2, 3, 41 All State Chorus 33 Girls' Sextet 3, 43 District Music Contest 3, 43 State Music Contest 33 Room for the Groom 3. TN A . I

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Glass Prrfphccy Dear john, When I saw you last, you said that I should tell you all about my recent trip to the moon. Anyhow, I have gone now, and that is where I am writing this letter from. I sure wish you could have come along, but I realize that you are very busy on your project to irrigate the Pacific Ocean. How are the wife and kids? Mrs. Findlay, I remember, is the former Vada Knudson. A Now, about my trip. First, I bought my ticket for the moon at the Minooka Rocket Terminal. Selling the tickets was Barb Binkele, who I soon discovered is now Mrs. Bob Chernisky. Bob owns the world's largest junk yard and they are very rich and getting richer. Looking out the window, I could see the rocket that I would be traveling in, the Pluto. When I turned around, who should I see but our old pal, Art Hutchinson. Art, it seems, designed and built the Pluto. He seemed confident that it would work, but when I suggested that he come along, he turned pale and asked me if I was crazy. He screamed that he would never, under any circumstances, ride in one of his rockets. This attitude puzzled me for a while, but Art's wife Joanne fyes, Joanne Patten Hutchinsonj said that so many of Artis rockets have blown up that he is a bit leery of going near them. By this time, I had almost decided to cancel my trip, but something hit me on the head and knocked me out. When I awoke, I found myself strapped down inside the Pluto. All us passengers were very frightened, but the co-pilots came back and assured us that this was normal pre-flight procedure. They looked familiar and sure enough, it was Alden Erickson and Glenn Sing. When I asked if they recognized me, they did and we had a very pleasant conversation before it was time to blast off. Before they left, though, Alden handed me what he said was a super-cosmic-ray gun. Glenn said it was for shooting down satellites. Soon after we blasted off, we started to pass by satellites. By leaning out the porthole, I found that I could pick them off with no trouble. Suddenly I saw a very big round satellite go by. From this I surmised that it was our old buddy, Bill Brewer, who was put in the first manned satellite. If you remember, Bill went up in his satellite shortly after his marriage to Lois Severson, and has since refused to come back down. Lois, you remem- ber, liked to argue. Well, I just couldn't resist shooting at that satellite too, but I quit when he shot back at me. Our journey was soon over as the moon came into view. Our landing was very rough, and I could see why. Alden and Glenn had landed our rocket on its side, which is decided- ly not the way to land a rocket. We crawled out of the rocket and were greeted by a large, happy crowd, made up partly of moon natives, but mostly of immigrants from Earth. I went to the customs office and the first person I met was the examining physician. Though his hair was gray, I recognized Harold Saltzman. He was all business, and after looking at my tonsils said that I had athlete's foot. I didn't know how he could tell, since I had my tonsils out years ago. Oh yes, one of the officials there was Leona Pehlke. I finally got through customs, and walked out into the street. The first thing I did was fall down an open manhole. On picking myself up, who should I see but Larry Todd. Larry is chief of the moon's sewer workers. After helping me out of the sewer, Larry invited me to dinner at his home that evening. While walking down the street, I saw the moon-famous College of Crude Arts, dean of which is Milos Konjevich. I dropped in to see Milos and also met his wife, the former Bev Todd, who is now a psychiatrist. That night, at the home of Larry and his wife, the former Retha Brown, I saw all the ex-Minooka Indians who now dwell on the moon. Glenn and Alden were there with their wives, whose names used to be Peggy McCoy and Pat Anderson. Dr. Harold Saltzman was present with his wife, the former Virginia Wallin. The president of the Earth-Watchers Society, Charlene Heap, was there too. Charlene was one of the earliest immigrants to the moon and she married one of the native moon-men. Step-ladder man- ufacturer Margaret Good came on her rocket-powered pogo stick. In closing, I just want to say that I'm having a great time, and I wish you were here. Yours truly, E JIM WINKLER