Sheffield High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Sheffield, IL)

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Senior Class Prophecy October 22, 1965 Dear Jim, Well, the class of '5l had a bang up time at our class reunion last week. lt was real nice of Tom to ask us to Washington this year, but we certainly missed you and your good humor. I thought l would drop you this letter and try to give you an idea of what all of our former classmates are now doing. As you know, Tom Nelsen asked us to Washington, D. C. for our class reunion. He had rooms for all of us at the White House. It seems only yester- day that we were teasing Tom about being our future president. Of course, he is making a success of it as we thought he would. Lola is a very charming hostess and first lady. . I was the first one there, since my band, Bob Miller and his Bob Cats, was engaged in New York the week before. I just flew down to Washington and sent the band on to Chicago where we have a recording date this week. I am really having a time. A bachelor's life certainly agrees with me. About an hour after I came, Bill Griffin flew in. You know, 'he is now a cheese salesman from a big Madison, Wisconsin factory. Usually, he sells in and around Madison, since he wants to be near his family. Bill hasn't changed a bit since the old days, still kept us laughing all the time. Richard Madsen was on his way to New York to board the Queen Elizabeth to sail for England and was there only for a couple of days. As you know, Richard went to college after his hitch with the Army and became, as I hear, a very famous man in his field of Engineering. Right now his latest project is to supervise the building of a bridge across the English Channel. Richard says he is tired of hearing all about everyone trying to swim it and just wants to make things easier for everyone. As you know, Donna Schuetts' play on Broadway just closed after a two- year run, so she was able to be with us the whole week. She starts rehearsing next month for her newest play, for which she promises us all tickets if it goes over. Laurel Griffin, formerly Keelen, drove here from Sheffield. Noel is on leave for a couple of months, so they used this reunion as kind of a vacation. Of course, they brought all of the kids with them, and the White House was livened with all of them sliding down the banisters all day long. Carrie Ellen Hasbrook was there and told us she was now happily married with six children. I forgot her husband's name. Dorothy Bill, who has been in the field of studying human behavior, is now working on a new theory for high school students-- How To Learn Without Study ing. lt will be in book form and all of us will be the first to get copies. ZZ

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l, Betty Ann Cathelyn, will ten reams of typing paper and five erasers to the Typing II classy. Maybe this will save somebody more paper than it saved me. I, Richard Madsen, leaves to Camille McCune my ability to be at school on time every day regardless of weather. fEarly, Richard ?J We, the Senior boys, will to Mr. Cronister one book entitled H1001 Calisthenics Made Easy. We, thesSenior class, will to Joe Stevens two books entitled How To Cut Your Work ing Time ln Half. , Witnessed and signed in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one. IRENE , DSADIE HAWKINS l THE THING UNCLE JOE Bill Griffin President The school gets all the benefit, The students get all the fame: . The printer gets all the money, And the staff gets all the blame. Freshmen study all the time Sophomores study some Juniors study once in awhile Seniors study none., I-Iere's to, our teachers, Long may they live: Even as long as. The assignments! they give. Z1

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Raymond Lootens is teaching his favorite subject at Ohio State. He says he will always thank Miss Wambaugh for interesting him in English so much that he made a career' of it. Stewart Smith is now known as Wild Stew Smith, the used car dealer, around the Sheffield area. It seems Stewart got so used to having a lot of cars in high school that he continued buying more and more until he had a business. He has a knack for getting good deals. ' Mary An Johnson is now a child nurse to some of the finest families in Chicago. She loves her work and is becoming quite an authority on the behavior of children. I guess she is writing articles for leading magazines. Marilyn Mowery is taking 'her career in the Army Nurse Corps seriously. Marilyn went in right after high school days, as you remember, and has now one of the highest promotions in that service. Joanne VanderMeersch came from her publishers in New York. Her latest best seller is now about to be printed. It seems she chose as the subject our adventures in Sheffield High School. It seems she is calling it, The Thrills and Chills of Sheffield High School. The Chills we thought are probably those cold winter days. She says her publisher says it is the most unusual novel of its kind due to the peculiar characters in it. Lois Plasscheart now has a girls' quartet of her own which she manages as well as sings in. They are now trying to decide on different Hollywood offers. Darlene Wicht is working right here in Washington in one of the larger office build- ings. She is a private secretary for some large firm. Darlene says it was due to all of the training in Sheffield Typing and Shorthand classes that got her this far. Dick Lanphere has one more year to go before he retires from the Navy. As you remember, Dick joined as soon as he graduated and has made quite a career of it. Tom is thinking of making him one of his advisors in the Navy's affairs. Betty Ann Cathelyn is working on the staff of a Chicago newspaper. She is their reporter on fashions. Betty said she first became interested in this by working on the Cardett and just continued in this field after graduation. Roberta Curly Crockett and Robert Dizzy Schoffstall were both two days late. This made us think that they hadn't changed fr om the days they would walk in the Study Hall a few minutes late each morning. Curly, as you know, is with the Women's Police Department in Chicago and has just helped uncover a large gang of smugglers. Dizzy is now touring the country with his Dare-Devil Act. He has a group of ten cars and eight drivers. I read that this is one of the most thrilling daredevil acts ever to be presented. Of course, Diz is the star, and thrills the crowds every night with his death-defying acts. ,Well Jim, I guess that's about all. I hope you have success with your football team thisyear. Inhear you are picked by the experts to uphold the record ofthe University of Illinois in your first year. See you at the Rose Bowl and remember me to Joyce and the kids. h Your cousin, Bob Goo Goo Miller Z3