Walnut High School - Walnut Tree Yearbook (Walnut, IL)

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ZheCast Will and Zest a me at of the Class of 1964 I, Jim Bacom, do bequeath my old pink car to Tom Linden. I. Jim Bangtson, do bequeath my bequeathing powers to future senior Dennis Fritz. I, Mariellen Broeren, do bequeath my love of Slaughter House Road to all who don’t know its true value. I. Jim Buzard, do bequeath my parking place at Quick's to Harry McGonigle. I, Floyd Clapp, do bequeath my driving ability to Sid. I, Sue Cook, do bequeath my short hair to Suzette Lubbs. I, Paul Cummings, do bequeath my destructive ability to all future chemistry students. I, Julie Dersham, do bequeath my moodiness to good-natured freshmen. I, Mike Dietz, do bequeath my playboy abilities to John Bass. I, Sherry Eckberg, do bequeath my sewing ability to Sharon McKanna. I, Georgia Faye, do bequeath my love of Mrs. Ewalt’s subjects to Natalie Keigwin. I, Ronald Fritz, do bequeath my ability to attract attention of a certain senior girl to Tom Linden. I, Linda Gerdes, do bequeath my muscular legs to Tom Linden. I, Charlene Hansen, do bequeath my shorthand ability to Nancy Tuggle. I, Bernard Headley, do bequeath my gymnastic ability to Laverne Cook. I, Karen Heitzler, do bequeath my ability to get in accidents to Sue Sarver. I, Ginger Henline, do bequeath my friendship with Rod Christensen to Stephanie Lawrence. I, Denesse Hurst, do bequeath my quiet, reserved manner to Peggy Burgess. I, Janet Hussey, do bequeath my love of riding the bus to school to Linda Foley. I, Janice LaRussa, do bequeath my Kleenex to Sharon Andersen. I, Darrel Lauritzen, do bequeath my touchdown passes to Gary Erickson. I, David Lauritzen, do bequeath my height to Bill Lind. I, Larry Lauritzen, do bequeath my ability to peel around corners to Sid Attig. I, Ann Lorenzen, do bequeath my ability to match plaids in home economics to Peggy Burgess. I, Carolyn Lubbs, do bequeath my ability to catch a boyfriend to my sister Suzette. I, Kay McCarter, do bequeath my ability to make posters to Ann Eckberg. I, Fred Meisenheimer, do bequeath my ability to cram for tests at the last minute to Joe Gorman. I, Betty Odell, do bequeath my ability to go on moonlight swims to Lynda Padgett. I, Pamela Parker, do bequeath my bottle of peroxide to Ozzie. I, Dana Pomeroy, do bequeath my piano bench to Dave Bangtson. I, Burton Raabe, do bequeath my ability to abstain to Gail Hoffman. I, Richard Sash, do bequeath my love of Barry Gold water to any deceived liberal. I, Vicky VonHolten, do bequeath my cheering ability to Gail Hoffman. I, Cathy Wagner, do bequeath my Walnut crushes to Joyce Warfield. I, Patty Wangelin, do bequeath my love of the army to Sharon McKanna. I, Gene Warfield, do bequeath my nickname Wart to Dennis Fritz. I, Larry Yerk, do bequeath my bench sitting ability to any basketball player. I, Alan Yonk, do bequeath my muscular physique and animal magnetism to Gail Hoffman.

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Dana Pomeroy •Dana Junior Honor Society-2, National Honor Society-3, 4, Band-1,2,3,4, Girls' Chorus-1,2,3,4, Mixed Chorus-1,2,3,4, Annual Staff-4, Newspaper Staff-3, Junior Class Play-3, Senior Class Play-4, Accompanist-3,4. Burton Raabe •Burt Student Council-2,3, Junior Class Play-3, Senior Class Play-4, Football-1,2, Basketball-1,2, 3,4, Track-1,2,3,4, Baseball-1, W Club-2,3,4. Richard Sash •Dick Football-1,2, Basketball-2, Baseball Manager-2, Student Council-3, Junior Honor Society-2,3. Vicky Von Holten •Vicks Student Council-1,4, Band-1,2,3,4, Girls'Chorus-1,2, 3,4, Mixed Chorus-1,2, 3,4, Annual-4, Newspaper Staff-3, Junior Class Play-3, Cheerleader-1, 2.4. Catherine Wagner •Cathv G.A.A.-3, Girls'Chorus-1, Senior Class Play-4. Peggy Wallace •Whitey G.A. A.-1,2,3,4, F. H.A.-1.2, 3,4, Girls'Chorus- 1.2.3.4, Mixed Chorus-3. Patricia Wangelin •Pat G.A.A.-4, Band-1,2.3,4, Girls' Chorus-1,2,3,4, Mixed Chorus-1,2,3,4, Annual-4, Newspaper Staff-3, Junior Class Play-3, Senior Class Play-4, Vice-President of Junior-Senior Girls’ Chorus -4, Majorette-1,2,3,4. Donald Warfield •Gene National Honor Society-3,4, F.F.A.-1.2, Annual-4, Newspaper Staff-3, Junior Class Play-3, Football- 3.4, Basketball-1,2, 3, Track-1,2,3, Baseball-1, 2, 3, W Club-3,4, Class Vice-President-1,2, Class Treasurer-3, Class Plays-1,2. Larry Yerk •Larry F.F. A.- 1,2,3,4, Basketball-1, 2, 3,4, Track-1,2, 3.4, Baseball-3,4, F.F. A. Reporter. Alan Yonk •Alan Boys' Chorus-1,2, 3,4, Mixed Chorus-1, 2,3,4, Newspaper Staff-3, Junior Class Play-3, Senior Class Play-4, Track-1,2,3,4. W Club-4. Denesse Wurst •Denni Student Council-1,2,4, Band-1,2, Girls' Chorus-1, 2.3.4, Mixed Chorus-1,2,3,4, Annual-4, Newspaper Staff-3, Junior Class Play-3, Senior Class Play-4, Cheerleader-3,4, Student Council President -4, Homecoming Attendant-4. Janet Hussey •Janet Junior Honor Society-2, National Honor Society-3,4, Band-1,2,3,4, Girls' Chorus-1,2,3,4, Mixed Chorus-1,2,3,4. Newspaper Staff-3, (Co-editor), Junior Class Play-3, Cheerleader-4, Class President-1, 3, Class Treasurer-4, Junior Honor Society Treasurer 2. 21

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Dear Vicki, I hear you're a medical assistant now at the Mayo Clinic. It's surprising how many of our classmates are up there. CAROLYN LUBBS and GINGER HENLINE are both working as Lab Technicians, and GENE WARFIELD, who is working in the research department, is becoming quite a prominent scientist. I thought you might like to know about some of our other classmates. I’ve seen several of them lately. KAREN HEITZLER is working for John Deere. SUE COOK, CHARLENE HANSEN, and BETTY ODELL are working as secretaries at a large firm in Chicago. JULIE DERSHAM, who is an interior decorator, just finished decorating two new beauty salons, one for LINDA BOROP and one for SHERRY ECKBERG. She has also redone JIM BA CORN'S photography studio; she's a busy girl, almost as busy as JANICE LARUSSA, who is an interpreter at the U.N. Oh, we've got two new barbers in town, FLOYD CLAPP and DAVE LAURITZEN. Their shop is right next to BERNARD HEADLEY’S butcher shop, and right down the street from JIM BUZARD'S Garage. LINDA GERDES and ANN LORENZEN are in New York now; they're secretaries for a large publishing firm, and GEORGIA FAY is working on business machines there. DARRY LAURITZEN and PAUL CUMMINGS have been working for Uncle Sam in the Marines. When I last saw DICK SASH, he was on a soapbox preaching liberalism- quite a politician, that boy. By the way, our high school has a whole new crop of teachers. ALAN YONK has taken over the math department. KAY McCARTER has been teaching art and English. JIM BANGTSON is doing well managing the school as the principal, and RON FRITZ is our new coach. DENNI HURST is teaching speech. In grade school we have one new teacher--PAT WANGELIN; she's teaching the second grade. It seems that most of our classmates are doing quite well. BURTON RAABE is the sales manager of a firm in Los Angeles; I think they sell Beatle wigs. JANET HUSSEY is out in California, too. She's making the movie. The Singing Psychiatrist. There are still quite a few kids left around Walnut. LARRY YERK, FRED MEISENHEIMER, LARRY LAURITZEN, and MIKE DIETZ have all become successful farmers--on their own farms. PEGGY WALLACE is running her own restaurant and doing quite well. She even has her own private hairdresser, CATHY WAGNER, and a secretary, MARIELLEN BROEREN. DANA POMEROY isn't too far from good old Walnut. She's a dental assistant in Princeton. That's about all of our classmates--a very successful group, I'd say. As you know. I’m working as a dental assistant to a very prominent dentist. I’ll see you at the next class reunion. Love, Pam 23