Arenzville High School - Raider Yearbook (Arenzville, IL)

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We the Senlors of 1953 of the Cttv of Arenzv111e County of Cass State of Ilhnols berno, sound ln body and mtnd do hereby make and publrsh thrs as our last wrll and testament hereby revokrng all for mer wrlls and bequests made bv us Everett 'Allen do wrll and bequeath my basketball abtlrty to Charles Hrerman Rosemary Anderson do wrll and bequeath my famous grggle to Helene Hendrrcker Max Beard do wrll and bequeath my abtltty to tmrtate Jerry Lew1s to Betty Roegge Helen Canada do w1ll and bequeath my dramond collectton to Beverly Beets Davtd Carls do wrll and bequeath my swtftness to Donna Schone John Crawford do wlll and bequeath my shm ftgure to Wayne Strubbe Althea Frtcke do w1ll and bequeath my sewtng abrhty to Herman Roegge Karla Hart do w1ll and bequeath my musrcal abthty to Norman Dufelmerer Maxtne Huppe do wtll and bequeath my purple shoes to Eddte Peck Larry Janssen do wtll and bequeath my hetght to Mr Sowers Vtrgrnra Klernschm1dt do wtll and bequeath my frnger natl bttrng to Carrol Lovekamp John Lerschner do wrll and bequeath my Enghsh abrhty to Mrs Schnake Donna Lou McLa1n do w111 and bequeath my ab11.tty to blush to Joy Roegge Elta Mullens do w111 and bequeath my rnterest tn Culver Stockton College to Jean Lutkehus Marrlyn Mullens do w11l and bequeath my red hatr to Kane N1esu'adt Don Ntckel do w1l1 and bequeath my Mercury to Ahce Canada Barbara Parkerson do wtll and bequeath my hrgh heels to Ronme Kletnschmtdt Melba Schlueter do wrll and bequeath my Job as a telephone operator to Gordon Lovekamp Maxme Schone do wrll and bequeath my bashfulness to Elmer Ntckel Carlos Spxcer do w111 and bequeath my future mtlhons to Shtrley Klernschmtdt I Maxtne Strrckler do w111 and bequeath my shoe skates to Don I-lobrock Drawn up and wttnessed thereof on the TWENTY SIXTH of FEBRUARY tn the year of our Lord one sand mne hundred ftfty three Wrtnessed by Drawn up by ELTA MULLENS Vtrgxnta Klernschmrdt Karla Hart thou U , 'Ill I, n . . . . I' , 1 , . h I, t . . . . I, . 1 . . I 1, , ' ' . . I, y . . . - I I, . , . . ' 1, , ' ' , I' . , . . .

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Semcvn .7610 Twenty two freshmen inthe year N40 entered the halls of Arenzvrlle High School slightly bewrldered by the sudden chance of it all Before the year had a Uood start Marilyn Mullens from Vxrqmra joined our class The class chose the followinq officers President, Althea Frrcke Vice presrdent Marshall Manker Secretary Virginia Klernschmrdt Treasurer, Maxine Strrckler Student Council Representative Altnea Fricke O rr advisor was Mrs Norvm Foster The highlights of our freshmen year were the rnttra tion party and the return party which we gave to the sophomores and a one act play entitled Finder s Keepers September of 1930 found us accustomed to the rtgors of high school life We welcomed twenty two new freshmen with a rousrnft initiation party Officers chosen for the year were President Maxine Strrckler Vice president Karla Hart Secretary V1rg1n1aKle1nschm1dt Treasurer Maxine Huppe Stu dent Council Representatives, John Crawford and Marilyn Mullens Mr Dahman was our advisor Minus one classmate Imogene Lovekamp who went to Bluffs we elected the followmg officers for our junior year President Karla Hart Vice president Dav1dCarls Secretary Treasurer Barbara Parkerson Student Council Representatives Everett Allen Larry Janssen and Althea Frrcke Our ad Our junior play Comm Around the Mountarn was presented in April It was a hill billy comedy and was very successful Our Junior Senior Banquet was held at Rushvrlle on May 10 In our last and f1nal year as seniors, we were minus another classmate, Marshall Manker, who moved to jacksonville Officers for our f1nal year were President Barbara Parkerson Vice President Vrrgrnra Klemschmidt Secretary Maxine Strrckler Treasurer Karla Hart Student Council Representatives permanent members lxarla Hart Virffinra lxlernschmrdt and Barbara Parkerson Revolving members Max Beard John Crawford Maxine Strrckler and David Carls Mrs Schnake was our class advisor Our senior play Grandad Steps Out was given on November r and was very successful The annual Senior Carnival was given on Vale mne s Da february 14 with hearts as our theme for decoration and it too, x as a succ s We are lOOh1lll7 forward to our Chicago trip tne Junior Senior Banqtet and of course tl e 'reatest ex ent of them all Graduation Day D I - l , V 3 . ' D ' . .y. . ' . . U V. N . I . . 2 . - . , 5 , . . . . , 2 . . 9 . . ' . Q . - . .. . , , . . . , - ' 2 ' '. ' . 2 , ' f ' ' ' : . ' 2 ' 1 ' I ' ' ' : ' , : ' - ' , ' 9 ' . 2 ' A . '. . ' - ' visor was Mrs. Moon. ln February, we received our class rings and most of us are proudly wearing one. ' ' 9 , 1' ' : , 2 ' ' , , ' . ' rr. ' ' ' ' . 3 ' . l 1 7 . A . , ' v ' - N . v ' . I V LV ' - 1 ' ' ' , i' . 4. t A ' ' , -. es . ' ,, ' ,' K ' , ' ' - ' i- , L i , A- tw r V 1 ' ,-

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Semen A Jfurphecg, Last nrnht when I came home from work I picked up the newspaper and as my eyes scanned the front page I saw man familiar names Everett Allen just rented a farm after many years of workrnv as a hired hand Rosemary Anderson attracted 2 000 people at the opening day of Barnum Barley Bros Crrcus wrth her great show of tight rope walking She rs one of the best rn the business Max Beard a stand rn for Jerry Lewis just frnrshed hrs most recent picture I Act Like I Don t Lrlfe Girls Helen Canada recently moved to Bluffs where she wrll become an assistant farmer Mr SLMIS David Carlsfthe former Althea Frrckejjust bought another 100 acres to add to their farm where they Grow lrttle allrgators They IIVC rn Florida John Crawford rs farming on hrs 500 acre farm south of Arenzvrlle and trying many new farm methods Karla Hart who specralrzes rn wrrtrng stories for a sports magazine has just received another promotion sne rs now edrtor rn chref Maxrne Huppe just got ararse to 3510 O00 per year from her boss John D Rockefeller XV for her splendid work as a prrvate secretary Vrrgrnra for John H Lerschner rs opening up a new establishment as the town s frrendly undertaker Yesterday Donna Lou McLain became the world s frrst lady auctroneer Auction prrces have climbed raprdly Elta Mullens went to the WEST and thinks rt s the best drrectron of all Bell Telephone employees wrll be under a new boss because Melba Schlueter Just got promoted to head operator Maxine Schone rs a nurse ata solrders hosprtal and a lot of the bro touvh Marines have suddenly become srck Readrnff on lrttle farther I saw that Carlos Sprcer has become Professor of Chemistry at the University of lllrnors Maxine Strrckler another old classmate also has a Job as Home Economics teacher at Arerrzvrlle High besides uornfr a few darly chores out south of town Getting tired of readrng I turned my TV set on for a last look and to my surprrse there was Larry Janssen as Lurgr starrrnfr rn the Lrfe wrth Lurtzr turned the dral again and to my Greater surprrse there were Marrlrn Mullens and Barbara Parkerson the two new red head hrts of Broadway I swrtche' on to another channel and saw Don Nrclfel starrmrz, as a prrvate eye rn a crrme story Seernfr all of these former classmates brouffht back many fond memories of our days at Arenzvrlle High ' fl 1 Kleinschmidt is working in the U. S. Mint, making NICKELS. New York City is going to get a new treat, . , . .C O . . . . D a