Arenzville High School - Raider Yearbook (Arenzville, IL)

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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

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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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JJ The Class of 53 No method or reason rs gurdrng thrs pen The thoughts Just collect revolve and then Slrde down the pen and onto the paper As I thrnk how each Senror drd prance and caper Romance has been busy and cuprd has too And from thrs year s class has collected hrs due So frrst of these duos I would prattle and prate And of therr affarrs I would lrke to relate Maxrne Strrckler John Crawford could srng a duet We ve watched and we ve watched but just as yet Not a thrng has happened to mar the bhss Of that tall dark lad and hrs w1nsome mrss Queen Althea Frrcke and consort Dave Carls Can untangle the worst of those royal snarls In the lrttle green Ford they pass gayly by They re atop the whole world rn the wrnk of an eye Don Nrckel s black Mercury wrll whrz up the street Stop at Vrrgrnra Klernschmrdt s house and go tweet tweet Out comes Vrrgrnra her face full of smrles Gosh hope those trres are good for several thousand mrles Sharp shootrng' Everett Allen must have a peppy mate Whenever he starts out on a dreamy swoony date Our Maxrne Huppe frlls the brll she surts hrm to a T She s Just the srze she s got those eyes I thrnk and so does Our Hello grrl rs Mrss Melba Schlueter' On the telephone no vorce sounds sweeter Than Melba sayrng Your number please? She sounds so pleasant so full of ease Next Rosemary Anderson has a cute lrttle grggle That makes your toes turn up and wrggle If Rosemary keeps rt for all of her lrfe She ll make some fellow a Jolly wrfe Helen Canada doesn t care for Sadre Hawkrns Day Cause she s already roped her man and that arn t ray And so she ll remarn so cool and nrce Keeps her left thrrc. frnger under rce Some day on televrsron Informatron Please There ll be a gal who answers wrth ease Who s the mrss to take that part? None other than Mrss Karla Hart Boomalacka clungalacka bow wow wow That s Elta Mullens brother and how For Elta the advrce that s best Is thrs Young gal go West Then there s Max Beard of the freckled face And deep delrghtful thrrlhng bass He s never mean and never srnnrn Gosh but he s God s grft to women Barbara Parkerson s a trny mrss demure and so petrte But she s packed full of musrc from head down to her eet Hrgh notes low notes quarter notes and thrrlls She srngs them hot or srngs them sweet or srngs them full of fr1lls For a happy sweet and drmpled lass we ve Donna Lou McL Who s always just as welcome as a rarncoat rn the ram She cooks and sews and then keeps house Just to keep rn trarnrng for a future spouse Sideburns grve Carlos Sprcer a most romantrc arr And when he goes along the street the grrls all stop and star They grve hrm srdelong glances from the corner of each eye Marrlyn Mullens so slender and tall Is the dressmakers dreamrest dream of all Cause rn surts or rn ruffles and furbelows She 11 be an eyeful for all the beaus Now Larry Janssen hasn t fallen for any of the grrls Cause to hrm the females Just cause those drzzy whrrls And he s afrard that when hrs brarn has been so awfully rattl That he ll wake up and frnd hrmself roped tred and saddle Round Maxrne Schone wrth those brg dark eyes Her classmates flock lrke summer fhes She s charmrng she s wrtty she has lots of class In any group she s a strrkrng lass john Lerschner s name rs the frnal one But don t forget he had lots of fun Cause when the krds rn study hall drd up and grggle That was Lerschner showrng hrs latest wrggle So that s the class of frfty three 4 All wrapped and sealed as rt seems to me No hurt was planned no harm rntended And now at last thrs doggerel s ended , - ' - . ' , . f ' Does that enthrall our Carlos? Ha. He just passes by. he. l I ' . I I J ' I I ' , l I