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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Twas in the month of September and in the year of 1942 when twenty-eight shy freshmen entered the new Atkinson High School building to further their school careers. Freshman initiation was the event most highly remembered by all of us. The year passed quickly, and we soon found ourselves to be high and mighty sophomores. We knew all there was to know for we were really big stuff —we thought! During that year we ordered our class rings. Ronald and Ralph Lester came into our class then. Jane De Decker joined our ranks in 1944 when we were juniors. In December we presented the junior class play. The Importance of Being Young. We made enough money from its presentation to sponsor the Junior-Senior Banquet which was held in the school gym on April 27, 1945. All too soon we were seniors and were in our last year in high school. High spots in our memory books were the football and basketball games, homecoming, the carnival, the Junior-Senior Banquet put on this time in our honor, baccalaureate on May 19, and the finale—graduation on May 24, 1946. We, who were the first class to graduate from the new school, leave with a feeling of sadness for happy, carefree days gone by. But we look to the future with eagerness and with hope in our hearts for a new era of peace and happiness for all.
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CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class, of the city of Atkinson, County of Henry, State of Illinois, beinq of sound mind and memory, do make, publish, and declare this our last will and testament in manner and word as follows: I, Roy Hamer, give my Van Johnson features and looks to Gordon De Vrieze. I hope it gets him as many girls as I always secured. I, Helen Moens, leave my comb and pocketbook to Pat Hoogerwerf because I am tired of carrying them around. I, Glenn De Smith recommend to Danny Freddy, that he use my quietness and obedience that I have mastered so well through my senior year. I, Laureen Hamilton, leave to Elden DeReu my ability to stay up and study. I am going to quit studying for awhile. I, Gordon Taber, give my ability to find my one and only and keep her to Clarence Wildemuth. May ne have as many nice times as I did. I, Joyce Gritman, will my art of drawing to Dick DeDecker. This will help him waste some time in study hall. I also leave my own knack of going with discharged marines to Elna Nordstrom. I, Ralph Nordstrom, give my crew cuts to anyone who wants them for I want curly hair from now on. To Pat Hoogerwerf I leave my flying technique. I, Shirley Atwell, give my big smile and my giggles to my cousin, Donetta Taber. May she have as many laughs as I did. I, Betty DeBaere, Recommend that Rose Marie Lund try as many new hair styles as I do for I feel she will benefit greatly by them. I. Dale Humphrey, leave my wonderful old green Ford to Richard Moens. I'm sure it will hang together for a long time yet. I, Frances Vande Voorde give my ability to go with red haired sailors to Mary Ellen Van Opdorp for I feel she has already made a good start in the business. I, Dean Teerlinck, feel that Doris Plummer may benefit by my speed on the track. I give it to her on the basis of wise use. I, Donna May Arnold, hereby grant to Marian Lievens my ability to wait for her man who is in service like I did. I, Gerald Cowells, entrust to Elna Nordstrom my splendid sense of humor. May you manage to stay in classes longer than I did. I. Ralph Lester, bestow my nickname of the pest of 1946 to Dick De Decker. I hope you are able to make new friends fast for you'll need this ability if you live up to my nickname. I. Beverly Welvert, give my American Problems book to Danny Freddy. It will save many trips to the encyclopedias.
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