Atlanta High School - Atalanta Yearbook (Atlanta, IL)

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CLASS Vu ILL WE, THE SOPHISTICATED SENIORS OF 44”, on this Twenty-Second day of May, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Four, before making our noticeable departure from respectable A. C. H. S., leave with our Faculty and Juniors our most cherished possessions, FIRST: We leave to our unforgetable Faculty the assurance that their efforts toward our accomplishments have not been in vain, SECOND: To the Junior Class we leave those articles of infor- mation, chewing gum, text books, such as may be found. We know you can't be Seniors without them, THIRD: To each individual Junior we leave the following: Mary Ellen Kindred's boy friends to Iris Bristow and Marilynn Swearingen, We think she has enough for all Juniors, but v e will give them to you so you can change once in a while. All of Jim Loy's love letters to Norma Turner, We hope you will be happy with them, Marian Thompson's smiles and dimples to Mary Louise Wright and Mary Lou Satterfield, Smile and the world smiles with you, Bob Deuterman's Bloomington girl friends to Roger Karrick and Donnie Taylor, Bob won't need them after school is out so take care of his Bloomington beauties, Maranell Mason's grades to Pat Brandt and Carl Williams, Wo think you might need them in your Senior year, Betty Brandt's voice to Virginia Bristow and Patsy Burns, With her voice you girls should go places, Marvin Spaits's bashful ways to Jim Tuttle and Willie Kindred, You might improve if you take this hint, (Ask Senior girls about this because they think Marvin is tops.) Sharon Cheek's Thespian abilities to'Kenny Purcell and Bill Martinie, You're on the right track boys, and Sharon's accomplishments on the stage will put on the finishing touches, Juanita Menzel's and Mary Jackson's jitterbugging to Priscilla Applegate and Vivian Mitchell, Bus Adkins leaves his neighbor, La Verne Becker, He had to when he went to the Navy, Bob Thompson's athletic ability to Tommy Specials, We hope you'll use it next year, Ruth Frantz's good behavior to Marie Snook, Every girl can't have Ruth's qualifications, so don't destroy them.

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CLASS HISTORY We now take you back to the first of our high school days when we were all Freshmen. There was a fairly large class of thirty-nine at the beginning of the year but it was reduced some by losing twelve of them during the year. Mr, Reesman was our class advisor,-and on our first class meet ing we elected the officers: President, Bus Adkins; Vice President, Bob Thompson; Secretary-Treasurer, Ruth Frantz, This year we started out rather well in sports with five of our Freshmen on the first squad in basketball and four on the first squad in baseball. As fal1 came around again, twenty-two of us entered school as Silly Sophomores.” The class officers wore: President, Ruth Frantz; Vice President, Betty Brandt; Secretary-Treasurer, Mary Jackson This year the class activities were started by a weiner roast at Marvin Spaits’s and ended with a weiner roast and barn dance at Barrett Rogers’s. During this year we had seven on the basketball sqaud; and two of the girls, Betty Brandt and Mary Jackson took over as cheerleaders. Our float, Caught in the Draft,” won first in the Homecoming parade. Mary Jackson gave a humorous reading in the spring contest and received a rating of second for Class B schools. When we entered school again in the fall of ’42 our class was still reducing qnd by now there were nineteen of'us. Again we had two cheerleaders, Ruth Frantz and Maranell Mason, from our class who brought the basketball team through a successful season by helping them to win twenty-one games and to lose only six. The Junior play, Sally’s Private Earthquake, was presented in the fall under the direction of Miss Close. In the spring most of the members of our class participated in the musical review, The Road to Happiness. Our officers in charge this year were: President, Maranell Mason; Vice President, Merlin Wilmert; Secretary-Treasurer, Ruth Frantz. Activities began with a treasure hunt this year. Following that were several memorable incidents including Senior Day at Lincoln Colloge, the morning after'Bus and Jim loft, Orville’s Big Date , Swept Clean Off Her Feet , cheerleading with Mason, Jackson, aid Wilmert. As Commencement draws near we are looking forward to our places in the world}

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Barrett W. Rogers's ability to attend-one class a day and graduate to Ruth Pruitt, Try it some time, Ruth Barrett says it's run, Phyllis Chamberlin's engagement idea to Arlene Smith and Maxine Amberg, (To Sailors Only) WITNESSED, CENSORED, SIGNED, AND SEALED. AUTOGRAPHS HOW TIME FLIES 9-5. By PHYLLIS LISTON o C years ag0 — Sept 5’ 1959 JL D Named queen of the Mackinaw homecoming Thursday night was Janet Fowler. In second place was Jean Mitchell, Kathy Allen was third, and attendants were Pat Reeves, Karol Coil, Karen Coil and Louise Duckett. years ago — Sept. 5, 1934. In-3 W dications are that tax delinquencies in McLean county will be less than last year, and may be considerably less if corn-hog checks to farmers are received in time, Willis A. Burkholder, collector, estimatedJVfrdnPsd? TT C years ago — Sept. 5, 1909. When J the public schools of Atlanta open for the year’s work Monday, the new school building, which has been erected during the past year, will be placed into commission for the first time. The school house is one of the largest public improvements which has been made in that town for several years. years ago — Sept. 5, 1884. A I UU man from Colfax came to the office of Dr. Hill yesterday forenoon to have his broken arm set. He said a lady friend invited him to call and see her that morning, saying that her husband was going away. He went, but too early, and met the irate husband, who, gathering a club, struck his uplifted arm. He departed.