Atlanta High School - Atalanta Yearbook (Atlanta, IL)

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Iris and Virginia Bristow Arc two of our nicest girls. Remember wc'ro counting on you. To keep the boy's in whirls. As you ring the tcloohono and Number please,1' says the operator. You can tell in a minute its Pat, For tlicros not another like her. Patsy Burns another las , A dentist w...nts to be. But Patsy work on someone elec, Please don't start on ny. Another dark haired girl, Y hokccps the class in ouitc a whirl. V.'c feel is 3urc to have reat fame, For Proicilla Applegate is her nano. A friendly girl is Aary Lou, And she speaks whcr.cv r seen. This is the r son I'm sure. That ’.vs elected her '45 qu.cn. Bill is our do rest led, r.nd a lady, he won't miss it. And you’re nlv.ff.y3 sure, its him, 3y thp.t, wifll bite whr.t is it. Donnie is,generou to his frio ds. Especially on ValentinesDay. He would even walk to Aincoln, To give his heart away. And now my friends this is the end, Of this classes long long story. For v s arc the class of '45, Yfno departed in so much glory.

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1945 CLAc poem By 3111 Martinie amd Donnie Taylor We the Class of ’45, Have a tale to relate Its kept our tanchors always. In constant and deep debate. The subject of this debate, Of course couldn’t start with Tom. Yflao through all his school ye ;ra, Never did one teacher any harm. Next in line, two maidens, And they could never be moan. Now who else could this be, But Darling Marie and Little Arlene. Carl is of tho quite sort And for years has cone to school. To gather a lot of knowledge, And to learn the Golden Rule, Now we have a couple, Who in ye'rs will be tho same, Y.o call then now La Verne and Jim, But Tuttles destend to oc their nano. Louise is another of our students, And is destend to great f'.no. And In ye rs to co.io will be a nurse, If someone doesn’t change her name. Phyllis is our famous typist. And honors di o did take. Won’t you show us how you did it, And give us til a break, Norma is the musician in cur class, And she can hardly be surpassed. Ruth isour pretty little miss, Who entertains uswith all her bli3s. Ken is a boy who is very bold. To assert his rights when he is told That the regulations of Atlanta High School Arc made only to be onforccd by a rule Marilynn is a blond haired lass, Yfno has interest in a ob. Aho sits and dreams of him, Nay out there doing his job.

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Atlanta, Illinois June 20, 1956 Dear Diary: Arlene, Marie and I started on our trip on the morning of May 20th, 1956. We had been looking forward to this trip for several years. Wo went to Bloomington on the bus, then from there to Chicago on the train. We vero told that this train wouldn't make but one stop between Chicago and San Francisco. Wo were vory glad of this, because we wanted to spend all of our time stopping hero and there on the way back. We got off the train in San Francisco and walked across the street to hail a taxi. We were trying to wave the taxi down when I looked around and who was standing beside me but Marilynn Swearingen, only it wasn't Swearingen now, it was Frazier. She seemed very glad to sec us, but she didn't have much time. She said she would invite us out to hor house, but her husband was a defense worker and he slept all day. She said she had a maid that wo would be interested in, but she wouldn't tell us who it was. She gave us her address and told us to come any time after 8:00 P.M., the maid would be there taking care of her children. She intended to go with somo friends to a club mooting. Wo registered at a hotel, refreshed ourselves and ate dinner. It was a long ride out to Marilynn's but v c got there just a little after 8:00. We walked up to the door and rang the bell. The butler answered and we felt very silly, because wo didn't know who v o wero asking for. Wo finally told him that we wanted to seo the person who was taking care of the children. About that time someone walked out into the hall and guess who it was, Vivian Mitchell. She soemod to be very happy to sec us. She ask us in for awhile. Wo couldn't stay very long because v c had to catch the train at 10:00. She told us she was married too. The lucky man v as a proachor. I think she said his name was Bolen. She said she was pretty worried right then, because she needed money so sho worked for Marilynn. We had to leave her' in a v ry worried stdtc of min'd. We got back to the hotel about 9:45 so v o had to hurry to catch the train. Wo got over to the station about 9:57 and found that v o wore going to have to v ait about an hour, because of engino trouble. Wo wont into the station to wait and sat down beside Maxine Ambcrg Seggelke. We already knew she was married but v o didn't know about the additions to their family. Sho had a little boy 8 years old and a little girl 4, They were both very cute children. I could seo that the little girl was going to be just like her mother. They wero getting ready to go to Illinois to make a visit to her parents. She said Joe v as a 1st Clas3 Petty Officer now. At this time we wore told that wo could board the train again. Arlene had been complaining with a pain in her side over since wo left Chicago and it seemed to be getting worse. By the time v c had reached San Diego Arlene's pain had become so severe that we had to got off and consult a doctor. V o dccidod that it would be better if wo just went straight to tho hospital. V c asked tho taxi cab driver about it and he took us to the Monnonitc Hospital, Mario, on their arrival.