Atlanta High School - Atalanta Yearbook (Atlanta, IL)

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PROPHECY I was looking through my mail today (Sept. 24, 1980) and I saw these choice news items about my old classmates. Dr. Jack Shay has recently opened his new clinic for the treatment of anemic frogs and crippled caterpillars. KRUGER GAZZETTE Mrs. James Van Horn, the former Sue Short, has been named manager of the New Mexico Speedway. Mrs. Van Horn also drives her own Jaguar in the races. RACING NEWS Mr. David Amberg has been named President of the Rival Dog Food Co. of Anchorage, Alaska. He has been employed by the company for ten years. PET MAGAZINE Jane Cary has signed a contract with the Metropolitan Opera. She has the lead in The Three Pigs.” NEW YORK TIMES Mr. Jack Warrick has recently won the national title of Mr. Unemployment of 1980. This is his 25th consecutive year for this title. Jack also is the father of 12 children. ATLANTA ARGUS Miss Thressia Parks has become the private secretary of J. Mushmouth Limberlip, President of the Peter Pan Butter Co. Thressia was well-known, even in high school, for her accuracy in counting peanuts. PEANUT BUTTER NEWS Duane Kindred, employed in the Busted Bone Research Laboratory at Boneville, Iowa, is trying to find a cure for broken bones. He has developed the marvelous theory that bones break because they are not unbreakable. BONE RESEARCH MAGAZINE Jill Hughes, the head of the Home Economics Department at the U. of I. has recently discovered a new method of preparing meals. It is called a five-course-dinner-in-a-capsule. The easiest way is the best way , she says. ILLIN1 HOMEMAKERS NEWS Wilma Bruner is now playing center for the U. of 1. girls' basketball team. Shestands6' 7 1 2 in her nylons. At the opening game against Purdue, she scored 46 points, all on free throws. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Miss Maxine Harris has been named head dishwasher at the Stork Club in New York. She was formerly employed at Ciro’s and Wayne Ethel's Cafe. NEW YORK HERALD Jim Adam's orchestra is currently featured in the Corn Room of the Kruger Elevator in downtown Kruger. They say it's the sweetest music this side of Lincoln. KRUGER HERALD Dixie Baker, now a successful school teacher, has just returned with her class of 30 boys and girls from an adventurous field trip to Mars. P. T. A. NEWS Noble Usherwood, a successful lawyer, has moved to Reno, Nevada, where he has been appointed head lawyer in the divorce courts. Mr. Usherwood has been married three times. DIVORCE STATISTICS MAGAZINE Miss Lynd Wertheim (in private life Mrs. T. H. Snodgrass III) editor of the ever popular column, Advice to the love-lorn. has resigned to devote her time to her 10 children and her collection of rabbits. LOS ANGELES TIMES Roger Leesman has just won the top honor in the 1980 World Olympics for running the 3 mile backward-bounce in 4 1 2 minutes. OLYMPIC TIMES Patsy Nichols, a well-known research chemist in the field of allergies caused from cigarette smoke, will be awarded a medal at the next meeting of the American Allergy Association. MEDICAL JOURNAL Herman, grandchampion Holstein bull, owned and raised by Jerry Leesman won top honors at the International Live-Stock Show in Chicago. Herman, 3 years old, weighed 1400 pounds. COUNTRY GENTLEMAN Jackie McKown has recently opened Jackie's Juicy Pickle Packing Company in Lawndale. She also deseeds tomatoes for chili sauce. GOOD HOUSEKEEPING Frank Harwood, employed at the Kruger Research Laboratory, has just developed a furless-wooly-worm. He is now undertaking to develop a featherless chicken. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN 12

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HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1955 The senior class of '55 started its school days with 17 students, it lost and gained through the twelve years, and ended with twenty. There are eight of the original class who are finishing together. They are Sue Short, Lynd Wertheim, David Amberg, Jill Hughes, Dixie Baker, Duane Kindred, and Patsy Nichols. The other members that we gained between second and fourth grades were Jack Shay, and Jackie McKown; between fifth and eighth grades were Jim Adams, Jerry Leesman, Roger Leesman, Jack Warrick, Wilma Bruner, Jane Cary, Thressia Parks, Noble Usherwood, and Maxine Harris. We gained Frank Harwood in our junior year. We started our freshman year with a big bang but were let down because we only witnessed half our initiation. Our officers for this year; President, Noble Usherwood ;Vice-President, Wilma Bruner; Secretary-Treasurer, Jackie Miller; Student council members, Thressia Parks and Bill Deuterman. Jane Cary was the homecoming queen candidate. Our float won third place at the homecomnig. Our prom candidates were Bill Deuterman and Thressia Parks. Mrs. Bodie was our sponsor for this year. In our sophomore year the officers were; President, Jack Warrick; Vice-President, Jerry Leesman; Secretary-Treasurer, Jackie Miller; Student council members, JackShay and Lynd Wertheim. Jill Hughes was the queen candidate for the homecoming. Our candidates for the prom were Bill Deuterman and Jackie Miller. One of money making projects this year was picking up corn. During our junior year we had more work and more troubles but we also had more fun. Our officers that year were; President, Noble Usherwood; Vice-President Thressia Parks; Secretary, Lynd Wertheim; Treasurer, Dixie Baker. The student council members from our class were Jack Shay, Wilma Bruner, and David Amberg. The homecoming queen candidate was Lynd Wertheim. We bought our treasured class rings this year. Some of our moneymaking projects were selling stockings, our junior play, Angell Brats , soup supper, and the concession stands at home basketball games. We sponsored the Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom. In our last year in high school our officers were President, JackShay; Vice-President. Jim Adams; Secretary-Treasurer, Jack Warrick. Student council members were Jack Shay, President; Jim Adams, and Frank Harwood. Maxine Harris was the homecoming queen. Our float, Up the Lazy River , won third place in the homecoming. The senior girls in home economics took a trip to the Bridal House in Bloomington and some of the girls modeled the wedding gowns. We had our senior pictures taken in Bloomington on October 21, and enjoyed the afternoon as guests at the Biech Candy Company. On October 22, we presented our play, Act Your Age . Then the day that we had been looking forward to finally comes. We receive our diplomas and feel a little sad to separate. We want to wish each and everyone success in their undertakings after graduation. 11

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF 1955 We, the Senior Class of Atlanta Community High School of 1955, having met together for the last time as a class, now about to leave these beloved halls never again to enter them as students, do hereby make this, our last will and testament. FIRST To the Board of Education, we leave our thanks and appreciation for their help and guidance through our twelve years of school. SECOND To the Faculty, we wish to express our appreciation and thanks for patience and efforts to keep us, as a class, on the straight and narrow path during our last four years of school. THIRD To the cooks we leave our dirty trays and messy tables. FOURTH To Dewey and Oma and bus drivers, we leave our sincere sympathy for all the things they put up with during our stay. FIFTH To the reckless and unworthy Juniors we leave: Jill Hughes’ quietness in study hall to Ada Reid and Rosemary Bruce. Jim Adams' sarcastic remarks and practical jokes to Marie Dano and Sheila Ferguson. Noble Usherwood's trapping ability to Bonna McDaniels. Jackie McKown's quietness and dignified manner to Pat Adams. Lynd Wertheim's gift of gab to Hannah Ijams. Duane Kindred’s broken bones to Phyllis Miller and Jean Harris. Roger Leesman's broken glasses to Tom Brandt. Patsy Nichol's height to Charlene Chamberlin. Jane Cary's violin to Carol French and Charlotte Speciale. Wilma Bruner's perfect attendance to Jane Logsdon and Joyce Gehrke. David Amberg's basketball ability to Max Young. Jack Warrick’s Don Juan reputation to Billy Kelleins, Ronnie Nichols, and Bill Dunham. Thressia Parks' curly hair to Rosalie Kaup and Dick Pittenger. Jerry Leesman's farming ability to Art Mitchell and Homer Hamblin. Sue Short's diamond to Ruth Ware and Loretta Rinehart. Jack Shay's straight A 's to Bob Johnston. Frank Harwood’s love affairs to Jon Rawlins, Fred Stunkard, and Karl Ware. Dixie Baker's good behavior to Nellie Horath and Mike Brown. Maxine Harris' cheering ability to Donna Bruner. 13