Atlanta High School - Atalanta Yearbook (Atlanta, IL)

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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

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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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CLASS POEM Listen my people and I shall strive To tell you a tale of '55 On the first of September, in '43 We ascended those stairs toward destiny. They said to their friends, if the Seniors March down the aisle in that gym tonight, Hang a lantern high in the belfry arch Of Atlanta High School, as an inviting light. One if by foot and two if by cars, Dave in his space-ship off to Mars Ready to drive and spread the news. Through every street drives Jill Hughes. Then Jim said good-night with unmuffled roar, And noisly sped to finish a chore. Just as the moon rose over the bay, Jerry was throwing his cows some hay. While JackWarrick, our roving one, Goes out of town to have his fun. But Lynd Wertheim, our city belle, Can paint our town just as well. Meanwhile, her friend Jackie Mc-Kown, Stays a lovely lass with eyes of brown. And Dixie Baker a sweet one too, Woos Jim Pittenger with eyes of blue. Amidst the noise in all the crowds, Rides Jack Shay upon the clouds. And there stands Wilma by the water But will she stay the farmer's daughter ? Now here comes our tumbler, Jane Cary, no doubt, For when she's not singing she's tumbling about. ; Oh, there goes Patsy with her cheerful ways And at home she almost never stays. Let's go to a ballgame at Atlanta High. Of fighting boys, we've our supply. There goes the buzzer, the game has begun Roger's trying hard for this is his last one. Our class has lacked cheerleaders you know, For we've hadnot a one three years in a row. Out on the floor, backing the team, Yea Red, Yea White, yells our Maxine. Whether it's sports, chorus, or band, You'll always find Frank Harwood at hand. He came to us in our Junior year. Among his favorites are pretzels and beer. To Thressia, the future looks bright. Asked if she'll marry she'll say I just might . Her daddy says an old maid she will be. But this little redhead doesn't agree. Noble Usherwood, our year-book head. Last year our class as president led. He left us, then returned again. And sat in Physics in back of Jane. Well, here's a girl who lives close to school. And at sports Sussy hard to fool. A diamond we see upon her left hand, And before a preacher she soon will stand. We've come to the end of this poem at last, Which leaves only Duane with his foot in a cast. And we all regret to say good-by To the hallowed halls of Atlanta High. 14