Atlanta High School - Atalanta Yearbook (Atlanta, IL)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY It was a wonderful September day in 1945 when seventeen students entered these halls of learning. The class enrollment t and gained through the years, and twenty-six now in the graduating class. Under the guidance of Mr. right, we started our freshman year with thirty students. Officers elected were the following; president, Frances Wertheim; vice-president, Don Menzel; secretary-treasurer, Donna Ford; student council members, Donna Ford and Lyle Rogers. We were initiated by the sophisticated Seniors at an all school party, given in our honor. Our float We Have Arrived received third prize in the homecoming pa rade. Our sophomore year was under the sponsorship of Mr. Kinsey and again we had thirty students in the class. Officers elected were the following; president, Beverly Turner; vice-president, James McRoberts; secretary-treasurer, Darlene Houghton; and student council representatives, Beverly Turner and James McRoberts. Our float Stardust received second prize in the homecoming parade. The biggest money making project we had this year was our box social. We presented a skit called Tengard as our part in the stunt night. Mr. Kinsey was our sponsor again our junior year, and again there were thirty students in the class . Elected officers were the following; president, Bob Miller; vice-president, Paul Buckles; treasurer, Eugene Yeast; and student council members, Sharon Loercher and Don Menzel. We took honorable mention with our float The Yellow Rose of Texas in the homecoming parade. This year we ordered our class rings to have for our senior year. On October 21 we presented outv-play The Bishop’s Mantle’7 under the direction of Mr I Harwood. We held a soup supper at the first home basketball game and sold concessions at all of the home games. On May 12 we sponsored the Junior-Senior banquet and prom. Our sponsor the senior year was Mr. McCullough. This year the class enrollment was twenty-eight students. Officers elected were the following; president. Bob Miller; vice-president, Kay Fortman; secretary-treasurer, Janet Haning; and student council representatives, Sharon Loercher, Janet Haning, and Don Menzel. This year started off with a bang by initiating the Green Freshies . On September 14 our float For God and Country received second prize in the homecoming parade. This year we ordered our name cards and invitations for graduation. On October 16 we journeyed to the Tichenor Studios in Peoria Heights to have class pictures taken. Also we donated two-hundred dollars toward th new scoreboard for the gym. In the spring we were feted af the banquet and prom and honored at baccalaureate, honors night, and commencement. Now comes the time wnen we must say 'good-bye” to these halls that have held our joys and frustrations, to the kind and patient teachers who have taught us, and to many of our friends. It has been a long and memorable twelve years that we have spent together, years which we shall never forget. May the best of everything come to us all in the years after graduation.

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SENIOR CLASS WILL We, the lovable and ambitious Seniors of the Class of '57 do hereby bequeath the following personal characteristics, talents, and frailties. First, to the Board of Education we leave our sincere gratitude for their continued unselfish efforts to create for us a better school. Second, to the Faculty we leave our deepest appreciation for their patience and understanding. Third, to Dewey and Oma, to Mrs. Kindred, to the cooks, and to the bus drivers we leave our thanks and best wishes. Fourth, to the carefree and jolly Juniors we will the following; Donna Ford's love of service men to Willa Jones. Ellen Mandrell and Una Phelps’ gift of gab to Carol Bicknell. Mike French's apparent right to stroll around study hall and make noise to Eddie Combs. Janet Haning's singing ability to Marilyn Beccue. Herb Harwood’s alertness in class to Jim Quiram. Beverly Turner's straight A's to Charles Beck. Sharon Loercher’s ability to go steady to Lynda McKown. Sharon Wikoff's way with out of town girls to Dan Patterson. Betty Jo Johnson’s secretary job to Rita Parks. Eugene Yeast's ability to bushwack to Dick Baldwin. Judy Jacobson's diamond to Donna Pope. Frances Wertheim's confidence in her class's ability to make money to Cleo Vef. Jean King's talent for receiving new nicknames to Millie Lueschen. Frances Leesman and Darlene Houghton's giggling all the time to Barbara McCullough. Bob Miller's ability to talk with his mouth full to Wilbur Reid. Don Menzel’s theme Meet Me In Las Vegas to Floyd Harris. Junior Messerole's 50 Ford duals to Ron Nollman. Dale Kindred's and Lee Patterson's muscles to Earl Gardner. Carole Troxel's and Ivy Harris' ability to go somewhere every night to Carolyn Miller. Lyle Roger's willingness to do manual labor to Larry Thompson. Paul Buckled knowledge of government to Dean Benedict. Kay Fortman's nickname snow plow to Ann Gordon. Myron Rawlin’s interest in safe driving to Wesley Bell.

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A Prophecy I sat in the audience, waiting for the show to begin. Suddenly someone walked toward me saying, This is your life, Mr. Robert Miller. I was led to the stage and Ralph Edwards seated me on the sofa. Bright lights were everywhere and T.V. cameras moved about. There was a brief lipstick commercial, and to my astonishment Judy Jacobson was the woman modeling the lipstick. I knew she was in New York but I didn't realize she was on T.V. Mr. Edwards handed me the book of my life while I started Teliving every moment. A voice from behind the stage was saying, Do you remember our Senior year, when you were president of the class and I was secretary-treasurer? And our solid geometry class was the highlight of every day though we often had to struggle! Coach Miller, that is the voice of Miss Janet Haning, the famous Architect who designed the ultra-ultra home, said Ralph Edwards. This next voice should remind you of the beginning of your fabulous basketball career. Bob, remember how we won the Logan County Conference in 1955? I never dreamed then that I would be the renowned horse trainer and breeder that I now am. On to the stage came Janet Haning and Mike French accompanied by Jean King and Frances Leesman. Here are a few of your old classmates: Miss Jean King, as you know, is a popular gossip columnist for the New York Times and Miss Leesman is the private secretary of Mr. Henry Ford the III. Next, my old friend Don Menzel was standing by my side. Don and I went to the University of Wisconsin togethe I majored in'coaching and he in psychology. Don is now writing a book titled Why Be Unhappy? Buy a Ford. The next friends to come on stage out of my past were Dale Kindred, Junior Mesorole, and Sharon Wikotf. Ralph Edwards announced that Dale is now a secret service agent for I.B.F. and has caught Mugsey Mugoo, a rough, tough cream puff. Junior has become an Interplanatory Explorer and is noted for being the first man to set up a hamburger stand on the moon. Sharon Wikoff is a cigarette tester for Liggit and Myers. Out from behind the curtains skated Miss Donna Ford. I can remember when Donna used to go skating almost every night, and now she is the top performer with the Shirk, Shute, and Smuthers Skaters' Company. It was wonderful to see the old gang. Some of the boys had aged, but when I saw Herb, he didn't look a day over — well, maybe he did too. Anyway Herb’s job is enviable for he is talent scout for the Twentieth Century Presley Studios. I always knew that old hound dog would make good. In magazines I had read poems by my school mate Ellen Mandrell. Success has come to her and so has a lot of money. Una Phelps, who came on stage with Ellen, has a huge farm in Kentucky. Una raises pedigreed dachshunds. Her prize dog's name is Long Squatey Sally. Lyle Rogers, another '57 graduate, always kept the basket hot; now he draws a comic strip entitled the Hasbeen for the newspapers. The main characters are Mr. Timewhopper and Rosensos. In the midst of the excitement a woman came on stage to give another commercial. I gladly relaxed a few min' utes. The woman looked familiar. Yes! the lady was Darlene Houghton. She is now a top model for Charm Magazine. The girl who always saw the bright side of things and knew how to chase the blues appeared next — Frannie Wertheim. She is now an obstetrician associated with Mayo's Clinic. Fran's special food formula S.G. (Speedy Growth) caused a 1 pound baby to gain 17 pounds in three days. Unbelievable, isn't it? Sharon Loercher, Paul Buckles, and Kay Fortman also came on stage to help relive my school memories. Sharon meets a lot of interesting people as the main receptionist in the United Nations' Building. Paul was recently there to give one of his famous political speeches. Lightning's talk was entitled Give me Liberty or Give me Love. Some how that just doesn't remind me of Curty. Kay Fortman, who was the shortest member of our class, is a diplomatic hostess. She was sent to tour the Mediterranean Sea on a salty board and to keep watch for enemy aircraft. 1 wonder what Kay would have done if she had seen any! Beverly Turner, the most studious member of our class, is the director of the Houston Library. This library specializes in books for bird lovers. The latest book on birds, A Bird's Eye View of Atlanta , was written by Ivy Harris. I must read it. From backstage came other former classmates: Eugene Yeast, Lee Patterson, Carole Troxel, Myron Rawlins, and Betty Jo Johnson. Eugene is a surveyor for the Standard Oil Company. He lives in Arabia but is now here because of all the unrest there. Lee, the boy who once was A.W.O.L. from class and ran all the way home, has changed. He is employed by the Westinghouse Corporation as a mechanical engineer. He helped make the mechanical brain that plays chess for enjoyment. Carole was the girl who came to us from St. Louis. She currently manages the Brown Derby Restaurant in Burbank, California. Her most regular customer is an un-rediscovered singer named Frank Sinatr Myron Rawlins is the Safety Manager for the Hollywood Freeway. He said last year was an extremely good year because only 178, 971 people were killed on the Freeway during the summer months. It is a freeway all right, a free way to die. Betty Jo Johnson is the first lady pilot to go around the world without landing. Her plane is quite unusua since it is ten feet long and has a wing spread of 500 feet. As long as it reaches its destination, it must be safe. It seems hard to believe that after 15 years all the members of my graduating class were united to make it possible for my life to be relived on television. The End