Atlanta High School - Atalanta Yearbook (Atlanta, IL)

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UNDERCLASSMEN

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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

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The Junior Class is always the busiest class around any school, and this year's Junior class is no exception. Pictured at the left are the people who led us through our busy year. On die top step is Mr. Hfaw, the best sponsor a class could have. On the next step is our class president Wilbur Reid. To the left is vice president Carol Ann Bicknell, and secretary Mildred Lueschen. In front is our treasurer Carolyn Miller. The first thing we did was to win first prize in the homecoming parade with our float entitled Gone With the Wind.' The float is pictured in the lower right hand corner with Shorty Harris on it. On October 20, we presented the annual Junior Class play entitled The Red House Mystery. L S OF s 19 5 8 We have had two school parties this year. The tirst wai a Christmas party and the other, which was held this spring, was in honor of the graduating class and next year's freshme In November we sponsored a soup supper which was one( the projects of the year. At each of the home basketball games the Juniors sold hot dogs, popcorn, candy, and pop. Other money making projects for the year included the selling of candy to the students at noon and picking up com last fall. The Junior-Senior prom and banquet were held on May this year. A1 Pizzamiglio and his band provided the music for the prom. The Juniors did a very commendable job planning and decorating for the prom and banquet. In all, the Juniors had a very successful year. Much of the credit must be given to one of our new teachers who act ed as our class sponsor this year. Mr. Hfaw, pictured in tile lower left hand corner with Rita Parks and Marilyn Beccue selling candy, gave us many ideas and, along with his wife helped us carry out all of our plans for the year. On the opposite page — ROW 1: Dick Baldwin, Marilyn Beccue, Dean Benedict, Carol Bicknell, and Larry brandt. ROW 2: Eddie Combs, Earl Gardner, Ann Gordon, Floyd Harris, and Willa Jones. ROW 3: Millie Lueschen, Barban McCullough, Lynda McKown, Carolyn Miller, and Ronnie Nollman. ROW 4: Rita Parks, Dan Patterson, Donna Pope, Jim Quiram, and Wesley Bell. ROW 5: Wilbur Reid, Larry Thompson, and Cleo Vef.