Bethany High School - Reverie Yearbook (Bethany, IL)

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THE REVERIE CLASS PROPHECY Time: 1965 Place: A jet plane whizzing over the U. S. Here it is 1965 already. The fifteen years since I graduated with the class of 1951 have flown almost as swiftly as my plane is flying now. Why I remember - - - - but I haven't time to tell about my experiences. Let's see what has hap- pened to the rest of the class since they left B. H. S. John LaCost, who as a high school boy was very shy, has progressed a long way. He now spends a lot of time making speeches and entertaining friends in his huge apartment. Yes, you've guessed it. He is a widely known chemist and has made some world-shaking discoveries. The cattleman in the West that you've heard so much about, is none other than our own Myron Cribbet. He claims he's rolling in money but has to pay the government plenty! Cribbet has settled down in Arizona and has a wife and six boys. Instead of tearing up a car when he wants to let off steam, like he used to do in school, he now’ spends lost weekends at the Silver Dollar Bar in Podunk Station. James Tipsw’ord, a great daredevil driver, is making the gals swoon, and keeps them wondering if he will live long enough to marry one of them. He can t seem to make up his mind, and enjoys playing the field just like he used to do. In the course of his work he drives through a solid w all of ice, leaps through fire, and performs many other death-defying feats. ‘It's not the thrill or the reknown, but that green folding stuff that I risk my neck for, says Luke. The girl w’e all remember as Maxine Marshall, is working very hard. As head of an advertising company in New’ York, and her husband as a commercial artist, they are becoming quite prosperous. Their w’ork has been in some of the country's best known magazines; perhaps you've seen it. They have two children, twins, who visit their grandparents in Bethany quite frequently. Darlene Dick, who we all knew would be a success, is doing just that as a housewife. She is kept very busy taking care of her seven children and helping her husband run their business known as Floreys' Laundry and Dry Cleaning Co. BETHANY HIGH SCHOOL-1951

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THE REVERIE annually by junior classes, were the highest any class had ever sold in one year. Business manager was Marjorie Bartimus. Team captains were James Tipsword and Glen Austin, with Tipsword's team winning. Top salesmen were Tom Stables and Phyllis McReynolds. This year for the first and only time, a cheerleader, Myron Cribbet, was elected from the class. Homecoming Queen candidate was Marjorie Bartimus, who was also crowned Queen. Marjorie was also Basketball Queen candidate but was defeated. The annual staff members this year were M arjorie Bartimus, Myron Cribbet, Doris Keown, and Jim Keown. The Gay 90 s Carnival sponsored a King contest and the junior candidate, James Tipsword, was crowned King. A three act play, “The Perfect Idiot , was presented by the class in April. Immediately following the play, planning was begun for the Junior-Senior Prom-Banquet which was held at the Scovill Country Club in De- catur in May. The theme was western and the Connely-Bauer orchestra played for the dancing. After another brief vacation, it was time to begin school for the final year, and as the Senior Class. This year, only one member, Kenneth Moore, w as lost. Officers for this year were: Glen Austin, President; James Tipsword, Vice- President; Marjorie Bartimus, Secretary; Jim Keown, Treasurer; Gerry Glover and Harold Voyles, co-sponsors; and Darlene Dick, John LaCost and Myron Cribbet, Student Council representatives. Annual editors were Maxine Marshall and Jim Keown. Broadcaster editor was Glen Austin. Fall Festival Queen candi- date from the junior and senior classes was Marjorie Bartimus. Homecoming Queen candidate, who was crowned Queen, was Mary Ruth Wheeler. Senior pictures were taken and received the week before Christmas. Work started on the senior play which was presented in November, and was this year the comedy, “The Inner Willy . Darlene Gaither left school to become Mrs. Floyd Jones. Instead of having the concession stands this year, the popcorn machine was operated every other game. The D. A. R. award was given to Darlene Dick. The Junior-Senior Prom, given in the spring and held at the Decatur Club was very enjoyable. The class left to the school the scenery which was made during the class play in '50. In May, the class of twenty-two members was graduated from Bethany High School. Following graduation, the class embarked on the custom- ary Senior Trip. BETHANY HIGH SCHOOL-1951

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THE REVERIE As I fly over the west end of Bethany, who should I see but our former basketball star. Bill Morris. He runs a crew of carpenters. Bill is known as a fast man with a hammer - - one look at his mangled fingers will testify to that. Leroy Tinnea is in charge of the biggest oil corporation in the U. S. Naturally, he does all the bookkeeping. Leroy says he has a lot of night work to do, but he still finds time for the flock of females that are continually begging him to take them out to dinner. Marjorie Bartimus has her own beauty salon in Prairie Home, and has won several prizes with her creations. Who models her hairdos? Why, Marjorie, of course! It's quite a sight to see her running madly about shampooing, cutting, dyeing, and making her poor customers miserable by viciously sticking them with bobby pins. It just goes to show what some people will do for beauty's sake! Doris Keown is a world famous soprano currently singing in the Metropolitan Opera. Her high notes have been known to shatter glass blocks away! She and her auto-mechanic husband have quite a flock of little sopranos and mechanics, but she seems to be having no trouble with that old career-versus-marriage story. Glen Little is working like mad!?? He has a 400-acre farm but has employed three hired men to do the heavy work. Glen must have gotten lazy in his old age, for he certainly was never like that in school! He has acquired ennumerable im- plements and a large herd of cattle. Like most men he has succumbed to the wiles of a woman, and his most prized possessions are his wife and small boys. Perhaps you've noticed the truck with LITTLE AND SONS sailing about town. Maxine Wagemann is leading a fast life as society editor for the Chicago Tribune. She has been engaged several times but the big event still hasn t taken place. Her job is an enviable one, for she comes in contact with many notables and attends the seasons' biggest social functions. Maxine doesn't have much time to write her friends at home, but a few of them are always welcome in her big apartment. BETHANY HIGH SCHOOL-1951