Big Rock High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Big Rock, IL)

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non has Just been tlred from her Job She was a member of the WClass of 'SAN and slnce two days after graduatlon, she has been maklng her llvellhood by slttlng 1n the front row 1D comedy shows and laughlng that contaglous llttle laugh of hers For thls, comedlans pald a pretty penny But all good thlngs must come to an end-and thls one d1d Donna got a bad case of laryngltls' Next to the waste basket slts a rather deJected sort of person It seems that thls person 15 Just recoverlng from a nervous breakdown. Whlle 1n hlgh school and all through college, Joanne was the head of many organlzatlons and partlclpated ln a great many 3CtlV1tlSS Whlle runnlng for Homecomlng Queen, the straln became too great Now she lS at her w1ts end nd lS trylng to start anew Whlle Joanne lS fllllng 1n some of the detalls of her achleve ments, our VlSltOT hears a L e t COFWOt1OH ln the hall Presently a haggard, beat up woman barg lH nd demand to see th Ubossn o thlS outflt to get a new Job After cllmlng hir down to some degree and telllng her she has to Walt 1D llne she explalns why she 15 so upset It seems Betty HHotrodH Jump has been maklng a career of smashlng up cars ln the dare dLVll shows throughout the country Now to change her vocatlon She 1SD't as spry as she used to be and can't crawl out of the wreckage as easlly Just then the door to the lnner offlce bursts open and out flys a frall panlc strlcken woman As she hastlly makes her way to the door, she notlces an old classmate who has Just flnlshed d1splay1ng her wares On the front of the dlsplay 15 a llttle hand prlnted slgn that tells our v1s1tor that thls lS the one and only UE1leenU Hlght after graduatlon from B R H S , she marrled Egbert Q Van Gogetter, the wealthlest, most dlstlngulshed bookle ln the buslness But unfortunat ly for Elleen, he had a run of bad luck and Jumped off thelr p nthouse terlace down s venty seven storles to the street belowt after three days of mournlrg Cfor she was always known for her SGHtlmGHt3lltdJ, sho got a hot tlp that she vas pennlless Im edlatelv she set to work renovatlng her warehouse of keepsakes Only tnlrtecn and a half years later, she 15 down to the last bushel of HI Llke Iken buttons and 1n dcsperatlon lS havlng a close out today The mere w1sp of a woman pauses momentarlly to mutter a warnlng to Elleen, but she lS trembling so, the words are barely d1st1ngu1sh able Be1ng the curlous type, our vlsltor lnqulres as to who th1s bedraggled, d6St1tUfG 1S Elleen relates as to how Jud1e stayed 1n Washlngton to start a cross country search for her unknown admirer 1n a llttle black Ford Llcense No 2363 502 She has been maklng a tour of the nat1on's used car lots ln hope of f1nd1ng her long lost lover She stays ln one town only long enough to do odd Jobs to flnance her Journey to the next Now as odd Jobs are gettlng scarce, she has swallowed her prlde and come for help --only to be 1 'E 4. ' ' . . . . . . . . . . - - . . . 0 . . , . . . ' . . . . . A J D 1 .J 'N . . . a . v. . ' ' 1 - gr a in ' ' H . A es a .f s We e f . . . . V I V. . E . . . . - A . O that she is getting older things aren't going so well and she wants . O . Y O - . . . D . . . . . . . . . ' . R - I I O I . O . . . . . . . . 6 . , . . G J G 6 J- . 0 I - ' v 1 - ' .A . 7 A . I . . . I L ,A 1 . 0 I . . . . . . . . I . - iiiiilitit ' . t ' . . . . . , . . C

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A S S P R O P H E It 15 a brlght, sunny, summer afternoon ln Blg Rook, Illlnois The year 18 1969 A D B1g Rock 15 now a thrlvlng metropolls the large t seaport ln the world and center nf the shlp-bullding lndus try Lawrence otrope, be ter known to hls close friends as Beatrlce has Just completed a 820,000,000,000 progect englneering the con structlon of a canal from the Blg Rock Creek to the Fox River Any one who knew Larry as a boy, remembers how he whiled away hls 1e1 sure hours dzgglng llttle gullies from hls back door to the Creek runnlng beh nd hl house A casual v sltor strolllng down the spotless sldewalks, past the gleamlng skyscraper , might not ce a shabby run-down shack on the corner of Rogers Avenue and Maln street naturally, the tour 1St'S curlouslty 15 aroused fore one doesn't often see such a bleak, desolate, eyesore among towerlng skyscrapers Over the door 15 a beat up s1gn HTH ROKI AGENCI FOR Tha HOPQLESSUY UN Upon golng through a battered, warped door, he flnds hlmself face to face w1th a zeceptlonlst slttlng behlnd an orange crate marked HRogers super Marta She wears a faded, moth eaten sweater w1th the barely dlstlnguishable initlals HJ B U on the arm In she got thls gem, a tear comes to her'eye, and 1 flood of sobs that she was once a cheerleader She seems llke the fr1endly'tJpe so he ques she got this mlserable Job After introduclng herself s Jeanene Boyce, she goes on to tell hln that one of her old classmates, Lols Coster, tlppea her off to an opening ln her old rome town, B15 Rock It seems that Lols has been dr1v1ng a ga bage truck ln a near by clty and Jeanene was alw y hanging around Tnls sort of got on Lo1s's nerve , so she thought she'd get even Wltf Jeanene by sendlng her to the flea bltten hut domlnated by the oppress ve, antagonlstlc dlctator of the unfortunate. Our v1s tor learns fur- ther that Lols has been do.ng qulte well gettlng as much as twenty seven truck loads of garbage ln one day' The recept1on1st leads hlm lnto the waltlng room, and blds h1m to s1t down and get acqualnted As she 15 leavlng, he takes a qulck glance around the barren room The plaster 15 falllng off the old celllng, strlps of wallpaper are hanglng from the walls, and one drape lS hanglng on a nall above the broken wlndow The only chalr left 15 next to a very strange looklng young woman slttlng ln the waste basket He slts down and 1S lmmedlately bombarded wlth a steady stream of chatter, It seems thls odd1ty's name ls Donna Anderson and she qulrlng as to where she relates through for the nR0kl H1 5' tlons her as to how 2 C L ' I ' ' C Y Y ' g I . . ,Q . 1 I 1 tl I -9 ' in I , F . I ' I O I ' ' Q Q O I 9 ' . an 1 H ' ' I I ' - I I a - I I I .. ' -. 0 ' . ' . . A 40 ' ' ' 1 H ' ll . ' 1 . M n ' - . v P. . A 5 . . . , - - I I . . V ' Y' 1 I 1 I I ' , -1 , I ' i I8 1 ... Q , - I ' . ' ' A -I ' ' Q ' I 1, -L Q 'I I I v ' 1 S l , 1 , v K ' O ' I' l ' . 4 ' . 1. . . . . , X .- own: I . ' - ' - A y - 0 1 ' f 1 7- v-x . T -. -un.. - EMPLOYED H - ' I Q . . I I ' I I I I I A I ' i A . V- -. ' Un I ' 4 I I I - , - ' o o I I I I. I 7 i Q Q ' - . I I .. L K - . . ' , - 4 . . . . 1 - 4 . '. . nl ' V ' I ., A . G . E . . , I . L f- ' A . - . . . . If -. . l A C . F , 4 G. U q . A . . D A ' 1. . . , . . - I 4 -. l 1 . . . I . i . j . I... . . - -0 . . Q . . V . . . . . I 0 u I' I . .. . s O . . , . I . I .' ' I , . I ' ' . I u , - . q a ' .-I I ' , . . -. . n 1 A I ' . 0 4 . . . . . . , - . ' 4 .- .

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turned f ' f the cruel , h Ttleos tuant who wales ler l1v1ng by mal rag otho s unlfe All of a suede , 111 stumbles Susannah, nearly 1fnoe1f1ng tne stranger doxm Tlaeelm around to deferd h1mself, he 1S greeted w1th a Slgllt to behold, There before h1s very eyes stands a very, veg well fed 1nc'1v1dual m.th, as neerly as he can est1m t , th1rteen gr1my, but gr1rn1ng l1ttle faces. Pe g thers they must all belong to the s me be tele, for the f all have lore blond lraid and heady l1ttle blue eyes, She s tr1,1ng to organize ar all o soon orc estra and 1s seek 1ng vor? so If-lt sue em get her 350,000 lea soon out of noel Sasannah start gC+tlf'g her llftlf-' brood fulet and ta ces roll call The th1rd boy before the ne:-'t to tl e last 15 A akfnfj a frent1c search, she flnos ttle os ev cra.l1nff all ow er '1 very d1gnlf'1eQ hes been Rushlng ovtr to soolog1 e she 18 o11te s1r1. 1 el o nnd an olo class mate, Molly It seens th1s once f' H loss, rorl fa' ow 1 onal1t5 developed a severe ease ol sehlzal hr Hua and as e to Js1tm1an1a. She eseaoed her captors and snoe' ed bo rd the 'S S Bee1l1a as a stov a way She has seen r ak11g her l1v1ngf these pas+ nonths by p1c,cing poe kets. But, as a once famous celebrlty she must malrtaln her soclal standing she ple fo the 1 oe' ets of only the most respectable oeople. As most th1rgs do, p1ef11 ,g ooo' fats got 1o'1otorous, and now Holly 15 also et tne mercy of the t rennlcal rvler. Just then the door smashes to s,l11+ers the second lfJ.Ct1IT1 of the d y 1s hurled from 1, deron' ee I 12111115 out to be at the feet of UThe Tyrantu, bu+ 1n a dafferert respect. Jean has come 1n seearen of a secluded hldEHOHt, for the nolmce are hot on ber trall fs our V1SltOF starts to heln her up, a ple11olotnesman dashes n the door follovec 'L n me Dol1eeren, ll csrzf, lng raet1ne glllloy After t ej WT1S' h f 1n the needy rafon, the truth is learned Jean ns sen up r 01 o e wndl d ne 'mnctj n1ne vecr for pre- mGdlt0tCA rur0e1 he r s nuttllc tary Ellen's 161' and g2ZlNg out tue 111fo t a + ll, Llozd, tH1G+lC ookang SPCC1mU across th street. I rv Flle , UOTT16C tb t eea 'euld cut too ruch D, remarfed Hror cae's safe, ean, teh :hat you're GOlDg how 1f there exer r1tr1ng Je n eoul,n't stand lt was someone tell1ng her ua t to 1 o she cut off the halr t he CTaP1UN and stranvled her t the tlme lt QUCMCQ l1ke a trabedg but when one we eh t fa ts lt beeores GNlQCUt th t lt reallJ nasn't much of a loss eeeause Iarg llen ha done Cas the rest of her class absolat lg nothlng Sl'CC g sduatvon lfter recuperat1ng from the unt1me13 1nterrupt1on, everyone settle back to Walt the1r turn to see the S1DlStSP tyrant. Presently JOV1al sort of oerson donred 1B rorn, tattered clothes, co es amol1ng 1B and starts to make herself at home- as 1f she'd been here mary +imes before seeklng llttle favors She starts ch ttlag n1th the reeept1on lSt and d1SCOVGTS to her amazement that the :hole class of '54, with - - . ,. - .. -. A Y 1 ' - 2 cg , 1 .- f' j 1 . - .- c - -..f .. 'P L Ir. 1 . 1 I 1 . 1 T1 .. ' ' . . 1 . , Q F - . - . 1 '. 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