Blue Mound High School - Blu Mo Illio Yearbook (Blue Mound, IL)

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his graduat1on in 1951, marvel at his increased svuftness and accuracy Wh1Ch have won hmm the t1tle of UAl1 Amerlcan Baseball Starn of 1960 Bes1des sett1ng unbel1evable records whlle p1tch ing h1s team to world fame,he has recently been crowned the Home Run K1ng, by setting the new record of 200 home runs 1n one sea son, averaglng S per game He held hls flrst bat and ball at the age af 7 months He began h1s career car y 1n hlldhood as he practlced by p1tch1ng balls thrmugh w ndows The story 15 told that h was h1t on the head wath a ball bat Whllt v 'y young, causlng him to acqulre a Uball craze', from wh1ch he has never been cured Th1s 1ngury 15 cred1ted for h1s becom1ng the great star that he 15 today ROSBFROUGH, DEAN, gr at sc1 ntlst who has followtd cle lylni e steps of Elnsteln He has worked out many compllcated and d1ff1 cult theorles H15 last st theory, 1f worked correctly, w1ll glVC one th sclutlonto the pr blem that has worrled ntarly cv ryonc, nam ly, Jhat 1S the th1ng7 U15 lHVCHtl n of the l c zam lS very lnt rest1ng aslt 15 one of hls mast INDOTC nt contr1bat1 ns 1n the fl ld of Cl nce But what lS 1t7 Nho kn ws? P rhaps th gr at Rosborough Wlll stumble on to thls answ r, to , ln the very n ar futur SALLFF, JOE, orchestra leader, famed trombone master Shortly after h1s graduat1on he he rd the cal11ng of mJSlC world d th n comblned h1s mus1cal g nu1 n1th that scv ral oth rs They t ured th Unlted States und r tht name 'Spud Sallee and h1s Country Plowbevsn and ga1n d gr t famt H15 oroh stra gr w and after h acqu1re6 hls second N111lOH h d veloocd HMUSLC mob1leU whlch was Ha band st nd on wheelsn Th s made apo arances 1n the t rs unnrc ssary and br ught forththepopularlty of street danclng He went from t wn +o to'n over the ent1re U S w1th h1s orchestra maklng h1s f.r natlon lde After CQU1T1Hg has thlrd W1111OH lt was pOSS1b1C for h1m to reduce h1s rates for h12h school proms Could it b that th1s lS a result of h1s Jwn h1gh school exper1ences7 As for h1s f urth mllllon w ll hc's st1l1 Slldlng h1s trombone and W1V1Dg h1s b ton and eventually, he may make it RANDALL, ALDERTl, dramat1st Sh has starred 1n many broad way DPOduCt10hS including NNorth Atlantic', a mUS1C81 comedyHaur say th t Alberta, having never sung much, was so nerv usthft eh could get no volce out and muslc CTlt1CS talked ever so much of the scratch in her volce whlch was undoubtedly the record beh1nd the scenes Once the record g t stuck, but, Alberta v ry cleverly cover d thc m1St8kQ and for th1s she has been cr dlted w1th a medal orocl lmlhg her gr at ShOWm1nShlp' M155 Randall was d1a cov red by a talent scout Whll playing 1U a h1ph school play lh wh1ch h was a har f t earl Entr nced by h r Dortray l horn med1 t ly yanked h r out f Schull and start d her to St3TGOm . . . . . . . . . . . , .- . n I' . I Z. . , - o ,, . F r, . 1 . . x . 3 f I . -L C . . . . . f 1 a . . . E3 'r c. X il- . . - , . C. I A 1 . . . . . . . f . 0 52. T. f .t 2 SQ . . . H Q . . . - 4 . 4 4 .4 K ' 1 9 F3 N , c c pu 3 . r C, ' mx ' ' u ' ' - A ' 'S I v . 1. O . n 2 Q ' . . 13 in . C . . Y I . 1 . .A PV . ' . lx . . IX 6 . Q 1 . . 1 ,Q Q . .J L . 1 , . .1 - 2, : e e ' 'f ' f .2 c ' , C 6. .4 J 4 . , c . ' Q . . V H . . 7' - - , Q A A. the .1 . an e 1 e 5 ' f of - e f e . ' 1 . .e r e e of ' . - . Q . . A M - C , 93. 1 E. 1: c G 1 ' Q 1 ' 1. X 't . C' if A 3 fl . ' . . . Q : I ' In ' I .a. C , tl . N A m . H 5 3 Q: 1 u -' . ' Q u 4 7 a o . . . , . H. F r . . . , . c 3 MC f 'M '. nl . . . . . . A . X . . . . 7 J . Q' c 1 1 . . . A . . I N Q ' L' ll - ' K3 ' . . . . . . A r r r. . . I' ' ' fl ' - , .. . 1 , V . 1 . 3 1 5 . 7' . .C . . . . fx, . . - 1 f , 1 fa . O G A , . . . G ' ' '3 L . . . . , . eq ex ' 1 ' . 0 f . 3 . . . X, t , w, C :J ' r- f- -1 - ' A fa 'a .J 1, r, 1, ' K, L. r, , 5 t - r. , ' , 1 - 3 G , ' x. 8 Q' t, f G' 3 - . -

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DAMERY, NEIL, P8d1O name, Nell UArtU Godfrey, He was taken off t816VlS1Oh because he turned gre n each t1me he mentluned the product belng advertlsed It 15 not hard to guess that he c nnot tolerate h1s sponsor's products and he 1 dOlHg hls best to ce vlnce the world that they are no goad Godfr y has oroven h1s excellent judge of talent through h1s weekly t lent s out show wh1ch has been successful enough to brlng one out of m1ll1 ns of conte tants to stardom Thls was no fault of Godfr y' for at the tlme lt haporned, Horac H ldt was 1n charge o hls I v as Godfrey was lH H3W31l taklng uk lele lessons H15 propr n tlme has new been extended to the length of 2u hours whlch 1U cludes 95 sponsors The only sle p he gets 15 durlng a hwlf hmur show wh1ch 15 sponsored by a mattress company, however, he gets llttle rest for as he clalms th se mattress are guaranteed f r S y ars to glve you no rest and lf they do, one's money wall bezw turned Godfrey has recently been trylng to promote a ball whlch requ1res the days to be 28 hours llng so that he can secur more sleep If th1s blll 1S passed however, he would probably get no rest any way untll h1S program was lncreascd two or three hturs 1n length FAIR, ROBQRT, acqulred thc flrhtlng name of Bob Palolka when h b gan h1s career He started ga1n1ng fame early ln llfe whlle h1m durlng a hlgh school basketball game 1n whlch an 1nc1d nt forced h1m to resort to the gloves, and after that the Boxlng As SOCi3t10n kept lh close contact wlth hlm Wlth h1s graduatlon ln 1951, he went lnto full tlme tralnlng under the 1HSplP0d man agement of Knobby Mulllns He has won numerous tltles and set many records in h1s box1ng career, thus galnlng world wlde fan HOOKER, JANET, vocal1st, dancer, mov1e star, She began danclng at th age of 6 months, before she learned to walk, whlch was especlally marvelous for one so young She played her oarts 1h chool olays w1th such dramatlc flourlsh that lt seemed 1UCV1t able that her career shoxld be on the stage When he mad hel stage debut she was P9CelVmd w1th such great OV3t1OH that at the 88th curtaln call sh collapsed under nervous straln and bu k snraln It m1gnt here oe add d th t from th r hurts ef several sp Cl1l1StS,1t was found that thls lngury wa caused merely from bowlng too much nd she was therefore forced to be bedrldden f r several months She has now cm-plet ly recovered cwlth the of a steel bracel and 15 performlng v1th the same graceful tech nique as before BGCOm1Hg accustomed to the llfe of an actr she 15 now able Unbow 89 consecutlve tlmes 1HSt61d of her Orlgl nal U8 HOPKINS, JCHN, CREDJ, pltcher for St Louls Cardlnals, The f ns from Blu Mound who have w tched hlm rlse swlftly to fam after . . n . . . . Q r . . :J . . . . s , n- , A 1' . e f Y e ' ,e . J ' a . .0 . . . . . c X ' 0 s f . f e s A f . . . . . f'Az , 3 Q . f sim ' f ' f ' , e . 5, im ' g ,A A ' ' ' - . W , ye e. r . . 1 . . v . C ,A .3 . A . . G 1 1 .. A ,L ,- I in V - l a . .. Q . . I . ' c . 3 I 2 9 . . . . 3 .B 'Zu . . I . r I 3 v . , J Q be - .e Q . 1 . . . . 4 C3 r 0 f . 'X . . . . . playlng basketball 1D h1gh school. A boxlng agent dlscovered . . . g 5 . . . . M . . , - . . . . . . . 0 Z . . . . . . . .4 . . 4 I f 4 . . . . . C 3 F I GI . . . V . , A . L I e 3 1. rf. . . K 0 hx x 'L A S . U K . . . A .. . - . '- 1 f e ve . e s o .. e A' . . . 'x 1 5, W 2 . A . N 4 G - l L, , . ' 0 A .,: LL L2 eh.. ' ' . ,Q ,V . . . . . ,QS Q 3 . . a 4 . XX - . 1. e e ' 1 and . . . , , , I r L. J L ' . ' ' ' ess, . . A . g . F 3 . .Q I . ' . . , 3 G I P 3 . . . 6 r 5

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KRAFT, DAT, soprano ofthe Metropolltan Opera, stage name Dorothy Klrsten Kraft, Thls lovely star has warbled all her llfe, begln H818 ln the cradle when her proud parents heard her speak her flrst words, Ndo rc m1 fa so la tl do ' She has qulr d muoh fame w1th her dramatlc lnterpretatlon of oocratlc numoer Her latest recordlnl Wh1Ph 15 from a new opera 15 Wyoxturaryn, or, WFrank1e and Johnny Were Sweethearts Udnl Frankle Began hpendlng All H15 Tlme 1U the Morgue W MCCOY, JIM, car magnate, He has re ently released the J r Speclll 'Newsmob1le', whlch 1S modeled foom the comblnatl B 29 and an Jldsmoblle It 1S made of glass and nas attachaule nes ln case lt starts flylng, whlch would be very po lble s Lts speedometer TGglStCFS 199 99 due to 1ts Jet propelled otor Thls 'house on wheels' has all the modern convenlence as a tdCV1SlOD sapand an lnstalled telephone Jun has also geneloudy made pTOYlSlOHS for back seat drlvers by havlng th st erlng wheel 1U the ba k seat Of course ore dle n't ev h ve to orry th a steerlog wheel as thls 'dre n car' c n be Sllt hed to 'atwm C actlvlty' and ltwill eulde ltself The world 15 cl nor for more of the QEUIUS McFoy, but lt rust be s dly ted mere that after thls last 1HVEHt1OW, ne dCCllFtd so rucn mo ey thaf after a year of trylng to count lt ll, he ment crazy and LORETTA, SOC131lSt, Mlss May has been a soclal leader for m ny years and 1S famous for her very U 3C1OJS ho p1tal1ty L h s recently become the ownfr of the Hopeless D18TOHd anx 18 non the wealthlest lady ln the land It 15 rumored that Klss ay a so much money, thatln orierto ect Pl ofa very small pvltlon of lt, she burnsni lH h r furnaceun the wlnter the cl lms that lt HlVLS very satsfactory h f, esp C1 llythe one hundred dollar bllls Among other honors Lol tta has recently been crnvntd one of tn Wten best dressed women 1n the wo ld N Aloha 1th VWFlOuS other 8CtlV1tlCS and past tlme 15 her mnterest 1U wed d1HHS Hzseemsthat she lS provld ng her ofn Orlglqal entertaln ment along th1S llne as she has been arrled tvelve tlmes 1n the last year 11959 that wash At the tune of th1S wrltlng, she 1s s1ngle, but 1t1S not known how lens her name M11 e ' s , f r 15 plannlng a tour around the world It mlgdt be added that many thlnk that MISS May wlll undoubtedly contlnue workrnmher so called Nhobbyn durlng thls trlp for after all she's been slngle now for flve whole weeks' OETTLE, ORLYV, 1ce skatlng star, She has appearedcn the screen nd has captlvated Us many mll1MM1WhO have watched the spectacu lar slght of th1s glrl Nlth wings on her feet She has recently aceomp 1 hed the dlfflcult task cf cuttlng f1gure f1ves at the rate of flve per second and she can also skate on her hands for A I . - . . Y . T - . . I J A . . . Q . x ' o ' as C A A A Sn A ' , . . ' J V 5. A o X e ' , ' C - -I be . . 1 1 F Q A 'JJ -ff a 1 ' ' - 'J , . 'Nl 7 . Sf: A: li . 5 . 4 N , N o ' .u ' .. ' J 'S SUCH ' ' . Q ' - ' 3 a .A. e 4. ' '. 5 r. . . . .E R L ' ' C N u , 1. 'R S .. 3 LTI :A ' kl- W1 K A Qu. Q 9. 'Y C ' W L 1 . . 6 9 1 cl 1 n., rua ' ,e. , ' , A ' e 'W rela', I ' ,' 3 1 ' J A' AA I A fl, 4 , ., X f 1 .' f 8 ' A . zhey had to come and take hlm away. v.v ' - f 1 Lv fxl, , L ' A ' f .. n a . A Or. - s . . Shi . ri E' ' -' Q ' - - ,L f A T' . I , ' V ' ' , P4 , . ' A .1 J. ' - . ' . ' ' . ' , nv S A ' - f ' O . AL 5 A' A . 1 l E .1 A ' . Q LJ I 12 C 1 ' C8 , ' S at u ' , n J ' 'Q 'Q 3 ' 7 1 X - 'lv A 5 ' ' , ,r A 'S' . .XA A ' .. .L T 0 F xv' ' ' -L ' ,, - 1, . L - 'S ' ' . ,- 4 ' ' 1 V F , 41 , - N A m'- ' A' 'B . it -. ' ' ' -1 af . G A A wlll b, ml s' o 1:1-3 ' ' .V 1 . c.. Q 1 - ' ' ' ' ,J , A O A ' - ' u 1 ' .. U . A ' - . . . V . . - I . D . u 1 . X . , . . . , .. S ' , '