Bureau Township High School - Beuro Yearbook (Princeton, IL)

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Dorothy Reynolds,Reva Johnson, Orin Hsuer,Roger Harrington, and Donald Reynolds started their sojourn in Bureau Township High. Doris Bell Joined our group soon after school started. In March Juanita Jontz from Walnut joined our group. Revs left at the end of the year and en rolled at Franklin Grove. In the second year JoAnn Thompson of Galena, and Jim Sprague of Shef- field Joined our group. At the end of the second semester Doris Bell left and enrolled at Pr1nceton,and JoAnn left at the end of her Junior year. Since the trials and tribulations of education were too much for Jim he left us and returned to Sheffield at the end of the first semes ter of his Senior year. Five of us Dorothy, Juanita, Donald, Orin and Roger finished our last year with Mr. Gillingham as our worthy advisor. Now, we must depart thence, to go each a separate way, to lands we know not of, to do, we know not what. SENIOR CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class of 1951, Bureau Township School, the county of Bureau, in the State of Illinois, in the United States of America be- ing or sound mind and in full possession of our faculties do hereby make, publish, and declare this our last will and testament hereby re- voking and annuling any and all wills by us heretofore executed. First, to our teachers who have so faithfully guid d us through the troubled waters of our last year in high school, we bestow our grati- tude wlth the sincere hope that in the years to come recollections of the 'Class of f5l' may prove to be happy ones and that they may make by chance, some valuable contribution to their 'Book of Hemor1es.' Secondly, we bequeath to our worthy successors, the Junior Class, the place formerly occupied by us as Seniors. May they perpetuate our re- putation for worldly wisdom, scholastic ability, and exemplary conduct which we have thus far acquired. I, Dorothy Reynolds, bequeath all my boy friends in Manllus with the exception of one to Mary Hartz, my dark hair to Phyllis Fundell, my short hair and also my hair pins to Sharon Vaughn hoping she will make use of it. my ability to get into trouble to Shirley Mechllng. I, Juanita Jontz,bequeath my longest skirt to Janet Andersen,my nights out to Phyllis Fundell, my long hair to Lucile Brigham, all my boy- friends with exception of one to Maybeth Dremann, an my gum chewing ability to Mary Hartz. My giggles I will to Roger Munson and my posi- tion as editor of the annual to any poor Junior who wants lt. I, Roger Harrington, will my wavy hair to Jack Andersen,hop1ng he will use it to an advantage as I have, my ability to make corner hook shots to Donald Steele, my ability to get on the honor roll each six weeks to Lela Hartz. Last but not least all my girl friends which are spread out 'in distance' except one to the boys as they see fit. 13

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY I hesitated when I was asked to prepare this picture of the Class of '51 for your inspection. I am not an artist, and everybody knows it. Any of my teachers could tell you that I was never especially profi- cient in drawing anything--except attention--and could never paint any thing successfully--not even my face. Besides, the Class of 1951 is a very lively subject for even an expert to attempt to sketch. They are never any of them twice alike, nor apt to be found twice in the same place or position. Even a snap-shot could never catch them in anything better than a blur. Besides, I am only one person, of decidedly indi- vidual oplnlons, and could only look at my classmates through my own eyes. I cannot see them as they see themselves, nor even as you might see them as you might stand for a time in my position, Hand be able to look at them from my point of view. But, as it seems my fate to be expected to hold the mirror up before these four boys and girls who have been my classmates for so long and be to them that powers that would, as Burns says, 'The glftie gie us To see oursel's as lthers see us,' I can only paint them in such words as appear to me to express them as I see them. This, then, dear friends, is the Class of 1951, as I see it today:-QI am sure you will pardon the exact measuremente,as I would make a better carpenter than I would an artist, and have always been very fond of mathematical statistics. I speak in figuresll The Class of 1951 is made up of five members, two girls and three boys We range in age from Juanita Jontz's sweet seventeen years and twenty- nine days,toDorothy and Donald Reynolb eighteen years and four months. We range in height from Juan1ta's five feet four--high hee1s,long hat feather and all--to Orin Heuer's six foot one with or without his silk stockl s. We range in weight from Juan1ta's one hundred and nine pcundsn?feather-brain and all! to 0r1n's one hundred and sixty. Taken altogether as the one in body that we are supposed to be in spir it, we make up an individual of sufficient age to know a great deal,1f he's ever going to begin to learn, for he would be eighty seven years old--surely an age or wisdom, and power, and dignity, verging upon ven eration. Our height is twenty eight feet and eight inches, which cer- tainly raises us far enough up in the world to allow us to tower above our enemies, and look down upon the inferior un ergreduates. You can see, too, what a heavy proposition we are by the fact that taken alto- gether, and even giving due consideration to Juanita's dainty figure, we tip the scales at exactly seven hundred and eighty six pounds. Some one has libelously hinted that this weight is the same either with or without Jontz, but we think this is hardly a fair accusation, and we do not expect any of you to give it any consideration. This is the Class of 1951 in her big moments. Then even her class plc ture has to be taken on the installment plan.Bomet1mes our pride sinks to a mere average capac1ty,an Mr.Hew1tt assures us we have a splendid capacity for averages. We have been investigating this line, too, but will not bore you with a recital of the resultant statistics. IZ

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I, Orin Heuer, bequeath my blonde hair to Jim Hoover, my height to Jack Andersen, my good eyes to Phillip Naffziger, my slim figure to Duane Mechling and my ability to get on the honor roll to Donald Stale I, Donald Reynolds, bequeath my '40 Chevie to Roger Munson, my ability to study to Phillip Naffzlger fha, hal, my dark wavy hair to Roger gowe and my ability to play basketball Cwhat little I have! to Jim cover. In witness whereof I have set my hand Signed and affixed my seal this first day of June, 1951 The Senior Glass B7 d9aM4AZf fgy4uHa4v PROPHECY Twenty five short,busy years have elapsed since Bureau Townships Class of '51 was last passing through the halls of learning. Much has hap- pened since then both spiritually and materially. I shall try to bring you the results of these years by relating my visits to my four other classmates. While laying over for my train in Cleveland,0h1o whom should I see but Juanita. She is still the same, seventeen that ls, and very happily married. Her husband is a successful broker and she has a daughter sixteen and a son twenty. We had a wonderful visit and of course while conversing who should telephone Juanita but Dorothy. I received Dorothy's address and went to her home in Donors, Pennsyl- vania. Dorothy has a family of two girls and one boy ranging in age from eight to twenty. Her husband ls a steel mill operator and they have a nice home. Dorothy gave me Donald's address and I bid her fare well and journeyed on. My next scene was a tobacco plantation in Raleigh, North Carolina. Donald greeted me with his wife and two boys. He is a very successful tobacco grower, and of course he rolls his own, with many hired hands. He told me he owns eight hundred acres and is ready to buy more.. He gave me 0r1n's address and I waved good-bye and resumed my Journey. My next stop was Ida Grove, Iowa. Orin a natural at farming was busy feeding his cattle when I called. He is very successful and his wife and three children are all a wonderful part of his life. He and I re- minisced of the good-old days and longed for some more thrilling ball games. We agreed that we should all attempt to meet at Bureau in the near future. As I left for home, I thought-of all my classmates and the thrill of meeting them once again. I almost forgot to tell you, I am in the oil business in Texas. My home is in Dallas and I'm very happily married and have three children, two boys seventeen and eleven and a girl ten. 14