Central High School - Hi Lites Yearbook (Camp Point, IL)

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Central Class Will We, the members of the Senior class of Central High School, County of Adams, State of Illinois, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by us at any time heretofore made. I, Gene Aden, leave my ability to get along with freshmen to Kent Bluhm and to Sidney Schoonover a reasonable amount ol mathematical skill. I, Paul Aden, do hereby will and bequeath my thinness to Janice Bubb and my ability to go steady to George Kestner. I, Norma Allen, will my shortness to Kent Bluhm and my long brown hair to Kay Harden. I, Meda Marlene Bennett, will my height and my nice, beautiful, plump, Miss America figure to Norma Post and my knowledge of Mrs. Hufnagel's age to Roger Beinhoff. I, Daniel Bowman, leave nothing to nobody because I need it all myself. I, Joleen Buss, do hereby will my ability to be put on committees to Larry Leenerts and my freckles to Sandra Ehmen. I, Larry Gronewold, will my ability to play basketball to Freddie Behrens and my ability to get along with the teachers to Robert Aden. I, Jerry Gunn, leave my curly hair to Barbara Walker and my tallness to Freddie Behrens. I, Melvin Houston, leave my car to James Aden and my brain to Robert Aden. I, Lois Ideus, do regretfully submit mv part interest in Tony Curtis to Donna Hufendick and my ability to get a seat in the back of the studyhall to James Aden. I, JoAnn Leenerts, leave my good looks, A-plus personality, and my height to Robert Aden, in hopes he can catch a girl, because I could never catch anything with them. I, Barbara Post, leave my interest in F.H.A. to Larry Ehmen and will to Mary Ann Flesner one slightly used cornet mute. I, Donna Post, hereby will my first chair position in band to Kenneth Buss providing he doesn't get it before I graduate and my ability to be late to school to anyone who believes in getting there early. I, Myron Post, leave to Mary Ann Flesner my ability to have two free periods to read magazines and to Leroy Carstens my talent in shop. I, Elnora Saathoff, will my shorthand book to Marvin Ihnen, and cleaning of desks to Lavon Post, I, Eunice Saathoff, will my future red Cadillac convertible to Ruth Johnson and my height to Gene Janssen providing he gives Mrs. Hufnagel about two inches of it. I, Dick Bunte, do will and bequeath my ability to spin the tops off of ink bottles to Larry Ritten-house who has a good start. I, Barbara Buss, do will Charles R's address to Marlene Means. I, Jon Dunham, do will and bequeath my ability to Make Out to my brother, David, and my Panther abilities to Earl Mason and hope they take advantage of these as I did. I, Shirley Frankel, do will and bequeath to Marlene Means my fondness of Mercurys; and the ditto machine in the office to Mrs. Jefferson. I, David Higley, do will and bequeath my ability to break pencils in the study hall; and my parking place in front of the school house to Glen Powers. I, Nona Knight, do will and bequeath my ability to be good in home ec. class to Shirley Leenerts, and my quiet ways to Wanda May. I, Carole Parn, do will and bequeath my cheerleading uniform to Murlene Smith, and short hair to Wanda May. I know they can put them to good use. I, Martha Ruth Shank, do will and bequeath my ability to tease Wanda May to Ella Marie Meaders to make sure Wanda won't ever have a dull day. I, Donald Stevens, do will and bequeath my fondness for algebra to Marilyn Baird; and my ability to restrain myself in the fourth hour studyhall to Kenneth Weisheit. I, Lu Ann Vancil, do will and bequeath my tight skirts to Murlene Smith in the hope that someday she will be able to wear them. I, Melvin Vonholt, do will and bequeath my ability to get poor grades in English to Gene Collins and my history book to Bob Donley. I, Ruby Winfield, do will and bequeath my ability to go with guys with new cars to Marlene Means, and the Nickname, peanuts , to Janice Parn. I, Faye Lierly, do will and bequeath my ability to be good in home ec. class to Shirley Leenerts, and my quiet ways to Wanda May. 21

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In 1952, as we entered school as Sophomores, we hadlost three members: Wanda Friday, Glen Smay, and Harry Kindhart. Nona Knight served as President; Faye Lierly as Vice-President; Donald Stevens as Secretary-Treasurer; and Mr. Rabbitt and Mrs. Evans as sponsors. When the doors of Clayton High once more swung open in 1953, we entered as Juniors, Sixteen members were present. Donald Stevens was elected President; Melvin Vonholt, Vice-President; and DavidHigley, Secretary-Treasurer. Mrs. Hufnagel and Mrs. Stevens were our sponsors. We were very excited over our class play and tte prom. In the year of 1954, we returned as Seniors with thirteen members present. Class officers were Nona Knight, President; Carole Parn, Vice-President; Martha Shank, Treasurer; and Faye Lierly, Secretary. Mr. Clapper and Mr. Van Ormer served as class sponsors. Our class pictures, the annual, our Senior trip, and graduation were of great importance to us. Golden Division We, now the graduating Seniors, first entered the halls of Golden High School as Green Freshmen in 1951. With Mrs. Naomi Hyer as sponsor, the following took office: Donna Post, President; Barbara Post, Vice-President; Joleen Buss, Secretary; Jerry Gunn, Treasurer. In the middle of the first semester, Shirley Keim moved which left us the following Freshmen: Gene Aden, Paul Aden, Norma Allen, Meda Bennett, Joleen Buss, Barbara Durin, Geneva Flesner, Larry Gronewold, Jerry Gunn, Melvin Housten, Lois Ideus, Jo Ann Leenerts, Dennis Nixon, Barbara Post, Donna Post, Myron Post, Elnora Saathoff, and Eunice Saathoff. Wereturnedas Sophomores with Mr. Norman Batleyas sponsor and the following officers: Larry Gronewold, President; Lois Ideus, Vice-President; Donna Post, Secretary-Treasurer. As Juniors, we again returned. Two additions were made to our class, Jerald Flesner and Danile Bowman, and we lost one member, Dennis Nixon. Mrs. Blanche Hill was our sponsor. The officers were: Jo Ann Leenerts, President; Jerald Flesner, Vice-President; Lois Ideus. Secretary; Norma Allen, Treasurer. During the year, we presented our play, Bashful Bertie. With the Juniors of Camp Point and Clayton, we gave the annual Junior-Senior Prom tor the Seniors. It was held at Rushville, Illinois on May 9, 1954. We also selected and received our class rings. Thus the Junior year was ended. We returned as Seniors in 1954. Jerald Flesner did not return and Geneva Flesner and Barbara Durbin left during the first semester. The officers were: Barbara Post, President; Paul Aden, Vice-President; and Joleen Buss, Secretary-Treasurer. Mr. Walter McKinley was our class sponsor and advisor. With this ends the history of the remaining sixteen graduates of Central High School of Golden. 20

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I, Emil Philanthropist Blobaum, do bequeath my competency to consummate A'sin physics to Dick Hendricks and bequeath my faculty to elude the female sex to Donald Sprenger. I, Charlotte Booth, will my ability to go with so many boys from Golden to Jean Goodwin, and my used to be Italian style hair cut and majorette uniform to Judy Tenhouse. I, Glenn Cunningham, will my ability to sleep in class to Larry Riutzel. I, Eileen Daggett, leave my ability to become engaged to Estelle Barron and my interest in F.H.A. to JoAnne Baize r. I, Bill Dieterle, will my ability to get physics to Ralph Embree. I, Marta Jean Faulkner, bequeath my ability to go steady but not get engaged to Romona Jean Goodwin, and my ability to do dishes to Dick Hendricks. I, Rose Mary Flesner, will some of my shortness and light hair to Virginia Austin, I also leave my ability to do Latin to Larry Butcher and Wayne Gibson. I, Robert L. Goodwin, being in sound mind will my sleeping in English to Ralph Embree, and my roller skates to Russell Embree. I, Shirley Guenther, will my ability to get married to Mardell Huntley. I, Anne Haisting s, will my pug nose to Dick Hendries, and to Jim Koontz my notebook in gratitude for the way he marked it up and all the fun we had in seventh hour studyhall. I, Connie Harkness, do hereby will and bequeath my tallness to Gary DeWitt and my blonde hair to Dick Hendries, who thinks he would look cute with blonde hair. I, Ann Hibbert, do will and bequeath my brown eyes to Dick Hendricks so that he may always remember me, and to Don Stabler I leave my crazy jokes and sense of humor. I, Freddie Janssen, do bequeath my ability to get good grades without any strain to Donald Haisting's. I, David Johnson, do will and bequeath nothing at this time because my English blood refuses to let me give anything away. I, Robert Koontz, being of sound mind and able body, do v ill at this time my ability to get good grades the easy way to the honorable and upright Denton Nall. I also will my ability in agriculture to my younger brother. Dale. I, Sharon Marshall, do will and bequeath my ability to keep quiet in the studyhall to my twin sister Karen Cady, and all my A's to Kay Oberling. I, Glenn McGartland, will my tallness to Tom Schutte. I, Henry Moellring, will my ability to get along with Mr. Pacatte to Henry Hermann and my ability to enjoy bookkeeping to Jim Koontz. Lois Jean Nelson, do hereby will my piano playing to Diane Green and my nickname Bud to Jim Koontz. I, Barbara Newton, do hereby leave my love of Latin to Barbara Veile and my ability to get straight A's in English to Luella Cookson. I, Lorelei Roland, bequeath my physics book to Estelle Barron because I know she will be delighted to have it, and my ability to escape getting called down in class or in the studyhall to Wayne Gibson. I, Charles Rose, will my ability to ask very sensible, interesting, and educational questions to Harold Lewis. I, Leslie Shuster, will my ability to enjoy all classes to Donald Haisting s and my ability to get along with Mrs. Wickliffe to Ralph Embree. I, Robert W. Strong, do hereby will my musical ability to Kay Oberling, and my perpetual knowledge of females to Dick Hendricks. I, Virginia Thomas, leave my good behavior in all my classes to Wayne Gibson who already has a good start. I, L. K. Williams, leave my good looks and girlish figure to L. K. Wilkey and my devotion to teachers to Donald Haisting s. In witness thereof, we have hereunto set our hand and seal this twenty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred fifty-five. :lass President (Can P03 Point) Class President (Golden) a Prasi d'cm T yt 22