Central High School - Rocket Yearbook (Burlington, IL)

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611155 Prophecy One nrght after a hard day s work we settle down rn our easy charr to read the Cen tral Darly Newspaper As we glance at the headlrnes we see that DICK REISER rs runnrng for hrs second term as Presrdent of the Unrted States Lookrng further down on the front page we see that BUTCH CARLSON has had a very serrous automobrle accrdent. It occurred when ED KONECNY pulled out of a lover s lane wrth hrs new Jaguar convertrble Lookrng at the thrrd column we see that JOHN OEHLERKING has Just retrred as mrnrs ter of the Burlrngton Lutheran Church after thrrty frve years of loyalty to hrs congre gatron Turnmg the page we see that DONALD HINKLE has bought Marshall Frelds rn Chr cago whrch rs now gorng under the name of Hrnkey Drnk MARILYN LENZ has Just taken a new modelrng Job She rs now employed at Hrnkey Drnk s Guess what DORINDA VILVEN IS dorngr She s runnrng a loan company rn Chrcago and has had very much success wrth rt We see that Pnme Mrnrster LARRY ENGLE rs now plannrng on vrsrtrng the Umted States and seerng Presrdent Rerser CHUCK CLARK has Just taken Clark Gable s name of berng the screen s best roman cer DOROTHY BOLLINGER rs playrng opposrte htm rn Lover Come Back to Me After many years we see that DON KUSK and SANDY ANDERSON got marrred and are spendrng therr honeymoon rn Florrda Congratulanons to LINDA OLSON BAHR and LEROY BAHR on the brrth of therr four Professor ROBERT CBOBJ JENNY has Just mvented a way rn whrch people can lrve wrthout breathrng RUTH JOHNSON has Just rettred from teachrng roosters how to lay eggs so she can have more eggs for less money Gorgeous JIM KOSS has Just won the trtle of the Wrestlrng Champ of the World HELEN BOOR has won the trtle of the Lady Wrestler of the World also NANCY HERRMANN and MADELYN STILES are now makrng a trrp to the moon to get away from therr troubles wrth love affarrs RALPH ANDERSON has now taken over the Arthur Murray Dancrng Studro rn whrch he has leamed many new steps to teach the young people SHIRLEY SCHUMACHER has Just swum the Englrsh Channel rn record trme usrng the back stroke rn so dorng Mr and Mrs Don Reed the former SHIRLEY SUNDERLAGE have Just broken the record by havrng therr srxth set of twrns They are thmkrng of movrng out west where there wrll be more room SHIRLEY VOLKENING has Just retrred from her Job as a lron tamer because she rs puttrng on werght and she can no longer crawl through the bars LOWELL KNIEF rs now the second Perry Como and rs croonrng to the grrls over rn Dekalb on therr recently opened TV statron The Great LARRY MEYERS IS Just about to come on the arr wrrh hrs sports cast of the Olymprcs from Oslo Norway If you see a trarn whrzzrng by wrth a person hangrng on look agarn qurckly because rt mrght be the carefree LEONARD BRAMMER In the Personals column we see that JIM MERRITT and HAROLD BEEBE wrth therr Bachelors Home at one end of the block and VIRGINIA LAWRENCE and LOIS HENNIG wrth then Old Mard Home at the other end are planrung to burld an express way be tween them so that there rsn t so much confusron on the srdewalk Lookrng at the clock we see that the trme has passed quxckly and rt rs trme to re me to our beds so we may be able to lrve a happrer and peaceful lrfe teenth child. We see that she is to be dismissed from the hospital today.

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Class I-ltstory contrnued Our act1v1t1es thts year rncluded the May Dance at Burlrngton a skatrng party at Elgrn and a bowhng party on Apnl 21 The followrng boys were out for basketball thrs year Larry Meyers Lowell Kntef Harold Beebe Glenn Carlson Don Kusk John Sutherland Charles Clark Ralph Ander son Jrm Merrttt Bob Jenny Eddte Murrhead and Dtck Retser Thrs year three Sophomore grrls were the cheerleaders for the Frosh Soph team they were Vxrgmra Lawrence Lots Henmng and Shrrley Sunderlage At our frrst class meettng rn the fall of 52 we elected the followmg offrcers Vtrgrnra Lawrence Presrdent Shrrley Schumacher Vrce Prestdent and John Sutherland Secretary Treasurer Vrrgrnra Lawrence and Shrrley Sunderlage were our Student Councrl members and Mr Ganshrrt and Mrss Hawkrns were our class advtsors We had qutte a few 3CIlV1I1CS thrs year The frrst one was the class play Grrl Shy whrch was presented on November 7 wrth the help of Mrss Hawkrns and Mr Ganshrrt as drrectors We also had another skatmg party thrs year at Elgrn Just before Chrrstmas we recerved our class rrngs There were qurte a few boys out for sports thts year they were as follows Larry Meyers John Sutherland Lowell Knerf Charles Clark Harold Beebe Glenn Carlson Bob Jenny Don Kusk Don Hrnkle Leonard Brammer and Jrm Merrrtt The Junrors entertarned the Semors at the Prom on May 15 at the Hotel Baker rn St Charles SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS When we came back to school tn the fall of 53 we had the trtle of Senrors Thrs year we elected Bob Jenny as Presrdent Char les Clark as Vtce Presrdent and Jtm Merrrtt as Secretary Treasurer Our Student Counctl members were Vrrgtma Lawrence Bob Jenny and Leroy Bahr Bob Jenny was also elected as Prestdent of Student Councrl Our HCIIVIIICS thrs year were very busy Thrs year at the Homecomrng football game Charles Clark and Nancy Herrmann were elected as Krug and Queen In the fall our prctures were taken for the yearbook On November 13 1953 the class play was presented The name of tt was Lavender and Old Lace and ll WHS brg success Wrth the Freshman rnttlatton a skaung party and a Movre Dance on February 26 1954 we were kept busy On February 13 the upperclassmen gave a fare well party for Mrs Wtnters who left for Calrfornra Nancy Herrmann recerved the D A R award for Crttzenshrp Servrce and Scholarshtp There were stxteen boys out for sports thts year The Jumor Semor Prom was held on May 21 and after this thrngs went pretty fast wtth the Baccalaureate on May 23 and Commencement on May 27 Left to rrght Bob Jenny, Chuck Clark and Jtm Merntt 11 ' ' 11 , 1 0 . . : , . ' ' 1 1 1 1 - , . . , I . . . . I ' 1 , . 1 1 I 1 I 1 4 ' 1 1 - . . . . . . ,, . ,, 0 1 1 . . , : ' 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 - 1 . - Z - g . . - , 0 ' ' . g. . 1 ' e 1 1 ' . ,, ' 11 ' a , 0 , . , . . ' . , 1 1 ' - . o o u , a . - . . - . l ,

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L'l'1ll7l' ampus Headers su, Skis. .1 :Y Best Looklng Most Popular F' NANCY HERRMANN LOWELL KNIEF VIRGINIA LAWRENCE LARRY MEYERS Best Dressed NJ Wxmest SA NDY ANDERSON Most Athletxc GLENN CARLSON DORINDA VILVEN HAROLD BEEBE LOIS HENNIG DON KUSK Most Likely To Succeed BNIHICSI LIN DA OLSON BOB JENNY MARILYN LENZ. BOB JENNY