Chadwick High School - Silver Comet Yearbook (Chadwick, IL)

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16 emoz elm: pzopiecy X X June 1 1961 Deai D1ary Ks I make today 's entrv I think back ten long years to high school graduation Boy has the class of .17 changed this world' I read 1n the papers today that Paul Newendyke just set another speed record in h1S rocket Hoyt Holmes was nominated for the post of Democratic chalrman last fall Ile IS dolng quite well He has two full t1me secretaries Shirley Janssen and another glll fiom Scales 'Xlound The f1eld of IDUSIC has really boomed lately LOILIGI Blumer just gave her fourth piano concert at Carnegie Hall and B111 Y1ngl1ng IS now play mg h1s clarinet foi the fifth year the Boston Symphony Orchestra In the pop f1eld the Splatters composed of Ron GGISOH and Gordon Houzenga have sold their ten millionth copy of their latest h1t Mighty N1ce up He now owns and operates the largest blacksmith shop 1n the world Le Roy Handel has just bought fue more ' semis He owns the Handel Transport Lines and uses the motto You call we haul' In another industry farming we find that Lloyd Hartman is back on the farm and Elmer Rahn has a small 290 acre patch also I hear that Flmer announced a very happy occasion to be the other day He plans on getting ma1r1ed soon to some Pearl C1ty schoolteacher From farming we go to the J Bar I Ran h Jim has really got someth1ng here Just a few thousand head of top beef cattle and seventeen O11 wells Not much but enough to live on Jim says Franz Conod just won an Oscar for h1s cartoon of The Village Sm1tty one of the best 1nsp1rat1ons of Rear Xdm1ra1 Jerry Green also a prize winning poet Iwas downtown today and saw I sther and Marlene's new beauty shop Sure looks nice So d1d Thelma Kahler who was just coming out of the shop She's a nurse at the Chadwick Public Hospital I also saw Sharon Stein today She now owns and operates Ste1n's Food Mart 'ts I was crossing the street Iwas almost run over by Janice Doden She IS a stunt drner for an auto thr1ll show I had to make a trip to the cheese factory for some of that unusual Chadwick cheese stopped in a.nd sa1d hello to Beverly Queckborner and the new secretary whom I found to be XX 1lma I tnyre Supplying milk for the factory IS Xrvilla 51bley's head of Brown Swiss Her latest Cham pion won the grand prize at the Lnternatmnal Show 'ies this class has made many changes in this old earth and as long as they don't stop tht world from turn1ng here s hoping they make many more Roger Pottei lx 4 'YVN Q J - 9 1 ' e ' kb., uf lun V. -I Nm .,, h 0 Z S 7 ' l 1 ' ' 7 1' ' A ' V , I I . n , 1 If 1 ' ' v r ' I A . ..,. Y .N . i , 1 X . , in , 1 , , , J 1- vw ' vv 1 uv ' .y . K . , A. . . . . ,, . . ,, Leaving the field of music we go to the field of industry. Allen Smith is really living it . . V X , . ,, . ' 7 VI Y , . 7 7 - H . Y' . . u . n . . ' 5 ' ' H ' ' H 1 I . , . . . 0 r F v ' . , . ' ' ' , so I ' ' 1 u Y ' v' ' 1 ' 7 ' , ' 1 A ' . - ' r 1 ' 1 ' f A' . 7 1 ' ' ' 1 1 v 1 1 1 . X xv I ' J 7 I

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amor flu: lfutozy In September 1903 twenty SIX wlllmg and eager freshmen entered the halls of C H S Our class was one of the largest classes 1n C H S for that txme The follow1ng freshmen were elected as offlcers Pres1dent Flmer Rahn V1ce Presldent Allen Smlth Secretary Treasurer Sharon Stem Reporter Lorelel Blumer Student Councll Rep resentatlve Leroy Handel The class membershlp was as follows Jerry Vllersema Gordon Houzenga Jlm Lsenhart Lee Spmka Ron GCISOD Sandra Spealman Beverly Queckerborner R1chard Bast Mlckey Hawk B1ll Ylngllng Paul Newendyke Vulma Ftnyre Hoyt Holmes Thelma Kahler Slurley Janssen Franz Conod Lloyd Hartman Le Roy Handel Sharon Stem Flmer Rahn Allen Smxth lorelel Blumcr Marlene Rosenow Jamce Doden Xrvllla S1bley and 1 sther Vllersema One of the hlghllghts of the freshman year was the In1t1at1on party Mxckey Hawk left our class at the end of the f1rst semester and moved to Mt Carroll but we were very pleased to gam three new classmates who were Beth Kuehl Betty Cow1n and Jerry Green Vle started our sophomore year w1th twenty seven classmates but as we checked our mem bersh1p we found Jerry Vhersema had gone The ma1n event of our sophomore year was sponsor mg the freshman 1n1t1at1on party Vle chose our offlcers who were Presxdent Xllen Smlth V1ce Presldent J3.I11C6 Doden Secretary Beth Kuehl Treasurer Lorelel Blumer Reporter Sharon Stem Student Councll Rep As September comes once aga1n we now entered C H S and found twenty f1ve enrolled as Juruors We began to feel older and more lmportant Upon once agaln checkmg our classmates we found two m1ss1ng Sandra Spealman and Beth Kuehl The off1cers chosen for the year were Presldent Sharon Stem V1ce Presxdent Beverly Queckborner Secretary Lorelel Blumer Treasurer Jamce Doden Reporter W1lma Etnyre Student COUIICII Representatlve Flmer Rahn In October we were very proud to rece1ve our class r1ngs We were busy throughout the year earn1ng money Some of the proyects were a pancake supper bake sales and our Jumor play We gave two one act plays Some Women Were Talkmg' and The Monkey's Paw Our Prom was May 26th The banquet was served at Maxson Manor ln Oregon and the dance was held ln our beautlful new gym w1th Gene McDuff's orchestra Now as we entered C H S ln September of 1956 we reallzed that we were senxors and It would be our last year We had twenty three sen1ors as Betty Cowm moved to M1lledgev1lle The off1cers were chosen Presldent Tlmer Rahn V1ce Presldent Allen Smlth Secretary Treasurer Sharon Stem Reporter Ron Gelson Student COUI'lC1l Representatlve Le Roy Handel Vle chose blue and White aS OUP Class colors and What we are to be we are now becom1ng as our class motto We gave Almost Summer as our class play whlch was a great success We had numerous concessxons bake sales paper dr1ves and a chllx supper to earn money for our senxor trxp As we walked through the halls of the new h1gh school durlng the fmal weeks we recalled many wonderful memor1es of our new school and the days spent there As graduat1on fmally comes some of us wxll be gomg on to college others to Jobs but I am sure there w1ll be sad ness 1n every one of us as we leave good old C H S and become members of the Alumru The Semor Class of 1957 3 - ' - 9' b o o , , ' ' . . . : - g - - A - - 3 - 2 - ' - . l ,. . ' 1 7 l 9 1 1 1 s 1 1 . . m,. 4 . 3 S ' 3 D 7 1 3 7 1 7 4 7 ! J 9 . V . . F ,. . . 7 ! ' 7 ' ' . ' 7 J . . 5 9 . - , - . ,. . - , . ' , Z -1 L Q - ' Q - 1 - 9 - 9 - resentat1ve-Sandra Spealman. 0 Q s - . . , -- c : - g - - 3 ' I ' 5 ' Q - 4 c . . , , . - v1 ' 1 H vv , . ' 3 9 1' 0 . . . , . , 0 I - 2 9 - - 3 - - . U - . D . . - , 3 9 U ' IV - ' H , . ' V1 H v ' 3 7 l ' 1 Y ' ' I 1 i . a w 1 a ' 17

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FQ Q 1 Kr 212102 Those who att: nded the senlox plax on elther Ixxdax UI Naturdqx mghts Oelober 36 and M at 8 O0 P NI spent then ew emnff laughmg both at and vuth the Jones fanulx and 1ts D1fJlJlC,1'YlS The plot was as follows Paul the oldest son of the longs must pass his imal hlsturx exlm to ax o1d Ln ter mg summu school If he doesn L pass all hopes ot wmmn the heaxt of lus fan ladx lane wlll he lost and lakes when Paul and lane s fmnlns spend thru sum mu s Puppy lowc and the des1re to go to college. prompt Paul and hxs frlend to cram steadlly before the exam I vents are comphcated when Paul smashes the prmcl pal's car and IS accused of stealmg the exam from the prmc1pal's Off1CL Bulldmg to a grand clxmax the plax offered many laughs at s1tuat1ons tvpxcal of many teen agers and thexr parents Members oi the cast vu ere Paul Jones Mr Jones Nlrs Jones Nlarx Jamce Doden Jane Sharon Stem Jumor Rlchard Bast Jack Franz Conod Ron Ge1son I 11ah Arvllla S1b1ey nn Fsther W1ersema Under d1rect1on of Mrs Stewart P lmer Rahn J 1m Isenhart Bev Queckborner Nlr Smudgcy raw be r -' O s l 5 . 1 '.f 'l ', ' A g L', : .A ., , .' - , ' l ' D ' ' , x , L ,vy D, , - . 'k. I, 5.1 . ' A - 1 1. A' A ' A' I l . . ' V r L'A', 1 x ' Y ' ' U- , ,. . ' . ' . V , . . ' , - . lj ' , 9 ? ' 5 his arch-rival, King Kramer will surely win her at the I ' x ' x ' x I V ' 1 I . I ' ' nh ' ' .. ' . ' vw uv X ' , A . . . . V ' Y .. A . ni y I .X -. ' 9 A I nf l f l My ' . f f A