DeLand Weldon High School - Eagle Spotlight Yearbook (Weldon, IL)

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DeLanJ-WeU on Senior Class Will We, the class of 49. cities of DeLand - Weldon, state of Illinois, being of unsound mind and forgetful memory, do, make, and publish, this to be our last will and testament. To Miss Van Metre: We will the complete works of Shakespeare. To Mr. Wilson: We will the best of luck, in consideration of his faithfulness and patience with us for our last two years. To Mr. Clapper: We will the best of health and the hopes of a more brilliant Typing II class next year. To Mr. Harper: We will the hopes of a new car to haul the school kids back and forth to school at noon and after school. To Miss Matson: We will the ability to keep her future Senior boys quiet in Civics Class. To Mrs. Smith: We will the latest recordings of the DeLand Ramblers. To Mr. Halcomb: We will to him a room all his own so his Physics class won ' t always be in- terrupted during X-Ray, etc. To Miss De Atley: We will our love for playing kid games and basketball. To Mr. Wine: We will him a successful field of coaching in the years to come. To Mr. Dickey: We will the hopes of a new Chevie and a chauffeur to drive him back and forth from Weldon to DeLand. To Mr. Adams: We will our appreciation for his ability to put up with we Seniors for the past four years. To Mr. Maden: We will him the pep and vitality to keep up the good work as he and Johnny have this year. To the Junior Class of the DeLand- Weldon Senior High, we will the right to become unselfish and dignified Seniors, as we, the class of ' 49. In addition to the foregoing we now have a few personal bequests to make: Charlie Thompson wills his two front teeth to Jere H. Ann Carr wills a few of her old boy friends to Myra Seal. Bill Golden wills his fun in arguing to Max Parrish. Hobart Sailor wills his ability to hold Annie ' s love to Donald Stites, and hopes he will be as successful with Zelma. Lynn Coxad wills his girl friends to Dick Loney. Ronald Danison wills his turned up collar to Jack Schroeder, and hopes he will never turn him down. Leon Souders wills all his arguments in English class to Bob Kallembach. Essie Vaughn wills her jive talk and assets to Darlene Souders. Joyce Francisco wills her singing ability to Peggy Maden. Dorothy Reeser wills her ability to plsy Bingo to Carol Maden. Buddy Kallembach wills his Frankie voice to Gene Buchanan. Doris Mi wills her screaming and disposition to Barbara Meneley. Patsy Maden wills her excellent basketball and cheerleading ability to Myra Seal. Eugene Yates wills his title of Professor to Carl Shepherd. Marilyn Cozad wills Ada Pearl her ability to get along with the Senior boys. June Brennan wills her long hair to Sharon Carr, and never wants to see her come to school with it set in pin curls. Shirley Trigg wills her freckles to Sharon Dawson. John Lowrey wills his motto, If at first you don ' t succeed, try. try again. to Eudean Norfleet. Marguerite Crisman wills her New Year ' s Eve parties to Peggy Corder. Charlotte Shearer wills her long fingernails to Bertha Shofner, with the promise she ' ll never have to use them on any boy. Wenoell Foster wills his basketball abilities to Ralph Massey. We hope he will use this ability to the best use. James Jiles wills his ability to get his dad ' s car to go to church and pick up the O ' Daffers to Jack Thomas, Alice Thompson wills her errorlesstyping ability to Marion Rudisill. Eileen Massey wills her love and ability to chase boys to Darlene Souders. Mary Ellen Sprague wills her rainbow to Catherrean Burton. Opal Wise wills her book entitled. HOW TO BE A BASKETBALL STAR, to Gloria Allen. Joan Taylor wills her good grades to Eva West. In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this sixth day of May. in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine-Hundred Forty Nine. Signed, Class of 1949 Joan Taylor. Alice Thompson Witnesses. Ernest Tubb. Roy Acuff, Minnie Pearl 16

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History of DeLand Students Seventeen highly polished newcomers timidly entered the doors of D.T.H.S. on September Z t 1945. This shy seventeen consisted of Joan Taylor, Marguerite Crisman, Mary Ellen Sprague, Alice Thompson, Charles Thompson, Bill Golden, Buddy Kallembach, Wendell Foster, Evelyn Wine, and Shirley Trigg, all coming from the DeLand Grade School; Marilyn Cozad, Lynn Cozad, and Audrey Cafin, contributed by Fairview School; Jean Burton, Josie Winder, and Dale Lilly from Monticello. Our first few weeks as “freshies were made as uncomfortable as possible by the upper classmen and we were apt to be seen in some peculiar situations. After initiation we settled down to take an active part in life at D.T.H.S. Joan Taylor was elected class president and Mr. Hall was our advisor. We enjoyed a number of parties during the year, several of which were skating parties. During the year we lost Jean Burton and Josie Winder and gained Elwood Williams. We returned in ' 46 as sophisticated Sophomores. We found Audrey Cafin missing from our ranks. Marilyn Cozad was elected class president and Miss Baer was our adviser. We sponsored a hayride, Halloween party and several skating parties during the year. Nineteen forty-seven found us minus two boys, Elwood Williams and Dale Lilly who de- cided he liked Monticello after all. We acquired Patsy Maden and Joyce Francisco. We elect- ed Bill Golden president and Mrs. Simer and Mr. Harper were our class advisers. Our Junior year was full of activities. On October 24, 1947 we presented the play, “Full of Youth. The play was directed by Miss Van Metre, assisted by Miss Matson. We also had a magazine drive in the fall and ran a concession stand at the basketball games in order to have a better prom. A big event in our lives was the day we received our class rings. The main event of the year, however, was the Junior-Senior Prom, carrying out the theme of Club 48. The fall of 48 found DeLand and vVeldon Schools combined into D.W.S.H.S. During the summer we lost Evelyn to Elwood. The class chose Wendell Foster for the president. Mr. Clapper and Mr. Wine were our advisers. One of our first activities was the selling of ads for the annual. The class was divided into groups, and each group solicited a specific area. We have enjoyed a few parties this year and are looking forward to more as the year goes on. The Senior Play, Senior Day, Baccalaureate, and Commencement are yet to come. Our class history is nearly finished; from here it will be only individual history. ci ass Distent of Weld on Students On August 27th, 1945, sixteen brave green freshmen entered the doors of the Nixon Town- ship High School. Our class had representatives from several different grade schools. June Brennan came from the Lane Grade School, Opal Wise and Eileen Massey from Union. Weldon’s Grade School gave us Eugene Yates, Ronald Danison, John Lowrey, Charlotte Shearer, and Robert Perkins. Anne Carr came from Prairie View. From Lincoln grade came Doris Mix and James Jiles. Nettie Barton and Dorothy Resser came from Bosserman. Pearl Runyen from Prospect Bob Niles came from the Twist school. Glenn Miller came from Charter Oak. Mrs. Stauffer was our class adviser. Initiation took place during the first three weeks of school and then we were full-fledged Freshmen. Anne Carr was elected president of the class. We had representation in band and chorus. The following year found Bob Perking missing from our class with plans to join the Navy and sail the seas. We had several class parties this year. Our class adviser was Miss Mary Olson. Things really began to happen in our Junior year. Hobart Sailor came to Weldon from Mansfield and Essie Vaughn came across the border from Indiana. Glenn Miller was now attending school at Clinton High School. A class play, “Just Ducky, was presented by the entire class under the direction of Mrs. Kingston. Miss Olson was our class adviser this year and with her help the biggest event of the year took place--The Junior-Senior Banquet. This was held at the Rogers Hotel in Bloomington and then we went to the Irvin theater afterwards. This was the year that marriage fever hit the Weldon students. Among the casualties was a classmdte--Nettie Barton. Luring the summer there were many changes. The most important was the consolidation of the DeLand and the Weldon high schools. This was just like starting out to school again for the first time because the Weldon students had to learn the location of the rooms and the names of the teachers. Among the Weldon students missing were Pearl Runyern, Nettie Barton, and Robert Niles. From here on the history is singular. 15

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Prophet ij Paris, 1964 While I was at the fashion show last week, whom should I meet but Eugene Yates , the fam- ous designer who was showing some of his latest creations at the show. His top model was none other than Joan Taylor. I was overjoyed to see these old schoolmates of mine and when they suggested that we dine together, I gladly accepted. We went to the famous Paris night club, the Fouqueto Inn, where the famous singer and dancer, Dorothy Reeser , was being featured. The hostess of the club was Mary Ellen Sprague. She now manages one of the three restaurants she and her husband own there. While we ate we began to talk of some of our old classmates of ' 49 at Deland-Weldon Senior High School. While Eugene and Joan had been traveling on the con- tinent, they had run across Essie Vaughn, the famous newspaper columnist. She now has a syndicated column in sixty two newspapers. They also told me of Anne Carr who is a missionary in Siam. Anne is still unmarried as g he found she couldn’t choose from her many admirers. Marguerite Crisman is now dancing in the Broadway production of the popular musical, Sunshine. John Lowrcy is the senator at large from Illinois. His beautiful home in Washington is the scene of many gay parties. June Brennan is secretary to the President of the United States. Leon Souders is a photographer, with studios in Chicago. His portraits of Chicago elite are very famous. Joyce Francisco, the famous movie star, has just been starred in a movie opposite Roy Rogers . Her old chum, Buddy Kallembach, is her manager and paints in his spare time. A small, little, old man stopped at our table. For a moment we didn’t know him. It was Ronnie Danison, who had been prospecting for gold in California and struck it rich. He was now touring the world on his new fortune. He sat down at our table and supplied us with the following knowledge of our classmates: Shirley Trigg, the famous scientist, has just perfected new gasoline for motor bikes which sells for five cents a gallon. She is also married now and has three red-headed children. Charles Thompson is managing the ladies ready-to-wear department at Macy’s Department Store in New York. He didn’t have much luck or get rich very fast as a cartoonist. Opal Wise is an old maid school teacher. She is filling Miss Van Metre ' s shoes at D-W Senior High School. Marilyn Cozad is a nurse in Decatur, while waiting for Wendell F oster , who is playing with the Chicago Cubs to get enough money to buy the ring. Patsy Maden is playing on a famous basketball team from St. Louis. She plays forward and is the team ' s high point man. Eileen Massey has married and settled down on a farm near Weldon. She goes to every dance held within a radius of fifty miles. We had been so engrossed in our talk that the trim, dark haired woman who stood at our table had to speak twice before we knew she was there. Yes, it was the former Charlotte Shearer, who had won a trip around the world on one of those quiz programs. She told us that she was happily married and living in Tennessee with her husband and si x children. She added to our now growing information by telling us of the following people. Lynn Cozad has forsaken the National Guard for the Navy and has worked himself up to the rank of Admiral. Bill Golden owns a garage in DeLand. He plays and sings every evening for recreation. Alice Richardson is happily married and has seventeen children plus a happy home, Doris Mix White is now the dean of MacMurray College for women in Jacksonville, Illinois. Hobart “Fiddle” Sailor, the famous surgeon, has his own hospital and has gained fame through his progress in medicine. James Jiles is an engineer who builds wonderful bridges. He is working on one now, which is to span the Atlantic. By this time we had finished our meal and the hour had grown late. As I had an early appointment the next day, I took leave of my friends, expressing again my happiness at seeing them. — THE END. 17