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

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Senior Class Will We the Senior class of DeLand-Weldon Senior High School, state of Illinois, being of unsound mind and forgetful memory do hereby swear that this is our last will and testament, uttered and testified and inscribed this 8th day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty. To Mr. Harper we bequeath a school bus to transport students to town at noon. To Miss Cassida, we will a new whistle for girls 1 P.E. and a reserved seat in the balcony in order to keep track of the volley ball. Mr. Clapper we leave you (we hope) a class of non-griping shorthand students. To the rest of the faculty and John and Herb we will a new DeLand-Weldon Unit school building. To the Sophomore girls we leave the window ledge on the landing in order that you may always have your studies. Sharon Dawson wills her cute giggle to John Sparks. Darlene Souders wills- her quietness to Janice Jiles. Fay King wills her ability to hold on to her boy friend to Gretchen Shinneman. Gloria Allan leaves to Gertrude Massey her love for Shorthand in hopes that Gertrude will enjoy it as much as she has. Dick Loney wills his crew-cut hair to Phares O ' Daffer. Ralph Massey wills his new car to Max Parrish so he can go to Weldon every night to see Gretchen. Ada Pearl wills her place in front of the dressing room mirror to Sheila Burton. Bertha Shofner wills her quietness to Christine Foster in hopes that there will be a quiet P.E. class next year. Donald Stites wills Zelma to Bob Kirkland so that Bob will have someone to walk down to the grade school with every evening. Jack Thomas leaves his pretty curly hair to Thelma Yates. Bob Kallembach bequeaths to Jean Ruble all his school-time letters and school-time fusses . Catherrean Burton leaves to Edith Yates alf her boy friends. Marion Rudisill wills his new Ford and his love for Farmer City to Ronnie Edwards . Myra Seal wills her good grades to Thelma Yates so Thelma won ' t have to study any more. Carol Maden wills her singing ability to Carol Mix. Eva West bequeaths to Colleen Cooper her patience and self-control. Sonny Shepherd wills his ability to get into trouble to Buddy Clow. Eudean bequeaths his basketball ability to Bob Kirkland if he will use it to the best advantage for the team. Peggy Corder bequeaths her ability to referee and her nickname to JoAnne Johnson. Betty Burns wills to Velma Lou her square dancing ability. Jim Cunningham wills his musical ability to Jean Ruble. Witnesses: Signed, Class of 50 Darlene Souders, Fay King Tom and Jerry Heckle and Jeckle Mickey and Minnie Mouse 14

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DeLAND SENIOR HISTORY One bright September morning, 1946, nineteen scared green Freshmen made their way up the worn path to DeLand High School. This little group consisted f Imogene Keller, Carol Maden, Milford Burton, Earl Francisco, Keith Floyd, ratherrean Burton, Genelie Rule, Jerry Harris, Mary Fahrnkopf, Peggy Corder, Eudean Norfleet, Donald Stites, Gene Buchanan, Loren Trimble, Robert Kallembach, Richard Loney, Robert Bushell, Marion Rudisill. and Mary Webb. Everyone soon became accustomed to the ways of D.T.H.S. We had our first class meeting under the direction of Miss Cathcart. Milford Burton was elected President of the class. During our first year in high school, we lost six students, Imogene Keller, Milford Burton, Earl Francisco, Keith Floyd, Genelie Rule, and Jerry Harris. During our second year Loren Trimble left our class and we gained Barbara Meneley, Carl Shepherd, Bob Rhodes, Elwood Williams, and Jerry Harris. Elwood Williams was elected president of the Sophomore class. We all had fun leading the green freshies around and more fun watching them be initiated as we had been the previous year. Near the end of the school year one more Sophomore was gained, it was Darlene Souders from Monticello. This gave us a total of eighteen Sophomores. WELDON SENIOR HISTORY The day of days had come at last. We, the greenest group of Freshmen N.T.H.S. had ever seen, were to enter high school. We filed slowly into the study hall and sat there too scared to move until a strange bell rang and everyone (except us) started going somewhere. We were terribly confused but at last with the help of Mr. Dickey and the teachers we found our way to our classes. About two weeks later the rest of the classes had a lot of fun with the green freshies and had us doing some very funny things for a day but we found that we had a lot of fun too. Our first year passed very successfully with Miss Norrick as our class adviser and the following as our class officers: Sharon Carr, President; Alberta Edwards, Vice-President; Ralph Massey, Secretary-Treasurer; Jessie Mae Wisegarver, Student Council. During our Freshman year we lost Lester Anderson to the Navy and Phil Arnett moved away and we gained Howard Turner from Montgomery, Alabama, and Jack Thomas from Lincoln. Curtis Marcum dropped out of school but returned the following year. The second year we entered school with a little more confidence and, of course, we had a lot of fun out of the new Freshmen that came that year. We met with Mrs. Kingston as our class adviser and elected the following as class officers: Betty Burns, President; Ralph Massey, Vice-President; Jack Thomas, Secretary-Treasurer; Howard Turner, Student Council. During the year we lost three members of our class; Charles Briggiman moved to Indiana, Alberta Edwards moved to Middletown and Jessie Mae Wisegarver moved to Clinton. From here on our class history is singular as DeLand-Weldon Senior High School. DeLAND-WELDON SENIOR CLASS HISTORY When school started the next fall, the DeLand High School and the Weldon High School were consolidated into the DeLand-Weldon Senior High School which made a good-sized Junior Class. There were twenty-seven members with Myra Seal acting as President. During the summer we had lost Dale King and Leon Radley from Weldon and Mary Fahrnkopf from DeLand. Near the beginning of the year the play, Parents Are Like That was presented in both DeLand and Weldon. The next big event was the receiving of the class rings. The Juniors had a lot of fun preparing and giving the Junior-Senior Prom. We were sorry to lose two of our students Mary Lou Webb and Margaret Conn. In the fall of 1949 we started back as Seniors and missing were Gene Buchanan, Barbara Meneley, Peggy Maden, and Jerry Harris. We had gained a student during the summer, Jim Cunningham from Waynesville. The Senior Class play Goodnight Ladies was presented in April. Just after the first semester we lost Sharon Carr. 13

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Class Prophecy It is the year of 1960. The spirit of the graduating class of 1950 decides to look in on the Seniors (of that year) . His first stop is in Lansing, Michigan, at the Wave camp where Mrs. Hayne, the former Bertha Shofner, who is now married to a Navy Admiral, now is head of the recruiting office, and is busy being mother to the Waves and her two children. As the Phantom Cloud moves over Mansfield he looks in on the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kallembach who are the proud owners of a six hundred and forty acre dairy farm. Their three sons are growing to be great athletes like their father. The spirit hopes they will do as well as Bob did. As the Prophet moves quickly on to Chicago he finds Peggy Corder who is preparing for her wedding to Dick. He is the chief executive of Marshal Field. Peggy has had a very successful career as a model in the English Tea Room. Peggy now plans to settle down and be a model wife. As the spirit travels on he sees Sonny Shepherd who is going into his office on State Street in Chicago. Sonny is the owner of several service stations. Sonny and his wife Beverly make their home in the Palmer House Hotel. As the Phantom Cloud looks in on Betty Burns he finds her in New York singing at the Metropolitan Opera. Betty has had a very successful career and is plan- ning on marrying her publicity agent. The spirit now finds Marion Rudisill as owner of a farm near Farmer City. As the spirit prepares to leave the farm he finds Marlon also leaving for a Ford Convention in St. Louis where he is an owner of a large Ford corporation. The spirit ' s next stop finds Dr. E.R. Warner and his wife the former Myra Seal. She is the Dean of Nurses at Mayo ' s Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Myra has kept very busy with her three children and as head of the nurses. Hollywood, California, finds the spirit in front of a large Beverly Hills mansion. The name on the gate entrance reads-Mr. and Mrs. Richard Loney and son Ricky. Mrs. Loney is the former Ada Pearl. She is making a picture i n sequence to the great musical hit, Skirts and Shirts, in which she is starred. Dick is a cameraman who has been shooting all of Ada ' s pictures. As the spirit is about to depart he sees a jeep driving into the gates of the Loney estate. Look. ' It is — no it can ' t be — but it is. ' Donald Stites comes bouncing into the large Loney Estate. Donald is now married to Zelma and is a very successful administra- tor for most of the cattle ranches around California. The Stites’ home is a large ranch on the outskirts of Hollywood. As the spirit starts back toward DeLand-Weldon Senior High, he stops at the wheat ranch of Eudean and Sheila Norfleet. In addition to raising wheat they are engaged in training race horses. Their son Beamish has become an expert at handling horses even at his tender age. The spirit boards an airplan e and finds Gloria Allan as stewardess serving lunch to Ralph Massey. Ralph makes frequent trips on the American Airlines to manage his Angus cattle ranches in the West. Ralph has remained a bachelor but the way things look now, if Gloria has her way, he won ' t be long. The plane lands in St. Louis, Missouri. Getting off the plane the spirit wanders through the business district where he sees a large neon sign that says: Katy ' s and Carol ' s Restaurant . The former Catherrean Burton and the former Carol Maden, now married, are keeping up their restaurant while their husbands work in a shoe factory. The spirit ' s next stop is in London where he goes to the London Symphony Hall. Jim Cunningham is playing first trombone in the London Symphony Orchestra. His wife, Barbara, attends all the concerts. As the spirit leaves the hall he notices a large crowd gathered along the streets. Joining the crowd, he sees the llmosine of the Lord and Lady Baltimore. Lady Baltimore Is the former Eva West. Prince Charles is accompaning them to Paris for a visit with his father and mother who have been vacationing there. The spirit boards the ship to America. As he nears Weldon he sees a mail box with tne name of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Thomas on it. They are now living on a farm not far from Weldon. Jack and Fay have been married ten years and have two children. They were married the night of their graduation from high school. As the spirit prepares to return to the DeLand-Weldon Senior High School he sees an out-of-state license plate from California as he passes the Souders ’ home. He sees Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cox. She is the former Darlene Souders. They have been living in California where he has been stationed. He is a captain in the Navy. As the Phantom Cloud is passing over Clinton he decides to stop and rest at a large modern tea room and he was surprised to find the owners, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Miller, working happily together there. Sharon Dawson was Mr. Miller ' s wife ' s name before they were married shortly after her graduation from high school in June of 1950. Sharon and Jim ' s twin daughters make very charming hostesses . Well pleased with the Graduating Class of 1950 the spirit returns to DeLand- Weldon Senior High School. 15