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

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SeKun (ZCcma 0 %i4tvuf The fall of ”47” found thirty -six freshmen entering the halls of higher education. During the year, as most classes do, we lost a few students. But I think all survived the initiation. In the fall of ”48” we lost several students. There were then twenty -one Sopho- mores who finished the year of school, in the new DeLand -Weldon Senior High School. Our Junior year brought with it a lot more activities. The two most important things were: ordering and receiving our class rings and the Junior -Senior Prom. For the prom we chose a Hawaiian theme and decorated with blue and yellow streamers with palm trees setting around among the tables, and around the dance floor. The center piece on each table was a coconut tree with place-cards and plas- tic nut cups and leis as favors. Then comes the last but not unimportant school year. Several of our classmates dropped out and could not become full-fledged Seniors with us. During the first part of this year you heard some remarks as: does my hair look all right, what did you wear, did I look all right? Yes, we were having our Senior pictures taken. Also during this year we sold ads and annuals and ordered our announcements which we all think are very nice. During all four of these years we had classmates active in band, chorus, FFA, FHA, G. A. A. paper staff, and, of course, the annual staff which our whole Senior Class of seventeen members took part in. On May 31 our Senior Class will cease to exist but we will have the memories of a happy four years of school life together. Seated: M. Clapper, C. Foster, P. O’Daffer, G. Massey, B. Clow, C. Cooper. Standing: Z. Burton, G. Shinneman, V. Danison, R. Edwards, J. Jiles, S. Burton, J. Sparks, E. Yates, B. Kirkland, C. Mix, M. Parrish.

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44 ! % xft6eccf Ten years have passed since we last saw the graduating class of 51 from D-W Senior High. Our world has progressed greatly, scientifically. In this year of 61 we are sight seeing through a rocket ship plant. Who should we meet but Ronnie Edwards, who was interested in science in school. He informs us that his new rocket is completed, Ron- nie designed it and will go on it ' s first trip. He asks us along saying that it$ hard to tell where we ' ll go or who we ' ll see. We are hesitant as we ' ve never ridden in a roc- ket before although they are quite common now. We finally consent to go. As we get into the rocket ship who should we meet but the former Gretchen Shinneman, who is our stewardess. With Max Parrish her husband, the pilot of the ship who has just bought the rocket for interplanetary service. As we are leaving the earth ' s surface we sight a dairy farm. Our informer tells us it is the home of the former Gertrude Massey, now Mrs. Rodger Briggs, who has 3 red- headed children. The first planet we reach is Mars. Sheila Burton is now married to Eudean Nor- fleet and they own a string of grain elevators which supply neighboring planets with grain. We take off Mars in the direction of Pluto. As we land on Pluto we find we are near a large building. We inspect it and find that it is a huge modern school. Guess who the good-looking math teacher is? Yes, its Phares O ' Daffer. If you need an in- terpreter see Buddy Clow, Buddy did so well in Spanish at Senior High he decided to work as interpreter for tourists from other planets who tour the school. Incidentally, Phares and Buddy are still bachelors. From here we go to Mercury, as the air there is rather dry we decide to have a coke. We stop at a drive inn and who should be our waitress but Velma Danison. As we order cokes Velma informs us that our old friend Colleen Cooper now owns a hugh coke factory. John Sparks is the general manager of the plant and the way it looks he would like to be manager of more than the factory. We decide to end our trip by stopping at the beautiful planet Venus for a basket- ball game and some dancing. The star of the basketball team, The Planeters, is Dale Meyers who has a very enthusiastic fan, his wife, Christine Foster, who is for- merly of DeLand. After the game we go to the Starlite. The big feature tonight is Bob Kirkland ' s Orchestra featuring the famous vocalist, Carol Mix. When we return to earth we see an enormous toothpick factory with the neon sign E. and D. Toothpicks. We are told that Edith Yates and Dean Baker are now married and have started a toothpick factory. We then see a popcorn field and factory, the corn is called Zekes Pop Corn. The farm is managed by the former Zelma Burton and her husband Donald Stites. Some of the biggest chicken farms around are stocked by Jack Schroeder ' s hatch- ery which is located two miles East of the Stites Farm. At last we return to the plant, our adventures are taken down by the plant ' s first- rate secretary, Janice Jiles. I wonder if Janice ' s ability of shorthand is what attracts her bosses’ interest?

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