Donovan High School - Donovo Yearbook (Donovan, IL)

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PRQPHEC Y September I' It seems funny to think of the past,' especially when we think of our old Alma Mater. Yes, today I am thinking about taking a vacation and going to see all of the 1945 graduates of Donovan Township high School. September Q ' Today I entered Chicago and to my surprise I met Lila Web- ster. She told me she had been working in a nurses school since she left Donovan. It was called the nKill 'Em or Cure 'Emu Nurses' School. I left Lila informing her that I was in perfect health. September Q Strolling down the street I saw 'a billboard sign reading nLillian Andersonu. I had waited around the stage door of the theater when out she walked. She had some good-looking guy with her so I didn't have much time to talk with her. Lillian surely has taken her success as a singer with a poised modesty. September Q While on the train leaving for St. Louis I ran into Charles Sykes. He infonmed me that he had been appointed to the Barnum Bailey Show as a concert violinist of the flea circus. By the things he attempted to carry, I believed hime September 2 ' Arriving in St. Louis I saw George Bard looking as if he had something to worry about. He approached me and told me that he was just worried. I told him that just being wor- ried was nothing to worry about. He said that he was wor- rying because other people did,fand if he did it would save someone else from worrying. I didn't understand what he meant but I left him worrylngk

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I, Betty Houghton, will my inability to keep my tem- per to Ross Carlson. I, Dolores Lafond, will my brother's car to Frances Askew. I, Ella Stuckey, will my diamond to Helen Bean. I, Wanda Wade, will my bashfulness to Roy Keith. Wo, the S0n1OP Class, will to Anne Wilson e choice of any senior boy to keep her company at her work. We, the Senior Class, will to Mr. Moore e Model-T Ford to use in petroling A. W. O. L. students. We, the Senior Class, will to Miss Bryan a secretary to take care of tardy slips in study hall. Wo, the Senior Class, will to Mr. Trummol an acquaint ence list of the students of D. T. H. S. Wo, the Senior Class, will to Mrs. Johnston a 5 lb. carton of chewing gum for the Home Bc. girls next year. We, the Senior Class, will to Mrs. Eskengren e summer cottage whore she can retire from e strenuous ycer's work. We, tho Senior Class, will to Mr. Sendeen e billy club and new order. . We, the Senior Class, will to Miss Ricketts a becu- tiful coiffurc of red hair. The attached instrument was thereunto subscribed by the Senior Clvss members, the testctors, in the presence of each of us, and was at the some time declared by them to bu their last will and testament und we are at their request signing our names hereunto in their presence as attesting witnesses, .0 I V 'V ' 9 I ' ff ff' If WITNESSES

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September ll Sitting in the lobby of the hotel, I was listening to the radio. I heard one broadcast NLadies, it is said that in America today all women want to be beautiful.n There was some more of the talk but I was surprised to hear that the broadcast had It was nice to September IQ Getting off of the street to been given by the voice of Helen Elliott. hear her even if I couldn't see her. the train at Buren, Kansas, I started down find some place to stay over night. I had in mind a sign nRoom for Rentn. I found one and approach- ed the door. It was opened by none other than Margaret Shykek Margaret hasn't changed a bit. She is still the same joker and a vepy good cookL September lp ' I had been driving along a country road when, Bangk my car had a flat tire. I went up to the The door was opened by Ezra Castongia new crop called nmilkweedu. He may of farming but I have my doubts about September lp Leaving Kansas today I decided to go California. The accomodations on the nearest farm house. Ezz told me of his have some knowledge this newfangled crop over to Los Angeles, airplane I took were very nice. Maybe it was due to the stewardess. The stew- ardess was Lstella Mae Lowe. Lstella hasn't grown an inch taller, but she surely looks snappy in her uniform. We really had an enjoyable conversation on the flight to Cal- lfornia. September lg When my plane landed on the HBigger-They-are-the-Harder' They-Fall Airportj'who should come out to meet Whaley. She told me she had been sole owner me but Fran of the air- port for some tine. Business surely was good. Maybe it was due to the handsome pilots she had.