Downs High School - Dee Yearbook (Downs, IL)

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Class offlcers elected durmg our four years of school were Presldent V Pres1dent Sec Treas Stu Councll Rpr Class Sponsor Presldent V Presldent Sec Treas Rpr FRESHMAN Beverly Clarke Burl Baker Joan Vogel Beverly Clarke Frleda Hexdelberg Mr Schultz J UNICR Frleda Heldelberg Beverly Clarke Patrlcla Wltzxg Donald Wagner Class Sponsors Mrs Schultz Mr Knott SOPHOMOR E Dresldent Joan Vogel V Presldent Burl Baker Sec Treas Melvm Dewey Stu Councll Donald Wagner Rpr Beverly Clarke Class Sponsor Mr Adams SENIOR Presldent Donald Wagner V Presldent Frleda Hexdelberg Sec Treas Beverly Clarke Rpr All Semors Class Sponsors Mrs Bandy Mr Ohmart -- In the year 1964 the class of 53 took a tr1p to the moon by plane To our surprlse who should serve us our f1rst meal but the former Pat wltzlg We were surprlsed to fmd out that she had been marr1ed to Gary Crosby but she dlvorced hun for non support That evenmg after dmner we had a mce long chat wlth Pat Before we knew xt we were dlscussmg the days when she was a semor at D C H S Flrst we asked about Frleda Heldelberg one of her former classmates To our dlsappomtment she had not marr1ed Gordon Clausen, the boy she was engaged to 1n her semor year but broke the engagement after he left for the Natxonal Guard and marr1ed B111 Phelps another former classmate We found that they are now l1v1ng 1n Chma w1th an add1t1on of ten chlldren We were mformed that they had at one tlme owned a Chop Suey Restaurant but thelr ten chlldren ran them out of busmess When we reached the moon Pat bade us good by but asked us to fxmsh our d1s cusslon on the way back to earth As we stepped from the plane who should we see runmng around m clrcles but Burl Baker also one of the graduates of 52 Whlle we stood there watchmg wlth amazement the former Beverly Clarke now Burl s wlfe came and stood beslde us She mformed us he was terr1bly slck from eatmg too much green cheese but Just wouldn't leave lt alone They had marr1ed on the earth just two years after they graduated, but Burl wasn't the type to work, so as to support her When he found that they could l1ve on the moon and get out of paymg taxes, they moved there rlght away After spendmg a week on the moon, we bade good by to Burl and Beverly and went back to our plane As we started back to earth, we counted up the graduates of 52 and found, much to our surprlse, that there was only one of them that we hadn't mentxoned or ' . , Stu. Council .............. Burl Baker Stu. Council' ........ ...... B url Baker I ,,,,.:17 .....,, ,i . , .- mu., - my ' Lt. l --- Y l .eifri Tr, Il VY ' , . . . ' , . , .... , . . . Y . . ! 7 , . - x , . y - . . . - , . . . IV II ' ' ' , . , . . . , . . , . , . .