Earlville High School - Raidorian Our Years Yearbook (Earlville, IL)

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December 15, 1985 Dear Diary, Last week when I arrived in Chicago after spending thirty years in Hawaii as a pineapple buyer for the Earlville School cafeteria, I saw the names of some of my old classmates in the paper. The first name I saw was Janyce Seaton's. It seems that she had just had the distinction of being the first woman from Illinois to be elected to Congress. There was also an article on a millionaire, Jim Norton. It said he had made his fortune manufacturing pinball machines. Also in the news was Bill Coffey who had just been chosen Mr. America” of 1985 and an article on a book written by Bill Pointer, a philosophy teacher at Shadyside College. When I opened the paper, I noticed an advice to the lovelorn column. It was edited by Sonja Nielsen. Later, I stopped in a health bar for a glass of milk and saw Sharon Sutton on television. She was a woman wrestler. I was so engrossed in wrestling that I didn't notice the man next to me until he introduced himself. It was Jerry Smith. He told me that he was an undertaker now. He was also able to tell me what had become of some of our other classmates. It seems that Edith Snelling is a book- keeping instructor at Earlville; Ruth Tuftee is a nurse at Belvue; Sharon Gould has her own beauty shop; Connie Prater is married to a stock car driver; and Bud Swayze is a prominent hog raiser. Betty Whitlock has a band called Betty and Her Babes. Her singer and guitar player is Norma Coble. After I left Jerry I returned to my hotel, and I had no sooner opened the door than the telephone rang. It was another schoolmate, Lee Wiley. He, too, had just arrived in town. He said he had spent the last eight years in Africa as a missionary to the Pygmies. He told me he had stopped in Earlville and that he had seen Delores Ryg and Alice Youssi. Alice now has her own restaurant and Delores is a farmer's wife. He also said he had heard that Roger Cantlin is a guide in Australia for teachers that come there to shoot wild boars, that Delores Claude is editor of True Confessions magazine, and that Phyllis Gast has done quite well for herself in the manufacturing business. She makes canes, crutches, and wheelchairs. It’s really strange, when you stop to think about it, that, out of our class, not one of us ever ran for President. LARRY TAYLOR

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Senior Class Will We, the Senior Class of 1955, of the Earlville High School, County of LaSalle, and the State of Illinois, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make, execute, publish, and declare this our last will and testament, hereby revoking and annulling all former wills made by us. Sharon Gould leaves her short hair to JoAnne Jacobs. Edith Snelling wills her quietness to Barbara Kukuk. Delores Claude leaves her ability to write long letters to Mary Campbell. Janyce Seaton, Sonja Nielsen, and Delores Ryg leave their friendship to Kay Conklin, Wilma Gast and Carol Pritcher. Hope it lasts just as long kids! Norma Coble leaves her bleached blonde hair to Barb Norton. Jerry Smith wills his false teeth to Shirlee Beck. So don't lose them, Shirlee. Roger Cantlin leaves his 1:00 coffee sip to whomever takes the absentee slip around. Bill Pointer wills his chipped front tooth to Bob Atherton, and for football next year, some glue for his fingers. Hope you don't need it. Bob. Betty Whitlock leaves her ability to attend Bub dances in Sheridan and still be able to go to work the next morning to Scott Atherton. William Coffey wills his stall at the Stables” to Bob Richards. Keep it clean, Bob! Alice Youssi leaves her perfect attendance to Ross Cullins. Jim Norton wills his pinball manual to Kay Turnipseed. Phyllis Gast wills her “cokes at the Stables” to Barbara Norton. Lee Wiley wills whatever he has got to whomever wants it. Bud Swayze leaves his daily shave to Merv Tuftie. Now he won t have any trouble with Lyle. Ruth Tuftee wills her stall” at the Brite Spot to Merv Tuftie. Don't have too many cokes, Merv! Larry Taylor wills his wavy hair to Scott Atherton. Connie Prater leaves her short hair to Anne Malkey and Sharon Sutton leaves her ability to take showers in gym without getting wet to Patty Godlman. In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names and affixed our seal, the fourteenth day of December in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four. [V( o The foregoing instrument, consisting of one page was, at the date thereof, by the said senior class, signed, sealed, and published as our last will and testament in the presence of each other, and we have hereunto subscribed our names as wit- nesses on the day above mentioned.

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Not so very long ago, twelve years to be exact, I decided to visit one of the institutions of our town. Since it was all new to me I was quite bewildered at first, but then when they explained that we were merely going to participate in some guided tours about various subjects I became less apprehensive. As time wore on, the other members of the tour arrived. iley, Joann Olson, Connie £laude. When wc were all gathered, I fatitO that my compos Dyas, Donald Fike, James Nortq»(f Jerry Smith, DelbWt Taylor, Richard Larson, Sharosf Gould, Marilyn Harmon,’ son, Carrie Lou Kerns, Sharon Snelling, Nancy Walters, Marline Hill, and Delon named Miss Holman. After our first tour, we rented awhile aq During the shuffle, we lost Donajd Fike, biiVo by a charming young lad namecf' Keith Jtlickingcr able guidance of Mrs. John Simpson. This tour proved educational but is were John Butcher, John tayze, Charles House, Larry Sally Innis, Ramona John- ’rater, Janyce Seaton, Edith We had a very nice guide con .reassemaled for our sensate fiflr our loss, we Our second tour was iul. We returned tc of our institution of learning and farmed our third tour. When wcspRtedn we had a new guide, Miss Mahoney, and two nejb companionsjj ijpymonc Weekly. At the end of this pleasanttW we lost oj rjfao nbw arrivals, RayrqOnc Weekly. We retained our gui e Miss Mabon , for this, our fourtk this tour, we were joined by JosognVje M niijf who unfortunately hjra to end of the tour. Our fifth gathering 61 the group'’ we attended a lecture The speake lecture, one member of; the group, , At our sixth meeting, we bad a d( This meeting was supervised by Miss ifdcr and Imd Jim During Lve at the as we were joined by Phyl s our previous companion, Nanc somewhat from [Miss Gallagher. Iters, left us. sior on the th igs bblc, who had SreviouV' routine and After the tlosing of the seen and learned, gger job than her predecessors, etty X'hitlock, William Coffey and To compensa We also had l(j the next. At our seven ast, George Hamel; Walters. Sis increase in members, Sally It lis and Sharon Kiley left us. filyn fjarmon, yho had skip ted his meeting and gone on to ting, which in increased on ee Wiley, Jean ers joined bi rid Robinson, and Larry B ssion, ye met again s again a disci issior , now under the direction of ranks with the arri al of Roger Cantlin, Delores Hooper, Sharon Sutt n, Eugene Malkey and Linda th discussion; thy were John efore the end of key. r our eighty tL eigjbth. meetii g, we were nt institution's lutlined'’ pro rar and celebrat on. our ninth tcjur bey were T1 joined by Soi :our, we atte 3 eted by the 1 bi t we were jo le and had another tour. The On this tour we lost Linda Dur was our old acquaintance, Mr. Alco: hers joined bu Ieft bef ire tjlc end of [the discussion; they were John irmed we had successfully com- Upon hearing this, we took tion of Mr. Harro. A few Jean Cooper. But they had Youssi and Norma Coble. Iscussion. At this, our tenth Kenneth Cronin, Georgia nter. Our supervisor was Mr. leventh, and as guides we had George Hamel failed to Cormn guide Lewis. At the finish of this ou pleted three-fourths of th l time out for a small ceremoij Then we reassembled fofc members failed to come, no sooner left than we were j When we finished that meeting, our group was dep Hill, and Eugene Malkc Harbach. After this discussio Mr. Malmbcrg and accompany us, but we got a' When we had finished this tour, we retiir cd to ouZm ing place and assembled for the twelfth and final time. This meitmyCwtfs uimler the supervision of Miss Bullock. We were all there except for Richard Larson and Everett McCormick. Those present were Roger Cantlin. Delores Claude, Norma CA le, William Coffey, Phyllis Gast, Sharon Gould, Sonja Neilsen, James Norton, Bill Pointer, Connie Prater, Delores Ryg, Janyce Seaton, Jerry Smith, Edith Snelling, Sharon Sutton, Delbert Swayze, Larry Taylor, Ruth Tuftee, Betty Whitlock, Lee Wiley and Alice Youssi. And so after twelve years, we have finished our work, education, and fun in this particular institution.