East Pike High School - Panther Yearbook (Milton, IL)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY In the fall of 1955 twenty-six bewildered young people climbed the steps of E. P. H. S. to become the first freshman class of the newly organized East Pike High. Class officers elected were: president--Brenda Campbell, vice-president- Ronnie Hayden, secretary--Charles Grubbs, reporter--Judy Heavner, student council representatives--Brenda Campbell and Glenna Ramsey. At the Harvest Festival Roy Parris and Glenna Ramsey were candidates for King and Queen. We were glad to have Glenna Ramsey represent our class as a cheerleader and proud that most of the boys were active in basketball, baseball, and track. We entered a freshman basketball tournament and came up with a trophy for the new East Pike trophy case as we took fourth place. The highlight of the year was a roller skating party. At the beginning of school in the fall of 1956, nineteen people, now not quite so bewildered as a year ago, enrolled; East Pike Sophomores. Officers for the sophomore year were: Leo Cloninger--president, Charles Grubbs--vice president Frank Heavner--secretary-treasurer, Glenna Ramsey--reporter, and Sharen Mitchell and Brenda Campbell--student council representatives. For the Harvest Festival Charles Grubbs and Glenna Ramsey represented our class as King and Queen candidates. Again we had a trip at the end of the year which included swimming and roller skating. There were nineteen people to enter East Pike in the fall of 1957 for a very busy junior year. The officers elected were: Sharen Mitchell--president, Brenda Campbell--vice president, Linda Campbell—secretary, Bill Smith--treasurer Charles Grubbs--reporter, and Glenna Ramsey and Ron Hayden--student council representatives. Among the honors take by the juniors were: Brenda Campbell and Leonard Wade as King and Queen candidates of the Harvest Festival, Sue Grubbs and Brenda Campbell as Homecoming queen attendants, and Glenna Ramsey as cheerleader. Charles Grubbs, Leonard Wade, and Ronnie Hayden represented us on the Panther basketball team. The highlights of the year were the play Grandad Steps Out and the Prom, the theme of which was Moonlight and Roses. For their last year in dear old East Pike High, eighteen people entered school. Class officers included Leonard Wade- president, Leo Cloninger--vice-president, Glenna Ramsey--secretary-treasurer, Sue Grnbbs--reporter, Ronnie Hayden and Charles Grubbs--student council representatives. At the Harvest Festival Sue Grubbs, Glenna Ramsey, Charles Grubbs, and Leonard Wade were King and Queen candidates with Leonard Wade being crowned the Harvest Festival King At two other royal events, Sue Grubbs was crowned Homecoming Queen; and at the Sweetheart Ball our class was honored by Glenna Ramsey being crowned the Sweetheart Queen. We were proud to have Leonard Wade and Ronnie Hayden co-captains of the basketball team and Glenna Ramsey as a cheerleader. We had a wonderful time in present- ing the play Aunt Min Drops In. On May 9 the Seniors were entertained by the Juniors at the Junior-Senior Banquet- Prom. Dorothy Cloninger and Ronnie Hayden were crowned King and Queen of the 1959 Junior-Senior Prom. SENIOR CLASS WILL We, the graduating class of 1959 of East Pike High School, of the city of Milton, county of Pike, state of Illinois, being of sound and sane mind and memory, and not acting under menace or under influence of any person whatsoever, d hereby make, publish, and declare this will and testament. I, Carl Dean Anderson, will my silly actions to Ronald Edwards and my playful pranks to Benny Butler. I, Oscar Lee Anderson ( Sonny ), will my love for hot rods to Robert Ramsey and my driving as fast as I can make the car go to Jack Wade. I, Brenda Joyce Campbell, will my D.A.R. award to next year's D.A.R. Girl and Blackie Ranft to no one, he's mine. I, Linda Christine Campbell, will my position of being the most teased girl in high school to anyone who can stand it an my love for a certain boy to no one. I, Leslie Leo Cloninger, will my nickname, Squeek , to Albert Mclntire and my talent for causing disturbances in class to anyone who can get by with it. I, Dorothy Lee Cloninger, will my Betty Crocker Homemaking Award to a Homemaker of Tomorrow and my dark eyes to Virginia Goldman. I, Charles Henry Grubbs, will my ability to get laughs to anyone who is mean enough and my dark masculine good look to Phil Graham. I, Frances Sue Grubbs, will my title as Homecoming Queen to any deserving girl and my giggly laugh to Carol Stephenson. I, Ronald Stewart Hayden, will my ability to get any girl I want to Russell Lane and my position on the basketball team to anyone who thinks that he is good enough. I, Sharen Jean Mitchell, will my straight A report card to Donald Guthrie and my love for Pleasant Hill boys to Judy Hack. I, Frank H. Heavner, will my interest in girls to Robert Hayden and my big appetite to Bob Carter. I, Judith Ann Heavner, will my interest in American Problems to anyone who cares to study it as much as I do and my talkative ways to Judy Kingery. I, Glenna Maxine Ramsey, will my cheerleading position to Carla Johnston and my ability to get out of study halls to Jean Daniel. I, Shirley Ann Schlieper, will my ambition to be an airline hostess to Betty Deemer and my interest in boys to Gracie Hughes. I, Billy Edward Smith, will my studious habits to Judy Hess and my perfect attendance record in school to Patricia Robinson. I, Leonard Arthur Wade, will my ability to drive around comers as fast as I can to Donald Scranton and my position as co-captain on the basketball team to Gary Herst. We, the Senior Class of 1959, will to: Mr. Herst a pair of x-ray glasses to see through the walls to see what's going on. Mr. Ferguson a secretary to do his work for him and new equipment for ag. Mr. Lemons a loud speaker so the students in the back of the room will have no excuse for not hearing him. Mr. Feigerle more time to keep the students in when they don't obey. Mr. Pinkerton a new set of filing cabinets that won't shock him. Mrs. Lewis a capable assistant to help the students who come to ask her questions.

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SENIORS GLENNA RAMSEY F.H.A. 1,2,3,4, Treasurer 3; G.A.A. 1,2,3,4, Secretary 2, President 4; Home- coming Candidate 4; Paper Staff 1,2, 4; Editor 4; Chorus 1,2,3,4; Harvest Festival Candidate 1,2,4; Cheer- leader 1,3,4; Class Officer, Reporter 2; Secretary-Treasurer 4; Student Council 1,3, Vice President 3; Junior Play 3; Senior Play 4; Sweetheart Ball Queen 4; Honor Society 3; Prom Queen Candidate 4 BRENDA CAMPBELL F.H.A. 1,2,3,4; Student Council 1,2; Chorus 1,2,3,4; Band 2,3,4, President 4; Class Officer; Assistant Annual Editor 4; President 1; Vice President 3; Junior Play 3; Senior Play 4; Homecoming Attendant 3, Candidate 4; Harvest Festival Candidate 3; Honor Society 3,4; D.A.R. Award 4; Prom Queen Candidate 4

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b. Meisenbach a money changing machine so that the students who are always asking her for change can get it them- selves. rs. Barngrover a long and enjoyable trip to Florida. inett Campbell a bookkeeping machine to do all the book work. r. Mercer shoes for all students that will not pick up the dirt. he cooks an extra large oven that will hold all the food for one meal. he faculty a group of students who are as bright and studious as we were!! he underclassmen as much fun and as many pleasant memories as we have had. e make this our last will and testament and appoint the call of 1960 as our executors. SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Listen my children and you shall hear of the prophecy of our class so dear On May 26th in '59 Is the memorable day of theirs and mine. Thirteen persons now remain Who shall dream of that wonderful day again. Now Shirley said I think I'll be A famous airline celebrity. When you see a light in the sky so high It may be ME flying by. One if by land, and two if by sea And Glenna on the opposite shore will be Ready to greet and meet with charm And personality oh so warm The passengers boarding their plane Who are sure that they'll be back again. Ron said Good-bye with muffled roars And silently left to do his chores. When a delivery truck you see Stocked with beef—think of me. I plan on farming the rest of my life And have ten kids and, of course, a wife. Said Hank, I think I'll be a mechanic And when my car fails--I'll not panic. So when your car lights begin to dim — Well, why don't you just fog right in. I'll fix it up in nothing flat, It'll be ready--just like that. Meanwhile, a friend at the army post Shouts at the yardbirds more violent than most Till, in the silence around her she hears And stops the muster of women's cheers. Sergeant Judy commands the tramp of the feet And keeps them going in all kinds of heat. He climbed to the top of the telephone pole And then yelled down to his friends below: Peel up here and help cut these wires Or else we'll have no telephone buyers. Leonard works hard to bring home the bread, Because he has lots of kids to keep fed. There's Mary and Betty and Lee and Jean Bob and Ray and little Eileen. He has lots of kids, goodness knows, But Beth, you see, makes all of their clothes. Bill very-indignantly tills the soil, And when the plow breaks he's sore as a boil. He raises wheat and corn and oats and rye, And never sells it the price isn't high. When a slice of brown bread you eat— Just remember, Bill raised the wheat. And when the vegetable man toots his horn, Just remember, Bill raised the com. So when the farmers bring in their haul, Think where we'd be without them at all. Leo decided that fishing he'd go, He'd tie the line to his little toe, He likes to go fishing on his own good terms, But once he struck oil while digging for worms. Now he is rich and his family's clothes Are expensive and fancy clear down to their toes. Meanwhile, impatient and ready to fly, Sonny and Bill Smith are saying good-bye. Jet pilots they are and give up they won't Now you see them—now you don't. The next assignment--fly to the moon Visit a while but return next June. And when they return before next year, Mission Accomplished is what you hear. Linda thinks Carroll is very manly, But somehow she'd rather be Mrs. Stanley. Now that they are happily wed, She has 3 sons to put to bed. Linda thinks she'll be teased no more, But her chances are an odd 100 to four. Her sons are like having three Hank's When it comes to pulling the same old pranks. Brenda, of course, is a perfect wife, She thinks that she lives quite the life. Her mother had 7 children, you see, But not Brenda, her limit is three. Her children are lovely and very well trained And Don a high position has gained. Their cottage, you see, is very small, There's only 25 rooms in all. Dorothy lives in a great big house, But she's still as timid as a little mouse, When an important doctor on the hospital board Proposed to her,--she was really floored. Now that she is a mother and wife, She'll live in luxury the rest of her life. Dean Anderson usually gets what he likes, Because he's the owner of 2 turnpikes. He says There's a highway that I want laid. And everyone jumps--boy he's got it made. He lives a life of pleasure and ease, But he has a wife and 5 kids to please. Sharen patiently waits to be fed. She always, always has breakfast in bed. A butler and two or three maids has she, She struck it rich at the age twenty-three. This is the end of our little rhyme, And it ended up just in time. We are running out of things to say And, also, you see, this is the day When the prophecy is supposed to be in And now we'll get back to normal again.