El Paso High School - Cometeer Yearbook (El Paso, IL)

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THEY DIRECTED YOUR MONEY-MAKING YEAR. QjumdAA. Success patterns for your class are familiar. Many members earned recognition in various activities. There were winners in band and vocal divisions, essay contests, speech, dramatics, debate, and athletic events. The class was well represented in girls’ athletics as well as major sports at E. H. S. Your president, Roger Crump, appointed prom committees early in January, and in order to finance the occasion, your main event of the year, you operated concessions at games, conducted magazine sales, and produced your play, “Men Are Like Streetcars.” Marilyn Bohlander, Carolyn Franke, and Carolyn Harshbarger completed your slate of officers as vice-president, secretary, and treasurer. ★ ★ ★ Top Row: J. Armstrong, J. Armstrong, R. Ball, M. Barnett, A. Beachey, M. Bohlander, F. Boston. Middle Row: A. Burroughs, R. Cackling, J. Cleary, M. Cleary, R. Crump, R. Crump, B. De-hority. Bottom Row: C. Diers, R. Dixon, E. Faulk, C. Franke, M. Garrels, M. Garrels, G. Grubb. SIXTEEN

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Ssmioh, SksddfULL. These activities highlight our four-year educational pattern: As Frivilous Freshmen ’twas registration, orientation, initiation, creation (contests, committees), and vacation; then Silly Sophomores and registration, bug-a-tion (biology), party-ation, flirtation, vacation; Jaunty Juniors plus registration, magazine sale-a-tion, concession stand-a-tion. Junior prom-i-nation, dramatization, vacation; and at last Sagacious Seniors with registration, magazine sale--a-tion, gathering corn—money motivation, skip-day-a-tion, dramatization, Cometcer publication. Senior proniination, Senior breakfast-a-tion, Baccalaureate, and then—Graduation. Now what stands between our class and starvation? You’ve guessed it, a Super Vocation!! Several musical minded members of the class are M. Crusius and K. Poorbaugh, starring in Metropolitan Opera; L. Baity, our “Trumpet King”; J. Williams, conductor of U. S. Navy Band; M. Crawford, a certified public accordion player; and J. Kemp, St. Louis blues singer. Ringling Brothers hired S. Furrow to train monkeys and L. Bess to walk tight ropes. Charlie Bridges and B. Punke rated “Broadway” as “Mr. Zoot-Suit” and a famed Radio City “Rockette”. Industry claimed J. Volz and D. Watts, managers of “Watts and Volz Light Bulb Co.”; Betty Finck, manufacturer of Crunchy-Munchy Candy; and Jo Shuman, cook at ‘Popeye Spinach Co.” R. Schroeder believes eating “Popeye Spinch” caused him to win world shotput record. Hollywooders now are K. Wasson, “Movie Queen”; P. Remmert, Mel Blanc’s successor; and K. Weber, who assists Louella Parsons in editing her daily bit. E. Franke, designer of sensational Parisian hats; McCall’s leading stylist, C. Schertz; and V. Radebaugh, author of Glitter and Glow, a book on costume jewelry, emphasize the fashion world. J. Brown, World’s Speediest Typist; M. Rinkenberger, secretary to L. Roth, Editor of Esquire; and L. Ellifrits Regenold, typist, continued commercial careers. Farmers at heart are J. Stimpert, Texas chicken rancher; C. Miller. South Sea coconut grove owner; J. Valentine, race horse owner in the bluegrass country; and J. Cordts, moonshine maker in Kentucky. Leo Stokes is Professor of Fertilizer at Podunk University (good old P. U.). D. Tate, Queen Elizabeth’s personal shoe-shiner; Sir Thomas Morris of Britain’s House of Lords; and C. Wessel, Illinois Senator who went to Russia to tell Stalin off, now working in the salt mines of Siberia, are the class diplomats. F. Stine and J. Wessel, International Baseball Champions, have their own TV show which is managed by R. Krug and J. Webb. The age of “hotrods” cast its spell upon W. Herncjar, professional stock car driver; James Hall, Chicago taxi driver; Don Garrels, conductor of “World Sight-Seeing Tours”; and H. Steffen, Louie’s successor in the “Capital City of the Corn Belt.” M. Cackling, Professional Chop Suey Taster in Hong Kong; D. Dixon, collector of rare South American insects; and F. Gauger, who flies jet planes, are seeing the world. FIFTEEN

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Top Row: H. Harris, C. Harshbarger, L. Hartman, B. Jones, M. Jording, M. Kinder. Middle Row: R. Kingdon, L. Kline, C. Knoll, B. Kurth, J. Lampe, G. Meiner. Bottom Row: D. Miller, B. Pinkham, E. Porth, D. Punke, J. Rice, D. Schertz. 1953 Top Row: R. Schertz, M. Schrock, B. Scott, I. Seggerman, B. Shanks, R. Smith. Middle Row: D. Stephens, L. Stine, J. Stitt, M. Stitt, D. Sturm, M. Sutton. Bottom Row: B. Thario, A. Turner, J. Wasson, O. Wessel, B. West, J. Woelfle. o V O a sxr A SEVENTEEN