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

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Class Will I, BOB ALFORD, leave my height to Bill Woosley. I, ALBERTA ARMSTRONG, leave to make someone a good secretary. 1, FRED BECKMAN, leave my silent humor to someone who talks too much. I, SANDRA BERNHARDY, leave, undecided. I, PAT BOHLANDER, leave my job to some girl who wants to work on Saturday night. I, JIM BROWN, leave the chemistry lab still in one piece. I, JLV1 CRUMP, the last of the Crump boys, finally leave — who’s got my car? We, LOUELLA EICHELBERGER and MARIE GRUBB, leave our constant companionship to Verna Armstrong and Betty Porter. I, WALTER FOGLE, leave my football uniform to anyone it will fit. I, ORLYNE FRANKE, leave with a broken heart’ I, BETTY HARTTER, leave my big brown eyes and long lashes to Jane Crusius. 1, ROBERT HAYSE, leave my position as editor to some deserving Junior. I, CHARLOTTE JONES, leave my pep and enthusiasum in cheerleading to Carol Kearney. I, CAROL JORD1NG, calmly leave. I, DOROTHY KRUG, leave my shorthand notes to Joanne Shepperd. Maybe she can read them. I, MARY LINDSEY, leave. Gone with my wind. I, CAROLYN McCLURE, leave to take my saxophone to a pawn shop. I, SHIRLEY PARTNER, leave the halls of E.H.S. I, PEGGY PINKHAM, leave in a black Buick with Marvin at the wheel. I, HILDRED PORTH, leave for — oh, you wouldn’t know him. I, JOAN POTTER, leave my typing efficiency to Charles Gillespie — he needs it. I, CARL RADEBAUGH, leave the football captain’s job to Tom Volz and Eddie Finck. I, DOROTHY RARICK, leave my flirting ways to Shirley Stimpert. I, LEE REMMERS, leave for the races. I, RIEMOND RIPPEL, leave my clarinet to someone. I couldn’t play it anyway. I, MARIAN SCHERTZ, leave my heart in good care. I, MARVIN SCHNEIDER, leave my wavy hair to Ears” Wilson. I, LAWRENCE SCOTT, leave my nickname, Meatball, to Dean Weber. I, DIXIE SENGPIEL, leave my ability to play the guitar to Ted Garey. I, JEANNE SHANKS, leave for the drug store. I, JERRY SHORT, much to the surprise of several people, leave still single. I, JOHN SHUMAN, leave for Bloomington in my air conditioned convertible. I, MADELINE STINE, leave my love for sports to cousin Louie. I, MARY STINE, leave laughing as usual. I, JERRY WESSEL, leave. Oh dear! Where’s my whachamacallit? I, JOHN W'ILKEY, leave hitch-hiking for Secor. There ain’t no bus for me.

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Class Prophecy Last week, while I was sitting at home watching TV, I happened to run across a very interesting quiz program on channel 99. It seems to me the title of the program was Crawl a Foot. John Wilkey was the master of ceremonies. I was very surprised to see Jerry Wessel as the first contestant. The question he was asked was sent in by Professor Lawrence Scott of Cobville College. The question was quite confusing and all Jerry could answer was, Oh Dear! ’ The next contestants were John Shuman and Fred Beckman, two very prominent men in the world. Fred is an oil millionaire and John a very successful lawyer. Their secretaries, Carol Jording and Alberta Armstrong, who were attending the program with them, ended up answering the questions. Their prize was a year’s supply of Rippel’s Rumbles, a very noisy breakfast food made by Riemond Rippel and Company. After this group of contestants left the stage. I was entertained by the excellent piano playing of Marvin Schneider. Peggy Pinkham was sitting next to him turning the pages. Suddenly a tall man in a dark suit wandered across the screen. It was Lee Remmers, the detective, who was in search of a bloody hat pin. Just then the camera flashed toward the audience and Mary Lindsey was jumping out of her seat. She had found the hat pin. The program resumed its normal pace. The next contestants were four career women. Carolyn McClure, a fashion expert, and Mildred Porth, an authority on foreign languages, were the first two introduced. Dixie Sengpiel, woman explorer, and Dorothy Krug, the famous hat designer, completed this talented group. They answered all their questions and won a trip to one of the most beautiful farms in the Midwest of which Walter Fogle was owner. Announcer Carl Radebaugh then gave one of the longest words in history: A word from our sponsor. He told of a new type of liquid tooth powder invented by Jim Brown, the mad chemist. While he was displaying a bottle of the liquid powder, it exploded in his hand. When the screen cleared I got a glimpse of the nurses carrying Carl away on a stretcher. They were Mary Stine, Shirley Partner and Pat Bohlander. Two famous professionals in the athletic world appeared as the next contestants. Jim Crump, the fullback for the Canadian Steelers, represent ed one of the world’s biggest figures in football. Equally famous in the baseball world was Bob Alford, who is a great out-fielder for the Boston Bachelors. However, both of the pros proved to have more brawn than brain at the moment and they couldn’t answer their first question. The next contestants were none other than the three famous dancing hits of Hollywood and Broadway. Charlocte Jones, Dorothy Rarick and Sandra Bernhardy told the audience that their key to success was not really a key but a combination. The girls proved to be quite intelligent by answering all their questions. For a prize they were each to receive a portrait of themselves painted by that clever artist R. D. Hayse. Louclla Eichelberger and Marie Grubb were next on the program. They seemed to be two very happy housewives. They said they had been reading a column by the All-American Housewife, Betty Hartter. Her column gives tips on how to get along with your husband. The questions Louella and Marie were given were questions on our female armed forces. They had been sent in by Jeanne Shanks and Orlyne Franke, who are both officers in the WACS. When neither of them knew’ the answer to the first question, the master of ceremonies asked if anyone in the audience knew. Madeline Stine, an Airline Stewardess for X. Y.Z. Airlines, was very quick to give the wrong answer. The last contestants were Marian Schertz and Jerry Short. Both of these women are very high up in the society world. Marian owns shares in several of the large banks around the country, and Jerry has a very rich husband. Both women, being very cultured, answered all their questions correctly, winning a trip around the block and a free meal at Potter’s Restaurant of which Joan Potter is proprietor. Not waiting to see the closing commercial, I shut off my set. 1 went to bed wondering why I hadn’t watched the wrestling matches as I usually did.

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President..................................................Robert Farncy Vice President...................................Michael Bowers Secretary - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - Ruth Anne Dixon Treasurer .........................................Carol Kearney Student Council.....................Tom Volz - Stephen Claggett Junior Class Officers Throughout the 1954—1955 school year the Class of 1956 has been hard at work in an effort to raise sufficient funds for the Junior-Senior Prom in May. Putting in hours after school to salvage what the cornpickers missed, presenting two one-act plays, selling magazines and operating a concession stand at the football and basketball games have helped us boost our bank account.