Ela Vernon High School - Elyte Yearbook (Lake Zurich, IL)

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Class Will ARTICLE I We, the graduating class of Ela-Vernon High School, being of sound mind and body do or- dain and establish the following, as our last will and testament. SECTION I. To our principal of Ela-Vernon High School, Mr. Herbert L. Wesner, we leave our deepest appreciation for a job well done. Mr. Wesner, thoroughly familiar with the erring ways of his students, has successfully guided us through the first maize toward adulthood ' s high estate. SECTION n. To the rest of the faculty we leave our thanks for their kindness and patience. SECTION in. To the left-over and oncoming seniors we give this advice; forget your studies, have a good time, and spoil your chances of wearing a cap and gown. SECTION IV. To next year ' s jimiors we leave our ability to put on a truly fine prom, and to the underclassmen, we leave our foolish blunders and mistakes. ARTICLE n Lorraine Altmann leaves her ability to get along with everyone to Hal S. in hopes that he, too, will make many friends. Bruce Ballard leaves his night job to Greg P. in hopes he will have something to keep him busy at night. Joann Benson leaves her ability to get along with Miss Renigar to Joan N. so that the class will always agree with Miss Renigar. Bill Busch leaves his hobby, women, to Chuck W. , so that the girls will always have someone to look up to. Jerry Centoni wills his abUity to play football to Jerry S. in hopes that E. V. H. S. will always have a star fullback. John Connelly leaves his boisterous ways to George B. In hopes that George will be able to tell people the interesting things that happened to him. Harold Dahm leaves his trips to the Loop to George R. , so that he, too, can see the sights. Shirley Dahm leaves her parties to Thelma G., in hopes that next year ' s seniors will have some place to go for a good time. Lois Deschauer leaves her camera to Lorraine Raupp so that next year ' s Elyte will have good snap shots. Guy Farman leaves his blonde hair to Patty G. , so that she won ' t have to use the bottle anymore. Beverly Fredericksen wills her ability of sewing to Merr D. , so that she, too, will al- ways be busy sewing on something. . Georg Geiger leaves his sarcasm to anybody that wants it. Donna Halvorsen leaves her job of cheering to Dolores H., so that E.V.H.S. will always have a good cheerleader. Ruth Iverson leaves her jokes to Edith Langenbach so that the Senior class will always be laughing about something. Vivian Johnson leaves her quietness to Louise B. so that the Senior class will always be quiet. Elwood Knigge leaves his pigs to Cliff R. so that there always will be someone to win ribbons at the fair. Jean Ladd leaves her long shots to the team so that they will be able to make a lot of points. Joan Lawrence leaves her honor roll standing to Roger F. , Pete A. , and Danny S. in hopes that they will someday be on the honor roll. Lyle Lohmann leaves his soda-jerkin to Henry Butt, so that he, too, can make money after school. Don Maxwell wills his ability of doing nothing in Study Hall to Betty B. so that the study hall teacher won ' t have anything to do. Jim McBumey leaves his A in American History to David M. so that the teacher wUl have something to be proud of. August Meyer leave.s his car to his little sister so that she, too, can get to school just on time. Sam Martorano leaves his dancing talent to Bob F. so that there will be some boy to dance with the girls at noon. Paul Mure leaves the job of setting up the movie projector to anybody who wants to get out of some class. Mary Ellen Murphy leaves her talent at the piano to June R. so that Ela-Vernon will al- ways have a star pianist. Betty Nonnemacher leaves her inside information on Palatine to Dorothy N. so that the girls will have someone to tell them the news. Joan Norllng leaves her place in the chorus line to Ann C. so that she, too, will have something to be teased about.

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Mary Ai n Pohlmann leaves the alumni to Lee Severance so that she, too, will have a gay old time . Mike Rizzo leaves the Freshman girls to Robert P. so that the freshmen will have some- body to look after them. Jim Seavey leaves his love for any girl to anybody who loves to chase women. Joan Sikula leaves her trick riding to Margot H. so that she, too, will be able to travel around the country with rodeos. Sijer Sijerson leaves the Chicago girls to Frank C. so that they will continue to know about Ela- Vernon High School. Angle Stathopoulas leaves her brilliant voice to the soprano section of chorus in hopes that they will learn to sing also. Terry Turner leaves his boy scout medals, to Tom R. so that there always will be a high ranking boy scout in the school. Robert Wendt leaves his singing to Gil C. so that the shower room won ' t be quite so dull next year. Mariann Worrall leaves her ability to get along with sailors to Donna K. so the U. S. Navy will have somebody from Ela-Vernon High School. Class History In September of 1947, thirty-four freshies, confused and bewildered by the strange atmosphere of high school, entered the halls of Ela Township known now as Ela-Vernon con- solidated High School. We, like our school, have progressed and increased in number during this time. After being properly initiated and received by the student body, we proceeded to adapt ourselves to this new life ahead of us. We elected August Meyer as our president, who was ably assisted in his leadership by vice-president, Sam Martorano; Treasurer, Jerry Centoni; and Secretary, Lorraine Altmann. During this, Donald Wright and Patricia Folsom joined our ranks. Patricia left later this same year. In our second year, we found life easier, as we were proud sophomores and had a full year ' s experience behing us. Our activities increased and soon we found ourselves selling re- freshments at the basketball games. The entire school had a magazine subscription sale in which our class was the winner . During the year we also sold stationery. In one of the school assemblies, our class presented two one-act plays, Even Exchange: and A Day For Truants. To guide us in all our school, activities we chose Sam Martorano as president, Angeline Stathopoulos as secretary and Harold Dahm as treasurer. We were pleased to welcome to our class Joan Becker, Jerry Sheerin, Ken Dallmeyer, Jim Seavey, Betty Hobbs, and Joan Schwarzenhorn, but lost Betty Hobbs and Joan Schwarzenhorn later in the year. Others leaving us this year were Flaymond Clark, Rosemary Harvey, Raymond Brefeld, Robert Georgia and Leonard Gates. We were also very busy during the next, our Junior year. As money-making projects, we raffled off a blanket, radio, and iron; continued to sell refreshments at the games, and proudly presented our Junior Class Play, Mother Is A Freshman . Also near the top of our list of activities for the year was the Junior Prom. To our great joy, we received our class rings just before Christmas. This year we gained Joan Norlirg, Bruce Ballard, Joann Benson, Gloria Lamperes, Betty Joan Lawrence, and Sijer Sijerson, but lost Joan Becker, Lloyd Hase- man, Ruby Krueger, Gloria Lamperes, Ken Dallmeyer, Robert Sinclair, Donald Wright, and Merr Shroyer. Our class president was Harold Dahm for the first semester and Jerry Centoni for the second. Other class officers were Angeline Stathopoulos, vice-president; Gussie Mey- er, treasurer; and Kenneth Dallmeyer as secretary. Our Senior year has probably been the most eventful with the Homecoming Dance, the Snowball, the Senior trip. Senior Day, our class play, Seventeenth Summer, and graduation. To guide us on our path was Guy Farman, President; Terry Turner, Vice-President; Lois Deschauer, Secretary; and Woody Knigge as Treasurer. Jerry Sheerin left us this year, but we gained Joann Sikula, Mary Ellen Murphy, Georg Geiger, Marianne Worrall, Jim McBurney, and Don Maxwell. We will always remember the events of our high school years and will miss our teachers, classmates, advisors, and any others who gave us a boost up the ladder of education.