Eldon High School - Eldonian Yearbook (Eldon, IA)

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Class Prophecy Time-1971 My Gosh! What a change has come over this big city of Eldon. Well why shouldn’t it become a thriving business and industrial city when the Class of 1951 were given a voice in affairs. Of course there are certain members of the Class of ‘51 who are now very popular people. For instance, the mayor is the former Lila Fane, who always did have a wonderful way of presiding over class meetings while in school. If some- one should ask the reason for a woman mayor in a large city like Eldon, it is that when the Class of ‘51 graduated there were sixteen girls and five boys. So the girls just decided to spread their dominating influence. In looking over the city, we find that it is one of the very important educational centers in the state. This is due to the fact that we had one of the most well-ed- ucated persons in the Class of '51. The present superintendent of the school is now Mr. Lawrence Auld, better known to his friends by the name of Professor . He is the man who built Eldon into the fine educational center it is today. To see the most beautiful and most modern group of grocery stores in Eldon and the rest of the state you would of course know that someone very successful should be the owner. Glenn Hughes, of course. Grocery stores have been in his line of work for years. His motto is: U Save on Our Yummie Yummie Goodies . Orlo Thomas has been appointed to help with the control of small vehicle ac- cidents in the city of Eldon, since he had ridden his bicycles to and from school for many a year. He is very successful in his position as the Director of Public Safety. On the side, as a hobby, Orlo is an important dog breeder of this state. The night spots in Eldon are very popular, especially with the former Shirlaw twins as entertainers on special nights. They both do have private lives and hob- bies. Both are married; Kaye designs new hair styles, while Maye is an instruc- tor of athletics in an all-women's organization named The Keep-Young-With Athletics Club . In the home-life group who have set up housekeeping as a full-time job there is the former Betty Northup, who changed her name to McClure about three months before graduation, Shirley Liles, who was fortunate enough to get a diamond while in school, and Margaurette Wilburn, who was married during the complete Senior year in school. She now has two boys and a girl. Betty has a boy and a girl, and Shirley has four children, two boys and two girls. Donna Curtis surely didn’t surprise us when she joined the WAC's and was married after two years of army life. Now she is at home with three children, ages: ten, twelve, and fourteen. To get the news on three or four of our classmates was difficult, as they were living in Illinois, Missouri, and even more distant places. Norma Osing left short- ly after graduation to go to Chicago, and there she stayed. Evelyn Thomas is somewhere in Missouri living the kind of leisure life she always wanted. She can afford to be leisurely about her doings; she married one of the richest men in the whole Middle West. With Lois Fite being the new singing star of the season, she is making quite a hit with a new recording of “Mv Million Loves. 27

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Marilyn Shirlaw bequeaths her excellent guarding ability to next year s back- court trio and her Hollywood'’ smile to Linda Swaim. Lila Fane leaves her rebounding ability to Patty Noel. Make good use of it Patty. Also her vitality to Margaret Hughes. Shirley Liles leaves her long tresses to Viola Boyd in hopes she wall be the girl with the prettiest hair next year. Evelyn Thomas wills her deceiving mischievousness to Marilyn Corder in hopes that she will take advantage of it and brighten school days as she did. To Mildred Brown, Margaurette Wilburn wills her happy married life. Good Luck, Millie. Donna Curtis bequeaths her diamond ring to Ardith Pyle. Take care of it Ardith. Don Benson leaves his black curly hair to Don Carr. Save expenses for Toni’s, Don. Orlo decides it is time to leave his youthfulness behind but he is sure Norman Glasgow and Junior Liles can make use of it. Verla Sedore leaves her freckles to Lorena Mathews. Also her ambition to get married to Ina Lea. And last but. not least, to the patient and understanding faculty, we leave the quiet study hall with the Seniors. We hope you will enjoy this solitude but never- theless, miss us. We are sure we will think of you often. In testimony, whereof, we the Class of 1951 have to this our last will and testament set our hand this twenty-fifth day of May, nineteen hundred and fifty-one. V 26

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One citizen still in the community after twenty years is the former Patty Hemm, who is now a great musician who has her own radio hour and gives concert tours all over the great United States and many of the foreign countries. We always knew that Patty would be a great success. From the Class of 51 there has come one of the most interesting secretarial workers of all times. Of course, in her commercial courses she was pretty good. Who else but Audrey Boyd! She is now an instructor in a business institute here in Eldon. With so many interesting and well-educated people from the '51 Class, there al- so came a very prominent person, Barbara Witte, who is now a famous New York model for the famous beauty soaps and make-up ads. The latest known journalist in the Eldon Messenger is the former Miss Bertha Saner who received so much of her training and experience while writing for the class as reporter two years. Betty Cole, also of our Class of 51, has become known in the community of Eldon as Welfare worker, and who is a member of the Humane Society. Other prosperous figures have advanced since graduating from E.H.S. John Sickels was fortunate to get into a used car lot where his specialty is the Willy’s Zephyr. Of course he has had experience in this line of cars for some years. For Miss Verla Jean Sedore, life has changed very little. She is married, which was one of her big ambitions, and has two growing children. She keeps her musical voice in tune by singing at her household chores. As we look down Runaway Boulevard, which used to be Main Street, we see one of the biggest hot rod super garages of all times. As we step in to visit the place, we see Don Benson, a former classmate, as a mechanic and driver of a beautiful Hot Rod. The sponsor we were told is Mr. W. R. Burns, our former Senior Class Sponsor. Looking into the future is quite a bit of fun, but, believe me, everyone from the class of 51 will surely be successful in anything he does. Class Song Marching along together, Sharing every smile and tear! Marching along together. Whistling till the skies are clear-- Swinging along the highway Over the road that s wide; Without a bugle without a drum. We mean to chase the Jinx. Oh rum-ti-did-dle-dee! Here we come; We re happy Hinkey Dinks, Marching along together. Life is wonderful, side by side! 28