Fairbury Cropsey High School - Crier Yearbook (Fairbury, IL)

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«iv f PccPHEcy In the spring of 1958 we find Carroll Besgrove, the most prominent divorce lawyer in Reno, and his faithful, lovable, little wife, Mildred, who in 1947 was still Mildred Wenger. They have just finished dinner in their little white cottage with green shut- ters, which nestles in the hills on the outskirts of Reno. Because their favorite night-spot, the Pigeon’s Club,” is closed, they have decided to spend a quiet evening at home. The Pigeon’s Club,'’ owned and operated by Earl Broquard, is closed until further notice. Earl’s exclusive singer, Lucetta Wessels, has run away with that ragtime romeo,” Kenny Metz. Kenny and Lois Wallenstein, his partner, have become the world’s favorite dance team. Mr. and Mrs. Besgrove are seated near the fireplace and as they are comfortably resting the telephone rings. Fran” Hildreth appears from the kitchen and answers the phone. Yes, this is Frances Hildreth. My number? Let’s see, it’s Westervelt 2974S80C0-Bob? Which one? I’m just fine. Where are you? Chicago? Oh, no! Oh, you poor boy! She is? Why, she ought to know better than that! Well, I think they’re going to raise my salary here to seven dollars a week. I’ve been as nice as I could. I’ve just finished the dinner dishes. Anyhow, even if I just save at least half of that we’ll have enough money in no time at all. O. K. I’ll be seeing you soon, I hope. Good luck. Goodbye.” (Hangs up.) Oh, Mrs. Besgrove, that was Mr. Beckley. He is still trying to get out of the clutches of Mardell Nance. As soon as he does he’s going to come and get me, and if I have enough money we’ll get married.” (Goes into .ue kitchen again.) Mrs. Besgrove: I hope Mardell never does give up, so Bob can’t come and take Fran” away from us. Mr. Besgrove: Yeah, we would be lost without her now. (Picking up a book lying near him.) What’s this book here, anyhow? Mrs. B.: I think that is Fran’s diary. Put it down, dear. We can’t read it. Mr. B.: Why can’t we read it? Fran wouldn’t care— Mrs. B.: Well—If we are going to read it, let me read it out loud to you, because you can’t see with those new glasses yet. Oh, here on the page dated June 7, 1957. It says that in a letter she received from Bruce Lee, he said that his seventh and youngest child--so far—Egbert, was crying because he didn’t get enough to eat. The reason was that Billie McKinley Nussbaum was driving their Melody Milk Wagon tor awhile. Billie was not yet acquainted with the route. Doesn’t that sound like Billie? Here is something about Wilbur Booker on June 11. It says that he is down at Champaign, Illinois, and has accepted his fourth term of four years as head man- ager for the basketball team for the University there. Mr. B.: Good for old “Breezy!” Mrs. B.: Here is a newspaper clipping pasted on this page, Jun' 15, about Georgie Strode. It says that he’s on trial because he was trying to sell shares for the Golden Gate Bridge. Now that’s silly for him to try to sell shares for that, isn’t it? Whv, e en I know that nobody in the United States'could afford to invest their money in that because it would be so terribly expensive. Mr. B.: Oh, sure! Sure! Mrs. B.: My goodness! What’s this? July 1. John Thompson. Who’s he? I don’t remember him. Do you? Mr. B.: Why sure, he’s the kid that always tried to have his hair curled nice like mine. You know, I think he used a curling iron to curl it. Of course, I never said anything, ’cause I didn’t want to start any gossip. What does it say about him? Mrs. B.: It says that he’s having quite a time now with raising his breed of fleas. They are called the “red-neckcd, yellow-backed, blue-belly fleas.” The reason he’s having trouble is because his former partner, Ollie Myers, has gone into busi less with Mary Rose Travis, whose breed of fleas is considered more advanced in civilization. Ollie thinks it is mere interesting to werk with a creature of the opposite sex. Mr. B.: Sounds like Ollie! Mrs. B.: Oh, for heaven’s sakes! Here it says that Mattie Grove is still employed at Wade’s Drug Store. T’ll bet Mr. Wade is still gettin’ a lot of business now with Mattie down there. I do believe that girl has a magic touch. Ah! I can still taste those delicious chocolate sodas she made; in fact, everything she made was the best.

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 ENICC ACIIVITIEI PHYLLIS BEAN G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. F. H. A. 1. 2 3. Girls Cho- rus 1. 2. 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 2. 3. 4. Operetta 1. 2, 3. 4. Mixed Ensemble 4. Girls’ Trio 4. Hi-Life 3. Crier Staff 4. Homecoming Court 4. BOB BECKLEY Baseball 1. 2. 4. Basketball 1. 2. 3. 4. Foot- ball 2, 3, 4. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. Boys’ Chorus 1. 2. Mixed Ensemble 1, 2. Student Council 1. F Club 1. 2. 3. 4. CARROLL BESGROVE Band 1. 2. 3. 4. F. F. A. 2. 3. Latin Club 3. 4. WILBUR BOOKER Football 1. 2. 3. 4. F. F. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Class OITicer 4. Crier Staff 4. I ” Club 2. 3. 4. EARL BROQUARD Boys’ Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 3. 4. Operetta 1. 2. 3. 4. F. F. A. 2. 3. 4. Hi-Life 3. Class Officer 3. 4. Crier Staff 4. GLADYS BUSHMAN Majorette 1. 2. 3. 4. Latin Club 2. G. A. A. 1. 2, 3. 4. F. H. A. 2. Spanish Club Officer 4. Drum Major 4. Crier Staff 4. BERT COOPER Boys’ Chorus 1. 2, 3. 4. Operetta 1. 2. 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 3. 4. Spanish Club 4. Crier Staff 4. CHARLES GREEN Latin Club 1. 2. 3. 4. “F’’ Club 1. 2. 3. 4. Baseball Manager 1. Boys’ Chorus 1. Operetta 1. Spanish Club 4. Crier Staff 4. MATTIE GROVE G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Crier Staff 4. WALTER HARRIS Baseball I. 4. Football 3. 4. F Club 4. Span- ish Club 4. WILLIS HARRIS Boys’ Chorus 1. 2. 3, 4. Football 2. 3. 4. Bas- ketball 2. 3. 4. Operetta 1. 2. 3. Spanish Club 2. 3. Mixed Chorus 3. “F’ Club 4. MARDELL NANCE Girls’ Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. Operetta 1. 2. 3. 4. Crier Staff 1. 2. 3. 4. F. H. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. G. A. A. 1, 2. 3. 4, Cheerleader 1. 2. 3. 4. Student Council 3. 4. Hi-Life 3. 4. Class Offi- cer 2, 3. Homecoming Court 4. JACQUELINE SCHADE Girls’ Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. Operetta 1. 2. 3. 4. Band 1. 2. 3. 4. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Latin Club 1. 2. Mixed Chorus 3. 4. Crier Staff 4. DEAN SCHROCK Transferred from Pements. Indiana. Band 4. Boys’ Chorus 4. Mixed Chorus 4. Operetta 4 Crier Staff 4. RICHARD SCHWARZWALDER Transferred from Saunemin. “F” Club 3. 4. Crier Staff 4. Baseball 4. Boys’ Chorus 4. Oper- etta 4. Student Council 4. Football 3. 4. RUTH SMITH F. H. A. 1. 2, 3, 4. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Glee Club 1. 2. Spanish Club 4. Operetta 1. Crier Staff 4. RICHARD STEIDINGER Latin Club 1. 2, 3. 4. Boys’ Chorus 1, 2, 3 4 Operetta 1. 2. 3, 4. Mixed Chorus 3. 4. Crier Staff 4. GEORGE STRODE Boys’ Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. Football 1. 2. 3. 4. Operetta I. 2. 3. 4. F. F. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. F Club 2. 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 3. 4. Baseball 1. 2, Crier Staff 4. JOHN THOMPSON F. F. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Basketball 1. 4. Football 4. ’F” Club 4. MARY ROSE TRAVIS F. H. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. G. A. A. 4. Spanish Club 4. Crier Staff 4. Operetta 1. Girls’ Chorus 1. LOIS WALLENSTEIN G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. F. H. A. 1. 2. 4. Latin Club 2. Crier Staff 4. Girls’ Chorus 1. 4. Mixed Chorus 4. FRANCES HILDRETH F. H. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Crier Staff 3. 4. Student Council 2. Homecom- ing Court 4. BRUCE LEE Transfer from Chenoa, Crier Staff 4. WILLADENE McKINLEY F. H. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Stu- dent Council 4. Homecoming Queen 4. Crier Staff 4. KENNETH METZ F. F. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Football 4. F’ Club 4. Crier Staff 4. Hi-Life 4. OLLIE MYERS Transfer from St. Joseph. F. F. A. 2. 3. 4. Basketball 4, F” Club 4. Crier Staff 4. ANNABELLE NASH G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Latin Club 2. F. H. A. 2. 3. Crier Staff 4. ELEANOR WALTER F. H. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. G. A. A. 2. Club 4. Crier Staff 4. 3. 4. Spanish STANLEY WEEKS Boys’ Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. Band 1. 2. 3. 4. Boys’ Quartet 3. 4. Mixed Ensemble 1. 2. 3. 4. Student Council 2. 3. 4. F. F. A. 1. 2. 3. Class Officer Latin Club 3. 4. Operetta 1, 2, 3, 4. MiLUKltu WhJIMGER F A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. G. A. A. 2. 3. 4. Latin Club 2. 3. 4. Hi-Life 4. Crier Staff 4. Home- coming Court 4. LUCETTA WESSELS F. H. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Span- ish Club 4. Crier Staff 4. WARREN WESSELS Boys’ Chorus 1. 2. Operetta 1. 2. F F. A. 23

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CLAW PCCPLLCr Mrs. B.: Oh. but Carroll, the diary says she’s not working at the fountain. You see, when Mr Wade retired, he turned the store over to Phyllis Bean and Mattie. Phyllis takes care of the money end of the business and Mattie is the official bouncer. They have to have one for those mean high school kids. Mr. B.: Oh, I see. Mrs. B.: Here on June 30, it is written that Jacqueline Schade still is recuperating from a shock she received about three years ago. Guess she spends her time cutting out paper dolls now. The poor thing! Mr. B : Well, for gosh sakes, tell me what happened to her. Mrs. B.: Why Bert Cooper asked to marry her! Maybe she read Ruth Smith’s “How to Catch a Man in Ten Easy Lessons or Five Hard Lessons’’ too many times. Mr. B.: Either that book or Bert must be mighty powerful. Mrs. B : That Dean Schrock! I always did think he would amount to something. I’ll read this to you just as it’s written here: “Dean Schrock, a well-known scientist, has revealed that he has discovered a formula for atomic bombs greater than any other scientist’s. But he adds that he will not under any circumstances give out the for- mula because he feels it would cause hard feelings among his fellow-scientists, and he definitely does not want this.’’ Mr. B.: A good excuse at any rate. Oh. it’s eight o’clock. We had better hurry end finish reading this. Gee, I’d hate to miss Gabriel Furnace. Did you know that he used to go to school with us? We knew him as Willy Harris, but he had to change his name when he took Gabriel Heatter’s place. Mrs. B.: This page says that Stanley Weeks had to retire from the Metropolitan Opera. He is suffering from eyzatobia. He hit a high “E“ and broke his glasses and can’t see until they are fixed again. Stan sure has his troubles, doesn’t he. Let’s see, here it says in the diary that Dick Green fell through some scaffolding and broke his neck. Poor boy! Mr. B.: Well, what was he doing on some scaffolding, anyhow? Mrs. B.: He was being hanged. Then on this next page, July 15, it says that Gladys Bushman is running an elevator in the Empire State Building. Mr. B.: Yeah, Gladys always did like fast moving work. Mrs. B.: My! My! Dick Steidinger surely has ar, easy job now. You know he used to work for an electrical company. One day he received a very bad shock. Now he is testing light bulbs in Walter Harris’ famous store, “Wee Walter’s Widdle Wompers and Wight-bulbs.’’ All Dick has to do is hold a light bulb in his hand to see if it is a good one. Mr. B.: It says here that Dick Schwarzwalder and his wife, Eleanor Walter, had to leave the country because they were passing counterfeit money. Mrs. B. I can believe it of Dick, but never of Eleanor. She was always so quiet and refined. She surprises me almost as much as Annabel Nash. Mr. B.: Annabel Nash? Does it say anything about her? Mrs. B.: Why, she is an inmate of the Women’s Penitentiary at Dwight. Guess that covers everyone in the class of ’46. Mr. B.: Yes, I guess it does. Mrs. B.: Oh, no, we didn’t: here on the last page is something about Warren Wessels. Mr. B.: Let’s not even mention him though. He’s probably turned out worse than any of the others in our class. Mrs. B.: Oh, but he’s reformed. He left that rackefeer gang after a couple of years and joined the Boy Scouts. It says here that he’s still working for his Eagle Badge. Mr. B.: Well, I didn’t think Warny was the kind of a guy that would become involved in racketeering. Mrs. B.: That takes care of all our class now. It does seem good though to find out what they’re all doing, doesn’t it? My goodness. We’ve spent three whole hours talking about them. Close the diary. I hear Fran coming. We wouldn’t want por to know we were reading her diary. Mr. B.: Yes, we have, but it was worth it. Well, let’s turn in now. What do you say ? Mrs. B.: O. K. Good night. 25