Fillmore High School - Daze Yearbook (Fillmore, IL)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT CLASS of HINETEEN HUNDRED and FIPTY TH EE We, the Senior Class of nineteen hundred and fifty three, in the county of Montgomery and state of Illinois, being of sound mind and memory, and con sldering the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life, do therefore make, ordain, publish, and declare this to be our last WILL and TESTAMENT First, we hereby order and direct that our executor, hereinafter named, pay all our just debts and expenses as soon after our graduation as con veniently may be S0cond,after the payment of such expenses and just debts, we hereby give, devise, and bequeath the following I Eula Casey, will my love for Chevy trucks to Elaine Voils, and my back seat in the assembly to Paul Plyler, so that maybe next year Paul won't have tp sit in front Freddie Morris, leave my red corduroy shirt to Bill Ivy This should go well with your red hair, Bill! My smooth complexion to Elisha Veils, so he may have better results with the Nokomis girls! I, Dolores Wright, will my quiet ways to Janet Williams CQuiet halls next year, Kidsj L Winona Donaldson, will my position as class treasurer to Erma Alexanden Better luck next time, Erma! My back seat in the assembley to Richard baker I, Hal Lovelace, leave my basketball ability to Joe Landers, so he may make a few more points next year! My manly height to Bill Ivy I, Virginia Vest, bequeath my beloved Buick to Elisha Voils Here's hop ing that after a few rides, Elisha will change his mind about a Buick's endur ing qualities My ability to get a man and keep him to Janet Williams I, Darrell Neisler, will my broad shoulders to Keith Hopwood Now you should have less trouble with the girls, Keith! My pleasing personality to Monte Tate I Shirley Moroney, bequeath my shorthand ability to Shirley Sanders My privilege of riding to Hillsboro with Miss Prange to Betty Owens Now Betty won't have to worry about going to Hillsboro I Dhirley Williams, will my nearness to school to Carolyn and Barbar a Hunt The privilege of spending my weekends in the country to Erma Alexander. Arthur Morris, leave the Ford to Larry Hopwood, my wavy hair to Hal Kirk, so that he can have a better chance wiuxacertain seventh grade student as much fun with it as we Seniors have had Just be sure that you don't over load it, Kids My typing ability to Sandra Fleming Virginia Finley will my long hair to Elaine Veils My height to Santa Fleming Now all the guys will be looking up to you, Sandra Kenneth Meyers, leave my cowboy boots to Thurman Spears fhis should draw a certain Freshman girl's attention My blond hair to Joe Landers I, Rosemary Livingston, bequeath my natural curly hair to Muriel loberman. No more Toni's Muriel! I, Joyce Alexander, leave my Spiegel catalogue to Shirley Sanders with the provision that she leave it at school so the girls can keep up on the fash- ions We, Rosemary Livingston and Joyce Alexander, leave Mr Baumgartner new eraser for his pencil to replace the one he wore out erasing our names when we always showed up at the last minute after he had taken roll We, the Senior Class, bequeath our ability to get along with each other so well to the Junior Class And in conclusion all fifteen of us sophisticated Seniors will to our faculty To Mr Baumbartner, our sincere appreciation for his guidance these past four years and for helping make our high school days such happy ones To Miss Prange, our thanks for helping us with our year book, for we know it caused her lots of headaches To Mrs Worker and Mrs Poos, the right to take a peaceful vacation after struggling with us this past year To Mrs Baker, may she have a more quiet and cooperative English IV class next year To Mr Yarra, our thanks and appreciation for being our basketball coach and history teacher Lastly, we hereby make, constitute, and appoint the Jhnior class to be the Executor of this, our last WILL and TESTAMENT, hereby revoking all former of 3 I, . . O , . I I, . I, Gladys Wright, leave the Model A to the Junior girls. May they have. 1, ' . . a

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wills and codioils by us made. In witness whereof, we have hereunto sub- scribed our names and affixed our seal this hth day of March in the year of our Lord on thousand nine hundred and fifty-three. Bula Casey, Freddie Morris, Hal Lovelace, Darrell Neisler, Arthur Morris, Winona Donaldson, Virginia Vest, Shirley Moroney, Shirley Williams, Virginia Finley, Kenneth Meyers, Dolores Wright, Gladys Wright, Rosemary Livingston, and Joyce Alexander ssuron cuss Paorsscy March 1o, 1963 Dear Miss Prange, Just last week Shirley Sanders Yunker and I had a short visit together at Lambert Airfield in St Louis Shirley was traveling from her home in Racine, Wisconsin to California to join her husband, Arnold, who is in the Air Force She had written me a letter saying she had a four hour delay between planes As I now work in St Louis, I was at the airport when her plane arrived surely made the most of the time Since you have been teaching in China the past five years I thought I would review for you the main topic of our conver sation Yes, it was about the Seniors of '53 at good old Fillmore High My old neighbors and friends, Winona D Williams and Shirley Williams still have Fillmore addresses Jimmy and wtnona have a new home on the out skirts of Fillmore Their little son, Naaman Raymond, started to school in September His little dog follows him to school just as Dale's little black one used to do Shirley works in the bank at Vandalia She drives her new Ford convertible back and forth to work every day Naturally, you will wonder, 'Where is Kenny? He owns a big ranch in Texas, also five thousand head of horses Guess he still rides horseback and wear cowboy boots There is a ru or that he does most of his banking business at Vandalia Three of the class of '53 live in or near Nokomis Joyce and her husband, They haven't any children as Joyce is too busy running the store Rosemary L Casey and her husband live on a big farm near Coalton They have one child, a tle boy named Carter Roy, who wants to grow up to be a 'milk truck driver Darrell Neisler, a wealthy bachelor, also lives in Nokomis He owns several lime trucks and milk routes A nice catch for some young girl! The Wright sisters are not far away from home now Gladys, a regis tered nurse, has returned home from California and is now doing night duty at the Hillsboro Hospital She probably won't be working there long as she is en gaged to Don Bolte of Nokomis You remember how little Dolores talked? She is a radio announcer at WSMI in Litchfield She has just returned to Illinois from New York where she did similar work Think she, too, is making plans to marry I 0Gn't spell the last name of the fellow she is to marry His first name is Allan You'll remember him when you were teaching in Fillmore He is still in the Air Force While Shirley was in St Louis, she phoned two of her friends Shirley Moroney and Virginia Vest Griffin Shirley Moroney is a stenographer at the Western Cartridge Company in Alton She is engaged to the president's son Virginia and Jack live in Kansas City, Missouri Jack is an army officer now The Griffin twins, Jackie Dean and Jimmie Gene, are now in school They say they are going to spend the summer on their grandfathers' farms . .Jw . s . Don German, now own the P. H. Hirsch Store, the Nokomle Brokerage, you know. lit . W,