Fillmore High School - Daze Yearbook (Fillmore, IL)

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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,

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Now, I'll tell you about the Morris brothers Arthur is president of the Nickel Plate Railroad He really has done quite well He and his wife, the former Sandra Fleming, own a beautiful home back in Cleveland, Ohio No doubt you heard that Fred received the Congresslonal Medal of Honor for saving his buddy's life while he was in the army He is now married to Mary Ann Epley They own and operate the dog kennels at Ramsey Fred specializes in coon dog and other hunting breeds My letter seems to be getting the length of a newspaper, but I want to tell you of the other members of the class Eula Casey is a stewardess for American Air Lines She ls making plans though for a June wedding to a pilot You wonder who it could be? Yes, it is the Junior boy who was interested flying Hal Lovelace is still a basketball star He is playing with the Min neapolls Lakers now He says he thinks he'll settle down and do some coaching are engaged Virginia Finley is in New York at the present time I heard that she is modeling fur coats She plans to return to Illinois in June as she is engaged to the young man who drove the red convertible when she was a senior This brings to a close the whereabouts and the doings of the class of '53 I hope you have enjoyed hearing about them as much as Shirley and I enjoyed our visit Your former pupil, Erma Alexander FAREWELL who are we to be talking? Well, friends, we'd like you to know we are the nineteen fifty three Seniors And believe us we're raring to go Into th6 shoes of our adults And 1t's a sure thing we're going to try To have feet big enough to fill those shoes when we have hidden F C H S good byel We well know the load we must carry And the burden of which we partake, we'1l all take our share of the troubles And carry on just for your sake Now we're proud as 'neckn that we're Seniors For we've traveled a long, long way As Freshmen, as Sophomores, as Juniors To stand where we stand today Ohl As proud as we are to be Seniors And of the pedestal on which we stand, We are glad to step a step higher And make room for that Junior clan. Yes, we've enjoyed our stay here immensely But we feel we have rounded the hill, And we Seniors are leaving a vacancy That none other like us can fill And we're leaving with hearts full of gladness And not one showing signs of a tear For we are going to be adults when we leave F C H S this year ' 3 ' . A g ' 15 before long. Perhaps settle down is right as I understand he and Carolyn Grigg