Forman High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Manito, IL)

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IIN Z, . .ZZZII IIZZIZT mass Blflrnphstg New York City, New Yorl- June 5, 1962 Dear Mr. LeCount, We had our annual Class-of-'53 reunion last week, Each person gave a short report of what he had done since graduating from FORMAN HIGH, These reports proved quite interesting, We decided that perhaps you would be in- terested to know what each '53 graduate did after leaving the halls of FORMAN and what each is doing at the presen time. Several of the '53 graduates decided to attend Westem College at Macomb, Among these were ARLA IEAIN FOSTE, who is now a junior high teacher at Canton, Illinois, ELOISE WAHLFELD, who is teaching home economic: at Pekin High, and JOHN DOSIER, who is now a member of the faculty at Purdue University. DENNIS WOIWODE and ELOISE WHITAKER both attended Normal University, Dennis received his Ph, D, in twc years and can now be found cleaning the streets of Manito, Eloise taught at a Pekin grade school for a while but is now married and has a two-year old son. FRANK VAUGHN has really come up in this world, for he has become known as the world's greatest basketball manager, He hasjust developed a method of starching the players' suits so that the members stand out, PARK LAWLIS is also well known in the basketball world. He attended college for four years and is now touring the country with the great Earth Worms ball team, Another well known name is this catagory is DALE DARNELL who attended U, of I, for two years and dropped out to accept an offer as a T, V, sports announcer. ANN HEYL also attended U. of I. After obtaining her bachelors degree, she began teaching commercial studies at Washington, Illinois, Since this is a farming area, many of our boys belong to the farming group. Several of them seem to be doing quite well, VERGIL BORTELL tinkers with electricity in his spare time and reports that he should have his shock proof electricity ready for production within the next few months, LEROY JAMES has recently discovered a method by which he is able to do all his farming by T,V, and remote control, He finds it quite simple to do his farming and raise his three sons by merely using switches, GEORGE LONG and RICHARD MIDDLETON both farm southwest of Manito, George is married and has a son, but Richard has decided to stay single. Cheaper, you know! SHIRLEY PALMER and ARVIN JOHNSON have both come up in the science world. Shirley has just recently be- come the head nurse at Methodist Hospital in Peoria, and Arvin is the friendly undertaker of this area, Ouite a few graduates went to work at Caterpillar. DON WILSON became a foreman in a machine shop after completing his apprenticeship, JAKE SMITH also took an apprentice course and is now a specialized machinist, BONNIE O'HARA worked in an office at Caterpillar and later married. She is now living in Pekin. JOY RISEN and NORA MAE GOLDEN both worked in a Caterpillar office after graduating from FORMAN, Joy later married and she and her husband now reside in Peoria with two daughters to brighten their lives. Nora Mae also married but is living in the Brown's addition in Manito. NORMAN TISDALE completed his apprentice course at Caterpillar and is nowa Phone 218 WHITE'S GARAGE INC, Havana

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minus T12 WE SHOOK THE FAMILY TREE idegarde. , , Carofyn' Werner , Dolson . , , , Ronnie 5I'homa's S-Dolson.. Betty Meyer lly . .... . . . Joy Risen Dennis Woiwode HTTIY ...... . . . Leroy James ie-May. , 'Arla' Jean Foste ' lop -1 -Q Eloise vimimkei :ddie Shermer . l 'virkhrhiwiis' '-Shefmer.. .... Freddie Friedrich EDHHQ Who is tired of being a wallflower , Her father , , , Her mother Her younger sister , , The older brother , , The younger brother , , ,Bob's heartthrob , , Her friend , ,Who wears knickers , , His father , , His mother 75' I anuioou 4 0 Eloise Wahlfeld and ige I ,,,,,,,,, , , Who likes to play postman Carol Whitaker O l O O O SHAMROCK INC. 1- The Whgle Family 305 Court St. , Pekin 0 O O 0 0 WOLTERS DRUG STORE ayne B. Wolters, Druggist ' Havana O O O O COMPLIMENTS OF IVHDWVEST AUTO SUPPLY Wang Illinois

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mol designer in Timbucktu. DORETTA SKAGGS worked in an office for a while and later married her boss, She now ves in Pekin. MARILYN BERNSHAUSEN is employed in the East as secretary to the New York Representative of aterpillar. She sees CAROLYN WORNER quite often on her trips home from New York as Carolyn is now a hostess on astem Air Lines, She has been employed there since graduating from Wesleyan University with an A. B. in languages. MARY ALICE ABBOTT accepted a position at Benders in Manito shortly after graduating and is still employed iere, Must be a pretty good job, for Mary is seen in a new Ford every year, DAVE CAULKINS also remained in lanito. He began as a bookkeeper at Manito Hardware Company and is now part owner. Another of our classmates, LARIE MEYER, began working in Manito for Bernshausen's Implement Company. After her marriage three years ago, ie moved to Mason City, MAPJORIE EYMAN and DELORES HILST both began working in offices at Keystone after leaving F.l-l. S. Mar- :rie gave up her job five years ago to become a Havana housewife and mother of three, Delores was awarded a :holarship to Brown's Bussiness College for her speed and accuracy in commercial work, and is now enrolled there. BETTY MEYER began working in a Pekin bank shortly after graduation. In the fall of '56, she settled down to imily life. Another Meyer, but no relation, is DON MEYER. He is now taking specialized training to become an .B. I. agent. KEITH RUNYON attended Bradley and is now the assistant to the assistant engineer at the new Mackinaw dam, is pal and cohort, RON THOMAS attended Knox College to major in general Business, I-le now owns a small business ancern in Forest City, JOSEPHINE TISDALE was employed at Corn Products until the fall of '55, She then married nd is now employed as Ron's secretary. DUANE GOLDEN farmed for a few months after graduation but later joined the Navy and was commissioned within short time, He now is a Naval Recruiting Officer and resides in Pekin with his wife and son, DALE RAKESTRAW, JACK RICHARDSON, and MAURICE WALKER are our experimental farmers, Dale is trying m develop a hog without fat, Jack is making quite a profit through his seedless watermelong and Maurice has finally eveloped a chicken that can't crow. He reports that his farm is much quieter now, MARVIN QUICK and FRED FRIEDRICH are old married men now, They both are farmers in the Green Valley- lanito area, Several of the lady classmates have attended Brown's Business College. They are LORNA CALLAWAY, DARLENE UNYON, and DONNA SPAITS, Loma is now employed as secretary to the President of Brown's College, Darlene is mployed at Block and Kuhl'sg and Donna is working at Monkey Wards. Last, but certainly not least of our class is ROSS KREILING. Ross decided he would like to be a police chiefg so e began working toward his ambition. Right now you'll find him directing traffic at the corner of Main and Remain i Bishop, Illinois, We were all happy to hear the report from Dennis that you have continued as principal of FORMAN HIGH, The lass joins in extending greetings to you and your family and wishing you continued success at our Alma Mater. All yours, Class-of-'53 O O O I U -H Sales Service DUNK-KENNEDY COMPANY Havana