Fulton High School - Static Yearbook (Fulton, IL)

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Senior Class History, cont. Venema, Linda Lloyd, Dorothy Kooi, Dick DeGunther, George Walters were members from our class. Our student council members for these four years were Pat Wray, Cliff Johnson, Nancy Abbott, Howard Rowland, George Walters, Lois Balk, and Dick DeGunther. To attend the football queen we have chosen Linda Lloyd, Irma DeWeerdt, Pat Wray, Phyllis Miller and Donna Jones. Phyllis was queen in our Senior year. To attend the track queen we have chosen Phyl- lis Miller and Lois Balk. The Class of '50 can boast some fine ath- letes! Cliff Johnson, George Walters, Dick DeGunther, Harper Harvey, Melvin Letcher, all exhibited skill in football, basketball and track. Then there were George Hill, Don Ryder, Robert Venema, Eugene Blink, and Daniel Leahy representing us in football, Dave Woods in basketball and George Hill, Senior Class Prophecy Whew! What a job! I just finished taking the 1960 census for the Fulton area and naturally I saw most of my old class- mates. You'd really be surprised to find out how our Class of '50 turned out. For instance, who ever thought Cliff Johnson and Nancy Abbott would own a duck farm? They did, but finally had to sell out. They couldn't stand all those big bills. Elmer Boonstra had a bit of bad luck, too. He and Phyl Miller operated the No Drip Oil Com- pany down in Texas. They gave it up, how- ever, because they weren't used to going to bed so oily. Bob Dykema couldn't decide whether to be a tailor or a lawyer, so he de- cided to become both. He's now pressing law suits. Dick Fagan is a conductor on the streamliner City of Denver . He's still tell- ing people where to get off. Bob Davisson and Gerry Cossman are swimming instruc- tors at the University of Garden Plain. Speaking of spaghetti, Joan Stuart lost a high-salaried job at the new Italian restau- rant reading tea leaves. Her fortunes weren't very good. The Winky, Blinky, and Nod Circus, owned and operated by Eugene Blink just pulled into town. Gene was there with his long line of wild animals, and George Walter was there with his long line, too. Don Ryder is now owner of the Eat and Weep chicken feed corporation. I've heard it said that Ryder eats like a chicken too, a peck at a time. His old girl, Donna Jones is in the Page 22 Dave Woods, Don Ryder, Robert Venema, and Daniel Leahy in track. Phyllis Maring was the cheerleader from our class. I think it will be a long time before we forget having our Senior Class pictures tak- en, receiving our class rings, initiating the freshman, the many hours spent working on the Static, Senior dinner at the Legion Home, work on the Annual, F. H. A. and F. F. A. Fairs, and Student Council programs. There are so many things to remember in these four years, that it is impossible to include everything that each person remembers. As we come to the close of our Senior year, we hope no member of the class will 'forget the many good times we shared as members of the Class of 1950 . We are sorry to leave, but we will often return in spirit to F. C. H. S. Remember Seniors, you're on your own now with no teachers to guide you along, so we should be grateful for what the teachers have done for us. bakery business. She's really making the dough. Pat Wray has finally learned to play the piano like Tchaikovsky. Both hands. Richard Sissing binds mummies at the Chi- cago Museum. He's all wrapped up in his work. Jeanette Temple recently took a course in beauty culture. She 'glamored' for attention. Mae Hoogheem and Emily Ann Coyne are co-owners of the Stuffy Storage Battery Company. No charging allowed. George Hill turned to professional swim- ming for a living. After having much early success, he attempted to swim from France to England. He failed, however, whereupon he decided to conduct his efforts through dif- ferent channels. Leo Casey resigned his position as a guitar player in the Fulton Alumnus Pep Band . Too many strings at- tached. He plans on attempting to swim the English Channel so that the good town of Fulton won't be humiliated after George Hill's failure. Apparently he thinks it will be a long grind, because he is taking his trunks along. David Woods and Linda Lloyd are riding merrily down the road of life, but she's still doing the driving. Mel Letcher is now heavyweight wrestling champion of the world. Letch fights just like a hydraulic jack, he always gives his opponents a lift. Roland Swanson was in the carpet business, but it got too rugged. Loretta Bos and Jane Miller are now owners of the All-Purpose Truck Line. They haul any big freight.

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THOMASQWOODS A A. , 2. , :Le emans' lu Seniors nt Council lg Football Letter 3: 1 3 4 tt 1' C b PATRICIA WRAY President 4: Homecoming' Attend , Senior Class History When Seniors think about that last day of school, they think it has been long, but really has it? When you think of all the little incidents which have happened along the way, whether they were sad or joyous, weren't they really the best days of our lives. When we left grade school in the fall of 1946 to enter F. C. H. S., which seemed quite large to us, there were seventy-four boys and girls. Green ,seemed to be in the air for sev- eral months. Remember the fun we had at the initiation party when Linda Lloyd fed Harper Harvey dill pickles and baby food, any many other clever stunts were enacted. We were all scared but just a little proud, too, to think the party was in our honor. Then we got down to business and elect- ed our first class officers. They were: La- Verne Hoogheem, Presidentg George Hill, Vice-president, Lois Balk, Secretary, and Phyllis Maring, Treasurer. When we came back the following fall as sophomores, it felt good to be able to look at all the new green freshman , although we realized that we had been the same only the year before. Our officers for that year were: Dave Woods, President, Pat Wray, Vice-president, Linda Lloyd, Secretary, and Irma DeWeerdt, Treasurer. Then we began to take part in extra- curricular activities, each to his own interest. Some of those activities were G. A. A.. B. A. A., F. H. A., F. F. A., Library, Static, and Choruses. The class of 50 is fortunate in having many who joined the band -- Pat Wray, Phyllis Maring, Johanna Voss, Norma Koenes, Lois Balk, La Verne Hoogheem, El- mer Boonstra, Jerry Cossman and Bob Dyk- ema. I think you all remember our all-school party and our hayrack ride and how we took some road, on which we had to walk part of the way because the tractor couldn't pull us up the hill. At last the next year we were upper- classmen. Lois Balk was our President, Phyllis Miller, Vice-president, Kenneth Wier- sema Cwho later left schoolj, and Don Ryder as Secretary, and Bob Dykema, Treasurer. In May we planned our prom for the graduating seniors, with the help of Miss Ainsworth. I don't think anyone will forget the fun and long hours spent in decorating to change the basketball floor at the Coli- seum to a theme of Neptune's Kingdom. In the spring we gave a play, Those Websters. Remember, there was an epi- demic of measles, and we were all afraid someone in the cast would get them. We wish to thank Miss McNamara and Miss To- bin again for their fine direction in making our play a success. Remember the all-school party we gave, the selling of Steamers' plates, the skit we had to prepare for F. H. A. party, our class picnic to Blackhawk in a truck, the bake sale? Back to school again for our last year, we started the year's activities with our class play. We chose for our play The Perfect Idiot . Miss McNamara and Miss Tobin added a few more grey hairs to their heads because they again directed the play. When we entered F. C. H. S. in 46 , we totaled 74 members, but the class of 50 now totals 49 members. In our junior year Al- berta Smith, Ruby Roggendorf, Marjorie Bowman, and Shirley Pyse transferred to the Morrison High School. Remember when Joyce Flikkema receiv- ed the D. A. R. award and when the National Honor Society was chosen? LaVerne Hoog- heem, Howard Rowland, Lois Balk, Robert Page 21 Concert Band 1, 2, 3, 11: Marching 1, 2, 3, 4:17. H. A. 1, 2, 3, 4:G. A l, 2, 3, 4: Static Staff ?, 3, 4: A I Staff 4: Class Play 43 Mixed Chorus 4 Girls' Sextet 3. 4: Student Conn

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Gary Dykstra turned out to be a psychiatrist in a pottery factory. He examines the crack- ed pots. Johanna Voss married a lumber- jack from the north woods and now has eight little slivers. Millie VanZuiden is still on the loose. She's got a mind just like a bache- lor's bed - never made up. Dick DeGunther is now a pitcher for the Brooklyn Bums. He always was pretty good at throwing it. Jeanne Rus married the manager of a steel corporation and now has two little Rustys . Going with Jeanne made you feel like a pearl. You were just another one of the string. Gene Temple had his thumbs amputated this morning so that he wouldn't have to pay thumb tax. Jack Quaintance is now Ser- geant-at-Arms in the U. S. Senate. Well, I guess I'll turn on the radio and see if I can get some news. - Good evening friends, this is Station PHEW bringing you Wilted Winchell with the latest world news -but first a word from our sponsor. Kram- erettes! The only cigarette company in the world able to cram 37 cigarettes into a pack- age the size of a salt shaker. Proof l - In a survey taken by Dr. Earle Lawton that - the more you drag, the more smoke you get. No other cigarette can deny this statement. - And now the news. Chicago is being honored tonight by the presence of LaVerne Hoog- heem at the Aragon Ball room with his fam- ous Boomer's Bloomers g an all-girl band. Lois Balk today announced her forthcoming marriage to Swooney Cable. This will be Miss Balk's fourth marriage. Joyce Flik- kema has been hired as physical education Senior Class Prophecy, cont. teacher at State Pen-er-I mean Penn State. Evelyn Wiebenga is back on the job after a Mediterranean cruise. She's giving walking lessons to young women, and walking papers to young men. Daniel Leahy, world famous stunt driver in the Daredevil Auto Show , has walked out on the company which op- erates the show. His job just wasn't what it was cracked up to be. Phyl Maring was ap- pointed head of the lingerie department at Marshall Fields and Company. We hope business isn't slipping. Harper Harvey be- came a confectionery store owner. He soon bought numerous stores throughout the coun- try and became owner of a large confec- tionery chain. He is now a malted-million- aire. Norma Koenes, Dorothy Kooi, and Wil- ma Prins were hired to test the new bed mat- tresses made by the Big Bounce Bed Cor- poration. They are acting as undercover agents. The newest thing on the market is a little something by designer Bob Venema, called Western Unions . Don't be alarmed folks, it's only cowboy underwear. In the National Elections of the Lonely Hearts Club today, Fred Mohrman was elected president and. Eugene Diephuis treasurer. Howard Rowland has been missing for three weeks now. He was last seen headed. FLASHQ Tom Woods became the winner of the World's Pocket Pool Tournament late this afternoon. Somebody stole Tom's cue just before the final round, so he talked his op- ponent out of the championship. - Signing off till next year, this is Wilted Winchell wishing the Fulton students loads of luck in their new high school. Page 23