Galesburg Augusta High School - Rambler Yearbook (Galesburg, MI)

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Class Will As we enter the lawyer ' s office we are confronted by 28 sober and thoughtful faces, the Senior Class of “52 . The Seniors are in the act of making their last will and testament before leaving their be¬ loved Galesburg-Augusta High. Let ' s listen in. To Bill Ringo, Ron Ball gives his height. It ' s an advantage, Bill, so use it right. Mary Jane Behan lea ves ' her hair of flame, to our Miss Reynolds to have again. Pat Blessington ' s knowledge of the birds and the bees, she leaves to Mr. Gray so he ' ll know his he ' s from the she ' s. Jim Beatty gains Jon Bor¬ ough ' s bounce, but Jon ' s way with the ladies is really what counts. Bob Crawford is lucky in h; s fate: he gets Duane Bresson ' s ability to imitate. Sally McGlockin gets Carole Belland ' s quiet ways. We hope she uses them the rest of her days. Marilyn Dumonceaux inherits that magnetic attraction for preachers sons, which is left by Elaine Carson, for her romance is done. Tom Cates leaves his cute curly hair to Dave Noud, on whom it would look so fair. Next year Eve Carson won ' t have to worry about curly hair, ' Cause she ' ll have Nancy Eldridge ' s to substitute there.. Maybe you ' ve never had the great urge, Don Haist, but you get Fred Henshaw ' s acting ability. Don ' t let it go to waste. Love for Physics is left by Rosemary Holbrook, to anyone who is dumb enough to get took. Martha Brown wills her ability to tease to Nancy Kerns, who is never at ease. Don Rutherford wills his unerring aim to him brother, Ponch. You try the same. Lila Wheaton wills her black hair to Jo Ellen Stewart. There ' ll be dye in the air. Jim Kissinger ' s ability to have a good time, he wills to Bob Sharp who ' s not far behind. Eve Inman ' s ability for a sailor to write, is willed to Sharon Champion, who ' s doing all right. Eleanor Rogers wills her ability with boys, to Aurelia Alaria, whose got the poise. Robert Godde gets Ed Klepper ' s hotline. Some would say he has struck a gold mine. Norma Pohl leaves her long hair to the poor girls with Poodle cuts. Maybe you ' ll know better next time, you nuts! Marion Pervine leaves her ability to get her man to her sister Jeanette who hasn ' t one yet. Ralph Smith leaves his skill at skipping school to Jim Reeder, who gets caught as a rule. Dave Spear wills his brother Jim, to anyone who can put up with him. Gene Stuifbergen gets Ed Wei ling ' s quiet ways. Let ' s hope you use them, because it really pays. Sally Sinclair wills her good grades to Don Ann Pate. Come on, Don Ann, turn out great. Carolyn Smith leaves her office position to Lewie . Watch those excuses, Ted! Some of ' em are pretty screwy. Estelle Wortinger leaves her height to Frank Bowen. Well, at least it ' s something to keep you goin ' . Frances Lockwood wills her job at the Galesburg Bank to Muscles C., already high in rank. To Patty D. from Babs Shirley goes that temper so quick and so gr-r-r-ly. Having written the above with the aid of a snoopy mind and generous memory, we guarantee that the aforesaid above is our final last will and testament.

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Class Histciy Mother, do I have to get up’” That was the sixty-four dollar question. We were torn between wanting to play with our toys and the desire to learn the intricate mysteries of school. Finally, though skeptically, we decided to try school. We hurriedly dressed and ate breakfast. Our mothers combed our hair and sent us off down the street. How proudly we walked up the steps and into the school build¬ ing where, standing in the doorway of our room, our first teacher waited to greet us. When the b§ll rang, she had the following names on her list: Mary Jane Behan, Pat Blessington, Duane Bresson, Elaine Carson, Frances Lockwood, Barbara Shirley, Ralph Smith, Edward Welling, Lila Mae Wheaton, David Freer, Polly Reed, Dorothy Lambkin, Jack Moses, Aurelia Alaria, Fred Schmidt, Lora Downs and Donald Haist. When we came together in the first grade we greeted three new classmates: Carol Knight, Edna Dow- ling and Dick Ralston. We were very sad to lose two of our playmates, Duane Bresson and Barbara Shirley. Miss Densmore taught our group this year. Evelyn Inman joined us in the second grade and Donald Haist left us. Mrs. Luneke was our instructor. The following year Mary Lou Lyles, Alta Bristol, Frank Grice and Rosemary Holbrook were received into our group. Aurelia Alaria and Fred Schmidt left us this year. We had Miss Kugel to guide us through our year in third grade. In the fourth grade Giles Burton joined the class. Mrs. Snow was our teacher. Miss Brown welcomed us into the fifth grade and Bernard Yager and Bill Schrieber were the only new members. We lost Frank Grice and Lora Downs. In the fall of ’46 we began the sixth grade with Mrs. Howell. This year we met Alan Fry, Jim Kiss¬ inger, Jon Borough,. Eva Geddings, and Ronald Coe. Dick Ralston, Dorothy Lambkin and Polly Reed left us that year. Finally, we were proud members of the Junior High! Florence Grover and Polly Beatty joined our group, while Carol Knight, Eva Geddings and Bernard Yager were not with us that year. Our new members in the eighth grade were, Ronald Ball, Carole Bel land, Edward Klepper, Duane Bresson and Carolyn Smith. Yippee!!! We may be acting like lunatics, but can you blame us? Why? We are Freshmen at last! We welcomed Nancy Champion, Carl Rosa, Estelle Wortinger, Billy Cox, and Jayne Woodruff. We lost Mary Lou Lyles and Florence Grover. This year was full of new experiences, such as passing to classes and having those wonderful class parties. Fred Henshaw became a wel¬ comed member of our group when we became Sophomores. Jayne Woodruff, Alta Bristol, and Edna Dow¬ ling left us. One more hurdle and we will be Seniors, we sighed happily when we began our Junior year by welcoming Norma Pohl, Martha Brown, and several students from Augusta: Tom Cates, Nancy Eldridge, Marion Pervine, Eleanor Rogers, Don Rutherford, Barbara Shirley, and Sally Sinclair. That year we lost Polly Beatty and Billy Cox. This year was highlighted by. the Junior play, which was a huge success under the direction of Mr. Hahnenberg, and the honoring of the Seniors at the annual Junior-Senior Prom in April. It is hard to believe, but we are Seniors at last. This year we welcomed into our class David Spear. This year we can look forward to our Senior trip, the play skip day, the Prom and the most important item of all, Commencement. Ron Ball, Mary Jane Behan, Carole Bel land, Pat Blessington, Jon Borough, Duane Bresson, Martha Brown, Elaine Carson, Thomas Cates, Nancy Eldridge, Fred Henshaw, Rosemary Holbrook, Evelyn Inman, Jim Kissinger, Ed Klepper, Frances Lockwood, Marion Pervine, Norma Pohl, Eleanor Rogers, Don Rutherford, Barbara Shirley, Sally Sinclair, Carolyn Smith, Ralph Smith, David Spear, Ed Welling, Lila Mae Wheaton, and Estelle Wortinger will be the proud graduating class of 1952 from the Galesburg-Augusta High School. Farewell, undergraduates, it ' s time to say adieu. We ' re not glad to leave, but weVe starting life anew. We ' ll cherish all our friendships for they ' ll not be cast aside. Although we shall make new friends, the dearest will not have died. May much success and happiness be yours in the years to come, and may you strive for good things now and ever.

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r Utc fyiofkecy It is now Nineteen-hundred and sixty-two, ten years since the now famous Class of 1952 departed from our Alma Mater. The only familiar faces left are those of Mr. and Mrs. Burrell. The Burrells have just returned from their annual summer trip. This year, having exhausted the usual touring spots, such as Paris, Scotland, England, etc., the two of them had a rather unusual idea. They would take their private jet-propelled Blimp and tour the world, looking into the homes and occupations of the Class of ten years ago. Early one bright and sunny morning (it wasn’t TOO early, for by the time Mr. B. had gotten Mrs. B. out of bed it was nearly noon) they hopped into their Blimp and headed South¬ east. After they had been in the air a few minutes, Mr. B. happened to glance out of the window and saw a huge old farmhouse, and none other than FRED HENSHAW sitting under an old oak tree near it. Fred’s occupation is knitting socks and sweaters for the French Foreign Legion. Traveling on to Ann Arbor they stopped at the U. of M. to see ELEANOR ROGERS who is taking a course in “Bell’’ Construction. In Detroit, they stopped at the Barnum and. Bailey Circus. The main attraction was the famous Tight Rope Team of POHL and SCHRIEBER. On the way out they passed a side show and saw EVE INMAN, snake charmer from the Indies. Kentucky was their next stop and they found TOM CATES a monk in the Silent Order of Old Decrepit Seniors. In Jockey Junction, Vir¬ ginia, they stopped at Jake’s Joint for a hamburg, but just as they were about to take their first bite they heard the anguished cries of horses being led to BOROUGH’S Slaughter House for Broken, Bony, Baggy, Saggy Horses. Immediately putting down their (pardon the expression Hamburg??), they left for Florida where right in the middle of the Everglades sat SALLY SINCLAIR in a dugout. She was completely surrounded by Seminole Indians who were utterly fascinated by her magnificent yodeling. Going on to Washington D.C., the Burrells went On a tour of the city. They sat in on the Supreme Court and saw Chief Justice KISSINGER presiding over one of the sessions in which Evil Eddie WELLING, Super Sleuth for the F.I.B., was presenting his case. They arrived in New York the next evening and saw opening night at the Metropolitan Opera, where CAROLYN SMITH, Piccolo Player, and ESTELLE WORTINGER, Bass Fiddle Player, w ere accompanied by RALPH SMITH, featured Baritone of the evening. Leaving New York and passing over the Empire State Building, they waved to MARIAN PERVINE who was washing her last set of windows on the 100th floor ‘ ”® r crossing the Atlantic, they entered the Belgian Congo, where Ballet Dancer EDWARD KLEPPER was recruiting a group of pigmies for his troupe. , At New Delhi, India, they passed over a large building out of whose chimney was pouring a huge cloud of soot. In the middle of it there suddenly appeared the dirty face of MARTHA BROWN -chim¬ ney sweep. Then on to Australia where they saw the tag team of women wrest “f 1L ., D CARSON, win their 2,999th match. In the Gobi Desert of China MARY JANE BEHAN noted io me expert-was resignedly pulling seaweed from the sand. Stealthily bl imping into Russia they saw PAT BLESSINGTON -bubble dancer behind the Iron Curtain-rehearsing her new act. Crossing he Bering Straits into Alaska they discovered RON BALL and his ten “Li. Ole Campfire Girls blazing trails into the wilderness. They quickly scattered as they heard a wild cry and turned to nZSZL, sow LILA WHEATON —chief Gold FIshT.ndo, o, M Volley. Just as they were leaving they heard the mighty roar of a truck. BARBARA SHIRLEY, rue river was bringing in another load of baby gold fish. They spent the next day in Reno, Nevada, withMrs (Holbrook) Holloway, her husband, and twelve children. The Holloways have always felt that things come “Cheaper By The Dozen ! On the outskirts of Reno, in the Convent, Sisters Of C 7 ' lived Sister NANCY ELDRIDGE. When DON RUTHERFORD, her ex-schoolmate, deeded to become graduated fro. Galesburg oad deported to the Rocky Mountain, in Colorado, Nancy turned to the Convent for consolation. FPAkirF LOCKWOOD Be As they neored Were, they stopped a. the Loop in Chicago and saw FRANCES LKTO Bop Singer at the ‘Chez Poree Stopping in Augusta, before reaching Galesburg lW »“ tained by DUANE BRESSON who was giving a Shakespearean performance in the o ' arrived hop,., exhausted by the strenuous trip, and decided that the Seniors of 52 had found the,, true places in life.