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

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Class Will On this third day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-five, the graduating class of Galesburg-Augusta High School, being of sound mind and body, do hereby will and bequeath the following: CONNIE ANDERSON, who advertises on the cover of Peek, ' leaves her ermine bikini to Hollywood ' s cheesecake artists. JACK KERNS, clothes enthusiast, leaves his favorite sport-jacket of lavendar and pink checks and his red-and-maroon striped trousers to Bob Van Sickler, who has a start on Jack ' s title. ANN LEWIS, a glamourous personality, wills her false eyelashes to a girl who ' s out to get her man. LLOYD BUSH, matinee idol, leaves his shy actions and winning smile to Richard Howes. PEGGY DAVIS, known for her little-sister roles, leaves her diamond-studdec steering knob from her favorite tricycle to Jerry Kirk for his motor scooter. MYRA CARTWRIGHT, well-known glamour girl, wills her sophisticated manner to the study-hall steadies. EVELYN CARSON, noted star, leaves her favorite sports car of sky-blue pink to Mr. Leech who, we hear, is in the market for one. JEANGALE ABNET, famous singer, leaves her throat spray to the chorus for tuning up. ROSALYN YEAST, ragtime artist, wills one of her seven pianos to the next chorus piano player. SALLY MC GLOCKLIN leaves her solid gold baton used in directing her nationally-known band to Mr. Heyboer-maybe this one will last longer. ELOISE WAGNER, ANN MANNING, and BETTY WILSON, expert artists of make-up and hair design, leave their artistic ability to future play cases. DONNA ROELOF, noted writer, leaves her great works of art to the high school library. ROBERT BROWN, studio handyman, leaves a set of wrenches to the shop class-start tightening up, fellas. JOAN TELFER, famous movie star, leaves her crystal door knobs to be installed in the new school. KERNS AND BRESSON, Nancy and Deanna, that is, leave their brass-buckle spats to be placed in the trophy case. DONNA WYMAN, famous dress designer, leaves her yards of fabulous fabrics to the new class in dress designing. TOM CASE, famous football star, wills and be¬ queaths one set of pure gold Rams ' horns to Edward Hensley - don ' t let them get dirty, Ed. MARL YIN HOAG, well known for her secretary roles, leaves her most prized possession, a ruby-studded fingernail file to next year ' s annual sufferers to keep their nails looking nice after they chew them all off. CECIL CRUMMEL, known for his successful boss roles, wishes to bestow his charming way with sec¬ retaries to Jim Nichol, who doesn ' t need many lessons. JIM KIRKLIN, electrical technician, leaves his collected knowledge of electrical works to Jim Ketchum, the Albert Einstein of the tenth grade. PAUL VAN SICKLER, cowboy star, wills to Connie Caines one set of hand engraved, Spanish silver spurs. DONNA TRUNBULL, cowgirl star, wishes to leave her gold-spun lariat to Sarah Simmonds - let ' s see if you can do as well as Donna did. BOB MC BARNES, the Great, leaves his black silk hat, rabbit included, to Warren Townsend, who’s always got an ace up his sleeve. BEVERLY BOWERS, celebrated columnist, leaves her gossip-getting ability to Jimmy Kerns who is always trying to find out the scoop. SHIRLEY SISCO, the Tinkerbell of Peter Pan, leaves her magic wand to anyone who will put it to good use. JIM SUMNER, successful star, leaves his discovery of jet-propulsion with no visible mechanism to the future Aviation Club. RINGO AND HOLDRIDGE, William and David, that is, wish to leave their clever antics to Robert De Shon for entertainment at his New Year ' s Eve parties. JOSEPH BRCKAW, noted cartoonist, leaves his di¬ amond-studded tracing pencil to Craig Bishop to further his talent. CATHERINE EHRMANN, well-known news com¬ mentator, leaves her broadcasting microphone to Jeanette to use for her speeches during pep meetings. GAIL COLLARD, popular socialite, leaves her re¬ served manner to the freshmen girls, they could do with some. CLINTON SCOTT, well-known playboy, leaves his billion-dollar yacht to the driver-training class- try this type of travel for awhile. SHIRLEY KAUFFMAN, famous diamond collector, leaves her diamond tiara for the next Homecoming Queen.

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Class History Fifty-three excited but scared freshmen entered Galesburg-Augusta High School that September morning in 1951. They were JeanGale Abnet, Connie Anderson, Joan and Nina Barnes, Jim Beatty, Donna Blackney, Beverly Bowers, Robert Brown, Deanna Bresson, Lloyd Bush, Evelyn Carson, Myra Cartwright, Tom Case, Jean Crawford, Robert Cheeseman, Cecil Crummel, Peggy Davis, Allen Dean, Jean Gardner, Robert Gwynn, Katherine Haas, Barbara Haveman, Marylin Hoag, Sandra Hoag, David Holdridge, Duane Irving, Shirley Kauffman, Jack and Nancy Kerns, Jim Kirklin, Ann Lewis, Sally McGlocklin, Bob McBarnes, Helen Maddex, Ann Manning, Bob Murray, Patricia Nieman, Jim and Bill Ringo, Helen Roberts, Donna Roelof, Charles Schmidt, Clinton Scott, Shirley Sisco, Jack Sommerville, Jim Sumner, Joan Telfer, Donna Turnbull, Paul Van Sickler, Eloise Wagner, Betty Wilson, Donna Wyman, and Rosalyn Yeast. Our class advisors, Mr. Smith and Miss Reynolds, man¬ aged to guide us through our first year without too many serious mishaps in spite of our inexperience with high school life. Marlene Anderson, Roger DePue, Donald Lantis, and Gary Miller joined our sophomore class, but Joan and Nina Barnes, Jim Beatty, Jean Crawford, Robert Cheeseman, Robert Gwynn, Katherine Haas, Sandra Hoag, Duane Irving, Jim Ringo, Helen Rob¬ erts, and Jack Sommerville left us. Mr. Niemi and Miss Reynolds were our advisors. Back from the short summer vacation, we be¬ came aware of our increasing responsibilities to our fellow classmen and to ourselves. Under the leader¬ ship of Mr. Niemi and Mrs. McKillop we tried ham suppers, paper drives, dances, and the junior play to raise money for the senior trip fund. As juniors we parted company with Marlene Anderson, Donna Blackney, Roger DePue, Jean Gardner, Barbara Haveman, Donald Lantis, Helen Maddex, Bill Ringo, and Charles Schmidt. In their places came Joe Brokaw, Gail Collard, and Catherine Ehrmann. During our last year senior pictures, announce¬ ments, caps and gowns, the senior play, the annual, the money-making activites, and of course, the senior trip, seemed to invite our minds more than our studies did. Bill Ringo returned from Virginia to graduate with us, but we missed Allen Dean, Gary Miller, Bob Murray, and Mrs. Pat (Nieman) Brugh during our senior year. Our graduating class now consisted of JeanGale Abnet, Connie Anderson, Beverly Bowers, Deanna Bresson, Joe Brokaw, Rob¬ ert Brown, Lloyd Bush, Evelyn Carson, Myra Cart¬ wright, Tom Case, Gail Collard, Cecil Crummel, Peggy Davis, Catherine Ehrmann, Marylin Hoag, David Holdridge, Shirley Kauffman, Jack and Nancy Kerns, Jim Kirklin, Ann Lewis, Bob McBarnes, Sally McGlocklin, Ann Manning, Bill Ringo, Donna Roe¬ lof, Clinton Scott, Shirley Sisco, Jim Sumner, Joan Telfer, Donna Turnbull, Paul Van Sickler, Eloise Wagner, Betty Wilson, Donna Wyman, and Rosalyn Yeast. Mr. Niemi and Miss Mollberg were our advisors. Several class members proved their various abilities when we were seniors. We remember Ann Lewis as editor of the school paper and the annual. Bob McBarnes and Paul Van Sickler dem¬ onstrated their executive ability as Bob was re¬ elected Class President, and Paul became Pres¬ ident of the Student Council and the F. F. A. Deanna Bresson, Gail Collard, Nancy Kerns, Marylin Hoag, Rosalyn Yeast, Donna Turnbull, Shirley Kauffman, Ann Manning, and Lloyd Bush turned to the business world when they became Co-ops and worked on the part-time program. Other memories we have are of Jim Kirklin, the school ' s fix-it, repairing all the electrical equipment that was broken; of the surprised looks on the faces of the student body when the newcomer, Joe Brokaw, lifted a heavy weight during an assembly program; of Beverly Bowers as she played the lead in our junior play Tom Boy , and the fun we all had producing our senior play A-Feudin ' Over Yonder ; of Clinton Scott, Bill Ringo, and Tom Case thinking up ex¬ cuses to get out of class; of the engaged set -Con- nie Anderson, Gail Collard, Peggy Davis, and Joan Telfer; of Donna Turnbull when she was voted Home¬ coming Queen and of her court—Gail Collard, Shirley Kauffman, Marylin Hoag, and Rosalyn Yeast; of the trip to Niagara Falls we finally took when we were seniors; and last of all, of semester exams ! We noticed that of our graduating class of thirty- six only eight were in the original kindergarten classes of 1942, and attended Galesburg or Augusta school continuously until graduation. The eight are Jean Gale Abnet, Connie Anderson, Jim Kirklin, Joan Telfer, and Paul Van Sickler, who started school in Galesburg; and Tom Case, David Holdridge, and Rosalyn Yeast, who started in Augusta.

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Prophecy G. A. H. S. STUDIOS Ten years have elapsed since the 1955 stars of G. A. H. S. were at the heighth of their careers. Some of the stars have gone into different professions around the studio. What do you say we take a walk around the G. A. H. S. Studios and see what ' s going to happen. As we enter the studio dress shop we see DONNA WYMAN tearing her hair. She is trying to make a dress that will look right on CONNIE ANDERSON when Connie poses for the cover of PEEK , the magazine that tells all the facts and figures around HOLLYWOOD. As we enter Studio I, we see SALLY McGLOCKLIN, the famed band director. Sally is here because the G. A. H. S. Studios are making a picture entitled the SALLY MC GLOCKLIN STORY . Sally ' s band is the leading band in the U. S. A. at this time. Turning down the walk toward Studio II, we see TOM CASE clad in his football uniform for the picture he is making called TOM CASE, FULLBACK . After speaking to Casey , we enter Studio II, where we see MARYLIN HOAG sitting on her boss ' s lap, the famed CECIL CRUMMEL. Her reason for being there is all in a day ' s work, as Marylin and Cecil are being starred in a new movie called SECRETARIES ARE WHERE THEY SHOULD BE . Cecil has one comment though, he doesn ' t have enough secretaries. Outside again we meet JIM KIRKLIN, the famous electrical technician. Of course, you all know Jim- he is the man that invented the motion picture screen on the ceiling so people can recline while en¬ joying the movie. Moving on to Studio III, we find PAUL VAN SICKLER and DONNA TURNBULL making their first in a series of movies entitled THE WILD AND WOOLLY WEST . Their stage names are PAUL ROY ROGERS VAN SICKLER, and DONNA DALE EVANS TURNBULL. In Studio IV, we see the GREAT BOB MC BARNES doing his magician act for the movie in which he will be starring WHO DUNNIT . Entering Studio V, we find BEVERLY LOUELLA PARSONS BOWERS interviewing SHIRLEY SISCO, who is starring as TINKERBELL in a new release of PETER PAN . Co-starring with Shirley is JIM SUMNER as PETER PAN . As we leave the Studio, we bump into WILLIAM RINGO AND DAVID HOLDRIDGE who are a new comedy team sensation. Their stage names are PETE MARTIN and BILLY LEWIS. In Studio VI, we see JOE BROKAW drawing pictures for his new movie THE ROGUES OF G. A. . Mr. Brokaw is an animated cartoonist of great fame. In leaving Studio VI, we meet CATHERINE EHRMANN, well-known news commentator, who is on her way to make a news report for the Motion Picture Theaters. Entering Studio VII is quite a task as some of the stars are gathered together for a filming of a picture called GENTLEMEN PREFER BRUNETTES . The stars of this picture are GAIL COLLARD, well-known society play girl, and CLINTON SCOTT, well-known society play boy, SHIRLEY KAUFFMAN, famous for her fabulous collection of daimonds that she wears, and the remarkable JACK KERNS who is known for his natty clothes. Also there, is ANN LEWIS, a very glamourous personality who makes your eye-balls quiver, and the ever-popular LLOYD BUSH. Lloyd is the quiet, shy, reserved type, but when you get him with Ann, you never know what is going to happen. Moving on to Studio VIII, we find PEGGY DAVIS and MYRA CARTWRIGHT going over their lines for the movie made from the book MYRA MARRIES A MILLIONAIRE . Myra is playing the role of a sophisticated glamour girl, and Peggy is playing her little sister who is always under foot when the mil¬ lionaire comes to call. Outside of Studio VIII, we see EVELYN CARSON, famous for her roles in the series of movies about the mule FRANCES. Her latest picture is one where FRANCES gets Ev a husband. After speaking to Ev, we move on to Studio IX, where we find JEANCALE ABNET, a lady who has made the motion picture industry light up with her songs. Miss Abnet ' s biggest seller in the popular field was her version of DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL ' S BEST FRIEND . Moving along to Studio X, we have the luck to see ROSALYN YEAST doing an old time piece on the piano. Miss Yeast is noted for her ragtime . In the lobby of Studio XI, we have the pleasure of meeting ELOISE WAGNER, ANN MANNING, and BETTY WILSON who are well-known figures in the field of make-up and hair styling. Also in Studio XI is DONNA ROELOF. Miss Roelof is a writer of plays. She has had many successes, but her most successful one is the G. A. REVIEW . Going from Studio XI to Studio XII, we see ROBERT BROWN. Bob is an all-around handy man at the Studios - right now he is on his way to fix the clasp on one of SHIRLEY KAUFFMAN ' S diamond necklaces. In Studio XII JOAN TELFER is rehears¬ ing her lines for her current movie called MISS TELFER . Joan plays the role of a very over¬ worked teacher. Coming around the corner we can see Studio XIII, our last stop on this visit with the Class of 1955. In the Studio we can hear the patter of feet. These feet belong to the vaudeville team of NANCY KERNS DEANNA BRESSON, better known as KERNS BRESSON. They are making a movie that goes way back to the good old days. The tune we hear them dancing to is BYE BYE BLUES. As we look back over the last few hours we have spent with our alumni, we can easily see that there is no business like show business and that they have found health, happiness, and success.