Hanover High School - Revonah Yearbook (Hanover, IL)

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 R E V O N A H (Class Prophecy Continued) Over there, Lillian Webster is telling a group of awed females about her experience as a gorilla wrestler. She always gets her gorilla now that she has perfected the Monkey Twist, a hold she practiced while playing girls' basketball in high school. The name of Mary Jo Donnan has come into print quite recently for creating a hair style which is taking the country by storm. It seems Mary Jo has come closer to nature since she has moved to the farm with her husband, Richard McGinnis, and the beauty of New Mown Hay has inspired her to create a hair style of the same name. This class of '54 has been filled with creators and designers, for as Harry Pearce enters, he is wearing his ballerina-length trousers over a stiff crinoline—a style which is catching on rapidly in the men's fashion world. Straddling the piano bench like a professional, is Donny Crawford. He's dressed in his daily attire—a tuxedo. After Don learned to play the piano he was worried because he couldn't play with his toes or stand on his head and tickle the ivories, but since he has placed a candlelabra on the piano during his Thursday night T. V. show, his success has soared. All attention is suddenly drawn to the main entrance as Lenny and Larry Cobine, accompanied with a crash, are trying to bring in their new Hudson sportscar. These twins, after a short vacation in Las Vegas, have become the town's playboys. A uniformed figure catches our eye. On second look it's not a uniform but merely a close resemblance to one. It's worn by Norma Kaufman, head of the Salvation Army here. She always had ; tender spot in her heart for the Army, and it seems she joined with the anything-you-do, l-can-do-better spirit. Sounds of music come floating through the air. A curtain is pulled and Lura Lee Phillips, the One Man Band is revealed, playing her theme song When Banana Skins are Falling, That's when I'll Come Sliding Back to You. As we are leaving this gay reunion, we pass Bob Wendling who saunters in late but happy at having completed his alarm clock that not only wakes you, but also gets you up. Goodbye to this group can only be for a short time, for anywhere you go you will always find at least one member of the class of '54. S 19 5 4 o

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Wherefore Art Thou? Open house at the Pat Murphy Curtis cattle ranch in Derinda Center, invites the gala gathering of the Class of '54 for a reunion. Twenty-five years have elapsed and some former students of good old H. H. S. have lapsed into a staid wedded bliss or middle-aged domesticity. Great publicity attends this event as reporters and photographers gather around the Curtis sundeck where Lucille Kirchner (Miss Bunar McFadden of '79) is to parachute from her blimp, the first to break the sound barrier, into a tank of buttermilk. Other photographers hasten to snap Grandma Moes Larson, the cheese-cake grandmother who paints pictures of her legs on plates. After the novelty of this latest event has worn off, things return to normal, and the guests drift through the house. One of the female guests drifting by catches our attention. Her backless, strapless, waistless, cocktail gown is made of her latest innovation to the fashion world-human hair—her own which she let grow since her graduation from high school. Miss Mary Jane Harker has made quite a name for herself and for Hanover by converting the little town into the fabulous fashion center of the world. Max Harksen has just arrived and several people are watching in awe as Max, wife and ten boy scouts alight from his English Ford. Yes, Max has become Scout Master of Hanover and even has a troop of his own. Pat Van Dyke, better known as Madame Cure-all, comes in wheeling her bandaged partner and husband, Leroy Hacker. It seems though Pat spilled some more boiling water, an act she perfected while still in high school. Jack White is reclining rather inconspicuosly in the hammock on the lawn. He's saving his strength for he has a tough part in the Army—tuba player. The swimming pool now seems to be the center of attraction. Here Marjorie Clarkson and Keith Croffoot are giving a brief demonstration of underwater ballet. Keith is exhibiting much of the grace and form of his old basketball days, while Marjorie is wearing her foam rubber bathing suit for softer landing when she dives. Jim Stutzman, on the patio, is dramatizing a scene from the The Importance of Being Ernest to a group of interested men. He is sampling the refreshments on the side. Jim is now a Professor of Latin at Stevens College for girls. While there he discovered the need for a very long lasting lipstick and has just patented a two-month stay-on lipstick. The girl with all the dedals is our own Gail Irwin, now known as Stormy Gail, national champion auto racer. She attributes her success to practice gained on Main Street.

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REVONAH SENIOR CLASS WILL We Hereby Do Bequeath , Marjorie Clarkson, do will to Robert Kevern my shy and winsome manner. , Larry Cobine, do will my easy way with people, especially girls, to Gordon Shafer. , Norma Kaufman, do give to Rial Line, the merry twinkle in my eye. , Lenny Cobine, do award Marvin Speer with all my manly charm and good looks. , Mary Jo Donnan, award Sue Sullivan with my calm and unhurried way of doing things. , Keith Croffoot, do will my ability in athletics to Bob Harkness. , Joan Larson, give my diet to Dolores Mercer, may the best calorie win. , Don Crawford, will my cute little blush to Jim Duffy and Charlene Mitchell. . Jim Stutzman, will my baritone voice to Joanne Mason. , Leroy Hacker, will my impressive and stately height to Keith Unangst and Carol Vandervate. , Mary Jane Harker, give my fighting spirit to Jacqueline Haug and Kay Mickle. , Max Harksen, do will my lithe figure to Alex Paisley and Kay Milier. , Lucille Kirchner, give my wholesome attitude to Sally Lewin and Shirley Krippendoff. , Richard McGinnis, do donate my bright new smile to Alberta Potter and Judy Johnson. , Shirley Mulane, donate my use of green Chevrolets exclusively to lla Potter. , Gail Irwin, will my driving ability to Jeanne Petitgoue. , Pat Murphy, give my homemaking instincts to Phyllis Mielke and Jane Calvert. , Harry Pearce, donate my quietness to Phyllis Boldt and Patsy Green. , Lura Lee Phillips, do will my devil-may-care attitude to Roger Wunderlin. , Pat Van Dyke, will my ability to get along with dogs and children to Tom Kilpatrick and Eugene Steele. , Lillian Webster, will my craving for Dog Yummies to Benny Dyson. , Bob Wendling, will my broken alarm clock to Kay Mueller and Janice Clarkson. , Jack White, will my enthusiasm to Kay Curtiss and Betty Harkness. 19 5 4