Heyworth High School - Hey Hi Yearbook (Heyworth, IL)

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L that Rogers first reply after seeing the gals was, Hmmmmmmm, that's nice! ! ! Of course we know that Stubb was always fond of that statement but we didn't think it would become famous. By famous, we mean that the two have invested a slight amount of the money which they inherited years agp, into a factory for making peanut butter with the title of Hmmmmmmm, thit's uicelll' Now let's buzz over to the next room. Some of our more active members moved over here so that they wouldn't bother the quieter of the group. Yep!! It's those lively kids who love music having a jam session. If you couldn't see, you could cer- tainly hear the person I'm about to speak of. You know when we speak of drums, we mean Jim Craig. jim finally hooked that little Moberly gal. That's both in on this session, Jim and his drums, and Ann playing the piano. As you know, ,lim retired at the ag: of 20 when his feet became so small he cculdn't find shoes small enough to fit them. Little Annie is now playing at Carnegie Hall and jim treats the audience once in a while with his famous drum solos. Yes, they're quite a couple! Fernella Ensminger is in on the session too! F em is now directing the Marine Corps Band which is making a nation-wide tour. The Band just finished playing in ,Heyworth and that's how Fern happened to make it to this party. May I also add that Fem is married and is now teaching her six girls how to keep their hair as short as possible. Our marimba-man is here. Of course, we are referring to Leonard Gardner. After Leonard's marriage to that southern belle, he offered anyone a huge reward if they could play a marimba as fast as he. Leonard is still champion. Far in the comer, C Q practicing for their great duet to be pre- i sented as a concert a a 'in fx re those two musicians, 10' Dude mt s n d Norman Malcom. Nor- man and his guitar 248 ll . i ,, - Q 1 Q inmnnl qifcg-7: f,i3'L'.357.1 lf' - ag::5!n:, , -Q Ill , ,I 1 51:0 in 9 , ..:::t 1 ip w-.- ' ..te.fN::1' V , ,,,- In X A, In Il: I ll I' I ll I! I .- I' 2 --I at . le. A 4 llli 5 make a nice number but 6 Dude's songs sure do 9 add s lot. They of 1, changed their type of X -I song from hillbilly to f QD opera. Can you imag- SD ine??? D W Let's jog out to the 1 veranda where several f Q of our guests are play- ing ping pong. At one end of a table, play- .ing partners, are Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Griffin. Mrs. Griffin, as you well know, is the fonner Helen True. Don't forget to look under the table. That's where Helen left her three sets of triplets. Helen is teaching all her kids to turn cart-wheels. At the other end of the ping pong table are those two romancers of the senior class of '5l- none other than Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Limer. Duncan and his wife, Doris, have had a very suc- cessful life, too. Duncan, as you know if you ever read the sports magazines and papers, is head coach of the Globe Trotters. Doris and their small family follow Duncan when he and his team make their famous tours. They just returned from Ken- tucky and Doris is all thrills because she got to see a lot of her relatives. Over at the punch table, we see some familiar faces. There's the former Phyllis Kidwell and her husband. Phyllis married an ISNU alumnus and moved to a farm down near lvesdale, Illinois. She tried her luck at song writing right after her marriage but she failed because she oouldn't find a hit like those two she made famous, My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean and Charley, My Boy, Also at the table are Mr. and Mrs. Merle Jones. Merle left the farm just after he graduated to be- wme teacher of Girls' Physical Ed. at Normal Community. He had a star student so he up and married her and he's been there ever since.

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MW' WENT '11, aww. 2 PROP:-:asv .3 ji-'I Well, follss, we find ourselves in the spring of l97l where the class of 'Sl and their families are responding to one of Merle Martens' annual parties. Merle, his wife, and their young daughter, Joyce ll, are now living in Lytleville in the large ranch home which just recently they built. They are retired, of course, since they do own all of Lytle- ville. There is all sorts of recreation going on in the large recreation room this evening. ln one cor- ner, we find a canasta game which seems quite interesting. Here we find Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lee and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coone. Mr. Lee is owner of the Peasley 6: Peasley Lumber Com- pany which he inherited from his father-in-law. Robert Coone. his wife and their twelve children just drove down from Wenona where Bob owns a million dollar night-club. Bob says children come cheaper by the dozen. Sitting over on the couch are a few girls gath- ered together having a gab fest. Donelda Hlaycraft seems to be the center of attraction telling the girls of her wonderful job as housekeeper for a bachelor named Kam She talks of her job quite highly as though it is very nice. Marie Pfeifer is one of the interesting listeners. Marie has made her- self popular in the past few years, and also very wealthy, as she invented a new kind of car. It has wings on the sides and it's quite different from any ever put on the market. Marie calls it the Kenny car. Seated beside Marie is the former Miss Wilma Coone. Wilma married just after her retirement from the grocery business last fall. She and her friend Beverly Shannan bought a grocery store in the fall of '5l and have increased it to 50 since then. After the retirement of the two girls, Beverly, who has remained single all these years, decided to travel about and visit all the army camps. Beverly just blew in from Koolcamonga where she met the most attractive general!! From all of Beverly's taies of the general, he must be THE man in her life. Another very wealthy and prosperous member of this group is Miss Hazel Fitzgerald. Hazel is now running a school for girls, teaching them the funda- mentals of sports and how to keep their figures in ship-shape condition. The girls aren't the only ones gabbing. Over on the other side of the room are the male conversation- rrtalsers. And believe it or not every male over there is a bachelor. The first one to catch our eye is the prominent Howard Cotton. Howard has made it a business to teach beautiful girls how to cheerlead successfully. You're wondering why Howard re- mained single?? Well, wouldn't you, if you were surrounded by beautiful girls who swooned over you constantly?? By the way, Howard finally got those glasses we couldn't afford for him back in '5l. Ronnie Davis and Ralph Walden are also present among these few bachelors. These two are still building that tracls in the desert so that they can race in their Ford and Chevie, respectively. The two of them have built a home and and they sit by the hour arguing about which car will go faster. Gene Siwearingen catches our eye and seems very handsome for his 38 years. Yes, Gene just passed his 38th birthday and celebrated by inviting all the girls of his theatrical house over for a huge dinner. Gene went on the stage right after his graduation and became famous with the production of One Man Among Fifty Women. Ahhhh, yes, Gene loved the theater and still has a yen to double his cast to l00 women. Well, who wouldn't???? The last two bachelors of our gay party are none other than Stubb and Brother Charles. Yes, those two are still together and doing line! Brother Charles has become Stubb's chauffeur and they travel all over the United States and Can- ada. They just came baclr from Alaslca where they met with two very beautiful women whom they say are very nice. Brother Charles Pendleton let us in on a secret about his pal, Roger. He stated

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fm. f Q 4-J! Oh, there's the form- -X er Mary Campbell, all I wrapped in furs and emeraldsll Mary went back to Oklahoma in '52 and married that fella with the oil wells. No wonder she's wrap- ped in riches!! 4 1 M Well, look who I see? Mrs. Do ris Coone and her little Juniors! l--2-3-4-5- oh, hum!! Doris and Junior moved to Peoria after their marriage where Junior became sole owner of the Caterpillar Tractor Company. Guess who keeps books for ,Iunior?? Little wifey, of course, since she was star student in bookkeeping class. Heavens, the party is half over and guess who comes in late. Yes, you guessed it. I'm telling you, I never have gone anywhere when that Smith family came on time. Mrs. Smith is the former Beverly jannusch. Of course, by the time they get the six boys dressed, I guess that is a good enough reason to make anyone late. I just can't understand how Bob Coone ever makes it with his tlvelve! I tell you it's sure a good thing that Merle has a large house because there are so many people here and no one is doing the same thing. Yes, it's a humdinger of a party!! Mr. and Mrs. Fulk and Mr. and Mrs. 0'Dea are two couples I just spied. I hadn't seen them earlier in the evening. Mrs. Fulk is the former Darlene johnson. They are hap- pily married and they are living in that popular village of Heyworth. Mrs. O'Dea, as everyone probably knows, is the former Charlotte Pendleton. T 'S of TIP ff' 444 Nah ' She and Bob are the owners of a large Mercury convertible establishment. Four girls I can remember being in classes with just went over to the punch table to be served. They are Rose Mary Spaulding, Donna Morris, Phyllis Ceske, and Kathleen Williams. Donna Morris is the Dean of Women in a New York college. She seems to get along quite well with the girls funless they don't mind herj. I believe I saw in the paper about a month ago where Rose Mary was playing at the Chicago theater. Oh. didn't I tell you, she's a very well-known actress. She has a talent for reading Shakespeare incredibly well. The third girl in the group is Miss Geske. Phyllis has kept us all guessing these last 20 years. She has traveled the world over and is now pre- paring to fly back to France where she left a cer- tain someone. And last, but definitely not least of the foursome, is Mrs. Benny Lausterer. The former Kathleen Williams is at the party stag because her husband had to chase to California to bring back their young- est daughter who got homesick for her mama. Her daughter was in California going to a private school for girls. ,Kathleen says that since she went to Heyworth and became so well educated, she wants her children to have the same opportunity. And now, folks,Iit's nearing midnight and to- morrow is another day. I guess I'd better be shov- ing off. I sure am glad I got to see all the senior class of 'Sl again from dear old Heyworth, and I'm hoping I can join them again at their next re- union. I