Holy Child High School - Acorn Yearbook (Waukegan, IL)

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CLASS OF 45 WITH TEN YEARS IN BETWEEN Already lt IS June 1955 and I am speedmg toward the scenes of my hxgh school days The tram IS commg to a stop and that red halred conducto1 looks strangely famlllar as she calls thlough the tram W1uk e e gm Edlson n n Court Could that be the gay IVIICIKQX Chubb who tr yded the sllver wlngs of a transport plane for the s1ly G1 11118 of the No1th Sho1c I No tlme for conyersatlon because I only haye a day to rem1n1sce I Jump 1nto the flrst cab I see and tell the drlyer to c1u1se 1round W 111 kegan that I mlght once agaln be back among the green flelds of my youth H'1v1ng settled my self comfort 1bly my ey es chance to llght upon the c 1b drlver s permlt tacked above the vylndshleld I seem to rec 1ll the t me md the name Betty Stahl conflrms my thought After a teyv mmutes ot ulle chatter I h1re her as my gulde for the day She polnts out the neyy radlo statlon yyhlch makes our l1ttle Clty eycn more lmportant It s about tlme for a broadcast to begm that I knoyy vou ll be mtelested 1n Let s go m for a mmute she suggests so IH we go As we enter the studlo We hear the announcer s vo1ce 1dvert1s1ng Mrs Murphy s Chocolate Covered Dog Blscults Somethmg cllcks III my mem duces much to mv amazement Dr lVIary Foley s Medlatlon Panel The dlalogue went thls wav Do you have troubles B1 mg them to me and I w1ll 1ron them out qulck l1ke a bunny In the mlddle of the program a speclal broadcast came through trom the laboratory of Dr D A Lmdeman the great sc1ent1st to announce her dls covery of Lmdeman s Llnlment guaranteed to cure snake b1te tsetsc tly bxte and to free any one of tlcks From Studlo A we went to Studlo B where the S1ng1ng Str1ngs Helen Batura Ruth Grohall and Dolores Nleml yyere advertlsmg Neusbaums New and Improy ed Hot Press as the fashlon noyy yy ould haye It It gL13.ldH tees to stralghten curlv halr better than a Waukegan fog Unable to he 11 any more of th1S We declded to leave We are about to re enter the mb when I notlce a flgure Scallng the Water tower near by w1th pamt brush 111 hand Upon closer my estlgatlon we f1nd It to be none other than ou1 oyyn Glorla Largent yvho has fmally reached the helght of her amb1t1on 18 1 pamter As we look to the top of the toyve1 we notlce that Old Sol IS hlgh ln the heavens thls remmds us that yve are hungry Betty suggests 1 fancy Tea Room on S Market Street by name Madam Zulu s As yve se It Olll selves at the table the vyaxtress mqulres 1f yye yyould l1ke to have 0111 IOI tunes told by Madam Zulu Kellee We agree to th1S and yy hen Madam en ters 1n turban et al I notlce a small auburn curl yyhxch pe1s1sts III shoyymg, CCont1nued on page 389 I irq ll I ' 1 1 1 K ti .V r . . ' . H , ' K . , z - - - 2 - ' - - in VY ' yv 2 X l I w 1 ' v a E 1 s I L L ' c L' x . ' ' ' v ' v L '-V L L x L C K ' 7 5 L, n ' 4 S 2 , ' 1 f 1 'Q ' I 1 ' 4 v' 1 ' y -4 1 'L . 1 L 1 . L 1 c , 4 ,, V ,, . Y V . . y . . 3 ! . 7 ' ' 7 Y . Y. . . ' 1 v . . v I a 1 ' . Y v 3 as 1 - - , a - , , I . , . . ,, . . , , . l 1 E . I . 1. 1 L L , C L L s ,' .N . V . . 1 . I - ory, yes It IS the vo1ce of MaF10H Norton. As we llsten, MISS NOFt0Il mtro- Y v, . . , U , . I N . ? . . H N Q. . 9 5 . . . . I ,, , . . . . , . . , .- 7 ' 7 L K L , .. . . M . . . 1,, 7 ! ' 9 , , . . . v 1 . v v v l T of - ' 7 5 W . . 4 1 L N . c I ' lo , . ' c L C L C ' - . v Y 1 1 1 I I 1 v , L L . L L L L c K , G4 1 . Y 7? ' V . I . , , L . L L 1 ' y , , , . ,- K v 1 ', v L - L , T V 'L L' L' L' ' r ' ' 1' Ill'

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TE DEM I th ink God for mx sense of Qlght IJu11ng summer Isor the plnk blossoms on the cherrx trees thc bl 1ght cx es and f1eckled faces of ch1ld1 en 011 1 hot summe1 d IV the llllllllllg Sllll pecplng ox er the h1ll tops thc moon lJONVlllg' oxu the lushlng wax es of 1 xkc llI1Ch12'lll the dlamond llke st us on a black xelxet skx Duung summe1 IOI mx sense of qlght I thank God I th ink God I01 mx sense of hea11ng Illlllllg' summer I Ol the h lppx cues of Clllllll en at the close of the school xc ir the sl immlng of dool s 1s f11e11ds come and go the summe1 lneue xx illlllg th1ough the t1ees the soft KIICIIIIIUIIQI bells of the umb1ell1 m in thc i 1n11l1 11 calls ot Illellfls xx ant1ng to plax dgilll Duung summe1 IOI mx sense of heaung I thank God I thank God fo1 mx sense of taste Duung summe1 P01 ICQ cold lemon 1de on a lJl3.71llg' hot dax the IIIICN Cl lspness of led apples the fleshlx puked chc111es made 1I1tO an ox en b xked plc the llfl6SllllIg me ueam IH m1d dflL91I'lO0Il Dllllllg summer f0l mx sense of taste I thank God I th 1nk God for mx sense of smell Dllllllg' SUIUHIGI FOI the fl 1311 nnce of steammg coffee as It Cl eeps thl0Llgll the house the tantalmng smell of pop corn as It pops 111 thc outdoo1 fue the 0dOl of apple blossoms III a nea1bx o1chard the smell of xxet glass afte1 a sto1m the bxlmx IIGSII 111 on 1 b11ght ea1lx mOll11l1g Ijllllllg' SLIYHHIQI IOI mx sense of smell I thank God I thank God fo1 mx sense of touch Illlllllg summe1 F01 p1ck1ng the f11 st tuhp of SUDIHISI e xxet dexx upo11 the glass e sun beatmg agalnst mx face IQ cool xx ater against mx hot fo1ehead e xx arm hand clasp of frlends Dllllllg summe1 for mx sense of touch I thank God E Ma1v Loulse Kellv Page fllll y su de M 45 4 v 1 . I n n. 1 1 I 11 v A 1' 3.1 L12 1 ' 1 Q A1 1 ' 1 , ' 1 ' - . . 1. 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 . I 4 ' 1 1 1 1 4' C I 1 I .' 1 1 4' 1. 1 1 1 1' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 . 1 A ,I 1 1 t c 1 4 . 11 I 1 1. 1 L C 1 L1 1 L1 1 1 V?r4? 12 ' ' Q I 1 1-' . 2 2 ' .' ' 2 2 Q. 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1. I 1 Q . V- 2 I A. K, the sour tang of breakfast grapefrult 1 ' ' 1 -'1 11 1 1 . . 1 ' s 1 L1 .1 '1- ,1-1' L1 1 ' . 1 - 2 '1 1 'J 1 1 ' '11 1- 1 ' ' -1 1 , . I t 1 x L 1. 1 U 1: 11 11 1 - 1 . O '1 4 1 C K A 1 3 1 1 1 ' 1. 1 1 A 1 ' 1 1- 11 1 1 1 Q 1 '1 L1 2'1 2 1' 1 . 1 ' I 1' 1 11 ' 1 1 1 1 4' 1 1 11 l I .1 ' 1 4 th '1 f ' th 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 tl 1. 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 th 1. 1 ' . . 1' 1 1 Y 1 f 1 . , . K .1 a - 1 '11 1'-- t l -4

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fCOI1t111Ll9Cl from page 373 1tself f10HI bene 1th the folds Wlth th1s small clue to yyolk on I fmally un cove1 one H1016 of the class of 45 Mad 1m Zulu Kellee 18 none othe1 than ou1 Mau Lou Kelly In the cab agaln Betty tells me about three more ex students who are stl Uggllllg away 1n a small gar1 et l1v1ng on one meat ball The Ray schmld tyuell Instltute of Muslcal A1ts IS not domg too Well G0llIg North on Genessee Street I notlce a lalge plate glass yundow beal 1ng the name of the up and comlng l1ttle establlshment Pustaver s Plumb 1ng Pen Hou tlmes haye changed' At last I arrlye at my real destmatlon Holy Chlld hasnt changed a b1t A tall slender SII'1ll1l'1g nun answers the door I hardly recogn17e Margle Vlaass now Mother Marla Amphllochlus She summons Reverend Mother to the pallor and a round yolly E1leen Flatlev comes mto the room to talk over old tlmes We talk for almost an hour before I reallze that tempus does fuglt I bade my frlends at the cony ent fa1 ewell As vse retuln South vye have to stop for a led llght at the Waukegan Hotel and low and behold who should drlve up to a stop b9SldQ us IH a long black llmouslne strokmg a be rlbboned dog but tne m1ll1ona1re M1 s J P1e1 pont Dolngwell the former MISS Mary Monahan of Lake Forest Ill1H0lS DFIVIIIQ' was a smartly dressed chauffeur body guard and detect1ve Mlss As I had come back purposely to recall the past Fate was V912 k1nd to me IH placlng the membe1s of the old class 1n my path On the next cor ner we found a wan dravsn thln Pat Hayes shoutlng Extra read alll about It t t try mg to scrape a few pennles together to care for her husband and l1ttle flock I bought a paper for old tlme s sake and to my amazement found that all the excltement was about Mlrgaret Cepon She had Just won her two hundredth case and It was 1n defendlng VAN JOHNSON who vsas charged vs 1th belng the cause of too many heart fallure cases I then thumbed through the yages lllltll I came to the Want Ad SECUOII The largest ad 111 the center of the page caught my eve and I read It aloud Hlgh school glrls mterestefx 111 obtannng good pos1t1ons as telephone op erato1s w1th good pay and ldeal hours see superlntendent Charlene Mer lock I had seen nearlv every body and was 1nqu1r1ng of the lemalmng few vshen Betty told me that Agnes Balmes Adams has a llttle famlly and IS l1v1ng on a farm ln Wadsworth Patrlcla LOUISQ Hlnse IS novs known around these parts by her le1 of vshlte orchlds and soph1st1cated mannel She IS the owner of the largest chaln of flower shops IH the Northwest Cather 1ne Eflnger IS happ1ly engaged 1n carlng for he1 fellow men at the Vale of Tea1s Mortuary and IS usmg her Sundays to good adyantage at the Garden of Memoues Cemetery ' 4 ' w - . 1 ' 'Y 1 v - ' 1 r - . . .. . . , 7, ' , 1 4 ' 1 V- V 1 1 . i W- 1 1 1 .1 . A 7 AA . . . . 6, ,W A A i' A ' l ,, Y A W Y ' v 7 ' , . , . . . L . I I 1 w In ' . I .., .. . 1 I . y . . 7 74 v s LY l 1 I .7 . be 7 . l 7 . y . ' I Y Y . ' . . 7 7 ,t ' , , A. . - , . s 7 ' 5' 7 L' . . K , Y- . .N Y A L 4 L Y 1, 7 7 A . , Q Y . Rlta O Bv1ne. We waye allv and soeed on. -, 1 7 1 Y A ' Y l ' . 1 ' 9 . ' ' 41 w ' y - , . . I y I '1 . LK - - 7 7 7 7 7 ' - - 7, v' s f I ' ' I f ' , V ' 1 ' ' f' . 2 . . I Y ' v ' I . , ., , Y A1 1 y. . 4 L1 .7 . L K. sl w ' 1 f - ' 4 H 1 . I . L Q, 7 U . . . , . . . V. . r L' A L L I r A A' 5 - ' 7 ' I s Y s ' 1 - . , ., . . , 77 n. ' n, A ., . . . . K . K r 1 K K, br . . J V as , 77 ' ' my 7 YK 7 mc 4' Y ,rs Page fhwty-e1gl1t