Homer High School - Trojan Yearbook (Homer, MI)

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CLASS WILL We, the SENIOR CLASS OF HOMER HIGH SCHOOL, hereby, being of sound mind and superior judgment, make and publish this to be our Last Will and Testament: 1MOJEAN BEGLEY wills her ability to flirt to Linda Wordon. CORA DISBRO leaves her quiet ways to Judy Smith. KEN HERRICK regretfully leaves his pitching ability to Jack Ladd. GENE HOAGL1N wills nothing because he wants more himself. LYNN BROCK WAY wills his beer connections to Bill Leedle. ELIZABETH RICHARDS bequeaths her quiet ways to Linda Long. HAROLD VanMETER leaves his speed to Homer Melville. ILAH TESCH wills whatever she has to anyone who wants it. DAN ROGERS wills his scrounging places in the halls to Judy and Calvin. CAROL KNAPP wills her temper to Karen Huston. DALE PETERSEN wills his high office of window controller in Civics class to Larry Thurston. SUE WARNER wills her cooking ability to Luella West. MARCELLA TRUAX leaves her Blue Jeans to Jackie Lape. KAYE SHRONTZ wills her night roaming to Betty Leatherman. HELEN CASCARELL1 wills her poise to Beverly Moore. LARREY GORSL1NE wills his beer belly to Karl Trader. BOB INGRAHAM wills his technique with the women to Bob Allen. BETTY BERRY leaves her athletic ability to Mary Sherman. In revenge, DAVE SWOPE wills his courteousness and kindness to Lee Edgerton and Keith Rosenau to pse in Trig class in the near future. MARTI MILLER wills her shapely figure to Shirley Bradley. EARUNE WARNER wills her height to Leslie Warner. DONNA WAISNER wills her smoking ability to Jack Thurston. JERRY HAMMOND gives his FELSPAUSH jacket to Bill Norton. GEORGE HUCKFELDT wills his drawing ability to Denny Brooks. BARBARA KUBASKY wills Dick to anyone who can keep him. MARY EGNATUK wills her private sessions with Mrs. Weaver to Lloyd Swafford. SHERRY LONGENECKER leaves her position in the Cafeteria to Sherry Nelson. LINDA ENOS leaves her Gift-of-gab to Louie Z oiler. DON PITTELKOW wills his quiet ways to Coach Rhinard. DAVE KOONS wills his dramatic ability to Alfred Kenzie. RUTH AVERY wills her Yakking ability to Ellen McCullough to go along with what she already has. After considerable thought BOB VANDENBURGH wills his favorite math teacher to Bob Keifer. LaVONNE SOWERS gives her well worn pocketbook to Diane Boertmann. MARILYN BOWERSOX wills her studious ways to Butch Lons. MARY REAGLE wills her ability to get a man to Joan Young. CAROL DRINKWATER wills her red hair to Mrs. Highlund. BILL BOUGHNER wills his gambling ability to David Gregg. MARY TAYLOR wills her marriage ability to Margaret Schau. JIM DAY wills his ability to skip school to Phyllis Foley. REX WILDT wills his ways with the women to Gene Tidd. RALPH LADD wills his ability to be late to school to Joyce Ann O’Dell. ROGER MILLER leaves his sassing ability to Connie, Beverly, and Leslie. THE SENIOR CLASS wills to our two sponsors: Mrs. Weaver, who has been with us for four years and Mr. Draime. who was our sponsor two years, our best wishes and sincere gratitude in helping us through our high school career. To next year’s Senior Class, we will the ability to keep class records, and hold an annual Skip Day. To next year’s Junior Class, we will our vigor and intelligence. To next years Sophomores, we will the love that the faculty has for us. To next years Freshmen, we will our confidence to move forward constantly. This, our Last Will and Testament, was signed, sealed and published by us, the SENIOR CLASS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE. by Dale Petersen Rex Wildt

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 PROPHECY OF THE CLASS OF 1959” The year is 1972. We are now living in the large city of Homer and are reporters for the Homer Index. We have just been assigned to do our annual reports on the Homer Graduates of 59. We grabbed our maps and began our trip. We started in our home town of Homer and found George Huckfeldt as a minister of the Methodist Church. As we travel to the outskirts of our fair city, we find a prosperous factory. The chief designer of world-famous flea furniture is Robert Vandenburgh. We see, in the distance, the world-famous rock-and-roll dancer. Marcella Truax, entertaining a group of teenagers. Traveling westward in the direction of Chicago, we find Linda Enos lecturing on, HOW TO BEAT THE TEACHERS TO THE PUNCH LINE. At a large television studio in the heart of the city, Donald Pittelkow is busy at work rehearsing for the part of Superman. We found Sherry Longenecker cutting a large diamond for the Hollywood producer, David Koons. Moving on westward we stopped for lunch at the Highlund Point and found that Mary Taylor is the owner of it and much to our surprise, LaVonne Sowers was head waitress. We decided to move on toward California where we found Bill Boughner diving for snails. Jim Day was there, also, working on a theory for laziness. We had a little time left and so we decided to visit an animal farm which we discovered was owned by Ralph Ladd. We noted that Gene Hoaglin is in Los Angeles designing wigs for bald-headed women. We decided to travel on to another state so we climbed into our Space Copter which developed engine trouble near Salt Lake City. We stopped at the Space Garage and found that it was owned by David Swope. After our Copter had been fixed, we traveled to Phoenix, Arizona where the famous scientist, Larrey Gorsline, has just invented a switch to turn off people's sound affects. Also, we found Cora Disbro was the chief designer for next year's space clothes. We thought we came up with some good ones; but this is the one that takes the cake, Ilah Tesch is in a Government Laboratory dissecting snakes for research. We read in the Rocket Daily newspaper that Mary Egnatuk has won an award for her book, DROODLE'S FOR POODLE'S! Next we journeyed into Sweetwater. Texas where we found Elizabeth Richards roping steers on a large ranch. Former Homer students are making sports history in Dallas, also, Imojean Begley has pitched several no hit games for her Cow-Girl baseball team. Lynn Brockway has just driven his Mighty Midget to his tenth straight victory in Hot rod races. On to Missouri where Kenneth Herrick is giving campaign speeches for the Presidency of the United States. We find Barbara Kubasky running the biggest goat farm in the state. Oh, by the way, Harold VanMeter is Elvis Presley's top sergeant at Fort Leonardwood. As we travel toward $iami Beach, we read the society columns of the Times and see that Ruth Avery is campaigning manager for Betty Berry, who is running for the president of the rocket society. Carol Drinkwater has just resigned her position because she was chosen for the All American Basketball Team. When we arrived in Washington D.C.. we see Carol Knapp is setting on her boss's lap taking dictation. Nearing New York, we read in the National Rooty Paper that Dale Petersen is modeling suits for the short men. Dan Rogers, who is a great speaker, is now living in the backroom of the Copa Cabana Club. Much to our surprise, Rex Wildt is singing at the Metropolitan Opera House and drawing excellent pay. We journeyed into Pennsylvania to find that Robert Ingraham has won a cuttie pie award. You would never believe this, Kaye Shrontz is running a coal mine in the heart of the state. She has hired Donna Waisner to be her adviser in all matters. In Hazard. Kentucky, Helen Cascarelli has lost her charm and now runs a pig farm. Two of her best friends and neighbors are Sue Warner and Roger Miller who are the world-famous horse trainers. At last we enter Michigan again after the long tiresome trip and report back to our editor in chief, Marti Miller, with all the news we have had from the graduates of Homer High School class of 1959. by Marilyn Bowersox 25 Mary Reagle

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t 13 YEARS TOGETHER LEFT TO RIGHT: Elizabeth Richards Cora Disbro Donna Waisner Carol Knapp Sue Warner Marcella Truax Ralph Ladd Betty Berry Harold VanMeter Mary Reagle Mary Egnatuk Mary Taylor Ruth Avery Bob Ingraham Ilah Tesch Marti Miller Helen Cascarelli Rex Wildt Don Pittelkow Dave Swope Linda Enos Jim Day Dale Petersen Gene Hoaglin Dan Rogers George Huckfeldt Lynn Brockway Robert Vandenburgh Dave Koons 1959 CLASS POEM by Ruth Ann Avery The Class of '59 now leave dear Homer High To enter the world with confidence and memories of days gone by Although our education will never be complete We know the world will teach us much as each new day we meet As Freshmen we had doubts and fears Of what lay ahead in the coming years But each new day found us growing more As we slowly conquered each task or chore On and on with a quickening beat Came the joys or sorrows which we did meet At last we were Seniors; the best class of all We enjoyed our mischief; spring, winter and fall But now the time has come for us to leave old friends so true And teachers, kind, considerate who helped us these years through When we return to Homer High and joys with nostalga recall Listening carefully we can hear our voices echo in the hall We the Class of '59 Now leave our high school days behind We've laughed and played and worked together Precious high school days will live forever.