Lacon High School - Tickler Yearbook (Lacon, IL)

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flu I mn s Tal: CAM 'UU We the class of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty nine being about to leave this sphere rn full possession of sound mind memory and understanding do make and pub lrsh this our last W1ll and Testament hereby revoking and making void all former W1lls by us at any time heretofore made I IACKIE RUSSELL hereby will my ab1l1ty to get a fella and keep h1m esp cially if he has a nice new Fleethne to Ioan Reynolds I GEORGE BENNETT hereby will my wit and ability to s1t down on a job to Paul Garrison who is always busy RONNIE LENZ hereby will my shy personahty to Chuck Pries who certainly isnt shy MARGE HOLLER hereby w1ll my ab1l1ty to make wonderful plans for the future and make sure they come true to Ieanne D1 Gusto BILL CORDES hereby w1ll my smartness to Gene Scudder IACK WILSON hereby will my slogan Boys dont ever get hooked to Iuamta Thomp son MARGARET BUCK hereby w1ll my talent Kmusical or otherwlsel to Manlou Hardmler HERMAN FANDEL hereby will my good looks and personality to Iim Schupp IOEY PEDRO hereby Wlll my fllrtatious eyes and smile to Ruth Buck BOB SWAN hereby w1ll my art1st1c ab1l1ty to Sandra Garrett CGo1ly to make a sketch of her' ' 'D careful Walter or you wont be on the road long I DARRELL MALONE hereby will my ab1l1ty to keep basketball training rules perfectly and above all never smoke a cigarette to Eddie Taflinger I IACK COWELL hereby w1ll my leadership ab1l1ty in class and my journalism technique to lim Conarro BARBARA HOLLER hereby leave my quite bashful ways to Ioyce Shafer IACK WEIR hereby will my we1rd facial expressions to Wayne Schmitt GLORIA DANHOF better known as Pe Lee hereby will my athletic ab1l1ty to Helen Kitts BOB MODRO hereby w1ll my ab1l1ty to b tall and almost always get the rebounds in basketball to Frank Garrett who is just a little on the short side I FRANCES LINDSTROM hereby will my shortness and eagerness to learn more to Keith Baldwin I BOB PEARSON herebv will my Qblllly to always be on the best terms with the teachers in Good ole Lacon High to Larry Stinger I GLORIA MCDONALD hereby will my loud vocal cords to Elaine Nevitt I MARVIN DUNN hereby will my baseball techmque to Harry Hill I PAUL WENZ hereby will my catching ab1l1ty ln baseball to Eugene Wuerzberger And I IOYCE BALDWIN hereby w1ll my cheerleading ab1l1ty to Fairy Mannwng In witness whereof we the Class of 1949 the testators have to this our w1ll wntten on one parchment set our hand and seal this first day of Iune Anno Domini one thousand nine hun dred and forty mne ' ' Q r 32 I l I, I . . . I, , ' . I, , ' ' ' . We, LLOYD and LEONARD NEVITT, hereby will our car driving to Walter Baggs, but be I, , ' . L I . . . 9 . , . . .

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01 The Lum s Pale In frfth grade Emmahne Seaman jomed our class and Rena Allen Mary Belle Seaton Larry McMahon and Maud Krng left us to cont1nue therr educa t1on elsewhere Mr Earl Shar1ck was our frfth grade 1nstructor Mr Shar1ck was a so our srxth grade teacher as all of us but Nancy and Charles Downey Roger Cah1ll and Walter Green started once more to school 1n the fall of 41 Ioseph Shlve Harold Brown and Donald Cnsler were added to the class membersh1p Ioey Pedro Ioyce Goodale and Mlldred Pearson jomed us as we entered seventh grade and Donald Cnsler Fredrrck Bertrang Ir Glenn Baldwm Harold Brown and Raymond G1osta left us Mrs Iosephrne Palmquxst was our seventh grade teacher Next came erghth grade and our last year 1n grade school wxth Lloyd and Leonard Nevrtt Iohn Thompson and Marvm Vrets becornmg members of our class Fredrlck Bertrang Ir Robert Roth and Marllyn Long were unable to begm school w1th us that fall Under the rnstructlon of Mrs Sara Chrxstman we frnrshed our grade school educatlon and on May 18 1945 twenty three stu dents who were to contrnue therr educatron at Lacon Communrty Hrgh School graduated at the h1gh school gym those bemg Walter Baggs Ioyce Baldw1n George Bennett Iack Cowell Margaret Buck V1rg1l Danhof Marvln Dunn Ioyce Goodale Barbara Holler Marlorre Holler Gene Krowlek Ronald Lenz Bob Swan Marvln Vrets Ioey Pedro Paul Wenz Irma West and lack W1lson Our flower was the whrte carnat1on and our colors blue and whrte We as up and comrng freshmen were to enter h1gh school the next fall wrth our erght years of grade school put away rn the book of trme but to remam 1n our memory for years to come Those 1n the Freshman class the followrng fall were Walter Baggs Gordon Baldw1n Gene Crank Marvrn Dunn Ioyce Goodale Ronald Lenz Edward Russell Bob Swan Paul Wenz Irma West lack W1lson Ioyce Baldw1n George Bennett Margaret Buck lack Cowell Vrrgxl Danhof Bob Pearson Herman Fandel Barbara Holler Mar1or1e Holler Bob Modro Leonard Nevrtt Lloyd Nevrtt Iackre Russell Iack Wrer Glorla McDonald and Darrel Malone Our h1gh school days flew past and before we knew lt 1t was t1me to graduate Those who made up the graduatmg class were Ioyce Baldw1n George Bennett Margaret Buck Wrlham Cordes lack Cowell Glorra Danhof Marvln Dunn Herman Fandel Barbara Holler Marjorre Holler Ronald Lenz Fances Llndstrom Darrell Malone Glor1a McDonald Bob Modro Leonard Nev rtt Lloyd Nevrtt Bob Pearson Ioey Pedro Iackre Russell Bob Swan Walter Weers Paul Wenz Iohn Wfer and lack W1lson I I I . I I I Darrell Malone, Gloria McDonald, Leonard Nevitt, Lloyd Nevitt, Iackie Russell, - I I . I I I I I I I I O

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The I mn S F1116 Cana P plrecy 48 49 It s a bud' Its a plane' No 1t s Guardran Angel of the Lacon graduat1ng class of 49 com mg Jn to take hrs f1rst ten year census of them Come on let s hop on board h1s comet and go along for the r1de 1t ought to prove very enhghtenmg Look down there' Those two f1gures look rather fam1l1ar Why of course 1t s Chref Iustxce Bob Pear on and Senator Wrlham Cordes I never thought those two would ever get that far Over there 1S one of the Nev1tt Theaters Yes Lloyd and Leonard hnally took over the old Shafer theater and from then on they yust kept on expandrng Wonder whats playmg to day? L1fe w1th Rxley featunng Ronme Lenz as D1gger O Dell The Frlendly Undertaker My Ronnle never gave us an 1nkl1ng that he would ever do anythlng l1ke that Hey' Watch out for that arrplane Why those were old Lacon Grads on that plane Must b hav1ng a conventron or somethrng There was Darrell Malone the brg c1garette manufac turer Remember how much he used to smoke? Well he found out lust what type of crgarette was best from about a dozen drfferent brands and now he s manufactunng them full scale George Bennett was there too He now has a monopoly on all the pool halls 1n the world and he plays pool wherever and whenever he wants to for nothmg lack W1lson the record1ng cow boy srnger and Margaret Buck the great v1ol1n1st were also aboard lack sold more of h1s rec ords than any other srnger th1s year Margaret IS tak1ng the place of Evelyn and her Magrc V1ol1n wlth Ph1l Sp1talny s all g1rl orchestra Ioey Pedro was the a1r l1ne stewardess on board that plane She at least has real1zed her amb1t1on1n hte There were four more grrls from that class Gl0I1G McDonald IS now teach1ng kmdergar ten at Yale Un1vers1ty and Barb Holler IS head manager at Macey s Department Store ln New York Glor1a Danhof and Frances L1ndstrom were just elected the two best secretar1es 1n the U S I don t see how they managed 1t because nelther one can spell correctly Bob Swan and Marvm Dunn surely fooled all of us Bob went 1n bus1ness for hlmself whrle st1ll 1n h1gh school and lt really pa1d off You ve heard of Schw1nn Bu1lt B1cycles Im sure Well Swan Bu1lt B1cycles pushed them out of bus1ness years ago MGIVIG d1scovered Oll ln h1s backyard one day and now he has become so r1ch he owns the Standard O11 Company Iackle Russell and Ioyce Baldwm were go1ng to be the career g1rls out of that class but lt now seems that they are hav1ng careers of be1ng housew1ves There s the PGC1l'1C Ocean over there w1th Admrral Shanck s shrp U S S Marg1e rxdrng at anchor Yes Marg1e Holler rs happ1ly marr1ed to Kenny and her two l1ttle Gobs 1n navy bl.1 keep her well occup1ed lack Cowell 1S now the owner and edrtor of the Lacon Home Iournal Iack personally covers all sports events esp c1ally when they concern pr1ze ftghtmg lack s fnend Herman Fandel s a champton pr1ze fghter now He followed 1n h1S brother s footsteps and cl1mbed rlght to the to Iohn Wter was the only tnventor out of the entrre class Yes he mvented remote control farmmg The rest of the farmers were so happy they erected a statue of Iohn tn front of the Capttol at Washtngton D C Bob Modro and Paul Wenz are st1ll 1n Lacon l1v1ng off therr parents That s what they d1d n the r hrgh school days and they lrked 1t so much they 1ust kept at 1t Well Guardlan Angel 1t surely was a swell nde and when you come back 1n ten years look me up aga1n Bye now og - '- Z l'0 ' , . , ., . . , . . , - . . . . , . - I , . . .. ., . . . . , , S .. - I F . . , . n- - - rf - - n- 1 - ll . , 1 . , . . . , . 9 . , - . . , . , . - 1 ' I I I ' - . , , . . . . , . 1 . . . . . . . . , . . . , 1 - 1 . , ' . , .. . . . , . H .ff .. . . . . - H ,,. - 1 19 ' . . . . , . I 9 - , , : . . . . . , . . 1 I . - 1 , . . . . .. . I - 1 I . I I . .