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Class l-llstory In the year 1941 Goopie began his task After being carefully pre pared the class of 53 was to enter grade school To tell you of their Joys troubles and pranks would take the complete LANETTE but finally a short eight years later being much wiser they entered Lanark Public High School GOOp16 proudly enrolled his forty proteges into their first year of high school and suffered with them as they went through the rigors of 1n1t1at1on GOOp19 saw quite a different group of students that day The girls were dressed in overalls and sported corn husk beards and corncob p1p9S The boys were quite indescrlbable although Goopie did recognize a vest and a rope Watch chain The class officers were Byron Hawbecker President Lois Ware Vlce President Rody Rahn Secretary and Duane Lotz Treas urer Their Student Council representatives were Jeanette Wllkln and Irvin Z1er Thelma Z1er was the candidate for Basketball Queen and Fireman s Ball Queen By the time next September rolled around GOOPIE saw a change ln hrs future Sophomores They were getting quite learned in the ways of the world Their officers this year were Duane Lotz President, Lois Ware V1cePres1dent Delores Earnest Secretary and Wayne Martln Treasurer Student Council representatives were Jeanette Wllk1H and Rodv Rahn Thelma Z1er was candidate for Basketball Queen and Jean Engel was nominee for Fireman s Ball Queen During this year the class plays Naturally Goopie was quite proud Finally in 1951 they became selected upperclassmen Moving into the newly constructed high school proved very nice Our officers that year were Wayne Martin President Rodv Rahn Vlce President Jeanette Wllklh Secretary and Lois Ware Treasurer Our representatives to Stu dent Council were Thelma Z1er and Duane Lotz We Won the magazine sale chose class rings and sponsored the Prom In April after long prac t1ce We presented MR BARRYS ETCHINGS Our candidate for Fire man s Ball Queen was Mary Ann Deets and Thelma Z1er was our candi date for Basketball Queen In 1952 after three years of preparation 34 Seniors entered Lanark High on the last lap of their Journey For Senior class officers they elected Gerald Martin President John Merboth Vice President Gary Schr1ener Secretary and Duane Lotz Treasurer Their Student Council representa tives were Evelyn Lego and Wayne lVlart1n They again Won the magazine sale selected pictures and published the yearbook The1r Senior play was THE ROBE At the request of the Ministerial Association it was presented again later in the year Thelma Z1er was Homecoming Queen LOIS Ware reigned over the Flreman s Ball Finally in June with sad and reminiscent eyes Goopie watched them graduate and go their way HIS Job had been successfully completed FORTY NINE y . . u . - , . , . I X 7 ! 7 Y V ' . ' 9 . I . v . 3 ' v - - . 3 v l v - ' 1 7 , ' - ' 1 , 9 ' . . . , . . undertook their first dramatic production. They presented three one-act , . . y . 9 N , . - . Z . . , 5 . 7 I . 1 1 . 1 f - 9 ' . , . . , . . ' , . . , - 7 1 D , l S , ' ' I S ' , 9 , U . . - 7 3 ' ' v . . , . , . 1 . . . , .
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Class W1ll We the Sen1or Class of 1953 be1ng of sound rnmd and judgment do hereby w1ll and bequeath the followmg To the Faculty Our corrected test papers and the tlmes weve argued about grades To the To the To the We as Jerry Tomlinson To Wayne Rogers h1s luck wlth the good lookmg Freshman gxrls 1n second hour Study Hall Mary Ann Deets and Donna Fllckmger To Jun Pettlnger the1r glggles That should be somethlng to hear' Glen Kuhlemler To Ted Merchant hxs ab1l1ty to read Lat1n Kay Fllcklnger To Donna Klmpel her ab1l1ty to crack gum Rody Rahn To Jack Baxter h1s beard Byron Hawbecker To Lyle Sandell hlS curly halr Dons Edwards To Harold Walthers her speed ln gettmg thmgs done Gloria Sword To Margaret Stltzel her clarlnet chaxr ln band Kenth Bailey To Rlchard Dxffenderfer all hls car trouble Gary Schrlener and Jean Engel To Mary Brantner and Rlchard Fl1Ck1Hg6I' the1r happy love hte Dolores Earnest To Velma Amlmg her Job at the Bakery We cant stand to see Velma around all that money at the bank Keith Kloepplng To Jlm Garner h1s quiet nature Jun1ors Our t1me spent 1n extra currlcular act1v1t1es Sophomores The class r1ngs weve collected from hlgh school romances Freshmen The mud weve collected walklng across the school ground 1nd1v1dual Senlors do hereby w1ll and bequeath the followlng Merlm Watson To Ethel Kruse h1s abll 1ty to sleep 1n class Eva Merboth and Joan Mlller To Pau l1ne D1ttenderler the1r love for Home Ec Jlm Rogers To Denny Ackermann h1s Bulck Duane Lotz To Dorls Irlon h1s deep vo1ce Gerald Blalr and John Merboth To Ronme Sturtz the1r pollteness Bull Nelson To Donald Hook h1s nerve Lols Ware To Paul Guentner all her bookkeepmg papers Leslie Walter To Clarence Kruse h1s mckname Speedy Wayne Martm To Maurlce Smlth h1s way w1th g1rls Jeanette Wllkm To ROS18 Read her PIZZH rec1pe Clyde Stroup To Quentm Brown h1S saxophone lrvln Zler To J1m Lotz h1s ablllty to get along w1th the faculty Gerald Martm To Clyde Martm all the tlmes he s been called Clyde as they rlght fully belong to hlm Thelma Zler To Margle Chrlstman her George Miller To Shelvla Glllogly h1s exuberance height Lee Guenzler To Junlor Buntger h1s Evelyn Lego To Gene Cross her d1m dark half ples We make constltute and appomt Velma Amlmg R1chard Fllcklnger and Quen t1n Brown to be the Executors of th1s our Last W1ll and Testament hereby revoklng all former w1lls by us made In W1tHeSS Whereof we have hereunto subscrlbed our names and afflxed our seal the Flrst Day of June 1n the year of our Lord One Thousand N1ne Hundred and Fltty three Th1s mstrurnent was on the day of date thereof s1gned publ1shed and declared by the sa1d Testators the Senxors of Lanark Lommumty Un1t H1gh School to be the1r Last W1ll and Testament 1n the presence of us who at the1r request have subscrlbed our names hereto as wltnesses 1n the1r presence and 1n the presence of each other bel1ev1ng the sald Senlors of Lanark Communlty Un1t H1gh School to be at the t1me of so subscrlbmg our names of sound m1nd and memory Wltnessed by JIM PETTINGER MR BERGDALL SHELVIA GILLOGLY FIFTY . , , . , . . 1 1 1 . ' 7 . . , . . 7 ' 1 1 - . . . . . . .- . , . , . . 1 l - . - l u l . . . . 1 ' .' ' ' 1 ' , ' . . . .. '. ' ' 1 . . 0 . N l . , Z . , . . . , . . . . . ' 1 . . , . I . O . . ' ' ' 1 . l I l I . f . ' ' 1 - as 11 : Y .l . . . . . . ' 1 I I 1 . J V. . .l . D .' 1 . , 1 1 - , - . . . . . ' 1 7 4 . . ' 1 ' 1 . ' 1 ' 7 . ' 1 - n o . . . ' 7 ' 1 . 1 . . . . ' 1 . . , I . . . . . . ' 7 . - . ' 1 . 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 .'1 1 1 1 1 1 . . , . . . . 1 1 . I Q n , 7 1 , .. . 7
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