Lanark High School - Lanette Yearbook (Lanark, IL)

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WE the Sen1or Class of 1954 bequeath the followmg To the Faculty We w1ll all papers, and class dlscusslons also all belng of sound mlnd and Judgment do hereby w1ll and of the knowledge they have galned from our themes test of our br1ght saymgs To the Junlor Class All of our spare time that we had to work on the LANETTE know mg full well that they w1ll need more also all of our many excuses for sklpplng school To the Sophomore Class Our mtelllgence and excellent behavlor at all t1mes To the Freshman Class The r1ght to move on up to b a sophomore so they can be on me 1n1t1at1on commlttee next year also three more y ars of drudgery lntermlngled w1th fun We as 1nd1v1dual Senlors do hereby further W111 and bequeath the fO11OWlHg DENNY ACKERMANN To James Glllogly h1s mumbhng ab1l1ty may he never be fully understood VELMA AMLING and MARGIE CHRIST MAN To Joann Buss thelr natures wlfh the hope that she wlll strlke a happy medlum JACK BAXTER and CLARENCE KRUSE To anyone who wants xt Jacks love for Free port and Clarence s attachment to Uncle Sam MARY BRANTNER To Mary Dlesbach her nlckname Mert and her love for Engllsh QUENTIN BROWN and RICHARD FLICKINGER To Russell Henry Quentm s handbook entltled How To Drlve Safely Wlth One Hand and Flleks p1ng pong ab1l1ty enormous chest expanslon GENE CROSS To Donald Guenzler h1s yodellng ab1l1tv PAULINE DIFFENDERFER To Shlrley Rademaker, her ha1r style RICHARD DIFFENDERFER To Lal ry Cole h1s lanky physxque JAMES GARNER To Edwln Mlller h1s curly halr and h1s nlckname Punkv SHELVIA GILLOGLY To Mlna W1ll1ams her chatterlng ab1l1ty PAUL GUENTNER To Mxchael Mueller his way w1th the women DORIS IRION To Ela1ne Gothard the beautlful shade of red her face gets when she blushes ETHEL KRUSE To Mabel Kruse the many tlmes shes mlstakenly been called Mabel bv Coach Munson LORAINE KUHLEMIER To Kay Kloep p1ng her reboundxng ablllty ln basketball and to Donna Kuhlemler half mterest ln Shannon JAMES LOTZ To Robert Watson h1s neat handwrltlng CLYDE MARTIN To Denny Tallman h1s lnnocent look and hlS ab1l1ty to slay m TED MERCHANT To Eugene Crofton h1s pleasure trlps ovcx the noon hours JAMES PETTINGER To Lavonne Klenz h1S laugh MARGARET STITZEL To Carol Bowels her flrst cha1r clarlnet pos1t1on 1n band along wxth a vxarmng to stay out of the way of the maestros baton WAYNE ROGERS To Dolores Rogers the keys to h1s Chevy 1f she can afford to run It LYLI' SANDELL To Patrlcla Geary hrs reserved mannel MAURICE SMITH To Randall Crofton the large number of graduatlon announcements he sent RONALD STURTZ To Gerald D1ehl the many enjoyable rldes that Blg Bertha 1S good ole truck gave hlm also, the spare parts that he cant flnd any place for ROSIE READ To Mae Schmledel her ab1l 1ty 1n art and the many tlmes shes let her southern accent show DON HOOK To Darryl Kruse, h1s abllxty to keep h1s fenders from belng dented Lastly we make constltute and appo1nt Kay Kloepplng, Mlna W11l13mS and Denny Tall man to be the Executors of this, our Last W1ll and Testament hereby revoklng all former wllls made by us In W1tH6SS Whereof we have hereunto subscrlbed our names and afflxed our seal the twenty elghth day of May 1n the year of our Lord One Thousand Nlne Hundred Flfty four Th1s lnstrument was on the day of date thereof slgned publlshed and declared by the sald Testators the Senlors of Lanark Communlty Un1t Hlgh School to be thelr Last W1ll and Testa ment 1n the presence of us who at thelr request have subscubed our names hereto as wltnesses, ln thelr presence and 1n the presence of each other bellevlng the sald Senlors of Lanark Communlty Un1t H1gh School to be at the tlme of so subscrnbmg our names of sound mmd and memory FIFTY Wltnessed by RANDALL CROFTON MARY JEANNE DRESBACH MR STROHECKER o o 2 ' ' , , . : ' , - 3 . ' ' . : ' e , tl ' ' ' 4 , Q ' , ' ' ' . , , ' ' 1 . ' - v, - , V ll u U . I V ' Y ! I , . ' Q .' ' I A ' - - . . 2 . ' . , ' . , - I u 9! . ' 7 . Q , , . H . ' . I ' 1 u - v ' - - - ' JUNIOR BUNTJER: To Elmer Merborh, his - - - 7 - - , ' . ' 7 I , : , ' . - g , a ' Y ' , : ' ' ', 1 : ' , ' '- Z , ' ' ' . u vr ' . T ' ' ' . 3 . . ' . , D V . ' nl ,vw h I ' . 7 I , . . . ' . 1 ' ' 1 : , ' ' . 1 1 1 9 1 - v . ! 7

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laura, In the fall of 1942 twenty four scared l1ttle troupers started thelr adventure 1n the Lanark Publ1c Grade School After elght years of struggl1ng they flnally moxed on to the Telev1s1on Studlos of Lanark Commumty Unlt H1gh School In thelr f1rst year they enrolled 1n the Lanark StUd1OS as Stagehands It was qulte a group of frlghtened Stage hands but they galned more polse as the year progressed Then came 1n1t1at1on It was an odd aggregatxon that came to school that day 1n the1r costumes of ffunny sacks old stocklngs over thler heads and large cardboard collars The1r Off1C ers for the year were R1chard Fllcklnger pres1dent Mary Brantner V1C9pI'SS1d6I1l1 Ronald Sturtz secretary and Margaret Stltzel treasurer The Student Counc1l representatlxes were Velma Amlmg and Qlentln Brown Mary Brantner relgned over the Flremens Ball and Margaret 5t1tzel was our cand1date for the Basket ball Queen By the second year 1n the Telev1s1on Studlos th1s group became Extras lust when they had become accustomed to th1s studlo they moved lnto a new loca t1on They soon adjusted themselves to the new school however The1r ofh ers for the sophomore year were QL1CY1t11'1 Brown presldent Rose Marle Read v1ce presxdent Ted Merchant secretary and Denny Ackermann treasurer The Stu dent Counc1l representatlves were Mary Brantner and R1chard Fhckmger Rose Marle Read was cand1date for both the F1remens Ball Queen and the Basl etball Queen In 1952 we f1nd our troupers as Un :1erstud1es real upperclassmen The1r otf1cers were Rxchard Fllcklnger presl dent Ted Merchant VICE presldent Denny Ackermann secretary and Mary Brant ner treasurer The Student Counc1l rep resentatlves were Rose Marle Read and Quentln Brown Donna Klmple was the nom1nee for the Flremens Ball Queen and Rose Marle Read was cand1date for the Basketball Queen They chose the1r class rlngs put on a prom sold maga zlnes and sponsored the Carroll County athlet1c banquet In Aprll the Undel stud1es produced UNCLE FRED FLITS BY a very successful comedy whlch was fun and strengthened thelr treasury as well In 1953 th1rty one semors entered the studlos of Lanark Communlty Un1t H1gh School as the Stars of the show They had worked hard to ga1n th1S t1t1e and tlnally they had reached lt The class of f1cers they elected were Denny Acker mann presldent Mary Brantner v1ce presldent James Pettlnger secretary and Quentln Brown treasurer Student Coun c1l representatlves were Rose Marle Read and Rlchard Fllcklnger They won the magazme sales selected p1ctures and pub llshed the yearbook The1r blg produc t1on DEAR RUTH was presented 1n No vember Mary Brantner was Homecom 1ng Queen and Loralne Kuhlemler was cand1date for the Flrernens Ball Queen and the Basketball Queen After belng guests of the Junlors at the Prom subst1tut1ng for the faculty on Semor Day and enjoylng a wonderful class tr1p they fmally left the Lanark Telev1s1on Studlos 1n May to go out 1n the world to play a bxgger role on a much larger stage to a much larger vxew 1ng audlence the world FORTY NINE , - 7 - 1 1 ' 1 - 1 1 ' 1 ' ' 7 . . . . . . . , , 1 - ca 11 . . Ac l 11 - - ' ' - . - . 1 y . . . . H x 1 11 . - 7 1 3 1 1 ' ,V 1 . I . - . ' 7 - 1 A 1 1 1 1 ac 73 , . . V . . g . . , - ' , ' Q 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' ' - - as 11 . . . y . . 1 ' K , , , - ' ' 1 1 ' . ..n , I L . . - . I . . - ' I , 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 ' - . . . , A . . , ' 7 .I . f 1 1 . 1 ' as . , - 1 11 ' . . 1 ' , .

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Ldhau, As we tune 1n our maglc telev1s1on set and Walt for the p1cture to appear on the screen, we Slt back and relax ant1c1pat1ng the moment when we wlll see before us the faces of our classmates of ten years ago the Class of 54 The p1cture on Channel 1 comes 1n very clearly A fam1l1ar face appears that of DENNY ACKERMANN He IS seated at a table 1n the swanky Brown Derby, located 1n Hollywood of WhlCh he IS sole owner In Mr Ackermanns company IS VELMA AMLING head c1garette glrl at the club They are engaged 1n a con versatlon concermng the guest sololst at the club ROSE MARIE READ who 1S now slnglng The Bunny Hop Blues The dance band ac company1ng her IS dlrected by none other than the BeBop B00gl6 Klng JAMES PETTINGER Over ln a cozy corner SltS Ethel Sm1th the form r ETHEL KRUSE and her husband They are vacatlomng IH Cal1forn1a After ra1s1ng a famxly of ten who wouldnt need a vacat1on 'P On tun1ng mto Channel 2 we flnd the screen extremely snowy After a few moments we dec1de that the plcture on the screen IS actual snow 1n fact lt IS a bl1zzard on the s1de of Mt Everest We can barely make out the faces of the two f1gures strugghng up the mounta1ns1de but we f1nally conclude that they are the famous outdoorsmen and mounta1n cllmbers JACK BAXTER and JAMES Punky GARNER Th1s IS the1r second attempt at scal 1ng the world s hlghest peak On the1r flrst ad venture they forgot the1r Hadacol contalnlng chlorophyll and they both came down wlth Rocky Mountam Spotted Fever From the looks of thlngs now they are pretty h1gh The plcture on Channel 3 IS very clear On the screen come the faces of two old class mates SHELVIA GILLOGLY and LORAINE KUHLEMIER The1r nurses unlforms are very becom1ng The g1rls are both R N s Regular NUISGHCBS Up the hall str1des DR QUENTIN BROWN VM The 1n1t1als VM are supposed to stand for Veter1nar1an of Med1C1D6, but 1n thls case they stand for Doctor of Varlable Mental1ty Dr Brown tells h1S two nurses that a dog pat1ent 1n Room One IS howl1ng about somethlng so the two nurses leave STAND BY' NETWORK LINE TROUBLE' Channel 4 g1V6S much better recept1on The plcture 1S the 1nter1or of a bus1ness off1ce At the desk IS seated RICHARD FLICKINGER Publ1c Accountant He was always pretty good at flgures On h1s lap S1tS hlS secretary MARY BRANTNER Mary has recently publ1shed an lward w1nn1ng novel entltled My Frlend Fllcker Wrestl1ng from Hollywood IS on Channel 5 In the rlng g1v1ng h1s opponent a RUSSIHH bear hug 1S the Worlds Champlon Wrestler JUNIOR Gorgeous John BUNTJER HIS manager JAMES Fudd' LOTZ has a very happy sm1le on h1s face because of the good Job Junlor IS do1ng JUDIOTS blond ha1r IS a mass of long rlnglets J1m has been Jun1ors fa1thful manager for n1ne years now Tun1ng 1nto Channel 6 we fmd another wrestler MARGIE CHRISTMAN famous lady wrestler brawny as ever DORIS IRION pres ldent ot the f1rm Ir1ons Irons Inc IS seated 1n a theater watchlng the new clnemascope pro duct1on of Come Back L1ttle Llber a movle tellmg the l1fe of the renowned p1ano player, L1berace The famous actor TED MERCHANT IS g1V1Dg a thr1ll1ng DIEDO performance and dlS playlng great actlng ab1l1ty as he stars ln the show RONALD STURTZ part owner of the S Sz S Dodge Garage located ln Florlda IS seen on Channel 7 wheellng a brand new chartreuse and red Dodge sportscar down the avenue Seat ed at h1s Slde IS h1s partner 1n the bus1ness LYLE SANDELL The palr seem to operate a very thr1v1ng bus1ness They stop at a corner restaurant where an old classmate IS supposed to meet them for a luncheon appomtment DONALD HOOK travel1ng Fuller brush sales man greets them 1ns1de Donald really has a t1me go1ng from town to town sellmg h1s wares He w1ll probably have some tales to tell to h1s old classmates The plcture on Channel 8 reveals General CLARENCE KRUSE mspectmg a company of sold1ers at an army base After Sam got 1n the army he llked lt so well that he declded to make a career of It Sam has gone places s1nce hlS h1gh school days A rodeo IS ln progress on Channel 9 GENE CROSS the yodelmg cow poke IS guest per former Gene seems to be dolng all r1ght at r1d1ng those buckmg broncs In the stands S1tS RICHARD DIFFENDERFER the Texas cattle rancher watchlng the breathtaking perform ance Soon after graduat1on D1ff1e came West He has marr1ed and become a very prosperous man The favor1te western saymg of h1S mother IH law IS Get down off that stove Grandma I told you never to r1de the range After tun1ng 1nto Channel 10, we detect a pecullar odor dr1ft1ng from our maglc TV set As the pxcture clears we d1scover the source SWISS Cheese and Mousetrap Corporatlon lnspectmg one of the branch plants It was Waynes 1ngen1ous ldea to have a cheese and mousetrap factory combmed Wlth that he thought he would really make a k11l1ng Wayne stops to talk to a factory worker MAURICE SMITH In h1S spare t1me, MHUTICG l1kes to 1n vent Recently he has been trymg to develop a use for the holes 1n SWISS cheese On Channel 11 we fmd DR PAULINE DIF FENDERFER famed foot doctor Paul1ne has d1scovered a new cure for fallen arches, but so far she hasnt d1vulged her secret The only clue she glves IS 1n her favor1te song Under neath the Arches The top fl1ght comed1an CLYDE MARTIN appears on Channel 12 He has h1s own TV show Your Schmoe of Schmoes H1s guest on the show last week was PAUL GUENTNER Harvard professor When Clyde asked Profes sor Guentner 1f he was gomg out w1th many wom n Paul slmply replled Lotz Channel 12 br1ngs us back to our alma mater where MARGARET STITZEL IS home econom1cs teacher Margaret IS extremely happy teach1ng her 1ntell1gent group of students to r1p what they sew and to boll water wxthout scorchmg It Yes here we are back at L H S where we rece1ved b3S1C tra1n1ng to go into our d1f ferent l1nes of work We are happy 1n the knowledge that most of our classmates have struck It I'lCl'1 FIFTY ONE' f O , . 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