Leaf River High School - Lerico Yearbook (Leaf River, IL)

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PROPHECY The place. Radio Station NRG. The famous Calisthenics teacher. Miss Nellie Fulton, has just finished her 7 ake-Up-And-Live Program of morning exercises. As she finished her morning theme song, Take Those Lumps From Your Bumps, or, One More Roll 7 ill Kill Me, Royal Grove, well known tobacco auctioneer, prepared for his 3 second commercial. But no, just then Wallace Auer, America's best loved radio announcer, broke in with o news flush from Niagra Falls, Just 3 seconds ago. Miss Charlotte Paul, famous dancer of the Chubbettes, went over Niagra Falls in a specie ly constructed barrel. Miss Paul is doino fine now, thanks to the unceasing care of Nurse Elsie Eael, better known as Florence Nightingale, the 2nd. Again Royal cleared his throat, but Mr Auei hastily shoved him aside and announced the True Confessions program, of which Vernal Foltz vras emcee. The program consis- ted of three items: first, Merlyn Eickman of Seward, 111. confessed to putting inferior cement in the Missouri Valley Ear- ;mc -. anted to know if they could hang him for it. The second person whose initials were B. H., had been running an orphanage, and was worried because 3he had been caught beating the little ruffians The third and last participant, James Melvin, was worried because he wa3 slowly losing his muscles. Muscles meant his living because he had been posing for Charles Atlas Ads. As the program left the air to strains of Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen, Royal once more tried to put in his commercial but was once more shoved aside to make room for a ten-minute lecture on soil conservation. Don Ackerman, noted Professor at the U» of I. was the speaker for the day. This was follov cd with a singing commercial by the throe K‘s: Kilker, Kar,penman, and Kilker, for Soupy Soup, the soup that satifies. The next program was Famous Jury Trials, The case for tonight was taken from the trial The State of Illinois vs. Hubert Knodle. Hubert Knodle had been violating state law by keeping gas tax for himself. In his defense, his lawyer, Horace Thomas, admitted the defendant's guilt but in an eloquent address to the jury, talked them into giving Hubert a tv o-ycar term, Horace achieved this The year, 1966 A.D.

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I» Margery Kilker, do will my letters from Art to Pauline Cook. I, Donald Ackerman, do vail my studious expression to Do-Do Kappenman. I, Vernal Foltz, do will my plucked eyebrows to Loretta liyers. I, Pobert Ba.,'inkle, do will my dead-pan expression to Roger Cheek. I, Leona Ackerman, do will my unruly hair to Dori3 Jean Lyers. I, James Melvin, do will my egotistical opinion of myself to Carol Garner. I, Dorothy Book, do will my collection of brothers and sisters to anyone who will put up with then. I, Poyal Grove, do will my gum chewing ability to Lola agner. I, Betty Haselton, do will my' ability to get a man to Kathy Viel. I, Gleanes Kilker, do will my hazy blue eyes to Dorothy Kuntzdman. I, Marilyn Reber, do v; ill my love for Fhy. Ed. to Dosna Tholon. I, Virginia Light, do will Horace’s undying love to Marge Paul. I, Charlotte Paul, do will my discarded ambition to Donna fryers. I, Wallace Auer, do will my wavy hair to Maynard Thomas.

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by showing that Hubert had been forced to do it by his domineering wife, Jackie Ross She had wanted all the pennies for her coin collection The program ended with a few bars of Time On l'y Hands. Royal tried again to give his comercial but was drowned out by Boogie Tfoogie Bav;inkle end his Orchestra Bob hud certainly come a long way since Leaf River High He had already made four movies with his orchestra. This 15 minutes of hot swing precoedcd the 'Women's Hour. The guests for the day were Marilyn Rebcr, make-up artist at M.G.M., Virginia Light, successor to Adrian, one of the leading dress designers of the dqy, and Dorothy Book, DuBcrry Success Course Sales- woman Hardly had the pro gran gone off the air than the rasping cries of Richard's Call for Phillip Morris echoed through the sound-stage Tonight, Songstress Irene Meier had a big surprise for her devoted audionco. For she was going to disclose Richard's last name The hushed audience waited breathlessly, and as the magical name, Richard HaseltonJ i fell from Irene's lips, there was loud applause and a few hysterical screams One young lady, Miss Vi ian Schrciber, even fainted, but this was explained when she confessed th t she hud just attend'd three consecutive broadcasts of Frank Sinatra Sings, and in doing so, had smoked 3 cartons of Old Golds. Next Irene reviewed the latest movies The latest thriller chiller was Eugene Hoffman’s presentation of The Human Skeleton ali:3, starring Leona Ackerman and Millard Krctsinger, the greatest lo er f the screen. Bub Suttmnn had just finished another of his popular .Voody Woodpecker cartoons. For the housewife's enjoyment, a short short short was produced showing Betty Haselton in 100 'Hays to Prepare Rice It was no-w 11:30 P.2!., and the 15-minute prograi.1, Sports Heroes of the Air wa3 on. Jack Lolling, famous master of Chinese Checkers, testified that he, Jack Lolling, attributed his success to hi3 High School basketball ploying, and daily bowl 01 whecties. This program was interrupted to bring the news that the Missouri Dam had just collapsed, and lira Merlyn -ic,.■-— the former Audrey Foticr, hod been swept away in the debris, with her 9 children. The cannontator was about to continue bis news, when he was rudely thrown aside by the hysterical Royal Grove, who duly proceeded v ith his tobacco auctioneer- ing. But suddenly, with a shriek of rage, he cried— Duuuh, I forgot { , and pulling an atom bomb out of his tam-o-shontei, he blew the entire station into oblivion.