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

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(Mass IMiff I, Doris Book, do will my quiet nature to Fern Foltz, hoping she will take advantage of it. It Shelby Wagner, do will my ability to play professional basketball to Leonard Ontjes, knowing he will be successful. I, Mildred Book, do will my place as the shortest member of the class to Phyllis Recoy of the class of '56. I, Kenneth Hagemann, do will my shapely figure to Tom Jacobs. I, Delores Knodle, do will my charming personality to any girl in need of it. I, Harold Kuntzelman, do will my ability to have numerous girl-friends to Junior Hunziker. It Phyllis Long, do will my inexhaustible supply of chewing gum to Shirley Dilbeck, knowing she will make use of it. It Dwayne Templin, do will my bashfulness and blushes to Don Hunziker. I, Marilyn Myers, do will my plucked eyebrows to Sharon Bocker. I, Virgil Hagemann, leave my curly mop-top to Norman Templin, provid- ing he keeps it free from ticks, lice and other dome pests. I, Shirley Smith, do will my Hollywood figure to Judy Koemer. I, Janet Highbarger, do will my love for sailors to Sandy McKinley. I, Loren Kappenmann, do will my masculine figure to Clifford Craven, knowing he could use it. I, Mary Toomsen, do will my stored-up energy to Janet Hoffman. I, Roger Schelling, do will my ability to blow a trumpet to Roger Eisen, knowing he will make a big noise. I, Arnold Schaper, do will my ability to make good grades to Lawrence Ermey. I, Irene Genandt, do will my ability of going steady to Myrna Reed, hoping she proves to be successful. I, Norman Koerner, do will my collection of flashy shirts, socks, white bucks and dimples to George Barber. I, Marilyn Fischer, do will my giggles to Carolyn Jones, knowing she can make use of them.

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Glass Df story 1951-1952 On August 27, 1951, 31 curious Freshmen began four memorable years at L. R.H. S. OFFICERS President---------------------------Shelby Wagner Vice President-------------------- Janet Highbarger Secretary-Treasurer-------------Dwayne Templin Student Council— - Irene Genandt, Roger Schelling Advisor- -- ---------------------------Mr. Bialek During this year JoAnn Kuhlemeier, Dale Williams, Leo Borgman and Sue Hardt left us. On September 6, we were initiated. In March we participated in an all- school carnival. 1952- 1953 Our Sophomore class began with a total of 27. We added Ronny Heidenreich and Alan Jones. OFFICERS President----------------------------Shelby Wagner Vice President-----------------------Arnold Schaper Secretary-Treasurer---------------------------Janet Highbarger Student Council-----Kenny Meline, Delores Knodle Advisor------------------------------ Miss Graves We lost Melvin Toomsen, Wayne Pearson and Marvin Bolen. We had the coat check concession at basketball games. 1953- 1954 Our still progressive class returned in '53 with 24 members. OFFICERS President----------------------------Shelby Wagner Vice President-----------------------Arnold Schaper Secretary-------------------------------------Janet Highbarger Treasurer----------------------- Delores Knodle Student Council--Marilyn Myers, Ronny Heidenreich Advisor-------------------------------Mr. Frederick We sold popcorn and candy during basketball and football season. On November 16, we received our class rings. Our class play was Our Town, but it was not presented. During this year we lost Beth Filer, Kenny Meline, JoAnn Schreiber, Ronny Heiden- reich and Alan Jones. 1954- 1955 Nineteen hopeful Seniors started out their last year in L. R.H. S. OFFICERS President- -- - Delores Knodle Vice President-----------------------Shelby Wagner Secretary-Treasurer--------------------------Arnold Schaper Student Council - Loren Kappenman, Delores Knodle Advisors--------------- --- Mr. Gout ley, Mr. Asbury As the year progressed we presented our class play, Tree Points Inn on April 1 and 2. May 27, 1955, made our first step into the wide world, with high hope and great spirit.

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Gfass Prophecy On the morning of May 27, 1965, as I was waiting for my first customer, I picked up the Chicago Daily News and the first thing I noticed was that DWAYNE TEMPLIN was the new editor. I continued reading the first page and saw that the owner of the TWA Airport, NORMAN KOERNER, was to be in town to preside at an executive board meeting. I then came to the item on the present employment situation by the noted financier, JANET HIGH- BARGER, who had started her career as a private secretary. A little farther down the page was a brief synopsis of the trial of VIRGIL HAGEMANN. Virgil had received his degree in dentistry and was being gued for pulling John Appleton’s false teeth. I turned the page to the Society Section and under a large picture read the caption, Tycoon Marries Society Girl. It was a picture of MILDRED BOOK who had married the owner of the great Tombstone Company, the largest business in the world! I read farther into the report of the ceremony and observed with surprise that the service had been read by LOREN KAPPEN- MAN. The bride was attended by MARY TOOMSEN, a waitress in one of the leading restaurants of Leaf River, (the second largest city in Illinois). Leafing on to the Entertainment page, I read that the world's outstanding aerialist, PHYLLIS LONG, of Barnum and Bailey Circus, had missed catch- ing the swing and had plunged 135 feet. Fortunately, she had been using the net, so was not sferiously injured. She was rushed to the hospital and after regaining consciousness had her registered nurse, DELORES KNODLE, admit the members of the press. I looked on into the next column when to my surprise I was reading about the splendid entertainment of ARNOLD SCHAPER, who was directing an or- chestra, and his co-partner, the singing and dancing star, SHIRLEY SMITH. Miss Smith is now appearing in Oh! What A Girl, the musical comedy sensation now on Broadway. Continuing my perusal of the paper (my customer was very late), a flashing advertisement came before my eyes. It read Baby-sitting with children during the day. ” It was a nursery owned and operated by DORIS BOOK in the suburbs of Mexico City. In the Homemaking section there was an arti- cle on Modem Decor by IRENE GENANDT. In the section on Agriculture there was a column headed Sheep. As I know nothing about sheep I was not interested in reading it, but a familiar name caught my attention. The article was wrtiten by the most outstanding sheep breeder in northern Illinois and he was the husband of MARILYN MYERS. They lived in Adeline, a suburb of Leaf River. An item on Angus cattle named ROGER SCHELLING as the first place winner of the World's Grand Champion Steer. I turned to the Sports section edited by SHELBY WAGNER, star sports reporter. In his column he told of the fantastic ability of a basketball player who had scored 50 points in the first game of the season. Accompanying the story was the photograph of HAROLD KUNTZELMAN named World’s Best Athlete of the year, and showed Harold making his favorite long shot from the center of the court.