Leesburg High School - Blazer Yearbook (Leesburg, IN)

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I Robert Staddon will my ab1l1ty to make good c1t1zensh1p grades to anyone who needs them Kelth Sutton, w1ll my typmg ablllty to Gene Rosbrugh Dean W1ldman will my assembly seat to any faxthful junlor who can flll xt Wayne Wlley w11l my old Ford to Max Noel in hopes lt w11l run for hxm We the class of '49 , name as executor of the wxll Prmclpal Glen Longenecker Sa1d property to be allotted to saxd helrs at the beginnlng of the following school year Sxgned Signed TEN YEARS HEN CE The mornmg of May 8 1959 dawned bright and clear It was a glorious day here ln New York City Thzs was the day that had been set aside as ' 49 Homecommg Day wh1ch was to be held at the Stork Club take care of the last mmute details The txme came for the guests to arrwe and lwondered who would be first Sudden ly there was a great commotion as none other than Fred Lursen made a grand entrance mto the ballroom He had brought hls court wxth hlm It seems he had Jomed the Navy and had been statloned on a South Sea Island where he had ma rrzed the Klng s daughter Now he IS Kmg and IS lwmg 1n splendor on his xsland kingdom Next to arrive was jackie Surguy She had become a famous ballet dancer aml now nn Hollywood With her was her handsome partner Peggy Kammerer swept ln flashmg her famous smxle as she made her way to our table She had just returned from a modeling trxp to Mlamx Next came Leroy Lehman He is the owner of a large dairy farm near Leesburg With h1m was his old nelghbor Vlorxs Noel Vlorls has become a famous golf player He now lives ln Los Angeles where he gxves lessons to all the movle stars 16 ' , . . . . . . II . . . . . . I, . , . . . . . . I, . , . . . . . I 9 . . . 1 , . . ' , . , . . Ol - . I arrived yesterday afternoon to see that all the arrangements were made and to I ' . . . I ' ' . is . , . . . . . . ,

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CLASS WILL We the members of the Semor Class of Leesburg I-hgh School 1949 belnp of sound mind and good judgement and reahzmg that our days IU L H S are drawxng to 1 close do hereby w1l1 to the following named helrs, the followxng property To our Alma Mater we leave all our good wxshes for a happy and successful future To the Faculty we leave a peaceful frame of mlnd whlch they w1l1 fmd easxer attaxn w1th us away from L H S To the jumors we w1ll our abxhty to co operate w1th each other To the Sophomores we w11l our abzhty to glve successful class plays I Mary Abbott w11l my mstmct for gettxng our of step out of tune and lost to any members w1sh1ng to be a problem band student I Mary Dav1s w1ll my posltxon m the flrst tr1o to Marty Brubaker I june Gomar wlll my biology book to any future Freshman who thmks he can get A from Mr Hudson I Peg Kammerer w11l my off1Ce work to Martha Brubaker I Patty Mlddleton w11l my ab1l1ty to keep one boy frxend to Barbara Wallace I Maxlne Randall w1l1 my edltorshxp of the annual to any poor JUHIOI' who thmks he can stand lt Pat Slnvely w1ll my seat 1n government to Tommy Buskxrk jaclue Surguy w111 my laugh to Ruth Klopenstezn joan Vanator w1ll my grades to anyone m need of them Leroy Lehman w1ll my helght to j1mmy Watkms Fred Lursen w1l1 my ab111ty to wear kn1ckers ln the class plays to any Sopho more or junior Vlorzs Noel w1ll my old patched overalls to Duane Dye 15 D . . . . . to I, . t . . . . I, . , . . ' I, , . . . 1, I . . . . . I' I . . . . . - I, ' , ' .

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Patty Middleton came ln next wlth a handsome man whom she introduces as her husband They recently returned from thelr honeymoon ln South Airlca where her husband owns quzte a few dlamond mmes Next to arrxve was Dean Wlldman Dean IS now a blg fruit grower from Cahforma He had gone to VlS1t Vlorxs and llked the chmate so well that he made h1s home there The Honorable Robert Staddon Mayor of Detrolt was the next to Jom our party He Informed us that he was runnmg for Congress next year Then Maxine Randall came ln wlth her producer She has her own radio program Songs You Love To Hear Wayne Wlley the noted deslgner of Men s Sportswear made hrs way across the floor I-Ie was modelxng hls latest creatlon Mary Abbott was next to arrxve She studled art xn Europe and her famous et '-mg Then we notxced Kezth Sutton the famous sc1ent1st standing ln the doorway We beckoned him over to our table He IS now expenmentmg wxth Atomic Energy Iune Gomar was next to arrlve She IS the charming owner of a Skung Lodge 1n the Adxrondack Mountazns Pat Shzvely was the last to arrwe She and her husband 11ve zn Kentucky where they ralse thoroughbreds We took count and found one of our slxteen mrssmg just then the llghts dlmmed and there was our mlssmg member Mary Davzs m the spotlxght She was smglng wxth the famous Stork Club orchestra We spent a lovely evening remlnlsclng about our school days at L I-I S Ithen vlted everyone to my Palm Beach home for our reunion 1n 1969 joan Vanator 1 7 is now hanging in the Metropolitan Art Gallery. ' ' ' ' . . . in'