Leesburg High School - Blazer Yearbook (Leesburg, IN)

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Class H zstory As the llttle Frosh seated themselves xn the assembly of L H S they saxd Flnally we are 1n hlgh school But the1r greatest dreams were yet to come When they would be Semors The twelve mernbers who thought thls were Robert Abbott Tom Buslurk Nancy C odshalk Edward Handgen Josephxne Lampreckt Fern Method Bonnxe Scott Robert Sh1vely Danny bhroyer Patsy Vanator .hm Watkms ind Joe W1ldman After elght and a half long months of school and three and a half short months of vacat1on we found ourselves as Sophomores Two of our Freshmen Class had moved away leavmg only ten members These were Robert Abbott Tom Busl-urk Nancy Godshalk Edward Handgen Fern Method Bonn1e Scott Robert Sh1vely Danny Shroyer .hm VNatk1n5 and Joe W1ldman 'lhe follow1ng year as Jun1ors we found one add1t1ona1 member Beverly Neff Later on two add1t1onal members came to our class They were DOTIS Banghart and Vtayne Hoffer Although Dor1s d1dn t umsn the year Now as we entered our Semor and last year at dear old L H 5 there were ten menubers Vke gaxned 1 new xnenmber Jlllene Kerchenfaut who brought our total to eleven members Our or1g1n1l ten members were Tom Buslurk Nancy Godshalk Fern Method Edward llmdgen Bonnle Scott Robert Sh1vely Vtayne Hoffer Danny Shroyer hm Wdtkms and Joe VN 1ldman Of our class membershlp f1ve members have attended Leesburg all twelve years They were Danny Shroyer To B k Robert Shnely 11m Watl-uns and Joe Wlldman S1nce the Oswego school was condemned and closed twelve years ago we are the flrst Leesburg graduat1ng class wh1ch had no members to attend the Oswego school 16 O . . . ., . ,, , . . ,, . ' 1 1 - A f .. 1 - , 11 , .. . - - 1 - 1 1 1 Y 1 l A Y ' 1 I H 1 YK 1 , . , . 1 1 1 1 . . . , . 1 1 1 1 1 7 I . 7 . , , , .. . . ., ' ' f ' 1 1 - '. E ' 7 Y A Y 1 7 ' 1 1 1 1 r 1 ,. Y ,A V '.. ', . , , 1, , , . I

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Twenty Years Hence Zoommg back to earth from a tr1p to the moon 1n my rocket sh1p Fa1thful Phyllls I found upon arr1v1ng at my New York penthouse n engraved 1nv1tat1on bearmg the follow1ng mscr1pt1on Thomas Van Busklrk requests the honor of your presence at a class reunxon of the Leesburg graduatlng class of 1952 on Fr1day June 26 l972 at Sam s Cassmo Club 1214 Illxnoxs Avenue Hollywood Cahforma 1 of course was thrxlled beyond words at the thought of bemg w1th old class mates agam for I hadn t seen many of them 1n years On June 25 I recewed a phone call from Dr Edward I-landgen head atom1c scxentlst at Harvard Un1vers1ty asklng me to p1ck up h1s w1fe the1r seven ch1ldren and hlmself en route to Hollywood 1 sa1d Yes WE w1ll lnc1dentally there are three of us now Upon arrwmg at Sam s Cassmo after an exhaustmg trlp of 45 m1nutes we were greeted by good old Tom h1mself sm1l1ng ben1gnly Tom had adv xnced to qu1te a promlnent pos1t1on 1n the country We were further pleased that he only charged S100 per person for adm1ttance you see th1s was a spec1al occaslon and he had made an except1on for th1s day Ins1de th1s palatlal bu1ld1ng we began renewmg old acqualntances The atmosphere was conduc1ve to jOV1allty and h1lar1ty Joe Wlldman came up and gently crushed me to the floor w1th a fr1endly pat on the back He as Ifound 15 n1anager of WILDNIAN S FINAIN CE COMPANY located on an Indxan reservatlon outs1de of Pueblo Colorado Before I knew It I had slgned on the dotted l1ne and a check for S5 000 was 1n my possess1on w1th 1nterest at only 441 47 Joe took general busmess class a l1ttle too serlously 1n h1gh school Suddenly the drone of voxces halted to 1 de ithly qu1etness as all eyes turned to the door to behold a most spectacular s1ght a velvet carpet was unfurled a trumpet fanfare was glven by flanmboyantly dressed courtlers and 1n through the golden doors sw1shed Madame Nancy QGodsha1k Rockefeller and her notorlous husband John D IV Wxth her also was her pxnk French poodle F1f1 Nancy had apparently done qu1te well Though she had accumulated great wealth she was stxll the same unpretentlous person whom we had all known John D IV met Nancy at the Unners1ty of Chxcago where he was del1xer1ng a ser1es of lectures on 011 wells They fell IH loxe ind John D speaks dexotedly other as hxs llttle gusher As we resumed our rem1n1scence l felt some thlng pulllng at the bottom of my trousers I looked down to the floor astomshed to see what I thought were the Hoffer twms but they had certamly grown up by th1s tlme Lookxng around I saw V ayne and h1s vufe Pr1c1lla s1r11l1ng affectlonately Then It dawned on me tw ms run IH that famlly These sweet l1ttle fellers were named Dex oo and Dexoon I learned that Wayne was farmmg h1s own rnodest 8 000 acre da1ry farm mn 11lSCOI'1Sll'1 17 1 ,, , . ,, . . 1 1 1 3- 11 - 1 . , v . , 4 1 1 1 1 - - lv 1 1 1 1 1 ' . , , , . 1 - 1 1 1 - ' - 41 - 11 1 ' ' 1 1 - , . , . , . f . . . 1 1 1 4 1 2 . I i -- , , . - - - 11 - A 11 1 . 1 1 - 1 1 . W , , . . . 4 , 1 - - 14 - 11 y -- ' 1 - 1 , . -- f L. f , 4 f E g 1, , --- , , . . . , . . , 1 .V . . 1 - 1 1 - ' 1 I ' ' --5 , V - - 1 11 11 . . A . . . 1 1 V , . Y. . . . . , . 1 ' 1 1 - Y , ' ' 1 . 1