Manlius High School - Mirror Devil Yearbook (Manlius, IL)

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Senior Class Prophecy It was in the year of 1960 when I received an announcement of a homecoming of the class of '45 of Manlius High School. Of course I immediately made plans to attend. When I went to the railroad sta- tion and purchased my ticket, a very familiar looking young lady in a classy mink coat approached the ticket office. Guess who? Mary Ellen McMahon. She has attained her ambition of being a nurse but she is now married to a world famous doctor and has left her nursing career. We had a very pleasant trip to Manlius. On the train we heard someone call to us, and turning we saw Vivian Martin, who was say- ing, Gee, you girls going to the homecoming too? Vivian told us he was a traveling salesman, selling Van Ormer English Books. We were surprised to learn that these English books were written by our class- mate Glenn Van Ormer. Of course English always was Glenn's favor- ite subject. A We arrived at Grand Central Station at 5:30 in the evening: it is needless to say that we were astounded at the changes in our old city. As We motored down Broadway we noticed a brilliant theatre sign. Personal Appearance of Betty Keutzerf' Betty received some of her experience in the play, The Uninvited Guest. As we registered at the new, modern Ritz Hotel we were given homecoming programs. One of the most important events of the home- coming was a dance which all class members would attend. Music was to be furnished by Bob Doty's famous orchestra which featured Kathleen Barber, the famous blues singer. As I started to my room at the hotel, -I noticed signs reading VOTE FOR TOM GORMAN FOR GOVERNOR. Tom was running for Governor of Illinois. I met him at the dance that night, and he told me confidentially, that he knew he would win. Among the many interesting events on the homecoming program was a lecture on The Uplifting of the Soul, by our friend, Marvin Dabler who was now pastor of a large city church. At first, I did not recognize the gentleman who sat next to me at the lecture. He seemed to be a very absent minded fellow, for he opened his umbrella when he came in, took off his shoes, and left his hat on. He kept muttering to himself and was repeating some sort of formula. Then I heard him say, Gee! Gee! and I knew it was Joe Graham. We had quite an enjoyable talkg however, he did seem ter- ribly distracted, and persisted in giving me many details of a scien- tific discovery he had just made, and I fear I didn't understand well enough to appreciate. I suppose all great scientists are much like Joe. When I asked him if he were married, he replied that he didn't re- member. Manlius certainly WAS a different city from the one I had left several years ago. It really was quite a beautiful city and very large. I made several inquiries as to whom the credit belonged for so much improvement. I found Herbert Hartz Jr. was mayor of the cityg and when I talked to him, he said that much of the credit for the improve- ment of the town -went to Clayton Hewitt, a very prominent citizen. Clayton is widely known for his ability as a General in World War II. Before l left Manlius I visited High School. The first class I visit- ed was American History. The teacher and principal, Merlon Raabe was explaining to the pupils how important it was to take four sub- ,iects every year. CEven in high school as a student, this was always Merk's beliefl. .

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Junior Class President ........... .... D onna Lee King Vice President ....... - .... Jack Henson Secretary-Treasurer ................ Valiera Moe Class Adviser .................. Miss Van Ormer Back Row: B. Behrens, S. Cl'ary, R. Gaunt, N. Kolp, R. Peterson, D. Brulhn, W. Etheridge, M. Yonk. ' Middle Row: R. Olson, R. Drayton, D. Smith, L. Vols, D. Clemenz, P. Miller, L. Jensen. Front Row: A. Gorman, M. Miller, M. Dale, V. Moe, D. King, J. Hen- son, B. Olson, Miss Van Ormer. + Sophomore Class President .......... .... G eraldine Hurst Vice President ..... ,.- .... Joyce Lindelof Secretary-Treasurer ---- ........... Wilbur King Class Adviser ....................... Miss Love Back Row: E. Van Ormer, M. De Brock, A. Jacobson, G. Swanson, G. Dahl, I. Olson, M. Keupker. Middle Row: M. Hubbard, O. Teske, E. Olson, G. Schmidt, D. Morris, R. Mueller. Front Row: N. Peterson, L. Roush, W. King, G. Hurst, J. Lindelof, M. Hawksworth, Miss Love. + Freshman Class President .......... ....... G ail Anderson Vice President ---.- ............. '---Joe Johnson Secretary-Treasurer ......... Donna Lee Jacobson Back Row: L. Drayton, Gail Etheridge, L. Lebahn, R. Engles, C. Van- dumoon, W. Barber, S. Miller, D. Jensen, G. Hartz. Middle' Row: R. Vetter, E. Fordham, C. Hansen, J. Carlson, B. Van de Velde, I. Gaunt. Front Row: R. Gorman, D. Jacobson, J. Johnson, G. Anderson, R. Oloff- son, J. Steers, N. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Weber.