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

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'L Ascending, left to right: Mrs. Block, Jim Rashid Nyla Nelson Sharon Plumley, Mrs. Yates, Jane Glafka On August 27, 1956, we, a group of twenty eight boys and g1r1s entered Manlrus Hrgh filled with anticipation for our coming year as jolly juniors. We elected the following officers James Rashid. ........ President Nyla Nelson. . . . .... V. Pres. Sharon Plumley. ...... Secretary Jane Glafka. .... . . .Treasurer Mrs. Block. . . . .... Advisor Mrs. Yates. ........... Advisor During the year we lost Letha Carrington who moved to Galesburg and Joe Nerdzrela who enlisted rn the Navy In October we received our class rings which we dunk are very beautiful This year we enjoyed many activities Among these were record dances a ch111 drnner a magazine campaign picking up com, class play, and we had charge of the pop and rn11k drstrrbutron Our most enjoyable project was the Ir Sr Prom We worked very hard to make the prom a memorable event A good number of the students took part rn music sports dramatrcs and the school organrzatrons Written By Carolyn Vols I 7' X ff 16

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THE WILL SENIOR CLASS HISTORY I 953-I 957 In 1953, 37 green freshmen opened the doors of Manlius High to begin their first of four wonderful years. Officers were: Larry Lubbs--Pres., Norman Berry--V.P.g Chuck Peterson--Sec.g Anita Raabe--Treas.g Mr. Gleick--Ad- visor. Initiation on the school lawn wasn't as bad as we had anticipated. Various stunts were performed with the boys dressed in grass skirts and the girls in housecoats and aprons on backwards. During the year we lost six of our members: larry Hughes, Lawrence Dabler, Bob Vickers, Joanne Smith, Sally Hurley and Jim Ferguson. Our sophomore year the officers were: Ronald Christensen--Pres.: Larry Lubbs -V.P.: Anita Raabe--Sec., Chuck Peterson--Treas.g Mr. Bushell--Advisor. Our dance, April Fool's Fling, and a chili dinner proved successful. Francis Schaefer, Clarence Frank, Joe Lowder, Frances Foy, Bill Ghys, and Larry Rowland left us during our junior year and we gained Karen Peterson. The officers were: Janice Johnson--Pres.g Norman Berry-V.P.: Larry Lubbs- Sec.g Glenda Rogers--Treas.g Miss Schmidt and Mrs. Block--Advisors. Activities included a dance and turkey raffle on December 16, two chili dinners and our play, The Hasty Heart, directed by Mr. Cliff: our Jr.-Sr. Prom, May 19, lasted all night. Kraft Food Co. furnished our smorgasbord after the dance, we were hosts at the Walnut Theater, and the firemen of Manlius and New Bedford gave us a breakfast. Our theme was South of the Border and the gym was decorated in brilliant colors. This year, 33 members--11 girls and 22 boys, walked into Manlius High for their last year. Officers were: Janice Johnson--Pres.: Norman Berry--V.P.: Anita Raabe--Sec.: Larry Lubbs--Treas. Advisors--Miss Schmidt and Mr. Holman. During the year we lost Barbara Hurst and Jim Miller, but we gained Cephas Bryan, only to lose him the second semester to the Service. Our home-coming dance, October 12, followed the LaMoi1le-Manlius game. We raffled off an autographed football. We had two barbeque dinners, a record dance, hobo day, bake sale, coatcheck room at the New Bedford basketball games, a concession stand at the home football games and other projects. Our play, Down to Earth, was under the able direction of Mr. Milbum. Our final activity as a class was our long awaited Senior Trip. We, the Senior Class of 1957, being of sound mind and body do hereby declare this to be our last solemn will and testament. Norm--my summer paint brush to Butch so that he may pursue further his artistic career. Curt--my Schmidt Sales and Service shirt to Ronnie. Chris--a bar of candy to Art so that he may get astart in a business venture such as I had this year. Marie--my soft, feminine voice to Ann. ac --one frozen chicken to Jim so that it will save e trip to Ladd. --my TV antenna to Larry so that he may pull in 110 stations as J did. Ike--my auto to Jerry in the hope that he will find the time to finish customizing it. Eric--my ability for getting out of work to my sister, Ann. Charlotte--my nickname Gooper to Jean Neahring. Fran--my set of bar bells to lane. Blanche--my ability to get along with Mrs. Block to Carol. Ronnie H.--my ability to say shicken to Art. Charlie--my touch on and off the basketball floor to Alan. Chunt--my front seat at the basketball games to Kar- en. ' 15 Cliff--my cherubic characteristics to Jerry. Don--a propeller to Sonny so that he might attain a faster take off and be able to keep up with me. Janice- -the nickname of Husky to Mary. Larry--my Old Grey Ghost which carried me through the football season to Marvin. Dorothy--my curly black hair to Connie. John--my slim trim hips to Jean Neahring. Ken--my easy going nature to Carolyn. Chuck--my nickname of bonehead obtained from Coach Bushell to Squeek. Karen--my skating ability to Donna. Anita--my good grades and no boys UQ to Nyla. Glenda--my ability to drive to Manlius in 8 minutes to Jeanne. LaVem--my ability to acquire demerits to Jim. Ron S.--my trapping ability to Rachel. Dean and Duane--our ability to get along with each other to Glenn and Wayne. Barb--my cautiousness to Sharon. Med--my noble position of being alphabetically last in the class to Bonnie. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the above named parties have hereunto set their hand and seal in the presence of Lola Schmidt and Delbert Holman. Written by Medley Tornow and Jack Dabler.

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