Maroa Forsyth High School - Trojanaire / Maronois Yearbook (Maroa, IL)

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CLASS HISTORY In the fall of 1972, our class of 78 freshmen entered the spooky halls of M.F.H.S. for the first time. We started out by electing class officers. We chose Brian Shookman as President, Terry Hoffman as Vice President, and Cyndie Huffman as Secretary-Treasurer. Our sponsors were Mr. Brandt, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Ritter, Mrs. Berry, and Mrs. Coen. Homecoming came quickly so we started building our float. The theme of our float was Keep on Trucking which didn’t place. Our king and queen candidates were Jeanne Schwabe and Brian Shookman. During the year we gained Theresa Frontz, Rick Edgett, Jack Curry, Debbie Matthews, and Mike Murphy. We lost Denise Gramman, Nancy Jent, Mich Kenyon, Carol Owens, and David Long. Our sophomore year we had 87 students to start out the year. Our officers were Terry Hoff¬ man as President, Butch Mashburn as Vice-President, and Cyndie Huffman as Secretary- Treasurer. Our sponsors were the same except we lost Mr. Brandt and gained Mrs. Clausen. For homecoming our float theme was Can the Ironmen. Cyndie Huffman and Terry Hoff¬ man were our homecoming candidates. During our sophomore year we gained Rick Lohmar, Kim Payne, Tom Rennebarger, and Rhonda Vest. We lost Jeff Coins, Theresa Frontz, Don Harris, Tammy Komewald, Teri Humbl e, David Moore, Billy Tully, and Hank Van Volkenburg. At the start of our first year as upperclassmen, we elected Brian Shookman as President, Butch Mashburn as Vice-President, Tom Jennings as Treasurer, and Randy Lanter as Secre¬ tary . Our Junior homecoming candidates for king and queen were Kim Payne, Lisa Myers, Butch Mashburn, and Brian Shookman. Our float theme was Looks Like We’re Gonna Dunk ' em Donut. Freshman Basketball Team

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LARRY TYNAN was seen on the streets with a well-known older actress, but we always knew LARRY liked older women! MONTY GRUETMAN and his wife are now the owners of their own chain of motels. Stopping for lunch in McDonalds we recognized RICK BLUNDY. RICK is now a manager, but we couldn’t talk him out of a free quarter-pounder. After lunch we stopped in a gas station and found the manager of it was BRET COFFMAN. BRET told us that he and CHRIS BRAGG were now in a gas war. We couldn’t believe gas was only $2 a gallon here. We talked to BRET and found that JULIE BUTLER is now working as a maid for a very wealthy family. She applied for another job, but her employers wouldn’t believe she really was a ’’butler.” We ran into TERRI BRENNING at the bottom of Pike’s Peak. She said, ’’After 10 years I’ve finally conquered a Hill. Now I’m going for a mountain. ” TERRI told us that RON YOUNKER has gone into business with his best friend Mary Jane. TIM WILSON is now the proud owner of his own motorcycle shop, and right next door MATT GREENE has his own Afro Styling shop. Both of them are looking very well. ROSE AND ROBIN BROWN are still together and now they own their own restaurant, called ’’Brown’s Jug.” Right next door RICK EDGETT owns a drive-up liquor store. Let’s hope it is successful. We decided to start on our way back to beloved Maroa. Driving down the road, we saw a knife manufacturing plant owned by JULIE LAZELL called ’’Spears, Inc.” Now we only had a few more people to look up, and we thought that we would never find them. However, they all turned up as we went back to our old hometown. Maroa seemed the same except it was our class run¬ ning it. RANDY LANTER is now mayor, and DEBBIE MATHEWS is his secretary. MIKE PULLIAM is mayor of Forsyth and he has DIANA WHITACRE as his secretary. Looks like high school did pay off for some! JEFF SLUN- DER owns the A P in Maroa and ANDY TSCHAPPAT is a pilot for Maroa Airlines. JUNE WAELTZ owns the new pizza parlor in Maroa called ’’Procarones. ” SHARON PETERSON used her Home-Ec talent and is now a teacher at M.F.H.S. MIKE DUBSON is at home in Maroa still trying to write a best-selling novel. KAREN CHANEY is staying at home these days because she doesn’t have any bones left to break. MARK LECHLEITER is Maroa’s new pharmacist and he really seems to know what he’s doing. Finally we saw DAVID PRYDE who now owns Flo-Mar, the biggest store in Maroa. Well, it’s been a long trip and we hope we haven ' t missed anyone. It was great hearing about everybody and seeing how much 10 years can change them. We decided to hold a class reunion very soon and everyone prom¬ ised to come so we’ll be looking forward to that. We ' ve brought back many memories and we will treasure these forever, but maybe we’ll hold off our next trip for about 10 years! 20??? Wonder what we ' ll be like, in say 50? . . .?

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Sophomores Seniors??? Prom time came around and it was held at the Holiday Inn in Decatur on May 3, 1975. The theme was Spring Evenings . . . Summer Memories” with music provided by Just Us. Post Prom was held at Great Skate in Decatur with skating, dancing, and games pro¬ vided for entertainment. Junior year was also time for some hard work which included magazine sales and work in the concession stands during football and basketball games. During the year we lost Sandy Clark, Brenda Palmiter, Jeanne Schwabe, Kevin Chandler, Andy Schaller, Tammi Scott, Lloyd Turner, and Vicki Van Volkenburg. We gained Patty Maynard and Rhonda McKirahan. In the fall of ' 75 we entered the halls of M.F.H.S. for the last time as big (with 59?) bad Seniors. We elected Ben Walters as President, Sharon DuCharme as Vice-President, and Mike Pulliam as Secretary-Treasurer. During the year we gained Dona Shockey, Robin Brown, Rose Brown, and Tina Harris. We lost Lori Kitchens Scott, Dona Shockey, Sue Burke Massey, Tina Harris, Becky Dash, Pam Montgomery, and Barb Holland Durbin. For our last homecoming we elected Sharon DuCharme and Rhonda McKirahan as queen candidates, and Rick Lohmar and Butch Mashburn as king candidates, with Butch and Sharon being chosen as king and queen and Rhonda and Rick as first attendants. The theme of our float was ' ' Kick Comets Can. ’ Now as we are nearing the end, some leave with regret and some with relief but all leave with many memories. We hope everyone has had as much fun as we did even though they won ' t be able to say . . . SENIORS, SENIORS, WATCH OUR TRICKS, WE ' RE THE CLASS OF ' 76 '