Mascoutah Community High School - Mascoutan Yearbook (Mascoutah, IL)

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:Er riefgiewrg rt 'TI Senior Class Prophecy After spending ten years teaching kindergarten in Germany, I decided to visit my home town and see how my classmates of the class of 1952 of Mascoutah Community High School had set out to gain their fame and fortune. My assistant, Joyce Curry, who has become very famous for her course in Technicalities of German for Kindergarten, was also eager to see Mascoutah and gladly consented to go with me. One bright, sunny day we boarded one of the many magnificent planes of Graul's Atomic Airlines in New York and were made very comfortable by our former classmate, the cheerful little airline hostess, Scheron Kilian, whom we were glad to see. When she told us that Ralph Schrage was the pilot of our plane, we buckled our safety belts a notch tighter and tried to relax. When we passed over the Indianapolis Speedway we glanced down to see thousands of people. Scheron said they were cheering John Surmeier, whose souped-up cars had beaten all existing records. We arrived at the Mascoutah Municipal Airport just in time to see Jo l lGrper, who was just leaving for New York in her won plane to buy her spring wardrobe. The former Velma Rowold, now the wife of a prosperous farmer, happened to be in town and met us. When we started through town we saw that it had increased tremendously in size. Velma said that the development of the city was largely due to the efforts and genius of the architect, George Kolb. Since she knew about many of our old classmates, we quickly agreed when she offered to take us to the town 's largest restaurant and tell us about them. We found the owner of The Greasy Spoon to be none other than Donna Crosser. June Hecker and Elsie Wiegand were the waitresses who daily collected the largest amount in tips. James Albrecht, according to Velma, had recently given up his position as editor of the NEW YORK TIMES to run for President of the United States. He decided that that office could present no difficulties after he successfully piloted the class of I952 through their senior year. Rita Biddle, now happily married, spends her spare time as feature writer for the woman's page of the MASCOUTAH HERALD. Kenneth LOqUel' is the present mayor of Mascoutah.Firmin Lanter has long been the richest farmer around Mascoutah. Dale Reuss is operating a gigantic super market in Fayetteville, known far and wide for its astronomical prices. Rose Lembke Gnd Joan'Gunia are operating an ice-cream stand in Stringtown. Velma said several of our other classmates had left Mascoutah and had become very famous in their respective fields. Marlene Doelling is touring the country with her air-cooled typewriter and amazing people by typing 200 words a minute without errors. Don Mitchell had opened dance studios in the major cities all over the United States and employs Dixie Kuehn as his chief instructor in St. Louis. Gene Richter is now professor of mathematics at Harvard and ajiready has discovered many shortsolutions for algebra problems that Einstein had never dream- e of. Because it was getting late Velma had to say farewell, and we went to our hotel. We turned on the television set and were just wondering whether we had heard of all our classmates when whom should we see but Evan Zimmermann and his famous band pldying his own famous arrangement of SIoptown Blues. His featured soloist was Mary Ann Zimmermann. We were very happy that all our classmates had found fine places in this busy world. 1 . Verna Kraske This page is sponsored by KILIAN BUILDING MATERIAL CO. MASCOUTAH LUMBER CO. I Z0

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TIL if I. ' S I xv, , I HST I II GSIGIIIBIII S ,, SS I 160566. We, the class of 1952 in the city of Mascoutah, the county of St. Clair, and the state of I ' Illinois, being in full possession of mind, with a few noble exceptions, and having memories rs that put the Encyclopedia Britannica to shame, do hereby dispose of our multitudinous and mellow, numerous and noteworthy possessions and talents in the form of a will. 3-I The senior class is survived by a junior class, a sophomore class, and a freshman class. The first mentioned will be appointed to the place left vacant by the untimely decease of the senior class, but can in no measure fill the position. In this manner we do dispose of our possessions: To the Junior class, our rightful heirs, we bequeath our most valuable property--our well-worn thinging caps, our dignity, our class spirit fthe best brand knownj, and our seats in the study hall. To the sophomore class we leave our ability to jump to safety when a teacher asked us a question we did not know and the right to annoy the freshmen. I To the freshman class we leave our unfailing good humor in the face of trying hours we p-' suffered when we, too, were young and unsophisticated. To the school itself we leave all the time we wasted and hope that other classes use it I advantageously. 'N To individuals we bequeath the following possessions: I, jim Albrecht, bequeath my ability to go steady with a cheerleader to Frank Vollmer. I, Ralph Schrage, will my skill in doing push-ups to John Pfeiffer, I, Dixie Lee Kuehn, leave my dancing ability to Audrey Reeble. ij I Kenneth LaQuet, leave my ability to get messed up in bookkeeping to Harold Hamann. Rose Lembke, will my sweet personality to Faye I-limes. I, George Kolb, leave my quietness to Louie Hughes, I, Mary Ann Zimmermann, leave my ability to find a boy with the same last name to Marilyn Lehman, I, John Surmeier, will my nickname, Stupy Soupy , to anyone who can qualify for it, I, Joan Gunia, will my braces to George Justus. Gene Richter, bequeath my height to Corky Helms. I. I. I, Jo Harper, lea ve my comfortable, worn-down, out-of-shape moccasins to anyone with sore feet. Velma Rowold, leave my ability in basketball to Rose Schmidt, I, Dale Reuss, leave my ability to get along with the teachers to Robert Poirot. Elsie Wiegand, leave my interest in playing the accordion to anyone who is interested. I, Robert Starron, bequeath my ability to keep the bench warm and find lost foul balls in baseball to Paul Cleland. I, Marlene Doelling, will my interest in the St, Louis Cardinals to Howard Boller, I, Rita Biddle, bequeath my ability to handle money QU to the treasurer of the junior class. I, Firmin Lanter, leave my winter seat in the bus to Marcel Frerker. I, Donna Crosser, will my curly hair to Marilyn Zapp. Don Graul, leave my ability to have my assignments written just on the days the teacher collects them to Kenneth McDaniel, I, Joyce Curry, bequeath my ability to be seen and not heard to Shirley Spanley. I, Don Mitchell, leave my ability to charm the ladies to Tommy Weyenberg. I, Cecile Erichs, leave my good taste in clothes to Shirley Erb. We, June I-Iecker, ScheronKilian, and Verna Kraske, the writersof this lastwilland testament--leave. To,Miss Steines and Mr, Votrain, our class sponsors, we leave a few peaceful moments, which they so justly deserve. In witness whereof we have set the hand and seal of the class of I-952 this 29th day of May in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-two. I. I. I. Signed: Senior Class of 1952 Verna Kraske June I-Iecker Scheron Kilian Witnessess: This page is sponsored by FIRST NATIONAL BANK f arf- T..- tg. I Evan Zimmermann, leave my ability to make the teachers earn their living the hard way to Joel Winker, 1 , - 5 I - +ii

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