Meredosia Chambersburg High School - Chief Yearbook (Meredosia, IL)

Page 15 text:

Class History In September 1946, we started our career .at M. C. H. S. as fresh- men. There were twenty-seven of us, each with the typical freshman spirit, eager to make the most of our next four years. Those answering to roll call were Leland Alhorn, Donald Allen, Stanley Allen, Joanne Allen, Bobby Joe Barth, Patsy Coulson, Lillian Dennis, Marion Dawson, L a w r e n c e Floyd, Vernon Floyd, Billy Joe Gregory, Loretta Gregory, Romayne Gobel, Ella Mae Hall, Betty Heit- brink, Marilyn Hobbs, Winston Lacey, Jacqueline Looman, Joan McDaniel, Tommy McDannold, Joe Newman, Wanda Nortrup, Bobby Rausch, Harold Surratt, Daryle Tegeder, Jack Vanhyning, and Pauline Watkins. In 1947 we are sorry to say we lost six of these students. The urge to marry seized Joanne Allen and Loretta Gregory. Lillian Dennis moved, and Romayne Gobel, Bobby Joe Barth, and Lawrence Floyd grew weary of books and teachers. We added three new students, Anna Brown from Peoria, Phyllis Moulton from Florida, and Roger Henderson from Lewistown, Illinois. The girls were with us only a short time. Phyllis married and Anna moved away. During this sophomore year we pre- sented the one-act play 10% Tommy . We were now Juniors, upper classmen, we felt we were really important! Those not reporting this year were Billy Joe Gregory, Vernon Floyd, and Patsy Coulson. Patsy moved to Versailles and Billy Joe and Vernon grew tired of the Brain Factory . During the course of the year Pauline Watkins and Ella Hall dropped out to marry. This year proved to be quite a hectic one. We gave a three act comedy entitled Crazy House which took much time and effort. Then we tried several other money making schemes to finance the annual banquet and dance in honor of the seniors. This aforementioned banquet was a Plantation Party . Just before Christmas vacation we received our class rings. We were very proud of them and like every other class, we thought ours were the prettiest. In the fall of ’49 we started our last trek on the High School road. Vernon McDannald entered our class. He took extra subjects in order to graduate in three years. We have a total of fifteen seniors due to the loss of Joan McDaniel and Roger Henderson. Joan changed her name to Deter and Roger moved to Hickory Hill Ranch in Mexico, Missouri. This year we presented the play What Anne Brought Home which has a cast of nine characters. At the time of printing we are planning a boat cruise on Lake Michigan from June the first to the fourth. We feel it has b e e n a very successful four years at M. H. S. and know the experiences will never be forgotten. 11

Page 14 text:

Class Will We, the Class of 1950, of Unit District Number 27, of the County of Morgan, and the State of Illinois, being of sound mind and body after four years of strenuous work, do hereby make, publish, and declare this as our last and best will and testament; hereby revoking all former wills, bequests, and devices of whatever nature or form heretofore made by us. We, the Seniors, will to the faculty our proficiency in long argu- ments that do nothing but kill time, and also a quart of aspirins, after putting up with us for four years. To the Freshmen we will our good times at M. H. S., and our neat- ness in appearance. To the Sophomores we leave the right to throw paper wads, and also our accuracy. To the Juniors we will the ability to be good-looking, and not let it go to your heads. I, Joe Newman, will my physique and also my ability to make 19 consecutive free throws to Teddy Rausch. I, Daryle Tegeder, assign my baseball ability to Tony Simon. I, Jacqueling Looman, leave my bangs and a bottle of hair dye to Marilyn Mayes. I, Harold Surratt, regretfully will my tricks in Algebra to Shirley Heitbrink. I, Bobbie Rausch, grant my talent for getting girls to Homer Copen- haver. I, Tommy McDannold, leave to Bill Watkins my technique of teasing Ruth Berghaus and all the other girls. I, Jacky Vanhyning, bequeath my record of skipping school to Dick Simon. I, Betty Heitbrink, will leave to Bonnie Lee my ability in FHA work. I, Marilyn Hobbs, present my English grades to Petie Gregory. I, Winston Lacey, will my “bashfulness” with the girls to anyone who needs it. I, Vernon McDannald, confer on Wayne Tegeder my brains for graduating in three years. I, Stanley Allen, grant my talent for making money to Paul Winkel- man. I, Wanda Nortrup, leave to Earline Thurmon my housekeeping ability. I, Leland Alhorn, present my photography equipment to John Miller. I, Donald Allen, will my ability to play basketball to Joe Schlichting. 10

Page 16 text:

Juniors MARY BROWNING President BUD HYATT THEDA HOBBS WAYNE DARYLE NORTRUP Secretary WANDA JOSEPH TEGEDER BEVERLY GREGORY Vice-President ROBERT WERRIES ALENE HULETT RAYMOND McDANNOLD SCHLICHTING RUTH BERGHAUS DICK SIMON Treasurer PATRICIA RUYLE, Rep. TED DICKMAN RANSOM 12