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

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Class Will Finding only a few very valuable items and characteristics in our ownership, we, the class of 1953 of Meredosia High School, being well, being lucky to graduate, do hereby, reluctantly, will these items and characteristics as follows: To the faculty: Our old I. O. U. 's in the office, all broken test tubes in the lab, ruined typewriter ribbon in the commercial room, and demolished textbooks. To the Juniors: Our broken rulers, old notes, the blame for all the damage we did in our four years, and our greatest hopes that, you, too, graduate. To the Sophomores: A list of all the ways to cheat on exams. (You will find them hid- den behind a loose brick, the 4th from the right in the 92nd row, on the East side of the high school building.) P. S. None of the 1,976,016 ways worked, anyway. To the Freshmen: Our old ticket stubs left over from school activities. (Maybe you can use them to sneak into future activities.) However; use them legally. That is, sneak in when nobody is looking. The other way it just doesn’t look well. The remaining items we will individually as we see they are most needed: I, Shirley Edwards, will my stinginess to any member of the Junior class so that next year they will be too stingy to will anything, too. I, Yvonne Floyd, will my perfect attendance to Beverly Chapman. I, Layton Yeakel, gladly leave 30 pounds of my weight to Curtis Muntman but not because he needs it. I, Johnny Miller, will a part of my ambition to Rita Petri. I, Marion Perry, leave all the parts that have fallen off of “The Ford” to Mr. Long for his car. I, Bob Duvendack, will my good grades and my jokes to Charles Tweedy and Linda Steinburg. Guess which gets which I, Virginia Dawson, leave my cheerleading ability to anyone who needs it. I, Billy Hulett, will my title “The Best Pest East of the West” to Billy Nunn. I, Jean Schneider, leave my Mac Murray pamphlets to anyone who wants to follow me to that college. I, Gwendolyn Tegeder, will my ability in sports to Vera Fricke. I, Erna Lee Staake, will all the old. combs, handkerchiefs, hairpins and wastepaper left in my locker to it’s next occupant. I, Harlan Fuelling, will my typing ability to whomever needs it. I, Wayne Dickman, will my tall, lankiness to Bob Six. I, Barbara Yeakel, leave my secrets on the quiet approach to catch a husband to Harriet Thompson. I, Dixie Griebler, will my ability of argumentation to anyone who needs it. I, James McDaniel, leave my good-naturedness to Pansy Floyd. I, Donald Allen, will my red hair to Donna Downey. I, Galen Pool, shall contribute a demonstration on “Slow and Careful Driving” for the benefit of all. I, Norma J. Simmons, leave my ability to catch a man to Virginia Sims. I, Donna Hobson, will my kneenex to Nancy Little. I, Doris Smith, will my locker to Merlyn Smith, if he wants to clean it out. I, Glenn Janes, will my fetching smile to Fonda Petri. I, Shirley Heitbrink, leave. 16

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ERNA LEE STAAKE Nickname: “Earnie Pet Peeve: Gossips Favorite Saying: “Bullets. ’ Favorite Song: “Tenderly GWENDOLYN TEGEDLk Nickname: “Teg Pet Peeve: Band Favorite Saying: “What.' Favorite Song: “You Belong To Me” Ambition: To make lots of money. ■ LAYTON YEAKEL Nickname: “Tub” Pet Peeve: People Favorite Saying: “Are ya hurt? Favorite Song: “Blue Moon” t • BARBARA YEAKEL Nickname: “Barb Pet Peeve: Marion Favorite Saying: ’Censored” Favorite Song: “If” Ambition: To raise a basket- ball team.

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Class of ’53 in the Future I am the spirit of 53 and the class has asked me to go into the future to see what they will be doing. We shall start near Meredosia. Looking to the North you see many herds of cattle grazing on thousands of green acres. This is the V-8 Bar owned by Billy Hulett. Slightly to the right you will see the V-8 Bar’s Research Farm and Laboratory which is headed by Bob Duvendack. Barbara Yeakel Ham is teaching second grade in the local grade school, while Virginia Dawson Simon is teaching Home Economics in the high school. Glenn Janes is chief machinist at the CIPS plant and is about to be promoted to a position at one of the new plants in Pisgah. But, most of the class is gone from the old stomping grounds so let’s move on to Chicago. Dixie Griebler, ace reporter for the Chicago Moon, has just cracked a nationwide ring of gangsters. Donna Hobson is head nurse of the Mercy Hospital, where Dr. Shirley Heitbrink is Chief of Staff. At Speedy Typewriter Inc., Jean Schneider has just been unanimously elected president of the company by the Board of Directors. Shirley Edwards has been recently hired by the same company to make movies on “The Correct Way To Type as she is now World’s Champion Typist. In the next block, where Marshall-Field once stood, is the Crystal Dome Roller Rink owned by Donald “Red Allen. Red decided to build this glass-roofed skating rink when he first became a floor manager. Before we leave Chicago, we must not forget to mention Wayne “Pooch Dickman, who is foreman of pipe insulators at the Snodgrass Company. But right now we can’t see him because he’s in a pipe In Champaign at the U. of 111., where Layton “Tub Yeakel is head coach of.foQtbaLLuhis team has won every game. Looks like another Rose Bowl Year for Tub. We arrive now in New York a little breathless from our journey so, let’s rest stop at the Rockefeller Bulding, where Doris Smith is chief accountant for the Empire Shoe- string Co. Incidentally, Gwendolyn Tegeder’s offices are in this building. She is national president of all Women’s Athletic Assiciations. Down the street is the Jonesonian Institute, where John Miller is an archeologist. His secretary, Yvonne Floyd, is handling his affairs now, as he is on an expedition to the North Pole. Norma Jean Simmons, Academy Award winner, is currently starring in the musical film hit, “My Favorite Grandmother. Erna J ee Staake’s new book on shorthand methods has revolutionized the teaching world, as well as the business world. Marion Perry, a top engineer, has just completed a bridge across Devil’s Pass in California. Galen Pool, now a pro football player, has been voted “Man of the Year by The Sports Writers of America. James McDaniel is a 4-star Air Force general in charge of the jet divisions in Alaska. Harlan Fuelling is private secretary for the Ambassador to Bolivia. Gary Perry is now a famous world news reporter traveling all over the world gathering material for his news-casts. That’s all folks. See you at the class reunion in 1966 to compare notes. 17