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

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1954 volume:

The Senior Class of 1954 Presents Meredosia-Chambersburg High School Community Unit District 11 Meredosia, Illinois 2 Dedication Vue, the Senior Class, take great pleasure in dedicating this 1954 Chief to Howard C. Savoie, who has patiently and faithfully tried to teach us the fundamentals of the scientific world during our four years here at Meredosia. Class of 54” 3 5 Administration PAUL e. woods Superintendent MRS. BETTY MAJOR Superintendent's Secretary Board and Administrators ROW ONE: Edlen, B., Unland, A., Arnold, H., Dugan, G., Chrisman, A., and Cummings, L. ROW TWO: Pittenger, D., Woods, P., Young, C., Vortman, F., Metz, B.. and La ns ink, B. Board of Education HORACE ARNOLD President ALVIN UNLAND Sec retary ROBERT LANSINK BAIRD CHRIS MAN BOID MET2 FRED VORTMAN LEW CUMMINGS GERALD DUGAN Faculty CHEL YOUNG Principal BETTY COLE P. E., English SAMUEL DONHAM Coach MRS. LATHURNA JONES Commerce MRS. MYRTLE JOY Home Economics JAMES LA HR Social Science Faculty MRS. HATTIE MONSON English, Mathematics FRANCIS PANKEY Music HOWARD SAVOIE Science ANDREW WETZEL Agriculture HENRY ALLEN Custodian 9 11 CHARLES TWEEDY Baseball .................... 1,2,3,4 Football..................... 1,2,3.4 Basketball................... 1,2,3,4 Track........................ 1.2,3.4 Class Play..................... .3,4 Class Officer................1.2.3.4 War Whoop Staff....................4 Chief Staff........................4 Chorus President ..................4 Student Council....................2 King’s Attendant............... 3,4 LINDA STEINBERG Class Officer ............. Band....................... Band President............. Chief Staff................ War Whoop Editor........... G. A. A.................... G. A. A. President......... F. H. A................... Class Play................. Statistician............... 1.2.3.4 1.2.3.4 ......4 .....4 ......4 1.2.3.4 ......4 .......1 .... 3,4 .......4 NANCY LITTLE Class Officer...... G. A. A............ War Whoop Staff ... Chief Staff........ Cheerleader........ Class Play......... Chorus ............ Office Practice.... Queen Attendant.... Homecoming Queen 1.2.3.4 1.2.3.4 .....4 .....4 1.2.3.4 ....3.4 1.2.3.4 ......4 .. 1,2,3 ......4 BEULAH STAMBAUGH G. A. A.............1,2.3,4 Science Club......................1 War Whoop.........................4 Chief Staff.......................4 F. H. A...........................2 Class Officer ................1.2,4 Si Y Club........................ 1 Chorus......................... 1,3 Class Play....................2,3,4 WAYNE DEPPE Baseball..................... 1,2,3,4 Chief.......................... 4 Class Play.......................3,4 Manager........................... 2 F. F. A........................ 3,4 SARAH BARFIELD Chorus ......... F. H. A......... Class Play...... War Whoop Staff Chief Staff..... Student Council. G. A. A......... Music Contest Radio Work...... 1.2.3.4 1.2.3.4 .... 3.4 ..... 4 .....4 .....3.4 .... 1.2 1.2.3.4 .....1.2 GEORGE EASLEY Basketball.............. Track .................. Football.................. Class Play.............. Baseball................ F. F. A................. Chief................... War Whoop ............. DELBERT FUELLING Basketball ...................1,2,3,4 Track ....................... 2.3.4 Football....................... 4 Class Play..................... 3,4 Chief Editor......................4 Chorus........................... 4 Student Council President ........4 Homecoming King................. 4 Band ........................... 1 MERLYN SMITH Basketball........................ 1 Manager....................... 2,3,4 Play Cast..........................4 Chief Staff .......................4 F. F. A......................... 3,4 Chorus.............................4 Band ........................1,2,3,4 ROSEMARY NEWMAN Class President.............. Student Council............ Class Reporter............. G. A. A..................... Chorus....................... War Whoop Staff ........... Chief Staff.................. Class Play................... Office Practice ........... F. H. A.................... PHYLLIS MUNTMAN D.A.R. Award Chorus....... F. H. A................... G. A. A................... Class Play ............... War Whoop................. The Chief................. Homecoming Attendant...... ..... 4 ... 2.3.4 . 1.2.3.4 .... 2.3 ..... 3.4 .......4 ........4 .......4 LEON RUYLE Baseball.......... Chief ............ Play Cast......... Football.......... Student Council... Basketball........ War Whoop ....... GARY HAM Basketball......................1,2 Baseball ................... 1,2 Football......................... 3 The Chief.........................4 War Whoop.........................4 Class Officer.....................1 Class Play......................3.4 Chorus............................4 Homecoming Attendant............ 3 SUSIE SPARKS Chief...... Class Play War Whoop BOB SIX Basketball......................1,2,3 Football .......................... 4 Baseball ....................... 3,4 Class Play ...................... 3.4 War Whoop......................... 4 Class Officer.................... 1 The Chief.......................... 4 HARLAN CHUTE Basketball................ Manager................... Football................. Class Play ............... Baseball.................. Class Secretary........... Student Council .............. War Whoop................ Chief..................... Track ................. Chorus .................. Band .................... .... 1.2,3.4 ...........4 .........3.4 4 4 4 .....1 2.3.4 .....4 . 3.4 .. 1.2 .... 1 ... 2 .....4 .... 4 .... 4 .... 4 ..... 3 Class History Upon entering Meredosia High School in 1950 there were twenty-three green Freshmen; namely, Sarah Barfield, Velma Battefeld, Jo Ann Beau- champ, Wayne Deppe, Doris Dunmire, George Easley, Jr., Delbert Fuelling, Lawrence Gobbel, Barbara Hall, Nancy Little, Fhyllis Muntman, Rosemary Newman, Loraine Nunn, Bonnie Ransom, Leon Ruyle, Linda Ruyle, Ann Schlichting, Donald Smith, Merlyn Smith, Linda Steinberg, Tommy Thurmon, Charles Tweedy and Janet Welch. For our Freshman Class trip, we went to Lake Springfield. At the beginning of the Sophomore year, Jo Ann Beauchamp, Linda Ruyle, Ronnie Smith and Tommy Thurmon moved away making a new total of twenty. Later, there was one new student, Ronnie Kehl. For our Sophomore Class trip, we went to St. Louis. Our Junior year we lost Velma Battefeld, Doris Dunmire, Lawrence Gobbel and Barbara Hall. Unit 11 was formed of Chambersburg and Mere- dosia and the following students from Chambersburg enrolled: Harlan Chute, Gary Ham, Robert Six and Beulah Stambaugh. Later, Susie Sparks moved here from Jacksonville. For our Junior Class trip we went to St. Louis. We held our Prom at the Dunlap Hotel, May 15 with Bowen’s Orchestra furnishing the music. The theme of the Prom was “Good-Bye and Good Luck”. We were then left with seventeen students to begin the Senior year. Bonnie Ransom, Janet Welch, Loraine Nunn and Ronnie Kehl dropped out. Yvonne Floyd graduated at the end of the first semester, so we were left with sixteen students in the graduating class. For our class trip, we plan to go to Rockaway Beach, Missouri and spend four days. Mr. Young is chaperoning the group. The Name's the Same uAjadW n Aaeuiascy ‘0! dSaoao ’6 8 'L 9 aisng S Xdubn f, epuiq sfu Md 'Z MBJBS 'I BRADBURY IMPLEMENT COMPANY Perry, Illinois ZIMMERMAN BROTHERS GARAGE Mt. Sterling, Illinois 16 VILLAGE INN Perry, Illinois WALTER EMMERSON Chambersburg, Illinois Senior Scoop Sheet ■t NAME NICKNAME PET PEEVE FAVORITE SAYING FAVORITE AMBITION Sarah Barfield Sarah Bob Rosie Huh You Alone Singer Harlan Chute Humphrey Young What Ol’ Man River Mechanic Wayne Deppe Dead Pup School My, my Baby, You’re Really in Love Farmer George Easley Easley Freshmen Better believe it, Captain, facts truth I’ll Never Forgive Myself Get married and raise a basketball team Delbert Fuelling Luke Life Beats me Changing Partners Engineer Gary Ham Hambone Liars Yes Baby Face To have a happy home Nancy Little Old 42 Redheads Shucks It’s You or No One Raise a lot of little Tweedys Phyllis Muntman Red School Bus You said it Stranger in Paradise Be a good wife Rosemary Newman Bozo Frank, the janitor Oh, no Young at Heart Raise a lot of Stephenson’s Leon Ruyle Gooly F reshmen O, Mein, Papa I don’t know Robert Six Half Dozen Girls One never knows does one Carribean To be a millionaire Merlyn Smith Smitty Life How do you know I Hope You’re Crying Too To be a mechanic Susie Sparks Spa rkles Nash’s You don’t know do ya Famous musician Beulah Stambaugh Babe People who talk too much Such is life I Get So Lonely Get married and have Nolgaard’s Linda Steinberg Stinky Two-faced people I’ll slap you Mama Come Get Your Baby Boy P. £. Teacher Charles Tweedy Claude Brown Noses Shut your cotton pickin mouth Y’all Come Work at the C. I. P. S. Class Prophecy We climbed aboard our space ship, “The Planetoid” and cruised intoi outer space- Our first stop was Saturn, at the local Cowboy Hide-Away, where we found Sarah Snow formerly Sarah Barfield who is chief vocalist with the Saturn Plowboys- She is making $ 100,000 a week and her theme song is There Stands the Glass”- We then went to the planet’s Tabernacle, which has a seating capacity of 15,000- There we found our old friend Susie Sparks officiating at the ser- vice- She also doubles on the accordian and piano. The tabernacle is made of transparent glass and has velvet lined seats. We enjoyed the talk on “Heaven For Us”- We climbed in the Planetoid and cruised to Venus, where we got the biggest surprise of our lives- We found Mrs- Byron Ray McAllister, Sr., formerly Phyllis Muntman- They own a twenty-five room house and their triplets were chasing their mother around the bar- We dashed away in the Planetoid before they started chasing us- As we turned the corner in our specemobile, we noticed a building eight earth blocks long, called Leon's Sardines, Inc. Investigating further we found that it was our old classmate, Leon Ruyle. He is now operating the largest sardine cannery in outer space. We sailed on to Mars and being hungry we entered the “Terrace Room Night Club” and to our surprise found that Charles Tweedy, Esq- owned the beautiful night club- The headliner was Nancy Rose Lee, formerly Nancy Little- She was doing an old earth dance called the Hula- We picked up our belongings and climbed aboard the Planetoid” to head toward Jupiter. It was Sabado, Mayo 33- We sailed along at 800 M.P.H. and finally caught sight of Jupiter- We landed at the nearest Ski Club- To our surprise, out came Harlan Chute- We found that Harlan was the greatest ski instructor in the planet world- Among his famous invent- ions were power skis which have power steering and the newest automatic transmission. We again took to the air, but we were forced down by a spaceicane- We hitchhiked to the nearest city and being ready for excitement, we found an enormous erena- There we found Gary in the ring boxing the great Joe Palooka- It was a fifteen round bout- Gary had Palooka staggering and in the ninth round knocked him cold- With this victory Gary won the planet’s heavyweight championship. He is now starring in the “Great Gary Ham Story”. While in this city, we went to “The Silver Slipper Roller Rink”- The floor was two blocks long and two blocks wide- There behind the counter was our old pal Rosemary Newman, now Mrs- Don Stephenson. She told us that she owned the rink which had a restaurant and dance floor combined- She does a special skating act every evening- Pluto was our next destination. This time we set the automatic controls of the planetoid and went to our bedroom and rested till we reached the planet. When we landed � t the space port, we found Delbert Fuelling acting as manager. Although he is now the millionaire owner of a chain space ports, he still likes to mingle with the help. We left Pluto and headed for Mercury. We were thirsty so we stopped at a place called ‘‘Thirst No More . When the waiter came, we discovered that he was Merlyn Smith with his hair dyed red. When he brought our order, he brought the owner, George Easley. We found that Merlyn had been married three times in the last year, but each wife had left him because he insisted on leaving his hair red. On Mercury it was legal to have more than one wife, so George has eight wives. George also owns a mansion for his wives. His first wife is a girl from earth, Peggy. The other seven are Mercurians. Our next stop was Neptune. W e were stricken with acute indigestion because of our friends different cooking. When we woke up, we were in Beulah’s Neptune Hospital. It was a beautiful hospital and had all of the luxuries such as television and swimming pools. Everything was push- button control. Beulah who is now Mrs. Paul Molgard is the head nurse and also the head surgical nurse. Beulah owns a space ship and travels all over the planets to supervise her hospitals. We recovered from the attack soon and decided to take a rest. We saw a sign advertising the L.J.S. Double Bar flench so we decided to give it a try A servant ushered us into a spacious ranch house and we found our lifelong pal, Linda Steinberg. Her house was circular and completely en- closed in glass. She doesn’t throw stones. We finished our rest and went on to Uranus. As we landed, we saw a stock car race in action. We stayed till the race was over and the winner was announced, we were pleasantly surprised to find Bob Sis the winner. For winning the race, Bob received a 10 foot memorial which was placed in the center of the race track. After the excitement of the race we decided to relax in a movie. The leading man was Wayne Peck, formerly Wayne Deppe of Meredosia. He was starring in “Three Girls and A Man”. Wayne was the box offices leading man with a salary to match- Last week, he had five new Cadillacs shipped from earth and he doesn’t even like cars. We have returned to earth and although our friends all seem to like the outer space, we find ourselves still attached to this little hunk of land and water called home- By Beulah Stambaugh and Linda Steinberg Class Will We, the Senior Class of 1V54 of the Meredosia Chambers- burg High School of Meredosia, County of Morgan, State of Illinois being of sound mind and memory do make, publish and declare this our Last Will and Testament hereby revoking and annulling any and all Will and Wills by us made heretofore. To the Faculty: We just leave- We’ll bet they hate to see us go. Tcvthe Juniors: We leave our ability to skip school and still graduate- To the Sophomores: We leave all our old tricks and hope you can use them successfully and still graduate- To the Freshmen: We leave the ability to argue with the teachers and get by with it. I, Sarah Barfield, leave all my straight “A’”s to Sandra “Jug” Little- I, George Easley, leave Peggy Petri only because 1 have to. I, Merlyn Smith, leave all my chemistry ability to Mr. Savoie- I, Harlan Chute, leave about 200 pounds of my weight to Donald Werries. I, Linda Steinberg, leave my ability to play basketball to Alice Barbier- 1, Beulah Stambaugh, leave my ability to speak Spanish to Fonda Petri. “Adios - I, Robert Six, leave my good looks to Donna Allen. I, W ayne Deppe, leave my Senior English book to Delbert Allen. I, Gary Ham, leave my boxing ability to Archie Brant. I, Leon Ruyle, leave my baseball ability to Richard Seymour - I, Phyllis Muntman, leave my red hair to Glen Berghaus. I, Suzie Sparks, leave my musical ability to Mr. Pankey- I, Rosemary Newman, leave my horsey tail to Rita Petri. I, Delbert Fuelling, leave my ability to chase women to Ronnie “Smilie” Elliot. I, Charles Tweedy, leave my ability to broad jump twenty-one feet to all the boys on the track team- 1, Nancy Little, leave before the teachers change their minds. By Nancy Little and Charles Tweedy READ’S STORE Perry, Illinois MIKE STEVENS AND SON Chambersburg, Illinois 21 Juniors BOB GORDLEY President DONALD NUNN Vice-President PEGGY PETRI Secretary BEVERLY CHAPMAN BETTY GORDLEY PAUL KLEINLEIN BEVERLY GRIFFIN NADINE JANES JO ANN HULETT DONNA DOWNEY THE ARROW RESTAURANT Beardstown, Illinois DONALD WERRIES BETTY WERRIES YATES RESTAURANT Beardstown, Illinois 22 BEARDSTOWN PRESS Beardstown, Illinois CAMPUS INN Beardstown, Illinois Juniors LELAND HARDWICK BRADLEY IMPLEMENT COMPANY Meredosia, Illinois ILLICO STATION Meredosia, Illinois DONNA NUNN WALKER FURNITURE Jacksonville, Illinois CONTINENTAL GRAIN COMPANY Beardstown, Illinois Sophomores DuWAYNE RAUSCH Vice-President NORMA DALE Reporter SANDRA LITTLE Secretary VIRGINIA SIMS 7 HARRIET THOMPSON BOBBY DAWSON ROHN SALES AND SERVICE Beardstown, Illinois BEARDSTOWN MOTOR SALES 24 Beardstown, Illinois MARILYN SCHNEIDER NORMA WORKMAN VILLAGE INN Meredosia, Illinois CASS IMPLEMENT COMPANY Beardstown, Illinois Sophomores STELLA McDANNOLD CHARLES ALLEN FONDA PETRI DORIS POTTER JoELLEN STEINBERG DELBERT VAN HYNING WARREN DICKMAN RITA PETRI MARCELLA GREGORY JAMES MYERS MAR DELL Me DANIEL BETTY ALLEN ALPHA OMMEN DEACON BROWN BEATTY HARDWARE COMPANY Meredosia, Illinois Beardstown, Illinois Beardstown, Illinois 25 Freshmen CAROL MARTIN President TED CLARK Secretary-Treasure r LONNIE DAWSON TERRY STEINBERG Vice-President JACKIE GREGORY Student Council LOIS RILEY Student Council JAMES RAUSCH Reporter DORIS RAUSCH LEE NAVE ALICE BARBIER NETTIE JOBE JAMES ALLEN DARRELL McDANNALD ROSEMARY RENTZ Freshmen SHIRLEY BUNCH GLEN BERGHAUS GERALDINE KNIGHT MIKE BUHLIG MABLE HUNTER HELEN MYERS MILDEAN DUNMIRE DEE HOLDER SUE GRAMMER DONNA ALLEN , V f 's i k RONNIE ELLETT RONNIE POTTER BONNIE EDLEN JOE McDANNOLD REBECCA VanDEVENTER COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY Jacksonville, Illinois DEMOCRAT MESSAGE Mt. Sterling, Illinois MILLARD GREENHOUSE Beardstown, Illinois 29 Football ROW ONE: Allen, D., Rausch, D., Easley, G., Fuelling, D., Seymour, R., McDannold, J. D. McDannotd. D. ROW TWO: Donham, S., Tracy, R., Nunn, D., Six, R., Hardwick, L., Chute, H., Ruyle, L ROW THREE: Pool, H., Gordley. R., Clark. T.. Brant, A. W ith the start of eight-man football eighteen boys reported for practice. They were as follows: Delbert Allen, George Easley, Henry Pool, Leland Hardwick, Bob Six, Bob Gordley, DuWayne Rausch, Rex Tracy, Darrell McDannold, J. D. McDannold, Leon Ruyle, Ted Clark, Del- bert Fuelling, Archie Brant, Harlan Chute, Donald Nunn and Richard Seymour. The rules of eight-man football resemble eleven-man more than six-man. In eight-man you do not have to make a clear pass as you do in six-man. The ends and backs are the only ones who can receive a pass. You have to make only ten yards in four downs instead of fifteen yards. Eight-man football gives more boys a chance to play than does six-man football. This gives chance for experience with which to have a better team in the comi: We They We They Arenzville 0 25 Chapin 18 35 Routt 6 40 F ranklin 19 46 Virginia 0 35 Bluffs 6 41 Cha ndlerville 33 13 STEINBERG’S GARAGE Meredosia, Illinois BILL’S BARBER SHOP Meredosia, Illinois 30 ED SCHAEFFER Meredosia, Illinois D-X STATION Meredosia, Illinois Basketball ROW ONE: Allen, J., Pool, H., Tracy. R.. Rausch, D., Seymour. R., McDannold, D., Gregory, J. ROW TWO: Werries, D., Nunn. D., Gordley, B., Easley, G., Tweedy, C., Klienlien, P., Alien. G., Fuelling, D., Six, B., Donham, S. ROW THREE: Smith, M., Rausch. J., Steinberg, T., Dickman, W Elliot, R., Berghaus, G.. Chute. H. The above are the members, managers and coach of this year s basketball team. Below are the games and the winners. Dosh 52 Virginia 68 Dosh 32 Liberty 62 Dosh 63 St. Mary’s 43 Dosh 57 I.S.D. 66 Dosh 38 Cha pin 53 Dosh 50 Bluffs 69 Dosh 62 Arenzville 64 Dosh 53 Mt. Sterling 62 Dosh 50 Tallula 44 Dosh 34 Perry 69 Dosh 38 Cha ndlerville 40 Dosh 53 Routt 63 Dosh 43 Bluffs 74 Dosh 53 Perry 74 Dosh 62 Milton 65 Dosh 43 R outt 58 Dosh 59 Roodhouse 61 Dosh 42 Seymour 67 Dosh 43 Chandlerville 63 Dosh 52 New Berlin 79 Dosh 35 Griggsville 72 Dosh 53 Liberty 63 Dosh 41 F ranklin 61 Dosh 66 Beardstown 59 Dosh 44 Tri -City 70 Dosh 42 Astoria 74 MYERS BROTHERS Jacksonville, Illinois RIEMAN’S FLORIST Jacksonville, Illinois Phone 145 LANE’S BOOKSTORE Jacksonville, Illinois THOMPSON JEWELERS Jacksonville, Illinois 33 35 Cheerleaders Gregory, M., Little, N., Bunch, S., Gordley, B., Barbier, A., Little, S. The six cheerleaders were chosen by the student body at the beginning of the school year. This year they attended a cheerleading clinic at Illinois State Normal University; along with 500 other cheerleaders they participated in the half-time ceremonies of the Normal--Wesleyan football game. The six cheerleaders were Nancy Little, Senior; Betty Gordley, Junior; Sandra Little and Marcella Gregory, Sophomores and Shirley Bunch and Alice Barbier, Freshmen. 36 Fight: Fight: Fight . Fight: 37 38 39 H. A ROW ONE: ROW TWO: ROW THREE ROW FOUR: Martin, C., Allen, D. Joy, M., Fricke, V.. Little, S., Simmons. H., Petri, P.. Dale, N.. Sima, V., Gregory, M., Nunn, D., Fuelling, J. Hunter. M., Barbier, A., Jobe, N., Hobson, J., Chapman, B., Steinberg, J.. Rentz, R., Kennedy, L.t McDaniel. M., VanDeventer. R., Fuelling, J., Janes, N., Thomp- son, H.. Barfield, S., Griffin. B. Allen, B., Petri, F., Workman, N., Hear old, P., Riley, L.. Dunmire. M., Petri, R., Knight. G.. Rausch, D., Schneider. M., Edlen, B., McDannold, S.. Edlen. B., Grammar. S. The Meredosia F.H.A. Chapter was organized in September, 1948. This year there are forty-four members. The officers serving during 1953-1954 are as follows: President.............. ...............Peggy petri Vice-President.......................Hazel Simmons Secretary.............................Sandra Little Treasurer.....................................Norma Dale Parliamentarian..................Josephine Fuelling Public Relations Chairman. ... . . Marcella Gregory Recreation Chairman.................Virginia Sims Projects Chairman..................Vera Kay Fricke Degrees Chairman..............................Donna Nunn The F.H.A. held a Mother Daughter Banquet January 21. The Sweet- heart Ball was held February 11. 40 READ’S STORE Perry, Illinois MIKE STEVENS SON Chambersburg, Illinois F. F. A. ROW ONE: Hannel, D., Deppe. W ., Tracy, R ., Steinberg, T., Allen, C. ROW TWO: Holder, D.. Gregory, J., Berghaus, G., Potter, R., Smith, M., Dawson, L., Elliot, R., Buhlig, M., Brant, A., Mr. Wetzel. This is the second year for our Vocational Agriculture and F.F.A. organi- zation. The organization has sixteen members. The officers are: Rex Tracy, President; Curtis Muntman, Vice-President; Terry Steinberg, Secretary; Wayne Deppe, Treasurer; Charles Allen, Sentinel; Donald Hannel, Reporter; Andrew Wetzel, Adviser. During the year the officers attended the 25th National Convention held in Kansas City, Missouri and ten F.F.A. members accompanied by Stuart Tracy, Bob Lansink and Mr. Wetzel attended the International Livestock Show at Chicago. A Parent and Son Banquet was planned for the spring, at which time two Honorary Memberships will be conferred upon two adults. AG. WORKSHOP 41 Chief Staff SEATED: Janes, N., Muntman, P.t Fuelling, D., Tweedy, C. STANDING: Ruyle, L., Steinberg, L., Jones, L., Chute, H., Deppe, W., Newman, R., Easley, G., Stambeugh, B., Six, R., Cole, B., and Little, N. The members of the Chief Staff who were elected by the Senior Class at an early class meeting are as follows: Editor.................................Delbert Fuelling Assistant Editor.................Nadine Janes Sports Editor.....................Wayne Deppe Layout Editor.................Phyllis Muntman Business Manager................Charles Tweedy Photographer.......................Leon Ruyle Artist................................Rosemary Newman The remaining members of the class helped get together material for the annual. During the past years only seniors have been on the Chief Staff, but this vear the members of the Senior Class thought it would be a good policy if a Junior would be on the staff so someone in the next year's class would know something about what to do on the yearbook. LATHROP’S DRY GOODS STORE Meredosia, Illinois HARRY’S T.V. CENTER Meredosia, Illinois 42 KISTNER KREME KIST Meredosia, Illinois COTTAGE GROCERY Meredosia, Illinois War Whoop SEATED: Stambdugh, B., Steinberg, L.. Little, N. STANDING: Chute, H., Jones. L., Muntman. P,,Six, R,, Newrnan, R., Tweedy, C.. and Cole, B, The War Whoop is the school newspaper which is published monthly by the Senior Class. The staff sells advertising to the local merchants. The money collected from the advertising goes into the Annual Fund. The War Whoop Staff is as follows: Editor.............................Linda Steinberg Assistant Editor................Rosemary Newman Class News Editor.....................Susie Sparks Columnist............................Madame X Artist..........................Rosemary Newman Sports Editor........................ Gary Ham Production Staff............. Nancy Little, Sarah Barfield, Phyllis Muntman And Harlan Chute Miss Cole and Mrs. Jones sponsor the War Whoop. JACKSONVILLE MONUMENT CO. Harold Wessler, Manager 330 East State Street Jacksonville, Illinois LA CROSSE LUMBER CO. Jacksonville, Illinois STEINHEIMER Rexall Drug Store 137 W . State Street Jacksonville, Illinois G. D. NORTRUP Service Station Meredosia, Illinois 43 Band ine Meredosia -Ohambersburg Band had a total of sixty-tour meiuue � . The activities of the year consisted of playing during ball games and enter- ing in the district music contest. Mr. Francis Pankey is director of the band. MODERN AUTO SALES WALKER'S I.G.A. SUPER MARKET Beardstown, Illinois Beardstown, Illinois 44 BEARDSTOWN IMPLEMENT CO Beardstown, Illinois BEARDSTOWN DAIRY Beardstown, Illinois Chorus ROW ONE? Thompson, H., Little, N., Tweedy, C.. Gregory, J., Buhlig, M., Seymour, R., He rold, i VanDeventer. R., Knight. G.; Allen, D., and Little S. ROW TWO; janes, N. Werries, B., Roate, M., Jobe, N., duelling, Kennedy, L., Newman, R., Chapman, B., Fuelling. D., Chute. H., Hobson, J., Dunmire. M., Edlen, B., and Pankey, F. ROW THREE: Fncke, V .. w orkman, N., Rausch, D., Gregory, M.,Sims, V., Bar bier, A., Muntman, P., Steinberg, J., Schuch, D., Gordley, R.. Kleinlein, P.. Nunn D McDannold, T.D., and Smith. M. ROW FOUR: Schneider, M., oriffin, B., McDaniel. S.. Edlen, B., Marun, C., Nunn, D., i racy, R.. Downey, D., Steinberg, T., Gordley, B.. Allen, B.. Dale. N., and Holder, D. The Meredosia -Chambersburg Chorus, composed of both girls and boys, under the direction of Mr. Pankey, is doing a nice job of singing this year. The boys have added a great deal to the chorus. Everyone has enjoyed singing the songs that Mr. Pankey has selected. Some of the members of the chorus were sent to the district contest. The chorus plans to sing at graduation. WALSWORTH BROTHERS Moralin . M. , U S A BLUFF'S GARAGE Bluffs, Illinois HUSTON CLEANERS Beardstown, Illinois GEORGE LINDSEY Versailles, Illinois 45 Student Council ROW ONE: Kleinlein, P., Gordiey, B., Fuelling, D., and Barfield. S. ROW TWO: Young, C., Kennedy, L., Hannel, D.t Riley, L., and Gregory, J. The selection of student council members for the 1953-44 school year re- sulted as follows: Lois Riley and Jackie Gregory, Freshmen; Lucille Kennedy and Donald Hanniel, Sophomores; Betty Gordiey and Paul Klienien, Juniors; Sarah Barfield and Delbert Fuelling, Seniors. The council officers were chosen in the first meeting as follows: Delbert Fuelling, President; Betty Gordiey, Vice-President; Faul Klienlien, Secretary, Mr. Young, our adviser, acted as Council Treasurer. Funds were obtained by operation of the coke machine and popcorn machine. EDLEN’S FOOD LOCKER Meredosia, Illinois A. B. CHRIS MAN GRAIN COMPANY Meredosia, Illinois 46 RAY’S TEXACO STATION Meredosia, Illinois LATHROP’S GROCERY AND MEATS Meredosia, Illinois Q. A, A. ROW ONE: Steinberg, J.. Riley, L., Little. N., Grimmer, S., and Hunter. M. ROW TWO: Jobe, N., Barbier, A., Newman, R., Steinberg, L., Stambough, B.. Allen, D., Edlen, B., and Fuelling, J. ROW THREE: Cole. B.. Martin. C., Rausch. D., Workman, N.. Petri. F.,Sims, V., Gregory, M., Bunch, S., Little, S., and Dale, N. ROW FOUR: Petri. R., Fricke, V.. Hearold, F., Hulett, J.. Kennedy, L.. Knight, G.. McDaniel, M., Edlen, B., McDaniel, S., and Schneider, M. The Girls' Athletic Association elected officers at the beginning of the year at the first meeting. They were as follows: Linda Steinberg.....................President Beulah Stambaugh...............Vice-President Rosemary Newman . . . Secretary Treasure r During the year, the G.A.A. sponsored record dances after the basketball games in order to earn money to send the cheerleaders to cheerleading camp at Bloomington, Illinois. The girls also held a slumber party before Thanks- giving at the gym. They spent the night playing games, making fudge, but not sleeping. They plan to hold a Sadie Hawkins Party later in the year. Miss Betty Cole is the sponsor. WESTERN AUTO ASSOCIATE STORE PRAIRIE FARMS Mt. Sterling, Illinois Mt. Sterling, Illinois JEWEL METZ Chambersburg, Illinois JAMES R. VOSE Chambe rsburg, Illinois 47 Sophomore Play ROW ONE: Tracy, R., Gregory, M., Rausch, D. ROW TWO: Fricke, V., Steinberg, J., Dale, N., Schneider, M. ROW THREE: Muntman, C., McDaniel, M. ROW FOUR: Little, S.. Dickroan. W., Sims. V., Allen. G., Petri. R., Young, M., Allen, C. The Sophomore Class of Meredosia High School held their class play, January 22, 1954. The play was entitled “No Boys Allowed . The cast consisted of: Mr. Midnight........Charles Allen Rita Baxter...........Norma Dale Jane Baxter......... Sandra Little Victrola.....................Doris Potter Fred Dana......................Rex Tracy Leroy Doyle.........DuWayne Rausch Nada Owens.....................Vera Fricke Patsy Farrell........Virginia Sims Harvey Smith. . . . Warren Dickman O’Brien......................George Allen Keith Garland .... Curtis Muntman Mrs. Dana...........Jo E. Steinberg Belinda..........Marcella Gregory The Edwina Cook . . . .Marilyn Schneider The play took place in the living room of Rita and Jane Baxter’s home girls were going to have a slumber party and No Boys Were Allowed. Mr. Young, directed the play. FARMER'S AND TRADERS STATE BANK Meredosia, Illinois STEINBERG PECAN CO. Meredosia, Illinois 48 DR. J. R. GRIEBLER Meredosia, Illinois TOWN HOUSE RESTAURANT Meredosia, Illinois Junior Play ROW ONE: Chapman, B.. Hear old, P. ROW TWO: Griffin, B.. McDannoId, J., Schuch, D., Downey, D. ROW THREE: Nunn, D., Hardwick, L. ROW FOUR: Petri, P., Hulett, J., Young, C., Kleinlein. P., Roate, M., Simmons. H. The Juniors held their class play, In Again! Out Again: , on stage at the Meredosia-Chambersburg High School Gym, November 13, 1953. The cast was as follows: Property Nadine Janes. Candy..........................Hazel Simmons Dr. Honk........................Jo Ann Hulett Waldo........................J. D. McDannoId Ruth..............................Pat Hear old Lynn Laine................ • Donna Downey Aunty Dodie.....................Marilyn Roate Mrs. Quick............................Beverly Chapman Professor Meade........................Donald Nunn Henry....................................Dick Schuch Honey.........................Beverly Griffin Almira..................................Peggy Petri Noah Wiggins..................Leland Hardwick Manager and Sound Effects was Paul Kleinlein. Prompter was Mr. Young directed the play. STANDARD STATION HUNTER-ALLEN LUMBER COMPANY Meredosia, Illinois Meredosia, Illinois DUNGEY’S PIKE COUNTY PROPANE GAS CO. Meredosia, Illinois KELLOGG’S STORE Groceries And Meats Meredosia, Illinois 49 Homecoming Royalty JUNIOR ATTENDANTS SOPHOMORE ATTENDANTS FRESHMAN ATTENDANTS SENIOR ATTENDANTS QUEEN AND KING 5 Baseball FIRST ROW: Ruyle, J.. Gordley, R., Easley. G.. Gregory. J.. Nave, L.. Rausch. J. SECOND ROW: Mr. Donham, Steinberg. T.. Kleinlein, P., Tracy. R., Fuelling. D., Nunn, D.. Tweedy, C., Smith, M. The baseball season record was three wins and eight losses. The conference record was three wins and six losses. The team placed fifth in the PMBC Conference. Dosh 5 I.S. D. 8 Dosh 1 Quincy 14 Dosh 12 Routt 4 Dosh 10 Perry 0 Dosh 7 Chandler ville 1 Dosh 1 Mt. Sterling 2 Dosh 5 Virginia 3 Dosh 0 Arenz ville 7 Dosh 1 Bluffs 12 Dosh 0 Chapin 5 Dosh 1 Bluffs 13 Track FIRST ROW: Allen, G., Fuelling, D., Rausch, J.. Schuch. R. SECOND ROW: Mr. Donham, Chute, H., Easley, G., Nunn. D., Tweedy, C. The track team entered in three track meets during the track season. Two of the Senior members of the team entered in the District Meet held at Hanson Field in Macomb, Illinois. The boys were George Easley and Delbert Fuelling. Neither of them placed. The following is a list of the meets entered by the team. Triangular Meet lst--I.S.D. 2nd--Meredosia 3rd--Mt. Sterling Triangular Meet 1st--Jacksonville 2nd--Meredosia 3rd--Ashland 53 Conference Meet 2nd--Meredosia F. H. A. Sweetheart 54 Jr. - Sr. Prom and Banquet The Junior-Senior Prom and Banquet was held May 14 in the ballroom of the Dunlap Hotel. The theme of the prom was “Dancing In The Dark which was carried out in the deco- rations and programs. The focal point of the decorations was a reproduction of the cover of the program. The walls were covered with stars to give the illusion of a sky. The guests danced in the dark to the music of Byron Hile s Orchestra. The Juniors and their sponsors Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Joy did a very fine job of making the dance enjoyable for everyone. 55 Senior Play FIRST ROW: Muntman, P., Stambaugh. B., Little, N., Sparks, S., Steinberg, L. SECOND ROW: Barfield, S., Chute, H., Easley, G., Six, R., Ham, G., Fuelling, D., Smith. M., Newman, R., Cole, B. The Senior Class presented Jay Tobias play, THE CALAMITY KIDS, on Friday evening April 2. The play was under the direction of Miss Betty Cole. The cast was as follows: Midge Starr, one of the Calamity twins--Rosemary Newman Mickey Starr, the other twin-------------------Gary Ham Emily Hoskins, who loves orphans---------Phyllis Muntman Clara Clagg, w ith a nose for news-----------Susie Sparks Hezekiah Hoskins, Em's worse half----------Delbert Fuelling Brad Rivers, who hates girls— -----------------------George Easley Bonnie Blue, a lovable pepper-pot------------Nancy Little Gideon Garvey, the twins uncle-----------------Robert Six Opal Ludlow, the twins aunt---------------Linda Steinberg Loraine Ludlow, her daughter-------------Beulah Stambaugh Elmer Ludlow, her son-----------------------Harlan Chute 56 Commercial Awards to L. Steinberg, N. Janes and B. Chapman presented by Mrs. Jones. Cheerleading Award to B. Perry, N. Little, S. Bunch, S. Little, A. Barbier, M. Gregory. Editor Awards to L. Steinberg and D. Fuelling presented by Miss Cole. Honors Day Perfect Attendance Awards presented to P. Petri, M. Roate, G. Knight, J. Hulett, J. Fuclling. T. Steinberg, J. Allen, S. Grammar. J. McDannatd, R. VanDeventer. N. Workman, G. Berghaus. N. Little. W. Dlckman. D. Fuelling presented by Mr. Young. Librarian Award to Beverly Griffin presented by Mrs. Lahr. Home Economics Award to Phyllis Muntman. Social Science Award to N. Janes and B. Chapman presented by Mr. Lahr. Agriculture Award to Rex Tracy pre- sented by Mr. Cory. 58 Honors Day School Spirit Awards to W. Dickman, B. Werries, N. Little and R. Newman presented by Mr. Young. Science Awards to N. Janes and V. Sims presented by Mr. Savoie. Scholarship Awards to V. Fricke, L. Steinberg, D. Fuelling, T. Steinberg, R. VanDeventer, V. Sims, B. Chapman, N. Janes presented by Mrs. Monson. Music Awards toG. Berghaus, V. Sims, B. Griffin, J. Steinberg, A. Barbier, V. Fricke, J. Fuelling, R. Fentz, S. Barfield presented by Mr. Pankey. 59 National Honor Society FIRST ROW: Fuelling. J.. Roate, M.. Chapman, B., Janes. N. SECOND ROW: Griffin, E.. Werries, B., Fricke, V., Fuelling. D., Muntman, C., Young, C. Character Scholarship Service Leadership In order to become a member of the National Honor Society, a student must maintain a “B” average and have the unanimous approval of the faculty. The membership is limited to six new members each year. Since it is difficult to obtain the unanimous approval of the faculty on any one student, each student elected should feel highly honored. 60 6 Homecoming Carol Mo rtin, Sandra Little, Nadine Janes, Phyllis Muntman, Nancy Little. Delbert Fuelling, Charles Tweedy. J. D. McDannold, Hex Tracy, James Rausch, Snaps Junior-Senior Prom and Banquet 1952-1953 The Junior-Senior From and Banquet was held May 14, 1953 at the Dunlap Hotel. A banquet centered around breaded pork chops was served to the Juniors, Seniors, their guests, faculty and ministers. Mrs. Hattie Monson gave the Invocation and serving started at 7:00 P.M. Charles Tweedy gave the welcome and Erna Lee Staake gave the response. Sarah Barfield sang, “Memories” with Erna Lee Staake accompanying her on the piano. At the close of the banquet, Reverend Smart gave the Benediction. Dancing was held from 8:00 - 12:00 P.M. with Virgil Bowen’s Orchestra furnishing the music. The theme of the Prom was “Good-Bye and Good Luck”. Mr. Murray of Jacksonville took pictures. FRANK M. MYERS DINSTLE PASTRY SHOP H. E. HUSS SON MERRIE SHOPPE Beardstown, Illinois Beardstown, Illinois Beardstown, Illinois Beardstown, Illinois 83HSWS