Mills Prairie High School - Crystalite Yearbook (Mill Shoals, IL)

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glze Cvystalzte Senior Class Prophecs les flfteen glorious years haxe passed for the 1902 Mills Pra1r1e graduates We have now their stories of act1w1t1es occupations and cai eers vse are anxious to relate to you our findings upon investigation Ray Anderson lb a top SC19l'lt1St at Du Pont He has Just com pleted a f1re extinguisher which IS non explosive and guaranteed to put tne tire out instead of the user David Berry IS a leading c1t1zen in the Mills Pra1r1e community H has Just donated the money tor a monument to be erected in the Vlills Pranle Park in honor ot his favorlte teacher from M P C H S Mr Chester l' Newby kenneth Blackford IS the leader of the Lucky Lott Daredevil Drivers Janella Carter is an average housewife She says Guy is becoming harder to please with each passing year Kenneth Ewing IS President of the INat1onal Farm Bureau and is dolng quite well for himself Jlm Gammon IS the nation s latest bobby sox 1dol His velvety version of the old song hit Charma1ne has made it popular once again Gene Gr1swold IS a top movie actor HIS fans really go for that dark olive complexion and the dlmples oh brother' Marquetta Gray is 1n Fexas She is the mother of six beautiful Guy How ell IS the new window washer of the Empire State Building Marshall Johnson IS head ot the leading d1st11lery of St Louis His protits they say are publlclzed by h1S bay w1ndow Rosa Etta King lS librarian for the Superintendent of Documents at Vl ashlngton Audrey Masterson IS the wife of the leading General in the United States Army Lva Mossburger IS a private dance instructor All of the elite snobs or Boston bring the1r llttle Lord I1 auntleroy s to be taught the grace 1u1 characteristics or modern ballet Chester Ph1ll1pS1S editor of the Weekly Laugh Book His most ardent supporters are the students of Hills Prairie High Delores Pollard IS llghtweight champion of tne National Lady Wrestler s ASSOC1at10n Lldon Smith IS still serving Uncle Sam and the Waves He will be 1et1red in tive more 5 ears with a nautical pension Delmas Stewart atter a whirlwind courtship of 15 years has finally led Roberta to the altar lhey are novw at heno for their honey moon Ix an Stewart IS mascot for the Giants His rheumatism keeps h1m 11 om playing prolessionally James lay lor IS avsay on an educational trip He IS the leader of a scientific expedltlon up the Amazon ln his last report to the National Geograph1c SOC16tV he said that there is ere more bugs than birds lNe11 Vaughan after disbandmg the Foreign Legion has gone to Indla to be vw 1th his harem I9 ' 52 . n 7 rf l a Y I nv , Q 1 , u . . 3 . n . . . . . . . - . . . Z e -ll ' , . ' l' . ' . . . . ., V - Y Q n . 0 , - q 1 Y ' ' cc ' u ' D - - , 1 , p - . I ' 1 . . , , - I . . children. Her husband's occupation is ranching. n .- Y a n 4 n . . , Q, 1 s u - . Y y . . . , Y - ' - - u . . Y ' . ' Ay. - . . . u y . . . . . . , . . u y . . . . . ,

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I9 Zfhe Gzgalalcte Senlor Class HlStOfV In the fall of 1948 forty tvso eager Freshmen entered BIIHS Pralrle Commumty Hxgh School at Burnt Praxrle Our school consxsted then of one room tor each class We were sxtuated ln the upstalrs of the Burnt Prame Grade School We elected for our class officers Nexl Vaughn Presldent Gene Grlswold Vlce Presldent and Chester Phlllxps Secretary Treasurer We were proud to be ln hlgh school and even though we were known as green Freshmen soon we were becomlng more educated and havxng lots ot fun We had been happy to be ln h1gh school our Freshman year and were qulte SatlSfled wxth the bu1ld1ng untll we came to our new school surroundmgs as Sophomores We now had a beautlful new long low type buxldlng modern ln every detall Nme of our classmates d1d not avall themselves of the opportumty to attend thls f1ne new buxldxng Some had Just qu1t others had moved away The thlrty three members that we had le1t worked together tormmg closer txes as the days wore on We The next year we were proud Junlors We had many good tlmes together and now reallzed our responsxbxlltles toward our school our parents and patrons and our future Only twenty flV8 remamed to carry on our standards The class offlcers were J lm Gammon Presldent Gene Grlswold Vlce Presldent Ivan Stewart Secretary Treasurer and Ray Anderson Reporter We chose the red rose as our class flower and Wmners never qu1t Qultters never w1n as our motto At last the thrlllxng moment arrlved we were the lmportant Senlors ready to dlctate to the under classmen flaunt our superlorlty and prove to the world that we knew It all There were only twenty ot us lett to accomplxsh our ambltlons We elected Ray Anderson as our class Presldent Chester Ph1ll1ps V1ce Presldent Delores Pollard Secre tary 'lreasurer and Audrey Masterson Reporter We chose the red rose as our class flower for the second SUCCBSSIVG year Our class motto was Thls above all to thine own self be true and lt must follow as the nlght the day thou canst not then be false to any man ' 52 D , - V u i . . . . Q . n 0 , , r 1 ' , . : 1 v' .IC 91 ' . I 1 Q 1 . in . c 1 . , , Q 7 c , o . s u - - n u 1, . Q . n . 1 - elected Ray Anderson as our President. I Y n . I - 0 . 1 . 1 : , Q 1 ' 9 9 ' Q , . ,, . . . . ,, , . 1 ' 1 I Cl ' 77 X . s . . , . - . : , - ' 3 a . ' . u . , as ' . ' ' 7 I H , .

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19 Zire Cvydtalcle Semor Class Wlll We the Semors of M P C H S County of Whlte State of Uncon sclous be1ng more sound of body and less sane of mmd about to take leaye we hope from th1s noble 1nst1tut1on of learmng 1nto unknown paths do mll our present and mamfold ach1evements xntellectual and otherwlse to our frlends and classmates To our prlnclpal we g1V6 and bequeath a sense of rehef that we have at last been graduated pleasant memorles and a feellng of prlde 1n any great deeds or noteworthy achlevements that our future may contam realxzmg that such glorles 1f any vull owe much to hls example and counsel We glve and bequeath to the teachers our very kxndest regards and our smcere grat1tude for thelr unfallmg kmdness and ald To our dear old school bu1ld1ng ltself we leave the peaceful quxet caused by our absence and any apple cores wads of gum or crumpled notes vse may have left about We leave to the J umor class our good luck It made us what we are today and It should satlsfy them In addltlon to th1s all our pr1v1leges and rxghts as Semors ln the classrooms w1ll revert to them as well as any notebooks penclls fountaln pens unfmlshed lollypops or unflmshed busmess mcludxng debts contracted wh1le engaged 1n the busmess of bemg a Senlor also any boys or glrls whom we may have left behlnd ln our haste To our good frlends the Sophomore class vse leave our patlence J unlors To the young and unsophlstlcated Freshmen we leave a map of the school bu1ld1ng so that they wxll not get lost and roam about ln every body s vsay looklng for thexr classrooms We lnclude vuth th1s map our l1ttle book ent1tled How To Tell The Teachers a pamphlet complled by us after four years of arduous study The legatees Wlll notlce th1s book IS not what to tell the teachers but how It contams speclflc mformatlon as to whlch teachers can be bluffed whlch are easy and which are hard to please and those vshom lt IS xmposslble to please It tells who your favor1te authors must be to stand well w1th the Enghsh department vt hlch hlstory teacher 1S especlally fond of Napoleon and what quest1ons to ask to make the sclence teacher forget the lesson and be 1nterest1ng 'Ih1s lnformatlon IS mvaluable to any w1sh1ng to make hlgh grades ln the subjects mentioned Ind1v1dual bequests are as follows Ray Anderson leaves h1s phllosophy of l1fe obtamed from Mr Ixewby to some Semor of next year who we hope may have the mental capaclty to grasp lt Davld Berry leaves hxs blonde haxr to Hamp Ph1ll1ps to help hlm get a glrl iDon t be nervous Hampton the gxrls love lt J Kenneth Blackford leaves h1S muscles to John iAtlasJ Puckett Janella Carter leaves her abxhty to get her man back to Arlene Bavley QYou ll have to forgne her Arlene she forgot that you were also an accompl1shed retrley er J iContmuedJ ' 52 , . . - I -, ..... , I , , . . a 1 n n 3 Y -, , s u . 1 , V ' 7 7 , I . , . . . . ! . . , . , . Y 7 7 I n a n , s Q . 2 . ' ' . . ' . 7 1 , . . , . y Y . t It w1ll be found useful as the only means by wh1ch they can endure the 7, v V , . . . Y. . - ' ' 64 . 77 ' , , 1 n e , . Q n u , 1 7 7 V ! ' -7, . Y , , . , . . . , ', . I I Y , U Y v - ' ' D y 1