Minonk Dana Rutland High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Minonk, IL)

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'Lil Q I X QA f 14 7 5' Nga 4 ny'f C ass I, John T1mmerman w1ll my eng1neer boots to M1ss Denms and my Job of g1v1ng Donna Casto a r1de home every noon to Ray Weber Dr1ve slow Ray' I, Jeannette Stachewmcz do hereby w1ll my seat m Mr Jones' class to Don R1ley my qu1etness mn class to Lyle Henkel my bemg able to study 1n study hall to B1lly Gaede I W1lbur Charher w1ll my blue four cornered hat to Bobby Lehman s1nce he adm1res lt every morn1ng on the school bus anyway We Joyce Robertson and R1ta Buchness w1ll our ab1l1ty to portray two of the w1tches 1n Macbeth 1n Enghsh to any .Tumor who would be w1ll1ng to be IH character by dymg the1r harr chartreuse We also w1ll our 1ndec1s1on about a career and our four years of fr1endsh1p one f1ght a year to any freshman who can stand the stra1n I, Bob R1ley w1ll my black ha1r and smallness to 'Red Burr1s He needs my qmetness too, I m afra1d I Luc1lle Mueller w1ll my seat 1n U S H1story to E1leen May and my qu1etness to Irma T1mmerman I Margy Sm1th w1ll Bobby Uphoff to any g1rl who w1ll take care of h1m and my ab1l1ty to control my temper to Al1ce Oyen I Edna Janssen w1ll my h1story book and penc1l to Mr Prerce s1nce he always has them anyway and my blond ha1r to Camllla Baxter I Drck O'Br1en leave my ab1l1ty to pass all my classes and my old bed 1n second hour p e to Duke Elhott I Patr1c1a Marshall, w1ll my short ha1r to Charlotte Shoffner and my long tr1p to school to Ga1l WISE I Russ L1ndley w1ll my Ag ab1l1ty to mybrother Lyle and my fondness of Streator to anyone who can afford to buy gas to get over there I Mananne McGough w1ll my red ha1r and temper to Aud1e Krull and my U S I-hstory book to anyone who takes delxght 1n burn1ng th1ngs I Ron Lehman w1ll all the cha1rs and desks w1th my 1n1t1als on them to Shorty and all the hard work I have done on the annual to next year's ed1tor I, D1ck Dav1s w1ll my dozen pa1rs of lev1s to Harvey Curley and my m1ddle name Tracy to any other D1ck w1th a secret amb1t1on of bemg a detectwe I, Beverly Blan w1ll my U S Hlstory book to Mon1ca Blan and my major 1n math to Dav1d Gutherz I B111 Spencer w1ll my abxhty to go to sleep 1n Engl1sh to Ed Tyaden and my ab1l1ty to have a good excuse for sk1pp1ng school to anyone who needs lt I, Evelyn R1ch w1ll my ab1l1ty to stand on my own two feet 1n p e class to Bonme Park, and my ab1l1ty to get 1n trouble 1n Enghsh class to anyone that wants I Duane Hartzler wrll my ab1l1ty to get mn trouble at leastoncea week to Ed and my seat 1n Enghsh to anyone who needs an extra credrt I Jerry We1start w1ll my bashfulness around women to Oll1e Turchl and my ab1l1ty to play poker to 'B1rd Ketchmark I always loose I Pat Curley w1ll my n1ckname Bubb1es ' to Cam and my love for cheer leadmg and Gumbo to Pat Eden Also my ab1l1ty to get along w1th Mr Evers to my brother Harvey It helps Ha' We The Class of '52 w1ll to the Sen1orsof'53 M1ss Gharst our annual advxsor We're sure you w1ll apprec1ate her as much as we have She's really a BIG help 16 lp 4 V kv ,gl v 1 i N 1 O S , 1 'Q' 4 j ' in S 15 F ' Q A 1 I N, 1 ,I x - 3 D Q I N 1 I X I X' U J M 4 . W A I: Fi! l KX AA A I . uv . A I Will . ', . . it. D - 1 I . I . . , ' . I H . 6 .y

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t It at Class Wall We the Class of 1952. of M1nonk Dana I-I1gh School vlllage of M1nonk State of Ill1no1s bemg sound of m1nd and memory and cons1der1ng It well settled that we are to graduate th1s year, do make publlsh and declare th1s our last w1ll and testament 1n manner and form as follows I Franklxn Schne1der w1ll my blue green Hudson to any person who feels l1ke r1d1ng low I Dorothy Budr1d w1ll my long natural curly ha1r to Donna Casto and my ab1l1ty to be seen and not heard to Carol Jo Janssen and also my '1e1ght to Frank Ruestman I Pat Durb1n w1ll my U S H1story book to any Jumor who m1ght need lt I hope you get more out of It than I dld' I, also, w1ll my whlte bucks to Ga1l W1se s1nce she hkes them so much Too bad they don't f1t Gall' I Glen Andrews w1ll my ab1l1ty to s1ng tenor to Frank Stack Don't get those bass notes m1xed up w1th the tenor ones please' I Al1Ce Rooker w1ll my treaded pat'H'd'oW1 to the offxce to anyone who hkes to sleep 1n the mornmg as Idld the sparkle of my d1amond to Pat Eden and Peann1e s1nce she l1kes lt so well and my ab1l1ty to catch a handsome alrman to Sal D1sh1nger Make good use of rt Sal And w1th th1s I leave Thanks Heavens' I Dorothy Matter w1ll my fondness of skat1ng to Pat Durre and my three contmual assembly penods to anyone who enjoys s1tt1ng I Joan Stokowsk1 w1ll my locker to Bllly Gaede as he always wanted to use I Barbara Morr1son w1ll my black platform heels to Ga1l Wrse s1nce she needs them more thanI and my v1v1d 1mag1nat1on to Dean Uphoff Don't get carr1ed away wlth It l1ke I do I, Fredd1e Baker the Chevy K1d w1ll to Sala tax1 so she has a r1de home from school, and so she doesn't get wet on ramy mghts I R1chard Cremer, w1ll my ab1l1ty to keep qulet wh1le 1n class to Duke and my parklng place where you aren't supposed to park, to Lloyd Barth I Dolores Antle, w1ll my sl1mness to anyone who wants lt the trouble 15 who wants 1t' Also my yell1ng at the basketball games to Sal To my s1s, I w1ll the ab1l1ty to get up 1n the mormng for school, remember I won't be there to get you I Robert I-Ioke w1ll my well beaten tra1l to Streator to Frank1e Ruestman, and my desk 1n Chemlstry to anyone who 1S brave enough to m1x hydrogen sulfxde rotten egg gas I Carole Ekstrorn, w1ll my d1mples to Nancy Robertson, and my ab1l1ty to keep my temper under control at all t1mes to my slster Joyce She needs 1t' I JoAnne Eden leave my boy1sh bob' to Charlotte Shoffner, and Al1ce Oyen To my s1ster, Pat and my cous1n Carol Jo I leave my 'Clucago personalxty I Ebo Sxmms leave my last w1ll I have nothmg I owe much the restl leave to the poor I Merme TJaden w1ll my mckname Mern1e back to Marxlyn Ve1r, s1nce she says lt was hers 1n the f1rst place and my 32 pa1rs of earnngs to those brave Jumor g1rls I Don Manley w1ll my ab1l1ty to get naxled to the wall 1n bu1ld1ng trades to Ray Weber and my crew haxrcut to J1m I-Iewmtt I Joyce Koch w1ll my locker to Shlrley Manchester s1nce she occuples lt rnost of the t1me anyway and my seat 1n 6th hour study hall behlnd Wesley Rocker to anyone who enjoys s1tt1ng on thumb tacks 15 S Wg: , ' 6 , V 9 J V ' fvf N I' X 6 5 X I L N pn, r' 4, , A S M 0 it. 9 1 up. 4 p . ' -7 . , . . , . - Q I , . 9 . . . 7 ' . I I 1, ' c I ' ' .

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Prophecy -N Well Sonny thrs was your frrst day of school How drd you lrke rt? Drd 2 you get any spankrngs? Would you lrke to have a story of the good old days 2 when your grandfather went to School? Yes Grandfather sard Wrlbur .,,. P 0,4 Charlrer III lwould enjoy rt very much Very well sard Grandfather I 'wb' auf I wrll start wrth my hrgh school days My best frrend was Ronald Lehman Ron as he was more commonly called became a successful coach at Mononk Dana Hrgh School fromwhrch we both graduated rn 52 Several years later ltook a trrp to Calrfornra to see my frrend Glenn Andrews He was now an orchestra leader wrth Marranne McGough as hrs vocalrst Whrle there I took rll and Glenn gave me the address of hrs doctor It was Bob Hoke who was practrcrng rn Los Angeles Bob called one of hrs nurses rn and I recognrzed her as Pat Marshall Bob s other nurse was out on a prrvate Job She was Joyce Koch another classmate of mrne He sard they were both very good nurses I met Johnny Trmmerman who at that trme had started a strrng of gas olrne statrons He now rs lrvrng rn retrrement at hrs Sweney estate rn Illrnors For a long trme I never heard about anymore of my classmates Then I decrded to take a tour of the world and see rfI couldn t frnd out what had happened to some of the old classmates On the trarn that was takrng me to New York I happened to run rnto Barbara Morrrson We went back to her compartment and she told me what had happened to some of the class Barb was now a specral educatron teacher and she sard that Evelyn Rrch was a musrc teacher at Normal Unrversrty They had just secured teachrng posrtrons rn Ger many Barb sard that Duane Hartzler and Drck Davrs had gone rnto the newspaper busrrress together and were makrng plenty of money Brll Spencer owned a televrsron program He had Alrce Rooker and Mernre Tjaden starred on hrs show They were a srngrng and dancrng team and were really popular Pat Curley owns a specral school rn whrch she trams future cheerleaders Pat should know as she was a cheerleader two years rn grade school and all durrng hrgh school JoAnne Eden had been a model but now owned her own store on Fifth Avenue rn New York Barb sard that she had not heard anymore from the rest of the class but I was glad to know thrs much for rt helped me a great deal Is the story gettrng too borrng for you son? No Grandpa but rsn t there any bad men rn the class? Well there were some that got un excused abscences for skrpprng school One of them even became a truant offrcer He was Jerry Werstart who was also ourclass presrdent So be sure you never try to skrp school Drck O Brren had become the world s greatest crrve rnvestrgator and had Just solved the bakery scandal of who made the holeless donuts Well to contrnue my story, I boarded my shrp for Europe I soon went down for a swrm and found the lrfe guard to be Fred Baker Fred and I decrded to have drnner together that evenrng Carole Ekstrom was now edrtor of the Ekstrom Journal a monthly magazrne Carole made a good edrtor srnce she was edrtor of the annual rn our hrgh school days Fred also told me that two of the grrls had gotten marrred shortly after school was out Yes they were Edna Uanssenl Redenrus and Pat fDurbrnl Durre Grandpa are they any relatron to Betty Redenrus and Jerry Durre? They are granddaughter and grandsons of Edna and Pat A few days later I arrrved rn Europe and we docked at London England I took a couch to a tea shop rn London and there I saw Dodre Antle As we sat down to talk she told me that she had recerved a letter from Bob Rrley who was a famous lawyer rn New York He told her about a few of our classmates Rrchard Cremer owned a large depart ment store rn Chrcago You can see our class was pretty well spread out over the world We sure have a swell class Joyce Robertson Rrta Burchrress were well known for therr harr styles and they rnfluenced many of the women of the world The harr style they are workrng on now rs lavender blue Don Manley owned a race track at Lrncoln Illrnors He seemed to lrke fast drrvrng, so he decrded to open a race track After Dodre and I had parted company I journeyed on my way takrng rn many of the srghts rn Europe When I departed from Europe I took the plane back to the U S They were slower rn those days than they are now though I found that Margy Smrth was the stewardess on the plane She told me that the prlot was Frank Schnerder Whrle the co prlot took over the controls Frank came back to talk to me for a few mrnutes and to assure me that lwr uld reach the U S rn one prece Margy told me that Dorothy Matter was also a stewardess wrth the same arr lrnes Russel Lrndley owned hrs own farm and was really makrng the money He had just frnrshed rnvenrrng a robot that would do all hrs work for hrm As I walked rnto the wartrng room of La Guardra Freld to check my baggage I drscovered Dottre Budrrd was rn charge of the travelmg agency Gee Grandpa was Grandma rn your class too? 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