Minooka High School - M DI AN Yearbook (Minooka, IL)

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D AR AWARD MOST REPRESENTATIVE WOMAN,S CLUB AMERICAN LEGION STUDENTS AWARDS AWARDS Janet Erickson James Hancock Joan Feeney Rob: rt Turner Aileen Torkelson Russell Miller Aileen Torlu lson SENIOR MOST REPRESENTA'FIVE STUDENTS The Most Representative Students are chosen, as their name implies, to represent all school activities: academic achievement, participation in school clubs, sports, social activities, and on the basis of good citizen- ship. The boy and the girl of the 1956 Class, chosen by popular vote of the student body and faculty, are Aileen Torkelson and' james Hancock. WOMANIS CLUB AWARDS Each year the Woman's Club of Minooka awards medals to the boy and girl of the Senior Class who have the highest scholastic average for their four years of high school work. Congratulations Joan Feeney and Russell Miller. AWARDS AMERICAN LEGION AWARDS Honor, Courage, Leadership, Scholarship, Companionship, Character, and Service are the qualities considered by the Senior Class and faculty in voting for this award' which is presented by Post 1188. Aileen Torkelson and Robert Turner are to receive this honor. D. A. R. AWARD Our school is proud to be presented a D. A. R. Award. This honor is bestowed upon our high school by the Alida C. Bliss Chapter of Grundy -County. The following qualifications are used in voting for this award: Dependability, Leadership, Service, and Patriotism. The Senior Class and the faculty voted for this award. Our Congratulations go to Janet Erickson. 17

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THE SENIUR DIAR Dear Diary: I certainly was sorry to have missed our class reunion, but Caryl Churchill and I had a won- derful chance to model for the before and after Weight On', ad, and we just couldn't pass up the opportunity. It surely was nice of jack Severxon and Marilyn Stafford to write me a note while they were waiting at the Club 56', for the rest of the class to arrive. They were able to till me in on a lot of questions in my mind about what our old classmates have been doing for the last ten years. Of course I knew that Dora Bull had made quite a splash in the field of writing, because I had just received an autographed copy of her latest noyel, I Was a Bubble Dancer for the FBI. What I didn't know was that Dora is now Mrs. john Mclfanna. John, who is busy taking care of all the little McKannas, works on the side as a target in a spit-ball factory. From what I gather in the letter, Russ Miller is in a very profitable business. He makes marked cards for History classes. The ones with check marks are slightly higher priced than those with zeros. Another booming businessman is that sharp operator Frank Pehlke. He manufactures Pehll-:e's Square Marbles. These are made for kids who would rather throw than shoot. Inci- dentally, he is still wife hunting. I was certainly surprised to learn that Nancy Vickery and Loran Good are Mr. and Mrs. That's right! Nancy is now Mrs. Ted Wendell, and Loran is still Mr. Good. Loran is vice president in charge of looking out study hall windows. This is a very important job, as it seems to be a practice in many schools. Ted, who is better known to his fans as Windy Wendell, is now a congressman, noted for his arguments. Nancy spends most of her time at the Santa Minooka race track, where she runs her mixed palamino and donkey named, Carters, Glue Boyj Danny Konjevich was so busy making his latest movie, that he had to miss the reunion also. He is now starring in The Big, Bad Boy from Bashful Bend. It seems that joe Breen was the cause of Harry Breenik success. joe, who is one of Frank Pehlkeis best customers, inspired Harry to write l Z f- X, Q that tune that is ,now on the top hit list, Thatfr the Trouble with joe! Bob Turner and Bill Perona arrived late, and Bill explained that he is now the new Channa- hon Central Park superintendent. For the last six weeks he has been kept very busy putting night lights up 'on the tow path, but just as fast as he can get them up, Bob comes along and puts them out. Oh, well, Bob always was a great joker. But I was sure surprised at Bill! Bob, who lights the candles on Liberacels show, told the kids that Edna Smith has replaced Frank Smith on the new Dragnet program. I was glad to hear that Edna is doing so well, but when they told me that Rosie Vickery had re- placed Sergeant Friday, I was really shocked. Rosie doesn't really have to work because she owns a part interest in Si and Rosieis Bar. Hat bar, that is! It seems that Keith Ifnudson had quite a knack for mixing up things, and found that the girls liked mixed up things on their hats. He's making millions. When jim Hancock and john Duvall came in, Jim told the gang that he read in the Minooka Daily Herald Tribune that Aileen Torkelson had just been voted most likely. It is wonderful to hear that our class is doing so well, , jim and John are the owners and operators of the Orange and Black Bus Line. Jim's bus runs three times daily to Lockport, and john's bus goes to Joliet. Neither of the boys seems to be doing much business. I was happy to learn that Nancy Anderson is one of the most important people in Holly- wood these days. She has the tough job of cen- soring all of Danny Konjevichb' movies. Gerald Feeney is in an up-and-coming busi- ness. He smuggles diamonds across the Minooka- Channahon border for his famous jewelry store, Gerry's Gyp joint. He is assisted by joan Feeney. She had the strenuous job of modeling the diamond rings for her cousin. Joan is the lucky girl who is engaged to Prince Rainer HW, and since we are all invited to the wedding, I hope to see all the kids before the end of the year. Well, till the .next class reunion, I'll bid youuuuuuuu .... A-duuuuuuuuuuuuuu l

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