Morrisonville High School - Crest Yearbook (Morrisonville, IL)

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY It's the Spring of 1955, and the weather looks promising for a good farming season The latest atomic development has been added to the list of helps for housewives It' been adapted to a push button dish washing mach1ne wh1ch washes and drles the dishes and stacks them on the shelves ln less than five minutes The newest model of Kaiser Frazier Rocket Ship broke all prevlous records for a round trip to the moon by making the trip in 3 hours, 59 mlnutes, and 59 seconds A helicopter settled down comfortably on the school ground last week, and deposlted the members of the class of 1946 for the celebration Of the1r T nth Annual Alumni As soclatlon Meetlng It was a Jolly gatherlng, and we are happy to report tie followlug news and VIGN concernlng the m mbers of the group Neal and Velma were the P1TSt to allght from the shlp for the meetlng They were unable to brlng the tw1ns, and the other two chlldren because the old st had a sllght touch of kindergarten1tis We hope the quarant1ne is lifted soon Both Neal and Velma looked well and happy, and we understand Neal expects to make a small fortune on h1s bean crop this y ar Dorothy Yeyer MacPherson was drlpplng Wlth sllver foxes, and wore a very attractlve new hair do In addltion to keeplng up a very charm1ng home for the Doctor and Junlor Dorothy stlll finds time to keep up w1th her flute, her drawlng, the local Red Cross Chapter, the Eastern Star, the Ladles Ald, and she also wr1tes book for ch1ldren vnlch she lllustrates herself Evelyn H111 Slkes seemed to be 1D a hurry She told she hasn't much tlme to be away since Ray is farmlng over SOO acr and she 15 presldent of th local Home Bureau Chapter Jack Bacon lost a little halr worrying about which of the glTlS to plck, but Erma won out, and they are now l1v lng 1n Palmer, 1D a charmlng home next door to the1r grocery store Jack bT1DgS home the bacon Aldene Greear ha a model agency and school for models in San FPSHCISCO Several of her ex student have recelved offers of screen contracts, wh1ch takes them to Hollywood Paul Smlth stlcks brav ly and cheerfully to the Navy He 1HS1StS 1t's the safest way 1n the world to have as many glrls as he llkes, but only one to a port 21 o o S 1 1 . . ' Q c - . 1 o . ' W - - ' cz - V I h Q 1 l 'S 5 0 V . . . . C . ' A 9 O ' 9 . N! l ' o , S I f Q LIS Q. 35, 9 Q J , . . Q . - . - ' , ' ' . U U S . S . I ' S o C .. -

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY The little brick school house, known as M C H S was greatly frlghtened by the arrival of a rather large fresh man class, but we soon overcame our bashfulness Je elect ed Miss Nighswander class advisor, Neal Anderson, president Paul Smlth, vice presldent, Leah Faye Millburg, secretary treasurer We had a weiner roast and hay ride combined and several class part1es during the year Our sophomore officers were 51m Kinney, presldent Dorothy Meyer, vice president, Velma Hornbeck, secretary treasurer, and Mrs Hughes was class advisor As JUDIOTB, we elected Miss Kasten class advisor John Fahl was presldent, Tom wells, vice president, and Shirleyann Richardson, secretary and treasurer This year bonnet Jane of Sycamore Lane' during December, and earned the money for the prom Every six weeks we publ1shed the Mohawk under the direction of Editor Don Mcward In the spring we gave the Junior Senior Banquet and enjoyed enter talning the graduating seniors Before the close of school, we elected offlcers for our senior year Tom Wells was elected president, Paul Smith, vice president, and Rita Mae Sloan, secretary treasurer Miss Kasten was again chosen class advisor, and we entered our senior year with a busy program ahead of s The first important activity was the Carnival, which we gave together w1th the Band on October l9 On November 10, we all went to Springfield to have our pictures taken at Burchett's Studio It was a big day, but a pleasant one During the fall we had a hayride, and there was the usual Christmas party just before the holidays After the holidays, we began thinking serlously about the Crest which turned out to be our biggest activity of all four years we enjoyed the time and effort put into this book to make it one for pleasure now and happy memor ies later So we complete our four years t M C H S They have given us much happlness, and it is our earnest hope that future classes at N C H S w1ll have four years as pleas ant and prof1table as ours have been Jimmey Kinney - 2Q - I 1 . 3 . . 3 was a big one socially and financially. We produced 'Sun- u . 8 I O I O

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Violet Ruth Ryan has a studio in New York City where she designs fashlons for JHDIOTS She has recelved consid erable notice for her work w1th unusual color COmb1D8tiODS Dale Patr1ck Whalen and JoAnn have a D106 l1ttle home over in Dixle Dan and John were good sports about wishing them luck and happiness, and we believe they have it Merle Waddle recently enlarged his bracelet and trinket m8Huf8CtuT1Dg bus1ness and took Eugene Sallsbury 1D as a partner They received the Eleanor Roosevelt Award for artistic Jewelry designs thls spr1ng, and we wish to con gratulate them Dale Dey is keep1ng up the family tradition in the cleaning and dyeing business Marjorie McK1nnie is h1s bookkeeper, and we understand she handles very large f1g ures, now that Dale has enlarged the plant Alice Stahr and her husband we don't know h1s name have opened a new dine and dance place in Clarksdale wish them all the success in the world Donald Mcward is a professor of agronomy and physics Clark Unlversity near Boston He has quite a crush secretary, we hear, and don't be surprised any day you about wedding bells Dorothy Coy Wells is enjoylng keeping house, but she h1S hear does admit she gets a little tlT8d of cooking meals for all the wells boys every day They seem comfortable and happy, and Wllbur, Jr 18 the l1v1ng image of his Uncle Donald Norma Klimm is playing the drums with Splke Jones' City Slickers Didn't you hear that extra lick she got in during the radio broadcast last Sunday night? That's a special code she has with her latest heart throb' Cecil Huddleston is coaching basketball players down in New had quite a successful season, plans to stay here for a while to spend w1th Nita, his secret a team of professional Orleans He says they've and now that it's over, he in order to have some time passion of h1gh school days She's currently on vacation from her duties as chief sur gical nurse at M1chael Reese Hospltal in Chicago Doris Lamb couldn't stay away from her chlckens long, so we excused her early We see her in town now and then, and we notice she always gets her Nicol's worth About time to adjourn, who should arr1ve, but the former LaDonne Lamb, now Mrs Jason Dowdy She is now living 1n Madison Square Gardens w1th her husband and her triplets Her husband 18 now the boxing champion of the Helter we1ghts - 22 . . . O . - . C O O C O - . we O at ' . on ' O O I O I . . . . . . C O ' B I ' A D I