Mount Zion High School - Zionoiz Yearbook (Mount Zion, IL)

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CMU I 0l0 QC? As we gaze over the unending stream of future periods, one date seems to shine up more brightly than any of the others, It is the year 1976, the great silver anniversary reunion of the 1951 graduating class from good old M,Z,C,H,S, The gathering is to be held in the beautiful and gigantic central park of the metropolis of Mt, Zion, Strolling through the park arm in arm we see two couples, The first is one we all know and remember: BILL BOUDELL and his wife, the former LOIS LANGLEY, They own a chain of grocery stores and restaurants. The other well-to-do looking couple is a doctor and nurse team, RUTH HARRIS and her husband, ,Ronnie R. . Next we see the beautiful movie and television actress PATTY BROWN, With her is her ardent lover, JOHN BENTON, who is followed by DARI.ENE TRENT and her boy friend, RONNIE LUSTER, Myl Who is that? 1 Why it is NANCY PHIPPS and part of her brood, She has the children's nurse-maid, MARY BRITTON, with her, Nancy is a large ranch owner in Colorado, and her twelve children help her run it, What is that terrible noise? Oh, it is OZZIE GOODWIN on his famous trick horse, Midge, and he is being chased by the Plain clothes detective, DON HYLAND, who is in his '41 Ford, Step on it, Don, As the clatter subsides, we hear the gentle throbbing of a hugh Skymaster airliner as it settles on the nearby landing field. The head stewardess, JANIS STOCKS, opens the door as the steps are rolled up, and we see the pilot, GARY BOYER, walk majestically down them, He is followed by the passengers as ROBERT CAMP gathers up the luggage, There is a great cheer as the famous wrestler flady, that isj JOHN COOLEY comes out, He is succeeded by JEANETTE REASON and her husband, ALBERT PRICE, Jeanette is an opera vocalist, and Albert fills the shoes of a truant officer, BILL LAMB rushes up to the plane with gasoline and oil to refuel it as MERLE KOI-IR starts cleaning it up for the next flight, They are helping another passenger out. It is that superb professor of World Geography, DICK DICKSON, Due to his intensive research and work, Dick is getting very feeble, ROSELLA McINTOSH, ably assisted by her husband, GARY BURRESS, is his private secretary and attendant, MARIAN WICKLINE and CORALEI NIHISER, the two inseparable companions are now coming down the steps, The next passenger to dismount is the renowned and celebrated lecturer, JOHN HALL. John has recently been touring the country lecturing on Why Pigs Become Hogs, BEVERLY HAKE has just won a husband-calling contest and is taking her prize, JAMES SCRIBNER, to her farm in Iowa, We greet the noted professors in Agriculture and Art respectively, RUPERT ST, PIERRE and CORWIN BULLA, as they dismount. The greetings are over, and everyone is gathering for the super-atomic meal which is to be served, We must now leave the class of '51 to their festivities and tear our minds from the glorious days of the future back to the grim reality of the present. We can build and hope for these precious moments in the future as we remember those similar ones behind us, 21

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all W We, the remaining 29 members of the class of 1951 of Mt, Zion Community High School, having served our four-year term at hard mental labor with as much interruption as possible, being of sound mind and little memory, do make, publish, and declare this our last will and testament, in manner and form as follows: We, the Seniors, do will and bequeath to the Juniors our American Problems class, We, the Seniors, do will and bequeath to the faculty our misdemeanors and hope they will be forgiven. l, Jackie Benton, my Bookkeeping assignments to anyone who wants them. I, Patty Brown, my neatness to Barbara Massey, I, Mary Britton, my ability to graduate in 3 years to Wilbur Kite, l, Bill Boudell, my brains to Mr, Ross, I, Gary Burress, my ability to make my car backfire to Mr, Berns in his Plymouth, I, Robert Camp, my good grades in Ag to George Davidson, I, John Cooley, my car to Raymond Ames. I, Dick Dickson, my burr hair-cut to Mr, Ross, I, Harvey Goodwin, my ability to flirt with all the girls to Jack bel-Iew, I, Beverly Hake, my smallness to my sister Marilyn, I, John Hall, my ability to be on time to classes to Terry Gillaspie, I, Ruth Harris, my ability to go steady for three and one -half years to Miss Divilbiss, I, Don Hyland, my dark-rimmed glasses to Charlie Akers, I, Merle Kohr, a few credits to Bill Boudell so he can graduate, I, Bill Lamb, my height to James Rucker, , I, Lois Langley, my laugh to Lou Harris, fBe sure to use it.J I, Ronnie Luster, my bubble-gum to Mr, Ross, I, Rosella Mclntosh, my ability to cook to those who can't. I, Coralei Nihiser, my grades to Shirley Bilbrey, fMake good use of them, Shirley,j I, Nancy Phipps, my little feet to Carol Artze, I, Albert Price, my ability to get good grades in Bookkeeping to Harry Snyder, l, Jeanette Reason, all the A's I didn't get to Pat Kohr, I, James Scribner, my ability to get along with Mr, Ross to Bill Fiesler, I, Janis Stocks, my short hair to Lois Jean Britton, I, Rupert St, Pierre, Secretary to F, F,A, to anyone who wants it,' I, Darlene Trent, my height to Kathy Wendel, I, Marian Wickline, my shortness to Carol Artze, In witness whereof, we have hereto subscribed our names, this thirty-first day of May, in the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-One. QSEALJ WITNESSES: CLASS OF NINETEEN FIFTY-ONE SUSIE SAPAPPLE FREDDIE FIDDLESTICKS PATSY POLYWOG 20

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- L. Ks ..-. FRONT ROW, left to right: C. Wendel, I. Howard, H. Myers, L. Britton, R. Ames, Miss Gantzert, Mr. Crum,,Mr, Higdon, SECOND ROW: C. Bamett, P, Grinestaff, D, Clark, E, Anderson, R, Hodge, N, Trulock. S, Parks, B, Hall, THIRD ROW: D. Heinz, J, Hutchinson, L. Tipsword, M. Veech, B. l-Iuss, E. Dennis, J, Comell, P. Schultz. EOURTH ROW: E. Smith, D. Roderick B ltchison, I. Jackson, B, Land, D. Henry, B. Stull, C. Smith. FIFTH ROW: R, Trusner, P, Kite, C. McRae, D, York, B. Fiesler, J, Dunn L. Fonner, M. Goad, H. Overlin. uniorri Our Student Council Members were our President, Sec, and Treas. plus Peggy Grinestaff, Class officers were: President-Lois Jean Britton Vice Pres. -Raymond Ames Sec, and Tres, -Helen Myers The Junior Class has sponsored many activities this year. Among these were jr, play, a box social, a square dance, a paper drive, homecoming, the prom and numerous other activities. All ,of these activities the junior class as a whole were behind pushing to make it a success, We were very proud to have had the bulk of the line of the football squad come from the junior class. We also have four junior boys on the basketball team, Our homecoming candidates this year were Peggy Grinestaff, Carol Barnett, Raymond Ames, and Don Henry. On Homecoming Nov. 17th the Basketball boys got us off to a fine start by beating Tri-City. We were all thrilled to have Peggy crowned queen. What a pretty queen she made, tool We would also like to thank our class advisors, Miss Gantzert, Mr. Higdon, and Mr. Crum for their patience and guideance through the past year. P 22