Neponset High School - Zephyr Yearbook (Neponset, IL)

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Senior Class Will We, the Senior Class of 1957, being of sound mind and body do make, publish, and declare this our last will and testament. To the Faculty; To Mr. Kizer, our principal, we will Our absence excuses and ability to be ill on certain days, and a drive safely campaign on any day of the week except week days! To Mr. Luther, our ag. teacher, we will All the land we own so he can start his pork raising scheme and all our ability to spill paint, grease, and water all over the shop. To Mr. Quinn, our coach, we will All our wet and dirty towels, our misinterpreted plays, and our wild P E classes. Also, our 20 minute speeches to the next class in American history. To Mr. Sandlund, our music teacher, we will All the knocks on his door during his chorus practices and the clinkers that came out of the untuned instruments. To Mrs. Crowson, our home ec. teacher, we will All the leftover food from any lunchsack and any dirty dishes left alter a party. To Mrs. Chesnutt, our English and chemistry teacher, we will All the uncompleted assignments we never handed in and the right to purchase a book from the T.A.B. book club. To Mrs. High, our girls' P E, Latin, English ID, and world history teacher we will Our snow-driving ability and our Pig Latin to her language courses. To Mrs. Severson, our commercial teacher, we will All the eraser dust on the typewriter keys and gum under the tables in the commercial room. To Faye Fussner, our secretary, we will Our dream car and our good luck to our friend, a now old married woman and consultant, and to her offspring that they will have a secretary like her in school. To the Juniors: Our ability to stay out of trouble and all the stencils from this year's newspapers. To the Sophomores: Our good looks and our LITTLE conceit. To the Freshmen: Our grades and our good times to come. To the Underclassmen: The way we work and get along as a class and our whole spirit in general. Jerry Welboume wills his long Elvis-type haircut to Steve Gunning and his ability to fib to teachers to Kay Kizer. Stanley Kaiser wills his long nights that he stayed home to Leslie Bennett and his ability to go with girls to Danny Wood. Richard Redenius wills his singing voice to Ronnie Miller and his brownnose to Paul Heberer. Bruce Heise wills his rod Studebaker to Ronald Morris and his Liberace-type music to George Krahn. Howard Milnes wills his freshness-to-girls-when-Nancy-isn't-around to Warren Miller and his parking spot to Arnold Carlson and Becky Shaner. Margaret Carley wills her swing to Joan Nanninga and her nonsteady boyfriends to Linda Moon. She also leaves her 10 easy lessons on How to Become a Pro-Baseball Pitcher to Bonnie Stetson. Suzanne Burcham wills her romancing ability to John Warren Miller and her small feet to Carolyn Carley. Bill Guthrie wills his knowledge of Shakespeare's Macbeth to Laura Beaman and his music ability to Ann Bennett. Bob Foes wills his athletic ability to Larry Whaples and his dual pipes to Bill Mercer. Walter Claeys wills his ability to go steady to Sandra Stetson and his knowledge of what he didn't learn in Geo-met o Jean Papacek. Ed Bannas wills his mechanical ability to Bob Milnes and his Guard meetings to any sucker that wants them. ' jf|$inene Williams wills her good grades to Alan Kaiser and her ability to get in boats to Butch Pratt; also her Williams etiquette on a date to Sharon Nash and A1 Bates. •Carol Krahn wills her favorite pastime of flirting and her early hours to Mary Hill and all her air-mail to Nancy Thorpe. Joan Williams wills her Louis Armstrong style to Dick Foes and her drawing ability to Gary Stabler. Witnesses: Stanley Kaiser Jerry Welboume 15

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Senior Class Poem Do you all remember the boy named Walt? To every party, he'll add some salt. He rods to Kewanee in his big, black Line To see a girl named Rosie. . .1 think! Next on our list is a gal named Sue, She likes Jack; he likes her, too. And someday soon upon her hand. She hopes to wear his wedding band. And now marches on the stage, Bruce Heise. . .he’s quite the rage. Sometimes we call him Lib for short, (When he reads this, just watch him snort!) Ed belongs to the National Guard, This blond-headed boy is quite a card. Souped-up Fords are his favorite car; In life, we think he'll travel far. Being the shortest in the class, Jerry hopes that he will pass. He thinks that History is for the birds. To him, it is just a bunch of words. Howard likes a girl in the Junior class, Nancy Thorp. . .she's quite a lass. They both have bright red hair. You'd better look out when their tempers flare. Next is the boy whose name is Bill, Dawn is the girl who gives him a thrill. For Kewanee he is often bound, Can't you guess where he'll be found? Stanley drives a big, black Plym, The girls all seem to chase after him, As quarter-back of our football team, You can bet that he was on the beam. Joan chose Jotze as her pen name. Writing for this mouse has made her fame. She has many friends. . .far and near. They like her because she's full of cheer. Richard Redenius is his name. Being a lawyer is his aim. He's the tops in our class, Roddin' around. . .he burns up gas. Marlene was the Homecoming queen, In her pink formal she really looked keen. She's the life of every party, When she leaves we'll all be sorry. Carol Krahn is quite a dish. She has a very peculiar wish. To go to Korea to see a man, (I'll bet a dollar his name ain't Van). Margaret Car ley is a real cool cat, Pitching baseball she has down pat. This summer she will be leaving, Someday. . .marriage she will be dreaming. Bob as a football star, Has traveled near and far. Farming is his speciality, And Toulon is his locality. 14

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Class Prophecy The year is 1980. On my recent trip to New York City, to lead the Bruce Heise band at the Stork Club, I either met or heard reports of my classmates at N.H.S. While on the plane, I met William Guthrie, a wealthy landowner, with his wife and six children, who was on his way to Washington to confer with the Secretary of Agriculture. Bill told me that Robert Foes, inventor of synthetic milk, had recently received a patent on his invention and was making lots of money. After the plane arrived at New York, I passed the reservation desk. I saw Carol Krahn, who was head secretary for United Airlines of New York. She said that she had recently been a stewardess and had flown with Jerry Welbourne, the ace pilot of our time. When I arrived at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, I bought a copy ot the New York Times and discovered that Senator Redenius, (Rep. 111.), had set a filibustering record in the U.S. Senate. As I was signing the registrar, I saw Marlene Williams' name, who had just received a gold record for selling a million copies of her hit record Broken Knuckles.” I decided to pay her a visit. I was happy to see her and she told me about some of our classmates back home. She said that on her recent trip back to Neponset she saw Stanley Kaiser down at the Sugar Bowl. He told her that he owned and operated a Pepsi Bottling Company. While they were there talking, Suzanne Burcham came in for dinner with her husband. She told them that she had settled down and was mothering a set of twins. A poster at the Sugar Bowl showed that Joan Williams, a missionary to the experimental expeditionary forces in Antarctica, would give a lecture on the conversion of Penguins at the local Methodist Church. Marlene told me she was going to be the surprise guest singer that night at my performance. This gave us a better chance to talk about old times. After the performance we were joined by Margaret Carley and Howard Milnes. Margaret was chief costume designer for C.B.S. Television, a job that kept her busy 24 hours a day. Howard just happened to be in town for a railroad convention as he was president of Milnes, Thorpe, and Co., a large Mid-West railroad. My next booking for the band was in London. When I arrived there, 1 had the pleasure of seeing General Edwin Bannas and Professor Walter Claeys. It seems that Edwin rose rapidly in the Military and now commands our 9th army. Walter, a prominent atomic scientist recently received the Nobel Prize for his work in atomic radiation. Since I have returned home I have kept track of all my old classmates. A class reunion has been planned for the year 2000 so we'll be meeting again soon. 16