New Athens High School - Vespa Yearbook (New Athens, IL)

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Senior Gloss Will We, the Senior Class of New Athens Community High School, District 68, County of St. Clair, State of Illinois, being of sound mind, do hereby will and bequeath the following to our teachers, schoolmates and the different classes. Article I To Our Teachers: To our Principal, Mr. Don “Incidently” Schriner, we will students who go straight to their classes before the last bell has rung. To Mrs. Mary “You won’t co-operate” Quackenbos, we will ready made tests on Macbeth. To Mr. Walter “Clean up time” Price, we will cheerleaders who will put the tables back in order when finished in his room. To Miss Betty “Wrong Answer” Shaughnessy, we will a Bookkeeping Class with good guessers. To Mr. Eugene “Keep it to a low roar” Smothermon, we will a Drawing Class who likes to draw. To Miss Betty “Now listen here” McKemie, we will a class who will take care of the new Home Ec. room. To Don “Please don’t I low your horn when I’m talking” Sexton, we will new musical instruments. To Mrs. Audry “Let’s p .y attention” Lindsey, we will a permanent Biology room of her own. To Mrs. Betty “Can I help you” Schreiber, we will a new desk to go with the new chair. To Mr. Wayne “Five laps old man” Doyle, we will a football team with strong bones and muscles. To Miss Juanita “Not you again” Dudeck, we will less bothersome students. To our sponsor, Mr. Dale “Push those tickets” Walker, we will a new Chemistry laboratory. Article II To The Classes: To the Juniors, we will our ways of quietness. To the Sophomores, we will all the books, pencils, paper and erasers that we used. To the Freshmen, we will anything that is left over and forgotten. (Continued)

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Class Prophecy Ronald Kosarek and Marlin Albert, the two top automobile mechanics, are discussing the good and bad points of the Chevy and the Plymouth. As we move on around the congregation, we see Elaine Scholes, the secretary of N.A.C.H.S., talking to Miss Betty Shaughnessy, our former commercial teacher and cosponsor. Miss Betty Shaughnessy is now the Secretary of State. James Engel is also attending the reunion. James is now owner of a chain of Engelette Supermarkets. Shirley Bollmeier has just arrived. She is the famous cartoonist for the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Kenneth Grohmann, the famous sports editor of the Journal Press, is also here. Ken just got back from a tour around the world gathering sports news on how our sports are played in other countries. Janet Knewitz is just arriving. Janet is now a famous foreign news correspondent for the Belleville News Democrat. She has been in many foreign countries, such as Italy, France, China and Japan. Donald Dudeck, the scientist for the biggest atomic energy plant in the world, is also present. Last but not least to arrive is Donald Sears, who has been an ambulance driver in Portland, Oregon, since he left New Athens. Of course, Dale T. Walker, the former class sponsor, is also present. He is now retired from school teaching and has his own radio shop. Everybody seems to be having an enjoyable evening and are looking forward to the next reunion of the Class of '54, which will be held on May 26, 1974.

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Senior Gloss Will Article III To The Individuals: I, Marlin Albert, will my shyness towards girls to Gary Quigley. I, Muriel Birkner, will my love affairs to Marjorie Bush. I, Shirley Bollmeier, will my ability to go with one boy to Carol Leinecke. I, Jim Engel, will my wavy hair to Kenny Fietsam. I, Donald Dudeck, will my good knowledge to Red Lehr. I, Ronald Wagner, will my love for horses to Frances Emge. I, Marie Schneider, will my ability to study to Sharon Smith. I, Joyce Behnken, will my short hair to Eileen Strautz. I, Elaine Scholes, will my shorthand dictation speed to Darleen Albert. I, Kenneth Grohmann, will my ability to play basketball to Laurence Stookey. I, Joyce Hofmeister, will my ability to play the piano to Shirley Bruns. I, Janet Knewitz, will my ability to keep quiet in class to Joanne Emge. I, Ronald Kosarek, will my driving ability to Jerry Lischer. I, Grace Lehr, will my ability in English class to Gary Herman. I, Mary Ellen Main, will my ability to wear my hair in different styles to Susan Legendre. I, Stanley Pannier, will my quietness to Earl Wiggand. I, Irma Schulz, w'll my bookkeeping ability to Alice Weidemann. I, Donald Sears, will my ability to get along with the Junior girls to Lary Quigley. I, Walter Skorcz, will my ability to go steady to Burke Potter. I, Byron Schmidt, will my ability to eat candy in class and get away with it to Jim Bush. I, Jayne Ellen Utz, will my shortness to Violet Weber. I, Allan Waeltz, will my famous jump shot to Eddie Casleton. I, Sharon Walter, will my ability to get along with Waterloo boys to Irene Nuernberger. I, Donna Wellenkotter, will my giggle to Carol Kraus. I, Ralph Wildy, will my prize beef cattle to Joe Schneider. I, Frank Karwoski, will my ways with the girls to Norman Koenigstein. Signed, sealed and declared before us this twenty-sixth day of May, nineteen-hundred and fifty-four, that the sole exccuters of this, our last will and testament, to be the School Board of New Athens Community High School, District 68, County of St. Clair, State of Illinois. Witnesses: Droopy Tweety Casper