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

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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

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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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Junior ( lass Hisl'ory In September 1951, thirty-two green Freshmen stormed the doors of N.A.C.H.S. Our Freshman Class President was Edward Casleton and Mr. Wilson and Mrs. Floski were our class sponsors. During our Freshman year Lary Quigley and Gary Quigley joined our class. At the beginning of our Sophomore year we elected Erwin Rettinghouse as our Class President and Mrs. Hutton and Mr. Price became our class sponsors. During our Sophomore year Jim Martin and Wayne Leonhardt joined our class, but at the beginning of the second semester Joanne Hall and Roy Stenwagner failed to return. While we were Freshmen and Sophomores we sold ice cream to raise money and also enjoyed outings at Forest Park and the Highlands in St. Louis. At the beginning of our Junior year we had an enrollment of thirty-two, Jim Martin and Vernon Mehrman having left our class. Officers were elected as follows: President Erwin Rettinghouse Vice-President Edward Casleton Secretary ......................... Joanne Emge Treasurer ...................... Laurence Stookey Reporter ......................... Dorothy Lehr Sponsor Mr. Doyle Ass’t. Sponsor Miss McKemie To increase our treasury we sold cokes and candy at noon and at games. We are now looking forward to our class play, “You’ll Die Laughing”, to be given in March, and our annual Junior-Senior Prom to be held in May, hoping they will be successful.