New Holland High School - Mirror Yearbook (New Holland, IL)

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CLAu5 WILL We the Seruors of the Class of 1949 of New Holland Communxty I-hgh school bexng the owners of superfmlal health both mentally and physlcal ly do hereby make our la twull and testament Artule l Norma B artm xn vnll my unlerstxnd1ng of bookkeepmg to Darrell IN xller Dale Blaum vt 111 my eurly haxr to Eugene Behrends Iohn Bracey vxlll my 1b1l1ty to tease the uenlor gzrls to Lowell Koester Wllllam Danley lf ive rny wpanlsh Voc 'lbulary to Gracxe Brlnner W1lnnn Gehrke vull :ny brunette halr to l aul Been Robert C,er1ets vull my safe Jru mg ablllty to John Chestnut Norma Juhl leave all my laughs ani glggles to lmarvm Iuhl Wxlllam l.,aForge vull my smooth dancxng abxlxty to the green Freshmen Donald Maaks vull my basketball enthusxasm to Tommy B sandra lNlCN91l w1ll my typ1ng abllxty to D1Ck Beck Robert Petltt vull my burr ha1r euts to Donald bemple Naney Pmerce, leaxe all my unchewed gum to V1rg1n1a Ewers Charles Podbelsek vull my hexght to Rex Berger Artlcle ll We, the Sen1ors w1ll our happy d1SpOS1t1OnS and love for sports to the Flesh man Class We, the benxors, leave our vtlllmgness to co operate to the bophomore Class e e Sen1ors leave our hxgh lntelhgence excellent grades and punctuahty the Jun1or Clas Art1c el e e Benxor Class leave our oecult talents to the Faeulty e e 5en1or Class, leave our xarxous experxences to the Board of Edun atxon e e Sen1or Class leaxe our pnceless treasury to the school 13 l, L 1 , 1 f 2 ' -- L' . I, r , ' ' ' ' f '. l, . ' , f ' - : 1 I ' . I, . , 1: - K' Q 'C ' . , l, J, ' fl ' ' ' . I, , ' ' ' . A ' . . I, Wayne LaForge, wlll my quiet disposxtion to Marilyn Elmore, 1, ', ' i . l, ' ', ' 'V ' . l, f ' , ' ' ' . I, , ' . C . I ' ' ' ' '1 e ' ' ' ' '. l ' . , . W , th QL . . . , X Y , to ' 's, ' l ll: W , th .' .-', ' ' ' I ' ' ' . W I th - - , K. ,, , , , - . . W , th ' 2, r' ' ' 5 ' , .

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We learned later on that Donald Maaks was Secretary of Agr1culture of the State of l1l1no1s Donald got h1s start by takmg agrxculture rn N H S H S un der the teachmg of John Sapp Mr Sapp recommended Donald as a certam County Adv1sor and through h1s great work as one Don was glven the state of hce of Agrlculture Don t forget your home problems Donald as well as your work at agrxculture As we were be1ng told about Donald Maaks an a1rplane buzzed over town The people near us sald Here comes Charl1e 1n for a landmng at hxs axrport We got ln our car and drove out to the alrport Charhe was just gettmg out of h1s plane and walkxng toward the car We stopped h1m and talked w1th hmm or wh1le He sa1d that he had gone to school and had become an av1ator Now he owns h1s own a1rport wlth all of the planes he wanted We w1sh you all the luck wxth your alrplanes and your fancy flyxng Juhl s pxcture on It It sa1d Norma Juhl was the greatest Beaut1c1an 1n the State of lll1no1s It sald to come IH and have your ha1r f1XCd w1th the new Kxnkless Kurl We drove to her shop of busmess and we couldn t get near rt for the wo men were rushlng here to try the new Kmkless Kurl she had xnvented Good luck to you Norma and to your curls We have hnally located all of our former classmates but one That one be1ng the one and only Dale Blaum Dale 1S now an off1cer 1n the Nat1ona1 Guard accompllshed th1s by h1s excellent cookmg Dale s hobby IS rabb1t ra1smg H has now a large var1ety of them Havmg found how many he had, we have to change the f1gures H1s rabbxts have just rncreased 1n number Good luck to you Dale, and keep up the good work Havmg found all of our former classmates and renewed old memones we cont1nued on our Journey As we leave New Holland we know that we are leav xng many n1ce fr1ends behmd 12 . . , , . - , . , D D I ' 1 1 B , 5 . v . . I ,, . . . . . ',. . . V I . . . a After returning back to town from the airport, we saw a billboard with Norma I I u l , . . . . i He . . . . . , , . . , ' e ' I

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Th1s Great Hxstory Was Donated By LaForge and LaForge Th1s hlstory, whlch may not be studled throughout the Unxted States but only read Ln our community shall be very mterestmg when our grandchxldren fmd th1s book m the cor ner of the closet and make us relate who IS who They may say D1d you look hke that? It all started when nme gxrls and boys went to school for the fxrst trme m 1937 A D They seemed to be as happy as they are today The New Holland Grade School doors were open and m came Norma Bartman, Sandra McNe1l, Robert Petmtt, Arvm Lee Schroeder, Emmett Huffman, Dons Jean Behrens, Edward Mangold, W1ll1am LaForge, and Wayne LaForge Thexr frrst and second grade teacher was Mxss Stone There was a swxtch the thrrd year when Edward Goad took Edward Mangold s place Mlss Zxmmerman was thelr teacher 1n the thmrd and fourth years The fourth year they gamed a member by the name of Mary Jones Durmg the fxfth year course, Mlss Stone was therr teacher agam Mary Jones and then good fnend Arvm Lee Schroeder moved away In the slxth Year they moved to the upper room where Mrs Deacon was the1r teacher the last three years In the s1xth grade, Irma Utech jomed them and they lost Dons Jean Behrens The seventh year they gaxned that old joker, Don Maaks, from Rosedale, but lost Edward Goad UI the sprmg because he moved to a suburb of New Holland wh1ch they call Lmcoln The last year they were Jomed by Dale Blaum and John Bracey Irma Utech was forced to leave school because of severe burns In the freshman class, Norma Bartrnan Sandra McNe1l Robert Pet1tt, Donald Maaks, Dale Blaum, John Bracey, and the LaForge brothers were Jomed by Wmlma Gehrke Dons Behrens, Norma Juhl Charles Podbelsek, Robert Ger1ets and B111 Danley all from the vanous rural schools The smrlmg Mxss Baker was thexr sponsor They had a Valentme dance whlch was a great success It added money to therr empty treasury Durmg the course of summer vacat1on, they lost Dons Behrens The sophomore year, they had Mr Waldrlp for then sponsor The Junxor year, they had to work so they could put on a Jumor Sen1or Prom wh1ch was a wonderful success because of the teamwork between the students of the class and the coachwork thexr sponsor, Mrs Brandt gave them They presented the l1vely play Ab1ga1l Goes I-laywxre, and Mxss Alexander was then dmrector Startmg the last but not least year, they were Jomed by happy Nancy Prerce They now had fwe beautiful g1rls and nxne handsome boys to graduate from good old N H C H S The semor year Mr Van Huss and Mr Waldrxp were thelr sponsors Wlth the great help of Mrs Snuth they are trymg to put out a yearbook that wzll please everyone When they looked back 1n the fxrst grade records, they saw that there were hve students who went through twelve years of school together Namely they are Norma Bartman Sandra McNe1l, Robert Petxtt and of course, the LaForge twms As we close the history of Class 1949 we hope we have told the correct statements that you may remember mn years to come 14 l , - - u - - so - n - . . . . . . . Q . . . . g . . . . . . . . . . . . ' ' ll OD n . . . 1 I n I 1 Q . . . . . . ' n . . U . . n 3 1 3 . ,, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . p . . . n - I . - nr on .