Normal Community High School - Echoes Yearbook (Normal, IL)

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enior Prophecy Listen well, Class of 1948. Give heed to these words of mystic wisdom as the future is revealed. lMadame See-All gazes into her crystal ball, and the mists begin to break away.J What's this I see? A big building rising out of the heart of the city. The sign on it reads Mercy Hospital. Here come four doctors down the steps. It looks like Jerry Schad, Bob Lesher, Bill Linden, and Cliff Wilcox. Behind them are six nurses, who appear to be Marilyn Tate, Jeannine White, Mary Lou Wiese, Donna Mae Thoresen, Norma Shumaker, and Joyce Peterson. Here come the proud new mama and papa, Margy Wagner and Dick Britt, with their third set of triplets. The hospital fades away and another edifice appears which looks like an office building. As we look deeper into the crystal ball, we see Sue Williams sitting behind a buyer's desk with Margaret Brown as her private secretary. Peeping into the outer office, we see a number of our friends. There's Carolyn Nelson, Joyce Mann, Donna Marsh, Marilyn Mears, Josephine Pickett, and Susan Pfeifer. In the bookkeeping de- partment we find Ann Birky, Lois Hargis, Marjorie Gates, and Betty Clesson, head bookkeepers. Here is a door which reads Eugene Miller, General Manager, Assist- aI1tS, Gerald Ll1Sh0I', William Llpllt, Milt0I1 Olson and Richard Pasley. There is still another door. Andrew C. Harris, Business Manager. As we go to the next floor, we see a newspaper office, The Inky Star. The door bears some interesting names. Lois Klump, Editor in Chief, Ronald Smith, Assistant Editor, and Journalists, Sally Veatch, Janie Callahan, Ruth Hargis, Phyllis Stielow, and Alyce Daley. This building soon fades, and we see passing in review a number of people. There's Marvin Dunn and his trumpet, a member of Harry Dorsey's Band, Fred Chapman, now manager-of a big football team, Merle Simpson, now a prominent member of a big league baseball team, and Jean Ann Kewley, soon to appear at the piano in Carnegie Hall. Who's this red headed young lady? Why it's Jeannie Ochs, a famous dress de- signer. There is Harriet Hastings, a famous radio singer. Here is a large sign. On it is printed Buerkett's Better Built Buildings, Jack Buerkett, Owner, Carpenters, Dave Bridgwater, Dick Kirstein, Ivan Kidd, Ray Shirey, Orville Gannaway, Bob Ogden, Bill Rich, Clifford Vanice, and Bill Fletcher. Now another building is coming into view. It looks like a high school. Why, there's Virgil Cates, Principal, Minnie Carter, English teacher, Marilyn Larkin, history teacher, Ruth Leary, Latin teacher, Ruth Hunter, home economics teacher, Jack Mc- Queen, boys' athletic director, Varda Belle Warren, girls' athletic instructor, and Mel- vin Scarberry, Agriculture teacher. Now we see a large modernistic building. There's a sign, Biddle-Burtis, Adver- tising. A glance inside reveals Pat Goodenough, head of the Stenographic Department. Bud Bauman, Walden Crouch, and Jim Cloyd are the business managers. Here are some little buildings set very close together. Ah, they are homes and there is Sharon Malcolm hanging out her washing and Barbara Anderson and Vivian Schultz talking across the yard. Another peep reveals a lot of people we know living in these homes. There's Agnes Daley, and over there is Lougean Cutter, and Kay Beard, Patty Christ, Betty Alsene, Yvonne Hinshaw, Ina Belle Warren, and Roserita Weinheimer. The houses are getting farther and farther apart. I see a man Working out in the fields. Why it's Richard lRader. And over there is Wesley Rafferty, there's Louis Sie- bert, too, and Russell Bigger, Harold Beverage, Walter Byerly, Roy Sparks, and Bob Thompson. Alas! the crystal ball is beginning to become cloudy again. The many scenes have faded out of sight, and Madame See-All passes her hand across the top of the ball. Her prophecy is finished.

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enior Class History In September, 1943, the curtain rose on a drama of four acts when one hundred and four slightly bewildered freshies entered into an active high school career. Dick Britt, president, Eugene Miller, vice president, and Betty Brown, secretary, were the principal characters in Act One. The male members of the cast stole the show in Act Two. They were Virgil Cates, president, Bill Linden, vice president, and Marvin Dunn, secretary. Our one big event of the year was the party at which we entertained the freshmen. Bill Linden, for his portrayal as president in Act Three, deserves a word of praise. Helping him fulfill his executive duties were Jane Callahan and Marilyn Tate. Milton Olson acted as J ane's stand-in in the second scene. Talent was displayed in all fields this year from sports to art. To raise the necessary funds to support the best prom ever, we inaugurated a stunt show the night before homecoming and a penny carnival in the spring. Marjorie Gates reigned as queen of Shangri La, the theme of the prom. Act Four, when the rewards of four years' labor were reaped, we were ably piloted by Clifford Wilcox, president, Marjorie Gates, vice president, Ann Birky, secretary, and Jean Ann Kewley, treasurer. Our first undertaking of the year was the homecoming dance, at which Lougean Cutter was crowned queen. Bill Linden and Walter Byerly acted as co-captains of a successful football team. Editing The Reverie and Inkspot re- spectively were Margaret Brown and Lois Klump. The D.A.R. good citizenship award was won by Marilyn Tate. Louis Siebert wielded the gavel at Student Council meetings. Bob Thompson was voted by the members of the football squad as the ideal football participant.This is the first year such an award has been given. Many of the prom- inent clubs have had seniors as their leaders. Some of these are the N Club, Walter Byerly, the Science Club, Bob Lesher, the Dramatics Club and Thespians, Marilyn Tate, I.A.T.A., Dave Bridgwater, F.T.A., Lois Klump, the Latin Club, Ruth Leary, the Honor Society, Milton Olson. Jim Cloyd was president of the Band Organization, Jean Ann Kewley, Girls' Chorus, and Jack McQueen, Boys' Chorus. At Commencement Minnie Carter, Walter' Byerly, Jean Ann Kewley, Sue Williams, Joyce Mann, Margaret Brown, Dick Britt, and Marilyn Tate were the speakers for the class. Acts Three and Four were ably directed by Mr. Legg, Miss Springer, Mr. Diveley, and Miss 'I-loose. As the curtain draws to a close on an eventful drama of four years that will influ- ence the lives of the participants forever, the sentimental strains of Pomp and Cir- cumstance are heard from the orchestra pit. We, the class of 1948, take our departure with the hope that the audience will always be as receptive as this one has been.

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A 5 . 1 fab 54- , JK 3K 2 . iii! lfI1RST ROW: P. Guinnce, J. Galbreath, M. Jacobus, M. Kidd, M. Horsely, M. Foster, .I. Imig, G. Davis. SRCOND ROW: D. Junk, H. Hafer, C. Frisby, R. Gehrt, T. Inman, D. Jordon, M. Jones, Mr. Harris. THIRD ROW: A. Graham, G. Harper, R. King, D. Halsema, D. Kashner, E. Griffin. B. Foulk. uniors FIRST ROW: H. Richard, M. FI. Stuart, E. Wiese, J. Plumb, D. Schuler, A. Pagel. SECOND ROW: VV. Sieveking, J. Williamson, B. J. Todd, B. Workman, V. Troyer, H. Siegworth, B. StephenS. THIRD ROW: S. L. Evans, R. Jannusch, J. Warren, J. Stephens, J. Runge, G. Zehr, B. Parlier, Mr. Neuman.