Onarga Township High School - Onarquois Yearbook (Onarga, IL)

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SENIOR CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class of Onarga Township High School, do hereby make, declare, and pub- lish this, our last will and testament, in the city of Onarga, county of Iroquois, State of Illinois, this twentieth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight. I, Mary Diz Liz Cox, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to talk for 40 minutes without pausing for breath to Betty Segge- bruch. I, Shirley Sid DeFries, do hereby will and bequeath my seat on the school bus to Vivian Lee so she can make lt to school on time. I, Glenn Willie DuVall, do hereby will and bequeath my seat in American History Class to anyone who is crazy enough to take it. I, Roy Sonnyboy Ficklin, do hereby will and bequeath my place at Ed's to Marvin Fink and Ed Rueck. I, Glendora Smiles Greiner, do hereby will and bequeath my lunch hours to the Fresh- man Girls. I, Boyd George McAfee Harris, do hereby will and bequeath my speed to Irvin Jeans. CAt football that is.J I, Norma Jimmy Jimison, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to go steady with one man to Delores Tilstra. I, Charles Finley Krause, do hereby will and bequeath my position as The Thin Man of O.T.H.S. to Robert Dunker. I, Margaret D.D.T. Kanosky, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to attract boys with news cars to Lucille Wilson. I, Robert Casanova Lee, do hereby will and bequeath my harem to Bob QWolfJ Hendricks. I, Kenneth Farmer Legan, do hereby will my English Compositions to Mrs. Frobish, may they torture her as they did me. I, Donna Donny Lindsay, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to go with only two boys during high school days to cousin Mar- garet. I, Doris Old Shep Lindsay, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to keep a guy guessing to Wilna Sheppleman. I, Chaney Bud McFadden, do hereby will and bequeath my interest in the Sophomore class to Bud McFadden. QWho else?J I, Florine Frances Molck, do hereby will and bequeath my riotous conduct in English Class to the quiet Deloris Haerr. We, Wendell Curly Orr and Kenneth Bert Palmer, do hereby will and bequeath our ability to keep a teacher in stitches to Russell Hockersmith and Dale Brantley. QSee you in the office boys.J I, Elizabeth Lizzy Peters, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to have my love let' ters delivered by my one and only's sister to my sister Dorothy. I, Betty Pistol Packin ' Postel, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to play the part of negro maids in all of the high school plays to Terry Workman. I, Lorin Red Dillon, do hereby will and be- queath my shining red hair and height of 6 feet, plus 174 pounds to Gene Forrest. I, Helen Undecided Stewart, do hereby will and bequeath one of my surplus fellows to any- body who needs one. I, Margaret Effie Tilstra, since I have noth- ing to lose and everything to gain, will and bequeath myself to Del Hasselbring. I, Gene Rollo Sheppleman, do hereby will and bequeath nothing to anybody because I need it all myself. No foolin'. I, Marietta Smoky Scott, do hereby will and bequeath my double dates with my sister to Judy Voss. I, Charles Pat Patterson, do hereby will and bequeath my sharp wit and sense of humor to John Tilstra. Signed: THE SENIOR CLASS. Witnesses: Miss Brookhart Mr. Jenkins

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY September, 1944 - Judgment day is here. Already we had acquired the reputation of be- ing one of the roughest freshman classes in the history of O. T. H. S. Most of our former class- mates were still with us with the exception of a few whose places were taken by students from the country. Thirty-three members com- prised our Freshman class. What a time we had the first few days - What's our next class? Where's room 15? Two minutes between classes! Why that ain't enough time to sharpen my pencil! But we finally got the routine down pat and from then on things went smoothly. Miss Doley and Mr. Walters acted as our class sponsors. For class officers We elect- ed Roy Ficklin, President, Charles Krause, Vice-President: Chancey McFadden, Secretary, Shirley DeFries, Treasurer. Our Sophomore year found us on the giving end of the Frosh-Soph Reception. Our sponsors for this year were Mrs. Cox and Mr. Aiken. The going got a little tough and it seemed that the teachers had only one motto - Ye shall not pass. Class officers were Wendell Orr, President: Beverly Colebank, Vice-President: Norma Jimison, Secretary, Margaret Kanosky, Treasurer. As Juniors we found one of our students leaving us. Dave Siebert left us to join the Navy. We were kept busy this year making money for the Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom. You see it's up to the Juniors to give the Seniors a big send off, and with the Milford Swingsters doing the sending it was quite an affair. Class officers were Kenneth Palmer, President, Boyd Harris, Vice-President, Mar- garet Tilstra, Secretary, Margaret Kanosky, Treasurer. Well, here it is our last year. We caught the freshmen off guard and really let 'em have it. That was the first big event and now that it was over most of us settled down to study in order to get out of those finals. We now see the value of Mr. Reed's and Mr. Seaney's math., pins, rings, cards, and announcements. More money! Will we ever get out of debt? With Miss Brookhart and Mr. Jenkins as our sponsors knowledge of parliamentary proced- ure came in mighty handy. Especially in elect- ing our class officers, namely: Donna Lindsay, Presidentg Robert Lee, Vice-President, Mar- garet Kanosky, Secretary, Helen Stewart, Treasurer. As the year wore on three things were upper most in our minds and after much debating we finally decided on them. Class colors: Green and White, Class Flower: Red Rose, Class Motto: Spectemur Agendo - LET US BE JUDGED BY OUR DEEDS. Out of the 30 that began in the first grade only 12 have gone all the way together. We don't know whether the Juniors hated to see us go or were glad to get rid of us, they really gave us something to remember when they held the annual Banquet and Prom in our honor. We found that the Milford Swingsters were back for the dance and most of us were glad of it. Only two more steps left before entering the big mixed-up world on our own- Baccalaureate and Commencement. Baccalaureate services were held May 23. The fine talks inspired us all and gave us heart to face the future. Nothing now but Com- mencement. The exercises were held Thurs- day night, May 27. This was it! After 12 long years. It was pretty hard putting on a front for our feelings. We were happy, smiling, yet down-deep inside we felt sick! We tried not to feel this way and more than once we hear, Come on, cheer up. Just think, no more his- tory reports, why you should be happy! Hap- py? We were saying goodbye to the best years of a person's life. Well, we received our di- plomas, friends and relatives shook hands, slap- ped us on the shoulder and said, So long, fella, take care of yourself. Well, it's over. We've added our names to the list of O. T. H. S. Alumni. We hate to say goodbye but we must. So thinking of the past and looking to the fu- ture, we say goodbye to the faculty fthe best in any schoolj, the students, the school, and oh yes, we mustn't forget Bill. In saying goodbye we also want to say, Al- ways remember us, cause we'll never forget you.

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Evanell v Speers Those U. of I. men Ed Rosie Rueck I'm still tired Delores Dee Doyle She's new - but gosh! Charles Chuck Bottorff My 'uppers' are loose Delores Stemke Sumrall That skating rink is the nicest place Don Little Donnie Archer 'The minister's son - you'd never know Wilna Shep Sheppleman I love red hair JUNIORS '18 Oh, those big, black eyes! Gene Gener', Cox He likes to flirt Rose Tab Talbert love that green Plymouth Robert Rob Green Always something funny Reta Don Conn dear friend of that certain boy in Thawville! Gene Lucille Hall The c1ass's biggest romeo Shirley Slit Link Russel Russ Hockersmith What those farmers won't do