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

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We the 1951 Senior Class of Onarga High School do hereby make our last will and testament. I, Paul Bailey, do hereby will my enormous box of Kleenex to John, the neon, De Fries. I, Charles Bailey, do hereby will my draft card to Mr. Schriefer. I, Phyllis Balding, do hereby will my amazon height to Mary Jo Thomas. I, Charles Brewer, do hereby will my famous pompadore to Leslie Bork. I, Norman Bottorff, do hereby will my ability to get out of paying class dues by being president to Randy Cultra. I, Leo Colebank, do hereby will my ability to exercise extreme caution while operating my vehicle to John Hockersmith. I, Doris Conn, do hereby will my wasp waitline to Mary E. Cox. We, Joyce Fink and Valda Dillon do hereby will our ability to be the two noisiest girls in school to Florence Townsend and Jo Ann Scott. I, Edward Greiner, do hereby will my personally autographed desk in American History class to Jim Clanin. I, Carol Oromoll, do hereby will my long lunch hour to those poor unfortunates who must remain. I, Joyce Grohler, leave the Junior boys to the Junior girls. I, Delores Haerr, do hereby will my penetrating giggle to Darlene Gerckin. I, Clyda Harding, will my perfected southern accent to Qnma Mae. I, Albert Harris, will my wondeful physique to Herbert Becker. I, Alara Hildenbrand will my ability to argue to Ruth Peters. I, Ronald Lyons, do hereby will my ability to woo the freshman girls to Leon Thomas. I, Janice Orr, will my muscles to Barbara Shroyer. I, Delores Poprawski, do hereby will my last seat in study hall to Gene Cusator. I, Ronald Redenuis, will my ability to get along with the opoosite sex to Frog Wilson. I, Bob Talbert, will my hot rod to anyone who is fool enough to take it. I, Bill Whitlow, will my vibrant voice to Wendell Bewsey. I, Bob Wulff, will my bottle of Hadacol to Morris Smith. I, John Tilstra, will my long week-end trips to Peoria to Ernie Seggebruch. Dear Norman It's been a long time since I've been to Onarga, so I thought this was about the best way to communicate with one of my old friends. How are Mary Lee and all the lit'tle house plants running around the hpuse? Whom do you supoose I met the other day? Charles Brewer. I accidently stopped at his beauty salon, where he is managing a thriving business. He is known for his famous pomp hair style. Under the drier in his salon, I happened to see Doris Conn, she said she decided she wanted a different hairdo, so she was trying them all. When Charles called for Wittness Mr. Jones Signed The Senior Class Mr. Norman Bottorff President of Onarga Nursery Onarga, Illinois

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a manicurist, she proved to be none other than Carol Oromoll. Carol is still playing the field but between you and me she has her eye on a genuine multi-millionare, When Doris and I left the salon, we called on Mrs. Paul Collins, known to us as Phyllis Balding. We rang the bell, and when the door flew open, five dirty-faced little ruffins peered out at us. Phil told us she saw Clyda Harding Nichols (and their clan) the last time she ran home to mother. clyda an(j Glen are now living in the country, at the former home of Robert Meyers. Phil said when Ferdinand, her oldest son, developed a tooth ache she immediately took him to Dr. Deo Klein, where Dee Poprawski is now employed. We left Phil because she had to get dinner ready for Paul and all the little troupers . Walking along we came to the pari where Leo Colebank was feeding the cute little squirrels peanuts. He said he had just heard from Ab Harris. Ab said more and more money was coming in every day. As you know Ab is President of Onarga State Bank now. Walking across the street we were almost run down by a hot-rod with Big Bad Bob Talbert at the wheel. He told us later that he was trying to see how many cars he could miss. Noticing a large crowd near Main Street, we wandered over to the corner and coming down the street were the Girl Scouts of troop No. 23U75859U93078923U56 (I read it on their caps) heading a parade. Along side of them was their Scout Master, Janice Orr. She said she has always enjoyed being with the little people. We moved on and came to a poster advertising the looked-for football game of the year—Ridgeville Tech, vs Delrey Heights, with Ed Greiner as Delrey's star player. As we came upon a bakery, we smelled the aroma of freshly baked pastries. So inside we went, and whom do you suppose we saw—no one but Bob Wulff—preparing his speciality of the day—Giant Cream Puffs. As we passed the Civic Opera House we heard a familiar voice pouring out the door. When we investigated, we found here among all the opera stars, Ronnie Lyons, he is playing the lead in Carmen and, of course, Ruthie is playing opnosite him. As we were leaving Ronnie Lyons,we heard a terrific crash. Much to our surprise Ronnie Redenuis had run into a car with his tractor. He said he was admiring the scenery. It just happend the accident occurred while John Tilstra's show girls were practicing at the outdoor theater. After picking up the pieces, we decided to see what the escort agency was doing, and here we found Joyce Grohler was a co-partner with Paul Bailey. We didn't have much time to talk to either of them because they were busy trying to find escorts for the fat woman and her friend, the bearded lady from Dee Haerr's circus. Dee specializes in snake charming which seems to liven up her daily boring routine. We even found Bill Whitlow working as one of the highest employees of Dee's circus. He scrubs the elephants. Ohh, he exclaimed, It's so exciting. I feel as if I'm up in the clouds, (until the elephants jolts). Since it was getting late, Doris had to run in order to get ready for the dance and so I left her promising I would see her soon. As I walked in the direction of the station, I heard the loud roar of a wild crowd as the train from Hollywood, Calif, pulled into the station. On this train were two great stars two gun Pete and Wyoming Sal, otherwise known to us as Charles Bailey and Joyce Fink. Joyce told me that she had just received a letter from Alara Hildenbrand, who is studying Ancinet Grecian life in Europe. Well, I must get back to my work. It keeps me busy all the time since I am the head of the Super—Dooper Expolding Popcorn Department. Please write and let me know if you have heard from any of the students of preceding years, who have graduated from Onarga High. Yours truly Valda Dillon 1300 Dead End Street