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

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CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class of Onarga High School, State of Illinois, being of sound mind and memory???, and considering the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life, do therefore, make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament. First of all, we do hereby will the following to our dear beloved cooks, janitors, and teachers: We, the Senior Class, do hereby will the cooks a cook book. We, the Senior Class, do hereby will to the janitors, who try to keep the school clean, our paper wads, marbles, pencils, rubber bands, broken waste-baskets, etc. We, the Senior Class, do hereby will to Mr. Bus well, a sign that reads: “You have talked long enough! This is to save his voice in homeroom. We, the Senior girls, do hereby will to Mrs. Krapf the honor of baby sitting with our future children. We, the Senior Class, do hereby will Mr. Jones a new story book for Social Problems Class. We, the Senior girls, do hereby will to Mrs. Callaway our old shorthand, typing, and bookkeeping papers. May she put them to good use next year. We, the Senior Boys, do hereby will our long bushy hair to Mr. Callaway. We, the Senior Class, do hereby will to the rest of the teachers, the honor of not seeing our shining faces in class, hearing our smart remarks, intelligent answers, etc. We, the Senior girls, do hereby will our ability to come from behind and win to the Junior girls. We, the Senior Class, do hereby will to the next year’s Freshman Class the student handbooks we never received. We, the Senior Class, do hereby will the Freshman Class our dear beloved decals. They’ll need three years to see them. We, the Senior Class, do hereby will to the Sophomore Class our ability to maintain good grades, get on the honor roll, and stay home and study at night instead of roaming the streets. We, the Senior Class, do hereby will the Junior Class the ability to be scouts and never Brownies. We, the Senior Class, do hereby will to the Junior Class the concession stand and hope that the “Observers” won’t take it away from them. The loyal, honest Seniors of 1957 now will; I, Ardis ‘’Oscar” Harshbarger, do hereby will my ability to be quiet in study hall to Rita Thomas. I, Larry Salmon, do hereby will my ability to sing, to Andy Neilson. I, Ellen “El” Schmidt, do hereby will my ability to go steady with two fellows at one time to my sister Judy. I, Diana “Di” Baker, do hereby will my ability to get my shorthand done in World History Class to anyone dumb enough to try it. I, Duane “Charger” Erwin, do hereby will to the Junior Class--ME, so I can stay to torment them. I, Ruth “Ruff Virkus, do hereby will to Rita Pool my bookkeeping knowledge. I, Robert “Rex” Patterson, do hereby will my seat in Social Problems Class to Joel Eshleman, so he can sit and look out the window and catch up on his sleep. I, Barbara “Dead-Eye” Swearingen, do hereby will my summer tan to Marilyn Harding. I, Nancy “Nance” Natterstad, do hereby will my ability to go steady with the same boy for four years to Mary Ann Shephard and Sandi Link. I, John “Zirk” Zirkle, do hereby will my great height to Gene Olson. I, Mary “Christmas” Crist, do hereby will my driving ability to Wilma Walters.

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SENIOR CLASS TRIP Twenty members of the Senior class of Onarga High School left at 6:30 o’clock Friday morning. May 31, 1957. The group arrived at their destination at 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon. Some of them enjoyed a hike while others chose to swim for a couple of hours. In the evening, many of the group took a hike around the park to get acquainted with their surroundings. Saturday morning swimming, golfing, water skiing, and hiking served for entertainment. Rain spoiled a planned cruise of the lake that afternoon. Movies at Daducah were enjoyed Saturday evening. The rain kept the group indoors all evening and cards took the place of planned hikes around the lake. Several of the class faced a continuing rain on Sunday morning to attend Church services. The afternoon was bright and a tour of the dam, watching a barge go through the locks, and a visit to the power plant served for entertainment. The Kentucky dam is a part of the T.V.A. program. You guessed it! Monday morning it was still raining. The Seniors rose languidly, packed leisurely, and were ready for the homeward trip at 11:30. They stopped to visit Norris City and Mattoon on the return journey. The group arrived home at 7:30 Monday evening. They brought as souvenirs, colds, bruises, sunburns, sore noses, but they made it back. Although they may complain about the weather, they will never forget the fun they had. All in all, everyone who made the trip had a good time. The trip was made on a Poskin Chartered bus. Mr. Poskins and Miss Joan Zirkle were sponsors for the trip.

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I, Larry Wulff, do hereby will my ability to miss school to Gene Dickenson. I, Larry “ Al” Balding, do hereby will my excellent throwing arm and my favorite tomato patches to Earl Bork and Jack “Bewsey” Bailey and hope they will make good use of them. I, Quentin “Q Cultra, do hereby will my criminal mind to Jack Bailey and Earl Bork who will be needing it a lot. I, Ernest “Ernie” Wright, do hereby will my ability to peel to John Pruitt, who seems to need it. I, Barbara “Barb” Fisher, do hereby will my ability to refrain from using profane language to Diana O’Hare. I, Dan “Speed” Norvell, do hereby will my ability to get to school on time to Bucket Hoy. I, Donald “Butch” Crist, do hereby will Laurie to Bob Harris for his sister-in-law. I, Maxine “Gertie” Gercken, do hereby will my height to Elaine Bohlmann. I, Marjorie Margie” Weakley, do hereby will my long naturally curly hair to Diana O’Ha re. I, Tom Weakley, do hereby will my ability of getting caught by one of those Baker girls to Glen Molck. WE, the Seniors girls, do hereby will our'ability to steal waterriTeloilS out of tiie boys' locker room and not get caught to the Junior girls. WE, the Senior Class, do hereby make this our last will and testament in the year of our Lord, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven. Witnesses: Fay Krapf, Ralph D. Buswell