Orion High School - Charger Yearbook (Orion, IL)

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We from High sane time Klan 02111 the class of '55, Orion Community School, being of mind most of the do hereb make r Y 1 publish, and declare this to be our Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking any and all willsheretofore made by us. To the Supt. and Faculty Members: To MR. MERCER, a school with expandable walls to take care of the increasing enroll- ment. To MR. CRAIG, a tele- type machine in every class room so he doesn t have to use the P. A. System so often. To MR. KUHN, some agricultural shop boys who will stay in the ag. shop. To MR. MEYER, a band without any football players taken out of it when it plays at half time intermission at football games. To MR. HOPPER, a freshman football team that doesn't flunk out the first six weeks. To MR. PLUNKETT, a car instead of his PLYMOUTH. To MR. CLARK, a winning ticket at the Orion drawing on Wednesday night. To MISS WARREN, an operating manual for the movie proiector. To MR. DE MERS, a math. room far away from the coke machine and the girls shower room. To MRS. RYE, a library with books that stay in the right place all of the time. To MRS. FRITZ, a house at the bottom of a hill used for class play parties so no one's car is coasted down the hill. To MRS. ADDIS, a smaller bookkeeping class and a shorthand class that will read, read, read. To MR. DE LA PAZ, a football team that has good, instead of mediocre blockers. To the Custodians: To MR. COULTER, automatic sweepers to clean out the dirt .from beneath the bleachers in the gym. To MR. WHITAKER, an endless belt to carry out the empty milk cartons from the cafeteria. To the COOKS, the ability to serve as well in the future as they have in the past. To the BUS DRIVERS, to each one a new bus to drive on better roads. To the Classes! The JUNIORS, our ability to know what to say, when, and where to say it. The SOPHOMORES, our ability to sell the most tickets ever sold to a iunior class play. The FRESHMAN, our ability to graduate in iust four years. To the Orion High School, another class like the class of I955. To the Student Body: I, LORAN ANDERSON, will my ability to center a football straight to Dave Kuhn. I, DONALD ATKINSON, will my ability to sleep in English class to anyone who needs the sleep. I, RODNEY ATWELL, will my ability to make touchdowns to all the backfield men of the foot- ball team of I956. I, SHIRLEY BARKER, will my pleasant smile to Jim Tollerud. Ir JACKIE BREECHER, will my freckles to Jane Wilson. I, JO ANNE BROWN, will my cheer-leading ways to Jackie Rugh. I, ROBERT CARLSON, will my height and studious ways to Jim Hiatt. I, PAUL JOHNSON, will my curly hair to John Martin Leaf. l, MARILYN KELEHER, will my ability to get along with the boys to Caroline Dykeman. I, MARVIN KLUNDT, will my ability to run the mile to Art Schroeder. I, MELVIN KLUNDT, will my ability to play football with a broken hand to Ralph Boney. I, CHARLES LA BEE, will my 'bright' eyes to Bob Cooper. I, VERNITA LARSON, will my high-pitched giggle to Bill Rhodenbaugh. I, AVIS LONG, will my interest in horses to Shelby Betcher. I, SHIRLEY LUNDBERG, will my ability to be editor of the Oracle to anyone who is capable of handling it. I, SHIRLEY MAELTZER, will my long hair to Joyce Kindelsperger. I, DONALD MCATEE, will my small physique to Ronnie Mundt. I, JOANNA MEIRHAEGHE, will my interest in Tom Owen's dances to Cheryl Welch. I, RICHARD PARRISH, will my large structure to Bob Seys. I, JANET PETERSON, will my ability to get first in State to Sue Lawson. I, MAHLON PETERSON, will my ability to know a ioke for any purpose to anyone wishing to be comical. I, WAYNE REHN, will my studious ways and athletic ability to Jim Bumann. We, MARILYN and PEARL SCHNEIDER, will our singing ability to anyone who can carry a tune. I, TED SEABLOOM, will my ability to have Happy Birthday' sung to me everyday to anyone who wants to be sung to. I, PATRICIA SMITH, will my interest in square dancing to Sharon Leathers. I, CHARLES STEPHENS, will my ability to be very carefree but also an A student to Darrell Edson. I, FRANK SUNDEEN, will my gas truck to anyone who likes to have gas. I, ROBERT THOLL, will my bookkeeping practice set to anyone who will pay 3.80 for it. I, MARY VAN HOUTTE, will my 5 brothers and 2 sisters to Kay Palmgren. I, GARY WIEGEL, will my ability to get out of study hall to Corky Malmen. I, JO CRAIG, will my interest in Atwells to Karen Rhodenbaugh. I, CAROL DE ROCKER, will my ability to look innocent at all times to Mary Jo Brodd. I, FRANKLIN EDMUND, will my ability to be a rich farmer to anyone who is agriculturally minded. I, GARY FULLERTON, will my ability to try and take pictures of athletic events to Rav Anderson. ' I, ALAN GUSTAFSON, will my Rock Island girl friends to Roger Woodley. I, WILLIAM GUSTAFSON, will my ability to keep away from the girls to Kenny Hamerlinck. I, DENNIS HAMERLINCK, will my truck to the stage crew of 1956 senior class to haul proper' ties for the play. I, JUDITH HAMILTON, will my white bucks to Faye Hill. I, JERRY HARDIN, will my black Angus to Scott Mcwhinney who raises Hereford. I, RUTH HARDIN, will my ability to tell iokes to anyone on the dead side. I, JAMES HILL, will my polite ways to Jim Budd. I, KAREN HOLMES, will my collection of 'mad' insects to Natalie Swanson. I, SANDRA HURDEL, will my interest in big, tough football players to Jean Webster. I, BENHARD JOHNSON, will my ability to drive my '49 Ford with one hand while on dates, to Dick Atwell. I, BETTE ANN JOHNSON, will my blond hair to Linda Jones.

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--- ov - 'Z X - -N . 655 R S D Q Q Q After working many hours on the class prophe- cy I began to feel drowsy, pretty soon I was sound asleep. Soon I found myself racing down the super highway in my new l970 sports car, that I had just gotten the day before from RUTH HARDlN'S factory. When I arrived at Orion I saw a lot of cars parked along main street. I parked my car and went in to see what the big attraction was. To my surprise I found some of my classmates in BOB CARLSON'S Hot Rod Shop, having a good time after such a lang separation. His top me- chanic BOB THOLL was discussing football with COACH PARRISH. WAYNE REHN and JERRY HARDIN had their hot rod in for a checkup be- cause they were driving in the big race on Sun- day. I found out from BILL GUSTAFSON that they were planning a cross country race and were going to leave right away. Bill asked me if I wanted to ride with him and l accepted. While he was getting a final checkup on his car I went for a walk down the street. The first corner I came to I saw DOCTOR DON MCATEE and his assistant SHIRLEY BARKER. They both said they liked dental work. AVIS LONG, an airline hostess, had iust come in from a flight from Maine, one of her passengers was JACKIE BREECHER who is a teacher in Maine. When I got back to the Hot Rod Shop, Bill was ready to leave. We left Orion for the west coast in high hopes of seeing some more classmates, and especially to bring home the trophy. We hqdn'f gone far when we came to a small town where we stopped to eat. We found a nice little restaurant that was called, 'FRANK'S place, we went in and found that FRANK SUN- DEEN was the proprietor. He told us that his chief cook and bottle washer was JIM HILL. Frank walked out to our car with us and while we were talking lie pointed out a big store. There was a big sign over the door which read, Kl..UNDT and KLUNDT' Furniture. Frank told us that MARVIN and MELVIN were doing very well in their store. Their furniture designers were BETTE ANN JOHNSON and DENNIS HAMER- LINCK. As we started out again and was speeding down the road we saw a sign that read, LUND- BERG'SCHlCKEN FARM. Weremembered Shirley saying that she wanted to live on a farm. We saw, SHIRLEY LUNDBERG'S name on the mailbox and knew it was her farm. We were hungry at supper time and stopped at a night club. The neon sign was blinking, WlEGEL'S HARMONY CLUB. When we were seated and were waiting for our supper we read - 61444 Pflvplww the entertainment sheet. On the top of the sheet was the featured singer, we were happy to see JO ANNE BROWN'S name. Also on the program was SANDRA HURDEL'S, SANETTES,' which included,JUDY HAMlLTON,MICKEY KELEHER, JOANNE MEIRHAEGHE, JO CRAIG, and VER- NITA LARSON. Featured for the evenings danc- ing was OTTO'S HEP CATS , under the direc- tion of MAHLON PETERSON. We left there after an enjoyable evening. At 4:00 P.M. one afternoon, we saw a couple of teachers helping little kids on the bus. As we sped by we saw MARY VAN HOUTTE and JANET PETERSON. We didn't have time to stop, so we iust waved. We passed the Triple A Ranch' that Frank told us about, belonging to ROCKY ATWELL, LOREN ANDERSON and DON ATKINSON. When we arrived at Denver, Colorado, they were celebrating the birthday of their governor, CHARLES STEPHENS. When we saw him he was riding, along with his secretary, PAT SMITH, in the head car. The next day we arrived in California in time for the Rose Bowl game. We were far ahead of the other drivers, so we decided to see the game. Much to our surprise, we saw the top player to be CHARLES LA BEE. After the game, we attended the crowning of the queen. When the crown was placed on CAROL DE ROCKER, we were. proud to have had her as a classmate. Her attendants were PEARL and MARILYN SCHNEIDER. On one of the floats we saw Professor HOLMES who is the Professor of Philosophy at the Uni- versity of California. Taking pictures of the parade for the Daily News was GARY FULLERTON, the top photo- grapher at the DailyNews. We saw his assistants, FRANK EDMUND and ALAN GUSTAFSON as they left to get pictures of the racers at the end of the run. When Bill and I arrived back where we had left the car, we saw the other drivers. We went over to congratulate them and found BENHARD JOHN- SON and PAUL JOHNSON. When it was time to award the trophy, we saw SHIRLEY MAELTZER coming toward us. She told us we were the winners. We had not only won the cup, but had seen many of our old class- mates. I awoke to the sound of music coming from my radio. I heard, Friends, this is your old buddy, TED SEABLOOM, back here in Orion, bringing you the top five on Dreamarama.