Paris High School - Arena Yearbook (Paris, IL)

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Eva Rogers is a comedian on a famous TV show. Guess which one? Albert Hornbrook has finished revising his tenth set of encyclopedias. James Johnson is a singing telegraph messenger for Western Union. Brenda Jones has been busy mending barb wire fences in Russia. Larry Jones alias “Porky” plays quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. James Kelshiemer sets endurance records for Mobil gas—practice from other days. Nancy Kemper teaches 2 -f 2 = 3 to first graders. Mary Kennedy is secretary to the senator who is still climbing political ladders. Alice Kispert and husband have been touring Europe as a comedy team. Loretta Knight is planting orange trees in the Sahara Desert. Ballet dancer Anita Long dances at the Lone Star in Las Vegas. Virgil Lacy manicures the claws of tigers for Clyde Beatty. Sherman Latshaw has joined Fred Astaire in a new dancing school. Terry Lee directs traffic in the Chicago Loop each rush hour. Dieter Lenz is Germany’s Ambassador to the U.S. Gary Litteral expects promotion soon—in his chosen field. World renowned beautician. Sue Ludington, dropped in briefly to say, “Hello.” Entertainment by Emma Marlowe—playing her oboe in a man-hole. Stan McIntosh—still “Romeo”—likes them all! Mike Mansfield plays center for the Boston Celtics: he has grown two feet taller. David Massey is leading spokesman for soapbox orators. Coralie Mathis slaps icing between Girl Scout cookies. Mary Jane Matthews has a Dairy Queen stand at the entrance of Chanute Air Base. Brenda Maynard is forced to live in a tent; Salts and Peppers over-ran the house. Claudia McConchie Veach takes care of three small leeches. Don Morris fries grasshoppers for practical jokers. Deanna Mullins runs a successful and famous “smack” booth. Carolyn Murphy is being coached on how to tie shoe laces. Sally Fields works ten hours a day in a wooden shoe factory. Linda Murphy gives smiling lessons to Ed Sullivan. Linda Lou North achieved two goals: a husband, and career—hospital technician. Jo Ann Peck is temporarily incapacitated by a case of jitter-bug-itis. Deanna Sturgell is cartoonist at the Russian Embassy in Moscow. Emily Shaw is president of the Hanly Motorcycle Club. Ann Fairchild has made her mark in selecting titles for pictures. Johanna Vander Vlught runs a flower stand on the banks of the Seine. Honey bear trainer, Jill Spicer, is on a bear hunt in Australia. Ruth Ann Parker folds up tents for Arabs. Joyce Ray is the first lunar home economist. Betty Riley is TV commentator—substituting for John Cameron Swazey. Larry Myers won ten straight “500’s,” then lost his life while driving a school bus. David Nebergall will carry the torch fifty miles in next year’s Olympics. Walter Newlin plans the patterns for holes in classroom ceilings. Harry Parrish is at present selling Revlon eye make-up. Larry Pefers paints divisionary signs at the Liberty gasoline stations. Bruce Erwin styles Gorgeous George’s hair before each TV appearance. John Flegenhauer counts the stars on each new American flag—off the assembly line. Harold Fleming has developed a hybrid pig which produces pork chops only. John D. Goins finally found the “math room”—after all these years. Roy Pitts helps “Dec” write F's on test papers. Karen Ritter has become the women’s champion national sprinter. Donna Schneider was voted the typical Mrs. America housewife of 1974. Janet See is an elevator girl in the Empire State Building. Georgia Shirar sells Georgia peaches. Virginia Shaw recently won the Miss America Contest. Fame for P.H.S.

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The class of ’60 finds upon attending a reunion several years after graduation that Virginia Smittkamp is president of the National Women’s Bowling League. Sandy Adams is having a wonderful time in Cuba. Phil Allen has retired from the Broadway stage because of a sore throat. Carolyn Armstrong is a jockey—always rides in the Kentucky Derby. Mary Avery is a bona fide New Yorker—working at Sachs, 5th Avenue. Steve Barrett is Secretary of Agriculture in the President’s cabinet. Gary Beasley, Fuller Brush salesman, is in the hospital with a broken toe. Jerry Bess is the first man to be an active N. L. pitcher and president, too. Janet Booker became entangled in a social problem; she hasn’t been the same. Ruth Bowen is a personnel director for Quaker Oats Company. Lucy Bierbrauer has made a fortune with her famous Bierbrauer Dating Bureau. Phil Brown is a vice-president of the A P Food Store chain. Carol Bruce is the world champion roller skater. Judy Burba heads the losing team of Keep Talking. Jean Burgett is a nurse for Keep Them Movin’. Incorporated. Delores Butler is secretary to the principal of our Alma Mater. Carol Carnahan is still the same sweet little girl as formerly of P.H.S. Larry Carrell sells John Deere tractors to moon men. Helen Cassady is, as always, interested in the welfare of all people. Dan Cavanaugh recently filled out a bankruptcy form after bad luck. Janet Cavins, Lady Lancelot, now reigns over Camelot. Joanne Chrzan and husband raise toupees on their farm. Mamie Craig writes a column for the Lunar Star News. Ray Clark teaches woodwork at P.H.S. David Cravens has just won the Poky car race in his dragster. Pam Crabtree teaches donut dunking to Hernando Hideway beatniks. Kay Cochran frantically reads—between naps—How to Rear Children. Robert Harris hand-plows the hills of Texas. Hank Hammond is president of the S. W. Yontze, Incorp., stores. Jim Davidson has just received his fifteen-year pin at the Silverside Home. Kay Dennison is in the African jungle participating in a giggling contest. Wanda Dillon has just won the needle threading contest at the county fair. Who painted the moustache on Mona Lisa—Nancy Duzan! Judy Emery still sings “He’s My Man.” Sharon Egan is business manager for the janitor at the Ronnie Drive-In. Karen Fletcher shaves Yule Brenner’s head—daily. Joan Gobert puts the stripe in stripe toothpaste. Bernita Gosnell is director of all Alfred Hitchcock productions. Charles Goodwin was dragged across the Pacific when his line snagged a whale. Larry Lee Graham has taken the place of Charles Atlas. Mike Graham owns a huge billiards hall in New York. Richard Gumm has taken Mr. Johnson’s place as golf coach at P.H.S. Barbara Hall swats mosquitoes at Kankakee Sanitarium. Martha Henson blows bubbles for Lawrence Welk. Kay Herrington is an airline hostess for T.W.A. Professor Gloria Hill teaches trig to mental patients. Sue Guyer invented a machine to pull needles out of cacti. Anita Hoffman is the secretary to the secretary—to the SECRETARY— Lois Hopper is a close friend to Hedda Hopper in the creation of hats. Robert Homann manages the A W root beer stand. Carol Shuneson is getting ready for a vocal concert in Carnegie Hall. Telton Piper is wending his own friendly wTay through life.

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Gene Ray fishes, and designs new Pontiacs in his spare time. Jane Sprague is demonstrating Yogi at her Hindu palace. Doyle Rhoads recently broke the record for the mile in the Olympics. Darlene Stone is now a traveling science teacher for the U. of Lower Learning. The portrait of Jane Thompson has been placed next to Liberace in the Hall of Fame. Sandy Tyler is head caretaker for the Chicago Zoo. Marty Seward recently set a record for filibustering in the Senate. Larry Silverman counts the scales on gold fish for Woolworth’s. George Simpson is a successful dentist; wooden teeth a specialty. Champion flag pole sitter, John Slifer, has returned from Miami. Manager of the Lincoln Theater, Mary Walker, is to be congratulated. Sally Walls enjoys the Halls of Ivy. Patsy Brown smiles, and the world smiles with her. Winsome Linda Shontze tickles alligators’ toes for fun. Susie Helfrich is still the rose of Washington Square. Pat Toughey’s laugh has lost none of its infectious quality. Robert Smittkamp, now professor, recently disproved Einstein’s theory. Ted Snider has combined the roles of Billy Graham and Pat Boone. Have you heard? Nancy Lehman works as hard at being a comedian, as at P.H.S. Jon Sumner makes $10,000 a year telling his wild escapades on TV. Russell Rhoads farms 100 acres and is a Chrisman auxiliary policeman. Linda Wilson is one of Castro’s raiders. Judy Wright has a sideline—a bleach factory in Colorfast, Arkansas. John Rinesmith was banned from singing near any city; his voice breaks. John Watson bought a new section of land in Texas. Teddy Weber is a botany and biology professor at U. of I. Lucy Toney is distressed; she has lost her magic formula. Terry Weber is a soil conservationist for the state of Illinois. Jane Wright is world famous for her equestrian ability. Burton Weger, in spare moments, hunts elephants. Phil Wheeler, always a gentleman, has not changed. Ann Stipp still quietly smiles and doesn’t miss a trick! Larry Willoughby heads the Harley Davidson sales force in Timbuktu. John Wright has a formula for dry water; the question—how use it? Daryll Cbchran still has his dreams and sunny smile. Gordon Boling is an actor on the stage of life. Art Dowling trains Shetland ponies for the Teeny Racing Stables. Phil Eldridge plays the harmonica for Martian dances. We haven’t heard from Phil McConchie. He must be hibernating. Phil Deem owns a chain of shoe-shine parlors designed for science classes. We learn that Jack DeWitt is one of the substantial and respected citizens of Paris. Larry Paul Graham came zooming in, in his private plane, for a brief chat. Donna Kelsheimer gave us a brief resume of her career as a housewife. Susie Sunkel grows peanuts, sells them by the peck; has fun by the peck! Jon De Witt enjoys life—he sells Kat food for kittens. Sharon McCullough raises African bumblebees for Trumpet creepers. Ruth Weger designs bathing suits for tropical fish. Have you seen Ann Lehman? She is a thaumaturgist-miracle worker. It has been the earnest endeavor of each of us to get information on the activities of all members of the class of ’60. If any member has not been accounted for, the omission is regretted. 23