Plano High School - Silhouette Yearbook (Plano, IL)

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Oh, but wait a minute! What's all the excitement down in the first section? It looks like--it is! Our bashful Ray Kimmey seems to have been overcome and has been stretched out in the aisle. Oh! How exciting! Here come two stretchel bearers, none other than Albert Christensen Che must have taken his part in the senior class play seriouslyj and Bill Rogers. Holding Ray's pulse, is none other than Edna Konow who is a specialist in heart cases. Miracles will happen! We never thought we'd see Howard Hatcher, Jack Soderberg, Loren Christensen, or Earl Severson here at the opera house, but tickets were a part of the prizes they received on a radio program for their great minds conceived a mechanical hired man which can be operated from the arm chair by a push button. Rev. Simms, still known as Jerry to many Planoites, is a here with his devoted wife Bonnie who was instrumental in his conversion into the ministry. The final curtain call comes and we cheer on our famous Dorothy and her troop as well as our classmates of whom we have dreamed and deemed successful. As we file out with the crowd, we are certain of the fact that we are one of the greatest classes ever to have been graduated from Plano Hi, but the critics will bring the true report of the real performance in the near future. CLASS HXSTCPJ' As the house lights dim, the conductor, Mr. P. H. M11- ler, raises his baton as he strikes the first chord of the opening strain. ' As the music softens, the soloist, Miss Kirkpatrick, begins the new overture, followed by the orchestra, con-V sisting of: Betty Anderson, Cleo Bromeland, Alberta Cass, Betty Casner, Marcia Curwen, Dorothy Erwin, Barbara Hughes, Elaine Killey, Edna Konow, Carol Madsen, Delores Meier, Rena Newkirk, Elizabeth Csborn, Joanne Olson, Virginia Peterson, Loretta Sampson, Richard Sauer, Vera Fae Scull, Luther Walker, Bette Kennedy, and John Soderberg. During the first part of the overture we recall many incidents which occured. We began to learn the arts of reading and writing and became acquainted with the different instru- ments to knowledge. The second movement began with our soloist, Mrs. E. Gill and with many new pieces added, such as, John Dunne, Florence Hough, Hans Hubbard, Raymond Kimmey, Earl Severson, Neva Coffman, Rufus Rumpheimer, Warren Mundwiler. Some of

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A Reality in our m1nd's eye becomes so keen that we even witness the majestic closing of the first act and wind our way with the crowd to the lobby. Look! there's Johnny Dunne--in tails, mind you! fif only the class could see him nowl. Johnny is the newly elected president of Ford Garages, Inc. to which he gives all his time when he isn't visiting Pat's art studio. The lobby, for some strange reason, seems crowded with our old classmates tonight. Perhaps, after all, there is something in the business of concentration and mental telepathy. Joanne Olsen is here with her first high school crush, now her husband. It's really too bad she d1dn't marry before she broke all those hearts. Happy threesome! Barb Hughes is accompanying Liz Osbron and her hubby Dick this evening. Barb has combined professional wrestling and management of a restaruant for her own enjoyment and good business tactics. We hear that Liz and hubby have just returned from a European tour which they made as a popular professional skate team Civic is proud of election for the first unanimously to Delores is Sal Newkirk who has chain of restaurants. the celebrities here tonight. The woman senator of Alaska was thrown Meier. Accompanying her,we learn, become head waitress of uTellingsn Sal has practically achieved owner ship of this great enterprise except for the signing of a few more legal documents. But back to the productiong Dot just hit her highest most sensational note! which fact reminds us that Betty Kiltz has been acclaimed the highest salaried, most sensational faculty member at Annapolis. we hear the Schumacher brothers, Alvin and Bob are a great football pair for Navy. Wonder what inspires them? Coffman and Killey are here tonight after their grand opening no and K Confectionsu which is really putting Plano on the map for the original store of this great favorite chain for teen-agers. And remember Stub? He's their special motor-scooter delivery boy -- that is, when he isn't working for the nbeauty-sleepn mattress company as the living model in the window display. More celebrities! Here comes dazzling Vera Scull Powers, the new leading model, with her manager fsuccessfulj Dorothy Thomas, and her escort, Dave Whitfield. His is the greatest name in F.M. radio development. And there's Renee Doderlein who, we hear, has given up her French professorship at Yale for her freshman love who is with her tonight. And there's Betty Casner, our greatest con- temporary novelist who develops the theme suggested by Dorothy Erwin nAll men are snakesln

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our illustrious former members left our midst: Donald Wright Betty Wolf. During the course of the movement we construc- ted a crude postoffice, we enjoyed our daily fruit Juice and crackers, and began to plan our daily schedule. In the third movement the soloist, Mrs. Beggs, welcomed these newcomers to the orchestra: Henry Greenstreet, Raymond Johnson, Neil Apker, David Wagner, Robert Moss, who replaced John E. Freeman, Rosemary Freeman, Florence Hough, and Hans Hubbard. The highlight of the year was the circus performed by the orchestra and organized by the soloist. We also re- call waxing beautiful autumn leaves. In the fourth movement, the soloist was Miss Denman, and the member added to the orchestra was Thomas Egan. The main thing we recall is resting on our mats after recess and learning how to multiply. In the fifth movement, the spotlight fell on Miss Kerns and the new members, Frances Ross, Rose Ross, Gerald Simms, Robert Schumacher, Delmer Weber, and Eileen Dickeman, who brought more harmony to our pit. The year went smoothly and quickly because we were waiting to enter junior high school. Evelyn Ghilian began the sixth movement and as to the new additions to the orchestra, Russell Cass, Alban Rios, Donald Soule, Robert Soule, and Noah Schrimpsher, and Henry Mikulick, and Brulah Bowling, all worked hard with the former members studying general courses such as history, English and geography. During our eighth movement, Miss Helen Thomas was in the spotlight and the new additions to the orchestra were Harold Yates, Renee Doderlein, Betty Kiltz, David Whitfield, and Lillian Stoner. That was the year when Elaine Killey moved to Bellwood, Illinois, and Don and Bob Soule left the orchestra. We had our share of the contagious diseases that year also, but everything went smoothly because everyone was anxious to enter high school. The guest soloists to welcome us to dear old P. C. H. S. were Miss Gladys Manship, Miss Lois Robinson, Mr. Stephens, Mr. Hack, Miss Cagle, Miss Villwock, and our chief conductor and composer, Mr. Miller. During our later scores we had to write in new conductors for the soloists when Miss Audrey Hall took Miss Manship's English book when the latter preferred a cook book. Miss Villwock acquired that same taste and Miss Alice Ann Kirkham relieved her of her duties. Mr. Sheffer and Mrs. Mavis Williams completed our list of new faculty members.