Rankin Township High School - Mirror Yearbook (Rankin, IL)

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th Let s turn on the te1ev1s1on and see 1f there IS anythmg znterestrng on Look here s my favor1te program What s my Secret w1th Gene Hofbauer as master of ceremontes The panel cons1sts of Betty Brewmgton who IS a graduate nurse from Bloommgton Alven Stevens who lS a br1l11ant DhYSlClSI work1ng w1th the S Bomb 1n Chlcago and the thlrd member IS Joann Gudeman who lS Louella Parsons ass1stant and fast becom1ng a famous QOSSID column1st and overshadow1ng Louella The last but not least lS Herb Theesfeld who lS marr1ed to the former Ellen Morger Herb now owns h1s own saw m1ll and takes up te1ev1s1on as a hobby Now the secret IS be1ng revealed to the aud1ence by Alberta Berqu1st one of the class members Alberta IS a bookkeeper for the te1ev1s1on stat1on The secret revealed lS a group of people the graduatlng class of 1955 We 11 start w1th the f1rst member of the panel Betty Betty Do I know these people? Alberta Yes Joann Are they my age'7 Alberta Yes Herb D111 I go to school w1th them? Alberta Yes Alven Oh I know! I bet they are our classmates Gene Correct Your rema1n1ng classmates are all here and we w111 1nterv1ew them now Panel you can take your masks off now MCdlC31 Secretar1a1 School 1n Danv1l1e but after graduatmg they were marr1ed and l1ve on a farm near C1ssna Park Here s our f'IlllOllS tap dancer Mrs Gene Hofbauer the former EISIC Hasler Thetr gxrls are already cheerleadmg and tap danclng tak1ng after mother And there s also Gene Jr who IS h1gh scorer on the Hustle Basketball team There s also Beverly N1sewarner who IS 11v1ng 1n Japan w1th Chuck her husband She has just returned so she could be back on the program After graduattng Wanda Osborn went to Wash1ngton D C to work for the Bureau of the Census There she met a member of the d1plomat1c servtce whom she marr1ed They are now happ11y marr1ed and l1VlIlg 1n Pak1stan Now we have another prosperous farm owner V1rg1l Baker now owns half 1nterest tn Paul Young s farm at Re1lly and IS marr1ed to the former BCFHSICB Kunce of Rankm Next 1S Mrs Ted Reynolds of Rantoul She was the former Pat Horton Mrs Reynolds IS the only woman from Rank1n who has the honor of havmg sextuplets Here lS the owner of the famous cha1n of Vaughn Stores He lS another graduate of Ran klfl Stuart Vaughn Stuart has a true success story He started out as a butcher 1n an IGA Store He f1nal1y obtamed h1s own cha1n of stores from that meager start Here we have the former Mona Boehme now marr1ed to Jack S11ver Mona lS now a famous haxr styltst 1n New York C1ty Jack IS an engmeer and at present he lS bu1ld1ng the Chop1 Chop1 br1dge 1n the Wtlds of Ch11e Here's Jim Kunce and his wife, the former Carol Swanson. After graduating Carol attended mon class ptzophecy

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Last but not least we have Joann Crtst the former Joann Moser She lS now l1v1ng 1n England w1th her husband who IS a captam 1n the A1r Force So 1ad1es and gentlemen another broadcast of What s My Secret has come to an end w1th the graduates of the 1955 graduatmg class of Rankm H1gh School as our guests last Ill AHC IESIAIDEHI YIIGI2 class of 1955 We the Semor Class of NSS of Rankln Townshlp Hlgh School of the County of Verm1l1on and the State of Ill1no1s betng of mature age and fa1r1y sound mlnd for Sen1ors and reahzmg the fact that the end of our htgh school careers lS fast approachmg do make order publ1sh and declare thts our last wtll and testament hereby revoklng and makmg vo1d all 'ormer wxlls and prom1ses We the sentors leave our reputat1on as good students to the jumor class hop1ng that they wt be very careful 1n what they do w1th tt We bestow upon the Sophomores our good w1Ll and loyalty and we sur ender to the Freshmen our love for a good t1me Our IHIIIBIIVE we leave to the Jumor Htgh hopmg that they wtll be able to d1g 1nto thtngs as we should have done To the faculty we leave our stncere gratttude and deepest BDPYCLIHIIOD for thetr work durlng the past four years I VIRGIL BAKER wxll my ab111ty to s1ng rn Mtxed Chorus to anyone who needs II and my bashfulness to W11l1e Setdel I ALBERTA BERQUIST wlll my H1story book to anyone who can get Hlstory and my ntce qutet xt Us to Sue Boehme I MOIxA BOEHME w1ll my twrrhng ab1l1ty to Jerry Thompson my Pres1dency to Delilah Cherry my mus1c ab111ty to my slster Sue and all my errors 1n Typmg to Glenn Olson I ELIZABETH BREWINGTON w11l my Clarlnet to Ellen Morger my typewrtter to Dor1s Joyce and my short ha1r to Jamce Lackey I JOANN GUDEMAIN, wtll my Htstory book to Don Gudeman Wllh the hope he Wlu under stand lf wlthout any dtfftculttes and my comb and bobby ptns to Jamce Brewmgton I ELSIE HASLER w1ll my dancmg shoes to Mr Pence my ab1l1ty to laugh when nothxng IS funny to Larry Shuler and my wrmng to anyone who ltkes to read backwards , . . . ' li U .1 ' a . , tm, , , I I I 1 v u I I I 'I ll ' . ' V . . . . . , I . , . . 1 9 o 0 ' ,, , C . r s n Y . . . . . . n 1 . 1 n 1 Y . . I I , . . . . n 9 ' . l n . l 1 .