Raymond High School - Ra Co Hi Yearbook (Raymond, IL)

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SENIOR C LASS HIS TOR Y In September 1944 a group of twenty e1ght boys and gxrls assembled to embark on a four year crumse aboard the shxp R C H S wh1ch was to bear them to d1stant lands of strange and wondrous experxences We felt qu1te proud for we were the larg est group to have ever undertaken a voyage on th1s partxcular shmp At fxrst we were a b1t nervous and hovered around the cabm of Captaxn Crum to make sure we d get our dxrectxons stra1ght The f1rst body of land we smghted was Freshmen Land wh1ch was easlly recognxzed for all vegetat1on was the greenest of green and a pecuhar greemsh haze seemed to hov er over all Here we spent mne months hopelessly trymg to master the rlght thrngs to do and say on such a voyage but other more experxenced voyagers msxsted we were just too green to learn Mr Dxamond our tour dlrector supervxsed the plann1ng of the one and only socxal event of our stay 1n Freshmen Land Thzs was a party held zn the sh1p s hold a very f1tt1ng sett1ng for the varxous athletxc games played Reluctantly we salled from Freshmen Land and three months later d1sembarked on Sophomore Island after havmg weathered qu1te a hazardous storm m whxch we lost three of our number who were washed overboard and havxng pxcked up three lone survlvors from several fore1g'n shlps Our mne months stay on th1s colorful 1sle xncluded educa tlonal tours to Geometry I-Iexghts Latm Penmsula Enghsh Lake and Brology F1elds wxth Mr R1ttenhouse and M1ss Racxch as guldes The socxal h1ghl1ghts of th1s part of our voyage were a party held xn the Mus1c Room of the sh1p and later several All Shxp partxes whxch were also attended by some of the older salts After three months of cruxsxng around w1th no partxcular destmatron 1n vxew we landed on .Tumor Contment for another n1ne months sojourn and I must say th1s was the most lmpressxve land we had v1s1ted thus far Whlle enroute we chose and recewed rmgs wh1ch were to be SyTI'1b011C of our four year voyage Under the gu1dance of Mrs Aull we explored var1ous locahtxes of mterest such as Bookkeepmg Bay Englxsh Hexghts and Mathemat1cs Mou.ntams Then for added d1vers1on we enjoyed a hayr1de and wemer roast at B111 Uhrxg s Some of our group wxth dramatxc mclmatxons presented a play Look Me ln The Eye m whlch almost every member of the cast was hypnotxzed by a professor Needless to say travelmg IS rather t1r1ng and It was wxth a feelmg of relxef that we dropped anchor at Semor Haven one br1ght September mormng three years after we had begun our crumse By th1s t1me our group numbered th1rty two Several had been lost we know not how perhaps sharks lurkxng near our shlpj and several had been added to our group when the sh1p I-larvel ran upon jagged reefs and threatened to sxnk Tlus year we enjoyed sxghtseemg tr1ps to such treasure places as Hlstory, Enghsh Typxng and Physlcs Valleys w1th Mrs Neunaber and M1ss Nordsxch as guldes In addltxon, our group had a roller skatmg party and presented a three act comedy Tons of Trouble wh1ch furmshed many a laugh Several of our boys were attracted to the Inlets of Base ball Basketball and Track Others enjoyed the aCt1V1teS of varxous orgamzatzons, such as F F A F H A and G A A St1ll others became 1nterested ln the newly organlzed mus1c classes and became members of the Band and Chorus That they made rapxd pro gress m thxs held was evxdenced by the1r fme ratmgs recewed 1n the varlous muszc Con tests All too soon our cruxse has come to an end and soon we shall be embarlung on the Sea of Lmfe For th1s undertakmg we must choose our own sh1p, each one of us and must steer nt alone una1ded And as we sa1l that greater voyage, may we often return 1n mem ory to the many happy ,days we spent aboard the good shxp R C I-I S Norma Lee Tester, 48 'S n 9 ' ' ' ll Il 1 u - I c Q I . , - . . . . , . , - 0 n I ll Il - Q a a - - n 1 . . . . . , ' n I I . . . , . . . n r n ' ' ' ll ' ll , - ' ' ll ll , . 1 . . . , . . 9 . . 1 o r . . , . . . . . U ,, . . . . 9 1 Q 1 u . H ,. . . . 1 9 . . ' ll 'I , - 1 : - . . ., . . ., . . . , - I ' I . . . . - ' ll II . . . . ,f Q I .',f ,Kl ,IN llf' , 5.

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CLASS PROPHECY Ml, 43 Dear Diary I am so excited for tomorrow I am startxng on a trxp through the Unxted States and Canada, sometlnng Ive always dreamed about Uncle Percxval really as a dear to pay for all of it And I always thought he was just an old ussy Well anyway every thing 18 packed and ready I went down to the statxon thxs morning to purchase my txck et and xmagxne my surprxse ln seexng Lew1s Durston behmnd the ticket wnndow He zn formed me he had only recently been promoted havxng prevzously been a wastepaper basket emptier May 4 1968 The bxg day has fxnally arrxved I mean the one on whxch I start my tour I was so excxted I could hardly eat a bmte of breakfast Mother called a tax1 whlle I put on my hat About two seconds later wlth a swxrl of dust and a screech of brakes my taxx ar rxved I struggled out of the front door wxth a suitcase mn each hand and a box of lunch whxch mother had mslsted that I take stuffed under one arm May I help you Madam? 1nqu1red a voxce strangely rem1n1scent of h1gh school days I ,glanced up and there I was face to face wxth Roy Murphy He gently shd the box of lunch from under my arm and led the way to the taxl whxle I followed carrymg the suxtcases What a rxde we had After go1ng through four red hghts and dr1v1ng a quarter of a m1le on the raxlroad tracks we were gett1ng ready to try the sldewalk for a whxle to break the monotony when a polxceman on a sh1ny motorcycle slld up belund us You d never guess who he was None other than Charles Herrmann He warned Roy that that sort of thmg better never happen agam, or else After boardmg the tram and fxndzng a seat near the window I was accosted by the conductor As usual Ihad forgotten where I had put my txcket so I began searchmg fran txcally At last I found lt and as I handed lt to the conductor I was astomshed to fxnd ject m h1s arms and upon closer exammatxon dlscovered It was an old battered French Horn Mxlton explaxned that as the tram entered each town he would play a tune on his horn Just at that moment we entered the c1ty lxmxts of Sxoux Clty Iowa Instantly he raxsed h1s horn to h1s hps and the lxltxng strams of S1oux C1ty Sue fell on my ears May 6 l968 Spent the mght m Sloux Cxty Couldn t fmd a suxtable hotel but ran across a won derful room at Mxss Jane Snyder s Select Boardmg House For Lau.es We had a wonder ful chat and she xntroduced me to several of her boarders One :ff the ladies seemed famxhar, but I couldn t remember her name, untxl Jane saxd that xt was Geraldxne Poggenpohl Gerry ns an outstandmg lecturer, and when she xsn t traveling, makes her home wlth Jane Gerry saxd they both lxke to gmggle as much as ever May 7 1968 Arrxved ln Arlzona last mght and I went to see the sunrxse at Grand Canyon this mormng I ve never seen anytlung quxte as lovely On my way back to the hotel I passed a huge sxgn saymg, Are you lookmg for food for scenery, for a horse? Then stop at EugeneDeva1sher s Dude Ranch only two miles ahead Sure enough, xt was the Eugene I had known back mn Raymond I mqunred about h1s frxend, B111 Durston, and Eugene was surprzsed I hadn t heard that B111 was a member of the House of Representahves May l0 1968 Had a facxal and wave at Dott1e s Beauty Shoppe tlus afternoon I never eamed the shop belonged to Dott1e Weffenstette when I decxded to go there She seem Havr- a mce busmess 3 I I . . D ' 0 ' ' . IO . l that he was Milton Gilbert. After exchanging greetings I noticed a strange looking ob- mmmm . 0 ' 1 I . g . . . , 4 I