Roanoke Benson High School - Ro Vic Yearbook (Roanoke, IL)

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To Myrtle O'Russa, who deserves a break, Anne Wallace wills her secret weapon which has aided her in holding that love 'em and leave 'em Rich Zimmerman. So, don't be surprised, when next year you see Myrtle and Rich before school, at noon, between classes and after school, gazing fondly into each others' eyes. Pvt. Robert McEldowney bequeaths his ability to entertain study hall by making faces and weird noises to Geneva Ulrich. Rosey Wilson leaves her ability as dirt-scraper-upper to the next author of What's Burning. Oh yes, and in case you didn't know, Rosey was the Little Red Hen too-the author of Chicken Feed, in 42-43. May 'I ask those seated beside Helen Hodel to sort of see that she doesn't rush up here and tear Rosey to pieces now that she knows who wrote a certain thing in a certain Inkwell. thing in a certain Inkwell. But why bring up the past!!! Ruth Sebree wills her high-pitched voice to Mrs. Springer so she can be heard over the noise immediately after the 6th hour study hall bell rings and therefore get everybody quieted down, at least before 1:15. Betty Walker wills her quietness and ability to come and go without making an issue of it-to Margaret Schuler. Jerry Sauder wills his ability to be friendly with everybody at all times to Phyllis LaConte and Grace Kistner, and just as a good-will gesture he leaves his basketball ability to John Fischer. Irma Pfister leaves her amazing ability to keep her work up to date, know all the answers, and get wonderful grades to Johnny Martin. We might add that Irma has plenty of night life too. Donna S. wills her feminine charm and strength to Peggy Wallace. Winnie Martin leaves her flaming hair to all the dishwater blondes in school. Janice Brown leaves her ability to lose weight to Malinda Hodel, and her enormous vocabulary to John Pioletti. Milly Rocke will her quiet, reserved manner to Neta Fauber and her tempestuous nature. Don Gudeman-his way with wimmin and dancing ability to Eddie Tuescher. Joey Bussone wills his dark, dashing, handsorneness to Billy Von Bret. Dot Martin wills her height, basketball ability, and gift of gab to Lena Rora. Robert Scherer leaves his bright remarks and 'Tm from Missouri technique to the next genius who enters school. Eliza Kistner wills her get 'em and hold em technique to Barbara Fischer. Georgette Pretet leaves her simplicity and child-like nature to Doris Santi. Virginia Priller wills her slender figure to Joanne Wilson. Annette Pioletti wills ner figure and Hwolflessness to Betty Hangartner. Last of all, the Seniors wish to leave this thought with all of you, Be it ever so humble there is no school like our own school. 15

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Senior Class Will-1944 We, the class of 1944, being of sound mind, superhuman understanding, intelligence beyond all human comprehension, having acting initiative and ability which to this night, May 15, has remained unsurpassable, do hereby ordain, bequeath and grant to posterity these 27 separate and distinct wills and testanients, making null and void all threats, statements, wills or prom- ises made prior to this evening. The Class of 1944 leaves to Mr. Cravens our comfort and understanding thoughts to be used when faced with the many trying circumstances, and unhappy hours of future years without us and also our deepest sympathy for the large vacancy left in his heart when we leave. 1 Class of 1944 leaves to the freshmen our strength of character, solemn dignity, good looks, charming manners, sweet, loving dispositions, and remarkable intellectual ability. To the sophomores we bequeath our superb judgment, originality, cheer- fulness, cooperativeness, bright shining faces, good conduct in class, pep and loyalty, and influence over the teachers. To our beloved faculty, as a whole, we leave all our amazing knowledge and startling information we have furnished them from time to time on our various examination papers. Charles Mangold leaves his speedy step and quick alert ways to Miss Rutledge who is sooo slow. To Mr. Smith-the hope that in some future year he will again have the honor of teaching as distinguished a class as ours has been. To Miss Wilson-ability to work up a temper and still remain pale and fair while doing so. The Chemistry class will to Pop their ability to break test tubes, explode gas, shatter bottles and 'make the most unpleasant odors imaginable. To Mr. Webb we bequeath our unanimous musical ability. To Mrs. Springer, the girls leave their short dresses, and tons of hoard- ed unchewed gum. John Martino-our consideration in dropping scraps of paper, candy, erasers, et cetera, in only dark inaccessible places. To Alene Zimmerman, the typing class, wills the ability to type seven thousand words withouth even one error. To the building we will all of our marks of art in the shapes of pencil marks, initials, and pin marks, and scratches on doors. The Class of 1944 leaves the school for good! Kenny Bachman leaves Alice Riggs foot loose and fancy free tat lastl. June Wilson: Ability to stay out late at night and still get to school on time to Jim Davis. Ann Blunier: Wills her cute, coy ways and soothing voice to Mary Lou Smith. Harriet Thommen leaves all her girlish glamour to Rita Nauman. Jack Sauder: Leaves his ability to run the mile to anyone who is dumb enough to accept it. Goldie Schuler: Wills her shortness to Herman Tjaden. Tom Paluska wills his money-making ability to Jim Leman, in the hopes that some day Jim will buy Neta a coke, 14 I

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Class Prophecy We hereby do prophesy that all of the following will take place no later than 10 years from this date-May 15, 1944. Kenny Bachman has grown a long curly mustache and sideburns to match, and is manager of the Mighty Secor Midgets baseball team. Ann Blunier Works for the Leman Hog Raising Company as secretary, and spends most of her time taking dictation from her perch on the boss' knee. After her last romance, which left her broken-hearted, Janice Brown is filling the highest position on the staff of the Roanoke Review, giving advice to the lovelorn in a column entitled The Voice of Experience. Tune in your radio to station USMC every morning at 1:30 a. m. and you will hear a familiar melancholy voice gurgling loudly and cooing softly like a mourning dove. It is none other than our own Private Robert McEl- downey enteiiaining the women Marines at his base in San Diego. Annette Pioletti is making personal appearances at army camps. She is Illinois' most famous jitterbug. Harriet Thommen was just married for the fourth time and is living with No. 4 and her ten freckled faced children in Cruger. June Wilson has become famous overnight. She can do the ballet, hula, and jazz wiggle at the same time and is now starring in the Martino Tulip Club. Ruth Sebree has graduated from a school of nursing and is on her Way to Europe, where she will not only play a heroic part innursing the soldiers' wounds, but will play a very important part in keeping up their morale by her kind motherly ways. A few weeks ago an elaborate party Was the talk of the town. It was the Coming Out Party of none other than Georgette Pretet who announced that since she is no longer kept busy with her school work she is seeking a social career. Jerry Sauder is in full charge of the Sauder Funeral Home as an under- taker. He is now undertaking the task of supporting his wife and a beau- tiful baby daughter who looks just like her father. Mildred Rocke has just accepted a position in Hawaii as Hula Queen instructor of Honolulu. I hear she is quite the wiggle type and has finally wiggled herself into her life's dream of going to Hawaii. Anne Wallace has finally settled down in Roanoke and is the proud mother of 7 crew-cut, bow-legged, and knock-kneed kids. She also does secretary work at the Zimmerman Dental Clinic in her spare time. Bob Scherer has finally made up his mind to be a fisherman and is doing a good job. I hear he finally caught a blonde one. Charles Mangold swings the hash and flips the flapjacks at a ritzy joint in Secor. He cuts hair as a sideline and I do mean sideline. He uses one of his bowls as a pattern. He just signed up Myrtle to be his head waitress. Joey Bussone has set up a laboratory and is diligently working to find a formula to get more miles out of gasoline so he can get from Roanoke to Bloomington at least twice a week. 16