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

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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

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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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If you are ever driving through Texas he sure to stop in at the 'Martin Slap Happy Dude Ranch. You will be entertained by that beautiful red- haired flame, Winnie Martin, and her guitar. Her exquisite music has brought all the wolves to Texas. Jack Sauder has just been appointed Secretary of Agriculture. He was appointed upon his merit and also because of his super-natural hog calling voice. Donnie Gudeman has won fame in Hollywood as an actor. He is the only living human being that can wiggle his ear, blow smoke rings, tight-rope walk, stand on one hand, play the piano with the other, and wiggle his toes all at the same time, while the band plays the polka. Virginia Priller, we find, has started up her own business and is doing quite well as a grocery Woman. She is in partnership with Joe Rediger and the name of her store in Joe and Joe's Food Stuff. Tom Paluska has reached the height of his ambition. He has finally been selected to be the main organ-grinder man in Cole Brothers' Circus. Due to the shortage of man-power Goldie Schuler has taken a position as a clown in Cole Brothers' Circus. In Tommy and Goldie's spare time you will find them feeding the elephants. Believe it or not Donna Schirer has finally settled down on a farm of her own. When she is not helping her husband, she is taking care of her pet calf and two kids. Rosemary Wilson turned down her ambition of joining the WAVES for a position of driving a transfer truck from Roanoke to Eureka. She has a man in every farm house along the way, so she takes the hard road past Bluniers going over, and the gravel road past Sauders coming back. This way she can make the rounds every day. ' Eliza Kistner is a missionary in far Africa. Her gentle ways have tamed the most savage savage. Her greatest achievement, a school for apes, has made her many close friends. Betty Walker with her beautiful singing voice is the leader of a church choir. Every Sunday their voices fill the church and crowd the people out. Irma Pfister has a job working for the Pfister Hybrid Co. She helps with the detasseling in the summer and shelling in the winter. Dot Martin, we find, is singing for the Salvation Army and you should hear the men swoon as she holds on to one of those high notes. And last but not least, our dear Mr. Cravens was left broken-hearted when his favorite lovable seniors graduated. He couldn't bear the sight of school without his dear little seniors so he decided that the only alternative was to join the Navy. He has now achieved the rating of eaman 3rd class after being in the Navy four years. Every pay day Wil find the sailors gathered around Seaman Cravens to participate in that little game that has to do with rolling ivory cubes. No wonder his family is on relief. The above has been prophesied, written, and approved by the three great and notable prophets, Mildred Rocke, Anne Wallace, and Jerry Sauder. 17