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

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We choose the following: Motto: The learners of today are the leaders of to- morrow. Color: Lilac and white Flower: Lilac We went to Kirkwood Lodge in the Ozarks on our class trip from May Z3-25. We returned home a tired but happ groqlp. Our baccalaureate exercise was on May Zglch an our graduation was May 28th. Everyone was excited and a little sad, but we all - wanted to departg each on a separate path to seek what was in store for the future. Wherever these paths may lead, we will always have many memories of our days in Roanoke-Benson High School. PROPHECY Sara Jean Aeschleman has realized her am- bition to be a nurse. She has a steady job carrying out discarded limbs on The Medic . Mary Ann Bachman lives in a big house near the Bark. She has trouble keeping the wolves from her oor. v Virginia Bachman is putting her high school ex- perience as an accompanist to good use. She hss taken Liberace's place with George. Glenna Blunier recentl won an Academy Award for the movie from her book, From Here To Social ' Problems . Shirley Bowald, our Homemaker of Tomorrow is helping her dad make homes. Kay Fehr isn't fair now, she's fine. We'd like to repete , she loves it. Ann Giolet ' f still hoping for another blond English tea'che1 erry is sti l available, Ann. Carol Goo in runs agpopular disk jockey show called Day Be' J She di n t know what to do when Johnnie was off.the air. Judy I-fountz has a full time job in Benson rais- ing little Tallynitalents. Judy Johnson, while traveling with The National Rodeo COITIPSH , is making quite a lot of money teaching am tgtir riders how not to get hurt when fall- ing off a horseffj Jean Koch'was justl voted the most popular sec- retary in New York City. Her only comment is, Who's got myfefraser? Sandra Legel, the famous fashion model is having difficulties keeping the boys from peekin . Judy Monk is giving all of her daughters lessons on how to be good cheerleaders. It seems that they are rusty . Alice Oltman is now the head of the Oltman Oat- meal Company. Their s ecialty is Oltman's O-So-Oaty- Oatmeal Oat Cookies with Raisins . Elaine Peters, whose movie star idol was Errol Flynn, now has an Errol all of her own. Linda Rocke, when asked what her name is, replies, Me, sir? Pat Rushing still has an obsession with blonds: she has seven of her own. June Sirovy has finally turned all of her books on How A Married Senior Can Still Have Fun . Betty Schumacher has been raising a basketball team of her own. She teaches them not to do naughty little things which cause situations at home . Ruth Ann Steffen is kept busy taking care of all of her little model A's . Ancilla Stoller is still reading all available in- formation on How Can l Hold My Husband. She hasn't been the same since Russ stole'er. Donna Tallyn, leading psychiatrist, is still conduct- ing inquiry as to what makes tall basketball players tick . Barbara Weber is now a professional bowler and almost always scores 600. You see, she's twice as good as anybody else. Sharon Wessel is desperately trying to save some money to feed her future behnks . , Bob Aaron is now a famous doctor at Mayo Clinic. V Charles Barth QR. B. H, S. 's finest musician, is difegtor and first trombone in Barth's Blasting Brass Ban . ' Leslie Bauman is president of Bauman's Sure Peal and Squeal Tire Company fguaranteed to leave a black mark ever timel. Harlan fl-Iarkyg Broers is wooing the ladies with his stron silent types in the movies. Bob Eiggelman is now a famous politician and is running with Orville Hodge under the More money for state employee's slogan. Bill fSodj I-lunsinger is teaching Ancient Algebra or Huns1ngerometry with the abacus and stone ' slide rule. David Haferman runs a football saftey school and owns a do it yourself plaster cast company. Ron Johnson is the midwest's most romantic fly- ing farmer or Soarin Sodbuster . Harold Evans is the undisputed heavyweight champ of Kruger. Eldon Kennel is singing bass solos with the Met- ropolitan Opera Company with a running shower for accompaniment. Frank Kenyon has taken over for Frank C. as R. B. H. S. 's outstanding Ag. teacher. Ron Aw gee Miss Schofield Kirby is busy shaving heads at Sing Sing. Marvin Leman is an outstanding airline pilot and does all his flying in a plane now--not his car. Kaywin Martin is operating a huge junkyard-- Oops! I mean used car lot and is giving Mad deals. Mahlon Bradle is the brawling bouncer at a MILK Bar. Darryl Monge has Monge's TV Variety Hour: Championship bowling with one hand and an accordian recital with the other. Ed Oltman is the only quiet retired millionaire bachelor type in the class of '57, Bill Reagan is guess what--Principal of R. B, H. S. Ronald Redenius is solo cornet in Barth's Blasting Brass Band. Don Ford has taken over for his father, presi- dent of Ford Motor Company. Jim Moser is a wea thy midwest hog-raiser. James Vernon is in the French Foreign Legion after bein run out of town after the publication of his wori on the class prophecy. Bob Vogel has just coached the U. of I. to their first near perfect basketball seasonfl win and 35 lossesj. Martin Vogel has just been named the new maintenance engineer at R. B. H. S.

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ROANOKE HIGH CLASS HISTORY We entered the first grade in the year of 1945 with Miss McCleary as our teacher. There were a total of thirty-one of us who started out together. They were: Sara Jean Aeshleman, Sammy Anlicker, Stanley Bernius, Kay Fehr, Ann Gioletti, Carol Good- win, Jixdy I-lountz, Bill Hunsinger, Ronald Johnson, Sandra Legel, Dean Lovings, Emma Lovings, Kaywin Martin, Joanne McEldowney, Darryl Monge, Jim Moser, Elaine Peters, Don Riviere, Linda Rocke, Gary Sauder, Bill Scherer, Betty Schumacher, John Smith, Ruth Steffen, Emory Stockham, Judy Tomb, Larry Ulrich, Bob Vogel, Martin Vogel, Alberta Wall, and Jolly Webb. In the second grade Miss Budock was our teach- er. New members of our class were Merlene Ulrich, and Bob Schumacher. We lost Sammy Anlicker, Dean and Emma Lovings, Stanley Bernius, Gary Saud- er, Alberta Walls, and Larry Ulrich. Miss Beer was our third grade teacher. James Pisel and Tad Higgins were the newcomers in our class that year, and leaving were Bob Schumacher, Merlene Ulrich, and Bill Scherer. Our fourth grade teacher was Mrs. Dolock. We gained Ancilla Klein and lost Kaywin Martin and Tad iggins. As fifth graders we had Mrs. Ruble as our teach- er. Alan Getz, Kaywin Martin, Pat Rushing, Roger Mueser, Glenna Blunier, Raymond Hostetler, David Haferman, and Les Bauman joined our class and we lost Emory Stockham. In the sixth grade we welcomed seven new pupils to our class. They were: Rosemary Egli, William Scherer, Mary Ann Bachman, Eldon Kennal, Frank Kenyon, Marvin Leman, and Mahlon Bradle. We lost John Smith and Alan Getz. Our teacher was Mrs. Bernhardy. Our class was divided in the seventh grade when six class members were taught by Mrs. Wiles to- gether with part of the eighth grade class. The rest of the class had Mr. Murray and Mrs. Haferman as teachers. We gained Carrol Morefield, James Ether- ton, Oliver House, and Larry Ulrich that year, and lost William Scherer, Judy Tomb, and Raymond I-Iostetler. Mrs. Wiles, Mrs. Fisher, and Mr. Furr were our teachers during our last year of grade school. We gained Shirley Bowald, Virginia Bachman, and Jean Bachman, and lost Larry Ulrich. Our class officers were Bob Vogel Presidentg David Haferman, Vice-Presidentg Sandra Legel, Secretaryg Sara Aeshleman, Treasurer. We enjoyed a day at Spring- field and New Salem for our class trip. Bob Vogel and Sandra Legel were given the Legion Awards at our May graduation. Thirty-six of us entered high school in the latter part of August and were soon-a ter greeted by the seniors at our initiation. Class officers were Bob Vogel, President: Sandra Legel, Vice-President: Sara Jean Aeshleman, Secretary-Treasurer. Bob Vogel was our representative to student council, and Mr. Luallen was our class s onsor. We lost Jean Bachman, Oliver House, andpJames Etherton. In our Sophomore year we gained Harold Evans, Bob Aarons, Bob Diggleman, James Vernon, and Nancy Price. We lost Carrol Morefield, Jolly Webb, Mahlon Bradle, and Roger Mueser. We elected David Haferman as President: Sandra Legel as Vice-President:Virginia Bachman as Secretary and Darryl Monge as Treasurer. Student council mem- bers were David Haferman, Don Riviere, and Patsy Rushing, and our class sponsor was Mr. Broers. We had a class skating party and sponsored an all- school St. Patrick's Day dance. The class officers for our Junior year were Bob Diggelman, Presidentg Darryl Monge, Vice-Presi- dent: Sara Jean Aeshleman, Secretaryg and Sandra Legel, Treasurer. Student Council representatives were Bob Diggelman, Darryl Monge, Sandra Le-gel, Don Riviere, ara Jean Aeshleman, and David afer- man who was Student Council President. Our class sponsors were Mrl--Broers and Mrs. Serdar. Two new members of our class were Don Ford and Dan Schroen. We lost Nancy Price. The Junior play Arsenic and Old Lace and the prom we gave the Seniors were the two biglevents of the year for us. Although there was muc controversy over both, they'll always be part of our fondest memories during our high-school days. BENSON CLASS HISTORY We entered the first grade in the year 1945. There were ll of us who started the long journey to- gether. They were: Judy Monk, Virginia Norman, Jean Koch, Harlan Broers, Roanld Kirby, Fritz Geiken, Roanld Redenius, Robert Shields, Dennis Engle, Errol Peterson, and David Haferman. Miss Baumann was our teacher. In the second grade Miss Baumann was our teach- er. We lost Robert Shields and Dennis Engle. Miss Krull was our third grade teacher. Our class remained the same in size. In the fourth grade our teacher was Miss Cord- es. We lost Jean Koch who moved to Minonk. Mrs. Schlomer was our teacher in the fifth grade. New members of our class were: Alice Olt- man, Barbara Weber, Donna Tallyn, Judy Johnson, Sharon Wessel, Edward Oltman, Charles Barth, and Jean Koch. We lost David Haferman who moved to Roanoke. In the sixth grade our teacher was Miss Reeser. Danny Schroen was added to our class. Gained in the seventh grade were Emory Stock- ham, Arnold Wehking, and David Moritz. We lost Fritz Geiken who moved to Milwaukee. Wisconsin. Our teacher was Mr. Munsen. Our eighth rade teacher was Mr. Toole.' We lost Arnold Wehiing and David Moritz. We went to Springfield on our class trip. We graduated May 28th, 1953, with twenty students. Donna Tallyn and Harlan Broers were given the Le ion Awards. Twenty-two of us entered higli school as reen freshman. The class officers were: Harlan Broers, President: Ronald Kirby, Vice-Presidentg Barbara Weber, Student Councilg Jean Koch, Reporterg Mr. Trenswriter was our class sponsor. We gained Virginia Schneider, and Mah on Bradlg We lost Emory Stockham. The main everitfg, 23, he xear was initiation. .t if ln our sophomore year the offical ere: Alice Oltman, President: Jean Koch, Vice '. .lsidentg Harlan Broers, Student Councilg BarI5iiagaflvVeber, Reporter. Our Class Sponsor was M.r...' awyer. In our Junior year our class spo' Q S were Miss Messman and Mr. Madsen. T ' 'cers were: Judy Monk, President:Char1 '7 th, Vice-Presidentg Donna Tallyn, Secri yy Jean Koch, Treasurer: Harlan Broers, St' nt Councilg Sharon Wessel, Reporter. We lost ,frginia Norman and Margaret Kizer. Our Hillbilly Weddin , was a big success. The bi est experience and remembrance was sponsoring thg, 4 unior-Senior Banquet. ROANOKE-BENSON CLASS HISTORY After the annual three-month vacation our class of '57 returned for the final year of school at Roanoke Benson High. We had the new students from Benson, ghus increasing our enrollment number to fifty mem- ers. Our group differed greatly from the group which entered in 1953. The main differenceg our being seniors and a very busy class. Our class officers were: Bob Diggleman, Pres- identg Harlan Broers, Vice-President, Jean Koch, Secretaryg Sandra Legel, Treasurerg Mr. Broers was our class sponsor. David Haferman was the Student Council President and our Student Council Represent- atives were Harlan Broers, Bob Diggelman, and Darryl Monge. One of the first things in the fall was the National Scholarship Test. Nine of our students participated in this under the direction of Mr. Nyberg. The various events that kept us busy throughout the year were our all-school party, working on the year book, and trying to increase the amount in our treasury so that we could take a class trip. Our money-makin projects consisted of a car wash, corn pick-up, spa Tietti supper, bake sale, and the cake raffle and safe of pop corn at the basketball games. We also had our senior pictures taken, and order ed caps and gowns and announcements. f

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We leave Mr. in debt. We leave Mr. We leave Mr. of the bulge. We leave Mr. a mean of 95. We leave Mr. when directed. We leave Mr. CLASS WILL Corn a school system no longer Sowers Hammond a gun to fight the battle Murphy a chemistry class with Daraban a band that will play only Nyberg a math class of squares so he won't have the trougle of drawing free-hand. We leave Miss Heinzelman at Pontiac. We leave Mr. Crawford a flower-pot for his Ag. Department. We leave Miss Schofield an automatic student ejector for first hour bookeeping class. We leave Mr. Koos a pair of dark glasses for his eye trouble. We leave Mrs. Wasem a long list of archaic words to teach the incoming English classes. We leave Mr. Broers 10 years of peace and quiet after having sponsored our class for the past 3 years. We leave Mr. Furr an iron door which will automatically close when the last bell rings. QThis will save you the trouble of hiding behind the door, Mr. Furr.l We leave Mrs. Furr a year's supply of food capsules to lighten kitchen toil. We leave Harry Leman the incoming freshman industrial arts class to do his work. We leave Harley Aeschliman our textbooks to be used as fuel so that the following classes may be kept warm and the fuel supply conserved. We leave Mary Kay Bertolo a motor scooter to run her errands on. Charles Barth leaves his blasting ability to Stan Schrock. Elaine Peters leaves her tall distinguished look to Anna Baar. Carol Goodwin leaves her driving habits to any fool who wants them. Shirley Bowald leaves her ability to flirt with the boys to Deanne Funk. Jim Moser leaves his hog-raising ability to Bruce Leman. Don Riviere leaves his differential manner to Joe DeGiovanni. David Haferman leaves his crutches to the school for any other fool. Ancilla Stoller leaves her ability to trap a man in the yoke of matrimony to Nancy Wheelwright. Marvin Leman leaves his ability to win the county mile to cousin John. Qthats keeping it in the familyl. Leslie Bauman leaves all his little black marks in front of the school to Mr. Sowers. Harold Evans leaves his ability as a cheerleader to Don Ludwig. Judy Monk leaves her large proboscus to Nancy Ford. Kaywin Martin leaves his remedy for mad-dog bites as an aid to anyone who needs it. Sandra Legel leaves her wild frivilous manner to Karen Risser. Ronald Redenius leaves his ability to get along with the JP to Gary Sauder. Mahlon Bradle leaves his wise ? remarks. Thank Goodness! ! Linda Rocke leaves her welfare work to some other kind soul. Donna Tallyn leaves her ability to get 6 girls in a car to anyone who has a Model A For . Betty Schumacher leaves her ability to trap her man to anyone who needs one. Bill Hunsinger leaves his basketball socks for Jim Meismer to sleep in. Darryl Renfru Jacque Dupre Lavoisier Pado D. Sponge Monge just leaves. Bill Ragan leaves his ability to flirt with the girls to Gary Beenders. Kay Fehr leaves Pete to no one. Ann Gioletti leaves her calm manner to Colette Meismer. Ruth Ann Steffen takes Don Ford with her. Don Ford leaves with Ruth Ann. Pat Rushing leaves her Fiery temper and red hair to Lila Zehr. Mary Ann Bachman leaves her ability to fire words like a well primed machine-gun to LuAnne Pfister. Ron Kirby leaves his ability to get along with Miss Schofield to Joe Giordano, who seems to be catching up anyway. Sharon Wessel leaves her ability to get to class on time to Barbara Wolf. Glenna Blunier is Gone With Her Wind . Matin Vogel leaves his ability to stay out of trouble to Leroy Audi. Ron Johnson leaves his tall, dark, and handsome looks to Elmer Weir fthat will go well with your cow- boy hat, Elmerj. Bob Diggelman leaves his keys to the school to Wayne Blunier. Harlan Broers, being of sound mind, takes every- thing he has with him. Sara Jean Aeschliman leaves her equipment in the chemistry lab to fand I quote, anyone dumb enough to want it . Bob Aaron leaves his quiet manner to Paul Good- win and hopes he will use it. Jim Vernon leaves his valuable ability to sneak into basketball games free to Dick Peterson. Alice Oltman leaves her ability to cat-around to Naomie Harper. Ed Oltman leaves his beautiful hair style to Mike Corn. Eldon Kennell leaves his superior height to cousin Dean. Bob Vogel leaves his ability to look calm and poised on the basketball floor to Harley Leman. June Sivoy leaves her status as the only irl in an otherwise all boy physics class to Sharon Bowald. Barbara Weber leaves her bowling ability to Bonnie Lechron. Virginia Bachman leaves her ability to track down late excuse slips to Judy Mon e. f 1dJean Koch leaves her cute smiqe to Miss Schoe- ie . Judy Johnson leaves her gum chewing ability to Sharon Jochums.