Roberts Thawville High School - Echo Yearbook (Roberts, IL)

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AS WE SEE THEM Robert Allen Though xt seems he asp1res to go to college We fear h1s mterest s not merely 1n knowledge He s gettmg It seems an extended prevlew As hxs tr1ps to college towns have not been few I-hs antlcs aren t always so grown up we know Remember the chameleon and llttle yo y And he may practlce argumg just for sport To gam pleasure from gxvmg a good retort On the basketball floor he s done some good work And held on to the ball wmth nary a jerk In hxs studles he s proved wxthout a doubt He s often rxght there to flnd a way out Therefore we re sure 1f he perslsts enough H15 future gomg just won t be too rough Of hfe s great door the best to you Bob Ardelle Cook If 1n settmg thuxnb tacks or pmmng a horn You want an accomplxce as sure as you re born You mxght ask for one of the sen1or gxrls The owner of those well kept short brown curls She d not always want to be bxlled on the act For at tlmes she uses a great deal of tact As her thoughts prob bly center round Champalgn Interest ln school we thmnk she must fexgn She can study a blt and tunable too Or take dlctatlon and type It for you She can dance wlth you be you tall or short And follow dance steps of most ev ry sort Wlth such versatxllty we feel sure Some 111s of lxfe she 11 be able to cure So we w1sh rlght now we are glad to tell A good llfe and happlness for Ardelle 9 . . . - . - 0, So here's to you--as you turn the knob ' 9

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Then we rested and d1ned and danced Guests of juxnors pon whom we chanced There we talked of tune gone fast And thlngs we d worked at 1n the past It seemed quxte clear when we all looked back There were many th1ngs we d helped to pack For mstance our sports and llbrary too The Four O clock Club and muslc ior you The Sc1ence Club wmth 1ts 1ntr1cate chores And those two class plays all watch1ng the do As the evemng ended we moved on For the gold mlne sought was nearly won When we d arrwed and been granted our claur We found to get gold we must dlg the sarne On thmkmg It over that s not too bad l erhaps by hard work more gold can be had So we haml the world w1th dlplomas 1n hand And about double dare It to beat our band The drmve has been long and sometxmes hard But here we are IH gold mlner s yard So now we say wxth a joyous shout We ll look for your Campf1res near about And wmth you we d l1ke v1s1ts we confess To recall good tunes of R T H S 8 J k , , V -.- . . , , . . , . 1 1 - 0 '1 1 1 , . 1 e 1 , u - - 1 1 , . . 1 1 . . . , D '- 1 1 1 - - 1 1 1 U v - . f 1 . , . . . 1 1 - no . . . .

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W 1l11am Davls True love xt IS sa1d doesn t smoothly run But perhaps small spats are just as much fun Maybe th1s lad 1n h1s grade school days Was testmg well the gzrls wlnnmg ways Do you s pose lt took that Kentucky move To make ham really get mto the groove 9 Or dzd 1tjl1St happen that Route Z4 Lead hlm on to a Forrest or Grldley door 7 Whatever the reason for h1s change of mmd He s prob bly glad grade school days are far behxnd He stud1es a bxt and he says, plans a lot Bout how next week s stud1es he 11 get to the dot He can help wlth the farm work or play basketball And should be able 1n l1fe to fmd a good stall So very best wlshes from our wxshmg mall Are ground out by the carload for our pal B111 Norms Edwards Anna He seems to be a qulet boy Who s very often full of joy But he must not always qulet be As he makes acquaxntances we see He gets around tween dusk and dawn Perhaps to Paxton maybe Strawn In spxte of that he keeps the rule Of commg ln on tzme for school But a susp1c1on ln the mmd does lurk That h1s chats w1th B111 don t concern schoolwork Of course they may there IS always one chance And another that they ll be bout romance In the future be It pleasure or work We feel sure that th1s boy w1ll seldom shxrk So here and now there IS th1s to be sa1d We re wzshmg much luck to our good fr1end Ed Mae Faxrley Perhaps he had been there so often before The boy knew h1s way home by another door Perslstent practlce makes perfect we ve heard Maybe she d dropped an encouragmg word She prob bly was 1n a moonlight trance And never thought at the gate to glance Where poor B111 walted to gwe a lxft To the boy thought of as Heaven s gxft We s pose she quxetly sent hxm home Hopmg the next day nght back he d roam Now 1f she wants to be sure of wxnmng h1s heart Let her practxce well her culinary art And lf she cooks as well as she decorates She ll be classed as one of the perfectxon mates W1th that thought ln mmd and a bxg hurray We say Happy days always Anna Mae 10 . . . ' ' ! D I . . . . . . g . . g . . . I I U ' I O I l 1 I l P . 4. . . , . C ' , I I D D . . . g , -- -- I I i I 1 . . . g . . . , . ..........-.........1..m-- . . g I ' Q I g - 9 . . I - - 0 . 5 . 1 g . . 1 - . g D I ' I ' . 1 1 ln Iv! I D '