Rochester High School - Rocket Yearbook (Rochester, IL)

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Class Prophecy 1948 Contmued Glorxa and I are almost ne1ghbors sa1d North We both hve ln New York now you know She s qu1te a famous lnterlor decorator and was one of the year s ten best dressed women too Guess you know she marrled Captam Bob Goby I always lund of thought she would D1d any of you read Pat s latest book? asked Bud I heard M P R 1n Hollywood offered her quxte a b1t for screen rlghts I usually don read many books but I stayed up one whole mght just to fxmsh It D1dn t thank I d ever do that I dld the same tlung ' sald Wayne, You should have seen our lxght b1l1 that month Here they are now Hey, what s all the talk about? You sound as 11 you haven't seen each other for years Well It has been almost a week sand Glorxa No remarks from you sa1d Pat You ve been domg pretty well zor yourselves by the sounds commg from the other slde of the room What s th1s we hear about Johnny and Charhe s strrkmg 011 east of Rochester 'P That s rxght They now own 4 wells and are drxlhng on a 5th put ln Saw 1h Tlme that Charlxe IS one of the years most ellglble bachelors sald Glorxa ls that r1ght Here they come now wmth Bob Sxmpson and Don Dav1s Guess Bob s domg all right w1th lus machme shop and used car lot xn Sprmgfleld xsn t he'7 He sure xs he Just fxmshed 1nvent1ng a robot car too, sa1d Wayne Don s domg all nght w1th hxs Bar X Dude Ranch at Buckhart too sarl Bud When I was over ln France last wmter they were askxng about xt over there Well xt looks lxke our old class dxd all rlght for xtself doesn t xt? asked Wayne Yes saxd Pat Always d1d say we made up ln quahty what we lacked ln quantlty Oh my gosh sazd Wayne It s 12 30 and I told Anme I d meet her at noon I ve got to run We ll have to get together agaxn before homecomxng IS over Maybe out at Don s ranch How about It Don? Well, l ve got to go See you at the banquet tomght I ' 7 It ' ' ll ' ll ' ' , . , . . . , . . . ., , . ll ' I 'D U! Ol . ' . . . . ' ,t . . . . . . , , . ' I .OI ll ' ' Q ' ll ' I ' if ue ' n - - I I 5 ll II ' ll l ' I I . . , . . , . . . i., as 0 ' I ' ' ,ov - Wayne. Johnny married Barbara and they now have twins, a boy and a girl. ,, . . . . . . ,, I - . - - 1 i so ,, . . . . . . ,, . I I 0 ll I ' ' ' ' 'I ' l , ,... . ,, , . . . . . , . ,, I I ' lt ll ' ll ' ' ' I I ' ' II sc D so - up 0 , ' v 1 s - - . , . , ' D9

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SENIOR CLASS WILL We the Class of 1948 m ten 1nd1v1dual and dxstxnct parts, bemg about to pass out o thxs sphere of educatlon 1n full possess1on of a crammed mind well tramed memory and almost superhuman understandmg do make and pubhsh th1s our last w1ll and testament hereby revoklng and makmg vo1d all former w1lls or promxsxng by us at any txme heretofore made or mayhap carelessly spoken one to the other as the thoughtless wash of 1dle hour We glve and bequeath to Rochester I-hgh School the patrxotlc msplra txon and true school sp1r1t xn order that future classes may be thoroughly moculated wxth the proper practxces and resolutions To the faculty we leave our sympathy for thexr havmg struggled w1th and fxnally emerged trxumphant with us To the Freshmen we leave our entxre knowledge of subjects learned ln R C H S To the Sophomores we bequeath our shy manners punctuahty and our Elnglxsh abllxty To the JUHIOTS we leave our loyalty to R C H S and the name of semor The followmg may seem but trnfhng bequests but we hope they may no longer keep them but as valuable assets to those who may recelve them and a contmual remmder of the generosxty of heart dxsplayed ln our free and full bestowal Fxrst To our class advlsor, Mr Kellar our respect and gratxtude for h.1s seemxngly txreless mterest 1n us However we do not wxsh to leave behlnd h1s frlendshxp Second To the basketball team of 49 another county champzonshlp Thu-d To Sam Miller North Ross way wxth Mlss Brxttan To B111 Dav1s he leaves lus knowledge of physlcs Fourth To Don Gustaveson Don Davxs way wxth the women I-le leaves h1s curly ha1r to Jack I-lexssmger Fxfth To Donald Kyes Bob Sxmpson s abxhty to fxx Carburetors H15 sergeant strxpes go to Jerry Smlth Slxth To Nadme Szmpson Glorxa Kmg s black formal Her arxvmg sk1ll goes to Charlotte Faxrchxld . i n I a 1 , 5 1 - I I . . . . ' ' . . . ' . I . I ll ' DI ' ' Ol 0 II . . . . , be accepted, not as worthless things lavishly thrown away because we can I l I : ' , ' ' . . , . g -- . , . , . -- . , . . . ' . ' ' -- ' ' U ll Ol