Rochester High School - Rocket Yearbook (Rochester, IL)

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Twelfth Frances Hood leaves her comb and penczls to Dot Cory and her helght to Frances Moore Thxrteenth Bob Cantrall leaves his parkmg nghts behxnd the depot to Bud Moore and Phylhs to Davld Forest Fourteenth Arwxlda Smxth leaves to Josephxne Johnson her ability to talk fast and her dlmples to Barbara Jett Flfteenth Dzck Turley leaves the Battle of Fort Sumpter to Miss Brxttm and leaves everythlng else but Nell Sixteenth Beryl Crzner leaves her friendly chuckle to Grace Tuxhorn her neat locker to Vxrglnxa Hargls Seventeenth B111 Davxs leaves h1s way wlth women to James Spengler and hls cowboy belt to John Hughes Elghteenth Leonore Olxve leaves her abzhty to dash from study hall to the typ1ng room while that last bell IS rlnglng to Mary Jett Her athletxc ab1l1ty to Thelma Dragoo Nxneteenth Dan Chapln leaves hls tardmess to Don Kyes and then Just leaves In w1tness whereof we, the class of 1950 the testator, have set our hand and seal m the year of our Lord 1950 Sen zor Prophecy As I hurrxed along fluttermg my wmgs and ghdmg swlftly toward the Golden Gates I heard a vo1ce call Why Carol Welch How d1d you get here 'P I never thought you d make to Heaven Turnxng my head quzckly I spxed Rosemary Sxmpson floatzng lazily on a fluffy Well I never thought you were such a samt on earth yourself Rosemary Sxmps Irnagine meetmg you here I made It anyway Rosemary grms trxurnphantly ' Where have you been? Are you Just now arrlvlng 'P Oh goodness no I ve been here centur1es It s just that I was assxgned a special Job to do on earth, looklng up all our old schoolmates and fmdmg out what they re dolng now I have a full report r1ght here I heard you made qu1te a name for yourself on earth as a great sclentxst at M I T d1scover1ng the element that takes the ape out of the aprxcot Rosemary But I haven t told you about the others have I7 Just hsten to thzs It s the talk of the earth about Nadme S1mpson s last marriage, her fourth Besides that every young girl and old mald has read her book How To Catch A Man and It IS reported she xs wrxtxng a new one called The More fMenj The Merrxer Ilene Gallagher xs making her one hundredth appearance at Carnegie Hall tomght mn a concert By the way she married Tom Carpenter who besxdes bemg a famous mterxor dec orator IS also her busmess manager 12 ' Q , I ' . ' it white cloud, looking quite comfortable. I ' ' on. ll 0 1 - Q - - ' ' , . . ' ' ' . . . by

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Sen zor Wzll We, the class of 1950 at thxs termmatxon of hzgh school, stzll possesslng a sound body and a somewhat sound mmd, do hereby make thls our last w1l1 and testament, rendermg void and no avaxl any former wzlls or promises we may have made before when we were of less mature mental ability We leave to Rochester I-hgh School our patriotic xnsplratlon and true school splrlt, an order that the future classes may be razsed to such a high standard as the class of 50 We leave to the faculty best wxshes for the future after havlng managed by patience and persxstance to teach us enough that we may leave this mstxtutxon of hmgh learmng We leave to the Junior class the name of Senior and our dlgmty and quietness whlch IS suxtable to such an honorable group We leave to the Sophomore class our punctuality To the Freshman class we leave our abilxty to conduct business meetmgs We bequeath our most chenshed possesszons to the underclassmen wzth the hope that they w1ll thus be aided ln their dlffzcult task of following ln our radlant footsteps First Carol Welch leaves her smxle to Carol Neely and her bashfulness to Ruth Edwards Second Ilene Gallagher leaves her dancmg ablhtles to Dxck Roszhart, and Jun Pickett to the Freshmen gurls Thlrd Nell Cooper leaves to Nadlne Watkms the window ledge to put her books on, Fourth Charlotte Falrchlld leaves her outside basketball court to Don Kyes and her wntmg ablhty to Bob Jacobs Fxfth Joyce Skmner leaves her long black halr to Coralen Heissxnger and the older men to next year s Senlors and Carol Neeley Slxth Dorothy Stephens leaves her kmttmg abzllty to John Raps and her slow drlvlng to Carol Moore Seventh Rosemary Snmpson leaves her spellmg abxlxty to Mrs Gelttmann and her Chemxstry apron to Dons Tulpzn Eighth Tom Carpenter leaves h1s rebound1ng abllxty to Davld Mesojedrnk and h1s ablhty to wrzte notes in study hall to Ronme Beck Nlnth Nadlne Sunpson leaves her two txmmg to any one who can proflt by It Tenth Gene Sharp leaves Sue happy memorles and hxs Ford mechanlcal abllxty to Sh1rley Toureen Eleventh Don Taft leaves the Riverton girls to Jlm P1ckett and hls best wmshes to all the gxrls ll . . . and her ability in General Science to Clarence Leach.

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Remember Leonore Olive ? The most romauc thlng happened to her She marrled her millionaire boss who sxmply couldn t reszst her charmxng abllxty to take fwe hundred words a mmute in shorthand Iznagxne Gllly Taft marrled Barbara Chzles and IS now the father and manager of a semm pro baseball team Oh yes B111 Davxs IS the owner of that terrxflc new magazine True Love and writes that slzzlmg column How to Handle More Than One Woman At a Txme Joyce Skxnner certainly has become a promment woman She s President of the Hurnane Society and Vxce Presldent of the W C T U but you ll never guess where I saw her as I flew over No, tell me Rosemary responded eagerly ' At one of the better New York nxght spots w1th Colonel Sam L Mxller Gene Sharp s interest ln mechanxcs really paid off He owns a large plant on the West coast that puts out his new mventlons the Sharpmobmle and the Genoplane In fact last year he was acclaxmed by the Echo poll as the most successful and dashmg bachelor of the decade How about Boone Chapm'P asked Rosemary Dear Boone he passed away at the rlpe old age of 60 He s wlth us now dldn t you Dzck Turley IS now edltor of F1eld and Stream and marrxed to the former Nell Cooper, who IS trymg to adjust herself to thelr rustlc home ln the open an overslzed pup tent Dorothy Stephens fxsn t thls outrageous 'PJ IS a BUBBLE DANCER On top of that she s married to a fellow called Madman who owns and operates a speedway Charlotte Faxrchxld marrxed Charlle and now they are co coaching the Notre Dame foot ball and basketball teams She s also wr1tten two books called Technzcalztxes of the T and Zone Vs Man to Ma.n You know Rosemary Beryl Crxner xs now regarded as the modern Clara Barton She certamly done a great deal of good on earth Bob Cantrall IS the most terrxfzc be bop slnger turned out thls century and he s happxly married to that drearny dancer, Phylhs Trout Frances Hood sure has gotten around down on good old earth Why she s just finished her one hundredth book on travels Arwxlda Smith IS the wlfe of a promment Congressman who is being considered as a cand ldate for Presldent Isn t that marvelous 'P The advlsors of our class haven t done bad exther It must have been the mfluence of such brxlhant students Miss Emery has retlred on the proflt from the new typewriter she mvented that won t make mistakes Mr Church1ll has recently been appomted Secretary of Agrzculture of the United States Goodness just thxnk of what the class of 50 gave to the world Well l ll be wmgxng along Rosey I ve got to take this record on up 13 . . , . . , . . . . I ' ' I . . ,, . Tr- '-'- , g g - 7 . . . . , , . . . - . , I I I OI Ol IC D! , . A - - - vo so v - - - - v ' ' ' ll ' ID ll Ol ll U ll I I ' Cl I I ' O ' ' O D 5 I know? Keeps the angels quite busy I hear. I ' l ' ' O I ' ll Il I , . N - . - . - , ' ' . 's . . . . . , . , , . . . . . , . , . . . . . . . . . 4 1 ' , . , . . 1 ' 9 U ' '