Rochester High School - Rocket Yearbook (Rochester, IL)

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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 ' '

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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 H1story The Class of 1950 started 1ts h1gh school career ln September, 1946 wlth elghteen mem bers Charlotte Falrchxld was elected Presldent Don Taft V1ce Presldent Dan Chapxn Secretary and JIITI Mxller Treasurer Mlss McClelland was class adv1sor Lucxlle Nave moved away durmg Chr1stmas vacatlon and Gerald Smlth Jo1ned the class rn February Durlng our Sophomore year Mrs Mottar was our advxsor The class offlcers were Dan Chapxn Presldent Dlck Turley Vxce Presldent Don Taft Secretary and J'xm Mxller Trea surer We lost Donna Johnson Wayne Welch Don Mathews J'1m Sldener and Gerald Smxth as class members thzs year However welcommg Nell Cooper and Frances Hood near the end of our Sophomore year ralsed our membershlp to seventeen Our .Tumor year was a busy one The class conslsted of exghteen members wlth Mrs Smlth as our advxsor Beryl Crxner and Leonore Ohve entered ln September 1948 J'1m Mlller left to Joln the Army The class offlcers this year were Nell Cooper Presxdent Nadlne Slmpson, Vlce Pres1dent B1llDav1s Secretary and Charlotte Fa1rch1ld Treasurer We worked hard to ralse funds for the JLIIIIOI' Senlor Banquet and Prom held at the Leland Hotel The Junlor Class play Brother Goose was presented Bob Cantrall Jomed us m the sprmg of our Iunxor year We were proud to present our prom wlth a Mardl Gras theme Charles Rogers Orchestra furnlshed the musxc The Senxor class and the1r guests the faculty and school board members were our guests for the evemng September 1949 found us wlth mneteen members for our Semor year The class offxcers were as follows Don Taft Pres1dent Dan Chapm V1ce Presxdent Leonore Ohve, Secretary and Charlotte Falrchlld Treasurer Mr Churchxll and Mzss Emery were our class advisors We voted to have the Anker Stud1o of Sprxngfzeld take our pictures October 7 was our theater party On October Z0 we were accompamed by Mr Churchxll to have our pxctures taken We enjoyed dlnner at Gray s and saw a movle m the afternoon It was a very eventful day Our class flower was the Wh1te Rose class colors Red and Whxte and class motto 'Not Fmxshed .Tust Begun At the mvltatlon of the Tri Cxty Sen1ors we enjoyed a party at thexr school March 7 Our Baccalaureate prograrn was May Z1 On May 26 1950 we recelved our dlplomas at Comm encement and then bxd adneu to R H S Seniors 14 O O . . . . . . - . ' . ' I I I I : , . . I I I . . . . I - . O . . . - I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I . . . . . . . - I I ' : I I . - . . I . . . . I I I I I ' I ,, ,I . . . I . I I . . I I ' I I I I I . . . . . - . 0 . . - I I I I I I I I I I I I I . . , . . , I I . . . . , . . I I I I II I - . . I , ' I I I