Roxana High School - Rox Yearbook (Roxana, IL)

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CLASS KENNETH LONGMAN (President) Mutt The locol wolf. DON LUKETICH (Vice-President) Curely All the girls heartthrob. HELEN THOMPSON Thompy Everybody's girl. (Secretary-Treasurer) ★ JAMES ACKLIN Spook He's Mary's. CARL ARNOLD Brute The strong silent type. LEE BAKER Doc Censored. EUGENE BEARD Senator A good basketball man. Twelve

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Senior Class of '44 realizing that our days at the Roxana Community High School are numbered, do hereby declare that the following to be our Last Will and Testament. Furthermore, we take the liberty of revoking any will which may have formerly been made by us. We the Seniors, Bequeath: ARTICLE I The Juniors all the excitement of Commencement and that Let down feeling after graduation. To the Sophomores our prestige as upper classmen. To the Freshmen our ability to make good grades without effort. ARTICLE II Harry Gallatin—my athletic ability to Coach Wieneke. Rowena Hammond—my red hair to any one who will have it. Ralph Harris—my slim waistline to Mary Jo Macdonald. Gloria Niebrand—my quietness to Dixie Davis and my trombone to anyone who can make it work. Charles Chaney—my women? and ability to stay awake in history to Ed Disher. Don Luketich—my ability to argue with Mr. Frey to Fred Berry. James Bienemann—my timidness to Dixie Davis. Eugene Steffens—my ability to get through high school in four years to every freshman. David Hambleton — my ability to shine basketball, and also my stupidness to J. D. McBride. Ernie Mason — my bashfulness to Hank Bean, and my ability to get gum to Betty Cox. Don Stone—my ability to get every where on time to Marineta Harris. Carl Arnold—my athletic ability to Wayne Jones and my locker to any freshman who doesn't mind nutty people. Vernon Matthews—My ability to do a great deal while appearing to do nothing to Mr. Huck. Richard Randolph—my admiration for pretty freshman girls to Jim Sawyer. Mary Lou Vinson—my ability to type and take shorthand to Jean McGill. Betty Young—will my ability to gain weight to Spider. June Hambleton—my ability to get a sailor to Marjorie Durell. Vernelle Tribout—my ability to have straight hair to Shirley Grandfield. Skelly Johnson—will my ability and height to rebound to George Tappy for next year's basketball team. Mut Longman—will my ability to pinch cheeks to Pop Wienekie. Tony Paynic—will my ability to wreck telephone poles to Claude Overby. Tom Frey—will my A's, sports ability, and draft number to anyone. Bill Fair—will my happiness I've had in school with all the seniors to every underclassman. I also give my ability to sing to anyone who will have it. Jim Acklin—will Roxana back to the Indians. Dolores Cuddy—the ability for my slip to show to Miss Uecker. Helen Thompson—my ability to talk to anyone who needs or wants it and my energy to Miss Sietz. Lee Baker—my fascination of freshman girls to Jim Sawyer. Eugene Beard—my place in the High School Band, as a bass horn player, to any green freshman who wants to blow his brains out. Red Davis—my brown eyes to Shirley Slingerland. Lyle Dona—my good looks to Paul Wienekie. Ed East—my beautiful wavey moustache to some of these beautiful freshmen. Leroy Hattery—my safe(?) driving to Fred Berry. Alice Johnson—my name Paley to Roslie Bienemann. Allen McVey—my spot on the football bench to anyone who wants it and getting to referee in gym to Bob Meyer.

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OF 44 JAMES BIENEMANN Jim The math student. CHARLES CHANEY Shang-hi Wizard BOB COX Cockie Draftie. DOLORES CUDDY Gracie The droop of the troop. ★ HERMAN DAVIS Red Red for a good time. LYLE DONA Lyle Just a short kid. EDWIN EAST Ed The guy with the Ford. WILLIAM FAIR Bill The shy Romeo. TOM FREY Sleepy Occupied or Unoccupied. HARRY GALLATIN Tiny The Frank Sinatra of RCHS. Thirteen