Sandwich High School - Reflector Yearbook (Sandwich, IL)

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SENIOR WILL This famous jury trial is the caseolthe probation of the will ol the S. T. H. S. seniors of '42 The story opens with the reading of the will: We the Senior Class of 1949 of Sandwich Town- ship High School, Sandwich, Illinois, being of good health and of sound mind and disposing memory, realizing the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death, and desiring while in possession of all of our faculties to malce a fair and equitable disposi- tion of all of our earthly estate, do hereby malce and publish this our last Will and Testament, there- by revolcing any and all former testamentary disposi- tions made by us at any time heretofore: ITEM ONE: We do bequeath to our honorable faculty much success in teaching future senior classes the gracious arts which we now possess ITEM TVVO: We do bequeath to our successors, the junior class, our honest and sincere desire that they will uphold the most desirable traaitions of our class namely: dignity, Icnowledge, sportsman- ship, competence, and personality. To the sophomores we do bequeath our ability to write lurid tales of gruesome note, the potential power of sleuthing, and the ability to thinlc up uni- que ideas to use in all their undertakings. . To the shy freshmen we do bequeath our ability to trip the light fantastic and the witty aplomb of us dignified seniors. ITEM THREE: All -the rest and residue of our estate of any lcind of property whatsoever, we do bequeath in the following manner: I, Byford Allen, will my niclcname Pie to Mattie Bland. I, Dan Anderson, bequeath my motorcycle to Donald Lobdell. I, Jaclc Carr, will my way with the foreign lan- guage teacher to Russell Klotz. I, Leota Cunz, leave my pencil collection to Joe Fanning. I Ruth Devine, bequeath my way with the boys to Mavis Vermeland. I, Dean Eade, will my lengthy stride to DeForest Covert. I, Beverley Eichelberger, leave my quiet voice to Maxine Carpenter. I, Wendell Fender, bequeath my crew-cut to Paul Shefveland. I, Robert Francis, leave my ability to give oral tallcs to Patty Larson. I, John Haslcin, will my way with the superinten- dent to Don Armstrong. 'I, Hugh Hough, bequeath my ability to get pinlc slips to Mae Nelson. I, Alvina Keenan, leave my red hair to Ruth Scent. I, Eleanor Kessler will my niclcname Shorty to Don Osland. I We, Diclc Lash and eanette Zimmerman, be- queath our rides in the ittle blue Ford to Delores Reynolds. I, June Lipp, will my soldier friend to Joyce Keslinger. I, Ilo Marsh, will my niclcname Buddy to Betty Anderson. We, Richard Martin and Keith Tattersall, be- queath our Plano girl -friends to Stanley Brime- combe and Harry Schorsch. I, John Montgomery, will my boogy woogy ability at the piano to Joan Mueller. I, Kenneth Mattison, will my job at the State Theatre to Lawrence Hanson. I, Maxine McFarland, leave my dry humor to Julia Jensen. I, Robert Meilinger, bequeath my extra periods to Marvin Johnson. We, Esther Middaugh and William Rood, will our budding romance to the Freshmen. I Cecile Morris, will my wistful loolc to Edwin Eide. I, Mae Munson, leave my senior dignity to my sister Ruth. JQkeLg:ig1bylSleIson, will my tardy slips to Betty I, Janet Ogilvie, leave my position as cheer leader to Helen Rogers. I, Lloyd Olson, will my pep to Orrin Johnson. Shlplghiiwghilsgann, bequeath my slcating ability to I, lone O'NeiII, will my scatter-brain ways to Robert Montgomery. I, Bernice Peterson, leave my high Iciclcing ability to Norma Jean Herman. I, Ruth Richardson, bequeath my singing voice to Dean Cortwright. I5

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REFLECTOR STAFF Top Row Keith Tattersall, John Striegel, Hugh l-lough, john l-laslcin, Kenneth Mattison. Third Row glanet Ogilvie, Ruth Richardson, Elinore Russell, Shirley Walker, lone O'Neill, Stanley Werner. Second Row 'Miss Krauser, Adviser, Joan Meuller, Ruth Jaffe, Betty Anderson, Doreen Wright, Esther Middough, Russell Swenson First Row jack Carr, Ruth Devine, Wendell Fender, Beverly Eichelberger, Peter White, Maxine McFarland, llo Marsh. Throughout the year many ol the stall members have had writers cramp, and our typists, hangnails from their ellorts put forth on the REFLECTOR. Under the able leadership of l-lugh l-laugh, the editor, and Stanley Werner, the business manager, the annual was arranged and financed. Stanley reminded stu- dents in the assembly to purchase their boolcs early, and he wore a well-trodden path to town to secure photos and Financial help, and to sell annuals. lone Q'Neill, his assistant, spent many busy days with her little blacl4 boolc checking the money obtained from the senior salesmen. The shouts hold it followed by a chiclc indicat- ed thot Kenneth Mattison and Jaclf Carr, our capable Hsnapn artists, were in action. The entire statl hopes that reading this REFLECTQR will bring as much enjoyment to you as they have had in preparing it, I-l

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S E NIO R WI L L fcontinuedj l, Arlene Rierson, will my stately walk to Harold Mueller. l, Kenneth Rood bequeath my dimples to Dwight Houghtaylen. l, Elinore Russell, leave my singing ability to Kenneth Hjort. l, Robert Sebby, will my bashfulness to Beverly Faber. l Evelyn Smith, will my long walk to school to Mdry Ann Hough. lf .lOhn Striegel, bequeath my talkativeness to Norman Stahl. l,, Russell Swenson, bequeath my job at Christen- sen s Bakery to Marguerite Morris. lf-Roni -l'h'omas,,, will my little blue Ford as an addition to Red Larson s collection. l, Herbert Vilmin, bequeath my ability to tease the girls to Bernard Morris. l, Shirley Walker, will my sweet personality to Mary ,lane Gran. l, Peter White, bequeath my stroke of genius to Lee Wickens. l, Doreen Wright, will my love of cats to George Gabriel. l, Stanley Werner, bequeath my ambition to be- come a doctor to Jerry Gengler. ln Witness Whereol, we have hereunto sub- scribed our name and atlixed our seal, this fourth day ol June, A.D. 1942. SFNIQR CLASS OF 1942 The foregoing instrument was signed by said senior class and declared their Last Will and Testa- ment in the presence ol the Faculty. SENIOR PROPHESY ln the year 1952, the staff ol Station GOAL be- came interested in one item appearing in their past records, an interview ofthe S. T. H. S. senior class of 1942. What had happed to that group ol 47 hale and hearty hopefuls? What had they achieved in the decade since they they had bade farewell to their Alma Mater? Thereupon the Program Chairman scheduled a reunion which, wonders of wonders, everyone was ableto attend. What an illustrious affair it wasl P Bylord Allen is coach ol the basketball team at Leland. U Dan Anderson is manager of a chain ol Iravel Agencies operating 'n ashngton, D. C. ,lack Carris manager ol the jackson, Jackson, and Carr Theater in Chicago. 16 Leota Cunz is matron of a day nursery in Sand- wich. Ruth Devine is still fluttering the hearts of the stag-lines as a famous debutante. Dean Eade is running a combination meat market and cigar store in Sandwich. Beverly Eichelberger is Blues singer with Artie Shows' orchestra. Wendell Fender is o Famous bear trapper in the Lake Ol The Woods. Robert Francis is manager of Notre Dame's championship football team. J h H k' ' F ll wing his fathers footsteps as thlenproaisblr BF piycuhology in S. T. H. S. Hugh Hough is a noted book critic for The Saturday Review.