Sandwich High School - Reflector Yearbook (Sandwich, IL)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY President.. ............................. Vice-President ............................. Secretary-T reasurcr ............................ Student Council Adviser........................-................. About thirteen years ago, forty-five boys and girls started one of their most important careers of life, the task of getting education. 1 hiring our first five years of school, the class was divided. The children who lived on the north sitle of town went to the W. W. Woodbury School and those living on the south side attended the A. R. Woodward School. We obtained our hasic education in the first to the fifth grades from teachers who were patient and willing to work with us. The two groups met in the fall of 1940 when we began fifth grade. After fifth and sixth grades had been completed, we returned to the W. W. Woodbury to complete our elementary training. The following fall we entered high school as green freshmen. Many of us can still remember walking up and down the halls in the hope of finding the right room. Soon we felt like full-fledged members of good old S.T.H.S. During the year the class participated in various activities that were open to us, including football, basketball, music, and debate. Our freshman year soon came to a close with many happy events behind us. e were guided through the year with the help of Richard Holland, as president and our class adviser. Mr. Davis. We started our sophomore year full of enthusiasm. Many of the hoys turned out for athletics. The girls joined many clubs. So in general we really became more active in school life. The sophomore girls served for the prom, the theme being Candyland. Everyone was dressed in stripes, so to speak. To end the year we all enjoyed a hay-ride. In this second year we chose Helen Cain as our president. Miss Greer was our class adviser. The third year we really settled down to work. Class elections were held with Astrid Olson as president and Miss Young as our class adviser. We were unsuccessful in finding the seniors in the junior-senior hunt at the first of the year and so we gave them a party, thus paying our penalty. On Noveni-l er we discovered our dramatic talent in the junior class when the play “Life of The Party” was presented under Miss Gillham’s direction. To raise money for the junior-senior prom we sponsored several dances which turned out very well ..................................Gordon Barker ..............................Wayne Fitzpatrick .............Floyd Derby ...Dorothy Kessler and Charles King ...............................Mr. L. G. Haskin giving us a good financial standing. The junior-senior prom was held on May 26th in honor of the '47 graduating seniors. The under-water theme of the prom was carried out very beautifully. It was said that it was one of the best proms held in the school throughout the years. T he gym was transformed into a beautiful vision when Dorothy Kessler and Chuck King were crowned King and Queen. This was the first year in the history of S. T. H. S. that a king was crowned. It was a very lovely sight and anyone who witnessed this prom will never forget it. The work and play that went into it will never be forgotten by the juniors. Speech contests were very important this year and a great many juniors took part in this activity. So this third year everything turned out for the best and it will remain happily in our memories. On September 8, 1947 we proudly took our places as “seniors,” a fact hard to believe. Gordon Barker was chosen as president, our adviser, being Mr. Haskin. Athletics were again prominent, with many seniors winning recognition in football, basketball, and track. Everyone enjoyed the hay-ride given us by the juniors. The main task of this year was to raise money for the annual, which was successfully accomplished. These two successful dances that the Reflector sponsored were “The Harvest Ball” and “Winter Wonderland.” The “Harvest Ball was during November and the decorations used the harvest theme and fall colors. A live turkey was given to Patricia Nelson, the person with the lucky number. The “Winter Wonderland” dance was given during Christmas vacation and a Christmas scene with a tree and a snowman was used. Two senior girls sang the song “Winter Wonderland” to bring out the effect. Time surely went fast. We were measured for caps and gowns. Soon the members of the class were guests of honor at the junior-senior banquet. Then we were wearing those caps and gowns. For many of us our school days are over and we look forward to the life ahead. Even though the class will sejwirate and go many ways, I am sure that we shall remember our high school experiences as being among the happiest of our whole lives. The 1948 Reflector 21

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Top raw. left to rifjht F. F. A.: Bcrtil Mattson. Marilyn Hough. Jack Smith (not pictured); Boys’ State: Gordon Barker. Wayne Fitzpatrick. Typing: Marie Hilliard. Dolores Klotz and Rose Luttrcll; Debate: Gordon Barker. Richard Holland and Mary Caaner. Third rote Bovs’ Athletics: Bcrtil Mattson. Charles King. Roy Beardsley. A. J. Whitfield. Henrv Greenstrcet. Ray Weisenburgcr, Floyd Derby. Jack Smith. Richard Holland. Bruce Obcnhaus. Gordon Barker. . . Lloyd Richardson. Chas. Kaufman. Norman Shurson, Dean I-cJ uid, Wayne Fitz| atrick; I-atin Club: Dena Jaffe, Lloyd Richardson, Helen Cain, A. J. Whitfield. Astrid Olson, Richard Holland. Dorothy Kessler. Second rote Vocal: Dolores Klotz; Original Oration: Nancy Ford; Extemp.: Richard Holland; I). A. R and Girls’ State: Helen Cain; Oration: Edna Schoenrr; Scholastics: Marilyn Hough. Marilyn Francis. Richard Holland. Edna Mae Schoener. Astrid Olson. First rote State Contest: Bcrtil Mattson. Marilyn Francis. Wavne Fitzpatrick. Edna Mae Schoener, Leon Gould, Roy Beardsley; G. A. A.: Mary Casner, Jean Thorson. Helen Cain. Marilyn Francis. Dena Jaffe, Barbara Fanning. SENIOR HONOR ROLL Sandwich Township High School offers many opportunities for the development of the character and j ersonality of its students through its various studies, clubs, its athletic program, and its literary and music contests. The introduction of a Senior Honor Roll into our year book is a new feature, which may be a surprise to even the seniors whose pictures will appear. We hope not only to honor these seniors, but to establish a goal toward which every student in high school may work. It was our purpose to include all of those who have achieved honor, in any organization which gives recognition. We can include only those honors achieved at the time this book went to press, and if any are omitted we are sorry. Judging from the number of seniors whose achievements have been listed here, we can form the conclusion that this class has made a real contribution to the life of Sandwich High School and for this will be well remembered. 20 TJur 1948 Reflector

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CLASS PROPHECY The class of “48” has a new invention to offer to school as their last will and testament. One of the master minds in our great institution has invented an ingenious time machine. To test its ability we have set it ten years ahead and we see the class of “48“ on the road to success. As we peer into the future we see that: Wilma Allen is a successful housewife. Lowell Anderson has now run Tommy Fairclough out of business with his newly-built Bigger-and-Better Skating Kink”. Cordon Barker pounds the gavel as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, as the nation’s top lawyer. Le Roy Beardsley now owns the biggest Kaiser-Frazer garage around this area. Helen Cain has now become the pride of the class by being head nurse in a hospital in Peiping. China. Mary Casner now owns and operates the Bell Telephone Company. Clarion Clausen has finally outgrown his bashfulness and is much in demand by all the Hollywood producers. Floyd Derby has won his second race at the Indianapolis Speedways. Barbara Fanning is now the pride and joy of the United States Navy as a wave. Robert Fanning has now settled down to married life and has several little blonde children. Wayne Fitzpatrick is now wearing captain’s bars in the U. S. Air Corps. Nancy Ford is now traveling through the Balkans as the Chicago Tribune’s only woman War Correspondent. LaVonne Foster is sending everyone in Sandwich postcards of the scenic spots of her most recent trip around the world with her husband. Dennis Francis is now a bluejacket on one of the Navy’s fighting vessels. Marilyn Francis has turned out to be a farmer’s wife and a successful one at that. Henry Greenstreet is coaching one of the biggest football teams in the Big Ten. Leon Gould is now the owner of the Oatman Dairy throughout this area. Richard Hallstrom is now running one of the finest greenhouses on Broadway in New York City. His flowers are famous the world over. Martha Hanson has an ice cream parlor in Newark. Marie Hilliard is private secretary to the president of U. S. Steel. Richard Holland is now Professor of Speech at Bradley. Marilyn Hough has received her wings as a pilot for United Air Lines. Dena Jaffe is Dean of Women at the University of Wisconsin. Charles Kaufman has a chicken farm just at the edge of town and is doing a wonderful business. Dorothy Kessler is working for United Air Lines as head stewardess. Charles King has an undertaking .establishment on Main Street here in Sandwich. Dolores Klots has settled down as a housewife. Arlene La Boube has followed Dolores’ footsteps. Dean Leland has become coach at the Sandwich Township High School. Orvcn Luttrell is head foreman at Ford’s auto plant at Detroit. Rose Luttrell is now working as a secretary in one of California’s big office buildings. Bertil Mattson is farming the homestead with the former Marilyn Francis, his wife, tending chickens. Bruce Obenhaus and wife, Anita Mycr, are prosperous farmers south of town. Astrid Olson is superintendent of nurses at West Suburban in Oak Park. Don Reynolds is running the new ‘‘Super Delux Paper Delivery Service” on Railroad Street. Lloyd Richardson is assistant coach at Sandwich Township High School. Edna Mae Schoener has settled down to a happy home life after her career as a history teacher. Arlene Sherman is in Hollywood putting her artistic ability to use making scenery. Raymond Sherman has established himself in a fine florist shop in Somonauk. Norman Shurson is manager of Hornsby’s Five-and Ten-cent Stores throughout the United States. Jack Smith has become world-famed for his new breed of chickens which originated from the ‘‘Smith Poultry Farm”. Jean Thorson is now a housewife and beauty-operater combined. Ray Weisenburger is sports reporter for the Chicago Tribune and has made a fine name for himself in the journalistic world. A. J. Whitfield has done a fine job taking over his father’s business, the Whitfield Trucking and Coal Co.” Jennie Ruth Whitfield is now air line stewardess for a world-famed air line. 22 The 1948 Reflector