Serena High School - Flashback Yearbook (Serena, IL)

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CLASS WILL We THE SENIOR C LASS OI 1950 upon departing after four years in Serena Iltah School do hereby make this nur last will and testament bequeathing the followrng items both real and personal tothe following, p ople 'IOTHE I-AC LLTY we bequeath the ability to urnarqu ments TO THI: JUNIORS we bequeath the ability to sell as many Christmas cards as we did TO THE SOPHOMORES we bequeath the ability to stay out of trouble TO THE FREBHMEN we bequeath the ability to graduate I WALLY BEARDSL EY bequeath my ability to stick to one atrl to Junior Ilembree and my ability to Qet the truck anytime I want it to Delbert Garrow I DOB BERNARD bequeath my poetic mind to Bill Oleson and my attitude for bookkeeping to Laura Rose I DAVID BREIILR bequeath my aerobattc ability to Arden Warren and my musical abtlrty to Mary Jean Brandon I BOB CLARK bequeath my presidency in so many on antaatrons to anyone who is able to fill them and a rd my lnterests in Ottawa to Don Donahue I IxIl:RVlN IASTVIOID bequeath my roller skating. rbllity to Bexerly Crtsman and my rntersettnxwomento Norman Ixess beqne ati nn positon on the e leer to Ileanor Brunton I NIARII I LRIK RSON beque rthmytieule t Ihordxs orson and rn s rttered interest in buy to Na ne Allen I JOANIX. HIMBRLL bequeath my ability to eolleet and Ieep men s rtnes tojoanne C astellr ind my quietnes to- Barbara Rose I VIIBLEY IIOI CBTIID b queath my 1 tere t nest ena to N rntx Miller and ny positron a fum rr the basketball team to Don Donahue ROB J XR NL b eatr my rbt tt to ta II x out out of trouble to Bob Brannon and my positron on the basketball team to Floyd Nelson I JOHN LARSON bequeath my voice to Don Mundorff my sense of humor to Howard McLachlan and my trtps to Ottawa to Bob Roth I JIM MCCONNELL bequeath my 1f1IU6SI1f1 UDIW' IO Eldon Wolfe and my wise cracks in bookkeeptne to Ron Frlsch I DELORIIS NELSON bequeath my faithfulness to take showers after gym class to the Juniors and my positron as editor of The Echo to lla Broadus I BILLIE PLIOUE bequeath my studxous ways to Orrin Hall and my class spirit to Roger Grandgeorge I DORAJANIE ROMAN bequeath my hewht to Donna Belle Nelson and mv may of co operating with other people to Joanne Brandow I DALE ROSl:NDAHL bequeath my position as manager of the basketball team to Jim Wise and my late-to school habit to Janet Reese l BILL ROIII bequeath my positron on the baseball squad to anvone who thinks they are uood enough to take my place and my ability with blonde to Henry Dorse tt I LUNA bPRIl GSTEED bequeath my ability toplay the aecordtin to Wanda Beth 'ind my red harrto Janet Rich mond and my flirty habits to Diana Marsh I Ill-NIRY Ll bf II bequeath my noon hour trips to the re tanrant to C81I51lIIDNOIl and my ability to mess up an experiment in physics to Llarence Tipton I MAVIBNOCA bequeath my way of beint. loyal to Iltnekley to anyone who can 'et by with it and nn lumber p irtles to Marcia Tuftte DIS NNIIII L ueath mx se ae s eil Ilou as and my ar 1 tri Nlr a make of ears to btuart V trren ' I . I ' I ' ' ' I 1 - 4-fn i 5 I' 1- I A ,I ' A I' , V ' ' I , ' ' j I ' I I , - - .I . 5 - D U D I .. , , 5 I I I i I I jr I I D I . I Q , I . I 7 'I ,I I D I l A I Q I . XV ' , ' , . Q 1 , ' . I . , 1 1 I :- v v H ' ' ' , - ' ' I I ' A , e I T I I ' i I I 1 - D I D 1 s B' ' ' v s ' ' v - , v E I A A . , 4 I ' , y I , . V I 1 ' r I - 'L . ' , I - ' A 1 A 1 E I ' , ,V M ' I . I I I ' ' I' I .S s 4 ' II ' I ,I sI ' 1 1 1 A 4 1 r I I . I ' ' , I , I ' ' ' I , ' I , ' t . I ' ' I e , . , N , If, - ' 1 u 1 I ' 1 I , , , . I I I, ELAINIE EIKIE, - 1' I 4' f 'I r- -- . Ieadinu squad to Jeanie Kember and my singing ability I, ROBERTA TWAIT, bequeath 1ny hetuhtto Buddy Olson ,I , ' 3 IQ' f' 'L 4 's o ' Vg , ft IMI . ' ' 4 - ' . 1 Th, , pci 1 - ' 1 -' ' ejs . di - tm ' I ' I' I ' A ', . I E IT. 1 X 'X ' ,. ' I ' I ' ' ' A -.' 4 ,. , 'K ' ,L I I I 5 I ' L ' I I-S I . I I 1 I I I P , ' .I , . eb. S . 2 ' In - 'f ' I. , ISI I ' I' 5 , e 1' 4 'n 1 -s of I, Bt ' 'f, be-q r 4' win cr' 'ke in history to Seri jr ' 1 f f 1 4 ' 5 I -4 tl on Virj' Q 4' . utme-nts w' I .I , IXIiIIe'I' 'bout I, I Dlff. equff I I 'I' y l' rnj I4

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY CLASS MOTTO Unrted We Stand CLASS COLORS Blue and Srlver CLASS FLOWER Red Rose In the fall of1fl4B '39 boys and glrls started therr journey on a tram called Serena Therr goal was Good Fortune The frrst passengers were Wallace Beardsley Donald Bernard Dax1dBreuer Lou AnnChr1stensen RobertClark Alberta Crrsman Merxrn Eastwold Elarne Erke Marllyn Errckson Rrchard Forbes Gertrude Gauer Jo Ann Hem bree Shlrley Hogue Wesley I-lougsted Robert Jardrne Paul De Johnson John Larson Lourse Marshall James McConnell Delores Nelson Margaret Nugent Marrlyn Nugent Ronald Oleson Brllre Plrque Dale Rosendahl B111 Roth Bonnre Rupert Jamce Severson Stanley Shrelds Agnes Smrth Andrew Smrth Luna Sprmgsteed Audrey Stanford Betty Thompson Henry Utsch Mavrs Voga Bob Whrte Wrllram Wrlson and Alrce Thompson The trarn crew that started the trrp was Presrdent E1a1ne Erke Vice Presldent Dale Rosendahl Secretary Wesley l-lougsted Treasurer Alberta Crlsman Advrsor Mr Mrller Thelr frrst stop was Summer 1949 Upon stopprng they found that some of the passengers had t1red of the r1de and had stepped off earlrer Two of them Agnes Smtth and Alrce Thompson transferred to another tram and the others Drck Forbes Stanley Shrelds and Brll Wilson found other methods of transportatron After the refreshtng stopthe former crew was relleved and a new crew began thus Presrdent Mavxs Voga Vrce Presrdent John Larson Secretary Marllyn Errckson Treasurer Elarne Erke Reporter Delores Nelson Advxsor Mrs Creager Checkrng the passenger 11st they found that they had added some new passengers They were Edward Hogue and Richard Morel They contrnued on to therr next stop uneventfully They agaxn stopped for a rest at Summer 1950 Upon contrnurng they found that they had another new crew Presldent Bob Clark Vrce Presrdent B1ll Roth Secretary John Larson Treasurer Gertrude Gauer Reporter Elarne Erke Advrsor Mrss Watson The passenger lrst was agarn checked and they found that Mavrs Voga had to drscontrnue her trrp because of rllness Two others bou Ann Chrlstensen and Rxchard Morel transferred to another tram and Paul Johnson found other transportatlon A new passenger John Peawy then stepped on At the halfway mark rn the year two new passengers were added Roberta Twart and Dora Jane Roman Tvlo bxg thrngs happened to them on thatpart of rherr Journey Yes you guessed correctly they put on the junror play and sponsored the junror senror prom and banquet Summer 1951 was the last stop before rherr destrna on and checklng the passenger lrst for the last trme they found that Ronnre Oleson and Alberta Cr1sman and John Peavy had found other means of transportatron Gertrude Gauer had transferred to another tram On the way they added another passenger Mavrs Voga who had recovered from her rllness The crew for the last part of the journev was Presldent Bob Clark Vrce Presldent B111 Roth Secretary Jo Ann Hembree Treasurer Marrlyn Errckson Reporter Dale Rosendahl Advrsor Mrss Cryer Neartnt. the end of the journey everyone was a lrttle sad to thrnk that rt was over but all agreed that they had lots of fun and had great hopes for a brrght future U ,.. h ' Y, . , , . 1 I- l 0 V 7 - D 1 r A n 1 I '- 21 7 U I Q Reporter JOhr1 Larson tion. Continuing on, they found everyone eagerto go 1 - ' . 5 , : '- ' ' I3

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TH E PROPH ECY On attcndrng the alumnr prcnrc of the elrte senror class of 1952 of Serena Hrgh School I met an old sweetheart of mme It was none other than Bertre T who after many years has settled down to a peace ful lrfe wrth her husband on a farm near Serena As I started for the prcnrc table I trrpped over Henry U who was strll tryrng to frgure out a physrcs problem that would stump Nlr Ogden I was helped up by Wes H Wes rs havrng avery good year as the head basketball coach at Northwestern Unr versrty and rs talkrng over the s1tuat1on wrthBrll R. Brll rs head coach at Nortre Dame and rs also havrng a very good year On gorng towards the shelter to eat I saw Elarne E and Davrd B drscussrng therr dancrng classes Elarne rs plannrng on berng Arthur Murray s partner rn a new hrt comrng up and Davrd IS grvrng her a few trps he learned whrle ln the theater He rs retrred now and rs relaxrng wrth hrs own orchestra I notrced Luna S look rng as young as ever Berng a concert pranrstrn Symphony Hall has helped her keep her youth I arrrved at the shelter and saw Brllre P prcparrng the meal She rs preparrng the one she gave as a demon stratron whrle appearrng on T V I sat down to eat and on my left vwasDora1ane R who hasjustreturned froma mrssronary trrp rn Afrrca The clrmate must have been good for her because she has grown frve rnches On my rrght rs Marrlyn E who rs a court reporter rn the Supreme Court Her husband has just become Senator of Illrnors As I was gettrng up from the table I ran rnto Dale R. who rs managerof the Scars and Roebuck Order House rn Chrcago I started watchrng the ball game whrch the group had just started to play and on the srdelrnes was Jo Ann H frgurrng out her assrgnmcnt for her doctor s degree Next to Io Ann was the former Delores N watchrng her youngest son who rs tryrng to play ball wrth hrs dad They have settled down on a farm near DeKalb Illrnors Gettrng back to the ball game we saw the great catcher of the New York Yankees Bob I who was honorrng us wrth hrs presence I saw Jrm McConnell who just got hrmself a double Jrm has a truckrng busrness of hrs own Oh Oh' I Itm just trted stealrng thrrd and on the slrde rn he sprarned hrs ankle Now on the scene comes the great Doctor Iarson who after many ycars has become the head doctor rn a large hosprtal rn San Drcgo Calrfornra Jrm rs berng helped off the freld now by Bob Clark Bob rs farmrng 300 acrcs and along wrth hrs purebred duroc herd hc rs makrng a very good lrwrng As the ball game frnrshcs we see Vvally B and Bob W buazrng up rn therr new Ford They have a partnershrp rn a Ford garage and are really sellrng the cars just to prove rt they sold Don B a new Ford Don just returned from hrs ranch out west just as we are ready to leave the prcnrc we ran rnto Mert E and Mavrs V Merv has a darry farm rn the northern part ofthe state and he brought Mavrs wrth htm as she runs a restaurant rn the town near Merv s farm Before we started on our journey home Mrss Cryer our ex senror sponsor known as Mrs drove up to make the gatherrng complete r - , , , , , . . , . . . , ., 1 f . . . , I , . . - n , I I a V a I - . O I ' I H I r . . . -- M , . I . . , I 1 1 , v . Q - . ' - , , , D - . 3. . .'. . , v . . - . . . . . H I I . . . , I . ' ' 's s ' 's 0 ' . - . . . . ' f ' ' . . . ' . ' . ' I - . ' . . . ' . , . . . . , . Q ' . . I 1 . . I , . ' E r , -