Shelbyville High School - Okawwako Yearbook (Shelbyville, IL)

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DISCARDED SUNDRIES TO POSTERITY my soft voice to Dotty Tallman: I, Marinell Troutman, leave Mr. Geisz and American history with mixed emotions. I, Wilma Plowman, leave my charcoal gum to Bud Shalley and Bill Swiney: I, Irene Patient, leave my book larnin to my kid sister: I, Lorraine Strohl, leave to clean up the apartment: I, Alice Tumey, leave to go fox hunting: I, Anna Marie Delaney, leave my springy walk to Nancy Allen: I, Thelma Hubbart, leave mighty glad to have my diploma: I, Ina Swinford, leave my gum stuck all over the place: I, Foster Hurst, leave in my traditional quiet manner: l, Iames Nardi, leave to go squirrel hunting with an alumnus: I, Margie Dennis, leave the social committee and a sure heavy headache to Opal Ruff: I, Bernard Spracklen, leave while I can get away: I, Bob Lawrence, leave for Iacksonville and Ioan at last: I, Frank Lower, leave to start a prune orchard. I, Robert Bland, leave my very curly locks to Davey Iones: I, Nancy Neal, leave splitting my sides over a joke I just heard: I, Zellah Hagan, leave my quietness to lack Warren: I, Marjorie Rominger, leave my day dreams and far-away expression to Bill Richardson: I, lean Ann Mears, sorrowfully leave my books Cmaybe someone will appre- ciate theml: I, Catherine Larimore, leave to take care of Pop's oil wells and their income: I, Lee Mears, leave for Canada, Alaska, or any point north tl surely hate to leave Buelah: guess I'll take her alongl: I, Dwight Baptist, leave my right to criticize the girls to all the disceming boys of Shelby High School: I, Evelyn Cruit, leave my little sister for my little brother to boss: I, Garnett Hudson, leave to become an authority on our army, navy, and air forces: We, Franklin Reid and Pauline Gregg, leave for another ride in the park: I, Mabel Holley, leave to take over the foremanship of the factory: I, Norma lean Huber, think I'll stick around as long as Otis is here: I, Martin Kantner, leave all my other flames for the sake of Emily: I, Doris Lantz, leave my love of fun and my intellectual abil- ity to some outstanding junior: I, Mar- vin Huber, leave for a long rest after my very strenuous life as a student: I, Carl Kimlel, leave with my pockets full of war savings stamps: I, Burton Mat- thews, leave my place in the middle balcony to some other drawing en- thusiast: I, Paul Patient, leave my gen- eral obstreperousness to Buddy Perry- man: I, Lois Sanborn, leave my studi- ous nature to Earl Dean Thompson: I, Edna Henne, leave the typing in the office to some dependable N. Y. A. stu- dent: I, Mary Evelyn Ragan, leave to take up aeronautics and maybe I can keep up with Bob. To the faculty we leave the rest of the school to take our place: to Mr. McNeely we leave a robot window washer: to Mr. Mason we leave a soft place in the army: to the student body as a whole, our brilliant records as good examples to follow. Signed and sealed this twentieth day of April, A. D. 1942. Class of 1942. Page 21

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Page 20 We, the seniors of l942, being of fairly sound mind and body, do hereby be- queath the following sundries to our beloved undergraduates and teachers whom we leave behind: I, Eugene Lumpp, leave my ability to cause riots in the study hall to Burton Call, I, Noel Skidmore, leave to catch the first train to Hollywood, I, Dale Bieh- ler, am going with Skiddy as usual, I, Wayne Kingston, leave my coyness to Betty Burgess, I, Bob Merrell, leave my model airplanes to posterity, I, Bob Moyer, leave 507: of my girl friends to Hanley Morrison Cl'm taking the rest with mel, I, Norman Wortman, leave for the nearest army camp: I, Bemice Kimmel, leave my wavy hair to Clara Reynolds, I, Leona Iames, leave quickly in my convertible, I, Betty Waggener, leave for the army and Ray, I, Evelyn Wiandt, leave Cotton to devote all his time to Tilla Mae. I, Burl Price, leave forgetting my glasses as usual, I, Sperry Syfert, leave to become a professional dancer, I, Iohn I. Smith, leave to form a truckin' com- pany, I, Iiggs Robison, leave my speech making to some other speaker, I, Rose- mary Holland, go to learn how to cook CCuz likes to eatl, I, Betty Claw- son, leave the candy stand in good condition: I, Carl Foor, leave the train- ing rules to Bob Shoaff to keep: I, Iames Smith, leave in search of skating rinks, I, Virginia Miller, leave my thundering voice to Ioe Stone. I, Arthur Braden, leave my out-of-town girl friends to Herten and Ioe Marsh, I, Wilbur Rentfrow, leave without re- SENIORS LEAVE USEFUL qrets, I, Lyle Reider, leave my speedy foot-work to Gerald Clawson, I, Violet Shuff, leave my athletic ability to Beatrice Eberspacher, I, Ruby Biehler, leave all my wim and wigor to Twerp Downs, I, Hilda Page, leave my black tresses to Ieannette Schwenker, I Har- old Brown, leave my plumpness to Wayne Barker, I, Iimmy Duckett, leave my perpetual good nature to Red Rich- ardson, I, Vivian Small, leave to make a pickle garden, I, Otis Hamilton, leave, but where do I go? I, Edna Mae Sain, leave my lipstick on the wall, I, Dusty Miller, leave for as good a job as I had offered me last winter, I, Mildred Sherwood, leave the friends I won through office work, I, Mildred Allen, leave a sheaf of notes from Bob Alpers in my desk, I, Warren Rubin, leave school for my milk busi- ness, I, Oran Hagan, leave my car, a wreck, for national defense, I, Chester Randol, leave my manly physique to Don Ditzler, I, Opal Iones, hope to leave my crutches to Phiddy Young, I, Bob Phipps, leave to show up Gene Krupa, I, Vivian Kessel, leave my diamond collection to Ann Kennedy, I, Norma Carmichael, leave Betty to the mercy of Shelby High wolves, I, Betty Klauser, leave my Student Council gavel in Ed Spieqel's hands, I, Lora Fern Rose, leave to devote my time to domestic duties, I, Charlie Martin, leave to make a phone call to Cowden. I, Bob Henson, leave my arguments to Iames Donald, I, Iohn Kennedy, leave Wanda with a breaking heart, I, Betty Leach, leave my gentle manners and

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FIRST ROW: Edith Compton, lrmo Dihel, Ruth Courtright, Bar baro Downs, Mary Alice Douthit, Mary Elizabeth Bemis, Eulo Page 22 Opal, Wanda, Norman JUNIORS . . CLASS OF 1943 OFFICERS WANDA YOUNG ............... ......... p resident NORMAN CHRISTMAN ........ ....,...... v ice-president OPAL RUFF ...................... ......... s ecretary-treasurer MR. STIREWALT .............................................. adviser DORIS KELLY, STANLEY TAYLOR, NORMA 'CARMICHAEL ..,......... Council members Fisher, Catherine Johnson. SECOND ROW: Lois Delaney, Pauline Chapman, Nancy Allen, Mary Ellen Johnson, Doris Kelly, Beulah Bryson, Gertrude Grunewald, Melloa Griffith, Mariorie Bowman, Revo Ditzler. THIRD ROW: Norman Christrnan, Dar- win Moon, Harold Herten, Joe Marsh, Gerald Clawson, Bill Lichtenwalter, Warren Johnson, Wayne Barker, Mr. Stirewalf. FOURTH ROW: Byron Moon, Bob Alpers, Jack Mars, LaVonne Fisher, Betty Carmichael, Lovone Alday, Helen Holme, Bob Fleming, Dan Crult, Don Griffith. September arrives and at last We're upper-classmen . . . No more oi all that freshness of the freshies and nuisance value of the sophs! . . . This is really our first big year . . . Have to put on a play and then entertain the seniors . . . But of course We're up to it . . . Wanda gets the job oi guiding our destiny . . . With Norman a good substitute . . . Opal Ruff takes notes -on class meetings of course . . . Mr. Stirewalt adds official faculty sanction . . . Did take time for a party the iirst semester . . . Truth and Consequences with Red and Ioe to enforce them . . . Going On Seventeen . . . What's that? Why, our junior playl . . . It went over with a bang . . . Guess Don Yakey must have been the bang . . . Betty Carmichael turned out to be a sassy young iixin', didn't she? . . . People and things you won't soon for- get or Iunior roll of honor . . . Elroy and his chargese-the athletes . . . Ioe Marsh and his active mouth . . . The football field or basketball court with Stone, Spiegel, Shoaff, Pete, Red, the