Sherrard High School - Ivy Tower Yearbook (Sherrard, IL)

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In the tall we returned as a small class of forty-two members. This was quite a reduction from the sixty-eight green freshmen who entered the doors of Sherrard Hlgfr School in 1955. By this time, we were considered old timers . Our patience and industry had resulted in a large bank roll, an excellent educational background for the future, and the happiness that comes only from high-school years. The experience of hard work had almost completed our building. Only a few blocks remained. This final year was to be the last year of school for many of us; for the rest, it would be the foundation for college. The Senior year was really our year. To begin with, we were no longer second. We were first in all. We maintained a wonderful attendance record, we had a high number of students on the honor roll, and we were the leaders of school life. We set the pattern for other classes. We all learned by trial and error. We hoped that our last year would be of some inspiration to the future senior classes of Sherrard. Homecoming was a won- derful time this year. We were no longer attendants. Georgia Adams and Carl Miller were our Queen and King. The student council president was from our class. The Future Homemakers of America elected a Senior as president. We didn't wish to be boastful, but we were proud of ourselves. We worked and studied long and hard for what we had. We felt that dais was our reward for our building. It was almost completed and it deserved some praise. Some of our other activities this year included our play, Clementine, directed by Mrs. Trotter. It brought in a fine sum to our treasury. The magazine sales were also fun and exciting for both teams. Our class raised more money than last year's teams, and we are proud of the record. It seemed as if we attended all the games, all the dances, and got better grades than before. We did almost all we could to cram everything possible that was fine and constructive into our last year. Senior pictures were exchanged, collect- ed, and given to friends and relatives. At the end of the first semester we were aware of the closeness of May. Our building was finished—only the finishing touches remained. The Prom was a time of honor for us. The Juniors worked hard and provided a gay and happy time for us one Friday evening after our return from a wonderful trip. All the waiting and planning was well worth while. The trip was a success. Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Birkhead, for going with us. We then Pegan the weeks of finishing our studies, searching for gifts for graduation, purchasing new clothes, and remembering our high school life. Finally, May 26 was here. As the march played, we proudly walked up the aisle to the stage. We listened carefully to the advice and encouragement we were given from Mr. King and Mr. Trotter. Our guest speaker told us to face the future unafraid and to make our building accomplish its goal. A few tears were shed, hands were shaken, and happy hearts were filled with warmth and happiness as we left the ivy-covered towers of Sherrard High School for the final time. This has been our history, the record of the Class of 1959. We are proud of our accomplishments, grateful for the help and understanding from all the teachers and advisors we have had; and in our hearts and memories, we will forever hold the thoughts of the four wonderful years at our school—Sherrard High School. Recorded by Jeanette Ziemer

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The Four Stories Of Our Growth The Senior Class of 1959 was built from the foundation laid by the Freshman Class of 1955. It has taken four years to complete our building. The first floor of our building was started in August of 1955 when sixty -eight green” freshmen drove up to Sherrard High on the buses or in dilapidated Fords. Some came timidly afoot. They all were lost and had some difficulty in finding their way through the halls to the assembly In the gym. Mr. Trotter gave instructions and directions to the different classes, but some remained In a dazed condition for several days. We decided we needed someone to lead us through this maze, and we elected our fresh man officers—Georgia Adams, president; Judy Stegemann, secretary; Jeanette Zlemer, treasurer. Our sponsors through our first year were Mrs. Trotter and Mr. Bradley. Freshman initiation was a day of fun and laughter for all of us. It launched us succesi fully on our way as construction workers. We added bricks to our building by electing our King and Queen attendants for Homecoming—Connie Johnson and Gary McManus. Winning first place with our float proved we were good workers. During the spring we sponsored what was affectionately known as Freshman Night, at which time we collected money for our longed-for trip some day in the future. The final semester exams proved that we were well able to manage for ourselves. We returned to high school In the fall of '56 without any evidence of the green look that had been so prominent the year before. In October, another Homecoming project came into view. This was another chance to build further in our construction. We came in third in the float contest with the theme We'll Bull through Atkinson. We elected Sandra Lingafelter and Jim Witter as attendants to the royalty. It was surely good to see the new freshmen being initiated into the ranks. More money was earned for the trip of the future. Sophomore Night netted a large profit to be added to our hoard. We closed the year with Connie Schutte as president, Sandra Lingafelter as treasurer, and Gary Me Manus as vice president. Here we came again—we reached the third story of our building. We were now noble upper classmen . In our junior year we were a smaller but wiser and more money- minded class. With only two years left of school, we settled down and began to work. Mrs. Burgess, Mrs. Rhodenbaugh, and Mr. King were our sponsors this year. Mary Carol Aivin was elected president; Connie Schutte, vice president; Sandra Lingafelter, treasurer; and Gary McManus, secretary. The following are the most Important events of our junior year. Connie Schutte and Craig Miller were elected our Homecoming attendants. This year we were in charge of the concession stand. We may have burnt some pop-corn, but the experience we had made better builders of us all. The Junior Play, under the direction of Mrs. Trotter, offered us a chance to display our dramatic ability. The production of Green Grow the Onions gained a large return for our treasury. A dramatic stone had been added to our building. A Hobo Day, sponsored by us, added to our work experience. We all pitchei in and did odd jobs around the community. We cleaned basements, washed cars, baby sat, hauled junk, and did many other tasks of this nature. Again our treasury was nour- ished. Spring found us eager for vacation. We envied the Seniors, who were taking thei trip to Chicago. We attended graduation in May. One more year and we would be in the caps and gowns.

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As We Grow Older Late in the summer of 1975, Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Moffltt were at an ice cream social, being held at their former high school in Sherrard. They began discussing what the members of their graduating class had accom- plished after the graduation of May 26, 1959. They discovered the following about their former classmates; GEORGIA ADAMS is helping her husband run the Foltz Auto-Body Shop in Swedona. BILL ALEXANDER, a bachelor at 26, is president of.the Sherrard Lonely Hearts Club. MARY CAROL ALVIN has taken over as principal of the Preemption Grade School due to her mother's retire ment. JUDITH ANDERSON is chief-cook and bottle-washer at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Matherville. DUANE BAKER has taken over Mayhew's Station in Preemption and converted it into a gambling casino for th( rich farmers of the community. ALBERT CEDERSTROM and the former Miss Claeys have opened the Cederstrom Motel for Ford car owners on Route 46, south of Cable, JANICE CHRISTENSEN is married now to Matherville's most eligible bachelor, who still claims that he was tricked into it. SANDRA CLAEYS is now English teacher and Drama coach at R.M.A., where her husband is basketball man ager. DAVID COLLIER is now president of the Burlington Liar's Club, NAOMI DAVIS is earning her Nurse's credits in the WAVES while accompanying her Navy husband overseas, TERRY ENGHOLM is a highly-paid rocket tester. He made the first successful trip to the Moon. JAMES FOLTZ has given up his Auto Shop and turned to farming. Too bad his wife doesn't like to milk the cows. BARBARA GREGORY is a busy executive at Modem Woodman. She is trying to decide if June or August is the best month for a wedding. CAROL HAYNE has opened the Coyne Center branch of the YACKETY YACK CLUB. GAYLE ANN HUFFMAN is head nurse of the Dogtown Nursing Home for Bachelors. JUDY JONES and her husband and four children have formed their own band, known as the Carrot Tops . They play for all the school dances. JERRY JURAS has just completed his new book, THE EVILS OF OWNING A CLASS RING . He has ded- icated it to Nancy. DAVID LANE and his blond-haired wife are raising Angus cattle on their estate in Preemption. In his spare time DAVID repairs television sets. TWILA LARSON is now hostess on the Arthur Godfrey Show and sings all of the commercials. MICAELA LEMON has reopened Laktas’ Tavern in Matherville and is running a soda fountain. (????????) GAIL LINDBURG has become valedictorian of the University of St. Louis, where her husband, Darryl, is basketball coach. SANDRA LINGAFELTER has finally found her dream man in the IBM Department of the Sherrard Bank. MARTHA MARTENS is receptionist at the Idle Wilde Airport in Swedona. GARY McMANUS has taken over his father's implement store in Preemption and has Installed pool tables, roulette wheels, and pin-ball machines in the back room. CARL MILLER and his wife have opened Carl and Dot’s Drive-In Movie. It's a lot cheaper than going to the Memrl. CRAIG MILLER is now operating his own hotel in Aledo, which is called THE MILLER MANOR. DAYE ANN OLSON is still hostess at the Village Inn, where she is unsuccessfully chasing the boss, Larry. DAVID PEARSON is working on his '49 Mercury in his spare time. The rest of his time is devoted to his wife, Jannie. DOROTHY REDPATH and her husband are living in Reynolds on their chicken and noodle farm. SHIRLEY RIDDELL has just graduated from Harvard and plans to join her husband on his hog farm in Milan. CONNIE SCHUTTE is opening a Beauty Shop next to her husband's Barber Shop in Matherville. PEGGY SIMMON now owns the Pizza and Spaghetti House in Lynn Center. Good food but no parking space. MARSHA SLAVISH is very successful as assistant photographer for Paul's Studio. DICK SUNBECK has Invented a new medicine that will cure toothaches, the common cold, dandruff, and athlete's foot. NANCY TAETS is head Physical Education Teacher at the Air Force Academy in Denver. STEVE TAYLOR owns his own bulldozer and is constructing a super-highway from Dogtown to Cable and Swedona. CHARLOTTE VERBEKE has just announced her engagement to RICKY NELSON. CONGRATULATIONS! BONNIE WHITE has opened a night typing school near Yale University, where her husband is now President. HARRY WILSON has purchased a turkey farm south of Preemption so he can be near Doris while she finishe school. JAMES WITTER has received the U.S. Grand Championship Award for his cross between a Pollen China and Lanrace hog. GEORGE ZEITLER has won the Checkers Championship at the Olympic games that were held in Iceland. JEANETTE ZIEMER and her husband have returned from a three-year honeymoon to operate the Brown Chicken Farm at Preemption.