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

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Grandma Reminices It was a pleasant summer evening in the year 2010. The Williams family was ready for a quiet evening of relaxation, as the family was on its vacation. I'm certainly glad we decided to go to Venus this year, ” Grandpa Williams said. I was tired of going to Jupiter every vacation. I like this resort too, Grandma Williams chimed in. That one on Jupiter was sort of dilapidated. They built it in 1985 ! Grandma and Grandpa were interrupted by their three grandchildren, who came running into the room. Grandma, one of the little boys cried, Tell us what it was like when you went to school. Why, children, don’t you want to play your usual night-time games such as Captain Saturn? Grandma exclaimed. It isn't like you children to want to do a thing like that. It would mean that you would have to be quiet for awhile! Well, Grandma, the oldest child confided, I’ll tell you why we want to hear what it was like when you went to school. You see, we were just talking to Mother, and she said you graduated in the year 1961. Gee, but that was a long time ago. We thought you'd maybe have known Sir Lancelot, George Washington, or Marie Antoinette! Children, Grandma laughed, 1961 wasn't that long ago. But I suppose I can see your point. No, I didn't know George Washington. But I did have a fine time at school.” The old lady went to the book shelf and returned with several volumes. These are my old high school annuals. They tell all about my school days. Seeing that she had ar. attentive audience, Grandma opened the first volume and began. My classmates and I started high school in September, 1957. We were really scared the first day. de- spite the fact that we had attended junior high school at Sherrard. But, in spite of our fears, we realized that we were a class. We got on our feet by electing officers. The old lady leafed through the annual, finally stopping at a page filled with pictures. Here are our freshman officers. Bob Douglass was our Pres- ident, and Shirley Miller was the vice-president. We chose Elaine Johnson as our secretary, and Garry Clarke was elected treasurer. For our representatives on the student council we chose Carla Schutteand Du- ane Dawson. Just a few days after be began our high school career came initiation. I remember how I dreaded it! Grandma gave a little laugh. But it really turned out to be a lot of fun. Why, the seniors even gave us a party. Leafing through the pages of the annual. Grandma came to the homecoming section. Our first Home- coming wasn't too successful, she remembered. Many students were sick with Asian flu. But despite this, we took part in the festivities. Shirley Miller and Larry Jones were our freshman attendants. Searching her memory, Grandma continued. I don't seem to remember too much about the rest of my freshman year, but I know that our' Freshman Night was very successful. Closing the annual. Grandma reached for another volume which was a light pink. Here is the annual from my sophomore year. When my classmates and I came back to Sherrard High School, we felt a little different than we had one short year before. We were not freshmen any more. We had risen to the impres- sive position of sophomores. We chose the following officers at our first class meeting: Elaine Johnson, pres- ident; Chuck Kilcoin, vice-president; Virgil Kain, secretary; Bob Douglass, treasurer. Larry Jones and Rose Mary Klingebiel were elected to the student council.

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Senior Class Will I, DARRYL ANDERSON, will my height to ROY ETTER. I, DORIS ANTHONY, will my front row English seat to CONNIE PARCHERT. I, BARBARA BOWEN, will my ability to give long answers to LINDA ADAMS and HENRY DRYOEL, who prefer to say yes and no. I, DENNIS CARLSON, will my second year typing ability to TOM LAKTAS. who now has a good start. I, GARY CARLSON, will my acquaintances with Rockridge girls to LEONARD DOROTHY. Don't forget old friends, LEONARD! I, DARYL CHARD, will my preference of short girls to BILL LEMON. I. GARRY CLARKE, will my ability to get flustered to easy-going SHARON KOESTER. I, NANCY COX, will my ability to switch boyfriends to the Steady-Eddies, JOYCE and LA ROYCE HUTCHINSON. I, HAROLD DAVIS, will my smile and dimples to MIKE ADAMS. I, DUANE DAWSON, will my charm with Winola girls to DON PITMAN. How about it DON? I, ROBERT DOCHERTY, will my dark hair to JOHN WILSON. What do you think he will look like girls? I, GLEYN ANN DOUGLASS, will my ability in shorthand to a future shorthand pupil, MARSHA VOGLER. I, ROBERT DOUGLASS, will my position as President of the Student Council to KEITH DOCHERTY. I, KEITH HAYNE, will my art to make girls blush to LOWELL McLAUGHLIN and JERRY HOLLAND. I, JANET HENDERSON, will my large vocabulary to PATTY ZURCHER and THERESA DE BACKERE. I, JEFFREY HICKMAN, will my pleasant outlook on life to BOB RAMSEY. I, TROY HINES, will myself to LINDA HOLTZ and BARBARA LANE. Decisions, decisions! I, RUTH HOLCOMB, will my ability to get riled up at games to TONI HUTCHINS. Keep up that school spirit, TONI! We, LINDA JACOBS and MIKE HUTCHINS, will our place on the steps in the morning to BONNIE TATMAN and RONNIE KRAMER. I, LARRY JONES, will my success in sports to two Champs, LARRY JOHNSON and JIM DORR. I, ELAINE JOHNSON, will my responsibilites on the annual staff to EILEEN DAVIS and JUDY ZWICKER. I, MARTIN JOHNSON, will my history knowledge to JOHN SLAVISH and WAYNE SHIRLEY. I, TERESA JURAS, will my ability to enjoy a joke to CARITA RHODENBAUGH and KAREN TOMLINSON, who love a good laugh. I. VIRGIL KAIN, will my deep voice to DANNY EIDET. I, BENNY KETTERING, will my ability to keep out of mischief to LARRY HOFFMAN. Think you can do it, LARRY? I, CHARLES KILCOIN, will my love of Matherville girls to KEN ADAMS. I, ROSE MARY KLINGEBIEL, will my spot in the limelight to CHARLENE KNESS, who is in it now. I, RONALD KOESTER, will my ability to look innocent to LARRY CEDERSTROM, who is a real good actor! I, PEGGY KRAHL, will my willingness to help others to JUDY NORMOYLE, who is a good helper herself. I, RICHARD KRAHL, will my seat on the bus to EILEEN MILKS, in hope that she will also inherit the bumps!!! I, MARION LINDBURG, will my hot Chevy to KENNY CARVER. I, MARY ELLEN LINGAFELTER, will my quiet ways to PATTY HINTERMEISTER and MARJORIE KIRKLAND, who are always talking. I, BOB LOGSTON.will my ability to get along with teachers to JOHN LINDBURG and DAVID CATHER. I, CAROL MANTHE, will my room at home to BETTY HAUGER, so DAVE won't have so far to come to visit. I, JAMES McCONNELL, will my NIXON button to CAROLYN RITCHIE. The Republicans aren't that bad. CAROLYN! I, EUGENE MARTINS, will my southern drawl to MIKE KALE. I. SHIRLEY MILLER, will my diamond to KATHLEEN SLAVISH. I, MARY MINDOCK, will my Modem Problems book to VIRGINIA BAKER, VIOLET CROCKER, and any other Junior who plans to take the course. I, JIM MOREHEAD, will my ability to argue with the teachers to LELAND MARTIN. I, THOMAS OLSON, will my ability to createa riotin a classroom to MAYFORD DAVIS and EARL MEREDITH. Stan practicing, MAYFORD and EARL! I, WENDELL PETERSON, will my quietness to TERRY MYERS and MIKE WELSH. I. LARRY RHODENBAUGH. will my way with girls to CHARLES FRITCH, ROGER GOBEN. and ROGER ZWICKER. I, MIKE RIND, will my knowledge of Matherville to BILL REEDY, who would like to know more about it. Isn't that right, BILL? I, JEANNE SANQUIST, will my love of ELVIS PRESLEY movies to DIANE DeGREVE. Don't get too excited. DIANE. I, ALICE SCHERER, will my athletic ability in P. E. class to SANDRA WOEHLK and JOYCE SWIGER. I, CARLA SCHUTTE, will my ability to have fun at dances to another dance lover, MICKEY TURNER. Oh. those aching feet! I, LARRY SPENGLER, will my fine football record to MARLAN SHARER and KEN SCHWARZ, to add to their own. I, MARCIA SURR, will my ability to miss school to DAVID MANTHE. I, GLORIA TALLEY, will my talkativeness to JANET LINK and MARGO ZEITLER. I, JOE TINDALL, will my perfect lab experiments to ROBERT JINKS and MARTHA MILLER. I, ROBERTA TURNER, will my atomic hairdos to BARBARA DORWAY, who does all right on her own. I, ALICE VERBEKE, will my ability to chew gum and not get caught to KENNY UNGER, who finds it hard to get away with! I, JUDY WCLF, will my favorite seat in study hall to FONDA THORNBURG or SYLVIA SUNBECK. I. LORETTA ZIEMER, will my job at ASH’S to MARGIE MEHALL. I, EDWARD ZURCHER, will my roving eye to JOHN RICE, a boy who seems to have eyes for only one girl!! We, the SENIORS, will our ability to make money, and all our unpaid debts to the JUNIORS!!! We, the SENIORS, will our good behavior in the classrooms, and our great supply of Senior Dignity to the SOPHOMORES!!! We. the SENIORS, will the privilege of coming to school at Sherrard High School for three more years to the FRESHMAN! !! We, the SENIORS, will our thanks to the FACULTY for all their help. ThU will has been duly authorized, tested, and witnessed by Janet Henderson, Peggy Krahl, and Carla Schutte.

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 Homecoming was an exciting event for our sophomore class, despite the fact that our flat, Knock 'em Out of Orbit, received only third prize. Elaine Johnson and Larry Spengler served as our attendants to the king and queen of homecoming. Since we had faint visions of one day becoming seniors, we decided to have another fund-raising project. Our Sophomore Night was a real success. Grandma paused and surveyed her attentive audience. Well, I have finished half my story. ” Taking another annual, Grandma thumbed through the pages, chuckling as she did so. Our junior year was very exciting. In the first place, we were now upperclassmen. Our officers and student council representatives for the year were Jim McConnell, Carla Schutte, Rose Mary Klingebiel, Benny Kettering. Peggy Krahl.and Tom Olson. Homecoming was once again a highlight of the fall season. Our float, Teach Them a Lesson, took on- ly third prize, but we really enjoyed the bonfire and snakedance. Rose Mary Klingebiel and Bob Docherty were our attendants. During our junior year we made money by running the concession stands. Another highlight of the year was the selection of our class rings. I can still remember how excited I was the day they came. A big moment of the year was our Junior Play, which was directed by Anne Johnson, our English and dramatics teacher. The play. Big Hearted Herbert, was a great success. In May we sponsored the Junior- Senior Prom. I can still remember the oriental theme we used to decorate the gym! Grandma paused, and then a slow smile spread over her face. Now comes the best part of the story, she said. You see, in the fall of 1960 we became almighty seniors! For our big year we elected Benny Kettering, president; Larry Jones, vice-president; Carla Schutte; secretary; and Duane Dawson treasurer. Virgil Kain and Peggy Krahl were chosen for student council. And at last a member of our class. Bob Doug- lass, became student council president. Near the beginning of the year we had the pleasure of initiating the poor freshmen. And when home- coming came along, we were ready. Rose Mary Klingebiel and Mike Hutchins were the homecoming queen and king. Jeanne Sanquist and Chuck Kilcoin were the senior attendants. We thought our float was just great, but unfortunately the judges didn't. Argyles'll Win took third prize. One wintry night in November was a memorable experience for many of us. Our senior class play, The Remarkable Incident At Carson Corners, was a serious dramatic production, the first to be presented atSher- rard High School for many years. During the fall season we had a very successful magazine campaign; and in December we received our senior pictures. The spring of my senior year is somewhat hazy in my memory. So many wonderful things happened! Grandma signed. It was hard to realize that at last we would be leaving Sherrard High School. The Bac- calaureate service was held, and finally it was the night of our Graduation. This was a happy occasion; but yet it was sad. At last we realized that our life as the Class of ’61 had come to an end. The band played the processional, a few inspiring words were spoken, and then our diplomas were presented. And this, said Grandma, is the end of the story. Grandma closed her annual and sighed. Her grandchildren were fast asleep. Written by GARRY CLARKE