South Beloit High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (South Beloit, IL)

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SENIQR PERSONALITIES Seated Cleft to right? --C Brown, I. Loomis, V. King, W. Briscoe, B. Digirolonio, E, Smith Standing Clett to righti-D. Pinter, L. Hardy, H. McLain, H. Worthing, M. McLain, D Rice Best Best Best Best Best Best Girl Boy Most Most Most Most Most Most Most Most most likely t looking girl ....... ...,,, looking boy ..... girl dancer ...,..... boy dancer. . dressed girl ....... dressed boy. .Claudia Brown, Bessie Digirolomo Wilbur Briscoe, Ervin Smith o succeed.. . .. most likely to succeed ..... popular girl .......... ..... . popular boy .,,..... loashlul girl ......... loashful boy ..... comical girl ...... comical boy ....... studious girl ........ studious boy ...... .iL'l'L'llfL'L'll . ...... . ..Virginia King .. .loseph Loomis Bessie Digirolomo Lee Boy Hardy Delyla Rice .Ervin Smith ......Delyla Rice Ervin Smith ..... Hazel McLain .Nlorris McLain ..........Dorcas Pinter .. Harry Worthing ..........Delyla Bice Ervin Smith

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PROPHECY-fContinuedl On the other side of the table sits BESSIE DIGIROLOMO, who is the great inventor of the autophone, which enables the deaf to hear. Bessie has amassed a great fortune because of this in- vention. Soon after graduation, CLAUDIA BROWN, be- cause of her musical ambitions, went to Chicago as a manager of Guy Lombardo's orchestra. As a result of the broken health of this noted leader, Claudia was chosen to assume his position. So now after twenty years, Claudia is a nationally famous leader of a really good swing orchestra, playing at the Trianon. After three years of nurse's training in Rock- ford, RUTH PECKHAM related that she served in- ternship in a big hospital in Chicago, putting her whole heart and energy into her work. The last two years she spent in surgical work assisting a young doctor to whom she became engaged. Now Ruth and the doctor are happily married, living in a newly constructed bungalow with a year-old son to brighten their home. The lives of GLEN CLARK and PAUL PRATT have been filled with adventures of the sea. They joined the navy two years after graduation. While stationed with the U. S. S. Van Beer at Pearl Har- bor, Hawaii, they met their O. A. O. fOne and Onlyl on the beach at Waikiki. After a double wedding ceremony performed in Hawaii on the evening of February 10, the boys and their beau- tiful wives spent their honeymoon in the United States and consented to make their appearance at the reunion. We regret to announce that one of our out- standing students, LORRAINE LETHEBY, has passed into the Valley Beyond. Her closest friends say she died of a broken heart while waiting for a certain sailor. A flourishing beauty parlor is operated by FERN PETITT although she is happily married to HAROLD PARTRIDGE, the coach who led South Beloit to the Winnebago County Championship. Two years ago Fern became nationally famous by her specialization in coiffeurs, one of which is used by the First Lady of the land. One charming classmate, DORCAS PINTER, lives in Springfield with her husband, HARRY WORTHING, who, following in his grandfather's footsteps, is a distinguished member of the House as of Tall Stories. Dorcas is very proud of her two children, who are known for their graceful tap dancing. DALE ST. IOHN has just returned from a three months' tour in Europe and told several interesting adventures of skiing in the mountains of Switzer- land. The previous year Dale received his M. A. degree from William and Mary College. He ex- pects to teach in the high school at Williamsburg, Virginia, this coming year. While he was at Nor- mal, he became especially interested in a girl from Pittsburgh and eventually . . . With all the commercial training in high school, in addition to business training at Brown's Business College, MAE OSMOND received a position in the office of Armour's Packing House at Chicago. A few years later she met a charming young man, and soon her working days were over. DON YOUNGWITH, after training at Parks' Air College, has been steadily promoted and now is the chief testing pilot at the Stinson Airplane Factory. Last September he broke all airplane speed records with a speed of 703.59 miles per hour. He says he is as uninterested in women as he was when he was in high school. We wonder? 'After supervising a hatchery in Skunkhollow for four years, MORRIS MCLAIN started a chain of hatcheries with his main office at DeKalb. In 1948 he married a charming senior of DeKalb College. During the fall he acts as an agent for the DeKalb Hybrid Seed Company. Matrimony lured our modest classmate, HAZEL MCLAIN. The lucky man, ART ATKINSON, is an employee of the Amboy Milk Factory. They have a daughter in the first grade, 4-year-old twin boys, and an 18-month-old baby girl. Hazel is the presi- dent of the Amboy Cooking Club. We are much honored by the presence of the famous personage, LEE HARDY, who has taken Clark Gable's place as Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind.' Playing opposite him as Scarlett O'Hara is MISS IOSEPHINE GIACALONE. After the more prominent members had given some lengthy speeches on their activities, HARRY WORTHING, in a very meek little voice, suggested that the reunion be made an annual affair. Every- one readily agreed and departed for their re- spective places of business. x v .fixleezz

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Seniors of South Beloit High School, preparing for the inevitable end cmd realizing that all matters must be settled before we take our sad departure, do hereby make this our Last Will and Testament. We, the Senior Class, give and bequeath to the Freshmen our intelligence, co-operation, initiative, and dignity. To the Sophomore Class we will our great variety of talent and our broad knowledge. To the instructors of South Beloit High who have tried so hard to educate us, we give and bequeath our class manners and etiquette. To the Iuniors we will the following: Art Atkinson wills his love for an argument to Larry Clarity, who will probably make good use of it. Conrad Brausam and Ioe Natale will their booming voices to Carl Briscoe and Audrey Speck. Wilbur Briscoe wills his clarinet to Iohn Bennington. William Caples wills his half-pint stature to Stewart Earl. Iosephine Giacalone wills her wee voice to Clinta Harris. Virginia King wills her love for dancing to Willabelle Youngwith. Rose Gioilionia wills her poise and grace to Ioan Lawton. Glen Clark wills his jokes to George Rippie to pass on next year. Lorane McGhee wills her Southern accent to Dawnine Marsden who can use it for cheer- leading. Everett Bugge wills his blonde hair to Louise Turman. Donald Larson wills his height to Doris Iames so she will be a little more Stewart Earl's size. Donald Brown wills his guitar to Bill Stick- ler so he can serenade Audrey Speck. Lee Roy Hardy wills his clothes to Iohn Evans. Now Iohn can go into the business. Bessie Digirolomo wills her good looks to Oscar Anderson. Lorraine Letheby wills her walk home to Art Kastner. Orrin Christianson wills his car to Robert Freeman so he can drive to school next year rather than ride his bike. Charles Morse wills some of his weight to Dick Stinson. Ioseph Loomis wills his car to Irene Millay so her soldier friend can drive instead of walk. Ruth Peckham wills her attraction for the opposite sex to Annie Sciacca and Betty Stickler. Marjorie Wacaser wills her slimness to Mary Lombardo. Harry Worthing wills his large vocabulary to George Brausam and Clyde Petitt. There should be plenty tor both: but if there isn't Harry will provide some more. Paul Pratt, the answer to a maiden's prayer, wills his filling station job to Ianet Motiitt and Willetta Palmer. Dorcas Pinter wills her excess weight to Shirley Chambers and Mary Virginia Edgerton. Dolly McHone wills her desire to go to Texas to Ruth Anderson. Mae Osmond wills her job as Reflector editor to Marlene Bichsel and Margaret Boscki. Now they can spend half their class hours look- ing ior news as Mae had to do. Hazel McLain wills her bashfulness to Alice Io Goldsworthy. Art Palmer wills his typing ability to Steven Seach, tThe old hit-and-miss methodl Delyla Rice wills those high grades on her report card to Dick Singles, who is badly in need ot some. Harold Partridge wills his athletic ability to Camilla Stewart and Ieanette Bowles. Fern Petitt wills her middle-age figure to Pearl Behling. Dale St. Iohn wills his gravel-throat voice to Iean Gibbons. Morris McLain wills his knowledge of history to Bruno Ghinazzi, who will need it next year in American history. Stanley Blatter wills his good looks to Floyd Karty. Hanna Schnurr wills her blushing ability when called upon to recite to Irene Packard. Vita Saladino wills his confused English diction to Gene Wiley. Donald Youngwith wills his heart-fluttering smile to Clifford St. Iohn. Ervin Smith wills his solos in the Glee Club to Iack Pasco. As lor me, Claudia Brown, I will my singing ability to Nick Ciaramita. Signed, sealed, and delivered in the pres- ence of: CLAUDIA BROWN ROSE GIOFLIONIA ei ghleen