Southwestern High School - Triad Yearbook (Piasa, IL)

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5,10 Zflad Senlor Class Prophecy After havlng seen so many of thelr class mates and havlng derlved such great pleasure from all the V1S1tS the g1rls declded they could not posslbly return to thelr Sccretarl 11 School wlthout flrst seelng dear old Southwestern the focal polnt of all these flne frlendshlps They placed a call to Superlntendent Meyers but the vely obllglng Telephone Operator CARLENE BOCK lntormed them Dr Meyer was not avallable but that Prlnclpal Knapp would be most happy to talk Wlth them and show them the latest developments ln old D1str1ct Number 9 As they neared the school the next day numerous posters lndlcated that a hot race was on for Mavor of Plasa Yes No It couldn t be Yes It was the1r own classmate HFRBERT ROTHE who was leadmg all the rest by a white plcket fence proved so 1nv1t1ng they slmplv had to stop Who should walk out to greet them but the owner ROBERT MORRISON who demonstrated h1s wllllngness to glve them all hls tlme as long as they could stay He was the proud owner of a 1968 green and plnk Cadlllac wh1ch he had Just purchased from the ROY LEE STROHBECK Motor Sales Company AdJo1n1ng the MOTFISOH Farm Home was the MARILYN LANDON Chlcken Ranch So famous had the eggs and brollers from thls ranch be come that even wlth 5000 hens and as many feeders Marllyn could not beg1n to tlll the orders that contlnually rolled IH At the school ltself Mr Knapp very dl n1f1ed wlth hls few remaln mg halrs now quite gray seemed genulnely happy ln telhng them of events SIHCQ they had darted 1n and out the halls He told them how RONNIE ALDRIDGE M D and FRED MOORE Undertaker had a very thrxvlng paltnershlp ln a small town about flfty mlles northeast that Master Sergeant DONALD WATSON had made a career of the Army and now statloned ln Puerto Rlco as R9Cll.l1t1llg' Agent and THOMAS GRAHAM who could never leave dear old Southwestern was now Pro fessor of Atomology there but that day was on a testlng mlsslon What a small world' Sald Pat and Sandra 1n one VOICE as they headed Nellybelle out of the old school grounds and onto the load to wards home Yes and what a large part our llttle group plays ln lt they added Vtondertul World' Wonderful People' they concluded Aren t you glad we re a part of It all' .5. .............. :.::.::.: . :.:z.:' ............-. 2 :.:..' 19 ... .. , . 2 . , .1 L S. 1 1 V K, 1 A , 1 , I Y . . , Q ' ' c ' . 9 J 7 A prosperous-looking farm home with a beautiful yard enclosed 1 1 1 4 , 1 1 l , . . : . I 1 nl D l Y x ' ' v 0 1 1 1, I ., 1 , 1 5 , K I V 1 , 1 1 - K6 D! ' ' ' , ' 7 66 7! , - U . . . ,, it Y ' 97 , L6 7 . x 'l n

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I9 glue 51' arf Senlor Class Prophecy mlnlature class reumon and Went 1n a group to VISlt ALLEN MCAFEE at h1S Double Bubble Gum Factory Vt hat a place for the faculty of a Charm School to V1Slt' But Wh xt fun they all had wlth all thelr charmlng ways' But tlme marches on' The glrls sald thelr Good bye s at the a1r port where they had left Nellybelle and after thanklng JIMMY WITT MAN agaln for the tender care he had grven her they headed East The tr1p was rather uneventful untll they reached the ROCKIES where on a secluded sectlon of lughway near the Great Dxvxde they were stopped by a plam clothes detectlve who turned out to be Detectlve JESSE HUFF who was searchmg every car for an escaped murderer When he saw the g1rls D8t9Ct1V6 Huff forgot Off1Cl3l dutles long enough to chat awhlle and excltedly tell them about DARELD SWISHER whose bust had Just been added to the Baseball Hall of Fame for hls outstandlngly outstandlng The shock of belng vsaylaxd by 1 detectlve had been almost too much for Sandla s nerves even though that ClClC9Ct1V6 had been an old fr1end and had dn cted them safely over the mountalns and out of reach of the murderel When the two reached Denver Pat drove at once to the Denver Hospltal The head nulse VIRGINIA GORHAM greeted them lavlshly 1n her usual gusto mann r and provlded Sandra w1tl1 the best of everythrng the hospltal had to offer even to ORPHA MAE HUDSON as her speclal nurse Tnat evenmg a surprlse Vlblt from GEORGETTA PATTERSON operator of the Famous Sllvcr Mme near by and PHYLLIS FOLEY a plofessor of psychology at Color ado State Unlverslty who had seen Sandra s name ln the Hospltal Notes p ov d an eve 1 greater tonlc than had the pllls of the learned Dr LESTER LARGE All were sur prlsed to learn that Dr Large and h1 Wlfe DARLENE BAKER Large were the parents of an unu ual famlly two palrs of twlns and the young est a set of trlplets At Kansas Llty the glrls declded that for an evenlng of lelaxatlon they would attend the Indoor Stock Car Race There 1n the flnals drlv mg the last laps almost engine to engme were DAVID FRICKER and DICK GROTHAUS After the IHCCS lx ELL and WELL AUCIIOHGQTS CDON and EDW IND sold to the hlghest bldders all that was left of the stock cars As the next day was Sunday they declded to remaln over and attend the Park Avenue Church where Reverend CHARLES LITTLE was pastor That afternoon all three v1s1ted the Orphanage under the sponsor shlp of BEVERLY EDNA and BARBARA EILEEN JONES CCont1nuedJ :.: --........... :Q :Q g.: i z.: :Q : ......--...... z.: :Q N . .U . , . . . - - 7 A 2 . . x . ' ' ' ' cc - v n ' - KC . 77 ' , w u , n - w - A v , w . u ul - u , , a . I 1 I , 1 Y ' 9 v . ly . . . . . , g . , - , - n performances as pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals the past season. . . Y 7 . my 2 1 . t . 7 1 ' 7 . .vo . y . , c - n 'u l , ' 1 3 I ' ' cc n , Q , ' ' - Q wb, 1 T , I . - 1 . J I 1 , u T , ' : , ' ' '- .' , , . N . V Q T . . I , I c . ' . Y n . .S I , u 1 , . . S , , - , . ,g S' . . , . - 9 F - 3 ' ' 1 1 , 7, . ., , , . . 1 W

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5118 grill!! Semor Class Hlstory As we thlnk back we shall always remember our years as Fresh men and bophomorcs but we rcalve that the hlstory of our class as It IS now began when the separate schools of Brighton Shlpman and Medora consolldated mto bouthwestern Hlgh School on September 1 1955 At thls tlme our class consisted of exghty one members We elect, ed Carlene Bock Presldent D3V1d Frlcker VICE Presldent and Jess Huff Secretary Treasurer as our class offlcers One of the blggest hlghhghts of our Junlor xear was the prlvllegc of presentlng our Junlor Plrv btranger 1n the Nlght Another one of the h1ghl1ghts was the thrlll of recelvlng our class rlngs Wh1Ch arrlved 1n Januaxy On May 12 we had the prlvllege of entertammg the Senlor class at the Junlor benlor Prom and Banquet Our theme was Memorles Are Made of Thls Thls year we have the honor of belng Semors We started the year Wlth seventy seven members We elected Dareld Swlsher P!'6S1del1t Don Hermes Vlce Presldent and Davld Frlcker Secretary Treasurer as offlcers to represent our class Our Homecommg thls yo xr was held on November 13 Maude Ellen Flte was crovs ned oueen Hex escort was Udell Meyers The other candldates were Larlene Bock Janet Belt JWHICB M-xtlack Pat Prlllett and Marllyn lV16g21Y1d Wlth the honor ot belng Senlors come the thrlll of belng present ed the Prom and Banquet by the Junlor class Also there ls the exper lence of Baccalaureate Then of course to brlng It all to a close IS our Graduatlon F01 most of us except those who a e lookmg forward to college e years that we spent 1n school are over But though they are gone e memorles of thos amavmg years Wlll never be forgotten and IH our memorles are all the teachers classmates frlends and all else that as been a part of our high school years of educatlon To all we say AUREVOIR' 0.0.0. . . . . . . . . . . . .'.v'.v.' ' vu . . . - . . . .Hs 0050 606000 D000 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' OOO . . 1 ' , Aw .V . . . , . . e . , , . . 1 , . . , . t, , . . . . . , , r 1 . - x . ' 9 N x 1 ' r 9 ' , A K t n . A L -y 1 . tw 1 ' ' , sa w x - - sy c V , , , . . w I i . . . . ' . . . , . , f . - , . I I H . ,. . . - sv 1 . . 4 3 . . t 1 . A . , L 'L - - ' v s K 9 ' v ' 1 c 1 . , - . , . . . . . . '1 if A , . .1 , . . A 1 v u -4 vl A ' A s L s n 1 . , . . . n ' , A 7 1 I , ., A - 1 ' . 1 - . , . . 1 . . . . , . , . Y f -- ' v- - h ., A . , t . , , , th e 1 , , . , . . , . . . . ' h . I . , u as , .