Sparland High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Sparland, IL)

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in the United States Army, and he has adopted his grand father's technique in battle Marian Smith was always very quiet and shy in high school, but she seems to have done all right for herself. She married a man from Chicago and now has three very nice children I understand she is president of the Por ent Teachers' Association and has some office in all the many clubs to which she belongs. When you view the class of 1953, you can't miss Wendell Hoskins Wendell not only was very much mixed up in all the activities, but he was very popular with all the kids. A ter school, Windy' served four years with the United States Navy When he was discharged, he attended La Spar College, where the whole nation became acquainted with him through his spectacular basketball playing. He took Fordy Anderson's place at Bradley and 18 now retlred I was very much surnrlsed to learn that nwindyn marrled the second year he was out of the navy to a very nice gal from Texas. Wendell is now living in Illinois' most modern and costly house on the edge of Sparland city limits. Wanda Divelblss, who was always o tall and graceful, became a very successful model in New York After she made her million she retired and married a well know news commentator. She now lives in Paris but frequently flies to Sparland for short visits Footloose and fancy free, Gary Hoskins is still the same old HDutch.U He served in the Air Corp until he re ceived his pension. I have heard it said that he has his walls papered with the hearts he has broken. That kid al- ways was a lady killer. Mary Mattingly started to work as a secretary in Peoria but soon married the boss. I have lost track of her, but I think she is living on Mars. Herman Barnett went two years to the University of 1111 nois and then joined the army. He recently retired from his insurance firm, having taught his son the business. New A1len's grandson is the youngest three-star general ' of f ll I

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'H ' ' 'J ff f-f , Ka ' ' -. ,f- AA- -Q - ' .1- , f 1 . 4 , fvgw .far f . .1 ' I do DOthlDg but slt here nn myf' a1r day after day and think of the good old days get the most enjoy ment from rememoerlng my hl9h school senlor class, There mere eighteen rough and ready kldS Since y retlrement I have spent several years locatlng those elghteen frlends and flndlng out about thelr llve , Let me see, there was J mle Purple who vas sick during part of her senlor year ln school She is now tralnlng her granddaughter to be the world's champion tumbler Paul Streitmatter, who 311855 had a great deal of imaglnatlon about the future, actu lly had his dreams come true He runs hls entire farm from hls reclinins ch lr on the Jorch of hls manslon which is sun heated both wlnter and summer H13 sons have tbelr farms modeled after thelr f ther's Irls Armstrong, who was a dynamlc athelete, finally got to be a science teacher and o cane he d of the science department at th Uh1V6TSlt 1 lQSOdP1c She married the coach oi Ml sourl UUlV8l , and thelr childrer all seven of them, a e faqous letes Bill Splcer, one of the bradns of our class, is by now the rlrhest man in seven states He get this tltle by te chmnf hls famlly to run the farm at early age Wl11G hu blaged round ln his ultra modern labor atorv dl3CLV6TlHQ new and batter x fs of dOlDg thlngs. gradu tlon and l rear he lS stlll havin pa lme hittlng the Hn git ootsn with our best known celebri ties Wlll tnlt glrl never prow old? Allen D v1s Jolned the army the summer aft 1 gradua t1on and w s sent to Kore ie r ce ved LJL klHdS of medals and some of the better kxown gen r ls say that if lt had not 1 ve been for HAbbey mlg t t 11 flghtlng the leds It seems tl t H u d h s ablli ties for shoe 1 Q baskets lls to bl st out tue reds U . . . . ' 1 I' . 1 , . . . ' LJ . V . m . . . . . . . . . S . Q., J. ' 'A rr . , A A 0 . . . , - ' L I l 11 4 TJ: . 'T r A . O I A a . f . ' 0 a. v . . L Q L ., u u P Q .L A f' L1 n I . , W, P . I J s f 1 Y -3 X . rs ' ' l L. V L J. ul. f e ' J y on M'r ' ' A . 5 .S . , . qglif .. , A 3 ' I' X Cl bil ' 0 - nl Q L . L 4 f . - J ' U 0 4. P! 1 N . 'I ' f' U ' ' F a , Q o . A - an 'L ' G . T pt ' - .- , 1 av r -, Q ' ' V , .1 , . L .J J J QQ , . . ,. . V , L VlTglUl8 Metzger went to kew York a few years af.er . - . . y, ea - l'L S V g a ,ey L V, .K . . ' s J- 1. ' SJ, A ' - 'K ' f ' ' . u ' . I - 1 O , 1 ' ' ' , y -1 r fy 1 in ' sv- L' ' , 4 ' ' 'LL J cl n l N' C ,1. E - J. A ., , ' A . 1 .5 A ' ' 'S r.-- ' 1 . , . My , Q , , nl A ' mfe at S 1 s be 'A Q n J- ' - A A 3 -I ' .' la .1 Sc l - 4- - 4.1 V 1 L ii L V Ll .' -.Li ' . 1 I ,-f -.-,- YY 7 H Y Y,., --,-':. . .ass ,..,6- ,-,,-,.,,, ive- -1-1-We -V f f - , -Y ,Y I

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-1-unybqp-snr As for Harry McIntyre, he served his term wlth the army then returned to Sparland, bought a farm and married hometown glrl He new hrs two sons serving in a space patrol, and a dxughter keeping records on Mars Tom Wallace attended West Polnt mud followed very close ly in the footsteps oi Dwlght ElS6HhOWCPc He was a well known general in the w r, then, turnnng to politlcs, he be c me presldent of the Unlted St tes. Now he has left the offlce and lS llving ln th Little Vhlte House at Spar l nd C rolyn Webber went to the Methodlst Hospit l School of Nursing Mhile attendlnc Bradley for part of her trainlng, she met a very nvce man, whom whe marrled after graduation, They zre now llV1Ug ln refrla nd have three m rried chlld ren Bob Bennet , belleve it or not, d1dn't become a family m n until h w s thlrty four ye rs old He was qulte a Romeo ln hlgh school, but oon mfter graduation, he simply lgHOPOd women He b came v ry successful englneer and marrled the boss' daughter Hb lS r ally slt ing pretty, for he inherited the buslness rd h n new its presi dent I understand Ted Streitmatter lS ln char e of a space patrol loc ted on Pluto T t Jus goes to show what you cnn do 11 you try and hox our globe has changed slnce were lH elool T d i about to retire, a very rlch man Well, I guess th t tmmes c re of eve gone but myself After gr duatlng Irom the Methodlst Hospltal School of Nurs ing, I tr veled roule the Jorld stopping every so often and worklng ld a ho ,ltal to e rn my travel msney After returnln to Amerl , I settled in l A s marrled an ra'sed x family I n now l1VlU0 ln uburb of Sparland All seventeen members oi our cl ss, a you c n see, were ver, sucee sful, and I'm ure our second nd uklfd genera tlons w1l1 be also Tqr lr t Burnett if 'T V V Y V N Y , - l, :nn-1 , sq: , , , , , Y H W . 1 Q 3 1 - 0. . n . r U L . V 4 3 ' C 0 1 '. 3 7 ' -. X . . Q L 0 1 2 f . 3 . . x -'- Y 0 . .A , .D M . , . F' , LA C4 n 4' n . . H W' . A D I' - Dt 0 -'- ' x . .m Y' . rw U. . KA U - . 1- 'x , 1 . Q ' q . CJ 1 .. 'x -' , I , ' L 1 A 1 . . Ts X X . f A . .- , fs Q.. .J en. a,L ' ' I A 4- . . u A ' , ' . - 4 n fx 1' . ew- Cf ' EL til 0 e. Q . e . S 5 A , 1 . Y I - , In . I ,. . G 4 3 CL G 7 . 3 I ' . ' f- ' 3' e ' 4, ' U V L, b - . 5 ' A f - S rv -, ' ' cw P ,L I -nl S C, lu ' o L .. ' x ' 'jr CJ N ' , J a . na t I V N f n ,x . ' K ' Q. Q W7 f' ' L. ' s . r ,- 5 -. A X S A U G S r. -' ' U 1 - 'x -A EL f 3 Z1 . ,. ,rl r 5 D rw I n -' 'x .. ' ' ' U, f- 3 . 4 I ff. 1 . A fl ' 'l 1 Q . 'F . l 'X A . - V ' En F 'Cl f n 3' Q V ,Q . . s r-1 'J' . dl pg ca , e a , 3 1 ' 1' ' W ' ' . ' r'1 U . c .- s, e 0 L A fr, cs. Q O ' Q ' . 'I C' Y' ' cp. -J 1 I1 - 'X' x U ' J. ' ' U 1. S w 3 Q 1 an 0 e V 0 --'31, ,, 5 Q .. ,D