Stonington High School - Stony Echoes Yearbook (Stonington, IL)

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Senior Elass Will We, the Seniors of 1953, being of sound mind qaccording to our own testimony, we refuse to consult anyone else on this statusj do give and bequeath our treasured posses- sions to those we leave behind. No doubt you wonder what these are and, if so valuable, why we leave them to you, you lucky people. To relieve your doubts we enumerate the following: unfound books, un-skipped days,.un-smoked cigarettes, space at the head of the stairs, lost arguments, lost on the round trip between study hall and office fafter four years we're still huntingj. These we leave alike to faculty and students with no discrimination. As a final bequeath, we leave the following valuable possessions individually: I, Lowell Beck, will my A's in Ag to Donnie Swigert providing he doesn't work to hard. I, Joyce Blakeman, will my Blue Mound boy friends to my sister, Marilyn, providing she g08S OU! with two a week. I, Darline Blome, will my quietness to Pat Clark, I, Harry Blome, will my ability to raise GRAND CHAMPION SHEEP to Carroll Myers. I, Wilma Bollinger, will my Florida sun tan to Patty Dye. I, Carole Ann Brown, will my freckles to Dickie Wattelet, providing he doesn't try to get rid of them. I, Fred Brown, will my Taylorville girl friends to Bob Taylor. I. Glenda Collier, will my ability to do my bookkeeping without any mistakes to Pat Corby, I, Mary DeMichael, will my private parties to Sandra Martin, provided she has as much fun as I did. I, Gerald Hurelbrink, will my huskiness to Jerry Pierce. I, Jack Kerwin, will my ability to skip school to Terry Poiriez, providing he doesn't get into any trouble. I, Ralph Lawler, will my dog to Kay Harbarger, providing she takes him for a walk every day. l, Vivian Matson, will my ability to get along with teachers to Mary Ann Minor. I, John May, will my new convertible to my little brother, providing he washes it every day. I, Raymond Poiriez, will my ability to get along with Mr. Fahsbender to Harold Ethe- ridge. I, Mary Ann Price, will my hidden talents which were revealed at the Dairy Lane to Mary Alice Adams. I, Roger Reeh, will my long sideburns to Bobby Gebhart, providing he doesn't shave them off. I, Cloyd Staples, will my ability to get kicked out of classes to anyone who thinks he can beat my record. I, Keith Swigert, will my carton of cigarettes to the Ag class if they promise to smoke them on a field trip. I, Jim Sanders, will my flat top to Ronnie Turner, if he will get it trimmed each week. I, Janice Whitsett, will my ability to wash diapers' to Diane Childs.

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After dinner we went back to the beach because Jack said that we would probably see a few more of our old friends there, stealing a few hours offfrom their offices. The first of them we ran on to was John May, now a big swamp-recoverer contractor. He employs Mary DeMichael as his date receptionest whom he was forced to hire because of his many admirers: and Carol Ann Brown as a translater of his foreign love letters. It seems that Jack and I had run on to John at the right moment because his secretaries were making out invitations to a New Year's Eve party at his country home for all the members of the C1355 gf '53 now living in Florida. With a little pressure John insisted that I spend the rest of my vacation as his house guest. Arriving via space ship for the party were Fred Brown and Spike Staples and their wives. I must say they have done rather well for themselves, they are joint proprietors of a bowling alley using mummified heads from the South Seas as balls and unsold wilt- ed celery stalks for pins, courtesy of Spike's uncle. Even their pin boy, Roger Reeh, and their chauffer, Raymond Poiriez, came to add to the guests. Next to arrive was Jim Sanders and his wife. Jim is now the largest cattle raiser in Florida and also as a side line raises monkeys which he has trained to milk so mat he W0r1'I have to get up so early. We all ran out on the front porch to investigate a noise and racket. A speeding car came to a squealing stop near the front steps. When the dust cleared, Harry Blome step- ped from the sleek hot rod, removed his crash helmet and stepped up on the porch. We had all forgotten momentarily that Harry was now a hot rod manufacturer and would, no doubt, come to the party in one of his latest models. After l-Iarry's arrival, John called us all out to the patio where we were seated and prepared for the entertainment. John announced that we would be entertained by four more of our successful classmates. First-we were charmed by a demonsuation of weight lifting by Wilma Bollinger, the new champion heavy weight Lifter of the world. After Wilma had finished her act she took a seat with the rest of us so she could watch Glenda Collier who was next to perform. 'Glenda the Great had gotten a leave from Ringling Brothers Circus to come to the party. She has taken up the dainty act of snake charming. Her act was very breath-taking at times especially for Glenda. She ended her act by putting her twenty foot cobra in a match box. She also joined the audience to watch the others perform. Darline Blome was next and I must say I was a little startled. She was dr6S86d in one of the gayest Hill-Billy garbs I have ever seen. Darline has taken the place of Cousin Minnie Pearl on the Barn Dance. She told us about her reumatism and boy friend Ezra. After her version of She'll be coming round the Mountain, she too, joined us. The last to perform was Mary Ann Price, now a great opera star, fPardon me, the once great opera star.p She sang Paggliacci although personally I couldn't tell much difference between Paggliacci and Darline's She'll be coming round the Mountain' ex- cept that Mary Ann could do a much better job of calling the pigs to feed. The next morning I thanked John for his hospitality and began my long trip home. Nothing of interest happened on the way home so I shall close for now. Sincerely yours, THE TRAVELER

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Hits ,Maul cniars NAME Lowell Beck Joyce Blakeman Darline Blome Harry Blome Carole Ann Brown Fred Brown Wilma Bollinger Glenda Collier Mary DeMichael Gerald Hurelbrink Jack Kerwin Ralph Lawler Vivian Matson John May Raymond Poiriez Mary Ann Price Roger Reeh Cloyd Staples Keith Swigert James Sanders Janice Whitsett BESETTING SIN Nina Charlie Nyle T alking Red hair Basketball Southern Drawl Men Blue Chevrolet Billy Ann Girls Sonny Exaggerating Temper Heighth Taylorville Barbara Fast Driving Ag. Class Griping NICKNAME Charlie Atlas Grandma Rosie Bloomers Freckles Brownie Irma You All Aggie Grandpa Spagetti Ralphie Vivie Johnny Ramoni Caponi Map Preach Spike Clem Jimmy Jannie A MB ITION Farmer Housewife Marry Nyle Prize flock of oxfords Airline stewardess Basketball coach Secretary To say Chingachgook Home Ec. teacher A Perfect 36 Accountant Own a pet shop Get along with Glenda Own a red convertible To loaf Own the Roxy Learn to drive None Ambulance driver Garage mechanic Run a nursery SAYING You just wait! Oh, Crumbl Aw! You'd like to know, wouldn't you? Gee Whiz I ain't got any What? My gosh You don't know, do your Darn'd if I know Where is Billy Ann? Oh you ignorant thing Nuts! For cow sakes Makes you wonder, don't it? Huh? Shake the bushes Sh ------- uger Get off my back Now, Mr. Meridith Well, Golly DESTINY President of school board Old Maid Marry Gale Raising pedigreed mongrels Pearl diver Cowboy Dishwasher in Sherman Hotel Mayor of Blue Mound Marry a preacher Traffic Cop Shoe-shine boy Dog Catcher Raise turkeys Woman hater Efficiency Expert Invent an unzippable zipper Preacher Horse Doctor Hearse Driver Grease monkey Mother of first sextuplets