Sycamore High School - Leaves Yearbook (Sycamore, IL)

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fm SENIOR CLASS WILL . Being battered in body, warped mentally, and thoroughly shattered in hope, we, the stupendously successful Class of 1944. depart from the lofty halls of Sycohi and leave this sacred document as our last will and testament. Catherine Allen just couldn't bear to leave Tommy, so hand in hand they depart. Robert Allen leaves his delivering job at Strain's to Bruz Whitney. Now you and Millie won't have to walk any more, Bruz. Thorald Anderson wills his cave man tech- nique to Bob Bickford. Take my word for it, Bob, that just kills the ladies. Vera Angel leaves that tantalizing wink to her little brother. Try this for date bait, Frank. lean Arison wouldn't consent to leave all of her height, but she finally decided she could spare a foot or two to Raymond Howe. With this you'll really have something, Gussie. Alberta Balcom leaves her nickname of Shorty to Ted Anderson. Evacline Benson bestows her bangs on Helen Winfrey. Anything- but that Veronica Lake! Tom Billings leaves his remarkable ability to get along with his teachers to lean Cham- bers. Now wait a minute! Bill Brotcke bestows his beautifully bowed legs on Bill Giltner. Howdy, pardner. Margaret Branen leaves her make-up kit and come-hither personality to Lois Conley. Be aggressive, Lois. Stevie Brown bequeaths his teddy bear contours to Mr. Schrader. Now maybe those girls can come out of that coma and pay at- tention in class. Ruth Buzzell buries her nickname Buzzul six feet under, praying that it may rest in peace. Phyllis Carlson leaves her natural red hair to all discouraged gals who've tried for years to do it with henna. Hi, Peg! Willie Chambers donates his pug nose to Mr. lHerbst. Cough! Don Clapsaddle wills his love 'em and leave 'em technique to Floyd Kocher. At least it's sharin' him, Fat. Eleanor Cleary leaves her quiet comment of ich to Allan Doane. You'll find it's lots easier on the blood pressure, Allan. Liz Cook leaves lackadaisicallope to Miss Paterson to replace her galloping gait. Bob Doty leaves his immaculate grooming and urbane manners to Clark Rich. Marjorie Dunning lends her propeller-like hairdo to the U. S. Army Air Corps for the duration. Don Firkins leaves his splendid physique to Ken ll-lerculesl Rudy. Are we kiddinl? Ellen Garrnan 'leaves her T.N.T. ltrirn 'n tinyl waistline to Anold Swanson. Whistle! Clyde CCasanovaJ Gibson leaves his effer- vescent personality to the Bromo-Seltzer people. Alice Giltner leaves her seat in the Honor Society to Donald Hale. Now you won't have to worry about keeping eligible, Don. Edna Goodley charges out of the west en- trance, guns madly up State Street, and turns in at Tony's . She can't wait to get to that back booth for a drag on a fag. LaVic:e Grissinger leaves her cracks about pans, to liven up next year's Senior English classes. For explanation, see any of this year's 4C students. s . Iune Haeberle leaves in a mad rush for the Johnson-VanNatta Funeral Home. Oh my no, she ain't gonna die. She just wants to help spend all the money they'll rake in putting away all the departed Barbs that'll pile up after the last Sycamore-DeKalb game. lean Hansen leaves her quiet, dainty ways to Ianie Hayes. Don't worry too much, Ianie, you can still cut loose when you're pounding boogie woogie. Blanche Hughes gives her collection of purple and gold clothes to the cheerleader. This'll save buying outfits, kids. Helen Irving willingly leaves her residence in DeKalb to any enamoured wolves who don't have a C card. Oh, Clarence-I Carol Iames leaves her ability to get what she wants to anyone who wants to go places. Miriam Iespersen leaves her nickname of Mermiumumumurn pop, to anyone who wants to suffer. Marilyn King leaves her perpetual crushes on fellows to Bonnie Mumaw. lt'l1 liven up your life lots, Bonnie. Ralph Larson leaves his brilliant portrayal of the' Parson in the class play to Bob West- berg. The inhabitants of our village breathe a sigh of relief. Alice Matteson leaves her pep and vitality to the future president of the Pep club. Rah! Rah! Rah! Robert Meier bestows his enthusiasm for airplanes to Ioe Anding. Anything to get his mind off the women. .Don Mitterling leaves for the army, but not before tagging Ioan with Keep off, you wolvesl Art Montgomery wills his crew cut to Ianet Cone. Au Revoir to the days of pin curls, Ianet.

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CLASS OF 4-4 ABC's from the primers we learned long ago, But here are some new ones our high school should know A is for Miss Adams, our sponsor so dear, And our class is guarded with an Angel here. Catherine and Bob Allen in the A's do run: The D.A.R. award, by lean Arison was won. Anderson we all know as The Breath of Spring. Now B stands for Benson, her ditties we sing: P Next will come Balcom, Billings, Brenda and Browng Cook and Clapsaddle in the play won renown. Then C's for Carlson, Cleary, and Chambers, too. D is for Dunning, when our bills will come due, Also Bob Doty, class president is he. E is for endeavor, in this We agree. F stands for Firkins, our farmer so true. G is ,for Gibson, he's a tease through and through, Also for Garman, Giltner, and Goodley, three more. And still we have Grissinger to add to this score. While H is for Haeberle, Hansen, and Hughes, l is for Irving, Clarence Floit to amuse. I stands for Iespersen, who writes all our facts, And Carol Iames with her music she attracts. King is our treasurer, so dainty and neat, And now Ralph Larson the L does complete. M is for Meier, vice president you see. This long line of M's I did not foresee, Matteson, McAdams, Morrison and McLean: Mitterling with Ioan in a red car was seen. McDaniels and McMenamin, too, are here. . Next N is for Niemeyer and Newman this year, And with the three Nelsons we have lots of fun. O is a zero, of these we have none. P for 'Pauler and Kay Peterson does stand, And also for Penrod, who plays in the band. Packard is a car, and Parker is a pen, After the war we will have plenty of them. Q stands for quantity and quality, too, While others are serving the Red, White and Blue. Rich, Rote, to Reuss, go to Roberts for gas . Skoot, Shroutl look Sharp, here comes the '44 class Skelly twirls accompanied by Sabin, And Swanberg plays football, attempting to win. Iean Smith and Elbert Scott in the S's have we. With two Taylors our sewing troubles are free. We walked the Townsend to find'Gladys Tall: ' We found her gathering white roses for all. U is United, the way we all stand. V is for Victory, awaiting our land. W is for Wolfe, but who's afraid of her? Also for Wellander with his motorcycle purr. A namesake have we of Montgomery and Ward, Also for Westlake who won an art award. Williamson and Wilson end this group, you know. X is for our classmates who left long ago. Youngman and Yaffe, the Y do uphold. And now all the names ot the seniors are told. Last, Z stands for Zeal: we have plenty you see, Our class is complete now from A unto Z. -Ruth Buzzell

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SENIOR CLASS WILL , Ralph Morrison leaves his strong, silent charm to Iames Crosby Schwab. With our little wolf reformed it'll be safe to go out on the street nights. Alvina McAdams leaves her colorful career as a waitress to Nancy Slezak. You meet more interesting people this way. Berniece McDaniels leaves her fiery tern- per to Betty Nowlen. Better beware all you who heckle Betty. Douglas McLean leaves his typical Irish- ness to Wes Iohnson. Need we say more? Gerald McMenamin leaves The Ford to Mr. Hauswald. Now you can put that bicycle in dry dock, Hausie. Bernice Nelson leaves her neatly curled hair to Genevieve Russell. Neat hair is more alluring than that Charles Atlas course, Gen. Delores Nelson leaves her cuddle up a little closer line to Miss Reuber. Who's kid- din' who? Ruthie Nelson leaves her bangs to Mr. Shrout. Marion Newman wills her belligerent manner to Helmer Nelson. He has to have something to protect himself. Marjorie Niemeyer leaves her live alone and like it philosophy to Eddie Cook. This I've gotta seel Don Packard gives his harem of DeKalb women to George Clark. We'll get even with the DeKalb gals this way. Jimmy Parker leaves his remarkably good looks and All American Boy complex to Watson Bennett. Enter a new and more fascin- ating Watson. . ' Ioan Pauler leaves her beauty marks to Dorothy Wampole. Reta Penrod leaves her fits of violence as a committee chairman to anyone who wants a quick ticket to Elgin. Kathryn Petersen leaves her curvacious loveliness to Tooty Bauer. Oh come now! Bill Reuss bequeaths his disgust for women to Gussie Gustafson. He won't give the gals a break anyway. ' Liz Rich hesitated to leave but finally de- cided it wouldn't be too bad since Red lives out in her direction anyway. Mary Roberts graciously.grants her teeth braces to Marilyn Adee. You'll have an extra pair now in case you swallow yours, Fat. Shirley Rote leaves her swoons over any handsome he-man to Meri. tl-lave you seen Shirley's locker door?l Donny Sabin wills his ioy for iive to Miss Scarseth so she can be a iitterbug. too. Elbert Scott leaves his stirring, portrayal of Mr. Witherspoon to Frankenstein. Maybe this will give him a new lease on life. Virginia Sharp leaves her pomp and pious- ness to Ioy Niebergall. My how quiet things have grown. Frankly, Marye Faye is worried: there isn't another Skelly to inherit Bob Larson. Evelyn Skoot lends her little Ford to any- one who wants to get around. lean Smith leaves her priority on Miss E. Y. to Bernard McMillian. I Gladys Tall leaves her interest in the Navy to Ioe Minnahan. Use it as a morale builder when you're on K.P., Ioe. Carl Swanberg leaves his prize winning menagerie to the F.F.A. Quit drooling, kids, that doesn't mean Mary. Helen Taylor leaves her bland innocence to anyone who wants to get away with murder. Russ Taylor leaves his razor to Bobby CPeach-fuzzl Hennis. Ruthie Townsend leaves her Rogues Gal- lery of droolable males to any girl who wants to brighten a dull evening. Bonney Ward wills her pass to South Da- kota to anyone who needs new hunting terri- tory, and we do mean lean Smith lFreshmanl. Owwwl ' Iohn Wellander leaves his motorcycle to Mrs. T. so she can tear out and round up any truants. ' Marge Westlake leaves her artistic but quiet life to Clara Louise Sundly. ' Margaret Williamson leaves her sense of humor to Tommy Fenwick. Anything but that corn. Tommy. Betty Wilson leaves her boisterous per- sonality to Audrey McCullah. Eleanor Wolfe, the perfect example of the domestic type, leaves this characteristic to Eileen Askelson. Try the homemaker line, Eileen. Bob Yaffee leaves those trumpet lips to Herb Renwick. Let's polish up that old tech- nique, Herb. Elaine Youngman leaves her job at the Na- tional Tea to Donna Brotcke. You'll find it's a marvelous supplement to your diet, Donna. Filed: and forgotten by said testators who hope no one ever brings it up again. Signed. THE CLASS OF '44 ' ' 21