Sycamore High School - Leaves Yearbook (Sycamore, IL)

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Barbara Nelson wills her giddy interest in Miss Adams' English IV class to Gordon Williams. Oh, brother! Betty Nowlen leaves that Hlllll on a diet stull' to Viola Alexander. lVe'll believe it when we see it, Betty. Peggy Parker wills all those waves to the Navy. Richard Pearson leaves his farmer-boy look to jimmie Doty. Does the nickname go with it, Woog ? Clark Rich leaves his ability to always get in a basketball game to Pretty Boy Gustafson. Maybe we'll win more games next year. I Don Rich bestows that dimple of his to Strombom. vVhat a girl- killer you'll be now. Scummy . John Rich succumbs to the Mayor of Virgil and leaves for more fertile grounds. Marvin Roush leaves with his faithful Chevy' for parts unknown. This has been the last year for the chevy, and it's a good thing. Kenny Rudy leaves that bright red blush of his to anyone who wants to stop trallic. Depends on what kind, doesn't it, Kenny? Genevieve Russell wills her place in the band to Richard Swanson. Bet- ter watch out, French Horns. Rosemary Schuenke leaves her silent interest in the Navy to Mary Min- nihan. Keith Sellers wills his ability to beat otlt the boogie-woogie to Mar- vin NValdo, since Marvin did so well in that grass skirt at initiation. Dick Shott wills those smooth clothes of his to Sam Kocher. lVatch the girls swoon next year. Signed the second Monday of the Gfth week in the thirteen class of '-lti. Leon Singleton leaves his ability to get a wife before the rest of us fellows could even get up nerve to whistle at a girl to Herb Renwick. tsk tsk! Barbara Siostrom leaves her weakness for murders to anyone who wants help in getting out of chemistry. Better watch out, Hausey. Nancy Slezak bestows her very quiet manner on Audrey NIcCullah. Maybe that will soothe our broken eardrums left over from the last game. Arline Swanson leaves that agreeable personality of hers to anyone who wants to get through modern history. Boring, isn't it, Eeny ? Norma Swanson will those giggles of hers to Miss Butterlicld. Does she ever smile? Rose Thompson leaves singing My Bill . Mary Underwood leaves those brown, wistful eyes of hers to Norma Scherf. Maybe you can throw away that gun now, Norma. Dick Wallace wanting to be different, takes back all the things he has said about the teachers. You can't allord to give something for nothing, can you, Dick? Bill Westerbeck bequeaths his tall, dark, and handsome characteristics to Robert Penzotti. Look at the ftlture prospects, Muggs! Esther Williamson leaves that ever ready smile to Sylvester l-lofbauer. Nothing like overdoing it. Leonard Wolfe leaves his knowledge of the law to Elmer Hughes. I'1l bet you wish youid gotten rid of it before you met Kenny, huh, Leonard? nh month of the year in the presence of the kind Ima Bugg I-Iesa Dope.

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enior C aria We, the class of nineteen hundred and forty six, in our last will and testament hereby bequeath all of our worldly possessions to the unsuspecting underclassmen who are sadly in need of them. Vince Ahnquist leaves that voice of his to any boy who intends to serenade Donna Carlson next year. Ted Anderson bestows that subtle humor of his upon Mr. Haus- wald. At least get a new joke book, Hausey! John Astling leaves Leota to anybody who wants to take care of her next year-for John, of course. Georgianne Bauer leaves her ability to attract men to whoever grabs it first. If you don't believe she's got it. look at her senior picture. Roy Bergeson leaves Dick Amundsen behind to annoy Miss Billet some more. YVasn't it fun, boys? Don Burrow wills his tractor driving ability to Howard Scott. Maybe you'll have better luck with a tractor than your car, Clem. Lois Conley leaves her ability to receive punishment at freshmen initiations to anyone who is a good sport. Lois Dagg said she wouldn't leave her marine behind. so we de- cided to let her have him. Ah, love! Wilfred Deutsch leaves his ability to sleep in class to NVesley Elliott. Now you can pursue girls in the evening as well as after school, jumbo. Betty Eklund leaves her intensive study habits to Allan Doane. Duane Ells dashes madly out of Miss Adams' English IV C class for the last time. XVhat a relief, eh Zig ? Jean Fellinger waits patiently for the one-and-only from Nfarengo. XVhat's he got that Van johnson hasn't, jean? Yeah. we know-you! Doris Griffith leaves her ability to twirl the baton to her sister. Now you can get into the swing of things, Marilyn. Sylvia Gronberg bequeaths her quiet calm manner to Bob Smith. Donald Hale leaves his ability on the basketball floor to Charles XVynn. Richard Hale is so glad to get out of Mr. Schrader's modern history class that he forgot to leave anything. Coach should pick on somebody his own size. shouldn't he, Richard? Bob Hennis just hates to leave Nfarylou. Chin up, Bob, she gels her pardon next year. Doris Hillquist leaves Sycohi to hurry away to Augustana College. What is the great attraction. Doris? Shirley Howe runs out of the door to find Knobby-who else? Alice Johnson sees red every time she thinks about leaving school. Tough luck, Alice, but maybe Belvidere will prove more profitable. Melvin Johnson finally got a girl friend and he's not willing to give her up. How about that, Cherrie ? Audrey Glamourpuss Knudsen leaves her nickname, H202 to Muggs Miner. It'll take several rinses, but you can do it if you stick to it, Muggs. Fred Larson leaves that heavy walk of his to Edward Butzow. Now you can scare anyone in study hall clear out of their meditative mood, Ed. Bob Linolstrom wills his ability to pick out-of-town girls to Stubby London. 'l'hat's quite a gift. Stub , Hope you have as good luck. Eleanor Loptein leaves for her job at the A Sc l' and Bob. Since he works there. too, it doesn't look like such a bad situ- ation. Mary Lou Mathy leaves her ability to. play the held to Audrey Mc- Cullah. Shirley McGetrick leaves her measurements on me in the cooking lab for future reference of the overweight. Bernard McMillan leaves some of his beautiful black hair to Ralph Mc- Call. Art Merchant leaves his basketball skill to any future intramural player who wishes to demolish the opposing team. Marilyn Miller wills her easy-to-manage hair to Peggy Kallembach. Now you won't have to struggle so, Peggy. Alvin Mirotznik leaves his masculine personality and way with women to Don Kallembach. Helen Montgomery and her ring leave in a hurry, for she has an engage- ment.

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uniom lst Row: Donald Gustafson, Gerald Applegate, Bruce Hudson, William Edwards, Janet Anderson, Jane Hayes, Joyce Aita 2nd Row: Donna Carlson, Alice Clarner, Bernice Bell, Edward Butzow, Melody Holt, Peggy Kallembach, Donna Blanck, Janet Cone 3rd Row: Philip Floit, Barbara Denby, Yvonne Johnson, Florence Hale, Dorothy King, Jean lindahl, lrene Cleary, Lois John- son, Mary lou Horne 4th Row: June Friewald, Viola Alexander, George Clark, Allan Doane, Sylvester Hofbauer, Elmer Hughes, lda Arison, Mar- jorie Bolander, Clifford Ells 5th Row: Gordon Drayton, Elliott Doane, Elvin Carlson, Wesley Elliott, William Keller, Donald Kallembach, Theodore Jack- son, Richard Amundsen The class of '47 is three-quarters of the way Gnished! With luck we should graduate next year. Meanwhile let's survey our past junior year. To start the year right the traditional junior pencils arrived on time and sold very well. In keeping with the green-and-white of their pencils, the class chose forest green-and-white sweaters after a close vote. N Members of the junior class made up a major part of this year's varsity football squad and a good share ol I K3 the basketball squad. We were also well-represented' on R K j the track team and should prove a credit in athletics to X X t N Q Sycohi during our senior year. The G. A. A., Pep Club, ' Spartan Club, music department, and other organizations were well-fortified with juniors. Three regular major- ettes, two cheerleaders, and one regular Hag twirler were juniorsg many of the leading roles in the operetta were played by members of our class. r-t . 4. W, fn, ',ih. lv., ,- .T X NN -v l .