Toledo High School - Orator Yearbook (Toledo, IL)

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Unzfar Senlor Class Prophecy ThlS IS stat1on TCHS Wlth your announcer Bruce Janes broadcastlng a por t1on of the homecommg of the 1946 graduatmg class of the Toledo Commumtj H1gh School now one of th best known schools ln the state of Ill1no1s Thls was the f1rst class to graduate from the Communlty H1gh School and they have made great h1story both 1n l1fe and 1n remembrance of the1r school We f1nd each member of the class of 46 gath red here 1n the huge audltorxum Much chatter IS golng on as I step down from the platform and mlngle Wlth the crowd On the rxght we see a group of seven These g1rls ar really hav1ng a joyous tlme as they dlscuss the pranks they were often gullty of back 1n the good old days of 46 Here s1ts th former Mary Worley who IS now Mrs Vmson Sweel w1fe of the famed Dr who IS Supermtendent of the San Franclsco Hospltal Next here we see the former JoAnne Cutts who IS now no on other than Mrs Bruce Janes my w1fe After some coax1ng I flnally persuaded her to give up h r career as the trumpet player No 1 and return to Toledo so we could settle down and l1V8 happlly ever after Nearby we f1nd Lou1se McClellan who IS engaged to the r1chest man ln New York so It seems evld nt that Loulse can have money and not have to Work remembrance of those long ago days Aha I see over th re S1135 Margaret Vanatta some of you may remember hen as Furry but after Jay came along that name Just d1sappeared Margaret lS star r1ng 1n the p1cture Love Found and Jay her husband plays OppOS1t6 her That blonde next to Margaret looks som what dlfferent but yes she IS the former Irma Reynolds As anyone could guess she IS now a Navy W1fe and of course her husband IS Dr V1rg1l Knupp Jr She IS a resldent of Los Angeles but felt she must 1' turn to enyoy th1s homecommg The former Lona Barger starred as a Broadway dancer unt1l her marr1age to her ch11dhood sweetheart-Raymond Ell1ott As Raymond IS ln the A1r Corps they make thelr home n ar h1s camp at Galveston Texas The last member of the group IS the former Vera Jackson After her grad uat1on 1n 46 she worked for a large cloth1ng company 1n Chxcago and was a travel1ng saleslady untll sh had to be llke the rest of her gang and marry the s hool boy frlend who 1S now a Captaln ln the Army A1r Corps They reslde ln Denver Colorado There I see two of our classmates dressed ln Navy blues Why 1tS Captain D1ck Olmstead and Command r B111 Gr1ssom st1ll serv1ng 1n the U S Navy Bill 1946 az' Y- ' Y-,-Y Y-5 -' ,-.- 11-.z' -Q -K -Yr' ' T - O 0:0 . . . . v 7 . - . . , . i . 3 . . . . 9 1 ' ' 7 . , 3 . . . I . . D . . , . A . . ,V , ' 3 Q xl xr . . 3 . either. Really, Louise, we don't mean this as a sarcastic remarkg just another 1 2 ' ' 1 , ' ' ' al rx . ' 7 V ' A . - . V 1 - , 1 . . . . . I . . . y . Q . , , . . . , . . '. . R . 3 . A - . . . . . . . . I y . ,

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E - - -fOrafar--e E thony. I Max Gordon do hereby will and bequeath my ability to make A s in Chorus to Robert Layton. I Gene Snodgrass do hereby will and bequeath the work and worries caused publishing a school paper to Edna Carrell. I Evelyn Elliott do hereby will and bequeath my good memory to Gene Shoot I Donald Greeson do her by will and bequeath my new car to Doyle Shupe I B111 Grissom do hereby will and bequeath my ability to play basketball Tommy Elliott, I Dick Olmstead do hereby will and bequeath my trade mark B V D to Bernard Elder and good humor to our successors by to ' .y We, the Senior Class of 1946, do hereby will and bequeath our good behavior

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Omfrfr was the f1rst member of our class to take the flnal step to the alter and he and h1S Wlfe also a graduate of Toledo H1gh are l1v1ng 1n Baltlmore Maryland As for B V Ds iD1ck sl love l1fe he st1ll s ems to be the Romeo he was 1n h1S h1gn school days Both of these boys have made great progress 1n the Navy a short tlme before the1r hlgh school career ended Over near the left w1ng I see Evelyn Greeson enJoy1ng a v1s1t w1th her s1ster Frances as Evelyn IS now l1v1ng 1n Hawau where she has the reputatlon of belng the best cook on the lsland Frances marr1ed an automob1le magnate and she and her husband have Just compl ted an exh1b1t10n of thelr latest model They are now taklng a two weeks rest as th1s lS thelr f1rst vacatlon 1n f1ve years Evelyn Elllott Just now walked up and started chattlng w1th the former Grees n slsters As for Evelyn Ell1ott sh has Just returned from a vacatlon tr1p to Hawa11 She IS a very well known dress deslgner 1n Hollywood and has deslgned many of the leadmg actresses wardrobes Back 1n our hlgh school days Evelyn always sa1d that she was a man hater and it seems she has stuck to that op1n1o11 because she IS st1ll a slngle gal There on the left I see a group gathered and all are laugh1ng and seem to be really enjoymg themselves Well of all people lf It 1snt Bllly Greeson 1n the our cares away Heres Donald B1llys brother and he IS qu1te dlfferent from belng a clown 1nstead he IS a buslness man as h IS the proud owner of a large sugar plantat1on Gathered here 1n th1s same group we see Jun1or Clark He IS enJoy1ng B1lly S ant1cs 1mmensely slnce he Just recently returned to the Umted States after belnf' sh1pwrecked on a desolate lonely Pac1f1c island several years ago Why here next to Jun1or we see Harry Txtus Back ln our hlgh school day you W111 remember that Harry and Junlor were qulte good fr1ends It may seem amazmg but Harry IS now the pr1nc1pal entertalner of a floor show 1n one of the best known cafes 1n Chlcago Harry has consented to slng h1s latest h1t for us on our even1ng program and g1r1s Im warnlng you ahead of t1me be prepared to swoon Stand1ng nearby w see Wayne McK1nney and B1ll Shepherd and from what I can lnterpret they are hav1ng a l1vely d1scuss1on on alrplanes and rocket Sh1pS The Shepherd alrport IS owned and operated by our former classmate B1ll Shep herd He has told us that all we must do to get a free r1de IS merely make an appearance at the a1rp0rt As for Wayne, he has made 3 trlps to the moon m h1s new rocket Shlp Llfe IS really amazing as he 1S mak1ng arrangements to v1s1t the planet Venus ln a few months Here we f1nd one l1ttle lady that has been a wee b1t late 1n gettmg here I thought she was here but I guess people do make m1stakes She IS the Prmcess of Gausten the former Norma Huffman She llves 1n Cuba most of the year 1946 , . , . . . . , h N . . Q . . . . , , 1 . , 4 . . . . - . . , . . I - , , center of this crowd. He is now a famous clown and he is really great for driving , . , . . . . , . , . . 7 7 , . -.-.W Y ir Y !.'-i - f- 5 Y -va 141' , -5 ,' , -v-. 7' Y - Y-,1