Tremont High School - Echo Yearbook (Tremont, IL)

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HISTORY As graduahon day draws near and we, the sen1ors of '49 look back over four long years of hard study and happy tlmes, we wr1te th1s h1story Wlth sad ness 1n our hearts and perhaps a tear or two 1n our eyes We entered T C H S as freshmen 1n the year of 1945 w1th an enrollment of 38 Be1ng the largest class 1n school and bemg an extraordmary and out standlng group we 1mmed1ately dlsplayed our br1ll1ancy by selectlng the com petent and quallfled Dwayne Stuber as presldent Asslstmg h1m 1n the great task were Gale Barton as v1ce presldent Joan Cotton as secretary Merla H1cks as treasurer and J1m Strunk as the student counc1l representatlve We chose Coach Wolf as our adv1sor Dur1ng the flrst semester, J1m and Phyllxs Van Buren moved away wh1le Joanne Heacock and V1rg1l ROb1S0n Jomed the class 1n the second semester Returmng to the marble halls 1n hopes of makmg the hump of our second year, we were d1smayed to fmd that we lost Betty Owens and Dorothy Daget Our class offxcers were presldent, J1m Strunk v1ce presldent, Dwayne Stuber, secretary Mar1lyn Uns1cker and treasurer, Don N1euk1rk Our student counc1l members were Jeanette Boll1ger and Ke1th Toepfer Mr Wolf was agaln chosen as our class adv1sor We began our Jun1or year w1th M1ss Schmeder as our new class adv1sor members Evelyn Dlegel and Lou1se Mclrwm, but we lost two dur1ng the year Alonzo and Venc1l Stone wh1ch kept our enrollment at 34 We chose as our class off1cers presxdent, K1tty Chadock v1ce pres1dent Gale Barton sec retary, Thelma Babb1tt, and treasurer, Ke1th Toepfer The student counc1l members were Jeanette Boll1ger, Mar1lyn Uns1cker and Dwayne Stuber The h1ghl1ghts of the year were lanyway to us they werel the Jumor Play Foot loose ', and the Jumor Semor Banquet and Prom at Peor1a We, as Soph1st1cated Semors casually strolled 1nto the halls of T C H S w1th 29 members to f1n1sh our last year The members we lost over the sum mer were Evelyn D1egel Joanne Heacock, Joanne Keller R1chard Lu1ck, Donna Hendershott and V1rg1l Rob1son We galned one member Luc1lle Wxldermuth We chose our presldent, Don Ne1uk1rk, wxth much thoughtfulness because th1s was our semor year, and as h1s able ass1stants, we elected Dwayne Stuber as v1ce pres1dent K1tty Chadock as secretary, and Thelma Babb1tt as treasurer The student counc1l members were Mar11yn Uns1cker, Jeanette Boll1ger, Ke1th Toepfer, and Elmon Koch Superlntendent Stone rexgned supreme as our class adv1sor And so now we b1d a tearful farewell to dear old Tremont H1gh We shall long remember the happy days we spent there and the Joyous memorles we have shared wxth our classmates Pave 14 , . , 1 '- n . . I 9 n . 1 - Q : n I I 3 . Q . u a , Q - . and Mrs. Sparrow as assistant. At the beginning of the year we gained two 3 ' . 3 - 1 , 1 n . . 1 . 9 . , 1 7 u n . . . , u ' , - , . - . . , .... n. - , - 1 , . . . 9 , Q .. 1 u , n . 3 . . . l

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Robert Wagenbach Bob Wagenbach 1 mart no doubt Wxm chemlcal mlxtures he'1l drlve you out Intramural Basketball 1 2 3 Chorus 2 3,4 s' Glee Club 1 4 Vernon Wlnzeler Vernon Wmzeler was once called Swxnce And he's been called that ever sxnce s' Glee Club 1 4 Chorus 2 3 Intramural Basketball 1 2 3 4 SENIORS Lucille Wlldermuth Transferred from East Peorxa, Ill I Vlrglnla W11l1ans Vxrgxnla Wxlhams wxll make a good wxfe And to her husband be true thru lxfe G1rls'Club34 GAA 2 Conservation Club 3 Glee Club 1 Georve Woerner George Woerner IS so suave you know l'le'll make some gal a handsome beau Boys' Glee Club 1 4 Track 1 Intramural Basketball 1 2 3 Intramural Wrestllng 1,2 Wrestlmg 1 Lucxlle IS a frxend worth while To find a better, you'll go many a mxle Chorus 1 Pep Club 1 2 3 Glrls' Club 4 Page 13

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CLASS WILL We the class of 1949 of Tremont Unit High School District 702 being of sound mind and ludgment do collect our many good traits talents habits skills and so forth in order to makt this our Last Will and Testament to our less fortu nate and inferior classmates hoping they will use them to their best advantage First to the junior Class we leave our dignified and orderly conduct providing they make better use of it than we did Second to the Sophomore Class we will our ability to have a good time hoping they will add it to their overly studious attitude Third to the Freshman Class we leave our studious manners and good grades seeing that they are so badly in need of them To Mr Stone we will a public address system so that he won't have to bother to leave the office to make his numerous daily announcements To Miss Koch we will a dozen neu bookkeeping tables with portable adding machines attached To Mr Getz we w1ll3 000 new test tubes a quiet fifth hour study hall and 29 amoebae their daily assignments To Mrs Stone we will an all girl Advanced Algebra class To Mrs Sparrow we w1ll an eighth hour English class that has no underground works To Miss Aldridge we will a bright Freshman to help her grade the American History papers To Mr and Mrs L'l-Ieureaux we will a new band and 60 choir robes with clean collars To Mr Wolf and Mr Kisellus we will a winning football team a basketball team averaging 6 4 and a case of beer and a bag of pretzels Inchvidually we will the following I Thelma Babbitt leave my quiet ways to Judy Renfro I Gale Barton leave my shy disposition around all females to Iames Woerner I Alvin Beutel leave my beautiful handwriting to Marilyn Beyer I Jeannette Bolliger leave my cheerleading ability to Glenna Coddington I Kitty Chadock leave my long skirts to Miss Schneider I joan Cotton leave my roaring temper to Marge Pflederer I Margaret Dill leave my height to Roberta Taylor I Donna Fox leave about fifty pounds of my weight to Mrs Stone I Elmer Getz leave my new Mercury to jim Maurer I 'vlerla Hicks leave my pretty smile to Virginia Weisenhofer I Beverly Knapp leave my many boyfriends to Ioan Baurer I Elmon Koch leave my well groomed appearance to Buck Neville I Louise Mclrwm will my ability to copy American I-Ilstory tests to anyone who can get by with it I Donald Nieukirk leave my good singing voice and musi cal ability to Don Septic Hutchison I Glen Papenhause leave my bashful ways to Leonard Grubb I Wayne Riddle will my wavy red hair and my freckles to Vic Adcox I, Donald Rowell will my ability to blush to Don Anderson I Wilma Rowell leave my many muscles to Mary Lou Rapp will make good use of it I Dwayne Stuber leave my slow speaking voice and my tall stature to Chuck Patton and junior Pflederer I Vlfrena Stuber leave my curly hair to jean Stone I james Strunk leave my athletic ability to john Berry I, Ke1t.h Toepfer leave my explosive and smelly experi ments to Prof Ben1aminW Getz I Marilyn Unsicker leave my turned up nose to Jay Bolliger I Robert Wagenbach leave my scientific ability to future chemistry students I Virginia Williams leave my beauttful and gay color combinations to Shirley Rowell I Vernon Winzeler leave my gentlemanly manner to Art Hoffman I George Woerner leave my loud voice to Shorty Wineburner I Lucille Wildermuth leave my slovu galttOM1SS Koch Signed THE SENIOR CLASS Page 15 . ' I I If , , l ' ' - . . . . - , , . . ' ' A I 4' , . . . 7 V A A 9 7 ' ' Y Y - , . . ,- - - cc ' , Y Q S V Q , . . . , . . . Q ' 1 . . , 1 v , 7 Y , . I 0 Y! I l - 4 - . . 1 ' ' To Miss Schneider, we will an English IV class that reads I, Joe Sauder, will mY P193-Sing D9f50n31itY to anY0ne Who '. . V ' ' ' S . 1 ' - I , , 9 ' ' ' ' V ,' . ' . . , , ' A 5 , - Y ' - 0 1 Q - ' I I, , ' . . . . . . 1 ' , . U O Y V ' . , , . ' A 9 . 1 , . O. ' Y, , . , Y . . ' I . , ' 4 y v 4 4 ' , . , ' .