Tremont High School - Echo Yearbook (Tremont, IL)

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Class Hustory June 1955 Dear Dlary Gee we were scared as the thtrty stx of us entered the spankmg new halls of T C H.S as bewlldered Freshmen' Our f1rst OfflCla1 act as Freshmen was to elect our class offlcers and Student Counc1l representatives We elected Gene Becker Pres1dent Bryan Freeman V1ce Pres1dent Mary Ray Roosa Secretary and Judy Bllss Treasurer Phxl Baer and Kathy Beutel wereelected to represent our class 1n the Councll Mr Young served as our sponsor A party was held ln our honor at the old gym ln October by the Sophomores June 1956 Dear Dlary It was wonderful th1s year not bemg green' Freshmen. Eugene Crum1ne Buck Lathrom Josle Stone and Joyce Ropp left our mldst but we gamed Roy Flynn and Duane Howard We met 1n the room of our sponsor Mrs Blazer and elected our Councll representat1ves Mary Ray Roosa and Ph1l Baer Jeanne Maurer was elected Pres1dent Ne1l Connell Vxce Pres1dent Ruth Strawbndge Secretary and John Shanklln Treas urer The hlghlxght of the year was the class party held at Hazelman s t1mber and creek June 1957 Dear Dxary At last we re upper classmen! Thxrty four of us entered as J unlors havlng lost Ruth Strawbrldge but ga1n1ng Rosemary Schurter We chose Mr Norwood as our sponsor and to asslst hxm we elected Bryan Freeman Pres1dent Pete Fawer V1ce Pres1dent Sue Gerstner Secretary and Gene Becker Treasurer Phll Baer Ne11 Connell and Jeanne Maurer were selected to represent the J umors ln the Student Counc1L Durmg our Juruor year we lost Gene Becker Bob Berchtold Roy Flynn Dale Kresm and Sharon Renner Th1S left our class w1th only twenty nme members In March we presented a two cast play entltled Oh Kay after wh1ch the class enjoyed a meal at the Plonecr Club The blggest hlghhght of our htgh school career up to thls t1me was the J uruor Senlor Prom The gym and cafeterla were very approprlately decorated to the theme of Candyland Bryan Freeman and Sue Gerstner relgned as kmg and queen of the event June 1958 Dear D1ary Our hlgh school career IS through at last' Bryan was agam elected Pres1dent B111 Kxnsey V106 Pres1dent Sue Gerstner Secretary Penny Zlmmerman Treasurer and Kathy Beutel Asslstant Treasurer Plul Baer Ne1l Connell Jeanne Maurer and Rosemary Schurter were elected to represent our class ln the Student Councll. Home commg was the fnrst b1g event of the year and Phtl Baer and .T eanne Maurer were chosen to relgn over the fest1v1t1es More honors came to our class 1n March when Penny Zlm merman was chosen Sprmg Formal Queen and Mary Ray Roosa Carnlval Queen. At the end of the year we Semors were swamped w1th BCIIVIIICS If Mother Only Knew the f1rst student dxrected play ever to be presented ln Tremont was a great success and the whole class celebrated by gomg out to eat. The .Tumors gave us a wonderful prom on May 17 and two days later our class left on the annual Semor trlp to Washmg ton, D C After s1x days of an UPFOZFIIE VBCHIIOH a tued group of Senlors came back to conclude thelr school days Baccalaureate servlces were held June 1 and we graduated .Tune 2 Now our hlgh school days are over and we ll all be golng our separate ways 23 I I , ' a o . . - I I s s 1 1 s f n n n 0 I I ' I ll I ' I n a n n , . , s I 1 9 n n I 1 ' . . , . n Q I n , . - . . I 1 n , I I I I I I I . I I I I I I I - I ' la In ' ' ' 3 - - O ' ' Il II . - I I ' I 9 r s n n n s 0 p n n I . - n . . . . . ,, ,, p a , I I I u n s n . , . . .

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Class Will We, the members of the Seruor Class of 1958 of Tremont Commumty Hlgh School, bexng of sound and lntelhgent mlnds do hereby bequeath our numerous talents characterrstlcs and hab1ts of our last w1ll and testaments to the followmg classes teachers and students As a class we w1ll the followmg To the ,Tumors we w1ll the ablllty to produce a Senror Play wlthout a dlrector To the Sophomores we w1ll the ab1l1ty to QIVS a good prom To the Freshmen we w1ll the courage and fortltude needed to complete four years of T C H S To Mr Jewell we w1ll a student body who brmgs 1n legmmate excuses To Mrs Harbak we w1ll an automatlc money counter To Mr Klsellus we w1ll the Job of be1ng coach of a couple more sports To Mrs Baechlor we w1ll a class that can wrxte a better Ill1no1s book than she already has To Mr Harbak we w1ll the task of teachmg Semor Soc1al Scrence Class To Mrs Blazer we w1ll more milk for her Sophomore partres To Mr Getz we w1ll puplls who w1ll attend all classes no matter what. To MISS Reed we w1ll a s1ng1e math teacher To Mrss Koch we w1ll an automatlc yardstlck To Mr Moorhouse we w1ll a band who w1ll practlce To Mr Norwood we w1ll a more co operattve Semor Class To Mlss Olson we w1ll a chorus wlth a few Seruor vo1ces To Mr Wegman we w1ll an undylng supply of detent1on sl1ps wrapped 1n a smlle To Elmer we w1ll students who w1ll put coke bottles back 1n the cases To Mrs Welty we w1ll an automatlc dust rag. To Fran we w1ll a student body who HDDFBCIHIBS her meals and also a class of und1et1ng g1rls As 1nd1v1dua1s we w1ll the followmg Ph1l Baer w1ll speed promptness and athlet1c ab111ty to R1chard Rover Mussleman. Kathy Beutel w1ll my ablhty as yearbook ed1tor to Marljane Unsrcker T1m Beutel w1ll my photographrc abxhty to anyone who wants II Judy Bllss w1ll my ablllty to keep a steady boyfrlend to Elleen Rlggenbach Ronme Br1ght w1ll my ways of careful dr1v1ng to .T ay Glllan. Ne11 Connell w1ll my abrlxty to throw the shot to B1l1G1ueck Paul Eggena w1ll my nlckname Baldy to R W Davls Don Fawer w1ll my ab1l1ty of always betng broke to .Tay Glllan. Mahlon Frank w1ll my ab1l1ty to take out glrls to Wesley Koch Bryan Freeman w1ll my ab1l1ty to conduct an orderly class meetlng to the poor soul elected Sue Gerstner w1ll my chubby knees to anyone who w1ll take all the klddlng that goes along w1th them. Sue Anne Greene w1ll to 1311168 Rlggenbach a large bottle of Lxght and Brlght Floyd Hazelman w1ll my old Ford to Bubbles Loute Herman w1ll all my ab1l1t1es to anyone who f1nds them Dean Hlld w1ll my ablhty to get no detent1on shps flfllll hour study hall for talkmg to Rtchard Dog Stemer Duane Howard w1ll my abil1ty to sleep 1n Engllsh Class to Ronme Wxldermuth B111 Klnsey w1ll my ablhty to run the hlgh hurdles to Kenny Dxll. Phyllts Langjahr w1ll my record of no detent1on sllps throughout my hxgh school years to Helen Rlslnger Sher1 Lemmer w1ll my collectlon of boyfr1ends to Llnda Beane Jeanne Maurer will my ab1l1ty to keep out of trouble ln band to Helen Rlsmger Mary Moore w1ll to the class of 60 the ab111ty to bounce wet sponges off Mr Norwood s head Suzanne Rrggenbach w1ll my laugh to whoever wants xt. Mary Ray Roosa w1ll my ab1l1ty to put 1n zlppers to whoever needs lt Rosemary Schuter w1ll nothlng to no one I am taklng xt all with me .T ohn Shanklln w1ll my ab1l1ty to be on t1me and never absent to Charles Hymbaugh .Toe Stetner w1ll my red halr to Coach Harbak Phyllls Wh1te w1ll my ab1l1ty as yearbook ed1tor to Peggy Gardner I Penny 71mmerman w1ll my slumber and lce skatlng partres to my slster Susan. L . D . . I, . . . P , . . . L . . . . I

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Class Prophecy As we look IHIO the crystal ball of the year 1968 we f1nd the class of 58 attendlng the alumm June Ball Mrs Phyll1s Wh1te Gluba the hostess IS tell1ng Kathy Beutel now Chlef Ed1tor of the NEW YORK TIMES about her husband s latest sh1pment of dramonds from Afr1ca. Com1ng through the door we see a naval off1cer Yes of course If s John Shankl1n who Just recelved another str1pe for an act beyond the call of duty W1th hun IS Bryan Freeman now Head Eng1neer of the longest br1dge 1n the world across the Atlant1c Mrs Larry Stroh the former Rosemary Schurter IS seen telhng Jeanne Maurer Dean of Women at IS N U about her three ch1ldren who just blew up the faflllly car A new Sputruk sports car just drove up 1n front. Who could that be? Out of the car step those two famous Globetrotters Ph1l Baer and B111 Kmsey who just returned from a world tour Ph111SI6u1HgSl1SEil'lGel'SIl'l6I' and Penny Zlmmerman who are now counselors of the U of I soror1t1es about meet1ng Floyd Hazelman now Fore1gn M1n1ster of France and because of a b1g conference w11l be unable to attend the fSSI1V1I16S T1m Beutel the world s famous photographer IS teLl1ng ,Tudy BIISS who IS work1ng for the a1rl1nes 1n Colorado about takmg plctures at the Presldent s 1naugurat1on. Suzanne R1ggenbach now owner of a chaln of restaurants throughout the United States IS SUDCTVISIDQ the chef Ronme Br1ght who IS preparmg the evemng refreshments Joe Ste1ner Mahlon Frank and Dean H1ld are seen together dlscussmg the new agr1cu1ture program wh1ch they Wlll subm1t to Congress next month. Mary Moore head of the Arthur Murray stud1o s 1n New York C1ty 15 try1ng to teach Mary Roosa Connell a very new and popular dance step The new lnventor Ne11 Connell IS explammg to Phyll1s Langjahr h1s latest 1nvent1on for keepmg c1garettes fresh Phyll1s IS now an a1rl1ne stewardess IU Cahforrua and H163 around the world every week Recently selected Chlef Scout Master of the U.S A Paul Eggena IS tellmg Duane Howard and Lou1e Herman partners 1n the H 8a H Road Constructmg Company about h1s latest CXDIOTIIQ exped1t1on to the moon. Mrs Rodney Jeckel the former Sue Anne Greene IS d1SCLlSS1llg plans for the next June Ball w1th Sher1 Lemmer and Don Pete Fawer who would l1ke to have the ball on the moon. Every one has now arrlved and It seems II lS t1me for the fun to beg1n. The band IS playmg the alma mater and everyone IS now jO1l'l1l'lg 1n the grand march. 24 . . , . I Y I 0 n n n . . , . I . . ., . 1 n 9 . -.. f . 0 1 a n nn.. . ' I l I 1 n . . , . . . . . l I I .. . . . , ,. . I D n a 0 n n .,. . . . I u p . - n on n 1 n ' n n ' ' It 19 '