Troy High School - Trojan Yearbook (Troy, IL)

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president--Lester Frangen, Secretary-- 'Tubes' Bertorello, Treasurer--Berniece Gerstenecker. In November, a boom of a comedy, 'Spring Fever', was presented but the booms d1dn't destroy the reven- us of it. In the latter part of Novem- ber, Millie-Marie had the honor of be- ing basketball queen, with the follow- ing senior girls attending her: Pauline Schmerbauch, Virginia Koch, and Eloise Schoon. Soon afterward our good pal Audrey left us for greater St. Louis and Mike Ebl. Eloise Schoon was then chosen to take her place as president. At present, the seniors are look- ing forward to the thought of Commence- ment. They are eagerly anticipating this, for it is the beginning of the greatest drama, LIFE. Virginia Koch SENIOR PROPHESY Time: 1961 Place: White House at Washington D. C. Characters: Seniors of 1941 The honorable JAMES BERTORELLO now President of these United States, and the first lady of the land, the former VIRGINIA KOCH, are seated in front of their television-equipped radio ready to enjoy a quiet evening at home. Yes. .iiiii ia 'Tubes2 as he is still known to his in- timate friends, had promised to say no- thing for a whole even1ng,so he presses the button for the 'Variety Hour', they settle back in their chairs and hear the voice of MARVIN MAY, who is quite a radio announcer. He looks as he did in the senior play with his blonde must- ache and goatee which he swore he would never wear. Along with his radio an- nouncing,he is quite well known for his nfudgef Tonight people are walking in- to his studio to be questioned by Mar- vin as to their whereabouts and occupa- tions. LESTER FRANGEN, who owns the Troy Dairy, first man on the program is running for Governor of Illinois on the Republican ticket so he thought that he would talk over the radio in order to get accustomed to it. Next is our old classmate, LAVERN CAPELLE, and she says in her feminine voice but with a determined look on her face, 'I'm that 'scoop reporter' of the Edwardsville Intelligencer. ELOISE SCHOON follows her and she is now an opera singer and is going on the road and will give a one-evening performance in her home town. MR. MAY beckons an attractive wc- man and now they see it is GLAYDS DRI-

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Aiiiixiiit t SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Colors: Orchid and silver Motto: Today decides tomorrow Flower: White gardenia ACT I Time: 1937 Place: McCray-Dewey Township H1 School iRows one and two The curtain rose on fifteen boys and fifteen girls who entered asnfresh- iesn at Troy High. There they were the center of attraction, seated in the freshman rows. When they organized they selected Miss Lenz as advisor and A1 Weider as president. The first time they made their appearance was in a play under the direction of Miss Koen- eke. The two social events of the year were a Valentine Party and a hike to Langewisch's pasture. ACT II Time: 1958 Place: Rows three and four of Troy High School As sophomores the class began with great enthusiasm, the second act of the drama of school life. Three of the mem- bers, Laurence Gusewelle, Alvera Weise- meyer, and Iola Carter dropped out, but the number was soon raised to twenty- nine, with Lorine Wagner and Charles Gebhart.' Mr. Wagner was selected as class advisor and Millie-Marie Collins as president. The social events of the year were a hike, skating party, and a party at school. ACT III Time: 1959 Place: Rows five and six of Troy High School September met the class as juniors and mighty juniors with the weight of many subjects and extra-curricular re- sponsibilities upon their shoulders. From the beginning they were industri- ous, working on the play and planning for the first prom ever given in Troy High. The play, nCampus Quarantinen, was a tremendous success with lots of laughs. This year, Mr. Seifferman was chosen class advisor and Delbert Hanke, president. ACT IV Time: 1940 Place: Senior Home Room---The English- Latin Room Now the characters of this drama are twenty-five seniors who have their superiorities. Miss Baker was selected as class advisor and the following officers were elected: President--Audrey Hood, Vice-

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Aiiaiiis . QUE, the present Dean of Women at Wash- ington University. She is new touring New York. Here come two cow-girls, RUTH HALL and PAULINE SCHM RBAUCH, who are at- tracting much attention in their ten- gallon hats. They say that they are now Dude Ranch owners in Texas and are on a trip to Bermuda. Right new they are in a rodeo show sponsored by EDWARD LOYET at Madison Square Garden. Then a familiar face is seen and it is BERNIECE GERSTENECKER, now an in- terior designer at Pittsburgh. While on her vacation, she is going to St. Louis to visit the prominent Mrs. Mike Ebl, formerly MISS AUDREY HOOD. A familiar face, MISS DOROTHY DEE HINDMARCH was next and she quickly said that her occupation was the proud owner of an Ultra-Smart Fifth Avenue Beauty Salon. Announcer MAY says we've only time for one more and last but not least Ray Maden steps forward, grins, and says, nWell, I'm not much, just center on Coach Weider's team.n M . MAY: nThank you folks and good nightl' Announcer: nYour station KUEF. New York. The time, 6:55 EST. Listen for the latest European news flash by MISS COLLINS from England.' MISS COLLINS: NVICTOR DIEPOLTZ and WALTER PRIMM, now touring England, were in an automobile accident and want the Plymouth sent to PORTER'S Garage in A- merica and are calling DR. D. HANKE to their bedside. Listen tomorrow night, same time, same station. Good nightl' Announcer: 'Your station KUEF, New York. The time, 7:00 EST. Listen at 9 o'clock EST when Arthur Bress will give his oration on 'Farm Improvements' over this same hook-up.n Cand nowj 'Good evening! Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and all the ships at sea. This is Mrs. Kueker's little boy, ARTHUR? FLASH: COACH WEIUER has fin- ally had to shoot 'Royal Archibald Con- fuc1ous', Qthe pet chickenl because of old age. FLASH: FLOYD LANGENWALTER, that fast-talking, gray-haired lawyer of the 'smoke' city finally got CHARLES GEBHART freed from the clutches of his former wife, the millionaire PEARL WY- ATT. FLASH: BURL PORTER'S garage held up and BURL tied to another coat tree-- Cremember 'Spring Fevernj so he could be vaccinated for cancer. bv the bache-