Unity High School - Hi Lites Yearbook (Mendon, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 74 of the 1954 volume:

Tel e V lewing UNITY HIGH SCHOOL Unit 4, Adams County MENDON, ILLINOIS May you have many happy memories as you TELE-VIEW Unity High School at work and at play. ---The Staff Co n t e n ts Administration 3-4 Faculty 5-6 Seniors 7-14 Juniors 15-18 Sophomores 20-22 Freshmen 23-26 Curriculum 27-37 Extracurricular 38-51 Index 52 Photography Burch of Davenport, Iowa Interstate of Sedalia, Missouri Camera Club of Unity High School 2 Publishers R. Wal lace-Pischel, Marce line, Missouri Tine Administration Earl Hodson Mr. Hudson has been a classroom teacher and ad- ministrator for the past 27 years in Aiams and Hancock Counties. He became SUPERINTENDENT of Unit 4 when it was formed in 1949. He attended Northwestern University, received a Bachelor's de- gree at Western State Teachers' College and the Master's degree at the University of Illinois. KENNETH FRAZIER forms near Ursa. He was elected to the Board of Edu- cation in 1949 at the beginning of the Unit, and has served as president during the past two years. ARTHUR KUNTZ farms extensively In the Ursa Bottoms. He was elected to the board in 1953. ARTHUR MITTELBERG was elected to the original Unit Board and served as its president for two terms. He farms near Fowler. CHARLES STARR has been the Unit's secretory since its beginning. Mr. Starr is engaged in the gas and oil business in Mendon. LEATRICE DEDERT has been secretary to the superintendent for the past six years and acted in the same capacity for the principal of Mendon Township High during the preceding six years. Miss Dedert is an accomplished musician and gives generously of her time to the church and school. BERT BRACKENSEICK has been our popular custodian during the existence of Unit 4. He, too, was employed by Mendon Township High for a number of yeors. N PAUL KOONTA, a former teacher, farms near Loraine. He, too, is a member of the original Unit Board. RAY McCLELLAND was selected for the Unit Board in 1952. He is a farmer near Mayer. ARTHUR SCHROEDER joined the board in 1952. He is a farmer located be- tween Mendon and Fowler. CHARLOTTE KNAPP became treasurer of the Unit in 1951. Mrs. Knapp's four sons have all attended Unity High. MAXINE McALLISTER, secretary to the principal, is a groduote of Unity, in the class of 1953. She is the for- mer Maxine Voth. LLOYD WAITE assists in taking core of our building and drives a school bus. His home is in Mendon. Tlie Faculty IRMA AUSTIN, teacher of mathematics, is a native of the Mendon community. Miss Austin attended Carthage College and re- ceived her BS degree at Western Illinois State College. She has taught in Adams and Hancock Counties and began teaching at Unity when the Unit was organized in 1949. MERLIN JONES, coach and biology teacher, is a graduate of this school when it was Mendon Township High. Mr. Jones come to Unity after graduation from Qjincy College in 1950. His other schools are Western at Macomb and the U. of Illinois. He served with the 25th Infantry Division in Japan. He co-sponsored the sophomores and the VK Klub. MARIAN KENDALL is a native of Moline and a graduate of Western Illinois State College. Mrs. Kendal I taught in Chopin, Hannibal, and Payson before joining our faculty this year. The entire home economics depart- ment was under her direction. She sponsored the FHAand co-sponsored the juniors. MARJORIE MORGAN taught English, speech, and French, coached the class plays, spon- sored the TAB Clubs, and co-sponsored the sophomores. She was born in Quincy, re- ceived her degree at Quincy College. Her other schools are Culver-Stockton and the U. of Illinois. Mrs. Morgan came to Unity in 1952 after returning from two and one-half years spent with her husband and family in Okinawa and Japan. RUTH CARVER came to Unity lost fall to teach girls' physical education and super- vise the library. Mrs. Carver was born in South Carolina and took her college training at West Texas State College. During World War II, she taught airplane mechanics at Amarillo, Texas, airfield. She sponsored the GAA, the Library Club, and co-sponsored the freshmen. MAURICE HILL directed our band and chorus, co-sponsored the sophomores. He was grad- uated by the Western State Teachers' College in Macomb, his home town. Mr. Hill was an outstanding athlete during his high school and college years. Western awarded him the Citizenship Award at graduation. He sang the lead in two college musicals. Before going to Korea with the marines in 1952, he was a member of the San Diego Starlight Opera, vocal soloist and percussionist with the Marine Band. TROY MELVIN began teaching history, social science, and driver training at Unity when the school was organized. Mr. Melvin has attended the Universities of California and Colorado in addition to receiving a Master's degree at Western Illinois State. He spent one and one-half years with the army in England, France, Belgium and Germany during World War II. He has sponsored the Student Senate since 1951. ROY NELSON, coach, is a graduate of Bradley U. where he was captain of the football team and recently elected to their Athletic Hall of Fame. Mr. Nelson holds the 1941 National All-Sports Council Award in boxing, was Golden Gloves' Champion in 1941-42, and played football with the Great Lakes Naval Team. He spent 23 months overseas with the navy and cooched at Decatur High before coming to Unity in 1951. He co-sponsored the juniors and the VK Klub. MARION POYNTER has taught English I, Typewriting! and sponsored the school news paper at Unity for the past two years. Miss Poynter was born in Canada. She holds a pilot's license and has traveled extensively In North America, South America, and Europe. Her Master's degree was conferred by Western Illinois State College. HARRISON UNDERWOOD, teacher of physics and chemistry, was bom in Pittsfield and received his degree at Culver-Stockton. He has done graduate work at Missouri U. and Washington U. and was graduated by tbe College of Mortuary Arts, St. Louis. During World War II, he served three years as weather officer in the air force. Mr. Underwood originated and sponsors the Camera Club in addition to co-sponsoring the seniors. ROSS ROBINSON, our agriculture teacher, has taught in this community for the past eight years, having been a member of the Mendon Township High School faculty. His degrees were taken at the Universities of Illinois and Colorado. He was born in Cen- tral Illinois and has taught in Western Illinois Mr. Robinson directs the FFA and his students have won outstanding awards in judging con- tests during the years. ZENITH WOOD, commercial teacher, was born in Schuyler County. She is an alumna of Mac Mur ray College and was graduated from Gem City Business College, Gregg School of Chicago, and the U. of Illinois. Mrs. Wood taught in business and high schools in Illinois and Michigan before going to the Loraine School in 1947 and to Unity in 1949. She has sponsored each year- book published at Unity. o Seniors VIRGINIA ALGER is the fourth member of her family to earn the Unity High School diploma. She took all of the commercial courses offered. Virginia sang in the chorus, was active in the FHA and had a part in the senior play. JANET ANDREW, always busy cooking and sewing, was a member of the FHA for three years and president of the chapter in her senior year. She was active in GAA, sang in the chorus and sextette and entered the speech contest. Janet received the Citizen- ship Award in her junior year. PATSY TRIBBETT BOYLES was married during her junior year. FHA and chorus claimed her interests; also the Camera Club. TED COLVIN'S interests were mainly In athletics and he was a valuable member of the football, basketball, and baseball teams each year. He was a member of the VK and played the cornet In the bond. 8 FLETCHER ANDREW played the trom- bone in the band and competed in the music contests. He was also a member of the FFA and the Camera Club. DAVID BOWERS was another sports- minded fellow. He added much to Unity's football team. First base was his position on the baseball team. He was a member of the FFA and VK. Dave joined the class the second year. PAUL BRUENGER was interested in farming and an outstanding member of FFA. He won honors in the soil judging contest. He was also a mem- ber of the Camera Club and sang with the chorus. RALPH CORRIGAN'S interest was in agriculture. He was a member of the FFA for four years where he held the offices of treasurer and vice-presi- dent and served on the grain judging team. He enjoyed photography and worked in the Camera Club. DAVID CROW was another agriculture student belonging to the FFA for four yean. Dave spent a lot of time word- ing on motors. CONNIE DEDERT sang alto and second soprano in the Unity High School Chorus. She also joined the GAA for one year. Connie proved herself to be a very conscientious student. ALLAN DAVIS was solo trombonist of his section all four years in high school —a real fine record for Allan. He took part in many music contests, sang with the chorus and belonged to the FFA. NAOMI DEDERT'S activities centered around home economics and she was active in the FHAall four years. Naomi also sang in the chorus and be- came a Camera Club member. DARLENE ELLIS wos a member of the GAA, the FHA, and Camera Club. It seems that Darlene enjoyed chorus more than any other activity because she sang in it during all four years of school. ANNA EVANS, in her quiet manner, always conveyed friendliness to all her classmates. She was mainly in- terested in commercial work and her duties on the yearbook staff. Anna w« assistant editor in her junior year and the business manager in her senior year. BETTY ENSMINGER took three com- mercial courses in her senior year. She also liked home ec and helped in the FHA through all four years. J ARLENE FEATHERINGILL'S interest lay mostly in the field of science and she spent a lot of time in the laboratory. She had a part in the junior class play and was a member of the GAA and Camera Club. 9 JOHN FRAZIER earned four football letters in high school. Being an ath- lete, he belonged to the VK. He was interested in farming and was a FFA member all during school. He also be- longed to the Camera Club. + — JACK FROM AN belonged to the FFA and fought in the Golden Gloves, fly- weight class, at Quincy in his senior year. SUZANNE FURRY has delighted many audiences with her lovely soprano voice. She was a member of the Girls' Sextette eoch year and won recogni- tion in solo contest work. BARBARA GRIMMER, a real fine girl was a four-year member of the Varsity Cheerleaders, the band, the GAA. She sang with the chorus, played parts in three plays, and entered three speech contests. Barb won the Citizenship Award as a sophomore; in her senior year she was editor of the yearbook and treasurer of the SS. I BARBARA HALSEY was a four-year member of FHA ond its president dur- ing her second year. She was given the Home Economics' Award also in her sophomore year. Borbaro edited the school newspoper during her junior year and sang with the Girls' Sextette for three years. WILMA HAMILTON was a faithful trombone player in the band all during her high school days. She also parti- cipated in GAA and FHA; the latter group selected her for their Courtesy Award this year. 9 V JOAN HEINECKE was interested in dramatics; she played a part in two plays and competed in speech contests. Her other activities include SS, GAA, chorus, TAB ond Pep Clubs. 10 MARLENE HENERHOFF'S life in high school certainly wasn't idle. She was active all four years in the band, the FHA, the GAA. She worked two or more years on the school newspaper. Library Club and with the chorus. Marlene was best known for her four years of cheer leading and she had the distinction of being elected HOMECOMING QUEEN twice. She was secretary to the Student Senate last year. PAT HOMAN, a willing and cheerful worker, could always be depended upon to lend a helping hand. The GAAclaimed Pat's support all thru the four years. JOANN JONES, one of our quiet and industrious girls, varied her activities to FHA, GAA, Library Club and Pep Club. JOHN IPPENSEN headed the trumpet section in his senior year showing thot three years of experience really counts. He held two prominent offices - senior class president and vice-presi- dent of the SS. He was also very active in the Camera Club, played basketball, and hod a part in three class plays. BILL KRETZER won four letters in football. Other sports in which he participated were basketball, base- ball and track. He also joined the VK. JUDY LEWIS sang with the chorus for four years and demonstrated her act- ing ability by stealing the show in the senior play. Judy's other interests were GAA and TAB Clubs. EDWIN McCABE played in the bond ond sang in the chorus during his four years at Unity. PAT McALLISTER was president of her class during her freshman and junior years. The class chose her to repre- sent them at Girls' State and for the DAR award. She was an active mem- ber for four years in the band, FHA, ond GAA. Pat also oloyed a oart in the junior class play, and was a mem- ber of the chorus. Library, Camera Club and newspaper staff. She served on the SS for four years. PAT MITCHELL was a four-year mem- ber of the bond, FHA and GAA. The chorus, the Library, ond the Camera Club claimed part of her time and she was a member of the speech contest play. 11 DEVON MIXER was a charter member of the Camera Club and its president in his junior year. Many of his pic- tures appear in this yearbook. Devon also played football and belonged to the FFAand VK. He was on the soil judging team. SHELBIA MONROE worked very conscientiously on all her studies and found time for many activities. She was a member of the band, the chorus, FHA, GAA, and the newspaper staff. She played a role in two class plays. ANN MURPHY was an octive member of all organizations to which she be- longed. She was class vice-president during the senior year and class presi- dent in the sophomore year. Ann was a four-year member of the band, play- ing the clarinet. She was also with the chorus, GAA, Camera Club, news- paper staff and Library Club. She was in the cast of three class plays. DON NEIL'S strong baritone voice won for him a place in the FFA Coar- tet this year at their convention at Kansas City. He ’blocked in foot- ball, blew in the band, sang whenever requested, and added con- siderable humor to almost every sit- uation. WAYNE ORR'S special interest is farming so he was a four-year member of FFAand its president in his senior year. Wayne also played some bas- ketball. 12 ELEANOR MYERS spent much time working on the newspaper and was its editor in her senior year. She was a four-year member of FHA, its presi- dent during her junior year and winner of the home ec award in 1953. Eleanor was interested in speech and was the first to represent Unity at a state speech contest. She placed 6th in 1953. «6 JOE NUTT was active in sports, par- ticipating in football, basketball, track, and cheerleading. Joe usually made it his special job to keep every- one amused. CARL RABE, another outstanding form youth, was a valuable member to the FFA and president of the organization during his junior year. Carl won first place in the Adams County Soil Con- servation slogan contest. BOB RHINBERGER, president of the SS in his senior year, was a valuable member of the football team in the senior year. He also went out for track, basketball, baseball, be- longed to the VK and had a role in two class plays. PAUL ROSSON is interested in farming and spent three years in the FFA organization. He also played some basketball. SHIRLEY RICHARDSON always had a laugh for everyone who knew her. She took part in various activities such as the Camera Club, chorus and band, and she was a four-year member of the GAA. Shirley Kay liked dramatics and played parts in three plays. EVELYN SCHEUERMANN, another quiet and busy girl, found time for several outside activities. She belongs to the GAA, FHA, and the Library Club. TONY SLATER came to Unity in the senior year. He, too, is sports- minded and received four letters each in football, basketball and baseball. In the 1953 football season, Tony was chosen as second team All-Conference tackle. He was a four-year member of chorus and the SS. TOM SMITH was one of the out- standing athletes being chosen for first team All-Conference end in 1953. Tom took part in track and played on the basketball team for four years. Unity awarded him the trophy for free throws. He also sang in the chorus and played a leading role in the senior class play. RICHARD SPALDING'S main interest was dramatics and music around which his extra-curricular activities were centered. Dick hod a role in five class ploys, took part in speech and music contests. He ably acted os master of ceremonies at school entertainments ond announced at ball games. Not a little of his time was spent working in the photo lab and for the yearbook. Dick was elected to a state office ' hen he represented us at Boys' State in 1953. PAT STONE played one of the leads in the senior play. Besides working in the chorus. Camera Club, GAA, Library Club, Patsy was kept rather busy managing the money the seniors were hoarding for their trip to the Ozarks. 13 I GWENDOLYN STRICKLER was inter- ested in home ec and commercial sub- jects. She was a four-year member of FHA. Gwen also spent some time in the chorus, band, GAA, TAB Club, Pep Club, library, and took oart in a speech contest play. JOLENE WEBBER transferred to Unity in the second year. She belonged to the FHA, Library and TAB Clubs. Jolene spent a lot of time typing for the school newspaper. RONALD WARD hod one main interest in high school—photography. He be- longed to the Camera Club for three years. Ronald liked to tinker with cars, and joined the Naval Reserve in his senior year. LARRY WORM AN was another out- itending athlete at Unity. He earned 14 letters during high school in basket- ball, baseball, track, and football. In 1953, he was chosen second team All-Conference back in football. Larry also sang with the chorus. Class Motto: This World Belongs to the Energetic. Class Colors: Ice Blue and Snow Wiite Class Flower: Miite Rose Homecoming Float, 2nd Drize o J minors Coro I Adair Glen Bailey Sylvia Baker Thelma Beeler Larry Bowers Shirley Brown Connie Coley Jerry Cal iff Ray Corrigan Robert Crabtree Sandra Daugherty Sandra Dedert Larry Donley Shirley Duloney Charlotte Ellerbrock Lucile Emery Naomi Erke Duane Evans Nancy Evans Dorothy Finlay Paul Finlay Ronald Frazier Connie Guyatt Alva Hamilton Lloyd Harms Rosailee Heitholt Bill Hendrickson Corol Henning Stan Higgins Richard Hoffman Sylvia Holfman Janis Houdyshell Richard Jenkins Donna Jones James Knapp Don Laeding Bryan Lierly Paul Miller Darrell Mixer Nelson Monroe Marlys Neil Gerald Orr Ray Price Bob Roan Lawrence Robbins Joyce Rowbotham Ernie Rutledge Beverly Schafer Joe Schlipman Audine Schutte Richard Seals Leo Shanks Jack Sill Ronald Trautvetter Mary Ann VaLeu Roy Vonderheide Donald Waite Marvin Woodworth Homecoming Float (1st Prize) Magaz i ne Soles (Left to right) Mrs. Kendall, Ronald Frazier, Paul Finlay, Janis Houdyshell, Joyce Rowbothom, Sylvia Baker, Mr. Nelson. The junior class had its first big project of the year in September when they sold maga- zines. They sold $1500 worth of magazines, the most ever sold by any junior class at Unity. In January, the class held the Holiday Donee during vacation. This affair was well attended and enjoyed by students and graduates. The class play, Strictly Formal , was given in April with the following cast: Nancy Evans, Naomi Erke, Audine Schutte, Duane Evans, Janis Houdyshell, Ray Corrigan, Larry Bowers, Morlys Neil, Joyce Rowbotham, Sandra Dougherty, Ronald Frazier, Larry Donly, Mary Ann VaLeu, Dorothy Finlay, Sylvia Holtman, Ernie Rutledge. In May the class played hosts to the seniors, faculty, and board at the annual JUNIOR- SENIOR banefjet and dance held in the parlors of the Lincoln-Douglas Hotel. 8 e ©mores y DOROTHY HENERHOFF President linda McClelland Vice-President DWIGHT SHUPE Secretary DICK PORTER Treasurer BILL FESSLER Reporter Joan Alger Betty Ash Rachel Bakei Ethel Beeler Bill Bondi Ronald Brown Claudine Caley Shirley Cantrell Gene Caro Ian Roean Crabtree Juliann Cramm Bill Damon Karen Dedert Jsanne Dedert Allan Dierker Dewey Dierker Harold Doyle Raymond Ehrgott Bill Fessler Maurice Flint Terry Forrest Jim Frazier Myrna Frazier David Grimmer Joan Harms Robert Harms Ronnie Harness Dorothy Henerhoff Janet Homan Kay Hudson Ruth Hufendick ; i ft k V D ( I I - ( Joan Koontz Dan Leckbee Larry Lewis Linda McClelland Sandra McClelland Richard McElroy Lynn Mayfield Connie Merker Adalene Miller Jeanne Mitchell Dick Moore Marcia Murry Ethel Myers Jim Nightingale Dick Porter Dick Rand Ronald Richmiller Charles Runyen Dwight Shupe A kiry Belle Smith Donald Spalding Pot Starr Rosemary Tenvorde Dean Van Blair Judith Vance Margie Vonderheide Larry Ward hfelen Wemhoner Elmo Wessinger Connie Woolsey Jackie Worman Homecoming Float (3rd place, believe it or not) Tbe sophomore class had sixty-two members. Mr. Hill and M-s. Mxgan were chosen to sponsor the class. A successful skating party and two weeks of selling sandwiches made their treasurer's report a very good one. While there are Sophomore TAB Clubs, it seems hardly necessary that the photographer should confuse the floats or rather try to fuse the floats but that is what happened. Nevertheless, they won third place in the parade. Mr. Hill and basketball team. Second place this time I 22 Tine IF rest meo. BOB FRAZIER President JOHN MURPHY Vice-President DARYL WAITE Secretary BILL FRAZIER Treasurer KENNETH JOHNSON Reporter _____________________ ...... Carol Agard Karen Andrew Ronnie Arnold Marvin Bailey Max Brown Wilma Cantrel I Barbara Carter Sharon Christner Deanne Daugherty Dianne Daugherty Donnie Dedert Marilyn Dedert Patricia Donley Karen Doughty Carrol Echternkamp Dale Ellerbrock Ray Ellis John Emmert Larry Fessler Evalyn Flint Richard Frazier Robert Frazier Bill Frazier Mary Ellen French Joanne Hoistings Alice Heft Jerry Heineman Leyland Henze Carol Heubner Connie Heubner Nancyann Hyer Sarah Jacques Kenneth Johnson Kent Johnson n, fs r j i___Lit A VI T' ‘ 1J } If VAli I r ; ' ' ’ L '=• ; v «i O ,- ■ ': -• f« i 11 aO n V V J c y «jpl O r = i ;• 'A  ( iv.y i r ,- a Y • A V ; 5- Of) n ' Jackie Jones Merlyn Jones Bill Knapp Gary McAllister Dorothy McCreody Bob Mettemeyer Paul Meyers Larry Miller Mary Miller Ronald Monroe Leonard Morley John Murphy Peggy Murry Lawana Nichol Marion Parrack Marjorie Pittman Duane Poling John Reiter Anita Rhinberger Charles Roan Billy Robbins Patty Rutledge Eula Rae Sill Judith Simon James Skirvin Hubert Staff Billy Steiner Janet Tieken Thomas Tribbett Loretta Vander Maiden Roger Voorhis Daryl Waite Veberly Wiedmyer Rosemary Wilcox Wayne Vvyatt Homecoming Float The freshman class this year is the largest in the school's history with sixty-nine members. There are fourteen members from Loraine, fifteen from Mendon, eleven from Lima, twenty-two from l sa, and seven from Fowler. There are four sets of twins: the Miller, the Daugherty, the Frazier, and the Heubner. The class acted as host on March 8 to 12 to the freshmen of surround- ing schools at the annual Freshman Basketball Tournament held in the Unity gym. Mrs. Carver and Miss Poynter were chosen to sponsor the class. 26 TLe C UlFFlCUlla L Two hundred forty-one boys and girls attend sixty classes at Unity High each day. Typical scenes of these classes are shown on the follow ing pages. Ag r i c u I tu re I Ag r i c u I tu re III This Will Be a Hog House Someday. Using the Electric Saw ne r a Unity High students spend a lot of time with activities at school out- side the classroom. The following pages record their pictorial history for the year 1953-54. Tlie Extra « C uirricma I ✓ •5 Mr. Hill and band playing concert in gymnasium. Basses--Haistings, McCabe, Finlay, Johnson. Low Reeds—Roan, Henerhoff, Rowbotham. Bari tones--Knapp, Neil, Holtman, Houdyshell. French Horns — Hudson, sh, Tenvorde, Frazier. Percussion—Murphy, Merker, Reiter, Monroe, Mitchell, Spalding, Grimmer. Trumpets—Lewis, Ippensen, Lierly, Henerhoff, Simon, Baker, Starr, Evans, Erke. Flutes—Richardson, Oamm Majorettes—Baker, Adair Clarinets—Hyer, McClelland, Koontz, Furry, Adair, Tieken, Doughty, Laeding, Finlay, McAllister, Murphy. Trombones—Frazier, Andrew, Schlipman, Baker, Hamilton, Schaefer. 39 Mixed Chorus in rehearsal Girls' Sextette — Furry, Finlay, Halsey, Andrew, Evans, VaLeu. 1 Girls' Octette—Worman, Tenvorde, Dulaney, 6h, Houdyshell, French, Dedert, Erke. Mr. Robinson and Soil Conservation team—Waite, Rabe, Corrigan. Soil Judging Team—Corrigan, Finlay, Waite, Donley, Bruenger. Grain Judging Team— McAllister, Mettemeyer, Henze, Emmert. F F A Officers President - Bill Hendrickson V. President - Larry Donley Sec'y. - Carl Rabe Treasurer- Dick Moore The Future Farmers of America strive to develop agricultural leadership, co-operation and citizenship. MOTTO Learning to do Doing to learn Earning to live Living to serve 41 If They Only Knew-- Senior Cl ass Play Brother Gooie Marjorie Morgan, director Virginia Alger Fletcher Andrew Jbhn Ippensen Barbara Grimmer Shelbia Monroe Kay Richardson Jbdy lewis Fat Stone Tom Smith Joan Heinecke Ain Murphy Peggy Morgan Pat Mitchell Pat MeAl lister Janet Andrew Marlene Henerhoff, queen, and court Ted Colvin Ann Murphy Bill Kretzer Joan Heinecke John Frazier Barbara Grimmer Caroline Carver, flower girl Larry Worman Don Neil Tom Smith Pat McAllister Tony Slater Pat Stone David Bowers Joyce Rowbotham jpw Room... Queen Marlene at WGEM-TV with Bill Wegemen Camera Club Yearbook THRT5  - f LL OllTvVeJh k VMH BfTTYfw'' f yr ♦V Vars i ty Kl ub TAB Club ' ■ TAB C ub Library umni Mr. Underwood and tournament team--the winning seniors. Student Senate Members preparing lunch. Mrs. Carver and GAA officers: Thelma Beeler, Reporter Janet Andrew, Secretary Joyce Rowbotham, SS Representati vt Betty Ash, Point Captain Rosemary Tenvorde, President Pat Stone, Vice President Marlene Henerhoff, Treasurer Student Senate — Bob Rhinberger, Pres. Sylvia Baker Sylvia Holtman, Vice-Pres. Anna Evans Barbara Grimmer, Treasurer John Ippensen Marlene Henerhoff, Sec'y. Dick Moore Mr. Waters, sponsor Ronald Frazier Mr. Melvin, sponsor John Murphy Pat McAllister Dick Spalding Dorothy Henerhoff Carl Rabe Joyce Rowbotham Tom Smith Thelma Beeler John Emmert Judy Lewis Larry Lewis Ethel Beeler Duane Evans Suzanne Furry Bob Frazier r Spectators watch the crowning of the queen. 'All ready for the match. F H A Officers: President V. Pres. Sec'y. Treasurer Recreation Chairman Project Chairman Public Relations Chairman Parliamentarian Janet Andrew Carol Adair Margie Vonderheide Sandra Daugherty Alva Mae Hamilton Pat McAllister Mary Ann VaLeu Sandra Dedert We are the Future Homemakers of America We face the future with warm courage and high hope. F H A Assembly Program Jferry Miller and Korean Slides Motto— Toward New Horizons. Making Christmas Candles Christmas Tea Mrs. Woolsey, Chapter Mother Mrs. Schutte Football Squad—Smith, Frazier, Slater, Worman, Rhinberger, Colvin, Kretzer, Bowers, Vonderheide, Evans, Coach Jones, Flint, Moore, Rand, Porter, Nightingale, Bondi, Dierker, Coach Nelson, Poling, Jbhnson, Brown, Carolan, Morley, Murphy, Harms, Monroe, Bowers, Myers. Seniors Last Minute Instructions. old That L i n e 1953 Season Unity Hamilton 26 0 Winchester 32 0 La Harpe 13 7 Warsaw 32 7 Mt. Sterling 6 25 Western (Homecoming) 13 6 Northwestern 0 18 McCooey 16 0 Aetion at the Holiday Tourney . These are the seniors on the team. Basketball Tournament Squad — Coach Nelson, Harness, Nightingale, Rand, Moore, Lierly, Myers, Grimmer, Smith, Worman, Colvin, Slater. I MTV Player Dave Grimmer Ted Colvin Tom Smith Brian Lierly Tony Slater Larry Worman Ron Harness Jim Nightingale Dick Moore Dick Rand HIGH of mkndov. Ht -o 5- 9 6- 1 5-8 5-11 5-10 5-8 5-8 5-8 56 Gloss Soph. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Soph. Soph Soph. Soph. UNITY HIGH «r MKNDO.V Unity 40. Lewigtown 64 Unity 58: Notre Dame 80. Unity 62; Hamilton 61. Unity 56; Central 46. . Unity 58; Warsaw 74. Unity 58: Plymouth 55. Unity 51; Payson 76. Unity Holiday Tonrnamrnt. Unity 81: St. Mary 41. Unity 48: Bowen 81 Unity 64; Warsaw- 52. Ufflty 50: Nauvoo 72 Unity 58: Northwestern 43. Wenois Tournament. Unity 44; Barry 64 Unity 36; Payson 75. Unity 53: Liberty 46. Unity 46: Liberty 59. Unity 56: Augusta 75. Unity 69: La Harpe 71. Unity 57; Western 61. Unity 63: West Pike 70. Unity 50; Colchester 75. Unity 50: Barry 51. Unity 33; Central 41. Unity 52; Bowen 71. Unity 75; Dallas City 37. Unity 47. Mt. Sterling 49. Won 7, lost 18. .«‘ST i Receiving third place trophy ii the Holiday Tournament. Freshman cheerleaders—Weidmeyer, Rhinberger, Tieken, Donley. Varsity cheerleaders—Schafer, Baker, Henerhoff, Grimmer. Coach Jones with Freshman Tournament squad in locker room: Murphy, Knapp, Wyatt, Jones, Emmert, Monroe, Frazier, Frazier, Roan, Steiner, Fessler, McAllister, Atyers. Yearbook Staff Ca me ra Club Mr. Underwood, Sponsor David Grimmer, FVesident Larry Donley, Vice-President Pat McAllister, Sec'y. Treasurer Mrs. Wood, Sponsor Barbara Grimmer, Editor Anna Evans, Business Manager Devon Mixer, Dick Spalding, John Ippensen—Seniors Nancy Evans Joyce Rowbotham—Junior Editors Ron Frazier, Jim Knapp—Juniors Larry Lewis, Myrna Frazier, David Grimmer, Joan Koontz—Sophomores Deanne Daugherty, Bill Knapp, Marjorie Pittman, Merlyn Jones—Freshmen Index Page Numbers Adair, Carol 16, 47, 39 Agard, Sue 24 Alger, Joan--20 Alger, Virginia 8, 42 Andrew, Fletcher 8, 42, 39 Andrew, Janet 8, 47, 42, 43, 40 Andrew, Karen 24 Arnold, Ronnie 24 Aeh, Betty 20, 43, 38, 40 Austin, Irma 6 Bailey, Glenn 16, 40 Bailey, Marvin 24 Baker, Rachel 20, 39 Baker, Sylvia 16, 39, 50 Beeler, Ethel 20, 44 Beeler, Thelma 16, 43, 44, 51, 43 Bondi, Bill—20, 48 Bowers, Dave 8, 46, 48 Bowers, Larry 16, 48 Boyles, Pat 8 Brackensieck, Bert 4 Brown, Max 24 Brown, Ronald 20, 48 Brown, Shirley 16 Bruenger, Paul 8, 41 Caley, Claudine 20 Caley, Connie 16 Cal iff, Jerry 16 Cantrell, Shirley 20 Cantrell, Wilma 24 Carolan, Gene 20, 48 Carter, Barbara 24 Carver, Caroline—-46 Carver, Ruth 6, 26 Christner, Sharon 24 Colvin, Ted—8, 46, 48, 49 Corrigan, Ralph 8, 41 Corrigan, Ray 16 Crabtree, Robert 16 Crabtree, Roean 20 Cramm, Juliann 20, 39 Crow, David 9 Damon, Bill 20 Daugherty, Deanne 24, 51 Daugherty, Dianne 24 Daugherty, Sandra 16, 47 Davis, Allan 9 Dedert, Connie 9 Dedert, Donnie 24 Dedert, Jeanne 20 Dedert, Karen 20 Dedert, Leatrice 4 Dedert, Marilyn 24, 40 Dedert, Naomi 9 Page Numbers Dedert, Sandra 16, 47 Dierker, Allan 20, 48 Dierker, Dewey 20 Donley, Larry 16, 51, 41 Donley, Patricia 24, 50 Doughty, Karen 24, 39 Doyle, Harold 20 Dulaney, Shirley 16, 40 Echternkamp, Carroll 24 Ehrgott, Raymond 20 Ellerbrock, Charlotte 16 Ellerbrock, Dale 24 Ellis, Darlene 9 Ellis, Ray 24 Emery, Lucille 16 Emmert, John 24 , 23, 41, 50 Ensminger, Betty 9 Erke, Naomi 16, 40, 38 Evans, Anna 9, 51 Evans, Duane 17, 48 Evans, Nancy 16, 51, 40, 38 Feathering!II, Arlene 9 Fessler, Bill 20, 19 Fessler, Larry 24, 40, 50 Finlay, Dorothy 16, 51, 40, 39 Finlay, Paul 16, 18, 41, 38 Flint, Evalyn 24 Flint, Maurice 20, 48 Forrest, Terry 20 Frazier, Jim 20 Frazier, John 10, 46, 48 Frazier, Kenneth—-4 Frazier, Myrna 20, 51, 39 Frazier, Richard 24 Frazier, Robert 24 , 23 , 50 Frazier, Ronald 16, 15, 18, 51, 38, 40 Frazier, William 24 , 23 , 50 French, Mary Ellen 24, 40 Froman, Jack 10 Furry, Suzanne 10, 44, 40, 39 Grimmer, Barbara 10, 42, 44, 51, 46, 39, 50 Grimmer, Dave 20, 51, 49 Guyatt, Connie 16 Hoistings, Joanne 24, 38 Halsey, Barbara 10, 51, 40 Hamilton, Alva Mae 16, 47 Hamilton, Wilma 10, 39 Harms, Joan 20 Harms, Lloyd 16 Harms, Robert 20, 48 Harness, Ronnie 20, 49 Heft, Alice 24, 43 Heinecke, Joan—10, 42, 46 Heineman, Jerry 24 52 Heitholt, Rosailee--16 Hendrickson, William---16, 41 Henerhoff, Dorothy---20, 19, 44, 39 Henerhoff, Marlene---10, 7, 43, 44, 46, 38, 50 Henning, Carol---16 Henze, Ley land--24 Heubner, Carol---24 Heubner, Connie----24 Higgins, Stan----16 Hill, Maurice----6, 22 Hoffman, Richard---17 Holtman, Sylvia---17, 44, 38 Homan, Janet-----20 Homan, Pat----11 Houdyshell, Jonis--17, 18, 38, 40 Hudson, Earl---3 Hudson, Kay----20, 38 Hufendick, Ruth Ann----20, 50 Hyer, Nancyann----24, 39 Ippensen, John---11, 7, 42, 51, 39 Jacques, Sara----24 Jenkins, Richard--17 Johnson, Kenneth----24, 23, 38, 48 Johnson, Kent----24 Jones, Donna-----17 Jones, Jackie---25, 50 Jones, Joann---11 Jones, Merlin----6, 48 Jbnes, Merlyn----25, 51 Kendall, Marian---6, 18 Knapp, Charlotte—-4 Knapp, Jim----17, 15, 51, 38 Knapp, William----25, 51 Koontz, Joan----21, 51, 39 Koontz, Paul---4 Kretzer, Bill---11, 46, 48 Kuntz, Arthur----4 Laeding, Donnie---17, 39 Leckbee, Danny----21 Lewis, Judy-----11, 42, 44 Lewis, Larry----21, 51,40, 39 Lierly, Bryan--17, 39, 49 Mayfield, Lynn---21 McAllister, Gary---25, 41, 50 McAllister, Maxine-----4 McAllister, Pat--11, 47, 42, 44, 51, 46, 39 McCabe, Edwin-----11, 38 McClelland, Linda----21, 19, 39 McClelland, Ray----4 AfcClelland, Sandra---21 McCready, Dorothy-----25 McElroy, Richard---21 Melvin, Troy---6, 44 Merker, Connie----21, 39 Mettemeyer, Bob----25, 41 Miller, Adalene---21 Miller, Jerry---47 Miller, Larry---25 Miller, Mary----25 Miller, Paul —17 Mitchell, Jeanne----21 Mitchell, Pat---11, 42, 39 Mittleberg, Arthur--4 Mixer, Darrell--17 Mixer, Devon---12, 51 Moore, Dick-----21, 19, 41, 48, 49 Morgan, Peggy—-42 Morgan, Marjorie-------6, 42 Monroe, Nelson--------17, 15 Monroe, Ronald----25, 48, 50 Monroe, Shelbia-------12, 42, 39 Morley, Leonard-------25, 48 Murphy, Ann-----12, 7, 42, 46, 39 Murphy, John----25, 23, 39, 48, 50 Murry, Marcia----21 Murry, Peggy----25 Myers, Eleanor---12, 51 Myers, Ethel----21 Myers, Paul-----25, 48, 49, 50 Neil, Donald----12, 46, 38 Neil, Marlys----17 Nelson, Roy-----6, 18, 48, 49 Nichol, Lawana----25 Nightingale, Jim----21, 48, 49 Nutt, Jbe----12 Orr, Gerald-----17 Orr, Wayne------12 Parrack, Marion---25 Pittman, Marjorie---25, 51 Poling, Duane---25, 48 Porter, Richard--21, 19 Poynter, Marion-----6, 26, 51 Price, Ray---17 Rabe, Carl-----12, 41 Rand, Dick-----21, 48, 49 Reiter, Johnny---25, 39 Rhinberger, Anita---25, 50 Rhinberger, Bob---13, 44, 48 Richardson, Shirley Kay---13, 42, 39 Richmiller, Ronald--21 Robbins, Billy--25 Robbins, Lawrence---17 Robinson, Ross--6, 41 Roan, Bob----17, 38 Roan, Charles---25, 50 Rosson, Paul----13 Rowbotham, Joyce----17, 18 , 43 , 44 , 51, 43 , 46 , 38 Runyen, Charles-21 Rutledge, Ernest------17, 15 Rutledge, Patty--25 53 Schaefer, Beverly---17, 39, 50 Scheureman, Evelyn-----13 Schlipman, Joe---17, 39 Schroeder, Arthur---4 Schutte, Audine---17 Schutte, Mrs.---47 Seals, Richard--17 Shanks, Leo-----17 Shupe, Dwight---21, 19,40 Simon, Judith---25, 39 Sill, Eula Raye--25 Sill, Jackie----17 Skirvin, James--25 Slater, Tony----13, 46, 40, 48, 49 Smith, Mary Belle---21 Smith, Tom---13, 42, 46, 48, 49 Spalding, Donald----21 Spalding, Richard---13, 51, 39 Staff, Hubert---25 Starr, Charles—-4 Starr, Pat--21, 39 Steiner, Billy--25, 50 Strickler, Gwen---14 Stone, Pat--13, 7, 42, 43, 46 Tenvorde, Rosemary-----21, 43, 38, 40 Tieken, Janet---25, 39, 50 Trautvetter, Ronald--17 Tribbett, Thomas----25 Underwood, Harrison----6, 43, 51 Va Leu, Mary Ann----17, 47, 40 Van Blair, Dean---21 Vance, Judith---21 Vander Maiden, Loretta----25 Vonderheide, Margie----21, 47 Vonderheide, Roy—-48, 17, 15 Voorhis, Roger--25 Waite, Darryl---25, 23 Waite, Donald---17, 41 Waite, Lloyd----4 Ward, Doris---21 Ward, Larry---21, 40 Ward, Ronald----14 Waters, Cyril---5, 44 Webber, JoLene----14 Wegman, Bill----46 Wemhoner, Helen-----21 Wessinger, Elma---21 Weidmeyer, Beverly-----25, 50 Wilcox, Rosemary----25 Wood, Zenith----6, 51 Woodworth, Marvin------17 Woolsey, Connie-----21 Woolsey, Mrs.---47 Worman, Jackie----21, 40 Worman, Larry---14 , 46 , 40, 48 , 49 Wyatt, Wayne----25, 50 Tke Late Sli ow The Awards, Eleanor Myers Valedictorian Ann Murphy, Salutatorian Ci tizenship Clarinet Trio, Dist., SSF State, E Larry Donley Gtizenship Barbara Grimmer Babe Ruth Paul Bruenger Babe Ruth Anna Evans Commercial John Ippensen Science Carol Adair Home Economics Baton Twirling Duet, District S David Crow Agriculture, DeKalb Tom Smith American Legion Athletic Richard Spalding Music Voice: Dist., SSF; State, E Speech: Dist., 1st; Section 1st; State 3rd Barbara Halsey Dan forth Ronald Ward Danforth Marlene Henerhoff American Legion Music: Dist., S Clarinet Science: 1st Pat McAllister, DAR Music: Clarinet Trio, Dist., SSF; State, E Bob Rhinberger Student Senate Track: Pole Vault, Broad Jump, Low Hurdles, Relay Team Thelma Beeler, Junior GiHs' State Ernest Rutledge, Junior Boys' State David Grimmer, Junior Boys' State Ronald Frazier, Speech: District 1st Sectional 5th Marjorie Vonderheide Speech: District 3rd Sectional 11th Sylvia Baker Baton Twirling Duet, District S Larry Lewis Trumpet Duet, District S Suzanne Furry Voice: District SSF State E Karen Doughty Clarinet, District S Dorothy Finlay, Clarinet Trio, District SSF State E Bill Hendrickson Track: Relay Team, 1st Wenois 100 and 200 yd dash 2nd Lamoine 220 yd. dash Dick Moore, Track: 880 yd Relay Team, Wenois 2nd, Lamoine 5th Wayne Wyatt, Track; 889 Relay Team, Wenois, 2nd, Lamoine 5th Bob Rhinberger winning the Pole Vault at Wenois Confer- ence (10 6 ). Bob also placed second in District and went to the State Meet. F F A Father-Son Banquet served by the F H A Girls FHA Mothe r-Da ug hte r Banquet Served by the FFA Boys X. Junior Play Cast Roy Vonderheide replacing Ernie Rutledge Mrs. Morgan, director The prize-winning flower All is forg i ve n French verbs can be fun . I Mr. Underwood and students at Science Meet Couples dancing at the Junior-Senior Banquet held at the Lincoln- Douglas Hotel in May. One hundred and fifty guests enjoyed fine food and an evening of gaiety. Pat McAllister and Tom Smith, seniors; Connie Caley and Bryan Lierly, juniors; Oueen Beverly Wiedmeyer and King Wayne Wyatt, freshmen; Linda McClelland and Jim Nightingale, sophomores. Back Row: Barb Grimmer, MC for Yearbook Barb Schroeder, Cherry Queen of 1953 Dave Grimmer, MC for Camera Club The Cherry Hop is sponsored each year by the Yearbook Staff and the Camera Club. Each class chooses a girl and a boy as their candidates, and the king and queen are elected by penny votes. Funds from this dance are used to finance photography for this Yearbook. After graduation, the Seniors enjoyed a three-day trip at the Lake of the Ozarks where they did Square Dancing, Swimming, Boating, Water Skiing, Sun Bathing, Flying, and lots of good food. Fly in. Row in. Swim The Gov. McClurg in. Walk in--but come. excursion boat. Seamen Last Will and Testament We, the Senior Class of 1954, Unity High School, County of Adams, and State of Illinois, being of reasonably sound mind and a fairly substantial memory, state that such found within this document to be our last will and testament. To the entire faculty, we leave our best wishes and our sincere thanks and appreciation for all they have done for us. To Bert and Lloyd, we leave our thanks for their good job of keeping the school in good shape. To the Juniors, we leave our dignity and the beloved name Seniors . To the underclassmen, we leave all our good times at Unity. I, VIRGINIA ALGER—will my noisy ways to Shirley Dulaney. I, FLETCHER ANDREW—will my famous words I can't to Dorothy Finlay. I, JANET ANDREW—will my smile to Lee Cantrell. I, DAVE BOWERS —will my ability to get along with Mr. Melvin to Ernie Rutledge. I, PAT BOYLES—will my dancing ability to Paul Finlay. I, PAUL BRUENGER—will my curly hair to Marvin Woodworth. I, TED COLVIN—will my ability in sports to Larry Miller. I, RALPH CORRIGAN—will my many muscles to Duane Poling. I, DAVID CROW—will my Buick speedometer to Larry Ward. I, ALLAN DAVIS—will my Physics grades to anyone who wants them. I, CONNIE DEDERT—will my baby-sitting jobs to Connie Merker. I, NAOMI DEDERT—will my waistline to Myrna Frazier. I, BETTY ENSMINGER—will my absentee slips to Rosemary Tenvorde. I, ANNA EVANS—will my ability to keep quiet to Carroll Echtemkamp. I, ARLENE FEATHERINGS—-will my size to Gerald Orr. I, JOHN FRAZIER—will my Chevrolet to any Ford owner who can outrun it. I, JACK FROMAN—will my big feet to Allan Dierker. I, SUZANNE FURRY—will my long wavy hai r to Sylvia Baker. I, BARBARA GRIMMER—will my doggone braces to just anyone. I, BARBARA HALSEY—will my affection for Ford cars to Julieann Cramm. I, WILMA HAMILTON—will the third seat in the trombone section to Daryl Waite. I, JOAN HEINECKE—will my middle name Pearl to anyone who likes it. I, MARLENE HENERHOFF—will my love notes from Jerry Cal iff to Carol Adair. I, PAT HOMAN—will my athletic ability to Jeanne Mitchell. I, JOHN IPPENSEN—will my etchings to someone who might need to borrow some. I, JOANN JONES—will my red hair to Connie Woolsey. I, BILL KRETZER—will my slow easy ways to Larry Bowers. I, JUDY LEWIS—will my sense of humor to Boots Hufendick. I, PAT McALLISTER—will my ability to play the clarinet to Karen Doughty. I, EDWIN McCABE—will my dual pipes to the State Police. I, PAT MITCHELL—will my rapid speed in shorthand dictation to Thelma Beeler. I, DEVON MIXER—will my wolfish ways to Roy Vonderheide. I, SHELBIA MONROE—will my acting ability to Ronnie Frazier. I, ANN MURPHY—will all my boy friends to Judy Vance. I, ELEANOR MYERS—will my speech ability to Marilyn Dedert. I, DONALD NEIL—will my favorite song, Just One More Chance , to Mrs. Morgan. I, JOE NUTT—will my squeeze horn to Mr. Melvin and the Driver Training Class. I, WAYNE ORR—will the door by the Home Ec. Kitchen to Linda and Jim. I, CARL RABE—will my girl friends to Jerry Califf. I, BOB RHINBERGER—will my job, driving a truck for Duesterhaus Farm Supply to Joe Schlipman. 63 I, SHIRLEY KAY RICHARDSON—will my shyness toward boys to Sharon Christner. I, PAUL ROSSON—will my careful and considerate driving to Gene Carolan. I, EVELYN SCHEUREMAN—will all the bottom lockers I had to take to Barbara Carter. I, TONY SLATER—will my chewing tobacco to Dave Grimmer. I, TOM SMITH—will my naturally blond hair to Janet Tieken. I, DARLENE SNIDER—will my wedding bouquet to Naomi Erke. I, DICK SPALDING—will my ability to play drums to a boy I like very much, John Murphy. I, PAT STONE—will all my good times at Unity to Jeanne Dedert. I, GWEN STRICKLER—will my glasses to Lucille Emery. I, RONALD WARD—will my burr haircut to Don Spalding. I, JOLENE WEBBER—will my ability to get to class on time to Sandra McClelland. I, LARRY WORMAN—will my lipstick stained collars to Dwight Shupe. Class Prophecy Let's take a look and see how ten years have affected the lives of the fifty-two graduates of Unity High School in 1954. FLETCHER ANDREW, a wealthy bachelor, is rolling in money from his inherited Chevrolet plant—by the way—he owns a Cadillac. VIRGINIA ALGER is secretary to Mr. Underwood, who spends his time writing chemistry books and raising sheep. DAVID BOWERS is the cashier at the Mendon Bank of which Mrs. Bowers is president—a henpecked husband, no doubt. JANET ANDREW, now Mrs. Hilgenbrink III, has with her their two sons—Bill IV and Bill V and is living in a new bubble house in the Ursa Bottoms. PAUL BRUENGER and RALPH CORRIGAN are co-owners of an Adams County dairy farm that produces milk that's loaded with Atomic energy. PAT BOYLES spends her spare time roping cows in Texas while her husband is still serving our country. DAVID CROW, manufacturer of push-button barns, has come up with a new discovery— by pushing a button, the cow gives milk. TED COLVIN is now co-owner of the Paloma elevator and has for his secretary, none other than Mrs. Colvin. CONNIE DEDERT is now den mother for a pack of little brownies (they bite!). ALLAN DAVIS owns antique hotrods. His oldest one, Gallowing Jenny won the Indianapolis Speedway a few years ago. DARLENE ELLIS, now Mrs. Ronald Snider, is working for her husband filling gas tanks at their filling station and restaurant in Marcelline while Ronnie does the cooking. NAOMI DEDERT recently became the new chemistry teacher at Unity High, replacing Harrison Underwood, who is becoming too old to cut the mustard . ANNA EVANS is head dietician at the University of Iowa. Her motto— If you are under or over in weight, see Anna! BETTY ENSMINGER is a model of the new fashion—short skirts—on the 100,000 watt Loraine TV station. JOHN FRAZIER, now known as Cowboy John, is famous for his prize herd of Black Angus. ARLENE FEATHERINGILL is head dishwasher for her husband who is still telling her what to do. SUZANNE FURRV, now a famous opera singer, has recently re- turned from a tour of the European countries where she gave a command performance for Oueen Elizabeth. JACK FROMAN, now the World z Champion Boxer , recently won the heavyweight championship. BARBARA HALSEY gives voice lessons to the movie stars' children. She specializes in crazy bob . BARBARA GRIMMER caught her man at the matrimonial bureau, Culver-Stockton, and is now one of the June Taylor dancers on the Jackie Gleason show. JOAN HEINECKE is now head dramatic coach at a Hollywood studio and is teaching Marilyn Monroe how to ACT. WILMA HAMILTON is head of the pediatric department at the A esley Memorial Hospital in Chicago. PAT HOMAN is an outstanding pitcher for the Southern League Girls' Softball team. In the winter she works as an undercover agent for the F.B. I. The former MARLENE HENERHOFF now spends her time coaching and training her eleven girls for the World's Greatest Girls' Football Team. Cheaper by the Dozen , her only son, is waterboy. JOANN JONES now poses for REDHEAD MAGAZINE 64 covers. JOHN IPPENSEN, now known as Doc Ippensen, is a world famous surgeon—his specialty, cats and dogs. JUDY LEWIS is now a producer and director of humorous three-act plays. Her latest hit, Brother Goose , was recently presented on Broadway. BILL KRETZER and EDWIN McCABE are two well-known mechanics. They run a used car lot on the side. PAT MITCHELL, now president of Gem City Business College, has as her motto, Come to Gem and be famous. PAT Me ALLISTER is now taking dictation from a former Culver-Stockton Wildcat at 150 words a minute. (By the way, it's not business!) SHELBIA MONROE just returned from duty overseas serving as a Navy nurse. DEVON MIXER is now staff photographer for the Chicago Daily News—his specialty— Famous Friends from Unity! ELEANOR MYERS is now living on a farm east of Mendon and teaching her little ones to get straight A's . ANN MURPHY is the new clarinet soloist for the Hormel Girls' Orchestra. JOE NUTT is now a famous song writer. He thought his first song, Make Love to Me , dedicated to all the nurses, would be a big hit. However, he found it had already been written. DONALD NEIL drives a Standard Oil truck in Arabia and spends his spare time singing to the natives. CARL RABE, now known as Corny Cal finally developed a perfect ear WAYNE ORR is owner of 20,000 acres of the richest farm land in the United States. His secret is atomic powered machinery. SHIRLEY KAY RICHARDSON is now following in the footsteps of Florence Nightingale and is head nurse at Barnes Hospital. BOB RHINBERGER is now owner of the largest white rat racing farm in America. They inherited their knowledge from Bob. EVELYN SCHEUERMANN recently won the Pillsbury Contest for her newest recipe, Man's Desire . PAUL ROSSON now drives the hearse for Curry's, Incorporated. TOM SMITH is now Mrs. Wood's private secretary. She taught him all he knows. TONY SLATER is coach of the famous girls' basketball team from none other than his old alma mater, Unity High. PAT STONE has replaced Ann Southern in Private Secretary on television. RICHARD SPALDING is now a successful radio and television announcer for CBS, with his own show, You are Supposed to be There . RONALD WARD, now Senator Ward of Illinois, is still arguing politics with his former history teacher, Mr. Melvin. GWEN STRICKLER is now a reporter for the Daily Mendon Dispatch. LARRY WORMAN, platoon leader, recently returned from active service overseas. His duty—sweeping the streets of Paris. JOLENE WEBBER is living in Colorado and working as secretary to the governor. June Taylor dancers?? Grimmer, The very idea (Colvin, Smith, Slater) McAllister, Heinecke, Wormon, Murphy, Myers, Stone Commencement Of course they can LOOK LIKE MUSICIANS. Mr. Hill and Unity Band ready to start on tour. Faculty Breakfast at the Underwood's in May; Mr. Robinson, chief chef. The Yearbook Staff wishes to pay tribute to Mr. Ross Robinson, our Agriculture teacher, who is this year retiring from the teaching profession. Both Mr. and Mrs. Robinson have been con- genial workers and sincere supporters of our school. The Board of Education, the Faculty, and the Students of Unity High School wish them much success, happiness and contentment in the years to come.