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

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OomWM WE, the Senior Class of 1956, Unity High School, Mendon, Illinois in the County of Adams, being of sound mind and good memory, do hereby declare this to be our last Will and Testament. To the entire faculty, we leave a sincere thanks and appreciation for all they have done for us during our four years. To Bert Brackenseick and Lloyd Waite, we leave our thanks for keeping our school clean throughout our years here. To the Juniors, we leave our dignity and cherished name, Seniors.’ To the Sophomores, we leave our sense of school loyalty. To the Freshmen, we leave our sincere hope that they will enjoy their future years at Unity as much as we have. Personal bequests: I, JOAN ALGER, will my love for hillbilly music to Sharon Christner. I, BETTY ASH, will my chewing gum to Mrs. Peek. I, RACHEL BAKER, will my democracy speech to President Eisenhower. I, ETHEL BEELER, will my ability to go steady to Judy Warning. I, CLAUDINE CALEY, will my bowling ability to Mr. Hagerman. I, ROE AN CRABTREE, will my good attendance record to Dianne Daugherty. I, JULIANN CRAMM, will my pony tail to Maureen Caley. I, KAREN DEDERT, will my wedding bells to Pat Rutledge. I, JEAN DEDERT, will my Homecoming queen crown to Karen Andrew. I, HAROLD DOYLE, will my curly hair to Larry Miller. I, ALLEN DIERKER, will all the fun I had in speech to anyone who thinks they can have more. I, MAURICE FLINT, will my nickname, Ichabod to Wayne Wyatt. I, BILL FESSLER, will my corner in the hall to John Emmert. I, JIM FRAZIER, will my driving ability to Daryl Waite. I. TERRY FORREST, will all the fun I had at Harry’s to Judy Mitchell. I, DAVE GRIMMER, will my ability to play basketball to Butch Brady. I, MYRNA FRAZIER, will my ability to play the piano to John Reiter. I, JOAN HARMS, will my sports ability to Janeen Baker. I, BOB HARMS, will all the fun during the Senior Play practice to Bob Frazier. I, DOROTHY HENERHOFF, will my cheerleading ability to Nancy Daugherty. I, RONNIE HARNESS, will my cast to anyone who wants it. I, KAY HUDSON, will my many trips to Loraine to Marilyn Ward. I, JANET HOMAN, will my knowledge in American Problems to Merlyn Jones. I. SHIRLEY CANTRELL, will my dimples to Phil Wittier. I, DAN LECKBEE, will my 41 Chev to Steve Woolsey. I, JOAN KOONTZ, will my love for school to Ray Ellis. I, SANDRA MC CLELLAND, will my class ring to Panchetta Grotz. I, LINDA MC CLELLAND, will my love for Junior boys to Deanne Daugherty. I, ADALENE MILLER, will my love for barn dances to Janice Parrick. I, CONNIE MERKER, will my snare drum to Charlie Homan. I, DICK MOORE, will my place as president of SS to Bill Steiner. I, JEANNE MITCHELL, will my love for Chevvies to Barbara Daugherty. I, ETHEL MYERS, will my position in the Library Club to Richard Agard. I, MARCIA MURRY, will my love for shorthand to Lee Cantrell. I, ROBERT PHILLIPS, will my two front teeth to Pat Donley. I, JIM NIGHTINGALE, will my graceful walk to Mary Ellen French. I, DICK RAND, will my humorous ideas to Dorothy Tenvorde. I, DICK PORTER, will a 55 graduate to anyone who thinks they can get her. I, DWIGHT SHUPE, will my singing ability to Judy Simon. I, RONNIE RICHMILLER, will my cowboy boots to John Murphy. I, DON SPALDING, will my love for Marcelline to Gary McAllister. I, MARY BELLE SMITH, will my A’s to Denver Echternkamp. I, ROSEMARY TENVORDE, will my long hair to Sue Agard. I, PAT STARR, will my little feet to Gerhard Jung. I, MARGIE VONDERHEIDE, will my ability to eat to Beverly Weidmyer. I, JUDY VANCE, will my pleasant smile to Coach Nelson. I, HELEN WEMHONER, will my love for Warsaw boys to Janet Tieken. I, LARRY WARD, will my height to Roy Points. I, BERTHA WHITE, will my trips to Shelbyville to Loretta Vandermaider. I, ELMA WESSINGER, will my typing ability to Tom Tribbett. I, JACKIE WORMAN, will my dancing ability to Arthur Murry. I. CONNIE WOOLSEY, will iny red hair to Peggy Murry.

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RICHARD PORTER is a carpenter, his first job was building a new high school at Unity. The Bond issue FINALLY passed. DICK RAND is no longer running into trees because he joined the navy and is running into WAVES. RON RICHMILLER, state representative, has a bill before the house to increase the speed limit in the state of Illinois. DWIGHT SHUPE has become so popular that Eddie Fisher had to seek new fields. MARYBELLE SMITH finished her Science Project on Evolution using a chicken as a model and is now working on a new project--a film entitled, “The Egg and I.” DON SPALDING is now an Air Force Recruiter urging all to study while they are in high school. ROSEMARY TENVORDE, a student of the Patricia Stevens School for models in Chicago, has taken over Bess Myerson’s position on the “Big Payoff.” JUDITH VANCE is now U. S. Good Will Ambassador to China. MARGIE VONDERHEIDE has just released her new hillbyilly record of “Hey Joe.” It’s quite a hit. LARRY WARD has taken over the Bob Cummings TV show employing a 1958 graduate as his modeL Y ou will like this. ELMA WESSINGER was elected the FIRST lady President of the United States in the last election. BERTHA WHITE now has a column in the Windsor newspaper entitled, “Bert’s Lovelorn.” JACKIE WORMAN has taken over the Arthur Murray School of Dancing. Her star pupil is ALLEN DIERKER, who is still training for footbalL MR. HILL, our class SPONSOR, is directing a sextet composed of the little “Mory Hills.” 20

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Sjeniox CIcum •‘NO BOYS ALLOWED” TOP ROW, Left to Right: Harms, Ward, Spalding, Porter, Dierker, Shupe, Worman, Mitchell. LOW ROW: Alger, McClelland, Merker, Hudson, Koontz, McClelland, Mrs. Tenhaeff.