Villa Grove High School - Vade Mecum Yearbook (Villa Grove, IL)

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Previews oi Coming Attractions It seems like only yesterday since the smash hit Vade Mecum was presented. My, how time fiies! Here it is 1965 and much has happened to the wonderful stars of that production. Some of the group have remained in the movies. JOE JAMES has dyed his hair black and has taken over the role of the Durango Kid. WILFRED LALEY now plays the part of the Wolf Man. JANE FIELDBINDER has becom.e a famous stylist. Her latest crea- tion is a shatter-proof, spun-glass bathing suit. It is being modeled throughout the country by the professional model, ONA RANSDELL. MARY JOYCE WATKINS and MARILYN SCHROEDER are con- sidered the world's greatest piano team. Just lately they gave a perform- ance before a group of deaf and dumb orphans. IMOGENE RIDDLE and JACKIE WACKER are eminent doctors in Fairland in the Research Hospital for Dumb Animals. IRMA DUBSON is a society matron in Cooksville. CLIFFORD DRESCHER is making his fortune as a retailer of burlap sweaters. PERK CHRISTMAN and TOM HANCOCK have been chosen for judges at the annual Miss America contest at Atlantic City. NORMA JEAN PROSSER is one of the most promising entrants as Miss Hugo. GEORGE HILLARD and BARBARA TAY are a great success as a dance team called Spike and Tack. RICHARD ELDER has not been heard of for quite some time. They say he is still lost in the swamps searching for Chloe. BOB RIECK is now the coach of the girls football team in Camargo. SUE ANN MARIS is doing a fine job in her left wayback position and HAROLD DEAN SMITH is unsurpassed as waterboy. DICK ROBERTS is still in the drug store business. He now holds down the job as assistant clean-up man. GEORGE ELDER is recognized in the literary field since the recent publication of his new U.S. History textbook. It is all done in picture writing. PHYLLIS EVERSOLE has made millions since her new record album has been released. The classiest night-spot in town is TOM BOSCH'S Jive Joint. The main attraction is the great bubble-dancer PHYLLIS JAEGER. SMOKE JESTER and his quartet have just run Gene Trimble out of business in Newman. PHYLLIS CRAWFORD is the new dean at E.I.S.C. BILL WAGGLE is the honorary mayor of Hugo with STELLA BENNETT as his private secretary. LESLIE VANDEVENTER holds the position as constable. CContinuedJ

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Class Will I, Dick Roberts, bequeath my position as soda jerk in the Rexall to any other jerk-er. I, Lavonne Rund, leave my wee small voice to Rosie Bosch. I, Marilyn Schroeder, bequeath my interest in Millikin men to any under classman who feels the need of an incentive to higher education. I, Harold Smith, bequeath my girl-catching red hair to Lynn Statzer. I, Louis Soliday, bequeath my quiet ways to Catherine Senters who needs them. I, Barbara Tay, bequeath my gift of gab to Norma McBride and hope it doesn't get her into any more trouble than it did me. I, Leslie Vandeventer, bequeath my 160 acres, 13 pigs, and a balky mule to the future farmers. I, Jackie Wacker, bequeath my excellent cookery to Doris Combs with the reminder that The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. I, Billy Waggle, bequeath my Tarzan physique to Junior Soards. I, Mary Joyce Watkins, bequeath my technique in driving a Chrysler to anyone who is fool enough to use it. I, Nelda Rae Watkins, leaves to become Mrs. Mark Mitsdarfer. I, Don Watters, bequeath the right to be noisy in the study hall to Frank Thomas. . 1, Douglas Watson, bequeath my senior picture to the secretary of the Junior Class to be kept in their Archives of Great Men. 1, Mary Workman, willingly leave everything to the school. I'm though with it. I, Cora Bell Wilcoxen, do hereby bequeath my ability to be seen and not heard to Carolyn Cunningham. Now, classmates, don't think we are handing you a soak, Just laugh and take each as a joke. The above may seem to be trifling bequests, but we hope that they may be accepted, not as worthless things, lavishly thrown away, but as valuable assets to those who may receive them and a continual reminder of the generosity of heart displayed in our free and full bestowal. And now, we do hereby set our hand and seal in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Fifty. THE CLASS OF 1950

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Previews oi Corning Attractions MARY ANN MITSDARFER and LA VONNE RUND went to China as home economists and taught the Chinese a new method of making birds-nest soup. DON WATTERS has given up trying to work and become a bum. HAPThe noted artist who draws all the pictures for Esquire is EILEEN P. BONNIE PAYTON is running a taxi service in Fairland. DOROTHY MANNIN, PHYLLIS REED and JUANITA BRETZ are now dancing with the Rockettes. The scientific BOB ANDERSON has discovered a feet-cleaning device in his bathroom called soap. DOUG WATSON has taken up farming in the Longview area for certain reasons. LOUIS SOLIDAY is employed by Barnum 85 Bailey Circus. He has charge of the trained fleas. LOIS AUTEN and MARY WORKMAN are employed as official doughnut dunkers and coffee coolers at a famous eating place. JIM JACKSON is the new local Studebaker dealer. NELDA WATKINS is racing with the moon driving Mitsdarfer's Hot-rod. BETTY BEAN left for the Hawaiian Islands soon after school and is now the number one hula-hula dancer. Her personal maid is FLORENCE BASHAM. ANN BYRNES is known as Doctor Killemquickn and she creates a prosperous business for CATHERINE KRAUS who is an undertaker in Doowadidy. MARY ETTA MOODAY and ROSE MARIE GILLES are still leading cheers. Now they are at Notre Dame. WILMA LALEY, because of her smallness, fell through a crack in the earth, and is now studying underground activities. MARGUERITE PRESSLY went to California and is now employed as Arthur Murray's dancing instructor. BENNY KING has gone to the jungles of Africa to study spiders CHARLES PFLUM recently won the title as The World's Speediest Typist. MARY JANE MCCLINTOCK runs the Snobby Doggy Beauty Shoppeg her specialty is manuicuring the toenails of all the pooches. CORA BELL WILCOXEN is happily married to Senator Phili Buster. So we bid farewell to all our old friends with the hopes that some day we may see them all in the movies.