Virden High School - Kennel Yearbook (Virden, IL)

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Class Prophecy 1959 Dear Mrs . Lair, We were sorry that you couldn't attend our class reunion yesterday. None of the class had seen each other since graduation, 1949, so we were surprised to learn what some of them were doing falthough we had long ago predicted what some of them would be doingl. For instance: Darlene Bearden is running a boarding house on Main street, where she spends most of her time in the kitchen turning out biscuits that are all right, in other words, solid. Barbara Boyd is the contented housewife of the celebrated scientist and all-round genius, George M. Gazda. Mr. and Mrs. George Boyd now occupy the front attic of Bearden's Boarding House, where Mr. B. is working on a new canvas. Mrs. B., the former Evelyn Seifert, is his model. Jack Brennan and Bill Talkington became universally famous when they discovered a way to make a broom work by itself. Pat Flowers, Josephine Bednar, Elaine King, and Theresa Opremchak, are on tour of the United States, singing nightly to capacity crowds. Mary Lou Giberson has accepted a job with John Powers as a model. J. Paul Goode owns the Wreck on the Highway, ' modern, up-to-date, fire hazard. Charles Gooden, the celebrated violinist, is appearing next week at Carnegie Hall. Tickets are 5510.00 apiece. ' Johnny Gwinn has taken Tarzan's place in pictures, and will soon appear in Tarzan and the Scorpion. Good Luck from DR. T. R. McKEMIE, Dentist 20

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Class iWiII I, Frank Smith, will my height to Pat Sheridan. I, Harriet Seymour, will my flute to Lyndell Sexton. I, Marian Stone, will my drawings to all lovers of horses. I, Josephine Badnar, will my dark tresses to B. Pishler. I, Darlene Bearden, will my housekeeping abilities to Rita Jackson. I, J. Paul Goode, will my sense of hurnor to Pat Smith. I, Patty Flowers, will my freckles to Julia Sanders. I, Charles Lake, will my curly hair to J. Bristow. I, Wanda Holscher, will my bookkeeping grades to Doris Smith. I, Wendell Holt, will my bashfulness to Fred Reichert. I, Dorothy Lass, will my Shorthand eraser to C. Bortmess. I, Eddie Perks, will my football ability to Bill Whalen. I, Donald Large, will my name to Jackie Long. I, Lester Royer, will my basketball equipment to Tom Reichert. I, Georgia Sexton, will my nightly rides on the bus to anyone that wants it. I, Mittie Smith, will my P. E. grades to Pat Madden. I, Betty Ward, will my love for reading to E. O'Brien. I, Bernice Watson, will my love for jitterbugging to F. Grimmett. I, Ida Weaver, will my jeans to Cynthia Peterson. I, Irma Taylor, will my diamond to Ila Parker. I, Alan Wyckoff, will my place on the Honor Society to Edith McKinney. I, Eddie Walkington, will my Ag. project to some Future Farmer. Good Luck from RED 'S SHELL STATION Compliments of BECKER'S BARBER SHOP 19

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Class Prophecy Dwain Hamilton was good draft bait his senior year, but we never dreamed he would become a general in the Salvation Army. Patsy Hinkle is getting rich quick from her poses for ads with the Pepsodent Toothpaste Company. Wanda' Holscher is bookkeeper at Lawder Grain Elevator. Wendell Holt liked blowing alleys so well, he opened one of his own. It covers a whole blgck, Austin Hulcher has finished transactions to purchase the remaining acres between Virden and Nilwood. Charming Charley Lake can now be heard weakly on The Hit Par- ade where he has taken Frank Sinatra's place. Dorothy Las decided she likedjeep station wagons so well that she now designs her own. ' Leroy Lechner, after onlytwo years in the navy, is the admiral of one of the navy's largest cruisers. Betty McKinney is a professional woman boxer. Her next bout is with Barrel-House Bessie. Eddie Perks, chemist at Allis-Chalmers, is all blown up about his position. Carol Riffey, one airline stewardress with TWA, is now married to multi-millionaire, Q. T. Stevens, whom 'she met on her 25th flight. Lester Royer is now Ag teacher and FFA leader at VCHS. The Store That Quality Built MYERS BROTHERS Apparel for Men, Women and Children 21