Virginia High School - Virginian Yearbook (Virginia, IL)

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Larry W Barnett the lst, Wlll my car to Gary Sweatman 1n hopes that he can get underclass g1rls home from part1es Denny Young, w1ll my wh1te bucks to Booter Sm1th because I know of h1S secret des1re to own pa1r Jun Sm1th, Wlll my pos1t1on on the football team to Larry Walton Anna Kluckman, w1ll my good luck 1n h1gh school to Carol Armstrong Beverly Mart1n, w1ll my love for DOl'1I'I1e Cox to Ann Marr 1n hopes that someday he w1ll pay at tent1on to her lov1ng ways Bobby Coll1ns, w1ll my b1cycle to Larry Walton 1n hopes that he can take Sue Barber to the prom when he 1S a Jun1or Cl1ffOId Mac McClure, w1ll the shortstop pos1t1on on the basketball team to Ted Albert Sh1rley Crawford, do Wlll and bequeath my mckname, Duck , to Ruby S1ttler Sh1rley Conner, w1ll my ablllty to stay out of trouble to Glenn Mullen 1n hopes that lt w1ll do 1m some good Sue Armstrong, w1ll back to Marc1a McGehee all her troubles that I have accumulated dur1ng the past two years Donna Petef1sh, w1ll my luck 1n keep1ng a Velten through h1gh school to Freda Newberry, and here 's hop1ng they both succeed afterwards Rosella Anderson, do hereby Wlll my ab1l1ty to f1nd holes 1n football f1elds to Bob Sh1elds 1n hopes that he won't fall qu1te as flat as I d1d A1108 Haywood, w1ll my cheerlead1ng ab1l1ty to Nancy Qu1gg Sylv1a Shortr1dge, Wlll my non fllrtlng personal1ty to K B 1n hopes that lt w1ll tame her down Phyll1s Noe, Wlll my Job at the telephone 0ff1CC to Arm Marr 1n hopes that she can f1nd out the town's latest goss1p Freddy Crawford, w1ll my ab1l1ty to be a lad1es' man to John F1shel 1D hopes that someday some g1rl w1ll f1nd hun Jo Ann Cox, Wlll my long lost love for Ronn1e H1bbard to Mar1lyn Anderson 1n hopes that some day she w1ll f1nd lt Donna Ross1, w1ll my hour glass f1gure to T1ppy Cl1ne 1n hopes that someday he Wlll be able to w1n a beauty contest ROI1I'11e H1bbard, w1ll my ablllty to get along Wlth the g1rls to Bud Cramer, hop1ng that someday he and Sally w1ll get along together, and maybe then Bud won't be so l0VeS1Ck that he loses all of h1s pool games Ethel Peterson, w1ll my long, brown, curly ha1r to Carol Armstrong, the cute l1ttle blonde 1n the Freshman Class, 1n hopes that she can put It to a better use than I d1d Margaret Mondon, W111 my love for wr1t1ng letters to Loretta Hughes 1n hopes that she can put It to as good a use as I Mary Margaret Br1ggs, Wlll my fr1endsh1p to a certa1n Ashland boy to Jan1e M1ers Jack K1ng, w1ll to all g1rls 1n h1gh school W1ndy too a p1cture of myself 1n hopes they w1ll be able to keep happy after I leave James Carey, w1sh to w1ll my long blond ha1r to Kay Sm1th 1n hopes that she w1ll use lt Clara Norr1s, w1ll my lost combs and founta1n pens to anyone who can f1nd them Allen Frank, w1ll my ab1l1ty to do algebra to Bob Boyd so that he can f1gure out all of M1ss Tucker's angles Mary Ellen Lang, Wlll my ab1l1ty to blush to Sl1Z1e Petef1sh B111 Petef1sh, w1ll Edd1e Fan' my love for the Ch1cago Cubs so that he may root for the best team 1n the Nat1onal League Ray Murphy, Wlll my curly ha1r to R1ch Thompson 1n hopes that he w1ll make good use of It John Robert Shaner, w1ll my accordxon to Loretta Hughes 1n hopes that she can make good use of Lyle Anderson, Wlll my Nash to Edd1e Fa1r so he won't have to bum r1des the rest of h1s h1gh school days Earl Norr1s, w1ll my love for M1ss Tucker to Gayle Sm1th Tom Damotte, w1ll my spot on the football team to R1Ch Thompson m hopes he w1ll beat Routt for me next year 13 P Ill s .u . n u a . . . . . ,. , . . . it.

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fk Semor Class Ofhcers STANDING Mr Anderson Sponsor Mary Lang Secretary SEATED Jack Kmg Presxdent Sylv1aShortr1dge Treasurer and Larry Barnett Vxce Pres1dent Semor Class H lstory In September, 1951 fxfty one nervous Freshmen entered the halls of V H S to beg1n four years of hxgh school To lead our class that year we elected Larry Barnett, Pres1dent Jack Kmg, V1ce Pres1dent Sylv1a Shortudge Secretary Carol Snow, Treasurer Mr Cerveny was elected sponsor of the class B11ly Petef1sh, Rosella Anderson, and Jrmmy Sm1th represented the class on the Student Counc11 Our carmval queen cand1date was Ruth Sours Forty three Sophomores returned 1n the fall of 1952 to begm another year As our offmcers we elected Jack Kmg, Presxdent, .hmmy Sm1th, VICC Presxdent A11ce Haywood Secretary, Sylv1a Shortr1dge Trea urer Mr Kays was elected to adv1se the act1v1t1es of the class The Student Counc1l members from our class were Carol Snow, Carolyn Krxeg, Larry Barnett, and .I1mmy Smxth As Halloween Carnxval cand1 dates we elected J1mmy Sm1th and A11ce Haywood Two members of the class of '52, 'A11ce Haywood and Donna Ross1, were cheerleaders In September, 1953, th1rty mne conhdent Jumors met to elect off1cers These off1cers, chosen to exe cute the dut1es of our most 1mportant year thus far, were Denny Young, Pres1dent B111 Petef1sh V1ce P1-esxdent Rosella Anderson, Secretary Carol Snow, Treasurer Mr Anderson was our competent adv1sor The Student Counc1l members were Al1ce Haywood, Larry Barnett, B111 Petefxsh, and J1mmy Sm1th Cand1 dates for Carn1valK1ng and Queen were Freddy Crawford and Rosella Anderson Al1ce Haywood, Donna Rossx, and Carol Snow were chosen as cheerleaders Under the d1rect1on of M1ss Gustafson we presented a verv successful class play 'Smarter and Smoother The remamder of the year was spent toward malung the Jun1or Sen1or Prom, held at the Elks Club 1n Spr1ngf1e1d, a great success Before anyone real1zed 1t, the class of '55 had begun thelr Sen1or year at V H S The fol1ow1ng of f1cers led the class through our f1nal year 1n h1gh school Jack Kxng, Pres1dent Larry Barnett, V1ce Pres1 dent Mary Ellen Lang Secretary and Sylv1a Shortndge, Treasurer Mr Anderson was re elected sponsor of the class The fo1low1ng members of the class served on the Student Counc11 Al1ce Haywood, Mary Brxggs, Donna Ross1, B111 Petef1sh Allen Frank, John Shaner, and Larry Barnett Three Semor gn-ls Al1ce Haywood, Donna Rossx, and Rosella Anderson, were elected cheerleaders After three years of fa1l ure, the class of '55 succeeded 1h placmg our carmwal candxdates, Donna Petefxsh and Jack Kmg, on the throne to rexgn as Kmg and Queen of the fourth Halloween Carmval The re st of the year was occup1ed w1th presentmg our class play, workmg on the annual, and completmg several other projects At last the class of 55 had reached the end of four successful years at V H S 1 . . -N A sf 3 - . I , . I . 1 ' ' . 1 . - . . , - . . . ' . : 3 - 5 , S . . . ' - 3 , ' , S- . . . , . 2 I 1 ' 7 3 . . . 1 1 ' ' : S . - .- S , 3 - . ' , - .

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Pro hecy Upon arrxvmg at my desk at the Inter planetary Corporat1on, I found an urgent message from our representa t1ve on the moon, advlsmg me that our branch offzce there needed help to settle a strxke of the plant personnel gave hurrxed mstructlons to my secretary on Important affa1rs of the home OEICE that m1ght come up during my ab sence and then left to make preparatxons for my tr1p Fortunately, I was able to secure reservat1ons for the flxght, and soon we were zooming through the outer space under the skxllful guldance of our pxlot, B1ll Petefxsh, who just last year recewed a medal for completxng a quadnlhon m1les of flzght wxthout an acc1dent Sue Armstrong, a for er classmate, and the f1rst woman Jet pllot to break the sound barner, was also a passenger on the plane We had a pleasant chat about our classmates of V1rg1n1a I-hgh I stepped off the luxury lmer f1ve hours later and entered the brxghtly l1ghted and commodlous statlon, luxunous ly appolnted and complete wxth every convemence Thxnklng that a cup of coffee would set me up for the arduous task of talk1ng wzth the dzsgruntled employees of our company, I sat down at a table and whxle waltmg for my coffee, I pxcked up the latest edltxon of the Moon Weekly and learned that Mrs Dwlght Kmg Phyllls Noe and Mrs Erland Le1nberger Alxce Haywood , were Jornxng the1r husbands at the Planet Naval Base on the moon At that moment I heard my name called and looked up to see the former Rosella Anderson commg across the foyer of the stat1on Rosella, whose husband, Fred, 15 now owner of the Super Transplanet Air Lmes, had seen rn name 1n the reg1ster of lncomxng passengers and had hurrxed to look me up That even1ng I spent some pleasant hours w1th the famous cattleman, Ronnxe H1bbard, at h1s mterestmng ranch where I toured hxs extens1ve farms, swarmmg, It seemed to me, w1th polled shorthorns Ronn1e saxd that he and h1s secretary, Jo Ann Cox, had recently attended the superson1c VISION debut of John Shaner and hrs famed accordzon I also had the pleasure of meetxng J1.m Smxth, All Amer1can of 2000 A D , and h1s nurse, Donna Rossi., who had just returned from a trxp around the umverse On one of thexr stops they had attended the 'Super Grand Ole Opr , featurxng Jun Carey, who has all the teen agers swoonmg over h1s croonmg and gu1tar playmg Allen Frankis latest contr1but1on to the culture of the outer space 15 a huge lxbrary, whzch IS attractmg space men from all the planets Thxs hbrary, the largest 1n h1story, contams octxlhon books Ethel Peterson, well known clothes deszgner, has desrgned new helmets and umforms for the Planetarzan Army, I was pleased to be 1nv1ted by the Fred Crawfords to attend the prem1ere of the Z1egfeld's Moon Follxes starrmg the Moonbeam Dancers I was enchanted by the dancmg of th1s group wh1ch rncluded a number of my former class mates Mary Ellen Lang, Clara Norr1s, Anna Kluckman, Robert Collms, Earl Norr1s, and Cl1fford McClure Later backstage, we met them and thezr manager, Lyle Anderson Between sessxons of my conference wxth the employees of the Starcraft Company I looked over the bus1ness dxs trxct and, to my delxght, met Denny Young, who runs a cham of grocery stores over the ent1re unxverse I-hs assxst ant manager on the moon 15 Miss Beverly Martm It was my pleasure also to v1s1t the stud1o of the famous sculptor, Jack Klng, but we mlssed lum as he was re sxdmg at hxs summer home on Venus where he was fuushxng a statue of Sylvxa Shortndge Later I met h1m on a short busmess trip to Venus On that plane our attractxve hostess, who dxd much for our comfort durmg the flxght, was Shzrley Crawford She told me that she was enjoyxng her flxghts between Earth, Moon, and Venus As I glanced casually around, I recognzzed a young lady busy wxth reports as we flew smoothly through the a1r It was Bern1ce Boyd, secretary for the Umversal March of Tunes Her Job of vxsxtxng the planets to collect the money was xnterestxng she saxd Ray Murphy and Tom Damotte, who are garnmg a reputatxon as znventors, are res1dents of Venus and are plan nmg to put a new dev1ce on the market that wxll enable one to dlrect a plane from planet to planet by pushxng a button ln h1s offzce We called at thezr OiflC8 but they were not ln In the confusion of present day cond1t1ons It was gratzfyzng to f1nd that efforts were be1ng made to brmg about amicable settlements of the dxsagreements between the planets In Venus we v1s1ted Unxverse Headquarters and were greeted by Slnrley Conner, who IS secretary for the top men of the organxzatxon We were interested nn vlsxtxng a new subdxvislon The collaps1ble houses, des1gned for speedy evacuatmn ln case of axr raids are bunlt by Mrs Donald Needham Margaret Mondon and her husband Returnmg to the moon, I chanced to meet Larry Barnett, who, I learned, had been drxllxng for o1l on the moon Larry has met wlth little success so far, but one well has produced a bnght red, whxch sczentlsts bel1eve w1ll have a defmite use in radar We were happy to meet Mary Margaret Bnggs, who was on location LII Venus for a PlCtl11'C, whmch has all the makings of a supenor production We were fortunate in seezng an unusual basketball performance Dunng our stay the team composed of the f1ve sons of Mr and Mrs Nick Velten QDonna Petefxshl, known for nts fame as the unbeatable Velten Basketball Team, played an equally famous team from Venus Needless to say, the Veltens retamed thexr reputatxon as the best My stay in outer space came to an end all too soon, and soon I was winging my way back to my work a clay world I sxghed with content as I thought of the pleasant reumons with members of my class of '55 . . . . . l I Q . . . - . . . . 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