Wapella High School - Retro Yearbook (Wapella, IL)

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eye to Nancy Evans. I, Rosemary Scogin, will my ability to get along with Barbara R. to Ruth Cooper. I, Betty Wickenhauser, will Mr. Kidd a new watch so he can let next year’s American History class out on time. We, the SENIOR CLASS, will Mr. Schettler and Miss Ross to next year’s Freshman class and we hope they can help you as much as they have us. MANY THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU.................... We, the big five, (Norma, Thora, Eileen, Joyce, and Donna) will our ability to get along with each other to the Jr. girls. We, Betty and Dorma, will our sportsmanship to Mrs. Kistner. We, Verneal and Roberta, will our true friendship to Charles M. and Barbara A. We, Thora and Norma, will our long lasting friendship and good times to Barbara Reynolds and Rosemary Pow'ers. We, Joyce and Donna, will our ability to play basketball to the Jr. gills who have such a desire for it. RETRO STAFF Editor................................. Associate Editor....................... Business Advertising................. Humor Calendar . . Organization Will ....... Prophecy . .. Athletics...... Special Reporter Senior History . . Hatchet Oration Junior Response .......Verlin Ryan . . .Verneal Fryman .....Thora Watson Edward Toohill Leo Ryan .....Willis Hartlipp Wayne Miller Kenneth Scott .Eileen Zimmerman Dorothy Hasler . . . Dorma Houchin Betty Wickenhauser .. . . Donna Sprague Joyce Leggett ......Norma Thorp Rosemary Scogin Francis Karr James Roy Troxel .......John Walsh Dave Lewis .... Roberta Mollet . . Donna Lee Wilson .......John Walsh .Eugene Linderman Pace Thirteen

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Mr. Schettler—sponsors. We presented our play “Wedding Spell ” rn November 12. On February 14, we sponsored a box social in the schor 1 gym. Roberta Mollet was chosen for the D. A. R. award of the yea . Our class has earned enough money to take a trip to Detroit. Mich., by bus and from there take a boat cruise to N'agara Falls New York, 't will be a swell trip and here’s hoping all Seniors, will go! LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT Class of “49” KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we the 49’ers, of Wapella Unit District No. 5, Wapella Illinois, being of sound mind, disposing memory, realizing the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death, desiring to make a fair, equitable disposition of all our en»tl 1 ’ estate, both real, personal, and mixed, do hereby make and publish this, our last Will and Testament, hereby revoking any and all former testamentary dispositions made by us at any time heretofore. I, Norma Thorp, will my taxi at noon to Barbara Reynolds. I, Donna Sprague, will my cheerleading ability to Jesse Welch. I, Dorma Houchin, will my cute little figure to Helen Kleemon. I, Edward Toohill, will my English book to any Jr. silly enough to take 4 years of English. I, Thora Watson, will leave Kent to some one nearer h s own age— the demanding sophomore girls. I, Francis Karr, will leave my black hair to Sonny Bugger. I, Wayne Miller, will my fighting spirit to Cord Burris and Charlie Luker as either are too small to take it all alone. I, Donna Wilson, will my sweetheart, Frank Thorp (little Frank that is) to Beverly Oakley. I, Leo Ryan, will leave nothing as I am going to take it with me. (You tight Irishman you). I, Willis Hartlipp, will my “Durante Profile” to Andy Hedrick. I, Kenneth Scott, will my curly hair to Earl Woollen. I, Verlin Ryan, will my No. 30 Jersey to Mouser and to Andy my No. 0 Sweat Jacket. I, Dugan Troxel, will my ability to fool the teachers to Gary Durbin. I, Dave Lewis, will my ever-lovin’ history book to Gene Linderman. I, Joyce Leggett, will my ability to put lipstick on straight to Priscilla George. I, Verneal Fryman, will my ability to gossip, which I inherited from Tubby Reum, to Lois Short because I won’t have any further need of it. I, Dorothy Hasler, will my ability to run to Phyllis Lange. I, Eileen Zimmerman, will my ability to make wise remarks, to Wilma Rich. I, John Walsh, will my girl friends to anyone who can take them away from me. I, Roberta Mollet, will my ability to look cute and hit people in the Pape Twelve

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CLASS PROPHECY We, Bob Karr, at the controls, Eddie Toohill, a successful farmer, and Donna Wilson, principal of Wapella High, leave Wapella in our jet-propelled covered wagon, for California to get our share of the spoils of the gold rush. Gold had been discovered in Sacramento by Leo Ryan, who was gazing at stars prospecting for gold dust and fell into a mine. He came up with a mouthful of gold teeth, thus starting the gold rush of (19) “49”. It takes us a pair of seconds to get to Yellowstone National Park where we find Norma Thorp, drinking her fill from Old Faithful. We make an effort to stop, but having so much speed when we finally come to a standstill we are in Butte, Montana. Walking down the street, gawking around, we see a queer looking Indian, in front of a cigar store. As we approach we find said Indian to be our former classmate, Wayne Miller nonchalantly smoking on the profits of his employer. Looking in we find Willis Hartlipp is the proprietor of the establishment. Telling Wayne of our need for money, he suggests we visit the back room of the store. A few minutes later we emerge, pockets bulging with cash and chips. (Potato of course.) Taking off once more we head towards the Salt Lake area. Seeing a cloud of salt dust on the Salt flats we assume it’s Francis Karr, driving his racer. Knowing we could never overtake him because of his driving habits, we are about to go on when we see him stopped by a policeman. Fearing we would have to pay his bail we take off for Hurricane, Utah. Due to a shortage of fuel we stop at a dude ranch for a fresh supply. There, to our surprise we find Dave (Deadeye) Lewis running the ranch. Passing the corral we find Dave’s chief helper, Dorothy Hasler, branding steers. After getting our fuel supply renewed we take off again, headed towards Grand Canyon. Coming to the Canyon we make a daring leap in order to get across. As we land on the other side we almost hit Joyce Leggett, who is patiently filling in the canyon with a tablespoon. Going on we pass through the Petrified Forest where we hear the vigorous chopping of Kenneth Scott, a lumberjack. Our next point of interest is Las Vages, Nevada. As we enter the town we hear Verlin Ryan broadcasting a fight at the Last Chance Saloon. It seems Dugan Troxel, a card shark, who wasn’t sharp enough, was caught holding too many aces. After the excitement is over we move on. Being ahead on our schedule we decide to run through Death Valley. We find Verneal Fryman, the determined geologist, searching for life. Fearing she would use us as specimens, we hastily hurry away. At last we reach our destination, Sacramento. Our chief interest being gold we go at once to Leo’s mine. There are many prospectors who have come from far and wide. The most outstanding one is Eileen Zimmerman. Eileen is prospecting for gold her own way—in Leo’s pockets. Seeing that Eileen will get all Leo’s gold and the prospectors Page Fourteen