Washington Community High School - Wacohi Yearbook (Washington, IL)

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PROPHECY There 1S Burtls Meyer 1n the coach w1th the footmen On the Slde of the coach It says Queen of the Cowboys Wow' And at age' Over the loud speaker system we hear no one but the Enterta1n1ng Etters play1ng a duet on sweet potatoes Mrs Etter xs the former, Leona Ke1l Oh oh' One of the performers 1n the arena has been 1nJured Here comes an ambulance Who cares about the ambulance Look at the nurse It seems l've seen that red ha1r before and that perfectly pO1S9d manner Sure' lt's Norma McDonough, I'll bet she gxves the nurs1ng profess1on a l1ft Who was hurt anyway? The loud speaker says the one 1nJured IS Senor james Ryan The acc1 dent was caused by a sllght mlsjudgment 1n the act of the mo1mt1ng of a horse Better luck next time But w1ll there be a next t1me? I smell money Who has 1t? Surely not Mademo1selle Ellen Heyl' But It IS See' She has carelessly let her money bag droop She never used to be that way D1d the title go to her head? And now from the arena we hear a loud shout and SIX flashy couples enter The f1rst IS Dale Boley and hlS Stately Sta1l1on All of them are f1ne spec1men of horse flesh but walt' What 1S that on the end? Oh, 1t,S Just onald Meyer and h1s Puny Pony My name? Who wants to know? Why, Carol Kell' What are you doxng here? Oh you are a rov1ng reporter Why aren't you marrxed? Oh, you are, but your husband doe sn't take to work very read1ly l see, and who IS your husband? Donald ESSIQ? All 1S understood Well, 1f It 1sn't Ronme Legel and what are you domg? Ret.1red pres1dent of the Motor cycle Club of Amerlca N1cel Say the band has Just struck up Ha1l to the Ch1ef That can only mean the presldent IS arr1v1ng The democrats are really g1v1ng h1m a hand Over the loud speaker system we hear and now 13d1ES and gentlemen, The Presldent of the Un1ted States, Mr Walter Schuck and h1s recently acqxured w1fe, the former Mary Hunz1ker Is 1t true that you were born 1n a log cab1n Mr Schuck? And now a tune from the soar1ng soprano ' Page 21 'ir MISS R1ta TheW11S Man, what volume' But her song has been 1nterrupted by a spec1al bullet1n from the W1res of the Un1ted Press M1ss M11dred Daum has by the peop1e's ChOlC6, rega1ned her title as MISS Champ1on Flower Grower of the 20th Century Her f1ance, Mr john We1se, w1ll be glad to hear s I am 1nformed that M1ss Thelma lngle's 3rd husband has struck It r1ch 1n Hollywood W1ll she want h1m back or w1ll she go ahead w1th the wedd1ng plans to marry the pres1 dent of the C I O , Ierome Sm1t.h? lt would be a hard cho1ce' Look 1n the arena It 1S time for the bull dogg1ng event and who shouldbe the f1rst bulldogger but Alan Keck In two seconds flat the steer IS on the ground, but where IS Alan? Oh, I see h1m He Just made h1s second d1ve on h1s way down Poor Alan l'll bet that ground IS hard Mrs R1chard Fox, unt1l recently M1ss Genev1eve Alxg, has Just 1nher1ted more than enough wealth to ba1l her husband out of Ja1l D1ck Just can't seem to leave the posters alone 1n the subway' Oh, say' Just look at that woman no1s1ly dr1nk1ng a cherry phosphate Cherry phos phate could only mean Nancy Garmers Sure' I remember she never got anythmg else They say she owns the Neh1 Bottllng Works now and there IS no strawberry lt's all cherry I guess taste never changes OO' lt looks l1ke they are hav1nga ilght down there Boy, look at that b1g bruxser emerglng to v1ctory And look at that beard lt's about as bad as that k1d back 1n high school Loyd Wenger Why, It IS Loyd Wenger And he hasn't shaved yet My, all f.hlS H0156 has g1ven me a headache I'll see 1f I can borrow an asp1r1n from uh why Alma Esders What are you domg way out here? You say you are ra1s1ng fwe dollar bxlls to pay off wedd1ng bets Oh, no! Say whatever happened toyour old Slde k1ck Audrey Blumenshme? In Cal1forn1a wa1t1ng for Roscoe's boat to land? Well, I must say, It certa1nly has been a Slow Boat from Chxna On the way out my goodness yes, It IS Fern lngle, Ferne lmhoff, and Dons Faxrchlld parlung horses for the patrons L1ke 1 sa1d, before we are on the way out fig H - .-- . . her J , ' . . ,, . ' . ' ' I ' - - . . . - Q , . . of America's Foremost Fashion Designer , D ' - n ' , U - I ' 1 . . . U . t . , . . . - U - u 7 ' y - . ' I! ' . . . , . - - . . . , - 1 . , , .

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I read 1n a New York paper of the old set tlers rodeo to be held 1n Las Vegas Hmm' Sounds l1ke fun Let's go' S1nce the travel 1ng style for 1969 1S rocketsh1p I shall call for the t1ckets now Ten mmubes later, we are 1n Las Vegas N1ce l1ttle town 1f It weren't for all those tough look1ng s1x shooter cow boys Here comes one now,and he looks fam1l1ar Gosh, he sure IS b1g and strong look1ng' Oh, could It be lt IS' K1ll em and leave em ' Andrews He says he IS a real honest to goodness cow puncher All an say IS I m sorry for the cows I feel k1nda th1rsty Let's go 1nto th1s h m1lk bar and have a dr1nk We'll Just Slt here at U'llS table W'a1tress, Wa1tress' Oh, here she comes Well, 1f It 1sn't Corr1m1e Set em up Kamp Trade mustbe pretty good for the l1ttle ma1d,I see she hasa d1amond on guess wh1ch hand She says the lucky man IS Eugene Hartman, formerly of Wash1ngton, lll1no1s Well' I wonder who owns th1S place Egad there IS Eula Leut hold runn1ng one of those tables where you throw d1C6 TCH' TCH' Eula' She does? My fr1end Just told me that the honorable Frances G1llan runs fills m1lk bar just try 1ng to keep everybody healthy, huh? What's all that no1se? Sounds l1ke a parade so let's watch Boy, just look at that stal l1on and what's that on 1t? It looks l1ke Jack Borgman It ls! That th1ng arotmd h1S neck says K1ng of the Cowboys ' N1ce' Ouchl My feet' You you why Bob K1mpl1ngl What a surprxse' And what are you do1ng 1n Las Vegas? You're the care taker of the young Betty Grable's sw1mm1ng pool? N1ce work 1f you can get It But, say what hap pened to Mary? Oh, the l1ttle woman IS the former Patt Pfeffmger Talk about changes' Watch h1m Patt' Don't let him get too wrapped up 1n h1S work Oh my ears' I do bel1eve they have burst The cause? Some screw ball band D1d I say screw ball? just look at that drummer It's none other than Mrs Bob Preston, the former Irma HUIIZIKEI' And l1sten to that drum rxng I guess Hwhltn fmally convlnced her that It wouldn't break I wonder how Bob IS do1ng now that he IS marr1ed and pres1 dent of the Las Vegas Bank? Let's go overto the arena where all the stunts are gO1l'lg on Tlus way IS the ttcket PROPHECY Pave 26 w1ndow Two, please Well, my grac1ous Donal1ne Snmdstrom sell1ng tlckets at a rodeo Must st11l l1ke to meet the publ1c We'll just walk 1n and g1ve our t1ckets to not Mar1lyn Clark ' But, It 15 Ido be l1eve lt,S a consp1racy Well let's hurry to our seats The show has started There are our seats up there I'1l have to go around th1s mob of screammg k1ds why there s Cla1re Mason But what are all these Chlld ren do1ng around? They re surely not oh, I see, You work at an orphanage and you are only showmg the k1dS a good t1me You had me worr1ed for a wh1le just one more row and then we can s1t down Ohlwhata rel1ef And now for the show Look, one lone performer 1n the arena Qu1ck, the program so we can see who It 1S Hey, who took the program away from me? Why joy RISSSPV What are you do1ng w1th my program? Oh, there has been an error made on 1t, and you are eras1ng all the errors Well, 1t,S good that you f1nally found st1ll wonder who the one lone performer 1S and what she 1S do1ng? Let's see It says e Mary Rxch and Her Danc1ng Lar1at ' Land, look at that glrl Jump! There s an awfully lot of confus1on down a few rows Sounds l1ke a c1rcus 1,11 stand up and see Oh, no' Not Mr and Mrs F1scher and the1r 14 l1ttle flSh16S Mrs F1scher, the former Wanda Logsdon, IS gently but f1rmly p1nn1ng one of the k1ds' ears back Ah Ah' Musn't hurt the l1ttle darllng 'Peanuts, popcorn, and soda pop' Ge 1 wh1le lt,S 1ce cold I'll take one, Bud Well Don Ward, what br1ngs you here? Dxd you come to getcha a pretty cow g1rl? Imag1ne my guessmg r1ghtl Achooo' What IS that awful odor? Smells l1ke a c1gar and a fifty cent one at that Whatever lt IS It IS gett1ng closer Bless my bones Gene Dav1es Why all the d1amonds, servants, etc , Gene? You say you struck It r1ch sell1ng clustered p1pe cleaners for toupees? And the ret1red coach of Yale, Mr Roy Romam, was your best customer! Why all the musxc? Oh,I see A group of horses have just entered the arena Who's leadmg them? G1ve me those b1noculars Why, lt,S Nelda Waddell on that first steed Just look at that girl r1de Bless my soul 'dl- , -- . . - Q . u ' ' ' . , . . . . . . ' . - - -- 9 I 1 . - ' 7 ' ,, I c , , ,, . . . . . . ' . . ua -- , . ' . - 1 . ' u 7 l . N - . , ' . ' ' . I , . - . I - a use for that ever-lov1ng eraser. But, I . . . . - her ' 1 - . Q' . . 1 - .. , . ' '. D . - - , . t . ' , . . ' - ' . c 'r ! ' ,

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+ LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the members of the class of 1949 of the Washxngton Commumty Hlgh School be1ng of sound mmd and memory tdlsregardmg all other rumorsj do make, publlsh, and declare tlus to be our Last Wxll and Testament I Patt Pfeffmger, w1ll my ten toes to Mary Tully to add with her own so Mary can Jom the freak show ln a carruval That w1ll make 22, won't lt Mary? I,IlI1'l Ryan, w1ll my planned well thought out arguments to EISIE Wldmer so that she, too, may hold the teachers spellbound I Loyd Wenger will my fast growlng beard to Larry Colgrove to g1ve h1m that untamed look I Walter Schuck, w1ll my mckname TOIO to Chuck Alexander I, Bob Preston, w1ll my shr1llest wolf wh1stle to the flre department ln case the noon wh1stle goes on the blmk I Alan Keck w1ll my ralsedeyebrows twhlch accent my 1ntell1gent lookb to Doug Frles Th1S w1ll, 1ndeed make h1m quxte d1st1n I Moe Esslg w1ll my magnetlc charm that seems to have such a dynamlc effect on the gxrls to Bob Havens I hope you won't mmd them runnmg after you, Bob I Clalre Mason, w1ll my glasses to anyone who needs them, referees especlallyl I Alma Esders, w1ll my wr1t1ng abxllty to Dxck Louck Along w1th th1s I'll add my dxvertmg eyes for varlety, Dlck I, Frances Glllan, w1ll my mnocent expres slon to jack Blackburn To further hls con fuslon, l'll glve h1m my glggle I, Irma Hunzlker, w1ll my powerful rxght arm Qbase drum, you know 'J to Melody Leckey Thxs way Melody can swltch from snare to bass so she doesn t get ln a rut, and thls amazmg g1ft w1ll also entltle Melody to be the champlon locker slammer 1n W C I, Ellen Heyl, w1ll my marvelous luck 1n be1ng able to get m lst perlod lf4 of a second before the bell rmgs to Bob Rader so Bob can sleep later xn the mormng l Wanda Logsdon w1ll my hxgh grades to Page 28 Donald Moore More for Moore,l always sa 1 Eula Leuthold, w1ll my lnterest ln Meta mora men to Frances Fxsher I hope Frances w1ll develop as great an xnterest, for there IS plenty of reason I Corrxnne Kamp, w1ll my v1m and vlgor to Kenneth Koppenhoffer Wlth thxs glftl hope Kenneth w1ll stay awake 1n class, but thls doesn't necessarlly mean that he should be have as I d1d I James Flscher, w1ll Joyce Sprague my draggy, even toned vo1ce Tlus should be qulte a change for Joyce andl advlse her to use patlence I, jack Borgman, w1ll my boommg laughter to Eleanor Schllnk Th1S should make Ell1e qulte notlceable around W C H S I thmk I Donalme Sundstrom w1ll my actxveness and abxhty to shoulder tons of responsxbxhty to Al1ce Marie Kammeyer Keep your ch1n up Allce I Mary Rxch w1ll my brown Hudson to Iumor Don't you thmk so, junxor? I Evelyn Sprmg, w1ll my ab1l1ty to keep my locker clean to Duane Bachman I've never seen Duane s locker, but since he IS an average student, he can use 1t, no doubt I Nelda Waddell, w1ll my love and undef standmg of poetry especlally Shelley, to Kenneth Hagan I do hope Ken w1ll fmd tlme to use It I Rxta Thewlls w1ll my mghtmgale warble to Ronald Marshall who should s1ng the lugh soprano on My Hero extraordmarlly well I, Rlchard Atterberry, w1ll anythmg I have, except Lassle, to B111 Blumenshlne 1 don't thmk B111 w1ll mmd the exception because he seems satlsfled I joy Rlsser w1ll my superlor dr1v1ng skxll to Ioe Ernst Thls w1ll enable joe to keep movmg at h1s speedy cl1p but he w1ll be en rxched wlth greater safety I, 'VIary Seaton, wlll my blond locks to Glorxa Horney who l've heard grows t.1red of be1ng called Red ls this true, Red? I Howard Etter, w1ll my orxgmal necktxes to X ' L fy.1 , i --.. . 1 . . r , , Y. Q , . . . - , . . . . . , ' ' ' ' 1 ' ' , - 3 c , . . 1 9 - ' ' , - ' . 9 - . It ' ' , . . - , v . , . . , , . . . , . . .. . .I Y . . . . - , . , . . gulshed lookmg. Knabe because Ruth looks so good ln brown. ! . 1 . D 1 ! , . . . , . . , . . . , - S 9 7 c 1 . . , V A , I . I . . - ,, . . . , . . HS. . . . , . - . . . A . . 9 I . ' . . . . . 9 1 7