Watseka High School - Watchekee Yearbook (Watseka, IL)

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PROPHECY Following the suggestion of Tom Davis, Class President of l952, it was decided that a reunion would be held in Chicago at the Hilton Hotel, June l, l962. According to the committee in charge of arrangements the following information has been gathered from the graduating Class of '52, pertaining to this reunion as of the previous week of May 25. The Meadowlark will arrive in time to let Barbara Mason, a leading commercial artist who has iust finished a series of paintings for several national magazine covers, make her appearance at the reunion of the class of '52. Jack Voigt, part owner and pharmacist of Truitt Drug Company will be unable to attend be- cause of his presence at the Convention of Retail Drug Owners at Cleveland, Ohio. Sam Williamson, prominent land owner and grain farmer, has offered to finance everything necessary for the banquet at the reunion. Jean Milar, famous columnist on the New York Times, has recently published her fourth best seller and has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize of l962. We are looking forward to seeing Jean here. Dale C. Davis, Jr., a successful and prominent young attorney of this community, will be in charge of arrangements concerning the reunion. Gayle Flesher will take leave of her duties as Speech and English instructor at Oceanside High School in Miami, Florida, and is expected to arrive by plane in time to attend the reunion. George Warner M. E., will be in Chicago forthe reunion prior to assuming his new position at the Argonne National Laboratorie's branch at Boise, Idaho. Esther Prange, who is in her third year at Mayo Clinic in Minneapolis, will be unable to attend the event since her duties as Surgical Nurse make it necessary that she remain there this week. Pat Unger of the same clinic will arrive by train in time for the last two days of the reunion. Dick Kerchenfaut, prominent Colorado cattle rancher will leave there early Wednesday so that he will arive in time for the opening-day ceremonies. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Davis will fly from their home in Anchorage, Alaska, where Butch is working as an engineer on the Alcan Highway. The former Helen Strean, Cora Norder, and Mary Norder will take leave of their duties as housewives so that they may be present to greet their old friends and classmates. Captain Earl Garfield, who has been flying between Chicago ancl Los Angeles for American Airlines, will take time off between scheduled flights to attend the reunion at the Hotel Hilton. Margaret Jo Nally will attend the reunion ofthe Class of '52 on returning from a tour through the west. She is presently employed at the Foster-Mueller clinic. Tom Davis of Van Nuys, California, will arrive by plane Thursday evening with his wife and family. Tom is employed as sales manager of the Southern California branch of the General Electric Corporation. Wilma Kaufmann, chief hostess of the Howard Johnson Restaurant in Miami, Florida, wired that she will fly to the dinner. Reverand Jerry Nichols of the Watseka Methodist Church will find it necessary to leave early so that he may get back in time to deliver the Baccalaurete Service for the Class of l962. Dorothy Trumble fnee Dorothy Potterl will be unable to attend as she and her husband are vacationing in Mexico. 19

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' nnrmucL ,g , I, George Lowery Warner, leave my way with women to Roy Smith although l'm not sure he needs if. --, ' l, Ronald Lester Weigand, leave my record collection to Lloyd Eastburn. I, Edward Herman Wesel, will my ability to chew gum during school to Barbara Hamilton. l, Sam Albert Williamson, will my job at the sawmill to anyone with muscles. They will need them. l, Clark Mitchell Wockner, will my new guitar to Eimo Norder. We hereby revoke all former wills and codicils heretofore by us made. In Witness Whereof, we subscribe our name and affix our seal this second day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty two. lSeall QX Li' -18

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.nwrypm -. Y s...--funn., Clark Wockner alias Sugar Creek Mase of W. L. S. fame will attend his class reunion and provide part of the entertainment. Sam Foster, M. D. and Lee Mueller, M. D., who are enlarging their clinic to handle the in- creased following, which they have acquired in the few years that they have been in the area, will find it a pleasure to take a day's leave from their business in order to honor us with their presence. We received a letter from Violet Floriant, office manager at the newly enlarged Davis Grain Company in Pittwood, saying that she will attend. Miss Sally Brammer of Dallas, Texas will be absent from her duties as teacher of lower grades of the East Dallas Elementary School in order to attend the reunion. Bob Crouch who has been employed as butcher at Neff's Super Market for the past ten years, has recently purchased half interest in that concern and has considerably enlarged that depart- ment. The former Charlotte Owings, buyer for the Twenty-Eight Shoppe in Marshall Field and Company will take time from her duties to attend the reunion with her husband and two children. Tom Quillen, who has recently developed a new breed of fox hounds, wired that he would be unable to leave his kennels to attend the banquet. We are proud to have with us Beverly Milar and her husband of Willow Farms, home of Arabian horses. One of their horses was winner of the Kentucky Derby last year. Jack Braden, famous nuclear physicist, doing atomic research in Chile, cabled his best wishes to the class and said that he would be unable to attend. Ronald Weigand, more widely known as Rhythm Ronnie , the disc iockey, will find it not in the least inconvenient to attend the reunion as his program, The Platter Party originates from the studios of WMAQ in downtown Chicago. The former Shirley Spring, home economics teacher at the New Harbor High School in Milwau- kee, Wisconsin, is planning to attend with her husband. Ed Wesel and his wife have a short drive from Racine, Wisconsin, where Ed owns the Kleen- Kwik Dry Cleaners. ' Harold Gerber and his wife and children will take time off from their vacation at their cabin in Michigan to attend the reunion. Harold recently gained fame by developing a new process for water-proofing raincoats. Norma Luehrsen will arrive on the evening plane from Helena, Montana, where her husband is manager of the telephone company. Norma is chief operator. Ray Tuttle, prominent dairy farmer in Iroquois County will be able to attend, as he is at this time in Chicago showing the best stock of his prize herd, at the International Livestock Show at the International Amphitheater. Doris McCullough writes that she and her husband will drive up for the dinner from their home iust out of Praire Dale, Indiana. Doris has won many prizes at the State Fair on her canned goods. I Howard Gordon E. E., has accepted a position at Detroit Edison Company in Detroit, Michigan as chief advisor of electrical engineers. He has informed us, by telegram, that he will not be able to attend the reunion. ' The evening IC will bring Annabelle Thomas from her day nursery in Oak Forest. Dick Francisco, more widely known as Kid Frisco will be able to attend the reunion since he is, at the present time, defending his welterweight title in the Chicago Stadium. At a glance one can see that most of the class of 'I952 have successfully realized their goal which they set for themselves when leaving W. C. H. S. in 1952. We regret that all alumnus can not attend this gala affair, but we look forward with pleasure to reminisceing with those who do come. 20