Wellington High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Wellington, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 56 of the 1956 volume:

llEDlCA'I'l0 With the realization that we are still very young in heart and experienceg with the knowledge that with their colmsel there is yet peace and love, and a deeper, calmer faith for us to seek: we gratefully dedicate this, the 1956 Memoirs, to our Mothers and Fathers. ANNUAL STAFF BOARD MEMBERS V1 kk .pw My 1 X2 '51, .SAN 'H Miss Eva Youmans English Nw 3 ,I Mr. Herbert Garman Unit Superintendent 'six Mrs. Paula Reid Music S S F' Q Kay Hushaw Katy Dale Burton Dale Donald Holmes H01 msey Paula Swartz Paulie Margaret Sollars Pegg ie 'Nunn Wesley Ravens uv wesu Shirley Holt .. Ig.. 903 W? Kay Hamrick .. Ham.. H. K ' g,. James Franklin Frank Barbara Creighton Barb' EEI GTHE KID A DCOU TRY Ole day as we were on our way to the atr port getttng ready to leave for France we met Wesley Ravens who was on hrs way to Texas to drlll another O11 well Wesley IS already a mlllxon a1re He and Georgre have been happ1ly marrled for qutte a whtle and have fxve chrldren three boys and two grrls It was a very moe expertence talkmg to Wesley agam Soon we were foroed to go for our plane was about to leave When we arr1ved tn France we went to Parts where we found Peggy Sollars destgmng and modehng Parts fashtons she now has a very large fashron shop whxch strangely enough she calls Peggy s Fashron Shop Now we just had t1me to catch the plane to Vemce Italy Whmle we were dr1ft1ng up the canal we saw Kay Hushaw on her honeymoon w1th a very wealthy man from New York After a month honeymoon they plan to resxde m Los Angeles Cal1forn1a Whtle we were ut Italy we heard that Don Holmes was a well known basketball coach th1s followed h1s career as a top basketball star 111 th1s country So we journeyed to Sweden and found Don marrxed and the father of two chtldren. He says that h1s son ts followtng m h1s foot steps as we could see for all the lamp shades were broken Hts httle g1rl IS a very good dancer we guess she IS taktng after her mother who 1S a professxonal ballet teacher Now we are on our way toLondon England where we hope to f1nd Dale Burton Dale attended Cambr1dge Umversrty after graduattng from Welhngton After four years as a student there Dale graduated and sent for Arsene They now have three lovely chtldren. Dale has trouble ftndmg t1me for everythmg smce he lS a professor at Cambr1dge now We are back on the plane agam and w1l1 soon be landtng 1n Berhn Germany When we landed we were surprtsed to ftnd that James Franklxn was a great sc1ent1st 1n Berhn J 1m IS also marrled and has s1x boys so you can tmagme what J 1m s home was lxke It was mce seetng Jtm agaxn but we had to leave soon 1n order to board a plane back to the Umted States Well we are back mn Boston Massachusetts where we f1nd that Barbara Crerghton IS a secretary for a large bean factory From there we plan to travel to J acksonvtlle llhnoxs where we hope to vtsxt w1th Kay Hamrtck who now owns MacMurry College for g1rls Sxnce tt was so unconvement for Kay she has dectded to butld a college for men rrght next to the women s How thoughtful of Kay don t you thtnk 9 Our next stop was Danvtlle Illmots where we f1nd Paula Swartz head nurse tn the Pedtatrtcs Ward at Lakevtew I-Iosp1taL She sa1d that she enjoys her work very much We are now cormng to the btg town of Welltngton where we pass a 360 acre farm owned by Marlon Moore We f1nd that Marton has marrted Shrrley Holt and that they have three chrldren Shtrley has bought the restaurant up town and IS domg ftne Well II was so ruce seetng all our classmates agam and we are sure that tt IS a trtp we shall never forget. 1 . - . 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' I n I . g . 2 . 0 9 - Q g . . 1 . a . n r v - n 1 g . . , . . , n , . , . 0 I 1 . u - - 0 1 THIHDUGH THE YEAR As we start out our freshman year we check our attendance to fmd the followlng people present Dale Burton Sh1rleyCade BarbaraCre1ghton Betty Fmn J 1m Frankhn Shrrley Frankltn Dav1d Gedhun Kay Hamr1ck Don Holmes Shlrley Holt Kay Hushaw George Leaver Wesley Ravens Peggy Sollars and Paula Swartz Sh1rley Cade Jomed us lll January 1953 checkmg further we f1nd our sophomore class of 1953 54 conslstmg of Dale Burton Everett Cade Barbara Crerghton J1m Franklm Shrrley Franklm Kay Hamrrck Don Holmes Sh1rley Holt Kay Hushaw Wesley Ravens Peggy Sollars Dorothy Street and Paula Swartz Everett Cade departed from us 1n November 1953 We also lost two more Sh1r1ey Franklm tn September 1953 and Dorothy Street 1Il Apr1l 1954 As we pass on to our Jumor year we f1nd the fol1ow1ng famlhar faces around Dale Burton Barbara Cre1ghton Jtm Franklm Ray Hackett Kay Hamr1ck Don Holmes Sh1rley Holt Kay Hushaw Wesley Ravens Peggy Sollars and Paula Swartz Ray Hackett became a member of our class 1n December 1954 To look at the roll call for our last year we f1nd that we have lost slx members s1nce our enrollment as freshmen Members of the class of 1955 56 are Dale Burton Barbara Crelghton and Paula Swartz LA 'I' WILL of CLASS 1955 56 Dale Burton do hereby w1ll my abrhty to p1tch no httters to Larry Cre1ghton and my abthty to h1t home runs to Hlram Crawford Kay Hamrlck do hereby w1ll my helght to Joy Yergler Wesley Ravens do hereby w1ll my typmg abxhty to Bllly Galloway J 1m Franklm do hereby w1ll my ab111ty to struggle through Enghsh class and to QIVC the teacher a rough ttme to John Holt Don Holmes do hereby w1ll my shyness toward g1rls to Jack Sollars Kay Hushaw do hereby w1ll my abthty to use the brg hole Ln the bottom part of my head to Ruth Webber Barbara Cre1ghton do hereby w1ll my ab1hty never to bew1thout gum tn Englxsh class to Elame Caldwell Peggy Sollars do hereby w1ll my shuung ha1r to Betty Eckersley my gleammg whrte teeth to Janet Schhnker and anythmg else that mlght be left to anyone who needs II I Sh1r1ey Holt do hereby w1ll my ablhty to go steady to W1lma Cllne LASTLY We hereby nomlnate and appotnt the Jumor class to be the executors of thls our last w1ll and testament IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto set our hand and seal thls lst day of May ln the year One Thousand Nme Hundred F1fty stx : ' . I . . . . . . l . . , D I l I I I In . ' . - . , : ' Jim Franklin, Kay Hamrick, Don Holmes, Shirley Holt, Kay Hushaw, Wesley Ravens, Peggy Sollars, 9 I I, ' . . . . ,, - . ,, . . . L . . . . ' I' ' . . . . . . 1. . . ' . . . . . I' D . . ' I. ' . . . . . I' . t . . . . . . . L ' . . . . ' . . Roger C-'ifmin Betty Eckersley Carol Blackwell Walter Baker Jim McClure Eddie Highfill Hiram Crawford is! Mane Ziebart Don Bury Wg .. .i David Moore Georgie Swartz Avis Franklin Qwmlws 3 Carol McClure 4'N John Holt Elaine Caldwell iw Wilma Cline Mary Lou Hansen Violet Schmidt Larry Leaver Mary Ann Young Kent Hamrick Betty Lou Schwartz Robert Beaty Judy Allison Ross Butzow Janet Schlinker Richard Franklin QFYX Ioan Sweet Philip Rush Ray Burton Jack Sollars Ronnie Hunt Jeannie Pruitt Joe Eckersley Carol Pate Richard Swartz 'C' Janet Layden Billy Galloway Robert Crook Joy Yergler Jim McVicker Ruth Webber Greg Hollen Larry Creighton uw Y' BACK ROW, Left to Right: Mr. Baker, Jean Holt, Marcia Ravens, Harold Dixon, Jerry Longest, Delmar Graham, Carol Franklin, Joan Cunningham. SECOND ROW: Jerry McVicker, Billy Cline, Mary Cross, Diana Jacobson, Pat Webberm, Ruth McClure, Kermit Hopper, Leon Caldwell. THIRD ROW: Billy Moore, Jerry Franklin, Bobby Hollen, Janet Parrish, Carolyn Crook, Bobby Young, Richard Crook, and Bobby Reese. SW W BACK ROW, Left to Right: Mrs. Carlson, Harry Brown, Donald Ramsey, Billy Lee, Joyce Longest, Gary Hodge, Louise Carlson, Pat Sollars, Jean Compton, Stanley Butzow. SECOND ROW: Ricky Layden. Ioe Swartz, Mike Kincaid, Diana Hopper, Nadine Galloway, Richard Sweet, Lloyd Blackwell, Clyde Truman. THIRD ROW: Gerry Hawthorne, Oliver Young, Sue Ann Leverenze, Gerry Gillins, Barry Lock- hart, David Foster, Gordon Hansen. BACK ROW, Left to Right: Mr. Dalton, Principal: Barbara Holt, Sharon Neil, Susan Cross, Paul McCreary, Virginia Sollars, Neomi Webber, Danny Hodge, Sharon Moore, Bruce Yergler, Jean Cunningham. SECOND ROW: Richard Rush, Susan Voyles, James Wisdom, JudyReese, Carol Wilbur, Har- lan Ziebart, Diana Pruitt, Dean Hodge, Joan Lockhart. BACK ROW, Left to Right: Mrs. Evans, Mike Young, Sahra Williams, George Williams, David Williams, Sandra Galloway, Johnny McCreary, Carolyn Mcvicker, Carol Meader, Leonard Wallace, Mack Maclntyre, Robert Leaver, Cheryle Leverenze, Bonnie Jeffers, Robert Hunt, Keith Starky, Billy Neil, Sally Franklin, Gale Hollen, and Robert Cline. Miss Jennett, Larry Burton, Raymond Galyen, Richard Long- fellow, Alan Jacabson, Mark Lockhart, Randy Lockhart, Johnny Lee, Pat Chaney, Wayne Crusinberry, Richard Williamson, Toni Hollen, Catherine Malady, Carol Dixon, Nancy Creigh- ton, Beverly l-lushaw, Judy Carter, Cheryl Pugh, Cecelia Sollars, Norman Butzow. 65 Herbie Voyles, Kathleen Patchett, Earl Dixon, David Ramsey, Karen Voyles, Gary Totheroh, Mrs. Stickrod, principal, Rob- ert Cornell, Nancy Pyle, Douglas Hopper, Rosaline Watson, Arthur Truman, Billie Sue Franklin, David Hodge, Lois Mary Greenberg, Jimmy Webber, Jane Cross, Russell Eddie Lockhart, Ruth Reece, Billy Schwartz. Rumble, Garman, BACK ROW: Jerry Pugh, Keith Dixon, David Trublood, Cathy Ziegler, Danny Reetz, Donna Campbell, Rosie Longfellow, Bobby Lockhart, Ross Swartz, Mar- tie Patchett. SECOND ROW: Dathleen Sloan, Mary Anna Iennette, Mike Chaney, Mae Rumble, Jack Cornell, Rhonda Vogal, Brenda Reece, Billy Crusinberry, Linda Pate, Danny Watson. THIRD ROW: Marsha Voyles, Linda Rae Echard, Dennis Lingley, David Dixon, Sandy Totheroh, Donald Dixon, Sarah Truman, Danny Chappell, Marilyn Schlinker, Sheryl Jean Metz. BACK ROW: Bernadette Jeffers, Gale Cunningham, Linda Carlson, Randall Voyles, Mike Jennett, Roxie Swartz, Stephen Foster, Jean Lockhart, Tommy Mclntrye. SECOND ROW: Gerald Laflen, Velma Neal, William Zeigler, Barbara Sollars, Mike Eckersly, Barbara Byrd, Robert Voyles, Diana Webb. THIRD ROW: Jimmy Odle, James Greenberg, Betty Longest, Larry Pate, Rebecca Clements, Dean Thonpson, Susan Williamson, Steven Voyles. KZ A TEAM B TEAM COACH and CAPTAIN BASEBALL SQUAD X . 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FAVURITE DURI GIQ55- 56 Best dressed grrl KAY HAMRICK Best dressed boy DALE BURTON Grrl wrth best personahty SHIRLEY HOLT Boy wrth best personahty DALE BURTON G1r1 wrth pretuest eyes CAROL MC CLURE Boy wrth prettrest eyes JIM MC CLURE G1r1 wlth prettrest teeth BETTY ECKERSLEY Boy wrth prettrest teeth JOE ECKERSLEY Cutest girl JOY YERGLER Cutest boy JIM MC CLURE Most rntellrgent grrl SHIRLEY HOLT Most mtelhgent boy DALE BURTON G1r1 wrth prettrest harr BETTY ECKERSLEY Boy wrth prettrest harr JOHN HOLT Grrl wrth best posture ELAINE CALDWELL Boy wrth Fa vorrte Favorrte Fa vorrte Fa vorrte Fa vor1te Favorrte Fa vorrte Fa vo r1te best posture DONNIE HOLMES freshman gul RUTH WEBBER freshman boy JAC SOLLARS sophomore sophomore Jumor grrl Juruor boy senror grrl seruor boy G1r1 wrth best sense Boy wrth best sense grrl AVIS FRANKLIN boy JOHN HOLT BETTY ECKERSLEY HM MC CLURE SHIRLEY HOLT DONNIE HOLMES Of humor PEG SOLLARS of humor JIM MC CLURE CLASS of l956 l YOUTH Jim kj A A All fix 3, 'X df H W- Dale Bar bara Shlrley PSE Q90 Don Kay Wesley Katy A 4- .v,U K ww. -div , o m 'a-Q., f E .5 Av. 4 Ha, ft .A . fl W, .kk .-. 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LOCKHART IMPLEMENT COMPANY J I Case Farm Machlnery G M C Trucks Phone 55 Welhngton Il11no1s GRAIN AND FEED COMPANY Complete Stock of Purlna Chows Federal Fertlhzer Funk's G Hybrld Seed Corn Make us your Feed Headquarters Phone 2 R 25 or 3 R 25 WarrenE Lockart Owner Welhngton, Illmols LOCKHART AMERICA Can Company Quality and Service Hoopeston, Illinois HARR Botthng Company Quallty Beverages 210 E Penn Hoopeston Ilhnols STUDENT 711 --1 4.1!-IIN.. HARRY LEVERENZ THE ll,LlN0lS CANNING COMPANY H opeston, Illinols COMPA Y 112 West Ma1n Street Hoopeston I111no1s Phone 86 Sheet Metal Work Amr Cond1t1on1ng Ventllatlon Rooflng STAN DARD STANDARDIHL COMPA Y Clyde G1ll1ns Agent Phone 62 Wellmgton I111no1s Servlce When You Need It For The Best Servlce RADl0CONllEN la BURT0 M0'f0R Congratulatlons to The Class of 56 Hoopeston I111no1s and Watseka I111no1s Hoopeston s Dependable Dodge Plymouth Dealers Dodge Plymouth Dodge Job Rated Trucks 701 709 W Maln Hoopeston Ill1no1s . . 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