Wellington High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Wellington, IL)

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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 . - . U . 1 , 1 I . . , . v 1 - . . ' I n I . g . 2 . 0 9 - Q g . . 1 . a . n r v - n 1 g . . , . . , n , . , . 0 I 1 . u - - 0 1

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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 ' . . . . ' . .