West Salem High School - Hi Lite Yearbook (West Salem, IL)

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jbmioj Features DID YOU KNOW? That the Senior Class is the largest class of all four years. That Mary Alice Wiseman is not a WISE MAN. That Harold King is not a KING and he doesn’t have any hope of becoming one. That Mr. Kennard say’s that if Wilbur Short doesn’t work harder he will fall SHORT of the MARKS that Ray Marks made in history last year. The we have sixteen sets of brothers and sisters in school. They are as follows: Dale and Donnie Webster; Margaret and Lyle Dean Gibson; Mar- garet and Bob Orrel; Donald, Iva Lorene, and Merrill Lee Myers; Virginia and John Boewe; Robert and George Aldridge; Wanda and J. Clive Gillard; Billie, Jessie, and Kenneth Harrison; Eleanor and Neoma Johnson; Alice and Donald Wisner; Helen and Imogene Hase- winkle; Ray and Gene Marks; Herschel, Ersel, and Ivan Sams; Erma and Wilma Maidlaw; Harold and Mary Alice Wiseman; and Patty and Wilbur Short. That Monica Marshall is distantly related to Secretary of State George Marshall. (Through Adam and Eve.) That Mrs. Kingsley is a QUEENsley instead of a KINGsley. That the teacher says, “Verla Jean SmITh down!” That Richard SchWARzlose is not the warring type of individual. That Max Boewe is Wanda’s BOeWe. That Harold Wiseman is supposed to be a WISE MAN. That Harold Hayes HAYES while the sun shines. That the III-LITE never lights up. That we have had five pupils to quit school this year. They are as follows: Ann Clodfelter, James Ahlfield, Louise McKinney, Dorothy Martin, and Pat Bradley.

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That Harold King will be the second KING in two years to graduate from the West Salem High School. That David Bratsch is a BRATsch. That the Webster boys are no relation to Noah Webster. That Wanda GilLARD is not fat. That Marie RoLAND has no land of her own. That we have had two pupils to move from this school. Dotty Poynter moved to Albion at the beginning of the second quarter. Mary Cummins moved to Ohio in October. That Mr. Kingsley is a KINGsley. I heard him say that he was sitting on top of the world. That Gene Marks makes good MARKS in school. That Patty Short is SHORT. That I think Melvin Baker would make a good BAKER. That you ought to see some of the things that Loren PIXley up. That we have had three new seniors join us this year. Eddie Gillard came from Olney in December. Phyllis Greer came from Albion in October. Jane Chapman from DuQuoin in January. That the senior class has two sets of brothers and sisters who are not twins. That Neoma Johnson is not a JohnSON but a JohnDAUGHTER. That Wilma MaidLOW is not low but of average height. That Thelma Hardy is the HARDY type of person. That Charles Miller is not a MILLER because he doesn’t want to get dust in his eyes. That Frank Barnhart is Napoleon III. (Well, anyway I heard Mr. Brandt say he went down in history.) That Mr. Brandt’s name means “To Burn.” He comes from a long line of arsonists, it is reported. That all the great men in history are flat-footed. (Anyhow, Mr. Brandt is consistently referring to them as coming out flat-footed to say something.)