Yorkville High School - Annual Yearbook (Yorkville, IL)

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min ttractions Settlrng down tor a short ride we turned on the radro to be greeted by Tommy Wayne singing Rye Whiskey Tommy had become top star on W L S and was on his way to financing his own program Donna informed me that Forrest Merkel had also taken to the radio and had taken over the writing ot One Man s Family We stopped abruptly to stare at a tantastic srgn read ing something like this Corniels Corsets tor Men Never a dull moment for Gus' We continued to La Perkins ballet school to pick up Yvonne for lunch I was very anxious to vrsit Donna Thanepohn s Tin Plate Cate as a number ot former 49 pupils were on the bill there The feature attractron con sisted ot Fred Dollmans Dollies which starred Virginia l-lenker Also billed were Brll Beck famous world iuggler and Robert Rebhorn world famous farmer noted for his many decorations Einrshing our meal and a very entertaining one at that we headed tor 20th Century Fox Studios to watch lerry Tuttle direct the latest hrt productron The Mystery ot Mcl-lugh s Lane starring Ernie Kollman new romantic zine while Alice Fitch costume designer and hair dresser was grving him a Toni Not wishing to disturb them I engaged rn a conversa tion with the producer Marlene Hage She told me she had made her millions from the Brite Spot to gain her posl tion in the upper society She informed me of some more of my old classmates lt seems that Richard Borneman has achieved the rank ot chief accountant in Washlngton while Ieaness Sherwin took over Charlotte s Job at Y l-l S But the most shocking news she had to tell me was that Shirlee Gieger had taken to the hills and was hiding out with the hillbillies in the Rocky Mountains Since they were anxious to get on with the produc tion we took leave and started to walk to the airport again as l had to catch the plane back to Chicago On one of the busy street corners l encountered a very big shock Elmer Dickson had broken away from the Democratrc party and was running tor Presrdent on the Vegetarran ticket Shocks were comrng mighty fast tor on the bill board across the street l saw two former Yorkvillettes tea tured Keith Vial was wrestling the Angel at the Los Angeles Stadium and Norma Paulson was revlewing her death dodgers at the Pallrvian Well there you have it except for me and VP? lm edrting for The Tribune under the new owner Mr Smythe Mary Ellen Larson star. When l saw Ernie he was patiently reading a maga-

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Prevlews Of C0 As the plane landed at the Los Angeles arrport l stepped forward to the cockprt to say a last word to the prlot Bernrce Bretthauer You cant rmagrne my surprrse when l frrst boarded and found myself flyrng wrth the only woman prlot of the T W A The arrport was crowded as usual and l wondered rf l would strll be able to recognrze Donna Drckson Dresel was at the top now My yes Louella Parsons retrred years ago and Donna clarmed her column Whrle my eyes were rovrng over the crowd they suddenly stopped on a very famrlrar subrect l couldn t belreve my eyes' Brll Corrrgan had a becomrng red and black unrform on and was busrly prckrng up papers When l harled hrm he grrnned and told me that Mr Sanders had rnvented a relaxrng desk top for teachers made mrllrons from rt and havrng such tremendous rnfluence recommended Brll for the Job About tkat trme Donna arrrved hustled me to a cab and we were off Cn the way she told me that Shrrley Ahrens was rarsrng Angora rabbrts for sweaters and I was shocked to hear that Norma Lee Wrll had started a Ju Jrtsu studro for women Th name went somethrng lrke thrs Women Warrrors Wrll Wrn You Wartll We stopped for breakfast at luanrta Nrchols newly opened luncheon room The Cob and there whom She told me lo Anne Wollenweber famous hrstorran had been to vrsrt her recently concernrng ser eral successrve nrghtmares pertarnrng to the auestron Drd Home burn whrle Nero frddled7 or Drd Nero frddle whrle Home burned? We left the restaurant after many farewells and walked down Hollywood and Vrne l notrced that Y H S graduates had pratrcally taken over the streets Ethel Smrth was runnrng a Smrth Rexall Drug Store whrle across the street l saw a huge srgn Walker Super Serv rce Lou Ann Walker Prop l cant tell you how startled l was as l came upon thrs srgn We Bart Em You Date Emil For further rnformatron see Leona Thompson rn srde' Dave Benort was managrng a branch offrce of Wrrghts Manufacturrng Co Drrectly on the corner of Hollywood and Vrne l saw Charles Drrst peerrng out from under hrs hat and twrrlrng hrs watch charn garly around hrs frnger So l thought to myself thrs rs how a talent scout frnds talent' Robert Reeve was runnrng an auto lendrng shop for women and we promptly strolled across the street to rent one I ' . e ' ' ' : should l meet but Dr. Myrna Wicks, noted psychologist. I I II I I I

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MA GH U Whal Whal yes, that is how we all started out some l8 years ago, There are a few of us still left happy caravan. In the grade school from the kindergarten, but each year some left our our class was usually split into two rooms providing no chance for all of us to get acquainted until lr. High, l-lere we got our first taste of what our next six years would be like. We had our basketball team, our cheerleaders, the singing groups, our own assemblies and a few parties. Then one fine day in the spring of '45 our country friends came to visit us for the day. We took tests most of the day but in our spare time we listened to a program put on by noon. By the end of the but likeable freshmen, When the fatal day men we tiptoed shyly in During the year we everyday and everyday. the lr. High and high school and played baseball at day everyone was anticipating a large class of green arrived to go to our first days work as green fresh- although you could never tell it now. enjoyed seeing each other at school everyday and Finally came the day when we had final exams! What a reliefl Then vacation, f W 'D no U li U1 jj 33 Z2 lt 1 'K H 4 - .J SU O T T 1, .+.., K, T84 , K , 5, ww 4' if Q'