Yorkville High School - Annual Yearbook (Yorkville, IL)

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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'

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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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was ! fl S 3' K - it . Sf A TI The following September everyone eagerly came back to school. This year We didn't start out as shy as the first year. After all We were now sopho- mores and had freshmen to remind us of our own green years. Again dear old vacation time rolled around. When We came back to school the following year We were really proud after all now We were upperclassmenlll The pop concession at the basket- ball games kept us busy but little by little more money kept sifting in our treasury. All through the year We kept planning for the big event in the spring namely the Iunior-Senior Prom. This was also a lot of Work, but every- one had a Wonderful time when finally the big night arrived. Finally as I said before vacation comes again. Now we really have something to be proud of. This year We are seniors. Most of us finally made it, lf We thought We had been busy in the past, this year we really were surprised. Fluttering around the halls We see Yvonne trying to get the rest of the annual staff to get their assignments in on time. We all have confidence in ourselves though and We Will put out a good annual, with the help of Yvonne and Mrs. Henning. Even with all these extra things going on seniors have to study, ,tiff-31 4? ...ii ..,. l -is , '-D73