Alton High School - Tatler Yearbook (Alton, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 146 of the 1944 volume:

“This is worth fighting for” THE TATLER for 1944, VOLUME 40, published by THE TATLER STAFF, SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, ALTON, ILL. THE TATLER OUR HIGH SCHOOL IN SORROW DO WE SEND OUR SONS TO DIE FOR US IN FOREIGN LANDS DEDICATION To our alumni and former students who have given their lives that we might maintain our American ideals, we, the Tatler staff of 1944, dedicate this volume THESE ARE OUR GOLD STAR Leo Vozak U. S. Navy Lost on plane flight from Dutch Harbor, Alaska. May 9, 1942 Keith Robertson Private, U. S. Army Died at Camp Stoneman, California June 30, 1943 Charles Nisbett Lieutenent, Air Corps U. S. Army Killed in airplane crash Muroc, California May 27, 1940 Howard Landiss Fireman First Class U. S. Merchant Marine Lost when ship was torpedoed off the coast of Gibralter Feb. 23, 1943 Linden Glass Private, U. S. Army Killed in Action Italy Nov. 20; 1943 George Wood Private, U. S. Army Killed in Action Italy Dec. 16, 1943 listed as missing in action by ♦ At the time that this Tatlcr went to press the following men were also ALUMNI AND FORMER STUDENTS Robert Faris Captain, Chemical Warfare Service United States Army- Killed in airplane crash Australia December 31, 1942 Eugene Pence Private, U. S. Army Killed in airplane crash Loraine, Texas August 16, 1942 Joseph Borman Paratrooper, U. S. Marine Corps Killed in Action Bougainville Dec. 9, 1943 Warren Harding Private, U. S. Marines Killed in Action Tarawa November 20, 1943 the War Department— James Sheets, Dick Barker Petty Officer, 2nd Class U. S. Navy Killed in Action Guadalcanal Nov. 30, 1942 James Lefler Sergeant, Air Corps U. S. Army Killed in Action Port Moresby, New Guinea August 28, 1943 Alfred Robinson, Preston Baker, Samuel Scott and William Sharkey T H E Klsm FtF W Top Row: Dorothy Stockdale, assistant editor; Eugene McCoy, co-editor; Edmond Young, co-editor; Betty Wilkey, assistant editor. Middle Row: James Koenig, circulation manager; Erwin Hebner, art editor; Emma Buttle, assistant editor; William Dick, photographer; Charles Otstot, business manager. Bottom Row: Winifred Jennings, assistant editor; William O ' Neill, art editor; Eleanor Ann Middleton, art editor; William Sonntag, photographer; Bernice Williamson, faculty advisor. NINETEEN FORTY-FOUR This Has Been A War Year.. . This year has been a war year, crowded with events and war news unlike any year that we have ever before experienced. We have participated in many war activities such as buying stamps and bonds every Tuesday and collecting paper every Friday. In the fall we accounted for $59,438.50 on one jeep drive alone. The girls have knitted afghans, studied home nursing, and made menu covers for the Junior Red Cross. Over one half of our student body has been employed in war industries and stores in Alton, helping to ease the manpower shortage. The seventeen and eight- een year old boys who sat next to us in our classes seemed to quietly disappear either to the recruiting offices or into the services after a draft list was published, and some weeks later they came back to visit in uniform. The seriousness of war comes home to us when we see members of our families off to war, and now we are beginning to see casualty lists with familiar names on them . . . casualty lists that are just beginning to come in, and which are forerunners of much larger ones to come. Yes — this has been a war year, and we the student body of Alton High School have tried to meet the challenge. OUR ADMINISTRATION IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND FROM OUR TEACHERS WE HAVE LEARNED THE VALUE OF TRUE LEADERSHIP ADMINISTRATION PARMER L. EWING Superintendent of Schools Mr. Ewing is completing his second year as chief administrator of the Alton Schools. We are appreciative of Mr. Ewing’s interest and cooperation in all of our undertakings. BERTRAND L. SMITH Assistant Superintendent Mr. Smith, our new curriculum advisor, has made many friends in our high school during his first year at Alton. BOARD OF EDUCATION Standing: L. J. Misegades, Dr. H. E. Middleton, M. W. Acker, J. J. Beeby, Walter W. Wood. Seated: P. L. Ewing, Superintendent, R. H. Richards, Presi- dent, Hugh Horstman, Secretary. C. C. HANNA Principal OUR PRINCIPALS It is with great pride that we point to the manner in which Mr. Hanna has guided our school through this war year. The courage and tact that he has shown in solving the many problems brought to our school by the war have gained our highest admiration. As Assistant Principal, Mr. Kober has taken over much of the responsibility of routine work in the office such as program cards and absence reports. He has done a fine job of this, and we are proud of him. RALPH KOBER Assistant Principal OUR DEANS Our Dean of Girls is admired by all for her charming personality and her sympathetic understanding. The girls of Alton High School are indeed fortunate to have the guidance of such a capable person as Miss Huebner in solving their many problems. ' ' MARGUERITE HUEBNER Dean of Girls Mr. Pruitt is successfully completing his second year as Dean of Boys at Alton High School. He certainly deserves much credit for the efficient way that he has handled difficult situations that always arise during any war year. MACY PRUITT Dean of Boys Guy Duker Band, Orchestra Clara Blacker® French v Dorothy Colonius peech Olga Bartholomew Stenography FI i story Ethel Mae Robinson History Betty Guller Commercial Subjects Bon Brown Bookkeeping Mrs. Herold Harlan History Robert Harlow History Marian Fisher Gym Louise Hitchcock Clothing Myers Lauretta Paul English Margaret Tibbetts Secretarial Science Julius Marti Mechanical Arts Nancy Lowry English Alice Gates Mathematics Ellen Machin Latin Jane Henry Director of School Lunches Bernice Williamson Art Mildred Rutledge English Mildred Davis Work Co-ordinator Marie Tucker Biology Marie Brennecke Mathematics Ward Stallings Math Mrs. Clark Foster Librarian Mae Bernice Boomer Chorus Irene Degenhardt English Dorothy Fay Registrar Dorothy Fessler Assistant Registrar George Ritcher Mechanical Drawing Florence Galley English Ruth Ahe History Jewell Sutherland English Hazel Mitchell Spanish James Stage Physics Horace Wollerman Civics Ada Klump Mathematics Mary Sidwell Household Arts Ruth Corley English Mrs. Charles Smith Study Halls Loren Freeman Chemistry J. D. Harrell Woodwork Ann Goldsberry Latin Lydia Hackman Stenography £ 44 JANUARY CLASS President - Roy Cannon Vice-President - Earl Bailey Secretary-Treasurer - Alice Horn JUNE CLASS President Vice-President Secretary -Treasurer Erwin Hebner Robert Johnk Wm. Dick Elinor McKee S panish Club. Art Club; Quill and Scroll; Tatlcr Staff; Stu- dent Council; Student Forum; Inter Club Coun- cil; G.A.A. Mary Patterson SENIORS . Imogene Hall Art Club, Sec.; Spanish Club; Times Staff. Mary Hubbard N.H.S. Ruby Ashmore Girl Reserves; Minute Maids. Bill Bryant Smiley Hi-Y ; Boys ' Cabi- net; 19 Club; Football 43-44; On the Bridge at Midnight. Boys ' Cabinet; Student Council; Traviche; Smiley Hi-Y, Pres; City Hi-Y Council, Pres.; Art Club; 19 Club; Dramatic Club, Thespians; Ever Since Eve ; On the Bridge at Midnight (Sr. Play); Times Staff. June Kimmel Elizabeth Smith Dramatic Club; Girls ' Council, Vicc-Pres.; 19 Club, Vice-Pres.; Thes- pians; French Club, Pres. ; Student Council, Vice- Pres. SeniorClass; Stage Door ; “Young April ; On the Bridge at Mid- night. Helen Hermes Nadean Mitchell Betty Wilkey Student Forum, Pres. ;Co- etts. Pres., Latin Club; Band; Choir; Quill and Scroll; Tatler Staff; Stu- dent Councii; Sr. Play On the Bridge at Mid- night. Jeanne Stroud Minute Maids; G.A.A. Madonna Mitchell Paul McKinney Imogene Belangee Student Forum French Club; Spanish Club. Mildred Brown Roy Cannon Student Council, Pres.; Boys ' Cabinet; Times Staff; Quill and Scroll; Honor Society; Traviche Inter ClubCouncil, Pres.; Smiley Hi-Y, Vice-Pres.; Pres, of Senior Class of Jan. ' 44. Ann Kramer Student Forum. Spanish Club Lois Selkirk Latin Club; Spanish Club; Glee Club; N. H. S.; Choir. Margaret White June Robertson Jean Howard French Club; Co-ettes. Emma Buttle Earl Bailey GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Marjorie Jones Alice Day Student Forum; Student Council; Chorus; Glee Club. Bette Schmidt . . . WITH Marie Mayhall French Club; Art Club; Minute Maids; Student Council. Virginia Lurr Girls ' Council, Pres.; Latin Club, Sec.; N.H.S. ; Scribblers Club; Student Forum; Inner Club Coun- cil. Marjorie Dickerson N.H.S.; Student Forum; Stage Door ; Latin Club. - ■ Maxine Cochran Minute Maids, Sgt.; Band; Senior Play On The Bridge At Mid- Night. Virginia Barton Marcella Sinclair Edward Clark Karl Hanna French Club; Student Forum; Smiley Hi-Y; Camera Club; Choir; Se- nior Play On The Bridge At Midnight. Katherine Young Pat Myers Dramatic Club, V-Pres.; French Club, Sec.; Girls ' Council; Honor Society, Sec.; Stage Door ; Se- nior Play On The Bridge At Midnight. Margie Begnel Co-Ettes; Latin Club. Priscilla Young Patriotic Club, Sec. Veva Mohler French Club; Minute Maids; National Honor Society; Senior Play On The Bridge At Mid- night”; Band. Bill Ross Dramatic Club; Student Council; Young April”; Smilin’ Thru ; Senior Play On The Bridge At Midnight. Bob Allen Bovs ' Cabinet; Smiley Hi-Y. Ed Young Scribblers, Pres.; Thes- pians, Pres.; Tatler, Ed.; Times Staff; Quill and Scroll; Student Forum, V-Prcs.; Young April ; Ever Since Eve”; Smi- lin ' Thru ; Senior Plav On The Bridge at Mid- night ; Camera Club; Director Assembly Play; Best Thespian 1944. Virginia Scott Scribblers; Student Coun- cil; Spanish Club; Choir; Band. Eileen Yaegf.r French Club, Sec ; Stu- dent Forum, Sec.-Treas.; National Honor Society; Spanish Club; Leaders Club; G.A.A.; Chorus. THE OLD MAID’S HOME . . T HE FELLOWS ARE Georgia Bonnell Girls ' Council, Pres.; National Honor Society, Pres.; Student Council, V-Pres.; Dramatic Club; Thespians; Inter-Club Council; French Club; Quill and Scroll; Times Staff, Bus. Mgr.; Latin Club, Pres.; Stage Door”; Smilin ' Thru. Bernice Martin Big A”; Senior Play On The Bridge At Midnight. Stanley Ketchum Alice Horn Dramatic Club, Pres.; Thespians; National Ho- nor Society; Girls ' Coun- cil; Leaders Club, Pres.; Inter-Club Council; Spa- nish Club; Smilin ' Thru ; Ever Since Eve”; Senior Play On Jim Moore Smiley Hi-Y ; Boys ' Cabi- net; Football ' 41- ' 43; Basketball ' 41-44, Capt.; Track ' 41. The Bridge at Mid- night ; Sec.-Treas. of Senior Class. James Lyons Pat Gorr Earl Bockstruck Smiley Hi-Y, Sec.; Boys’ Cabinet; Traviche; City Hi-Y Council; Army Air Corps. Kay Clifton French Club, Treas. ; Spa- nish Club; Minute Maids; Co-Ettes; G.A.A.; Band. Donna Hamilton Sarah Malone Student Council; Spanish Club. Henry Bush Charlotte Winters Marjorie Roady Student Forum; Inter- Club Council; Leaders Club; Co-Ettes; Minute Maids; Latin Club; G.A.A. Mary Jane Yenny S panish Club. Suzanne Edwards Neal Nora Simpson Jack Williams Scribblers; Library Club. Schwartzkopf Times Staff; Quill and Scroll; Latin Club; Span- ish Club, Sec.; Student Forum, Pres; G.A.A. Football. Elinor Voss Bill Dick Camera Club, Pres.;Quill and Scroll, Pres.; Smiley Hi-Y; Tatler Staff; Sec.- Treas. of Senior Class. Barbara Megowen Latin Club. Howell Sumner and Gray Hi-Y ; Student Forum. Nancy Acker tional Honor Society; udent Council; Times Staff; Girls’ Council; Camera Club, V-Pres.; French Club; Quill and Scroll. Doris Lambert Latin Club; Big “A , Sec.; G.A.A.; Spanish Club. Gene McCoy Tatler Staff, co-editor; Quill and Scroll; Camera Club; Student Forum; Dramatic Club; Thespi- ans; Ever Since Eve.” Roger Cooper Football ' 43; Red and Gray Hi-Y, V-Pres.; Boys ' Cabinet; French Club; Band, Pres.; Or- chestra; Times Staff. Mary McDonald Minute Maids. ARE CHASING THE FELLOWS- -(REMEMBER, IT’S LEAP YEAR!) . . . Richard Russell Willa Harmon Student Council; French u Club; ; Smilev Hi-Y; Dra Z a Erwin Hebner Art Club; Smiley Hi-Y, Sec.; Boys ' Cabinet; ”19” Club; Tatler Staff; Quill and Scroll, Pres.; National Honor Society; Student Council; Pres, of Senior Class. V CM atMc pditdr; Na- tional Honor Society 0 Quill and Scroll, Sec. Spanish Club; Latin Club Inter-Club Council. Harold Fulkerson Dramatic ClAtvf Ever Since Eve i ' ivA ' Keys tc feiwp ■ Doris Norris Spanish Club. Mary Elizabeth Yost Reginald Woolard Jim Welsh Jane Combs Norman Showers Pat Sober Mark Perrin French Club; Big A” Times Staff. Club, Sec.; G.A.A.; Leaders. Alice Gornick Reinder Duvall Camera Club, Sec.; Stu- dent Forum; French Club. Marie Maquire Bea Griel Grace Johnston Norma Royce Mary Kasner V-Prcs, Co-Ettes. Latin Club; Co-Ettcs; C Student Patrol; Student . Forum. Wilmer Duvall {m rley Young Helen Gernigan Marjorie Gent Ronald Trout .4 Latin Club; G.A.A. Spanish Club. . Dofib«ESv iMONS MarjorieJohnson azel Rawson V ' erna Metcalf Helen Adams 4 I V - 4 Co-Ettes. A VDI pAd DOUBLE DIPS WERE, PERIOD-“MAIRZY- V I qris Harder Wilbur Bierbaum Venita Fulks James Gordon O ' } Betty Benz AsT Wade Jones Lucille Georgoff Wally Oller Leona Scheibe • Dmo JliK •fudent For- Football. Student Council. French Club; Times Staff; Vum ijiEt jScribblcrs; Camera Club; Student •■sjV Glee tllub; and. Forum; Track; Choir. Juanita Edwards Don Killam Phyll is Wheatley Girl Big A”; Travichc. Reserves, Helen Bean Gene Wuellner Dixie Lee Vann French Club. Ella June Frederick National Honor Society; Willi ami Kor don Beverly Howard Latin Club; Girls ' Coun- cil; National Honor So- ciety; Quill and Scroll; Times, co-editor; 19 Club, Pres.; Student Council. Betty Mitchell G.A.A.; Leaders Club. Don Purdy Arthur Coontz John Hickman Eileen Roberts Spanish Club; Minute Maids, Pres.; G.A.A.; Student Council; Nation- al Honor Sociccy. REMEMBER : THOSE FATEFUL TENTH Dorothy Holland Irene Davis Hugh Simpson Juanita Healey Latin Club; G.A.A. French Club; Spanish Red and Gray Hi-Y. Club; Dramatic Club; Thespians; Ever Since Eve ' ; National Honor Society; Quill and Scroll; Times Staff; 19” Club. French Club, Pres.; Na- Student Forum; Latin tional Honor Society, V- Club; Choir; Leaders Pres.; Scribblers, Pres.; Club. Ed Mullins Ruth Horstman Rifle Club; G.A.A. Vera Gabriel National Honor Society; Student Council. Virginia Wenzel Camera Club; Minute Maids; Band. Charlotte Holland Latin Club; Dramatic Club. Mary Morwood Latin Club; Spanish Club; National Honor Society; Student Forum; G.A.A. Vera Tittle Latin Club; Dramatic Club; Stage Door ; Times Staff; French Club; National Honor Society. HOURS; Wanda Griffin Bob Kennedy Smiley Hi-Y. Celia Moss Wilma Frye Anne Rosack Lucille Potts G.A.A.; Band; Choir. Robert Hendricks Eileen Jennings Student Forum; Library Ass ' t. JK • EVERS OHIRLEK OJXXf Gerald M French Club; Orchestra; irley Eaton National Honor Society; Student Patrol, Captain; Dramatic Club; Ever Since Eve.” Betty Johnston Allen Attaway Cathryn Groiinke Betty Geo. Washington Carver Hi-Y, Pres.; Band; Latin Club. Eugene Hovda Mary O ' Neill Paul Chamness Football; National Hon- or Society; Boys’ Cabi- net; Red and Gray Hi-Y ; French Club; Dramatic Club; Cinderella Mar- ried”; Ever Since Eve”; Times Staff. Alice Purcell Minute Maids; Student Forum. Dorothy Cairns Scribblers, Sec. ; National Honor Society; Minmc Maids; Student Patrol; Dramatic Club; When Shakespeare’s Ladies Meet ”; “Young April ; G. A. A.; Inter-Club Council. Dorothy Clayton Co-Ettcs: Student Coun- cil. AND FINALLY, THE ‘‘DUNGEON’’ . . . . Jeanne Jourdain Norman Big A.” Schumacher Basketball. Lois Burch Kenneth Arboe Alberta Ogden Roderick Herman Rifle Club; Football; Stu- dent Council. Dorothy Stockdai.e Latin Club; Spanish Club, Pres.; Tatler Staff; Quill and Scroll; Nation- al Honor Society ; Camera Club, Pres.; Inter-Club Council; Band; Orches- Leaders Club. Thelma Wilken French Club; Minute Bob Diez Helen Bosaluke Maids; Leaders Club. Smilev :he. Hi-Y; Tra- Betty Ready G.A.A.; French Club. ughes Ruth Mans Mickey Smith Jean Dillon Maxine Laux Warren Lodge Times Staff; G A. A. Quill and Scroll. G.A.A. ; Student Council. Phyllis Butler Alleen Galloway Betty Greathouse Kermit Hellrung Jerry Rowland Phyllis Wheatley Girl Reserves, V-Pres. French Club; Times Staff; G.A.A.; Minute Maids. Lucille Steiner Ralph Parrish Beverley Leonard Marion O’ Haver George Clausen Latin Club; Co-Ettes. Dramatic Club; Big A Club, V-Pres. Student Forum; G.A.A.; Leaders Slub. THEN I N THE L AST LAP CAME EXAMS, June Marie Poole Donald Humphrey Maxine Francisco Russell Rosemary Spanish Club; G.A.A.; Library Club; National Honor Society. V ' zd 1 ' • Co-Ettes. WoNNACOTT Camera Club; Movie Op- erator. Terlisner , . V ’ v Dorothy Gilmore Laverne Swaim Audrey Roos Patty Willis Ernest Chew Latin Club; G.A.A. Girls ' Council, Sec.; La- tin Club; National Honor Society; 19 Club. Latin Club; G. A. A.; Choir; Times Staff; Na- tional Honor Society. Spanish Club; National Honor Society; Scrib- blers; Choir; Dramatic Club, Pres.; Thespians; Ever Since Eve 1 ' ; 7 Keys to Baldpatc. Mary Zarka Jack Darr Mary Napp Glenn Allen Willie Bea Spanish Club. Boys ' Cabinet; Smiley Hi-Y; Student Council; Student Forum; Basket- ball; Track. Johnson June Rister Co-Ettes. Eleanor Ann Middleton Latin Club; Art Club; Dramatic Club, V-Pres.; Young April”; Times Staff; Quill and Scroll; National Honor Society; Girls ' Council, V-Pres.; Tatler Staff; 19” Club. Sinclair James LONG, L Tyler Griffin Band; Orchestra. Betty Wiegand Mary Jane Gaghen Martha Reid Spanish Club; G.A.A.; Scribblers; Minute Maids; Dramatic Club; Thespians; Ever Since Eve ; His FirstShave”; Choir; A. H. S. Trio. Leon Springman Latin Club; National Honor Society. June Darr Eileen Huebner Latin Club; Girls ' Coun- cil; Spanish Club; Na- tional Honor Society; Quill and Scroll; Student Council; Times, co-edi- tor; Dramatic Club; Young April ; 19” Club; A.H.S. Trio. Dino Pars Football. Kenneth Fessler Charles Otstot Tatler Staff; Quill and Scroll; Smiley Hi-Y ; Dra- matic Club; Thespians; Ever Since Eve ; 7 Keys to Baldpate ; Smi- lin ' Through ; Band; Orchestra; Student For- um. Juanita Haynes National Honor Society; Student Forum; Student Council; Spanish Club; Latin Club; Dramatic Club; Smilin ' Thru ; G.A.A. Al White Big A, pres.; Spanish Club; Reel and Gray; Football; Track. Joe Emmons Smiley Hi-Y; 19” Club; National Honor Society. Betty Nichols Minute Maids. Bernice Homm Art Club. Sally Hibberd Latin Club; Scribblers; Dramatic Club; When Shakespeare ' s Ladies Meet. Ray Luken Smiley Hi-Y. Jesse Warren Band. Cecelia Wood National Honor Society, Pres.; Thespians; Quill and Scroll; Dramatic Club; “Young April”; 7 Keys to Baldpate ; Girls ' Council; Student Council, V-Pres.; Times Staff; Spanish Club. Andrew Millas Bill Sonntag National Honor Society; Quill and Scroll; Camera Club; Spanish Club; Tat- ler Staff; Times Staff; Radio Club. Betty Eilers Big A ; Spanish Club; Student Council. Peggy Storm Latin Club; Choir. CEMENT Don Graul Smiley Hi-Y; 19 Club; Big A ; National Hon- or Society; Times Staff; Football; Basketball. Robert Harper Marion Kurz f ssrts ssft fcAuTs ' f JL Sec.; Minute Maids, r G A A ' : Timcs O N G LAST THE COMMEN Alvin Wiseman Gracie Herrmann Pat Casey B ig A. ' ' Bill Fli po Hazel Sweeney S panish Club; Choir. Betty McCuen C o-Ettes; Minute Maids. Bill Roberts Orlin Osborne l y (V s V John Beard R ed and Gray Hi-Y, Trcas. Fern Weihe Winifred Jennings S tudent Council; Girls ' Council; French Club; Quill and Scroll; Na- tional Honor Society; Tatler Staff; Choir; Band; Dramatic Club; Thes- pians. Mary Louise Dennis Phyllis Wheatley Girl Reserves. Medora Phillips P hyllis Wheatley Girl Reserves. Marjorie Theisen L atin Club. Joanne Fischer ’ 41 Football Queen. Paul Schneider Earlene Waggoner A rt Club; Latin Club. Dorothy Alexander P hyllis Wheatley Girl Mary Elizabeth Johnson Bette Beck S enior Play; Student For- um; N.H.S. Reserves, Pres.; Latin Club. Henry Bain Jessie Wilson Jack Spaulding Mary K. Cobb Jim Mann Marilyn Ewing Eugene Ullrich JUNIORS Bob Thayer Betty Cresswell Doris Davis Alice Mann Virginia Berthalett WITH THEI Bill Scott s R JOKES THAT ARE STRICTLY Merrill Delores Richard Mili-ord Mary Ann McCaskill Virginia Tom Hickerson Ditterline Jane Newcomer Martha Weiss Eldon Gwen Smith Huish Amos Harte Doris Krug Bob Snell Marvel Carl Mayiiall Vollmer $ COJU Bill Youngberg Lenora Chrisanty Wyman Tchoukaleff Bob Leonard Mary Hutchins FELLOWS ARE OUTSTANDING IN SPORTS AND THE Mary Jack Alice Puckett Christian Hubbs David Wilma Moiiler Paynter Jack Eileen Milton Minnie Manns Kreider Bopp Stinnett Bill Eunice John Bray Cruzat Lemp Evelyn Dorothy Fields Knight Virginia Floyd Maul Eberlin Evelyn Herbert Reinhardt Peel Jackie Fred f Betty Olsby Seavey ' Sheff Ray Robinson Jean Loellke Elizabeth Phipps Gene . Theisen Lorraine Hanser Frances Sharkey THEY ALL STRUGGLE WITH TY? NG! AND “U. S. Alice Waterbury Vivian Lindsey Bob Schmitt Richard Flora Harold Potter Wimmer Wilken Shirley Hawk Laverne Gelzinnis Tom Armstrong Betty Schrumpe James Pollard Delores Seago PUPILS Dardanella Ayres Dorothy Voumard Peggy McOwen George Peggy George Eva Jane Walker Green Harvey Hickerson Marian Conway Mary Kenneth Gould Graves Fansler Jones Ted Martha Duane Noel Millas Keith Clayton Turner EVERY WEDNESDAY, FRIDA Y— O R Harold VonBergen Ethel Kudelka Dick Joan Long McGinnis Quindara Paddock Milton B uz AN M Bill Rister Mary Louise Leady Dorothy Richard Helmkamp Harris Pat Ingles Ann VosE Charles Glenda Neudecker Rush Edna Fay Peggy RaeJean Storm Gent Allen Perry Sylvia Andrews George Weigler 0 t “DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORON WHO?”— OH! ¥ t A Pat Vine Allan Kirgan Patty Lee Bob Y UNGCK Anita Brown Benton Woods Lelia Baldridge Margaret Brown Elsie Dunn Carl Legate Phyllis Robertson Edgar Lewis Virginia Houston John Gillenwater Don Jacoby June Turner Vera Johnson Bill Reynol ■rij r f . ip . Cushin . ' Wiseman ' M; ' ft it Marjorie Bishop Wardell Johnson Al Girard fb Paul McGarvey Ann Freeman Paul Drake Shi£V F Ever m a A GOOD MAN MIGHT BE HARD TO FIND” BUT ) Charles Taynor Mildred Conyear Don Jansen June Clarke Roger Penning Dorothy Hayes Martha Shackelford Emily Harrell Forrest Austin Margaret Carriger Louis Karlos Iona Rice Nathan Sutton 1UNICE Edwards Lucy Walker Shirley Youngblood Peggy Everett Maxine Bruner Brangenberg Eisenreich Jack Christian Jane Linkogle John Weber Jim Koenig Wm. Mitchell Mary Louise Kelly ra;u •T M . Kramer Evelyn Reinhardt ' rV Esther Gene Kenneth Shannon Steifel March Patsy Marshall Bernice Ai.len FOR THIS, SOPHOMORES 1st row : Marcella Shearburn, Bette Owen, Leo Green, Mary Ellen Young, Mary Jane Nickell, Judith Dean, Goldie McCormick, Fred Norton, Betty Ryan, Leroy Chappell. 2nd row: H. R. Willis, Shirley Doman, Favc Shumwav, Kenneth Kennedy, Shirley M. Hendricks, Naomi Tindell, Glen Bierbaum, Charlene Ash, Jack Herman, Imogene Trout. 3 rd row: Della Huck, John Kay, Betty Thompson, Jcanetta -Weston, Gail Bates, Gene McElroy, Betty Roberts, John Miller, Janice Tillman, Albert Belanger. 4th row: June Aiken, Howard Lambert, Phyllis Schaefer, Glenn Whvers, Bytty Fey, Marilyn Roberts, Robert Wigger, Melba Lee, Janie Chester, Harriet Middleton. 5th row: Bob Day, Stella Blasioli, Juanita RosS, Mildred Knight, John Hale, Nancy Voege, Buddy Taylor, Marjorie Corder, Eugenia X illis, Denny Foster. 1st row: Bob Owens, Marjorie Horn, Mary Brooks, Herman Whitten, Bertha Luedecke, Dolores Martin, Don Peters, Rosinell Warner, Darlene Cundall, Ralph Igo. 2nd row: Yvonne Edelen, Marilyn Copeland, Kenneth Burger, Colene Hatfield, Yvonne Hoyt, Don Schrimpf, Betty Ann Meyers, Norma Jean Wooff, Virginia Lee Goodyear, Roseleah Frankel. 3 rd row: Bob Hermes, Virginia Ebbert, Lois Terlisner, Robert Showers, Arleen Gerber, Bernard Titchenal, Phyllis Bower, Mary Ann Eccles, Fred Tickner, Billie Lou Corn. 4th row: Frances Trout, Betty Sue Russell, Louis Oehler, Charlotte McCoy, Evelyn Healey, Ruby Morten, Wayne Snell, Betty Fields, Malcolm Kindig, Bill Richardson. 5th row: Rodney Bailey, Herbert Mansholt, Helen Johnson, Howard Eichen, Ed Luddcke, Dorothy Howard, Marie Bassett, Lois Mitchell, Don Polman, Marian Hollowell. 1st row: Doris Rice, Jane Evans, Sue Yeakey, Coradelle Wilson, Norma Whittleman, Rosemary Brangenberg, Dean Leonard, Dorothy Mossburger, Nalvia Franklin, Betty Allen. 2nd row: Betty Phillips, Myrtle Stevens, Helen Stewart, Harriet Steinrauf, Mary Wilson, Virginia Kehr, Ralph Osborne, Ruth Horman, Ruth Gent, Cathryn Riley. 3rd row: Kenneth Titchnel, Diana Mikoff, Betty Ann Cox, Carroll Wells, Virginia Ward, Mary Lou Marsh, Shirley Moore, Tommy Bonnell, Aileen Brown, Bob Reis. 4th row: Charles Tomlinson, Roberta Williams, Glendola Watson, Dorothy Carr, Jack Leeson, Wilma Belangee, Nina Moxey, Jim Vaughen, Carolyn Miles, Dorothy Hunt. 3th row: Mary Thompson, Bessie Lee Herren, Pat Lee, Ruby Martin, Howard Mathus, Homer Mathus, Jackie Hawk, Carl Keaslcr, Betty Ann Meyers, Dorothy Shaw. 6 throw: Bob Hatfield, Mary Catherine Devine, Jesse Bishop, Betty Lageman, Burton Morwood, Leland Laux, Delores Malson, Betty Jo Lippincott, Elsie Pestner, Ivadean Daniels. 1st row : Pete Fuchs, Shirley Hendricks, Doris Scates, Jack Greenberg, Wilma Stites, Simon Olian, Virginia Massalone, Lloyd Dehner, Ellen Thompson, Oneeda Harris. 2nd roiv: Charles Burke, Virginia Moody, June Albers, James Lowry, Clarence Spillman, Lucille Barber, Eugene Kohlahas, Barbara Rawlins, Marie Crowe, Bill Bull. 3rd row: Mabel Brown, Luther Diserens, Mae Lanham, Norman Nave, Albertine Halbert, Don Palmer, Mary Lou Volz, Raymond Brown, Marcella Taylor, Bette Melow. 4th row: Winifred Wcstover, Marcella Gross, Leonard Schcige, Carie Ward, Connie Schenk, Christina Riner, Richard Baker, Don Temple, Ruth Bierbautn, Gordon McClanahan. 5th row: Marjorie Gillen, Vernon Penning, Barbara Miller, Don Beck, Phyllis Harford, Norma Jean Fischer, Idella Brown, Charles Kruse, Mary Ellen Brunson, Rosemary Egelhoff. 6th row: Lucille McElroy, Junior Rae, Jane Lyons, Delores Pelot, Gene Johnson, Bonnidel Brooks, Carl Weihe, Helen Johnson, Mary Bernard, Leroy Chappell. WE DO We build the jeep; Annie paints it. Emma, Betty and Imogene pack oversea-boxes for former Art Club members. One more gold star sewed on by Miss Hitch- cock’s class. “Boil well, until well-heated.” Yum! Looks good, fellas! WAR Jeep under construction. Some of those ‘‘Paper Packin’ Pupils.” A few of the 300 Junior Red Cross Menus by Erwin Hebner WORK Vitamins for Victory. Knit two, purl one — But the afghan’s just begun. So knit two — purl one. (ad infinitum) P.S. You guessed it; it’s the Girls’ Council. OUR ATHLETICS THE MUSCLE BUILDING TRAINING RECEIVED FROM HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS HAS FITTED US FOR THIS GREATER GAME CALLED WAR The Athletic Season 1943-1944 Alton enjoyed a very successful athletic season in spite of many war-time restrictions. The Army took all of the eighteen year olds, and a number of the seventeen year olds enlisted, so there were not so many boys available for teams as there usually are. But Mr. Jackson with his usual skill built a football team that won seven of the nine games played. Alton won third place in the southwestern conference and finished the season by defeating Western 33-0. In basketball the record of our victories is not quite so impressive. But Coach Ingles built a fighting team that always gave a good account of itself. In spite of war-time restrictions on tires and gasoline, our games were very well attended. Coach Ray Jackson Director of Athletics Tom Beall Football Captain Coach George Ingles Basketball Coach Jim Moore Basketball Captain ( jJ A , JJ Back row: Harvey Veit, Jim Schotters, Paul Chamness, Henry Tackwell, Bill Bryant, dcW lUam ' U Roger Cooper. , = Fronf row: Don Jansen, Jim Moore, Tom Beall, Eldon Smith. Know Your Team ! Name Height Weight Nickname Special Achievements k Williams 5 ft. 10j in 205 lbs “Dumbo” 2nd team all conference oger Cooper 5 ft. in 160 lbs ‘ ‘Coop! ill Bryant 5 ft. 6 Yi in 155 lbs “Bullet” ry Tackwell 5 ft. 9 in 140 lbs “Hank 1st team all conference, center ’aul Chamness 5 ft. 10 in 148 lbs “P. B.” 2nd team all conference don Smith 5 ft. 8 in 160 lbs “Rabbit” Tom Beall 5 ft. 10 in 155 lbs “Tommy” 1st team all conference; honorable mention all state Harvey Veit 6 ft. 160 lbs “Howey” Honorable mention, all state Don Jansen 5 ft. 11 in 170 lbs “Nod” Honorable mention, all conference Jim Moore 6 ft. 1 in 165 lbs “Jimmy Honorable mention, all state Jim Schotters 6 ft. 2 in 180 lbs “Dyke” Football Scores Here September 24 Here October 1 There October 8 Here October 15 There October 22 Here October 29 Here November 5 There November 12 Here Turkey Day Alton 14; Benld 0 Alton 21; Wood River. . 6 Alton 7; East St. Louis 26 Alton 6; Belleville 7 Alton 52; Collinsville . . 0 Alton 20; Granite City . 0 Alton 43; Madison 6 Alton 10; Edwardsville. 0 Alton 33; W. M. A 0 SECOND TEAM Back row : Jim Mann, Frank Dunphy, Leo Green, Ted Millas, Richard Usinger, Ken Battuello. Center row: Kenneth March, Frank Goss, Howard Eichen, Neal Pettit, Everett Brangenburg, Dale Wickenhauser, Joe Naughton. Front row: Paul McGarvey, Bob Astroth, Don Graul, Wade Jones. Roger Cooper, End Henry Tackwell, Center Don Jansen , Halfback Paul McGarvey, Halfback Eldon Smith, Halfback Bill Bryant, Guard Jack Williams, Tackle Bob Astroth, Quarterback Harvey Veit, End Jim Schotters, Tackle Jim Moore, Quarterback Wade Jones, Halfback Joe Naughton, End Don Graul, Halfback Gene Ursch, Manager Dale Wickenhauser, Tackle Paul Chamness, Guard Richard Usinger, End Dino Pars, Tackle Everett Brangenberg, Guard WE CROWN THE FOOTBALL QUEEN Second Maid, Beverly Howard with Paul Chamness Tom, Joanne, and Nancy Haynes Football Queen, Joanne Fischer and Football Captain, Tom Beall First Maid, Irene Davis escorted by Henry Tackwell Fourth Maid, Pat Sober and Bill Bryant Third Maid Cis Wood and escort, Roger Cooper L 1 k. J � rS i ( a FOOTBALL SEASON “Our Director” and The Cameraman Height of the pep rally Intriguing, isn’t it, Jim? Hold that line! Anxious spectators Take it easy, chum— the score’s only 33-0 “Hail, Hail, the gang’s all here” B.M.O.C. (Big men on campus) FIRST TEAM Back row: Otis Keener, Tom Beall, Jim Moore, Don Graul, Henry Tackwell, Harvey Veit. Front row: Bob Astroth, Jim S chotters, Joe Naughton, Joe Smith. Basketball Schedule Dec. 7 There Roxana 33 Alton 31 Jan. 28 There Madison 28 Alton 32 Dec. 10 Here Jersey vi lie 26 A Iron 54 Feb. 4 Here Belleville 39 Alton 36 Dec. 17 Here Madison 24 Alton 40 Feb. 11 Here East St. Louis 33 Alton 28 Dec. 21 There Belleville 34 Alton 36 Feb. 12 There Granite City 30 Alton 31 Dec. 31 There Gillespie 20 Alton 29 Feb. 15 There Edwardsville 37 Alton 22 Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 7 There 8 Here 14 There 18 Here 21 There 22 Here East St. Louis 42 Granite City 32 Wood River 47 Ed wards vi lie 48 Collinsville 30 Roxana 33 Alton 28 Alton 35 Alton 32 Alton 27 Alton 28 Alton 35 Feb. 22 Here Collinsville 47 45 Alton 40 Alton 30 TOURNAMENT Mar. 1 (Edwardsville) Lebanon 22 Alton 39 Mar. 2 (Edwardsville) Roxana 38 Alton 36 The second team should also be given a lot of credit this year. They played hard and won several of their games. Since their games were held at 7:00 o ' clock, they didn’t have much of a crowd, but those people who did go saw a hard fighting, fast jSlaying team in action. There is much good material here for our teams next year. SECOND TEAM Back row: Neal Petit, Wayne Snell, Eldon Hensen, Gene Ursch, Orville Combs, Leroy Chappell. Front roiv: Jim Mann, Bob McGhee, Howard Eichen, Frank Dunphy. “Hank” Tackvvcll and Leroy Chappell Harvey Veit and “Red Schumacher Hold it! Jimmy Youngberg Manager Jim Schotters and Joe Naughton Tom Beall and Bob Astroth “Otie” Keener and Don Graul FOOTBALL SUMMARY Starting this year’s football season with eight returning letter-men, the Hilltoppers trounced Benld in their first game 14-0. The aerial attack used in the Wood River game proved too much for the Oilers, our next op- ponents. The first defeat of the season came at the hands of East Side, this year’s conference champs. The Belleville Maroons, in a hotly contested game, handed us our only other defeat. During the remainder of the season, the team was given no serious threats. Collins- ville and Granite City were held scoreless by the line, while Moore’s passing and Beall’s plunging piled up the score. With the regu- lars” playing half a quarter, Madison got only one touchdown while we collected forty- three points. While Beall and Jansen starred for Alton, Edwardsville failed to score in the last conference game. On Thanksgiving after- noon Alton trampled the Cadets for the thir- teenth consecutive year, ending the season in glory. ★ BASKETBALL SUMMARY The average for the basketball team of ’43-44 showed a very marked improvement over the team of last year. The season started with Alton dropping the first game to Roxana 33-31- Alton led in the first three quarters but was beaten out in the last quarter to lose by two points. The next game, however, turned the tide for the Birds, and they smothered Jerseyville 54-26. The steamroller continued to roll over Madison, Belleville, and Gillespie but came to an abrupt halt when it encountered East St. Louis. The East Siders held the Hilltoppers with 28 points while they racked up 42. The following night Alton made a fine comeback to trim the Granite City Warriors 35-32. The next three contests, which were against Wood River, Edwardsville, and Collinsville, were lost by the Redbirds. Roxana was the next team to oppose Alton, and, contrary to their first meeting, this proved a defeat for the Shells. Alton picked up another game when they topped Madison 32-28. The Redbirds nosed out the Warriors in the next game by a score of 31-30, the point being made by Jim Schotters on a foul shot after the final gun sou nded. In the next session Edwardsville topped Alton 37-22, and then Wood River did the same by a score of 47-40. The final game of the season brought Alton to face Collinsville, who was in first place and who, after defeating the Redbirds, 45-30 took the Conference crown. Alton finished the season with 5 conference victories and 9 defeats. SCHOOL AND UPTOWN Ring around the rosy What say, Joanie? Oh, those hay rides! “Hey, I said watch the birdie!” Aww! You and who else? Dude! “Dancing Cheek to Cheek” Which one is it this time? Why so surprised? Sleepy, Maxine? Nice drop kick Jim! WE HAVE A “SWELL CAFETERIA! The ladies are all ready to serve us when the bell rings. We line up to get it. Yum! The Christmas desserts, chocolate cake and pie. The boys enjoy their food. Mrs. Penrose serving us generous helpings of turkey at our Thanksgiving dinner. Mr. Hanna, assisted by his daughter Margaret, is host to the faculty at their Christmas dinner. STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS PRESIDENT - PAUL McGARVEY VICE-PRESIDENT - - - FLORA WIMMER ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR CLUBS AND ORGANI- ZATIONS WE HAVE LEARNED THE VALUE OF WORKING TOGETHER. THIS TRAINING HAS BEEN INVALUABLE TO OUR ALUMNI IN SERVICE Inter-Club Council OFFICERS Roy Cannon President Ann Kramer Vice-President Cis Wood Secretary-Treasurer Back row: Bill Bryant, Bill Dick, Ed Young, Boh Yungck, Otis Keener. . Second row: Mary K. Hinton, Marjorie Roady, Emma Buttle, Paul Chamness, Henrv TackyrHT, Leo Green, Roy Cannon, Dorothy Cairns, Irene Davis, Marilyn Ewing. First row: Alice Horn, Nancy Acker, Dorothy Stockdale, Eileen Hucbner, Cis WoodyGeorgia’Bonnell, Ann Kramer, Eunice Cruzat, Virginia Luft, Marvan Kurz. y y t . i Quill and Scroll OFFICERS V First Semester Second Semester Bill Dick President Erwin Hebner President Roy Cannon Vice-President Cis Wood Vice-President Norma Simpson Secretary Mary K. Hinton Secretary Back row: Don Jansen, Jim Koenig, Bill Dick, Bill O’Neil. Second row: Mary K. Hinton, Bev Howard, Norma Simpson, Roy Cannon, Henry Tackwell, Ed Young, Charles Otstot, Bill Sonntag, Eugene McCoy. First row: Betty Wilkey, Emma Buttle, Eileen Huebncr, Annie Middleton, Dorothy Stockdale, Cis Wood, Georgia Bonnell, Wini Jennings, Maxine Cundall, Irene Davis. First Semester Captains: Georgia Frye, Gerald Meyers OFFICERS Second Semester Captains : Gerald Meyers, Mary Ellen Young Back row: Mark Perrin, George Clawson, Tyler Griffin. Second row: Georgia Frye, Charles Whitten, Bill Howes, Gerald Meyers, Bob Kininger, Don Schlueter, John Beard, Lewis Brenner, Albertine Halbert, Virginia Massalone. First row: Betty Hatfield, Willamae Gray, Jane Chester, Mary Ellen Young, Betty Kasinger, Betty Ann Cox, Wilma Mosley, Mary Lou Shermann, Dorothy Cairns. Student Patrol Back row: Charles Neudecker, Nathan Sutton, Don Jacoby, Russell Wonnacott, Bob Thayer, Richard Russell, Fred Seavey, Phil Hovda. First row: Charles Ontis, Jim Yeakey, Everett Clark, Carlton Lutz, Leo Green, Roger McManus, Charles Whitten, Roger Krinard, Renus Baker. Movie Operators First Semester Don Jansen Cis Wood Henry Tackwell Bev Howard Student Council OFFICERS Second Semester . President Paul McGarvey President Vice-President Flora Wimmer Vice-President Secretary Cris Reiner Secretary . . Treasurer Harvey Veit Treasurer Back row: Howard Eichen, Frank Meyers, Allan Kirgan, Don Jansen, Neal Schwartzkopf, A1 Girard, Nathan Sutton, Bob Yungck, Erwin Hcbncr, Howard Thompson. Third row: Bob Astroth, Paul McGarvey, Earl Bailey, Roy Cannon, Henry Tackwell, Leo Green, Richard Russell, Sinclair James, Eugene Kohlkas, Roger Krinard. Second row: Melba Lee, Mary Ann McCaskill, Gwen Huish, Dorothy Collins, Peggy Bruner, Minnie Stinnet, Jean Kcnnington, Wilma Paynter, Joan Yungck, Dorothy Clayton. First row: Emma Buttle, Bev Howard, Georgia Bonncll, LaVerne Gelzinnis, Cis Wood, Marie Mayhall, Flora Wimmer, Nancy Acker, Wini Jennings. National Honor Society First Semester OFFICERS Second Semester Georgia Bonnell President Cis Wood President Richard Usinger Vice-President Bob Johnk Vice-President Pat Meyers Secretary Eileen Huebner Secretary Back row: Don Graul, Eileen Huebner, Bill Sonntag, Barbara Mcgowen, Leon Springman, LaVerne Swaim, Ella June Frederick, Vera Tittle, Bob Johnk, Maxine Cundall, Harvey Veit, Virginia Luft, Audrey Roos, Otis Keener, Eileen Roberts, Erwin Hebner, Joe Emmons, Ernest Chew. Second row: Gerald Meyers, Bev Howard, Annie Middleton, Wini Jennings, Juanita Haynes, Mary Agatha Morwood, Vcva Mohlcr, Vera Gabriel, June Poole, Cis Wood, Dorothy Stockaale, Betty Beck. Seated- Nancy Acker, Mary K. Hinton, Roy Cannon, Irene Davis, Georgia Bonnell, Alice Horn, Patty Meyers, Elizabeth Smith, Eileen Yeager. OFFICERS Alice Horn President Cis Wood Secretary Back row: Marjorie Roady, Helen Nash, Frankie Brock, Eileen Yeager, Alice Horn, Martha Reid, Marion O ' Haver, Dorothy Stockdale, Doris Cunningham, Dardenella Ayres. Front row. Jerry Rowland, Ruth Long, La Verne Gelzinnis, Martha Weiss, Vera Johnson, Noel Turner, Jackie Brown, Pat Vine, Irene Davis. “19” Club OFFICERS First Semester Second Semester Bev Howard President Allan Kirgan President Don Jansen Vice-President Betty Sue Russell Vice-President Henry Tackwell Secretary-Treasurer Henry Tackwell Secretary-Treasurer Back roiv: Roy Cannon, Jim Koenig, Don Graul, Don Jansen, Henry Tackwell, Allan Kirgan, Joe Emmons, Earl Bailey. Front row: Bev Howard, Betty Sue Russell, Flora Wimmer, Annie Middleton, Eileen Huebner, Elizabeth Smith, Irene Davis, LaVerne Swaim. Leaders Club Latin Club First Semester OFFICERS Second Semester Gwen Huish President Tommy Bonnell President Tommy Bonnell Vice-President Chrisanty Tchoukaleff Vice-President Alice Waterbury Secretary-Treasurer Ella June Frederick Secretary-Treasurer Back row: Barbara Megowen, Vera Tittle, Noel Turner, Alice Waterbury, Charles Otstot, Bill Jackson, Leon Springman, Allen Attaway, Merrill Davis, Don Paul, Louis Oehler, Bill Sanders. Fourth row: Margaret Carriger, Lois Terlisner, Marjorie Horn, Doris Lambert, Doris Cunningham, Charles Whitten, Coradell Wilson, Shirley Hendricks, Conway Graves, Tommy Bonnell. Third row: Marilyn Ewing, Mary Jane Dilly, Gwen Huish, Dorothy Gilmore, Audrey Roos, Lucille Steiner, Phyllis Bower, Virginia Ebbert, Nancy Voege, Connie Schenk, Dorothy Howard. Second row: June Turner, Ann Vose, Dorothy Holland, Vera Johnson, Mary Morwood, Mary K. Hinton, Shirley Moore, Juanita Ross, Dorothy Cairns, Janice Tillman, Rosemary Brangen- berg, Melba Lee. First row: Joan McGinnis, Jov Show, Juanita Haynes, Norma Simpson, Cis Wood, Dorothy Stock- dale, Mildred Perica, Jackie Bruce, Gail Bates, Mary Jane Nickel. Phyllis Wheatly Girl Reserves OFFICERS Dorothy Alexander President Ci.yda Phillips Secretary Alleen Galloway Vice-President Eva Nell Johnson Treasurer Back row: Nadean Mitchell, May Donna Mitchell, Clvda Phillips, Clementine Young, Flora Hollo- way, Dorothy Knight, Vivian Wilson, Alleen Galloway, Mary Louise Dennis, Helen Johnson, Mary Harper, Virginia Miller, Ernestine Clemons, Betty Jane Cannon. First row: Medora Phillips, Marcella Taylor, Helen Stewart, Bernice Allen, Doris Ballinger, Mary Elizabeth Johnson, Eunice Cruzat, Mildred Knight, Dorothy Alexander. K. K. A. First Semester OFFICERS Second Semester Marian Kurz President Beatrice Greil Vice-President Marilyn Ewing Secretary June Clark Treasurer Marilyn Ewing President June Rose Clark Vice-President Louise Whitten Secretary Shirley Hendricks Treasurer Back row: Betty Kiehnel, Bea Grid, Shirley Hendricks, Dorothy Collins, Melba Lee. Second row: Betty Ann Cox, Betty Meyers, Mary Jane Gaghen, Betty McCuen, Mary Louise Kelly, Loretta Jennings, Louise Whitten, June Rose Clark. Third row: Dorothy Clayton, Kay Clifton, Betty Wilkcy, Marjorie Roady, Joy Show, Marion Kurz, Eileen Jennings, Marilyn Ewing, Betty Thiele, Maxine Francisco. Student Forum First Semester OFFICERS Second Semester Betty Wilkey President Norma Simpson President Bette Beck Vice-President Juanita Haynes Vice-President Eileen Yeager Secretary Phyllis Howard Secretary Back row: Wally Oiler, Reinder Duvall, Karl Hanna, Edmond Young, Bill Dick, Marjorie Roady, Marilyn Ewing. Third row: Sylvia Andrews, Phyllis Howard, Ann Vose, Carolyn Miles, Noel Turner, Virginia Luft, Winifred Jennings, Doris Cunningham, Juanita Haynes, Marjorie Dickerson. Second row: Alice Day, Imogene Belangee, Kay Clifton, Pat Marshall, Delores Seago, Marian O ' Haver, Maxine Cundall, Marion Kurz, Eileen Jennings, Virginia Hughson, Pat Lee, Loretta Jennings. Front row: Betty Wilkey, Emma Buttle, Norma Simpson, Bette Beck, Joy Show, Vera Johnson, Eileen Yeager, June Rose Clarke, Louise Whitten, Alice Purcell. First Semester Edmond Young Gwen Huisji Dorothy Cairns Scribblers OFFICERS .... President Vice-President Secretary Second Semester Bob Johnk Winifred Jennings Marion Kurz .... President Vice-President Secretary Back row : Ann Kramer, Suzanne Edwards, Martha Reid, Ernest Chew, Bob Johnk, Ed Young, Richard Usinger, Sally Hibberd, Virginia Scott. Front row: June Rose Clark, Louise Whitten, Gwen Huish, Alice Waterburv, Maxine Cundall, Joy Show, Dorothy Cairns, Virginia Luft, Marion Kurz, Wini Jennings. Camera Club OFFICERS First Semester Second Semester Dorothy Stockdale President Dorothy Stockdale President Barbara Megowen Vice-President Nancy Acker Vice-President Bill Sonntag Secretary-Treasurer Bill J ackson Secretary-Treasurer Back row: Wally Oiler, Bill Jackson, Paul Snyder, Ed Young, Russell Wonnacott, Gene McCoy, Bill Sonntag. Second row: Mary Hutchins, Reinder Duvall, Karl Hanna, Don Jacoby, Bill Dick, Carleton Lutz, Roger McManus, Dick Sherwood, Bill Sanders, Virginia Maul. First row: June Turner, Margaret Carriger, Harry Lou Middleton, Connie Schenk, Nancy Acker, Dorothy Stockdale, Dolores Seago, Shirley Hawk, Barbara Megowen. Art Club OFFICERS Emma Butti.e President Imogens Hall Secretary Betty Cresswell Vice-President Wm. O’Neil Treasurer Back row: Bill Scott, Erwin Hebner, Bill O ' Neil, Hubert Cummings, Earl Bailey. Second row: Della Huck, Joyce Talley, Ruth Bierbaum, Shirley Hendricks, Jeanne Jourdain, Annie Middleton, Lucy Walker, Shirley Doman, Rosinell Warner, Earlene Waggoner, Betty Schrumpf. First row: Imogene Hall, Bertha Luedecke, Emma Buttle, Marie Mayhall, Betty Cresswell, Flora Wimmer, Shirley Hawk, Noel Turner, Eva Mae Streeper, Darlene Cundall. First Semester Henry Tackwell Roy Cannon Earl Bockstruck Harvey Veit. . Smiley Hi-Y OFFICERS .... President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Second Semester Don Jansen Paul McGarvey Erwin Hebner Harvey Veit .... President Vice-President Secretary ... Treasurer Back row: Bob Diez, Bob Kennedy, Bob Niedernhofer, Jim Moore, Harold Wilken, Frank Mey ers, Richard Russell, Joe Emmons. Second row: Paul McGarvey, Glen Allen, Earl Bockstruck, Jim Koenig, Don Graul, Frank Goss, Bill Suhre, Bob Allen, Milton Buzan. First row: Erwin Hebner, Tom Beall, Harvey Veit, Earl Bailey, Allan Kirgan, Roy Cannon, Henry Tackwell, Don Jansen, Bill Bryant, Otis Keener, Don Shearburn. Spanish Club First Semester OFFICERS Second Semester Dorothy Stockdale President Juanita Haynes President Mary A. Morwood. . . Vice-President Eileen Huebner Secretary-Treasurer Norma Simpson Secretary-Treasurer Back row: Ernest Chew, Don Schrimpf, Bill Sonntag. Third row: Martha Reid, Doris Harter, Le Verne Gelzinnis, Dorothy Collins, Peggy Green, June Poole, Eileen Roberts, Noel Turner, Ann Kramer, Mary Jane Yenny. Second row: Virginia Scott, Imogcne Chappell, Cis Wood, Dorothy Stockdale, Mary Agatha Morwood, Alice Horn, Barbara Megowen, Dorothy Hunt, Wilma Jean Mosley, Imogene Hall, Norma Simpson. First row: Eileen Huebner, Martha Weiss, Ruth Long, Mary K. Hinton, Irene Davis, Imogene Belangee, Eileen Yeager, Kay Clifton, Eunice Cruzat, Nota Haynes. Alton High Times First Semester OFFICERS Second Semester Mary K. Hinton Editor Eileen Huebner Co-Editor Bev Howard Co-Editor Back row: Jim Mann, Don Jansen, Harvey Veit, Bob Thayer, Richard Russell. Third row: Dorothy Collins, La Verne Gelzinnis, Vera Tittle, Earl Bailey, Bob Day, Mark Perrin, Bill Sonntag, Audrey Roos, Shirley Hendricks, Pat Vine, Bill Sanders. Second row: Imogene Hall, Ruth Manns, Annie Middleton, Bev Howard, Don Graul, Henry Tackwell, Leo Green, Roy Cannon, Wally Oiler, Bill Suhre, Joan McGinnis, Betty Cresswell. Front row: Norma Simpson, Maxine Cundall, Nancy Acker, Eileen Huebner, Cis Wood, Georgia Bonnell, Mary K. Hinton, Marilyn Ewing, Irene Davis, Shirley Hawk. Big “A’ 4 a, ' OFFICERS Al White President Ralph Parrish Vice-President Doris Lambert Secretary-Treasurer Back row : Dick Long, Bob McCoy, Don Shearburn, Tom Beall, Don Graul, Jim Wempcn, Ralph Parrish, Jerry Brooks, Al White, Don Killam. Front row: Doris Lambert, Phyllis Howard, Carolyn Miles, Pat Sober, Pat Casey, Malvia Franklin, Peggy Green, Ann Kramer, Bernice Martin, Jeanne Jourdain. Boys ' Cabinet OFFICERS First Semester Second Semester Otis Keener President Otis Keener President Paul McGarvey Vice-President Allan Kirgan ... Vice-President Henry Tackwell Secretary Frank Goss Secretary Back row: Jim Pollard, Erwin Hebner, Earl Bockstruck, Jim Moore, Frank Meyers, Harvey Veit, Glen Allen, Roger Cooper, Bob Allen, Leo Green, Joe Emmons. Front row: Jim Koenig, Paul McGarvey, Earl Bailey, Roy Cannon, Bill Bryant, Henry Tackwell, Otis Keener, Don Jansen, Allan Kirgan, Frank Goss. First Semester John Gaghen Howard Eichen . . Al Girard George Williams Hi-Y OFFI CERS Second Semester .... President Vice-President Secretary Leo Green Don Schrimpf. . Howard Eichen .... President Vice-President Secretary Back row: Charles Neudecker, Ed Luddecke, Frank Dunphy. Second row: Howard Eichen, Bill Youngberg, John Gaghen, Fred Tickner, Gene Ursch, Neal Petit, Al Girard, Jack Hermann, Bob Reis, Eugene Kholhas. First row: Bob Astroth, Denny Foster, Jim Pollard, Carleton Lutz, Leo Green, George Walker, Jack Greenberg, Don Pollman, Don Schrimpf. First Semester Bob Yunc.ck Paul Chamness Jim Mann Roger Cooper Red and Gray Hi-Y OFFICERS Second Semester .... President Vice-President Secretary . Treasurer Paul Chamness. . . H. R. Willis Jim Mann Paul Smith .... President Vice-President Secretary . Treasurer Back row: .Kenny Mihill, Howell Sumner, Bill Kramer, Richard Usinger, Carl Legate, Forrest Austin. Front row: John Lemp, Dunward Worley, Jim Mann, Orville Combs, Roger Cooper, Paul Chamness, Bob Schmitt, Bob Yungck, Kenneth March. French Club OFFICERS First Semester Second Semester Bob Johnk President Wm. Jennings President Irene Davis Vice-President Bob Johnk V ice-President Nancy Acker Secretary Nancy Acker Secretary Back row: Gerald Meyers, Paul Chamness, Bob Johnk, Harold Wilken, Fred Seavey, Richard Russell, Howard Thompson, Howard Lambert. Third row: Virginia Ward, June Aiken, Reindcr Duvall, Roger Cooper, Tom Beall, Karl Hanna, Jim Koenig, Wally Oiler. Second row: Mary Ann McCaskill, Marilyn Sheppard, Virginia Hughson, Bonnidell Brooks, Marjorie Corder, Wini Jennings, Imogene Belangee, Irene Davis, Vera Tittle. Pront row: Pat Meyers, Bertha Luedecke, Bette Beck, Marie Mayhall, Elizabeth Smith, Flora Wimmer, Eileen Yeager, Kay Clifton, Nancy Acker, Barbara Miller. Minute Maids Back row: Betty Nichols, Margaret Carriger, Ruth Long, Jerry Rowland, Felicia Hale, Vera Johnson, Eileen Roberts, Helen Nash, Melba Lee. Second row: Rubv Ashmore, Virginia Wenzel, Mary Jane Gaghen, Betty McCuen, Thelma Wilkens, Alice Purcell, Dom Maynard, Ann Vose, Doris Harter, Mary Halbert. Front row: June Clark, Kay Clifton, Marie Mayhall, Marjorie Roady, Martha Reid, Marion Kurz, Dorothy Cairns, LaVerne Gelzinnis, Marilyn Ewing, Wanda Brown. Rifle Club Tom Armstrong Captain Back row: Richard Harris, George Clausen, Rod Herman, Earl Bockstruck. Front row: Bill Scott, Robert Hatfield, Ruth Horstman, Maxine Eisenreich, Pat Smith, Tom Armstrong, Richard Jaeger, Dick Sherwood. “Traviche” Back row: Don Shearburn, Jim Koenig, Earl Bockstruck, Harold Wilken, Forrest Austin, Bob Diez, Don Killam. Front row: Allan Kirgan, Earl Bailey, Don Jansen, Henry Tackwell, Roy Cannon, Bill Suhre. Back row: June Clark, Doris Maynard, June Turner, Enid Kruse, Imogene Chappell, Jeanne Jourdain, Emily Harrell. Third roue Marilyn Sheppard, Louise Whitten, Shirley Hawk, Loraine Hanser, Mary Halloran, June Poole, Shirley Hendricks, Dorothy Collins, Marcella Shearburn. Second row: Alice Hubbs, Norma Robertson, Betty Searles, Helen Nash, Virginia Canady, Edna Fay, Lucille Potts, Mabel Brown, Alice Manns, Dardenella Ayres, Jean Loellke. Front row: Marjorie Roady, Kay Clifton, Doris Ufert, June Brock, Eileen Yeager, Bessie Herron, Mary Halbert, Eva Mae Streeper, Evelyn Reinhardt. LaVerne Gelzinnis President Jackie Brown Vice-President Dorothy Collins Secretary-Treasurer Back row: Ruth Long, Jerry Rowland, Winifred Jennings, Eileen Jennings, Patty Lee, Jane Lyons, Wanda Brown, Bea Grid, Hazel Rawson, Betty Lageman, Marjorie Gent, Virginia Maul, Jean Kennington. Fourth rote: Maxine Eisenreich, Juanita Haynes, Martha Reid, Marian O’Haver, Eileen Roberts, Norma Simpson, Jackie Olsby, Betty Sheff, Betty Kiehnel, Maxine Laux, Ruth Mans, Mary Hutchins, Virginia Ebbert. Third row: Mary Ann McCaskill, Vera Johnson, Betty Owen, Ann Vose, Dorothy Gilmore, Barbara Megowen, Loretta Jennings, Elaine Edwards, Dorothy Holland, Ruth Horman, Pat Vine, Jackie Brown, Mary Ann Eccles. Second row: Marilyn Ewing, Betty Meyers, Noel Turner, Betty Cresswell, LaVerne Gelzinnis, Lois Mitchell, Audrey Roos, Norma Whittleman, Dorothy Nicolct, Betty Fields, Pat Casey, Coleen Hatfield. Front row: Vera Tittle, Willamae Gray, Jane Chester, Martha Weiss, Betty Kasinger, Betty Cox, Doris Harter, Melba Lee, Dorothy Cairns. Girls’ Athletic Association Band Roger Cooper . Paul Smith . . . Wini Jennings First Semester OFFICERS President .... Vice-President . Secretary-Treasurer Roger Cooper Paul Smith . . Martha Weiss Second Semester President Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer ' to iaX Chorus Back row: Jackie Olshy, Mary Ellen Young, Janice Tillman, Martha Weiss, Miss Boomer, Nathan Sutton, Louis Oehler. Second row: Wilma Stites, Harriet Steinrauf, Della Huck, Eileen Huebner, Ellen Howard, Imogene Trout, Mary Wilson, Bill Sanders. Front row: Emily Harrell, Jane Chester, Ellen Thompson, Malvia Franklin, Mary Hiller, Doris Cunningham, Charlotte McCoy, Geraldine Baker, Darlene Cundall, Barbara Rawlins. Dramatic Club Back row: Gene McCoy, Earl Bailey, Ernest Chew, Jim Koenig, Richard Usinger, Paul Chamness, Ralph Parrish, Ed Young, Charles Otstot, Richard Russell, Gerald Meyers, Bill Sanders. Second rote: C is Wood, La Verne Gelzinnis, Juanita Haynes, Vera Tittle, Annie Middleton, Eileen Huebner, Imogene Trout, Irene Davis, Pat Vine, Marilyn Ewing. Front row: Pat Meyers, Elizabeth Smith, Janice Catt, Flora Witnmer, Martha Reid, Wini Jennings, Dorothy Cairns, Alice Horn, Georgia Bonnell, Sally Hibberd. First Semester Alice Horn Elizabeth Smith Wini Jennings OFFICERS Second Semester .... President Ernest Chew Vice-President Jim Koenig Secretary Sally Hibberd . . President Vice-President Secretary Thespians OFFICERS First Semester Second Semester Edmond Young President Cis Wood President Junie Frederick Secretary Charles Otstot Secretary Back row: Earl Bailey, Gene McCoy, Jim Koenig, Ed Young, Charles Otstot, Ernest Chew. Front row: Janice Catt, Cis Wood, Martha Reid, Wini Jennings, Alice Horn, Irene Davis, Georgia Bonnell, Elizabeth Smith, Imogene Trout, Floia Wimrner. Girls’ Council OFFICERS First Semester Second Semester Virginia Luft President Bev Howard President Elizabeth Smith Vice-President Annie Middleton Vice-President Cis Wood Secretary-Treasurer Eileen Huebner Secretary-Treasurer Back row: Marilyn Sheppard, Pat Meyers, Virginia Luft, Nancy Acker, LaVern Swaim, Bev Howard, Wini Jennings. Front row: Alice Horn, Cis Wood, Elizabeth Smith, Eileen Huebner, Annie Middleton, Georgia Bonnell, LaVerne Gelzinnis, Jane Linkogle. LIBRARY ASSISTANTS Martha Wilhelm, Joy Show Suzanne Edwards, Colene Hatfield, Eileen Jennings Ik i w i ■n ' k. - T, L CLUB ACTIVITIES Spanish Club Initiation Camera Club progressive dinner Honor Society Induction More Spanish Club Quill and Scroll Banquet at “Goings on”! Y. W. C. A. Mary Katherine makes a speech at Quill and Scroll Banquet The Times staff in action. MORE SNAPS Good, F.llen? Youngest Ducker Cheer Leader Charlie— Business Manager Know this young lady! That’s right! It’s Carole Kober And here’s John Marston Har- low! We’re all betting on Daddy teaching the Japs some history they won’t forget. Eh, John? We found this Student Patrol asleep on the stairs and snapped him! Remember Frank Harrison? Enjoying He’s in the the game Pacific now. Boys? L - 1 t J | : V H.t m Hi l Jib ' r • r . ■ DRAMATIC CLUB PLAYS Some fight Rough house, uh? Who is behind that curtain? Marilyn Ewing and Bill Sanders. Ernie finds that Flora Wimmer really is a “dead weight”! “Your a good shot, Oh, Alice!!!!! Charlie, she ' s dead! PLAYS AND MORE PLAYS Nancy and Juanita — “Latin Ladies” Hey, Alice — over here, please! Little Egypt” Cast of Assembly Play, ' When Shakespeare’s Ladies Meet” M-M-M-M-M-M Marilyn Ewing as Kathryn in When Shakespeare’s Ladies Meet” Flora Wimmer made some Cleo! Imogene Trout as Juliet Wini takes a ride in “Ever Since Eve” And . . . Here’s Our Photographer TRAVIS STREEPER Now in the United States Navy Best of Luck to You Travis! We Know You ' ll Come Back An Admiral 1 OUR ADVERTISERS OUR STUDENTS PAST AND PRESENT PAUSE TO HONOR OUR ADVERTISERS WITHOUT WHOM THIS BOOK WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE Swell ALTON HIGH TIMES Paper Volume 0 Alton High School, Alton, 111., Friday, — . — Number 0 SUBSCRIBE!!! R ound school Every other Friday the whole school is keyed to excitement as the Alton High Times hits the halls. The newspaper with all of the latest news, juicy gos- sip and so forth. Also, it has the news of all the sports at Alton High School. For the best of news, on or off the spot, read the most modern, the largest, and the best staffed news- paper at Alton Hi. We pride ourselves in bringing to the reading pub- lic (not A. H. S.) the best of all the latest quips, quarrels, and quaint bits. Our news is up to date (not fruity), factual, and interesting (we think). We hope that you have enjoyed our great four (sometimes five) page bi- monthly this year and we will try to continue our high standards in the fu- ture and if possible improve them. Thank you — ★ BUY BONDS TIMES STAFF IN ACTION From left to right: Ruthy Manns, William Sonntag, Bev Howard, Rinky Davis, Cis Wood, Don Jansen, Mary Kathryn Hinton, Annie Middleton, Robert ' Thaver! Eileen Huebner, LaVerne Gelzinnis, and Miss Florence Galley. SITUATION WANTED if you think that you have writing ability or if you think you would like to write and want to try your hand at writing for a big time newspaper go see Col. McCormick or one of his assistants. But, if you would be content to write for a school weekly come around and see Miss Galley. She will be glad to talk it over with you and maybe try you out on the ALTON HIGH TIMES. REDBIROS vs. CARDINALS In a great game the Alton High Red- birds — But wait, a play by play account by our ace reporter, Joe Jerk (U Know Who). “Both teams managed to get three runs across. Then in the last half of the last inning the last half of Alton ' s last team came to bat. With a man on third and two out I came to bat. The count was two and three and then I hit a ( font . on next pagef LOOKING IN THE FUTURE For over seventy years Alton has had a glass factory. Today, the Alton Plant of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company is the largest plant of its kind in the world. It produces more glass containers than any other plant in existence, and the great majority of these containers are used for food and drugs. Glass has always been the favored container for drugs and is fast becoming prominent in the food packaging field. As high school students, you are looking ahead to the future, wondering what it will hold. You will see new industries, new products, and out of confidence based on facts, we predict that one of these products of the future will be the glass con- tainer. Owens-Illinois makes the famous Duratjas container — the product of scientific manufacture for a combination of convenience, economy, strength, and dependability. This is why the ‘‘trend to glass” makes the future even brighter. We are proud of what Owens-Illinois represents in this community, proud too, of its working conditions, group insurance, retirement income, suggestion awards, health and safety programs. Owens-Illinois feels that it as a company of individuals and you as an individual have much in common. We, like you, are looking ahead. OWENS-ILLINOIS GLASS CO. ALTON, ILLINOIS Makers of Duraglas Containers 96 c u uxLrCUO containers become a reality through the untiring effort of Owens-Illinois researchers, tech- nicians and craftsmen. MUPHHi ' MM ' f _ Ji r . jrar T£ WS$z P fflf — n ;r.� - ' £)■ || ■Mi m - WINCHESTER Products, bearing either of these two famous names, have se rved America for many years. They have demonstrated time and again their high quality of workmanship, design, and material. Ammunition Traps and Targets Blasting Caps Railway Fusees and Torpedoes Hi-Way Signals Dynamite Blasting Powder Brass Mill Products WMCff£5T£R TRADE MARK Shotguns Rifles Ammunition Flashlights Batteries Brass Mill Products Today the huge facilities of WESTERN and WINCHESTER are pledged in an all-out effort for victory to hasten the day when these products will again be avail- able in unlimited quantities. WESTERN CARTRIDGE COMPANY EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS 98 SHURTLEFF COFLEGE is in a very definite way an ALTON institution. It has been in continuous operation in Alton for over 112 years. ALTON youth have attended Shurtleff and usually constitute a large percentage of her student body. ALTON citizens in large numbers have had their higher education at Shurtleff College. SHURTLEFF COLLEGE is today forward-looking and aggressive, offering as fine an opportunity in the fields of Liberal Arts and pre-Professional courses as can be offered by any other small independent college. 99 (ftoptjht (fertiftrat? . ' T tiS o f taf tll Pick is eligible to enjoy tlie privileges expressed fat tlje constitution of tlje opy Itlub. Hu wirtue of this membership aaiit tnentbee ntay implicate tl|e school (oorb of any claeantate ao beaireh. I. Know Itall, pres. Kaw P. Kat, SEC. $ Duword L. Worley ALICE PURCELL p L_cA erne S etim WILLA O. HARMON £«on vul ,00ns iff a tie 0 aliia 100 DIME BANKS OR MINTS IT MAKES NO DIFF NOISELESS NITROGLYCERINE Pat Js ober SAFE GRAHAM CRACKERS xancLico TEMPORARY HIDEOUT T.N.T. ALLEY. CHICAGO FRESH YEGGS 4 SAIL 1 $uzatmt ftbtomrrb CLASS Mary ElizaLetk O’Neill H ( Viiginui C Welgi Adores I. Simons el All lovely things in truth belong To him who best employs them. — Christopher Morley •JAMES GORDON I I Ernest d. chesv arjerte C§ ?nt AH5 1V44 ioi JHary lizabctl] Jolptson SERVED PICKLED OR SOBERED YOU FURNISH THE CANINES 3 Itm dmrium (JSlarg Patljrgn Hirtlon _ HOT DOG DISPOSER LETTUCE GET TOGETHER ABOUT 6 BITES OFF SOMETIME MUSTARDVILLE RD. TV ★ ★ ixie Ju e °(5ann iJllice 31. QoVi ' ik 3mtc AH5 1944 9R aicja ' iel (3. JliuuIac 102 iXazel Xawson Smogene X. £XocLslulil A HS 1944 M Ln X. n Arlene c o, r AH5 1944 Jjarolft JC. JFitlberBmt arie (iMaguire Gerald M eyers TT i E. Bi on, 111 June J. -Phillips 103 ■ liihnmtfr Ijmmct J lek is docfixan U3 stts UBisalz ★ ★ ★ Robbie JansI} Y 104 GuSimartA nr BLOO IN YOU; OVE1 £arl ' IWkairwrk -IED H tlNS ION Qonna $a,tn( fon a ' I Virginia jR. ifinrhm An Alton Institution Si i ocjene JCatF Virginia Luft Siieen Qjaege’i 220 COURT STREET Day or Night DIAL 3-8641 105 ★ ★ ★ Compliments of Bet if, R.odd Bread and Ice Cream Alton Baking Ice Cream Company ★ ★ ★ Alton Tire Sales F. J. STOBBS’ SONS 435-37 E. Broadway Phone 3-8868 General Tires The Famous Hawkinson Recaps “ALTON ' S LEADING TIRE STORE 106 COATS LAUNDERERS DRY CLEANERS FUR STORAGE RUG CLEANERS Phone 3-8877 909 East Broadway Alton, Illinois ★ ★ Acme Bowling Alleys 32 Regulation Alleys Phone 3-9619 329-A East Broadway SUITS DRESSES F O R M A L S WE SPECIALIZE IN BRIDAL OUTFITS Always Something New to Offer Auerbach’s Edwardsville, 111. We Give Eagle Stamps ★ Bill Burt Laundry CLEANERS and LAUNDERERS 2517 College Avenue Call 3-8941 107 30 O ICE CREAM ★ ALTON’S NEWEST AND FINEST SHOE STORE SHOES 123 W. Third Phone 3-7822 ★ ★ ★ DEDICATED TO ALL The Past and Present Members of ALTON CHAPTER ORDER OF DEMOLAY Who are now serving in the armed forces of these United States of America May their courage and sacrifice help to bring us victory in 1944 and peace for all mankind that will fulfill “God’s Divine Plan.” The good you do is not lost though you forget it. — Old Proverb. ★ ★ Emil H. Dick Everything in Drugs Broadway and Washington Phone 3-9231 Compliments of First National Bank and Trust Co. Third and Belle Streets Capital and Surplus $1,000,000.00 Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ★ ★ ★ Fischer Lumber Company ALTON HIGH SCHOOL for Better Education FISCHER LUMBER CO. for Better Building Materials Grand 8c Princess Theaters 400 St. Louis Avenue East Alton ★ ★ ★ OVER 92 YEARS AS ALTON’S LEADING JEWELERS GOULDING ' S NAME ON YOUR GIFT IS YOUR ASSURANCE OF TRUSTWORTHY MERCHANDISE OF KNOWN AND GUARANTEED QUALITY SELECTED BY EXPERTS REGISTERED JEWELER -- AMERICAN GEM SOCIETY O U L D I N G ’ 206 W. Third St. 109 105 YEARS OF STYLE LEADERSHIP IN ALTON SPECIALIZING IN Clothes for High School and College Men HARTMANN’S Home of Hart S chaff tier Marx Clothes ★ “Alton’s Most Beautiful Jewelry Store” J ’ nelson s JEWELER— WATCHMAKER Nationally Advertised Merchandise Alton High School Jewelry 312 Belle St. Dial 2-2722 ★ ★ We Grind Our Own Lenses SAVES YOU BOTH TIME AND MONEY 623 E. Broadway Across from the Wedge Bank Specialists in Eyecare ★ Jim’s Service Station Washington at College no Speed Gail P. USE Lewis Clark Bridges Alton, Illinois THE SAFEST AND SHORTEST ROUTE ★ ★ B. Kerr Gordon C. Kerr Compliments of Kerr’s Drug Store Kerr Verta L. Lammers ★ TRAIN FOR VICTORY Business, Industrial, Civil Service, Army and Navy offices need trained young men and women. PREPARE TO DO YOUR PART Shorthand — Typing — Bookkeeping Ediphone — Monroe Calculator Comptometer SPECIAL COURSES for Day, Half Day, Shift and Evening Classes Also Shift and Evening Classes Enroll Now--Your Country Needs YOU Lake View College Broadway at Market Dial 2-1241 ★ ★ ★ Compliments of Laclede Steel Company in “Quality Has No Substitute” Luer Bros. Packing Company ★ ★ ★ ★ Students! The world of tomorrow belongs to the educated man. Stay in High School and get your High School Diploma. COMPLIMENTS OF A FRIEND ★ ★ Member Compliments of Medical-Dental Credit Bureau FOURTH FLOOR COMMERCIAL BLDG., ALTON, ILL. 112 Alton Mineral Springs Hotel OFFERS ITS CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GRADUATES OF THE CLASS OF 1944 H. J. Jungk, Manager Compliments of Telephone 3-7751 ★ ★ ★ Red Rock COLA and ALL POPULAR FLAVORS IN SODA WATER Parkway Drive-In FOOD and FOUNTAIN SERVICE Pelot Bottling Co. Phone 2-2631 413 Ridge St. Wood River Ave. and Edwardsville Road Wood River, Illinois 113 PETERS’ CANDIES BAKERY and FOUNTAIN SERVICE Phone 3-3641 204 W. Third St. Reilley Bros. CHEVROLET Sales and Service Phone 3-7787 912 E. Broadway ★ ★ ★ Alton Surgical Appliance Co. Broadway and Market (Over Sander ' s Drug Store) Trusses Children and Adults Abdominal Belts, Elastic Hosiery, Etc. V. H. Wardein E. A. Leding Reininger Dyeing Cleaning Company Fourth and Ridge Sts. Dial 2-2182 Alton, 111. 114 FOR . . Springman Lumber Co “GOOD FOOD” LET THE Tri-City Grocery Company . . . SERVE YOU ★ Uptown Bakery Best Homemade Breads, Cakes and Rolls Lumber - Millwork Glass - Paints Varnishes - Roofing Builders Hardware Celotex Insulating Material Broadway and Cherry Sts. Alton, Illinois ★ SHOP and SAVE SEARS Your Big Department Store EVERYTHING for the FAMILY, HOME, CAR EVERY-DAY-LOW-PRICES SEARS, ROEBUCK and CO 309 Piasa Alton, III in 1 The Examination Counts Dr. F. W. Weatherby OPTOMETRIST Office located in Goulding’s Jewelry Store 206 W. 3rd St. Phone 2-2923 Wells Tire Co., Inc. V ULCANIZING EXIDE BATTERIES ROAD SERVICE Phone 3-3131 833 E. Broadway Alton, 111. ALTON’S FAMILY THEATRES Uptown and Gem Home of All Big Pictures Phone 3-7032 116 Congratulations to the class of 1944 . . . Now that you have gone we expect to beat Alton in football once in awhile — Western Military Academy ★ ★ ★ Get It At . . . . y uuixi!l 104 West Third Street Alton, 111. ★ ★ ★ Williamson Pharmacy Prescription Specialists 117 CALL Dial 3-3581 Dial 3-3582 Leo Willis, Proprietor Phone 2-4111 555 E. Broadway ★ ★ ★ ALTON FRUIT AND PRODUCE COMPANY 100 Alby Street Alton, Illinois ★ ★ ★ ALTON CREAMERY Alton, Illinois Alton Brand Butter ALTON REFRIGERATION CO. F R I G I D A I R E Sales and Service HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES NEW and USED 550 E. Broadway Phone 3-7722 ★ ★ ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH The Home Newspaper Local News Associated Press Best for Sports News ★ BOYD’S SANDWICH SHOP (Formerly Lens) 2427 College Avenue -- Reaches 21000 Homes Daily -- ★ ★ ★ An Ideal Gift for the Graduate A BULOVA, ELGIN — HAMILTON or WESTFIELD WATCH or A FINE DIAMOND RING BRANDENBERGER’S 215 Piasa St. ★ ★ ★ FOR NEW CARS and a good deal see JOHN T. BROWN, Inc. 1610 E. Broadway Alton, 111. 118 BUCK’S Paint Floor Covering Store Geo. F. Hoering, M r. 655 E. Broadway Phone 3-3031 ★ ★ ★ CARTER BROS. MOTOR CO., Inc. Mercury - Ford Lincoln Zephyr Phone 3-5531 1400 East Broadway Alton, 111. ★ CITY FUEL SUPPLY CO. High Grade Coal and Coke Fuel Oil Sand - Cement - Stone Ready Mixed Concrete Alton Illinois ★ ★ ★ E. G. CAMPBELL TENT and AWNING CO. Telephone 3-3313 100 Central Avenue Alton, 111. ★ ★ ★ N. N. CHALLACOMBE COMPANY Plumbing and Heating Office Phone 2-3131 558 East Broadway Alton, Illinois COMPLIMENTS OF A FRIEND ★ ★ ★ COLLEGE NEWS STAND DAVIS MUSIC COMPANY 119 Office 2-3132 — Phones — Res. 2-2261 DEE FLORAL CO. “Say It With Flowers” Member Florists Telegraph Association 2524 College Ave. Alton, 111. DE LUXE RESTAURANT Just Good Food John A. Greer, Manager 2519 College Avenue ELSNER’S STORE DRY GOODS SHOES 1656 Washington Ave. Phone 3-6131 ALL THE NEW STYLES SLACKS, SPORTS SHIRTS By Wilson Bros. ERNST CLOTHES SHOP 118 West 3rd St. Telephone 3-7141 THOMAS J. FLEMING COMPANY Plumbing and Heating Contractors 214 E. Broadway Alton, 111. UNION BUS DEPOT Travel Service All Bus Lines Air Lines FOSTER’S DRUG STORE 230 East Broadway Phone 3-9241 “ALTON ' S FINEST CREDIT DEPARTMENT STORE COOL IN SUMMER WARM IN WINTER GfiJELYS The Home of Cheerful Credit GENERAL INSULATING Dial 2-L110 Godfrey, 111. 120 LUMBER — MILLWORK — GLASS ROOFING — INSULATION — PAINT SEWER TILE GINTER-WARDEIN CO. Phone 3-3588 Front and Langdon Alton, 111. GREEN’S PERSONALITY APPAREL for WOMEN and CHILDREN 112 W. Third St. ★ ★ ★ WAR BONDS and INSURANCE are a hard combination to beat CALL GROSSHEIM INSURANCE AGENCY 206 East Broadway Phone 2-1414 ★ ★ Compliments of HILDEBRAND’S “FASHIONS IN FLOWERS” 224 E. Broadwav Dorothy Huskinson Hildebrand Gordon Miles Hildebrand ★ ★ ★ SEE HESKETT MACHINE and ENGINE COMPANY For General Machine Work Automobile and Mill Supplies Phone 2-1212 ★ WORTH HOLLYWOOD SHOPPE SMART APPAREL for THRIFTY GIRLS Featuring Complete Junior Line at Popular Prices ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Compliments of THE HOPPER-HOLMES BUREAU, INC. DON A. KELLY FOOD MARKET We have it; we’ll get it or it isn’t in town. 2511 College Avenue Phone 3-3411 121 S. S. KRESGE COMPANY 5c and 10c Store K L I N K E ICE FUEL COMPANY 6th and Oak Streets Phone 3-8841 ★ ★ ★ LUCKY CLUB BOTTLING CO. Chris Doucleff, Manager 609 E. 9th St. Phone 2-2922 ALTON ' S FAVORITE DRINK Be Happy-Go-Lucky ★ Compliments of C. A. Parrish, Manager METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. 200 W. 3rd St. Alton, Illinois ★ ★ ★ BEST WISHES FOR A BRIGHT AND SUCCESSFUL CAREER TO OUR LEADERS OF TOMORROW MORROW-QUINN FUNERAL HOME Henry and Sixth Alton, Illinois COMPLETE LUNCH AND SODA FOUNTAIN SERVICE Air Conditioned for Your Comfort Ladies Free Public Lounge Krcsge Building Third and Piasa ★ ★ ★ N . E . MARY 22 Years in Alton Upholstering Slip Covers Draperies Custom Built Furniture Ninth and Albv Phone 2-1567 ★ MODERN WELDED PRODUCTS COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF TANKS, STACKS, STEEL DOORS, GRATINGS, RACKS, ETC. General Electric and Acetylene Welding Portable Equipment AUTOMOBILE RADIATOR SERVICE Phone 3-6232 306 West Broadway Alton, Illinois ★ ★ ★ BUY MORE WAR LOAN BONDS MUNICIPAL BOND CORP. 122 LET US REPAIR YOUR SHOES J. W. REEDER SON 1635 Washington Avenue sugar and spice ’n everything nice “the newest first” myrtle k. paul millinery — accessories 104 east broadway dial 3-5721 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ RUDY’S GIFT SHOP DIAMONDS Broadway at Henry Alton, Illinois COMPLIMENTS OF A FRIEND ★ ★ ★ STOLZE LUMBER CO. Complete Building Service Haller and Acton Wood River, Illinois Phone 4-4368 ★ ★ ★ “FASHIONS THAT LIVE, IN FABRICS THAT LAST ★ ★ ★ HOTEL STRATFORD ALTON’S FINEST The Home of Freshly Roasted Coffee Roasted Each Day STOP SHOP MARKET 123 SUPERIOR RUG CLEANING COMPANY DOMESTIC— ORIENTAL Cleaning - Sizing - Binding Repairing - Reweaving Dial 3-8141 1654 Washington Ave. Alton ★ ★ ★ Threde’s Fresh Gasoline Direct from Refinery in Tank Cars “Best by a Dam Site” THREDE AUTO CO. Phone 3-3012 Front and Alby Sts. Alton, 111. ★ TRU-VALUE SHOP 127 W. Third St. Alton, Illinois ★ ★ ★ WALNUT GROVE DAIRY Peerless Ice Cream Phone 3-7764 Dairy and Office: 809-11 E. Broadway Alton, Illinois SWAIN SERVICE STATION Phone 2-3612 F. C. Swain, Proprietor 24 Hour Wrecker Service 2600 Amelia St. Alton, 111. ★ ★ ★ TODD’S CLEANING TAILORING REPAIRING Phone 2-1312 1718 Washington Avenue UUODLOWS ■ 1 HO COUtOI AV I N UI ) SHUt HOHt “Peters”--Better Shoes Make Better Students ★ ★ ★ Compliments of J. H. WALTERS 610 East Broadway 124 J. W. WICKENHAUSER ALTON WATER CO. PURE, FILTERED and SOFTENED CITY WATER ★ ★ ★ ☆ FRIENDSHIP! ☆ FUN! ☆ FITNESS! ARE YOURS THROUGH Regular Use of a Y. M. C. A. Membership Come in Today! Plumbing and Heating Supplies Sheet Metal and Electrical Supplies Phone 3-7701 643 E. Broadway Alton, 111 ★ ★ ★ Compliments of Y. W. C. A. Telephone 3-7774 ★ ★ ★ “When Quality Counts We Get The Work ” Phone - - - 3 - 3 457 Melling Gaskins Printing Company 112 WEST BROADWAY ALTON, ILLINOIS 125 tiyxCT FT p OlH sc ( STA B 1 LITY ) Coxa L 1 T Y ) ( SPECIALIZATION ) C ' o A (resi 1 L T S ) INDECO GUIDES TO BETTER ANNUALS Since the turn of the century the Indianapolis Engraving Company, Inc., has maintained the highest standards of quality and intelligent cooperation, thus accounting for the continuous use of our service by many high schools, colleges and universities. Indeco quality is the finest that modern equipment and skilled craftsmen can produce. Every engraving is unconditionally guaranteed to be a perfect print- ing plate and to give a faithful reproduction of your engraving copy. Our service includes help in planning and designing, suggestions on how to get the best pictorial effects, assistance in preparation of engraving copy, and solving the many problems arising in making your book both an editorial and financial success. The latest ideas in yearbook construction are offered to make the annual best meet the requirements of your particular school. Our Service Manual is a complete guide for the staff in their work. Indeco planned yearbooks have long been recognized as being among the out- standing annuals of the country. You will be agreeably surprised, too, at the purchasing power of your budget. Write us asking for a complete explana- tion of the Indeco plan. niDinnnpoLis bihrauiiig compnnv inc DESIGNERS AND ENGRAVERS OF YEARBOOKS AND SCHOOL PUBLICITY INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA Alphabetic List of Advertisers Page. Acme Bowling Alleys 107 Alton Baking and Ice Cream Co 106 Alton Banking and Trust Co 100 Alton Box Board Co 100 Alton Brick Co 101 Alton Creamery 118 Alton Floral Co 118 Alton Fruit and Produce Co 118 Alton Laundry Co 107 Alton Refrigeration Co 118 Alton Surgical Appliance Co 114 Alton Telegraph 118 Alton Tire Sales 106 Alton Water Co 125 Auerbach’s 107 Block’s 108 Boyd’s Sandwich Shop 118 Brandenberger’s 118 Rrown, John T., Inc 118 Buck’s Paint Store 119 Burt’s Laundry 107 Buster Bottling Works 101 Campbell, E. G., Tent and Awning Co. 119 Carl ' s Shoe Store 108 Carter Bros. Motor Co 119 Challacombc Plumbing and Heating Co. 119 Citizens Coach Co 102 City Fuel and Supply Co 119 College News Stand 119 Davis Music Co 119 Dee Floral Co 120 DeLuxe Restaurant 120 DeMolay 108 Dick Drug Store 108 Eisner’s 120 Ernst Clothes Shop 120 First National Bank and Trust Co 109 Fischer Lumber Co 109 Foster’s Drug Store 120 Gately’s 120 General Insulating Service 120 Ginter-Wardein Co 121 Goulding’s 109 Grand and Princess Theaters 109 Green’s 121 Grosheim Insurance Agency 121 Hartmann’s 110 Heskett Machine and Engine Co. . . 121 Hildebrand’s 121 Hollywood Shop 121 Hooper-Holmes Bureau, Inc 121 Hudson’s 110 Indianapolis Engraving Co 126 International Shoe Co 102 Jim’s Service Station 110 Kelly’s Grocery 121 Kendrick and Lindblad 110 Kerr’s Drug Store Ill Klinke Ice and Fuel Co. 122 Kresge, S. S., Co . . . 122 Laclede Steel Co Lake View College of Commerce . . Lewis and Clark Bridges Lucky Club Bottling Co Luer Bros., Paking and Ice Co Mary, N. E Medical-Dental Credit Bureau Mclling and Gaskins Printing Co. . Metropolitan Insurance Co Mineral Springs Hotel Modern Welded Products Co Monticello College Morrow-Quinn Funeral Home . Municipal Bond Corp Newberry, J. J Noll Baking and Ice Cream Co. . . . Owens-Illinois Glass Co Parkway Drive-In Paul, Myrtle K Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co Pelot Bottling Co Peters’ Nut Shop Red and White Stores Reeder Shoe Repair Rcilley Bros Reininger Dyeing and Cleaning Co. Richard’s Rudy’s Gift Shop Sears, Roebuck and Co Sessel’s Shell Oil Co., Inc Stanard-Tilton Milling Co Shurtleff College Staten Funeral Home. Springman Lumber Co Stolze Lumber Co Stop and Shop Market Stratford Hotel Streeper Funeral Homes Superior Rug Cleaning Co Swain Service Station Thredc Auto Co Todd Cleaning Tri-City Grocery Tru- Value Dress Shop Uptown Bakery Uptown Theater Vogue Wad low’s Walnut Grove Dairy Walters, J.H Weatherbv, Dr. E. W Western Cartridge Co Wickenhauser, J. W Wells Tire Co Western Military Academy Williamson Pharmacy Young’s Y.M.C.A YAV.C.A ri . f- . Page 111 111 111 .122 112 . .122 .112 125 .122 113 .. .122 .. .103 .122 .122 117 113 . 96 113 123 103 113 .. .114 112 123 114 114 .123 123 115 . . . 104 104 105 99 105 115 123 .123 123 . . .106 124 . .124 124 124 115 124 .115 116 116 .124 .124 . . .124 . 116 . 98 .125 .116 117 . .117 . . 117 125 125 127 A Word from the Editors . . . Perhaps this volume should not go to press without a word of appreciation to some of the people who have made it possible. To Travis Streeper who served as our photographer and to Bill Sonntag and Bill Dick who made our informal photo- graphs around school, goes much of the credit for the success of this book. The two-color division pages were printed from linoleum blocks cut by Erwin Hebner. The cartoons on the cover design and the end sheets were designed by Eleanor Middleton. To the editorial staff consisting of Dorothy Stockdale, Emma Buttle, Winifred Jennings and Betty Wilkey go appreciation for the actual writing of the book. No Annual is possible without financial backing and so perhaps our greatest thanks go to our business manager Charles Otstot, who persuaded the business men to advertise with us. Jim Koenig was an excellent circulation manager. And last, but not least, we want to express our appreciation to our faculty advisor, Miss Williamson, without whose help, our book would not have been possible.