Atlanta High School - Atalanta Yearbook (Atlanta, IL)

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SELECTED CLIPPINGS OF 19t 0 Ward Taylor was just recently appointed coach of the Lincoln State School and Colons’- basketball team, He is a graduate of Atlanta High School where he starred in both basketball and baseball. --Argus Friends of Geneva McLean have received word that she recently opened a small lodge at Sun Valley, Idaho. She takes care of the lodge all by herself. This includes scooping snow. --Pantagraph Household Hints by Marian Rogers: If you have a ten- dency to fall down. Kiss Rogers suggests that you keep a pair of snow shoes handy to slip on when working around the home. --Ladies Home Journal Rosellen Hoerr was recently chosen Ration's Humber One Dude Rancher, noted particularly for her hot tunes on the cornet. She just turned down an offer from Don Turner's all girl orchestra. --Prairie Farmer An industrious reporter finally succeeded in getting an interview from the famous man-hater, Betty Minick. Miss Min-ick declares it will be a cold day in July when she Is seen with a man. Rumor has it though that she is secretly dreaming of a whi te Fourth of July. --Walter Winchell Miss Florence Hardin as interviewed by A. Hosefor Hews: I suppose it is a bit unusual for a woman to run a refueling station for helicoptors, but I like it. I used to hang around gas stations v hen I was a kid and it sort of got into my blood. --Look Magazine Don Turner's orchestra is currently featured In the Corn Room of the Kruger Elevator in Downtown Kruger. The sweotest music this side of Lincoln. --Argus Marguerite and Harlan Warrick have just taken charge of the Atlanta Pool Hall. Harlan takes care of the tables and Mag has a small lunch counter in tho front. No liquor is served and school children are cordially invited to come. --Argus Miss Ruth Cochran recently received a pet kangaroo from Australia. She has been receiving gifts from foreign countries ever since her high school days, —Lincoln Courier John Applegate has recently organized The Late Risers' Club here in New York. To become a member you must be at least one hour late to work each day. On the side, however, Mr. Applegate operates a very successful alarm clock factory. --New York Time

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Weynuth Mason’s good grades to Bob Short. John Applegate’s gift of gab to Bus Adkins. Doris Horn’s jitterbugging ability to Marian Thompson, Ralph Bristow’s skillful car manipulation to Charles V att. Marguerite Speciale’s and Barbara Mitchell’s unfailing attendance record to Merlin Wilmert. Bob Kindred’s athletic ability to Bob Thompson. Geneva McLean’s handy loaning paraphernalia to Mary Ellon Kindred. Witnessed, signed, and sealed by the Class of »43.

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Woman Of The Week: Miss Bettie Menzel was awarded a medal of merit today for her total of 185,321,956,786,534 letters to soldiers. The recommendation has been made that Bettie be allowed to send her letters to soldiers free as a reward for her morale building offorts. --Peek Doris Horn was recently appointed private secretary to the governor of tho new colony in Anarctica. She says she is looking for a transfer to the llorth Pole where life would prove more interesting because of the new polar flight post that has been established the re. --Washington Post Miss Weymuth Mason is spending the winter in Florida completing her sun tan of the summer. •—Argus Mary Purcell, star of the girls’ Caterpillar basketball team, scored 35 points against the Hiram Walker team last Friday. —Peoria Journal Ralph Bristow was honored at the annual Taxicab Drivers’ Ball. He has driven longer than any man in that organization. —Chicago Tribune Barbara Mitchell was presented with a gold star for being at work on time every day for two years. —Caterpillar News Miss Betty Bateman (in private life, Mrs. V. M. Me), editor of the ever-popular column Advice to the Lovelorn, has been forced to discontinue her writing. The column will be taken over by Betty Bateman, Junior, while her mother devotes her time to her family of nine children and to her prizo collection of dogs. —Los Angeles Times Miss Bobbie Dreher, Federal Agent, has recently uncovered clues concerning the whereabouts of Shirley Bishop, who mysteriously disappeared five years ago, after many disappointments in love. Read about this baffling mystery next week. —True Detective Don’t be surprised to see Robert Galileo Kindred’s name in the headlines any day now. He is a very promising young scientist, and has recently announced he will soon reveal a startling discovery. --Popular Science Admiral Kenneth Cook has just perfected a new type of torpedo. He has been working on this for many years, in fact baking bread back in his home town of Atlanta, Illinois, started Kenny out on his remarkable experiments. --Readers Digest Ed Kindred has gained wide renown as the Model Absent Minded Professor. Yesterday he was to speak on a coast to coast broadcast but failed to appear. --Chicago Herald American