Benton Township High School - Scarab Yearbook (Benton, IL)

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WHO’S WHO In America Vol. IX 1949 - 1950 Edited by Cecil White and Tedrow Ragsdale Chicago: White, Ragsdale Company 26

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF CLASS OF 1923 Continued To Miss McShea, a date. To Ernest Miller, position as flunky for orchestia. To Mr. Henson, a couch. To Elpha Doty, a serious thought. To Rea Jones, Golda Gore’s brilliance in Latin. To Edith Floro. an indulgent mamma. To Miss Annin, Mr. Trank’s quiet 3rd hour assembly. To Thelma Fuller, a permanent car. To Nellie Alexander, an electric hair curler. To Izzy Eskew, a credit in French. To Miss Sense, a sack of popcorn. To Joe Nolen, some of Izzy’s “Grape juice.” To Alice Gardner, a big party. To Charles Hochman, freedom from “David.” To Marg Waller, A Freshman Fellow. To Johnny Schultz, a bottle of Stacomb. To Miss Longbons, more temperament and less temper. To Fred Werner, a pair of stilts. To Mary Dollins, somebody to talk to. To Earl Doty, a rattlin’ good Ford. To Miss Seymour, the position of class advisor to Freshmen. To Thomas Quillman, a ruffle for his pants. To John Russell, a package of cigarettes. To Miss Stonecipher, a brighter French class. To Margaret Fitzgerrell, a loud-speaker on her violin. To Margaret Fisher, her Cecil. To George Gore, a perpetual grin. To John Gilmore, a steady girl. To Miss Annin, ideals of this Senior Class. To Charlotte Davis, principal part in next year’s operetta. To Miss Ernest, a lover. To Frances Hickman, a true conception of her importance. To Smitty, a studious assembly. To Natho, a powder puff. To Tabor, interest in the fair sex. To Dorothy Moore, a real giggle. To Miss Cremeans, a book on etiquette. To Wells, a muddy automobile. To Ed, some more authority. To Sarah Jessup, five ninth periods a week. Lastly we do appoint Jerome Rea of Benton tor of this will. III., to be the execu- SENIORS OF ’23 25

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EXCERPTS FROM WHO’S WHO IN AMERICA Edited By CECIL WHITE TED RAGSDALE ARMSTRONG. FLORENCE, musician; b. 1005. Vienna, Austria. Educated at Bessie Conservatoire. Leader in new musical school whose chief characteristic is abolishment of Cresendo. Composer of The Vacant Henhouse”, To a Goldfish”, and others. Address: Montpelier, Vermont. ARMSTRONG FRANCES. (Mrs. Verco Brinley) Art critic, writer. b. In Virginia, 1906. Society Editor, Evening News, Benton. Illinois. Contributor of poems, stories, and critiques to art and literary magazines since 1929. Author: Sculpture of Le-land Fletcher. Home: Lewis-burg, West Virginia. BENTLEY, MARGARET, operatic soprano, b. Winchester, Virginia, 1905. Went to Paris, studied voice under Ashbaugh. Debut in title role of Louise at Opera Comique, Paris. Since has appeared each season with Chicago Grand Opera Company. Gained recognition for impersonation of such characters as Marguerite and Melisande. Address Chicago Opera Association. Chicago, Illinois. BIGGS, WALTER. College professor. b. Louisville, Kentucky, 1904. A. B. Indiana University. A. M., Ph. D., LLD., University of Frankfort Heights. Married Edna Darnell, Niagara Falls. President of Notre Dame. Address: 28 Nassau St., New York, N. Y. BOCZKIEWICZ, T H O M A S . Clergyman, b. Cairo, Illinois, 1905. ; A. B. Thompsonville Seminary (D.D. 1927) ; Married Oma Ruffing of Emporia, Kansas. Right Reverend Pastor of Christian Church of Benton, Illinois. Address 403 S. Main Street. BROWNING, EMMETT. Telephone official, b. Black Fiber Falls, Wisconsin. Married Gertrude Cremeans of Chicago, Illinois. General Manager of Illinois Bell Telephone Company, president 1942. Clubs, Chicago Yacht, Industrial; Home: 212 W. Washington St.. Chicago, Illinois. BROWNING. JOHN. Lawyer, banker, b. Wells River. Vermont. A. B. Harvard, LL. B. Northwestern U. Law School; Cowboy and teamster until 1943, entered law firm of Browning and Eubanks 1947; Democratic candidate for Mayor of Chicago. Home: Amherst, Wisconsin. Established reputation over Three-wit-Stalcup divorce case. BURKHART, ELLEN, pianist, composer, b. Denver, Colorado, 1905. Moved to Los Angeles 1907; studied piano with Leopold Godowsky, Berlin, Germany. Gave concert of her compositions at New York, Feb. 31, 1927. Composer of piano, string, and orchestra pieces. Home: 2850 Leeward Ave., Los Angeles, California. BURKS, RUTH. Household economist. b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1906. Graduate of Drexel Institute Philadelphia. Editor of Home Department of Ladies Home Journal. Author: Laundering, How to make Chicken Pie out of Pork Chops. Address: Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. CLEM, GRACE. Playwright, b. St. Louis, Mo. A. B. Vassal . 1904. Course in stage craft, Little Theater, Art Institute of Chicago. Has specialized since 1906 in story telling and dramatizing them. Author: Moon- babies. Address: 205 Black- stone Ave., Chicago, 111. DILLON, NELLIE. Portrait painter, b. Baltimore, 1904. Pursued art studies at Royal Academy. Vienna. Has paint-