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

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EXCERPTS FROM (Continued- lice force of Chicago until 1936. Since that time has been engaged in evangelistic services, meeting with remarkable success in principal cities of U. S. Address: 574 Elm St., Portland, Oregon. KNAPP, GEORGE. Engineer, b. Asheville, N. C., 1905. Assistant engineer to Western Union Telegraph Company. Technical advisor for J. P. Morgan Company Ammunition purchases. Address: 5830 Chinatown, N. Y. LARSEN, MARIE. Librarian, b. Argenta. 111., 1904. B. L. S. at U. of Illinois. Library Organizer for Illinois Free Library Commission, Librarian for Benton Public Library. Home: Benton, Illinois. LOVE, MARGARET, Teacher b. at Providence, R. I., 1904. A. M. at Brown U. Principal of girls’ department, Providence High Schools. Went to Europe to study conditions of schools. Address: 119 Prospect St., Providence, R. I. LUDLOW, DONNA. Missionary, b. Spring Prairie, Wis., 1905. Student at Simpson College, Ind-ianola, la. General Secretary for the Christian Endeavor establishment in India. Author of: India and Christianity. Address: Lucknow, India. M’CLINTOCK, LEE. Composer, b. Cambridge, Mass., 1904. Studied music in Berlin. Spent 2 years in Poland with Paderewski. Composer of many orchestral suites. Noted for Deciment for wind instruments. Address: East Walpole, Mass. MALONE, EZRA. Explorer, b. N. Y. City, 1905. Owner of Yacht Enolam which he tendered to government for official explorations. Made commander of yacht. Made several whaling and Arctic expeditions. Wrecked in Bering Sea. Camped 13 days on farm from which they were rescued by Rear-Admiral Hart and crew. Office: 6 N. Michigan Ave.,Chicago, 111. MOORE, GEOFFREY. Humorist, b. Richmond, Va.,1903. Educated at public schools. Began touring the U. S. in humorous impersonations. President ot International lyceum course. Home: 1143 19th St., Philadelphia. Pa MORGAN, LOLETA. Interior decorator, b. Marion. 111., 1904. Studied at Peoria Polytechnic School. Now president of Morgan Decorating Co., with headquarters at Chicago. Office: 162 Pine St. Chicago, Illinois. MOSS, LAURA FAE. Landscape gardener, b. Decatur, 111., 1905. Studied under L. Sawyer of New York. Designed gardens for Senator Roberts’ country home at River Falls, New York. Author: The Landscape Gardener and the Home. Address: 999 Oregon St., St. Louis, Mo. MORGAN, RUBY ELIZABETH. Photographer, b. New York, 1906. Apprentice to O. H. Machiels from 1925-1927. Inventor of Rm2 (X40H) solution. Studio: 406 Harland St., San Diego, California. NOLEN, CHARLES. Veterinarian. b. Cincinnati, 1903; specialized in scientific agriculture and veterinary medicine. Married Lola Feme Parkhill of St. Louis, Mo. Attention devoted to experimental medicine. Home: Bethesda, Md. RAINEY, TERRY. Merchant, b. Boston, Mass., 1904. President of firm of E. T. Rainey Co. Mayor of Benton, 1947-51. V.- P. Benton State Bank. Address: 165 W. Main St., Benton, 111. RICHARDS, BENJAMIN. Textile expert, b. Raleigh, N. C., 1904. M. E. Illinois University. Commercial agent for Dept. Com. and Labor investigating markets abroad for American cotton mills products and the methods of foreign competitors. Home: Broad and Arch Sts., Philadelphia, Pa ROBERTS, ARTHUR. Chemist', b. Danville, la., 1903. B. S. 29

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EXCERPTS FROM (Continued) ed portraits of Mme. Ashbaughe of Paris, Mrs. Edna Darnell Biggs. Studio: 1353 Mountgreen Ave., Baltimore, Md. EWING, LILLIAN. Journalist, b. Madison, Wisconsin, 1904. Married Vallie Whittington, Editor. St. Paul (Minn.) Times. On staff of Thompsonville Daily Gazette. Author: Cigarettes, the Stain on a Nation. Home: Cambridge, Mass. FLETCHER, LELAND. Sculptor, b. Victory, N. Y., 1904. Studied Ecole des Beau Arts gold medal Philadelphia Exposition. Married Gertrude Cremeans of Troy, N. Y. Author: The Future of American Sculpture. Studio: 2001 H. Street, Washington, D. C. GAMMON, CHESTER. Geologist. b. Salem, Michigan, 1903. A. B. Kalamazoo College. Married Freda Hungate of St. Louis, Mo. Field assistant to the Vin-igar Hill earthquake, member of Geological Society of London. Author: Geology of Coal Belt of S. Illinois. Address: Columbia, S. C. HALL, WILLARD S. Physician, b. Lithuania, Russia, 1902. M. D. College of Physicians and Surgeons. Married Florence Kell of Aberdeen, Mississippi; died 1932, 2nd wife, Marie Mo-nen of Watkins, N. Y. Lectured throughout U. S. Author: The food-value of potato peelings. Office 126 Broadway, Willinette, 111. HARRIS, KENT. Chemist, b. Altamont, 111., 1903. B. S. U. of Illinois. Chemist in P. and G. Soap Factory- Married Mary Ketteman. Chemist in Ordnance Dept, of U. S. Army. Food and drug chemist Buffalo Laboratory. Home: 212 Crescent Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. HART, HASKELL. Rear Admiral U. S. Navy. b. Watertown, N. Y., 28 1903. Appointed to U. S. Naval Academy from N. Y. Unmarried. Active service on board steamer Utah. Torpedo duty. Retired rear-admiral. Home: Galesville, Wis. HAYES, ANSEL. Diplomat, b. Hongkong, China, 1904. A. B. Cornell U. Married Isabelle Monen. Acting commissioner foreign affairs to Kirin. Minister to Great Britain, 1930. Delegate to World Conference at London, 1941. Address: 1419 N. Main Ave., Scranton, Pa. JACKSON, CHARLES. Editor, b. Cincinnati, 1904. A. B. and A. M. at Yale, also studied at Berlin and Paris. Married Lillian Louis of Elmwood, III. Admitted to bar 1926. Purchased controlling interest in Thompsonville Daily Gazette. Delegate at large to Republican National Convention 1940. Home, 4734 Wall Street, Thompsonville, 111. JONES, JENNIE MAUDE. Cartoonist. b. Athens, Alabama, 1904. Studied art at Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Illustrator for 3 years. Cartoonist Benton Evening News. Studio: 406 W. 13th St., Appleton, N. H. JONES, MADGE. Actress, b. New York, 1905. Convent education. Debut in “The Old Fellow” New York. Appeared in leading parts in “The Turtle”, “Just to Get Married”, “What’s What” and “Midnight”. Home: 5370 Pershing Ave., St. Louis, Mo. JONES, PAUL, Judge, b. Preston, Georgia, 1905. Graduated from law department of Cumberland U. Admitted to bar and practised at Athens. Trustee of University of Alabama. Justice Supreme Court of Alabama. Montgomery, Alabama. KIM MEL, LYMAN. Evangelist b; Sar.usle’ Pa- 1904- Student at Northwestern U. (D. D. Westminister College) Member of po-

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EXCERPTS FROM (Continued) Johns Hopkins. Married Edna Elaine Dollins of Utica, N. Y. Consulting practise, Denver, Colorado School 1046. Professor of Chemistry at Colorado School of Mines. Home: Oil E. 18th Ave., Denver, Colorado. SANDERS. EVA BESSIE. Author, h. Greensburg, ()., 1004. Began as newspaper writer and reviewer in Chicago. Journalist from 1035. Author: Love Betrayed, or. A Jack won’t Beat a King. Address: The Marlborough, Washington, D. C. SEEBER, CHARLES. Coach, b. Henderson, Tenn., 1004. Studied at Rome. Bishop at Cathedral in St. Louis. Excommunicated because of marriage to Ruth Elizabeth Stilley of Salem, Mass. Now basket-ball coach at U. of Illinois. Home 406 Oregon St., Urbana, Illinois. SHEPHERD, BERNICE. Geographer. b. at Washington, 1005. A. B., A. M., Ph. D. at Johns Hopkins, student of geography at Imperial University, Vienna. Unmarried. Assistant professor of College of City of New York. Address College of the City of N. Y. STEWART, EUGENE. Surgeon, b. at Washington, 1003. M. D. College of Physics and Surgeons (Columbia) also studied at University of Berlin. Interne at Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York. Instruction in physiology at Georgetown University. Awarded silver medal for demonstration of application of radium to medicine. Office: Stoneleigh CL Washington U. SHAW, WAYNE. Psychologist, b. Philadelphia, Pa., 1003. Ph. S. at Cornell U. Assistant to psychologist at Gov’t Hospital for the insane at Washington. Editor of American Journal of Psychology. Address: Emerson Hall, Cambridge, Massachusetts. TATE, CLOGNE. Theologian, b. Madison, Ind., 1004. D. D. Park College, Mo. Pastor Fort Wayne, Ind. Professor in theology, then in ethics and Greek, now prolessor emeritus at Harvard U. Address: 1363 Columbia Rd. Wash- WALLER, CRYSTAL ANN. Organist. b. Boston, Mass., 1005. Mus. Doc. at Hope College, Michigan, also studied in Paris. Organist and choir director at Unitarian Church, New York. Author of number of musical compositions and songs, etc. Office: Ditson Bldg., New York. WARREN. DOROTHA. Astronomer, b. at Antioch, Turkey, in Asia, 1006. A. B. A. M. at U. of Chicago, Assistant Astronomer at Yerkes Observatory. Writer of numerous papers on solar and stellar spectroscopy, a memoir on rotation of the sun, etc. Address: Pasadena, Calif. WARREN. MARY JANE. Settlement worker, b. Cedarville, 111., 1005. Studied in Philadelphia. Opened Social Settlement of Hanover Home in Chicago of which has since been head resident. Ins’p. of streets and alleys in neighborhood of Hanover Home 3 years. Author: Fifteen Years at Hanover. Home address: 204 Halsted St., Chicago, White Ceal. WILLIAMS, FRANCES. Jeweler, b. Goderich, Ontario, 1004. Educated at grammar and high school. Went to Chicago, began with firm of Beni. Allen and Co. Office: 10 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, 111. W TLLIAMS, THELMA. 1005. Kindergartner. b. Jackson, Tenn Principal of Benton Free Kindergarten (First Free Kindergarten in Benton). Author: Stories for Children. Address: Benton. Illinois. at Fairmont, New York, 1004 Superintendent of schools a P.e mont Mo State Superin Undent of schools of Missouri Member of State Teachers' Assn ciation. Address: State Candnl Jefferson City, Missouri P °‘ 30