Greenville High School - Graduate Yearbook (Greenville, IL)

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sad words from Camp Kelly telling of his death due to pneumonia. It seemed as if a cloud hung over the whole school. His star on the service flag was draped with black crepe and a bouquet of red, white and blue car- nations was also placed above the star. This was indeed sad news for onr class for he had been with us for three long years and all had become attached to him. Thus our High School years were called to , mind and as our friend of the past slowly dis- appeared in the distance he hastily sketched two pictures. One of a room filled with bright, happy young faces Hitting to and fro apparent- ly lost in the excitement of the present. This was the Seniors reception to the Junlors. The other was a picture of a large red cross looming up in the back ground which recalled our donation to that cause and for the benefit of our boys who are fighting with the colors. + +0-r o - A Dream fln which is revealed the future of Class '18l By Geraldine Kimbro was very tired and weary after the gradu- ating exercises of our Class 118, and upon reaching my home I retired immediately. lt was not very long before I was in Dream- land dreaming of our Class '18 as it was to be in the future. There are parts of the dream that I cannot recall with great accuracy but but I will try and relate the most important parts. I dreamed that after graduating I was somewhat of a globe trotter and had the good fortune to meet or hear of all of my c'ass- mates. The following is a brief account of the dream: In 1930 I went to California for my health and while I was there I met a very fine Doctor from Honolulu who advised me to go to Hawaii. This Doctor Kneier proved to be my old friend Mayard of Greenville. After remaining in Hawaii for two years my health was somewhat improved and I left on the 31st of June for London. One day as I was walking through the streets of this great metropolis I met my dear friend- Lois Fox now Mrs. Lawrence Tice. She said that Mr. Tice was adjusting some insur- ance for the Metropolitan Insurance Company of New York and they were leaving im- mediately for America. We walked along the streets for some time taiking of the good times we had when we were both Seniors at Green- ville High School in 1918 and to our surprise we met Marie Chapman, who was looking for a lost purse. Lois told me a few minutes later that Marie was a world noted singer. Marie said that while she was studying at Los Ange- les she was entertained several times at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frances Blacet. Mrs. Blacet was formerly Miss Olivia Banning of Greenville, Illinois. One evening while I was still in London some of my friends invited me to go to a thea- tre with them. The performance was excep- tionally good that evening and I was very much interested in one of the actresses. In fact I became so curious that I asked one of the ladies near me who this wonderful actress was. She told me that her name was Mildred Bohman of Greenville, Illinois. I told her I had gone to High School with Mildred and she exclaimed:- Not really? Why I used to go to school with her too. Whatever can your name be? I told her that I was Geraldine Kimbro and you may be sure we paid no more attention to the performance. As I had made quite an extensive tour of England, I decided to cross the channel and travel in Germany for a while. Germany is now quite a progressive nation since the allies forced it to set up a Republican form of government. The first city I stopped at was Berlin. While there I visited several large universities and I soon found out that Greenville was well represented on the honor lists. Vern Root had been graduated in 1924 from the Great y 1 1

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it spoke of our Sophomore year. Hy this time builing was completed and occupied. This year four new teachers were installed. They were Mr. Longg Mr. lVIcDonald3 Mrs. the new Cannon and Miss Seawell. Mr. Long otliciated as principal,and when his deep bass voice echoed through the Auditor- ium for order it was not long in coming. Mr. Mclfionald was our Athletic instructor and also held the chair of History, and made himself right welcome with his ever ready wit, but now he has left us, to our sore regret, and is still soaring upwards in a larger field. Mrs. Cannon came into our midst as a warbling songster out of the sky and occupies the chair of music. Oh! you should see those eyes that she can makr when some slight task requires a bit of assistance from the good hearted youths at school. Then from the there was Miss Seawell who came State lfniversity. She is our Latin instructor and makes it a subject. of sunshine and joy for all who chance to enter her class room door. When our c'ass went for a Wiener roast in the fore part of November we all found to our great surprise that Miss Sprowls. the sci- tnce teacher. was unusually fond of pickles, both sweet and sour. Our friend of the past did not forget to recall some of the dual met-ts of our basket- ball team nor did he forget that the Sopho iiore team won the class Athlete, Genre, who did his share in helping the tl. H. S. win the track mfet that spring in which all the county High Schools participated. Again the Voice paused for a short time after which it began to enumerate the events of our .Iunior year. One of the most pleasing events of the year was realized on the first day of school when oui' two new teachers were introduced. There was Miss Lt-Vien whom we soon learned was great on the conservation of time and would stand for no foolishness in the stufly hours. but ah, what a change when really there was a joke and how jovial she proved to be when the work was over and the tasks of the day were done. The other new member of the faculty was Mr. ltlcllayid, who came to fill the place left vacant by Mr. lth-Donald. He was always jovial and enjoyed a joke immensely. As this year flew swiftly by it was Filled with happiness and pleasure most of the time. The Juniors and Seniors held a Hallowe-'en party in the High School Gymnasium and here all the hidious monsters and spectorsr were represented that are thought of in con- nection with that date. Aside from this we had the pleasure of attending two socials that year. First the Seniors gave a reception for the Juniors and this was really our first ap- pearance in High School social life. lt must. be added helc that those Seniors certainly knew how to entertain. The reception was held in the Commercial rooms which were beautifully decorated for the occasion. A pro- gram was rendered and several musical num- bers were given. Aside from the other amuse- ments a large punch bowl was present and we were invited to help ourselves to its contents. About eleven e'clock word came to retire to the domestic science rooms where a bountiful three course luncheon was served. Later in the season came our turn to en- tertain the Seniors. We enjoyed ourselves equally well on this occasion. Thus time How on until near the close of school when fate sent a blow in our direction that was of no small weight. lt was at this time that we began to realize the seriousness of the great war and the awfulness of the calamity hanging over our heads. The tirst otlicers training camp had been opened at Camp Sheridan, and it had claimed among its membeis our faithful instructor Mr. Mctlavid. llefore this the war had been a subject that wc avoided as much as possible in our school, but now that it had been brought home to us we thouj.g'lit it time to awaken. No longer was the war avoided :ind by this time the school has a large service Ilagr with nearly a dozen stars on it. lly this time the Voice had completed its third cycle and when it had again made itself heard it had started on its fourth revolution and headed straight for the goal. First it recalled to mind the first day- ot' school when we met our new instructor Mr. Greer. He came to till the vacancy left by ltr. Mcllavid. He,like all the athletic instruc- tors,always gieets the boys with a smile and he makms his classes xtnusually interesting with his ever ieady wit and humor, but if he does not mind, as the boys say, he is going to fall victim to Miss LeVien's wary net. The story as it was unwovcn for the last few months in High School 'ran along rather smoothly for the first quarter. One notice- able fact was that throughout the four years our class had remained about the same in size. Comparable with the forty-three which we had at the beginning of our lfrcshmun year our class now consists of fortystwo members. Just a littlt before Christmas we received word that our former Superintendent, Mr. Niedermcyer had enlisted in the aviation corps of the army. Some few weeks later came the 1

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Musical Academy. Ralph Hickman, Charles Mansfield, and Albert Huber had all been graduated from law schools and had all been to America and built up their practices. From there I journeynd to Verdun the great battlefield. Some of the largest Red Cross hospitals in the world are situated here. While visiting some of them I met my dear old friends, Rubv Leutwiler and Callie Weber who were busy performing their duties as Red Cross Nurses. They told me that Mr. and Mrs. Alva Smith had just been there inspect- ing the hospital. Mrs. Smith was formerly Miss Pearl Riley. After a three months stay at Verdun I left for Paris . One afternoon I stopped at a Blanicuring and Hairdressing establishment. And who do you suppose were the proprietors? Miss Amy Wilson and Miss Elsie Reeves. We three girls surely had a grand chat that after- noong during which time they told me a few of their troubles. After graduating from High School they had specialized in the above men- tioned trade and then they both got married. Hut due to some misunderstandings they both had got a divorce. Amy had divorced Reuben Rixman and I-ilsie, llurl Hunter. Nevertheless the girls said they were very happy and rather liked hatching it. They had heard very re- cently that Burl Hunter had returned to Ameri- ca and married the girl he really loved- Miss Cora Mills and that Reuben was a German professor in New York. As I was beginning to be very fatigued from my extensive travels I decided to go to the mountains in Switzerland. One day while my guide was taking me up the mountain side I met a man who was engaged by the Paramount Flim Co. of the lfnited States, to take pictures of the beau- tiful scenery. Later l learned that this man was libert Delaney who was known in the G. H. S. as Snap Shot Bill. From all appear- ances Ebert had been living up to his name. After staying here for about two months I left for Italy. In Florence I met Frances Breuchand and Amy Weigel who were now both famous studying the material for On Aug. 27, I left for Greece. While I was in Athens I saw Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Genre who were tracing back their ancestors. Mrs. Genre was formerly Miss Gertrude Wise of Greenville, Ill. This was the happy ending of La High School romance. Early in the next year I left for South America. In Chile I met George Watson, now poctesses. They were here native language and collecting their writings. a multi-millionaire. He was president of a rich mining company. As I did not care very much to stay in such a warm elime for a long time I journeyed north to Mexico. At Mexico City I saw Mrs. Will Lindh who said that Mr. Lindh and she had been seeing after real es- tate affairs and were now on their way to see friends in Greenville, Ill. Mrs. Lindh was formerly Miss Ruth McNeill of Greenville. Upon reaching the Ifnited States I re- mained a few days at New Orleans. One evening while I was looking over the comic por-- tion of the newspaper I glanced at the comedi- an's name and to my surprise there in hold face type was t'I'aul Cline. The next day I went to the office and the stenographer toi-I me that Mr. Cline was not in. A lively con- versation ensued and in a few minutes I learned that the girl I was talking to was Miss Ilertha Jett. Consequently we began talking of some of our old school mates and she said that Miss Altie Hall was Ileauty Editor of the St. Louis Times and that she had just received an announcement of her engagement to Mr. Orville Shaner. In a few more days I arrived in Washing- ton, D. C. As I was somewhat interested in studying about the cabinet members I de- cided to call upon them. To my amazement I found that women were being appointed in the place of men. Miss Esther Allio was Secretary of the Interior, Luella Elam, Sec- retary of the Navy, and Madge Richardson, Secretary of the Treasury. I also learned that the Misses Lyl Wise and Helen Johnston were members of Congress and very radical suffragette leaders. However neither of them had been so radical that they were not the best of law abiders. Lyl told me that she had just been over to see Mrs. Chasey and that Mr. Chasey was the great Steel King of the United States. She also added that I should go over and see Fae as she would be very, very, glad to see me. You may be sure I was not very long in reaching the Chasey Home. Their little home was surely a dream and I enjoyed myself immensely while there. I stopped in at one of the large dry goods departments and here came my dear old friend Midge, sometimes called Ruth Mat- ney. We were together the rest of the day and she told me that Orlou Hueter and Ruth Willeford were both great charity workers in the large city, both were unmarried. In about three more days I was in Chica- go attending a large Auto Show and I ran across Nolia Nolan and Zelma and Winita 18