Greenville High School - Graduate Yearbook (Greenville, IL)

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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

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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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Gould. Nolia and Zelma were giving the reasons for buying a Ford and Winita was -elaborating on the finer points of a Hup- Inobile. Qian- At last I arrivcd in my home town Green- ville, Ill. lt is the same old town and as flourishing as ever, with the same good o'd f'High. Review of This Year's Work By Amy Wilson T the first of this school year about two hundred students gathered in the as- sembly room, all supposedly for the purpose of acquiring knowledge. Some were short, some tall, good, bad or indifferent pu- pils. The boy or girl who came with a Cl8l l- nite purpose in view may have said to him- self, What will this year bring to me? Will it influence my life more than any other? Then to that person there came the determina- tion to live up to thc high stands of our high school. In the past year we have accomplished much, but in the achievements of our high school the alumni must be remembe1'ed. Some are serving Uncle Sam, some in college, and others reflecting glory in other ways on G. H. S. Nothing has tended to give us more enjoy- ment this year than the Victrola, which was given to the high school by the class of 1917. A record played before study hours not only tends to familiarize us with celebrated musical compositions but to add more enjoyment to our school life. Besides the victrola we have the benefit of the footlights, on the stage, which were put in by the seniors of last year. 'It is our hope that all the classes will keep up the past records. On the gymnasium floor our boys are the fleetest. Alva Smith, commonly known as Snig, seems almost an indifatigable player. Mr. Green, our competent! coach in athletics this year, helped make basket-ball a success. Did some one tell you Highland and Effingham defeated G. H., S. on our floor and on theirs? For further information just ask one of the star players such as Raymon Genre or Frank Chasey. Our boys were good losers as well as Winners. At all times they displayed the true spirit ofthe school and that of sportsman- ship. Mr. Long, our superintendent, inter- ested us in the Y. M. C. A. drive. His efforts resulted in raising three hundred dollars. We of the G. H. S. were very proud of this. By dividing the high school pupils into two sec- tions, the Y. Mfs and C. Afs, with Francis Blacet and Burl Hunter as captains, the inter- was made more intcnce and exciting, A bas- ket ball game and pie social were given in the gymnasium. The enthusiasm was marvelous. livery body showed his true colors and patriot- ism by giving money to this good cause. For the Red Cross benefit, the girls of G. H. S. made and bought candy. This was sold at the Bond County Institute and the proceeds amounted to about twenty dollars. The annual high school play entitled Private Secretary under the coaching of Mr. Ferguson was a great success. Who can tell what G. H. S. in future years can do with her brilliant actors and actresses who constantly take rart in the plays? Very many of' the The pupils this ycar were interested the Science Club and the Glee Club, organized under the supervision of Miss Sprowls and Mrs. Cannon. Both have been a great help and instruction to the members. ' As we look back over the past year in G. H. S. we think of all the pleasures, together with hard study, we decide that we have made great progress. 'Can 'we limit. progress in civilization, literature and colonization? The Seniors especially have benefitted by this year's work. Tucked away back in our consciousness there is a thirst for more knowledge and a desire not only merely to live, but to know that we are living intensely, and progressing all the while. in