Macomb High School - Spiderweb Yearbook (Macomb, IL)

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DARYL VAIL — busy President of F.F.A. . . . runs around in his big black Chevy . . . farmer . . sense of humor. MARY LOU WALKER—“Lulu” . . always ready for a good time . . . works at the “Y” . poetical . G.A. A., Jr and Sr. Sub Deb, Glee Club, Pep Club, Aeronautics, Spider Web. EVELYN WETZEL . . pretty blonde hair and blue eyes quiet but friendly . President of F. H.A., Glee Club. ELMER WILSON— “Elm” often seen with Alyce in his black ford . . . . friendly to all . . member of foot' ball, basketball, track, “M” Club, Jr. Class Play. GEORGIA ANN V E NARD-“Georgie” . laugh that’s all her own . long fingernails . always talking about Charlie . . member of Glee Club, Sr. Sub Deb, Sentinel. CHARLES WENGER — “Charlie” . owner of some real flashy shirts .... good roller skater . member of track, football, baseball, “M” Club. VERA WILLOCK— “VerF . . . has some keen looking clothes . dips ice cream at the dairy .... slow mover . member of Jr and Sr. Sub Deb, G.A.A., Pep Club, Glee Club. JOAN YOHO — “Flossie” . beautiful eyes . . . . friendly and likeable . transferred from Kansas City, Missouri . member of Sr. Sub Deb, Thespian, Student Council. SENIOR PICTURES UMAVAIEAREE DON CARY—“Catsy” . . drives a black “chevy” . . friendly to all . . football. JACK HYSEL— has a friendly smile . . good in track . . . member of F. F. A. track, baseball. CHARLOTTE PETERS—“Char” . . one of our smallest seniors . . quiet but friendly . . Jr. Sub Deb, G. A. A. and F. H. A. BILL CARAHAN gradudted at the end of the first semester. JERRY VAWTERS— really likes baseball . . thinks that the Cubs are great . . always telling jokes . member of baseball team. HOWARD KELLY—“Dean” . . . wavy blonde hair . . lover of mystery stories. BURTON PRICE—noted for his black moustach aMERVIN STEELE!—a friendly farmer . . quiet . nd blue car . . sense of humor. member of F. F. A.

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WILLIAM ROE— “Buck” . has a fondness for fights and crew hair cuts . can’t seem to keep a car . . . member of football and “M” Club. ALYCE RUNKLE “Jo” . . . usually seen with Elmer . . vivid imagination . Editor of Spider Web, Jr and Sr. Sub Deb, Sentinel, -Glee Club. DON SA LA—little but mighty . busy . . . President of Senior Class and Thespian .... friendly . . . Student Council, football, Spider Web, “M” Club, Jr. and Sr. Class Plays. DICK STONE — “Stoney” . . our baseball catcher . very often seen with Marilyn . . active in sports . friendly personality . . football, basketball, baseball, band, “M” Club, Sr. Class Play. FERN TUCKER— loves to play the piano and is very good at it ... . works at the hospital . . belongs to Jr. and Sr. Sub Deb, Jr. and Sr. Class Play, Thes-pain, G.A.A., Pep Club, Bible Club, Sentinel. MABLE ROSS — runs her own home .... very friendly . . came back to graduate . good student DAN SALA—full of mischief . . a teacher’s delight . never still . . . member of football, Thespian, Jr. and Sr. Class Plays, track, “M” Club. MARY SCHNEIDER — “Shorty” . . happy giggle you can’t mistake . likes Tony Martin . President of Sr. Sub Deb, member of Glee Club, Band, Jr. and Sr. Sub Deb, Thespian, G.A.A., Spider Web, Sr. Class Play, Pep Club. CAIiL STURM -“Curly” . . little fellow with a big grin . . spent his football career on the bench . . . . member of “M” Club, football, Thespian. MARILYN U N-D ERWOOD-“Mud” . . peppy cheerleader . . . Queen of Homecoming . . transferred from Industry . member of Glee Club, G.A. A. Sr. Sub Deb, Band Sentinel, Spider Web, Thespian, “M” Club.

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IT’S STILT, HERB. Will NO t BOOK A few days after my arrival at M.H.S. I was tearing down the hall at tremendous rate of speed, when what should confront me but these words: “Look not mournfully into the Past it comes not back again”. I was torn by the desire to finish reading it and the necessity of arriving at class on time. So with great haste I read: “Look not mournfully into the Past It comes not back again Wisely improve the Present It is thine Go forth to meet the shadowy Future Without fear and with a manly heart.” With the lines haunting my memory I hurried the remaining way to English. There we were discussing the perils of Ivanhoe, but I was finding myself wandering back to the quotation. What wonderful meaning it had. Why was it there? Who wrote it? When was it hung there? What was the quotation from? These were my thoughts. These were the questions 1 wanted answered but couldn’t. After the last bell that day I went up the stairs and found it was at the head of both stairs and I stood there in the midst of all the hustle and bustle and read the lines once again. Two years have passed since that day and the quotation, like many other things about M. H. S., became so familiar that I hardly realized it was still there. Once again it was called to my attention; I resolved to find its source and I did. Have you ever wondered, as I, on this same question, or are you so familiar with it that to you it really doesn’t exist. If so, stop and read it and maybe you will once again understand what Henry Wadsworth Longfellow meant in the quotation from his poem “Hyperion.” —Eleanor Dixon A TRIBUTE TO OUR ATHLETES Did you ever stop to think what Macomb High would be like if we didn’t have athletics: Just think—there would be no football, basketball, or baseball games, no track meets, no athletic banquets, and no athletes running around the corridors with letters on their sweaters or jackets. This isn’t a very pretty picture, is it? But how many of us have really given a thought to our teams? Oh, of course we think of them on the days of the games, and at pep assemblies, but the players know that there is much more than that. Their school year begins many days before ours. They have football practice out in the hot sun while the rest of us are rounding up our summer’s activities. The boys have to learn plays and signals. Later on, in the winter, the boys begin basketball practice, and, with it comes the long evenings of practice over in the junior high gym. They have to stay home nights when perhaps they would much rather be out with the rest of the gang. When spring rolls around we find athletes out practicing for track and base-ball. No, the life isn’t too pleasant but the glory of the games make up for it. Athletics make heroes and stars of some high school boys, but even if a boy never gets in a game, he learns many things such as cooperation and teamwork. This year our teams have made good records. They deserve a tribute. We say, “Hats off to ‘Uncle Dave’, Mr. Haseltine, Mr. Alexander, and their boys. —Marilyn Underwood