Mendota High School - Atodnem Yearbook (Mendota, IL)

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FACULTY TOP ROW: C. Shearer. G. Gehler. I.. Doenier. L. Reinebach, S. lackson. M. Pope, H. Owen SECOND ROW: H. Swan- son. B. Welsh. A. Pot- tinger, M. Brown, H. Payne. E. Breese FIRST ROW: M. E. Steele. W. Pierce. R. Doenier. E. P. Zimdurs. I. Lier- man. S. I.eMarr 1 The last committee, that on school buses, zunctions through the services of Alvin Truck- enbrod, chairman, D. M. Lotts and M. E. Steele. Harold Dean is president and B. Harry Beck is secretary. Having given due credit to these high offi- cials of our Supreme Court, let us consider the faculty and decide with what notables of the world we may compare them. For instance, first on our list of these illus- trious Mendota High personages comes Prin- cipal tWardenl Maurice E. Steele. And, Ohl what a list of degrees - A.B., Ph.B., BM., and M.A. We have all had occasions to see what a fine leader Mr. Steele is and so can place him high among the Amhersts, etc. of the world. Our local Demosthenes is none other than Assistant Principal Edward P. Zimdars. For the past few years Mr. Z. has been engaged in coaching debate teams that have supplied our school with a goodly number of trophies won in tournaments throughout the state. Wherever you smell fragrant home cured ham cooking and hear Crosby crooning - :here you'll usually find Harold P. l'Spud Owens. Coach, who is one of the busier teachers with his athletics, history, and eco- nomics classes, still takes time out to prove he is also a second Lindberg. But just remem- ber when you meet him you've got to show him - he's from Missouri. When you take DeMille - Hayes - West- more and roll them all into one you have a combination that is to Hollywood what Hazel fPollyl Payne is to Mendota High. Along with the dramatics she finds time somehow during the twenty-four hours to teach English and his- tory classes. Henry Wallace has done a lot for agriculture but so has our own M. T. H. S. ag teacher, Sherwood jackson. Mr. jackson has charge of all the ag classes and night school classes. His favorite subject of conversation is Lucy Manette, his horse. The Mendelssohn of M. T. H. S. is William Charles Pierce. fAll musicians havent long hair? Bill evidently takes his music with a solid beat 'cause T. Dorsey is his favorite or- chestra leader. Mr. Pierce has complete charge of the music classes of the school and every year his groups present programs for the en- joyment of the community. This year the students got a Christmas pres- ent, all wrapped up in tinsel and tissue. When they opened it who should step out but Isabel lssie Lierman. Mrs. Lierman seems destined to become Mendotas Eleanor Holms for she has proved herself to be an able girls' gym instructor during the past winter. l'Please take a letter, Miss Brown fits our Mabel Brown so well we just have to use it. Miss B. is our commercial teacher as well as one of the advisers of the senior class. Did you know that once she was a gym instructor in this very high school? No school could be complete without its newspaper and the lovely Brenda Starr in- volved in our Hi-Light is Ruth Doenier who also teaches public speaking and operates the li- brary. ln addition to this full-time job, Mrs. Doenier also has the task of managing a home. lf anyone ever came to Mendota looking for material for Quiz Kids and Hirrel Swanson was around the students wouldnt have a chance. lt seems when Miss Swanson, who now teaches English cmd bookkeeping, was in school, A's were just an everyday matter for her.

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Mflll . Fa and BOARD OF EDUCATION D. M. Lotts. B. H. Reck. H. Goebel Dean. B. Kutzwinkel, M. E. Steele idty Boardiflduoathui 'Z' iN THE FALL of '4l eighty some freshies viewed an all omnipotent line of M. T. H. S. teachers, then with quaking hearts they ven- tured forth to meet these new instructors who were to be their constant associates during high school days. Now in l945, having had four years to tor- mulate our ideas, we, the senior class, wish to state that the faculty staff is one group of all right people. To us they rarik among the mas- ters and geniuses of the world and as such shall we describe them. First, however, you must meet the lff. T. S. Supreme Court. The judges, a wise, benign group of executives presided over by Chief iustice Dean, have once more piloted and safeguarded our school through two tumultue ous semesters. For such meritorious work we, the Seniors, award our affection and gratitude to Harold F. Dean, B. Harry Beck, D. M. Lotts, iohn W. Dubbs, B. Katzwinkel, Alvin Trucken' brod, and Harold B. Goebel. Behind every student activity, curricular or extra-curricular, can be seen the guidance of the faculty. Likewise, behind the faculty, aid- ing them with advice and schooleplanning are the board of education. Progressive and far- sighted, they have helped to make our school the fine one that it is. As members of com- mittees they see to it that the school functions as it should. The committee on teachers is composed ct B. l-larry Beck, chairman, lohn W. Dubbs, vice- chairmang Alvin Truckenbrod and B. Katz- winkel. The committee on finance is made up cf lohn W. Dubbs, chairman, H. B. Goebel, vice-chain many B. l-larry Beck and D. M. Lotts. The committee on building and grounds con- sists of B. Katzwinkel, chairmang Alvin Trucken- brod, vice-chairman, D. M. Lotts and H. B. Goebel, TOP HOW: A. Truckenbrod, FIRST HOW: l. Dubbs, H.

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MAURICE E. STEELE EDWARD P. ZIMDARS LAURA TI-IEURER 0 Principal ot Mendota Town- 0 Assistant principal . . . English 0 Office secretary ship High School and super- II . . . debate coach . . . senior ad- mtendent of the grade schools viser . . . Student Council adviser lf beef roast is cooking Cno doubt in Mrs. Doeniers fine stylel and the Cubs and Men- dota Trojans are winning, then Mr. Doenier is really happy. Lloyd Doenier is M, T. H. Sfs Rockne as well as biology teacher so anything to do with sports naturally interests him. When anyone in La Salle county has a gar- dening guestion he doesnt have to refer to Buckbee or Vaughn. No - the simplest way in the world to solve such a problem is to conf tact Miss Pottinger. At school Alice Pottinger teaches math, civics, and English, but her plant filled room might well be that of a botany class. Even as nice a school as our Mendota High must have its trials and tribulations so every year there is cause to be thankful for our nurse, Margret Maryland Pope. Miss Pope also conducts the Red Cross class which en- ables the older girls to learn how to care for future families. George Proctor may create any of the fine dishes ties noted for, out youll have a hara time f1nding a lulendota student who will admit lie has anything better than what our cafeteric' turns out under the able direction of Louise Eteinebach. Of course all this she does in ad- dition to teaching numerous home-ec classes throughout the day. lfl. T. H S. is not minus the romance ot old ltaly for it has its very own Roman goddess in the personage of Eulalia Breese. Miss Breese conducts several English classes in addition to Latin l and ll This teacher can be classed with the Raph- aels, Titians, etc. Indeed we see her paint daubed and be-smacked standing before her easel and it is none other than Betty Welsh, newcomer this last fall. And sure we do be thinking she kissed the blarney stone once. means of theorems, propositions, and equations Mr, LeMarr can best be introduced. Samuel LeMarr, for several years a science and mathematics teacher, has earned a repul tation of being one of the best sports in school. He is always ready to participate in any games and isnt easily offended. lf we need some glue, we just run down to Mr, Gehler. lf the naughty 'kids' mark all over the desks, we take them tdesks not kidsl down to Mr. Gehler. ln fact anything of gen- eral repair is hustled down to the work shop, Gilbert Gehler is not only manual training in- structor at high school but teacher and coach at Lincoln. Only five or six people in the world are sup- posed to understand Einsteins theory and the students of M. T. H. S. are firmly convinced Carl Shearer is one of those persons. And as instructor in chemistry, Mr. S. patiently toils to teach his pupils the difference between rnan- ganese and magnesium. When fingers are hurt or books lost, we run screaming to Laura Theurer, the ministering angel of the high school. lffiss Theurer looks after everything and knows where all things are Shes always looking out for the student and trying to help hirn even as she does the immense amount of work which is called for by her iob