Paris High School - Arena Yearbook (Paris, IL)

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Fletcher, Danner. Major. Sprague JUINOR CLASS OFFICERS President MOSS FLETCHER Vice-President MADELYN DANNER Secretary JEANNE MAJOR Treasurer ............WILLIAM SPRAGUE JUNIORS LOOK TO THE FUTURE Almost three years ago, we, the class of '40, took up the pursuit of higher education in P.H.S. From the beginning we were hailed as a freshman class extraordinary. Joe Ewing and Kathryn Dively led us scholastically that year, and our athletes, too, made a splendid showing. As sophomores, we led all other classes on the honor roll; Joe Ewing, Kathryn Dively, Mad-elyn Danner, Moss Fletcher, Becky Jones, and Jack Manz averaged ninety-five or above. Tom Burton, Itchy Alexander, Bill Bess, and Leon Holcomb were outstanding in football. Tom Burton was also a member of Eveland's state finalists. Early this year Leon Holcomb was elected football captain. At the end of the gridiron season Bill Bess was selected by leading coaches of Illinois as all-state center. Our junior class play and dances sponsored by us were successful. Several juniors, who hadn't been so successful before, now joined the honor ranks; Mary E. Wright and Moke Owens were added to the A class. With such a background, should we not look forward to a happy senior year?

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25 THE CLASS OF ’39 There was a class once on a time That in each single thing did shine, It was the class of thirty-nine, Ah, shining class! With Hooker, Henson on the go, And Anderson not ever slow, And Calimese to do some mo'— Ah, basketball! With Wright and Collier on parade, And Allen striking dirt that paid, Our team was never in the shade, Ah, football team! YOUTH LABOR Some seniors gathered in room nine Their wit and knowledge to combine To print a book they hope is fine, Ah, the Arena! Each Honor Roll has borne the name Of many a member of this same Fine class of much deserved fame, Ah, Honor Roll! Their happy days are at an end. Those days are gone—gone with the wind, To them, the future's hopes are pinned, Ah, those pinned hopes. AND LEARNS

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27 JUNIOR CLASS ROSTER GROUP I TOP ROW: Helen Carrell, Maurice Bennett, Robert Boland, Bertha Blair, William Bess, Joan Cassady, Ben Eroding. SECOND ROW: Clifford Alexander, Ray Chew. Thomas Burton. Charles Beck. Wm. Carnahan. Bruce Blanford, Mary A. Arbuckle, Thomas Burgess. THIRD ROW: Cassandra Bristow, Imogene Bright, Norma J. Clem, Hester Black, Maxine Brown, Pauline Cochran, Pauline Asay. FOURTH ROW: Mary Bandy, Carmelita Ashley, Dorothy Bilby, Frieda Carpenter, Natalie Banning, Virginia Black, Leona Butler, Mary E. Bennett. GROUP II TOP ROW: Billy Easter, Billy Elledge, Joe Ewing, Edward Curl, Billy Deem, Joseph Dunlap. SECOND ROW: Charles Cox, Marian Cotton, Madelyn Danner, William Emrick, Eugene Eveland, Moss Fletcher. THIRD ROW: Margaret Darden, Cleo Everett, Helen Drake, Eugene Englum, Bernard Downy, Loretta Curl, Charles Farnham. FOURTH ROW: Jean Foley, Wilma Eastham, Betty Dengler, Oles Cornwell, Kathryn Dively, Dorris Daily. GROUP III TOP ROW: Vernon Jones, Charles Idleman, Charles Gleckler, Becky Jones, Harvey Kennedy, Ben Garwood, Leon Holcomb. SECOND ROW: Floyd Hall, Leo Headley Jr., Annabelle Groves, Glenn Gale, Virginia Jarodsky, Marilynn Haben, Joe Griffin. THIRD ROW: Lester Hickman. Esther Jacobs, Martha Heckler, Betty Hancock. Rosana Givens, Mary E. Hicks. FOURTH ROW: Berna-dine Irish, Wanda Geiling, Ida Mae Kerrick, Mildred Herring, Betty Grable, Betty Glick, Delilah Kerrick. GROUP IV TOP ROW: Burl Keys, James Neer, Frank Miller, David McComas, Charles Moody. John King. Jack Manz. SECOND ROW: Richard O'Hair. Billie Mitchell. Carl Killion, Jack Moyer, Jack O'Brien, Wendell Moody, Joe Nadin. THIRD ROW: Betty Lou Mullins, Paul Martin, Herbert Lucas, Emagene Means, Kathryn Kerrick, Betty J. Krueger. FOURTH ROW: Thelma Myers. Jeanne Major, Dorothy Morrow, Anna Merritt, Lois A. Morris, Mary Alice Loy, Mildred McClaskey. GROUP V FIRST ROW: James Stanfield, Winston Rhoads, Jack Perry, William Sprague, Carl Sensenbrenner, Moke Owens, William Shoaff. SECOND ROW: Charles Smith, Jack Rose, Max Pederson. Jack Sturgeon, Joe Pigg, Glen Slade, Lauffman Parrish. THIRD ROW: Marcilee Sloan, Anna Stepp. Madge Rockwell, Ilene Stewart. Barbara Jean Sexson, Mildred Reed, Betty Preston. FOURTH ROW: Rosemary Sunkel, Mary Olive Staley, Eleanor Quinn, Virginia Smith, Wilma Parrish, Margaret Lou Ruckman. GROUP VI FIRST ROW: Floyd Turpin, Bernard Winans, Donald Tackett, Billy Williamson, Charles Willmoth, Harold Wil-hoit. SECOND ROW: J. W. Winans, Dewey White, Dean Tillman, Gertrude Torbit, Sally Wells, Mary E. Tweedy. THIRD ROW: Dorthadine Wright. Kathryn Tweedy. Lucille Travis, Annabelle Thiel, Floyd Wilson. Earl Vail. FOURTH ROW: Margaret R. Vice. Donice Sweeley, Hal-lie Weddle, Mary Ellen Wright, Jean Wilbur.