Adair Community High School - Reedor Yearbook (Adair, IL)

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“If you have built castles in the air your need not be lost;that is whore they should be, put foundations under them ;i work Now

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INTRODUCTION It has always been the desire of the class of '36 to do something v hich no other class before us has done. About the first of January webecame in- spired to fulfull this desire--yes, a high school annual or year-book. After a series of meetings and ‘‘rag-chewing contests we gathered together and completed enough plans to get started. host of our problems to be thrashed our v cro temporary--that is, they concerned the school year of 1935 - 36 only and then will vary from year to year. However, there was one problem came before us which could not be considered a temporary one— namely THE TITLE. We realized that whatever name we chose would, in all probability, be the christ- ened name of Adair’s ycar-boolc for many years to come. So, we set out to choose one which would be fitting and. lasting for a book that was to repre- sent our school and it3 alumni or community folk. As you now see we have selected for our title “The REEDOR named in honor of John Reedy, the founder of “Rccdyvillc’1 now known as Adair, Perhaps the following quotation will suffice to explain more in detail—. • ADAIR (Rccdyvillc) ••'Although this place was platted under the name of Rccdyvillc, which has never been changd , the location is better known as Adair,which is the name given the post-office. But this can not be . said to bo the true name of the town...The village t wqb laid out in August 1870,by John Rccdyand Jacob Grim...That part of the plat west of the C.B. Q. railroad track was laidout by John Rcocfyand on the ‘(Test sidcPby Jacob Grin. . .The first dwelling house was erected by Thomas Ellwcll, in 1870...The first store was built in that year by Stricklcr , Bcnnct --later owned by Arnold h in 1883 Herndon oc Company purchased the bus in a ? ?, which they still operate, - EISTOiO OF Me ROW 01 Kiri COt T ILLINOIS—Pub, 1885

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 j 3 mk l» vyv a-e-jv'- —- 2 THE SENIOR CLASS HAS DE DICAT E D th year Look to the spirit of the ambitious pio- neer- John Reedy caught this spirit many years ago (the I t;or part of the 19th century) and was the one who laid out that section of Illinois which was soon tc be called aReedyville!!. Later the Burling- ton raiLroed changed the name of the postoffice to ''.AdaM” and the entire village later became better known tv this same name, Adair', rather than Ree- cijT'iJIe . TO ’HE SPIRIT OF PIONEERING AND TO JOHN REEDY VJF DEDICATE THE VERY FIRST AND PIONEER ISSUE OF THE AD IR COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL YE'RBOOK— THEREEDOR.” May the good from it and its spirit of achievement live long in our community.