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

Page 30 text:

Never look behind, class, Up and on the way; Time enough for that, class. On some future day. Though the way be long, class. Fight it with a will; Never stop to look behind ’’hen climbing up a hill Trudge is a slow horse, friends, Made to pull a load. But in the end will give the dust To racers on the road. When you’re near the top, class. Of the rugged way. Do not stop to blow your horn. But climb, climb away Shoot above the crowd, class, Brace yourselves and go] Let the slower people, class Hoe the easy row. Success is at the top, friends. Waiting there until The Senior Class of 37 Has mounted up the hill -Ethel Mae Baldner ©

Page 29 text:

©HISTOXY Our class won the Honor Trophy both semesters and scholarship awards were earned by Ethel, Charles, Helen Dean, Lois and Dale. When we entered for our senior year we found Helen Camp and Wayne Pugh as new members. Our class officers were: President, Dale Hamm; Vice President, Charles Conner; and Secretary-Treasurer, Lee Stockham. Charles, Lee and Orion won basketball letters and Dale was again our cheer leader. In the class tourna- ments the senior boys placed first, thus winning the basketball trophy, and the girls won third place. Lysle won first place in the local vocal contest and Charles placed first in the boys' low voice sec- tion at the sub-district contest. For their participation in the band. Dale Hamm and Pius Wherley received band awards. Five of our members, Lois, Helen, Ethel, Dale and Charles received scholarship awards. During the four years Ethel Baldner, valedictorian of our class, earned an average grade of 95; while Lois, salutorian, received a grade of 93. We again received the Honor Trophy for the first semester. The Junior-Senior Banquet was held in the U. B. Church basement Saturday evening, May 1. In return the seniors entertained the juniors at a weiner roast. Baccalaureate services were held in the high school on May 9. On May 12, the Class Night program was held and our last meeting together was May 14 at Commencement. Mor- ris Anderson delivered the commencement address.

Page 31 text:

The Class of 1937 of the Adair Community High School having come to our last hours in our right mind, and in peace with all the world, do on this twelfth day of May 1937, hereby give and devise all our worldly goods and our possessions to the following beneficiaries, to-wit: To Dorothea Allen, Helen Camp wills her athletic fig- ure. To the Junior Class the ability to win the honor tro- phy because we believe they need it. To the Sophomores, Dale Hamm wishes to leave the sen- ior unerring good sense and remarkable instinct in se- lecting a class president, choosing him not for beauty, wealth, or knowledge alone but for a wonderful combination of all three qualifications. To Jean Nelson and Gilbert Welch, Dale wills his school spirit and his untiring faithfulness in yelling for the home team. To Duane Smith, Orion Shinberger bequeaths his inter- est in, and his ability to play, basketball, Lois Lee Wherley leaves to Eugene Miller her studi- ousness, To Jean Nelson. Ethel Baldner bequeaths her ability to attract the attention of the boys Lois and Ethel leave their ability and desire to keep their dates a secret to Frances Danner and Dorothy Spencer, Lee Stockham and Helen Dean bequeath their everyday romantic conversation to Leland Graham and Doris Vance, Lee wills his ability to get high grades with little ef- fort to Gilbert Fugh. Helen leaves her ability to play basketball and her popularity to Agnes Lovell, Lysle Moore wills high ambitions to Gilbert Welch, Pius Wherley wills his unending love for Dorothy Seymour to Dale Jones, r