Alexis High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Alexis, IL)

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«k A a IN THE YEAR 1940 The morning sun shone brightly on the white sandy path leading down the mountain side. As I started down from my cozy mountain cottage to the mail-box below which was only visited once in two weeks, Helene Ferguson called to me to wait a minute un- til she could get her sun hat and go with me. Then we started together and as we walked slowly along waiting for the lazy mailman we talked about our past and future Chautauqua work. After our College graduation we had begun our platform work as the Velson Entertainers. Now we were resting in our mountain cottage away from the world and its troubles. A big fat letter immediately attracted our attention because of the Australian post- nark on it. Who could possibly be writing io u.s from Australia? When we fpcned the letter we found that Madame Guffonber ' . ' rr (alias Doris Rohr) had started a chain of letters which she wished to circulate to all the members of the Alexis graduating class of ' 21. Happily the letter came to us last so we had the vrivile-ive of bearing from every member of the class before we returned it to Doris. She, our ever ambitious sec- retary, had gone to Germany to school after that country had reconstructed itself to a normalcy in the eyes of the rest of the world. Here she had become intimately ac- quainted with Count Guffonberger and had made herself famous by marrying that celebrity. She had sent the letter directly to Mr. Lynn Wixson who at that time was in France ro ceivrng a nobie prize for calculating the distance and successfully sending a man to Mars. In his part of the letter he mentioned having met Reba Likely who after being di- vorced twice had finally settled on traveling in large cities as an advertisement for Djer Kiss face powder. Ferne Robbins made her part very brief because she was working on a paper en- titled The Bright Side of Matrimony, which was to be read at the next Woman ' s Club. William Farrell modestly made it known that he was some political boss and that he was . itpecting to run for President at the next election. Allie Shaver was running a very exclusive gown shop on Broadway. She mention- ed that hei ' beauty parlor was one of the most popular in New York. Margaret Melleny was at the head of an orphan ' s home in Kentucky. She was great- ly interestfc 1 in the chiidrens ' cause and was doing her best to give them proper care and protection. Earl Simcox was the manager of an electric light plant in Tokio, Japan, but as his wife was dissatisfied with the climate he expected to return to United States shortly. Edwin Rohr, our class cutup, was making a tremendous success on the stage in playing the role of One Lamp Louie in the movie Going and Gone. Marcella Filler was a manicurist in Chicago. She had been disappointed in love and as a result was bitterly opposed to men. Phelix Nelson was creating a sensation in the world by performing great miracles as a surgeon. He was experimenting with a serum to prolong the life of white mice to two hundred years. Then the last letter was from Roy Edgar. His explained the Australian postmark. He was successfully running a coffee plantation in Australia. As a side line he was train- ing kangaroos to jump the rope. Doris had kindly requested that no person should keep the letter longer than was necessary and so Helene §.nd I added the story of our entertaining adventures and mailed the interesting chain to the charming countess at once. Dorothy Velander, Cla.s.s of ' 21

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r , r- i - - Senior Class Colors — Orange and White. Motto — No Steps Backward. President — — — Phelix Nelson Secretary-Treasurer — — — Doris Rohr Delegate to Student Council — — — . — Reba Likely HISTORY Listen! My comrades and you shall hear Of the wonderful Senior Class career. We entered this building- in ' 17; Remarkable minds were plain to be seen. We joined the ranks with twelve in our class And semester exams were easily passed. We helped send the Sammies over the pond Bv buying a great big Liberty Bond. Our service flag with its stars of blue Signified that our school was loyal and true; And altho ' none of the Freshies could volunteer, We did our best till the end of the year. Hurrah! We ' re here at last as Sophmores Our first year ' s trials are finally o ' er. Three strangers on our roll, how great! In geometry we are all first rate. In all activities from the start Our class has taken a leading part. English teachers were plentiful indeed. One half dozen was our share to heed. In October the flu raged very severe And we closed our school in dreadful fear. We have grown strong; we ' ll break our fetter And stay right on to something better. We are Juniors now, and oh how queer, We can ' t really believe that we are here. The Seniors seem to be uneasy, too. For fear they meet their Waterloo. Our professor worked with might and main To secure a school that would win us fame; The great election day came at last, The people could hurry none too fast; In thsir autoes they came in crowds to vote For the Community High School. You all must note Will bring us new honors, as the first class Of its alumni — first but not last. Th ' s year we sit in the Senior row. Very dignified, as you already know. We are looked down upon no more. But envied by Juniors and Sophmores. Tlie Fii2rhies meekly their eyes oft raise And stare at us with wondering gaze. This year our class won glory and fame l ' cr m football we lost only one game. We are satisfied from the very start • That we have endeavored to do our part. Much talent has been shown by our work. And I ' m sure our duty we ' ll never shirk. — Helene FergTison.

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oemor Class Will We, the class of 1021 of the Alexis Community High School, City of Alexis, County of Warren, State of Illinois, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make and declare this to be our last will and testament, by hereby revoking all former wills and testaments made at any time by us, do bequeath Earl Simcox ' s ability to make four credits in five months to Frank Mathers. We bequeath to Ruth Donaldson, Phelix Nelson ' s ability to become skinny. We bequeath Lynn Wixscn ' s ability to bluff his way through to any one who wishes to loaf on the job. To Helen HoUoway, we leave Reba Likely ' s wonderous love for the boys— of other schools. We bequeath Dorothy Velander ' s and Helene Ferguson ' s studious and upright habits to simple Freshmen. We leave Edwin Rohr ' s ability at football and track to Dan Sedwick, hoping he will fulfill the position as faithfully as Eddie. We bequeath Roy Edgar ' s ability to captain the footbal team and win the fairer sex to Howard Bail ey. We leave Bill Fairel ' s love to quarrel with the fairer sex to any hen pecked man in school. We bequeath Fern Robbin ' s habit of slipping by in English to any one who is bothered with said subject. We bequeath Margaret Melleny ' s quietness to fastest talking girl in school. We bequeath Doris Rohr ' s unlimited knowledge to be equally divided among the Junior class. We bequeath Allie Shaver ' s ability to be studious in Gates ' assembly to Dort Greenwell We bequeath Marce ' .la Filler ' s numerous suitors to any girl in the Junior class who needs them. We appoint Prof. John Ellsworth Lung sole executor of said will. ' Witnesses: Signed: Jesse James and Saint Peter. Senior Class Written by Roy Edgar