Anna Jonesboro High School - Wildcat Lair Yearbook (Anna, IL)

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enior Cfafiri 0 icem Carroll Belcher, Bill Abernathy, Nancy Davis, Phyllis Vaughan PI9SlCl9I1t ViC9-PI'9SiClGI'1't Secretary Treasurer Cfafm iaforg We, the class of '44, who are about ready to leave our dearly beloved high school, pause for a few moments to look over the cherished memories of our last four years. As green Freshmen, we entered A-I., September 1940, with 164 students. Our hopes were high and our intentions were commendable, but yet we were a little frightened of the big, bad, Seniors and teachers, about whom we had heard many stories. As time went on we found these so-called bad people were a fine, outstanding class of boys and girls, men and women. We held our first election with the following officers elected: Boy Elam, presi- dentp Anna lane Duck, vice-president, Martha lane Weiss, secretary, lane Tripp, treasurer. The Freshman deans were: Mrs. Ella lane Pickles Sanders: Miss Mary Holmes: Miss Iosephine Bunchg Marshall Howell: and Paul Hough- ton. We had many great experiences and one of them was when our small, but mighty, president stood up before his first assembly and said, We may be green, but we're growing. That one speech carried us through the first year without any difficulty. ln September, 1941, we became gay, young sophomores. We had be- come accustomed to the school, and now we felt that we were really an im- portant part of it. Again we held our election of officers with the following results: Bichard Stephens, presidentg Martha lane Weiss, vice-president: Betty Ellen Horn, secretaryg Wanda Lee Smithson, treasurer. In place of Mr. Howell, we had a new dean Samuel Hill. The activities of our class were numerous with many of us taking part in the Speech Plays, showing what they had to offer in the line of talent. We were also very proud of the fact that we had contributed several boys to both the football and basketball teams. Another thing that happened this year was' that on the day of December 8, 1941, our country went to war against lapan and Germany. This was to affect our class in the future because of the induction of some of our boys to fight for Uncle Sam. ln September, 1942, we entered A-l., as jolly Iuniors. We were jolly because now we were upperclassmen. We felt important because this year, finished successfully, would mark achievement on our steady climb in high school. There were the important things such as the Iunior-Senior reception and the lunior play. As in the past year, officers were elected at the begin- ning of the year. They were as follows: Bill Bobins, president: Betty Davis, vice-presidentg Martha lane Weiss, secretary: Kathryn Appel, treasurer. We started out to raise money. Our finest financial success was the Iunior play, -12-

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g6'l,ClfLhy RITA SCHWARTZ - Music B. A., Central Y. M. C. A. MARY EVELYN SIVIA -- English, Foreign Language B. Ed., Southern Illinois Normal Univer- sity: M. A., University of Wisconsin: Graduate Work, Sarbonne. DAVID M. STROUP - Assistant Coach, Social Science B. S., Southern Illinois Normal University: ,A. M., University of Illinois: Graduate Work, Washington University. MARY D. WINGATE - English and Journalism B. A., University of lowag M. A., Boston University. MRS. HERBERT WRIGHT - English and Social Science B. S. in Education, Southeast Missouri State Collegey Wisconsin University, Co- lumbia University. ROSCOE SMICK - Custodian AGNES SMICK - Secretary MAXINE KING - Secretary -111 R. L. MCCONNELL

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If e X X It H 90 45 ' 1 wibvawai ,tj I I il if if til N l Nw The Daring Young Man, with the cast as follows: Roy Elam, Sussette Wil- son, Amy Dee Rudolph, Allen Rudolph, Iane Harper, Bill Robins, Martha Iane Casper, Charles McDaniel, Houston Casper, Betty Horn, Claudia I. Hill, Gil- bert Cherrick, Ernestine Vincent, Bob Hill, and Anna May Wahl. After the play came the Iunior-Senior reception which was a big success. The gym was beautifully decorated in the theme of a flower garden. The reception was well attended and turned out to be one of the grandest eve- nings ever spent at A-I. The Iunior year also marked another asset to us because of having three boys from the Iunior class - William Doc Aber- nathy, Moon Pickett, and Carroll Goofy Belcher go to the state finals on the A-I basketball team. This year we also had four members of our class inducted into the armed forces. They were as follows: Roy Elam, Marines: Keller Ioiner, Army: Byron Lasley, Armyp and Carl Pickett, Army. The four boys left our school with the entire class backing them with their best wishes. ln September, l943, 93 grave old Seniors entered the portals of A-I to begin their last year of high school. There were many duties ahead of the Seniors this year such as: having their pictures made, preparing for class night, graduation, and many more activities which were to end the last of our high school days. We started out the first of the year by electing class officers. They were as follows: Carroll Belcher, presidentg Bill Abernathy, vice-president: Nancy Davis, secretary: Phyllis Vaughn, treasurer. After this came the appointing by the president of several committees for the different duties to be performed this year. As in the past years, our Senior class was well represented in the field of sports. Many of the Senior boys went out and donned their football and basketball suits to represent A-I for their last time. For our Senior Play, we selected the great Broadway hit, The Man Who Came to Dinner, with the following people in the cast: Sussette Wil- son, Martha I. Casper, Gene Wright, Chares McDaniel, Amy Dee Rudolph, Ann Leib, Anna Iane Duck, Lucille Gunn, Allen Rudolph, Phyllis Vaughn, Ierry Grant, Iean Garrott, Nancy Davis, Leon Sweitzer, Bob Hill, Iane Harper, Gilbert Cherrick, Iack Bizzel, Gerald Engelhart, Carol Henry, Virginia Caraker, Wilberta Eastman, Claudia I. Hill, Millie Mae Brown, and Lovilla McKinney. lt was one of the finest plays with the largest cast that had ever been presented on the A-I stage. This year, we again lost a few of our boys to the armed forces. They were as follows: Norval Kelly, Navy: Laverne Coffman, Army: David Daisy, Navy: and Iack West, Army. Also, many of the Senior boys have enlisted and will soon be ready to fight on the greatest team that has ever been composed, the United States armed forces. May we all wish these boys God's speed and pray they come home soon. Now that most of us have completed our quest of knowledge that we were intending to have, we leave A-I with the feeling that when our time comes to help and work in this great democracy of ours, we will not fail. As our class motto implies, In Ourselves Our Future Lies, let us go forth into the world and strive to do our best and to become the finest citizen that we can become. ...13-