Atlanta High School - Atalanta Yearbook (Atlanta, IL)

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“iltama’s lUabu l»nu’’ A very attractive widow, nearing 40, is having her 18 year old son dress and pose as a youth of 14, so that she might pass as a young woman and marry a widower, whom she believes to be wealthy. In turn, the widower, trying to appear younger, has his 17 year old daughter pose as a girl of 13. so that he might wed the widow whom he believes to be rich. Neither the widower or the widow have a cent, both having lost their money in the stock market. This situation leads to no end of amusing complications when they both try to keep the knowledge of their losses from the other, also the real ages of their respective offspring. The boy's grandmother also adds to the fun by appearing in a ridiculously youthful costume and when his friends see him dressed in his youthful attire, they too, dress up in youthful fashion to tease him. The craze for appearing youthful even spreads to the colored maid in the household, who appears ready to serve the dinner dressed as a child of 12. Everyone gets himself in hot water in these situations, especially when the deception on both sides is discovered. Eventually, a portion of the losses of both widow and widower is restored, and not only the widow and widower decide to marry, but another romance is hatched. Senior .l!;uj (Cast Mrs. McLean, a young widow...............................Mildred Phillips Shephard McLean, her young son.............................Weldon hrantz Luther Long, a widower...................................Lawrence Howe Juliet Long, his young daughter.....................Bernadine Thompson Mrs. M. Blackburn, Mrs. McLean’s mother.....................Irma Brandt W ilbur Warren. Shephard’s young pal........................John Hubncr Sylvia Kline, Wilbur’s girl friend...........................Sarah Watt Mrs. Carlotta Anglin, a friend of Mrs. McLean’s.............Mary Zollars Cynthia Anglin, her young daughter.........................Narola Miller Max Moore, a real estate dealer.............................Paul Adams Minnie, the colored maid...................................Helen Adams .Inipcrtu Jttaungers Myrtle Ambcrg Wilma Howe John Hubncr William Black (Ticket iflanagrrs Louise Brad way Bernice Graham AMirrtisiug Managers Georgia Houghtling Lcota Younkers Jack Freest on Hester Hubncr prompters Lorictta W ilcoxsen Mr. Riley Uusiurss iftatiagrr Delbcr Fulk 25 Atalanta

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Cmiiitn (Eiijcli ati Jficlb Afcct Atlanta, Mt. Pulaski, Hartsburg, and Elkhart competed in the county track meet, that Atlanta won with 62 points, Mt. Pulaski second with 31-points, Hartsburg third with 19, and Elkhart fourth with 7 points. Atlanta took 11 of the 13 possible firsts. Free-ston, winning three firsts, establishing two new records, one in the discus and one in the shot put, but fell behind as individual point winner by ' points, which was won by Lyle Paulsen who won the high and low hurdles, the broad jump and ran on the winning relay team. Lynn McClure tied for first in the pole vault and for second in the high jump, while Harley Duffield won the 440 yard dash, Marvin Hamilton placed second in the half mile and Richard Thompson won the mile event, but Dick Reinmiller, our dash man, turned out the best performance of the day, after taking second in the 100 yard clash which was run in 10:4 and then came right back to win the 220 yard dash in 23:4, only fourth-tenths slower than the county record. The relay also was worth watching, it was the best time made by that team this year, being run in 1 :41. IHstrirt tErarli ; The district meet will be held May 12 and with Lady Luck around Atlanta ought to make it very “tough” for some of the other schools. Mr. Price is taking as many men as are Ji'tatc (Trad; ai '1'lie state meet is held at Champaign On May 18 and 19. Atlanta has only one entry at the state meet, being represented by Jack in the weights. Jack i ifirlft Cftcd available at that time, including Jack, who is expected to break the district shot put and discus throw records again this year. Jt'idft Alert is expected to break the state shot put and discus records this year for it’s his last chance at them. ItiliHiminutoH Relays The Bloomington relays will be held May 26. Atlanta will be represented by their weight star and perhaps JJcliin Relays anti Atlanta has two track meets on May 30, which Mr. Price expects to send entries to. He is taking Jack Free-ston to Ft. Madison and is going to send the relay and special events men to the Pekin relays. This concludes the track career for two of Atlanta’s track men, Jack Free-ston and Lvle Paulsen, this being their last year in high school. But track ought to survive these two losses for there is Marvin Hamilton, now a 19 3 '1----------------24 Coach Price will take some of his relay men also. 3ft. JllaMsou Junior and a good half miler; Dick Reinmiller, also a Junior, a good dash man and low hurdler; Richard Thompson and William Spenser are good mile men. Lynn McClure ought to be pole vaulting 12 feet by next year and high jumping about 5 feet, 10 inches. Harley Duffield is improving as a quarter miler and there are also other good prospects in the lower classes that are coming up and are pretty good.

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(Llic Christmas Party On Friday. December 22. the Girls’ and Roys’ Glee Clubs and the Commercial Club gave a Christmas party for the high school. An enjoyable evening was spent in dancing and playing cards. The hall was very ar- tistically decorated in the usual Christmas colors. The music and door show was furnished by school talent. About 10 o’clock Santa came and passed out the gifts, (later lie took off his pillow and danced). “ JtmnmnmmV’ The annual Homecoming was held October 13, 1933. The occasion witnessed a fine day and a large number of people were in town to view the proceedings. The parade began at 1 o’clock in the afternoon at the school building. The school Band under the direction of Mr. Larison, headed the parade and was immediately followed by demonstrations and floats representing various groups in and around the community. From the school building. the parade progressed east to Murphy Hall where it headed south along the business district and ended near the C. A. tower. Judges picked the best floats and the Sophomore class made excellent use of Johnston King’s Model T to take the first prize. Following the parade, a large crowd attended the baseball game between Atlanta High School and New Hol-lond. The Atlanta boys proved their worth and won. 9 to 2. The ladies of the Christian Church served supper in the evening. At 7:30 a musical program was presented at Murphy Hall and was enjoyed by everyone. 3Jmttnr (Class Hinx Uncial On Friday, March 16, the Class of ’35 sponsored a box social for the High School in the school gym. This party turned out to be one of the biggest hits of the school year. The early portion of the evening was spent in playing the corn game, and a new game called “sailor”. A radio was installed and through its use the pupils were able to dance to the music of Hal Kemp. Wayne King. Jan Garber, and many other famous orchestras. Two “ping pong” tables furnished amusement for m a n y during the course of the evening. When time for refreshments came, the boxes were sold to the highest bidders. Many boxes brought quite high bids and all of the boxes were worth it, the only trouble was the boys began to run out of money along toward the end. When everyone was settled to eat, the Junior girls served coffee. After the party was officially ended, a certain group carried it on into the wee sma’ hours. T. H. T., ’35. 1 9 3 I- ----26 - llll