Avon High School - Boomerang Yearbook (Avon, IL)

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(Ehp fBuumrrami q —--JS i O Currum (Cmtrsr M HE first number was given on October eighth by the Toots Paka Hawaiian Troupe. The program was especially interesting to those who had heard the recoids made for the Edison Company by these Hawaiians. On November twenty-ninth Tom Corwine, the impersonator, gave an un- usual and amusing entertainment, making good his reputation of being one of the best entertainers on the lyceum platform. On January sixth, bean W. Lhamon gave an interesting and instructive lecture. The fourth number of the course was given on January twenty-seventh by the Ben Hur Company. The program consisted of vocal and instrumental numbers, read- ings, and impersonations. The last number was given February eighth by Rita Smith who substituted for June Elliot. Her songs and readings were enjoyed by a large audience. The course for the next year has been selected and promises to be an unusually good one. A number that should interest eveiyone is the Harold Jubilee Singers. This quartette has the rare distinction of having entertained the president of the United States and members of Congress, as well as many of the distinguished rulers and statesmen of Europe. The lecturer of the course, William D. Parry, is a well known speaker. At var- ious times he has successfully filled pulpits in some of the largest churches of the East, and during the war was interested in “Y” social work. The Metropolitan Glee Club is among the successful popular quartettes of today. Their program consists of vocal and instrumental numbers and readings. The Eugene Page Trio has a splendid program of musical numbers on mandolin, guitar, and piano. Eugene Page 1 as been recognized as the world’s greatest man- dolinist and banjoist. It is hoped that the people of the community will continue to patronize these entertainments, so that they may not only enjoy the programs but also help the high scool to furnish some of “the better things.”

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 dhr SUwmrratm Q »—- Wlri.. [ O Jfrrshmnt N the first day of school last September, rather bewildered and self con- scious, we entered as Freshmen the halls of Avon Community High School. We arrived safely in Study Hall where we were given our orders, but when it came time for classes to pass, we were much at sea concerning where to go. We formed in little groups in order to gain the protection of numbers, and finally we found the class room. Our first few days were rather overpowering for us, but after a few days’ con- fusion, we became accustomed to our new surroundings and began to act quite nat- urally. Now we are more at home than the Seniors, more important than the Juniors, and more dictatorial than the Sophomores. Since we are in High School, we find that those stately creatures formerly known by us as “teachers” are now nothing less than “faculty.” Under their direction we are doing our best to survive this, our first year in High School and pass in safety to our second year in Avon High. We undoubtedly are going to be a famous class and have started on the road to fame already. Two of our number, Donovan Myers and Frank Arthurs, were members of the First Basket Ball Team. Kenneth Schrodt and Jack Sundberg helped the second team get two victories from Abingdon. Our class is the only one represented in the girls’ vocal contest. It will be hard for the judges to decide whether Berneice Mings, Florence Jennings or Orel Day will go to the county meet at Lewistown. Leroy Griffith, Leota Hovell and Doris Hollister are making enviable records in Algebra I. Irene Mitchell and Ada Swanson captured upperclassmen at the opening of school and from present indications, they are going to keep them. Raymond Bell can both ask and answer questions. Douglas Spencer has the ability to produce a blush at any time with little or no cause. Rex Jennings and Frank Snapp are our giggling boys. When we were eighth graders we had one “class wart,” Eugene Baker, but now that we are H. S. Freshmen, one is not enough so Melvin Schisler came from “Saintie” to be our new “wart.” Our industrious bookkeepers are Ercell Serven, Raymond Pattison and John Wall. Gallerd Asquith, Louise Sailer, Una Hall and Lucille Ross must have heard that our class was to be a remarkable one or why else did they journey so far in order to be with us? We are always acting the fool Because we are just Freshies in school. But when we are with school days done And it’s for us to make the “roun,” Then we’ll call back the days of old When our teachers had to scold And ask of each, “Was that you, A little Freshman of ’22?” FRANK ARTHURS. a i 28 O

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CElir mint r rami ={' f ahr (6lrr (Club Standing Naomi Pittman, Maude Yeoman, Eula Nance, Eunice Hollister, Orel Day. Sitting -Clarence Baker, Edith Pool, May Yeoman, Mrs. Hatch. Sadie Kreps, Faith Townsend, Ernest Heston. fflusir NDER the able direction of Mrs. Hatch, music was an important pait of the High School program. Although the Glee Club was few in numbers some excellent work was done. This was shown by the amusing opeietta “The Family Doctor” presented before the Parent-Teachers Association in February. The music contest, held on May second for the purpose of selecting contestants for the County meet, proved very popular. In the girls’ contest Orel Day won first place, while in the boys’, first place was won by Garland Diake. The program was as follows: “Three for Jack” .......................................... Garland Drake “Three Fishers Went Sailing” .............................. William Carroll “Nita Gitana” ............................................ Clarence Baker “A Son of the Desert Am I” ................................. Ernest Heston “Sunbeams” ................................................ Bernice Mings “The Spring Has Come” ........................................... Orel Day “Dainty Dorothea” ...................................... Florence Jennings