Avon High School - Boomerang Yearbook (Avon, IL)

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 (Thr 31 nut nr Jirimm tRrqistrr Convicts Alias Cause of Conviction Sentenced Lloyd Pool “Pooly” Going to Track Meets on school days ’Till after semester exams Glenn Neice “Neice” Puppy loving with Freshmen girls ’Till Freshmen are no more Dale Teach “Teach” Trying to improve Economics book Till he studies the lesson Henry Mauvais “Hank” Not being able to hear from back of room Till he decides to sit in his own chair Charles Stevens “Chuck” Helping out in Modern History recitation Till Modern History becomes “Ancient” Ronald Hectorne “Izzy” Getting good grades in Solid Geometry Till Commercial Arithmetic takes its place Leroy Woods “Shorty” Coming late to class “Forever and ever” Clarence Baker “Bake” Wailing for Lucille For life Klaus Nordgren “Coonie” Arguing with the teachers Till they are convinced that he knows most Faith Townsend “Jobe” Yawning in class To read Latin all her life Eula Nance “Yella” Too noisy Till she can control her tongue Corinne Yeoman “Teeny” Giggling just as everything is quiet As long as Miss Allen is in Assembly Fern Jennings “Peggy” Going to dances on school nights Till she breaks the “fox trot record” Lulu Hornbaker “Lu” Blushing at nothing Till she gets hard boiled Louise Mark “Shorty” Beautifying during school tame Till powder is no more Marvel Staggs “Rutt” Hunting dates Till dates are found on rose bushes Maurine Capps “Sub” Having sore throat at opportune times Till she becomes a Senior Eunice Hollister “Holly” Ernie ’Till Commencement 1923 pi -sr ■5 £! n a — a u s •a

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iFhr Vnammutg |}r ©tti S rlumi Daijs T WAS during the Christmas vacation of the year 1973 that I was home from the worries of the city to recuperate; and to visit my daughter, who was now married to a successful lawyer. Just before dinner on Christmas day, I happened to be looking over some old books of mine, when what should I come upon but four old dusty blue backed books entitled, “History of the Class of ’24.” 1 immediately became interested and start- ed reading. In September of the year 1921 a rather large class of Freshmen came into the halls of Avon High. This class was of course rather timid at first, but not as much so as most classes are. They readily picked up the customs and ways of the school and were soon playing an important part in school activities. The class met and elected its officers for the year. The Freshmen basket ball team won wide renown; and of course some of the members of the class acquired much fame at declamation. Then three of the boys of the class were taken to the tournament with the first squad and played in several games. Besides this the Freshmen held a banquet which was en- joyed by all. As a whole it was a very successful year for the first year. The next year was of course a much more successful year than the previous ope. We were, by this time, much better trained in the ways of school life and were beginning to be much more dignified and refined. Of course we elected officers and had several business meetings. Four boys of our class were on the first basket ball squad and played regular. Also, it was members of our class that took the prizes in declamation. Besides all this honor the Sophomore basket ball team took first place in the inter class tournament and received the silver loving cup. The girls of the class gave our team a fine banquet and presented a trophy to each member. Af- ter this year the faculty began to realize what an important part of the High School we were. The following year, ’23, came around and we were mostly all Juniors except a few we lost in the great struggle and strife of study. Once more we met and elected of- ficers. Three boys of the class were on the regular basket ball squad and assisted greatly in winning two plaques and a banner for the school. A few of our members were in the vocal and declamatory contests. Out side of these activities a play was given entitled, “The Early Bird,” which was a great success. Then the Junior-Senior party was held at the school house and it was also a big success. By this time I had almost finished the third volume when I was called to dinner. I still had one more to read, which was the most important of all. 1 closed the book and my thoughts still clung to the memories of my old school days. As I went out to the dining room, I seemed to be in a sort of a trance and I made up my mind to finish the volumes just as soon as possible. I 1 W rfTVJ RONALD HECTORNE ’24.

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to ro tUir S npltnmurtB First Row—Melvin Schisler, Lucille Ross, Irene Mitchell, Bernice Mings, Florence Jennings, Una Hall, Orel Day, Eugene Baker. Second Row—Raymond Pattison, Frank Arthurs, Ercell Serven, Rex Jennings, Raymond Bell, Donavon Myers, John Wall. Third Row—Leroy Griffith, Kenneth Shrodt, Leota Hovell, Florence Witter, Ada Swanson, Jack Sundberg. Absent—Doris Hollister.