Casey High School - Flame Yearbook (Casey, IL)

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Cllji' JFire of 1930 5TI;c Jsparli A tiny spark was found in C. T. H. S. in the fall of 1926. One hundred and twenty-six pupils were ready to test their skill at kindling the biggest and brightest fire ever built in the history of Casey High. We organized in October. President, Ga.rison Burr; vice-president, Audrey Carper; secretary-treasurer, Harlan Ffister; advisors, Miss Booker, Mr. Newlin. Having one of the largest classes, we naturally were the possessors of a great amount of pep. We were very busy watching and learning the procedures of our upperclassmen. We did our part towards taking charge of pep meetings, which was a great responsibility then. Our superiors gave us a reception of which so much cannot be said. We were proud of having a number of honor students to shine as some of the brightest in wisdom, if not in actions. fElic jFlamc In the year 1927, 109 organized pupils entered school, no longer as a spark, but as the hottest little flame that ever leaped over into the Sophomore Class. First, officers were chosen: president, Audrey Carper; vice-president, Marie Em-rich ; secretary-treasurer, Harlan Blister; advisors, Miss Jordan and Mr. Clark. We started our first flame by having charge of the Freshman initiation. The winning of the Stunt Show with our “Doll Dance” gave us more notoriety. We kept about the same number of honor students. But better than all these was the “Gypsy Party” given for the Seniors, as the small pox had prohibited the Freshman-Junior party the year before. This was in Dwight Miller’s woods and everyone came dressed as real gypsies. Helen Reeds presided as the queen and Miss Poage was the fortune teller. A week after school was out we all met in Chancler’s grove one evening for our last picnic as the Sophomore Class, Miss Jordan accompanying us. (Tit? 5®lazc A loud snapping and crackling is heard as the flame develops into a blaze. But we find it must have leaders: president. Garrison Burr, Verlin Orndorff; vice-president, Verlin Orndorff; secretary-treasurer, Robert Wright. With good cooperation the class goes through the year with Miss Johnston as the advisor. The Junior Class play was the first work, real work, of the year. It made us the money for the big event, the annual Junior-Senior banquet. The class rings were decided upon and purchased. Then, on the last day of school, the Freshmen took us to Paris for a picnic. 3firc Who would ever think that this roaring fire, four years ago, was only a tiny spark? But that is the purpose of the fire maker, to build a fire from a spark. Officers were chosen: president, Audrey Carper; vice-president, Marie Emrich; secretary-treasurer, Arnold Kiburz; advisors, Miss Wendt and Miss Johnston. We assumed the dignity and respect accorded Seniors. The underclassmen regard us with awe, and wonder when their time will come to be Seniors. We started the year off with a Stunt Show. Next, the Freshman initiation was held in the form of a kid party. The Annual caused lots of wrinkles and frowns on the faces of the Staff as they wondered where the next dollar would come from. The annual Junior-Senior banquet took place; this time we Seniors were entertained. The last great event was the Senior Class play. Invitations sent, June near, all denote graduation. With happiness and sorrow in our hearts we step forward to take our diplomas, symbols of the knowledge we have attained. But look! The fire is getting low! Shall we build it brighter? No. Then we will be satisfied to let it die out, very slowly. See—the flame falls lower and lower. Peace reigns over all. The night grows dark. Dimmer and dimmer becomes the light that once was a large fire. Ah! Again only a tiny spark is left —left for some one else to build up. And as we leave, we feel that all is well. Marie Emrich. f -29-

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 -S«ri C«® e l-3$ 4 3f |(i €®k « 3 ' 3® Wayne Brewer—“Sherlock” .. An intellectual corner of gray matter.” Transferred from Twin Falls 4; Band 4; Glee Club 4; Orchestra 4; Debate Team 4. Mildred Baii.f.y— Mid “Getting slips from classes and getting work in late Makes me sometimes wonder, if I will graduate. Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Biology Club 2, 3; H. E. C. 3, 4; Pepper Box 4; Stunt Show 4. Ina Brown— Brown’ “Constantly in love—with llarry.” G. A. A. 4; Pepper Box 4. I )ei.ma Brosman—“Pelm “Some blondes are not liglit-lieaded. H. F.. C. 3, 4; G. A. A. 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3, 4. David Brown Post-graduate. Allan Taylor—“Bud “None so blithely gay as he, Where'er the ladies chance to be: Dwight Miller— Dwightie” “I’m not bashful, I’m just well trained. Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 4; Junior Class Play 3; Senior Stunt Show 4; Operetta 1. -28-

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ft s Senior (Class Jrnplimj The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind, If winter comes, can spring be far behind? Shelley. One October evening I was walking through a woods, gathering the last flowers, enjoying the falling leaves, listening to the birds, and admiring the beautiful sunset, which always comes with fall. The air had a frosty, smoky odor, and as I turned from the sky which was now becoming dark. I had a longing— not to return home but to linger. Night—a very black night, was coming on. I began to have a feeling of uneasiness and fear for all this solitude around me. Still, it stayed me—I could not leave, though 1 knew not why. I looked around, and rose suddenly from the stump, for behind me. about 200 yards, was a large bonfire, which had not been there before. What could it be? Why was it there? Slowly I went to the fire. I was surprised when I saw before me an elderly woman in dirty, ragged gypsy attire, hovering over a big iron pot hanging over the campfire. She did not turn her head, but seemed to feel my presence, for she said: “Come near, my child; come closer to the Fire—the Fire of Life it is.” Cautiously I approached the fire. “Sit down, my child,” said she. still stirring and peering into the pot. Close to the fire was a large rock upon which I seated myself hesitatingly. She seemed to know my thought, for she said: “Fear not, but trust me. I will do you no harm. I am the tender of the Fire of Life, and can be of great help to you.” “Why, how could you ever help me?” I questioned, rather insultingly, for you see I was a Senior. “That shows how little you realize my value. I am here tonight to prophesy what every one of your classmates is going to do in the future. I always appear to a Senior this way every year, and it is their duty to pass the word on. I shall now begin—will you take the responsibility?” “Yes.” I answered; “but wait a minute,” and, after drawing my notebook and pencil from my pocket, I reseated myself; then said, “I am ready. Begin!” Peering into the fire, watching each little flame rise higher and higher, she began to speak. “I see Wayne Dixon as minister in the First Methodist Church in Decatur and loved by all. Mae Collins and Ruth Agler are making their third tour of the country with the Modern Mammas Show Company. Scott Emrich is a well known broker in Chicago. Donald Knierim is being sued by Audrey Carper, the notorious girl with the best looking legs in Ziegfield’s Follies, for breach of promise. “Max Lamb has at last found his calling. With Helen Tuttle as his little helpmate, he has settled down in Greenup and is doing nicely in a dry goods store. Leonard Gardner has a big dairy farm close to St. Louis, where he makes hundreds of dollars a month. He has as overseers of his farm Noble Lacey and Ernest Shicks. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Brewer are the proud parents of a fifteen-pound girl which they have named Maudaline, in honor of its mother. “Keith Simpson has become judge of the Federal Court. His last case was with Kenneth List and Roland Heim, who had been breaking the XVIII amendment. Denzil Hills has a large grocery store in Effingham. Coral Anderson has had the most proposals in the last ten years of ;myone in the United States. Refusing them all, she still keeps her position in a beauty shop at Terre Haute. “Delma Brosman has established a stylish dress shop in Springfield, Illinois, and has hundreds of customers. Arnold Kiburz and Maxine Underwood have -30.