Casey High School - Flame Yearbook (Casey, IL)

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6 »TT ! « f V tv -c ? V X 9 5f f % “After searching ten years in vain for a husband, Irene Mumford and Inez Howe committed suicide by eating one of their home cooked meals. “Troit Kelly is giving elocution lessons. George Lippincott prepared to teach mathematics but later decided be would rather collect garbage. Leon Postlewait has just revised Webster’s Dictionary. The other one failed to contain many of the words which Leon found in his vocabulary. “Opal Rhoads is serving a five year sentence in jail for kidnaping little boys. Norma Stratton turned her over to Chief of Police Darrell Downey. “Juanita Foster is supervisor of the State Home Economics Department of Illinois. Nora Louise Emrich recently won a beauty contest. She is now posing for magazine covers. “Beulah Queen is queen of the typewriter in a Chicago business office. Wilson Hensiek. still a football magnate, is coaching at Notre Dame. Wilbur Gilbert, unable to hold a position because he continually argues with his boss, became a hermit and he now talks to himself and argues with his echo. “Charles Goben has taken over his father’s filling station. Allen Orndorff and Max Brewer are doing well on a peanut farm. “The largest cracker-jack factory in the world is operated by Billy McGinness and Theron Roberts. They place a peewee Austin in each box as a prize. “Edna Brothers, broken-hearted over her defeat for mayor of New York by Rosamond Shimel, has joined the Salvation Army. Madge Huddleston’s first book entitled ‘Nowhere and Back’, has just been published. “Margie Fancher, recently voted the most popular actress in Hollywood, owns a new-fangled Chevrolet with fenders that will neither dent nor scar. “Geraldine Henderson just knocked out Burl Dill for the world’s heavyweight boxing championship. “Doris Hosman has returned to her position at the Main Street Pharmacy after recovering from injuries. A light post got in front of her car. “The well known musician and composer, Wendell Collins, has recently written a selection entitled ‘The Blueberry Pie Waltz’. His wife, Bessie Hun-saker, is his inspiration. Otis Lacey, the scientist, has just solved the question ‘How high is up?’, but refuses as yet to give any information to the public. “Dick Gard is at present giving dancing lessons. He is busily engaged in preparing the Brandenburg sisters for a stage career. “At this very minute, Forrest Claypool and Leslie Wright are racing across the Sahara desert on police dogs. The winner will receive a fried chicken dinner at the expense of Frank Hudson, who owns a poultry farm. “Mary Wetherholt and Faith Finney operate a hat shop on Tenth Avenue in New York. Christine Diltz is their model. “Jane Brunker and Esther Logue have llown their airplane to South America to explore the jungles. They are searching for material for their new volume of bed-time stories called ‘Jungle Trails’, written for the little kiddies. “Ruth Lee is scheduled to ride an elephant from California to New York. Miss Lee hopes to be the first to accomplish such a feat. Claudine Laymon will ride along in a coaster wagon to make sure that Ruth doesn’t get off and walk. “Chlorine Bell, Norma Neidigh. Evelyn Sharp, Pauline Fitzpatrick, and Mildred Laymon, the first women members of the Westfield police force, recently captured two bank robbers, Kenneth Hall and Herman Davis, taking candy away from a group of small boys.” Success for everyone—isn’t it wonderful? Perhaps the spirit of Casey High which we shall always carry with us is responsible for it all. Mildred Laymon. [26]

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Madeline Greever, Mildred Forrester, Bernice Bell, Mary Funk, Maxine Pearce, Anna Seewcr, Vera Shelton, Elhcrta Brown — Eloisc Fazig, Mattie Briggs, Opal Riesner, Evelyn Brookhart, Ruth Miller, Leona Lacey, Thelma Floyd, Lillian Sciuires, Lois Chrysler, Floretta LaRue, Blanche Matheney, Zella Lowry, llcnc Larken, Doris Shick, I-reda Howard, Geneva Funk, Olive Owen, Farrell right, Marian Orr — Miss Stien, Murlie Galliten, Lucille Ruf-finer, Ruth Persho, Marjorie Weaver, Leah Dcverick, Erma Packer, Hazel Shrider, Miss Johnston — Cleta Purcell, Lorrene Watts, Norma McMillan, Mary Alice Poffinbarger, Thelma Gallitin, Josephine Anderson, Algene Foster, Mable Perkins, Margaret Fox. Class History In the year of 1928, 108 Freshmen enrolled to cross four years of their life in the seaworthy ship C. T. H. S. Leah Deverick was the captain of the Freshman Deck. Donald Lippincott was first mate, and Robert Davis was secretary and treasurer. When we came hack from the summer furlough, we found several of our comrades missing. We embarked on the second year of our cruise. Lois Chrysler was elected captain of the Sophomore deck, for we had been promoted. Evelvn Brookhart was first mate and Lucille Moran was secretary and treasurer. Now the third vear of our cruise is almost over and as we look back over the accomplishments of the Junior Class we think of the Junior Class play, ' The 128 1