Casey High School - Flame Yearbook (Casey, IL)

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18 THE 1937 Hjiutinrs To bring our record up-to-date, we herein present a survey of the years we have spent in the halls of Casey High. When we entered in the fall of 1934, we were greeted as freshmen always are. Miss Mary Huntington and Ethard Lee were put in charge of us. With their help we elected Bill Buckler president, Bob Goble vice-president, and Charles Collins secretary-treasurer. To take care of the financial problems of the class, Miss Huntington coached us in a one-act play by the name of Elmer. The new school year of 1935-1936 found us back for the second time. We discovered that we had lost several members of our flock during the summer months. After organizing under the leadership of Miss Emily Kelley and P. E. Acker, we chose Don Henry president, Herbert Lee vice-president, and Doris Laymon secretary-treasurer. During our sophomore year the boys of our class began to show up in athletics. In football and basketball the following boys were in the running all the time: Franklin Thomas, Clifford Lamb, Bill Emrich, Albert Hensiek, Marion Shawver, William Fuson, Bill Buckler, Russell Jones, Leon Taylor, Noel Greever, Herbert Lee, Leon Elliott, Bill McDaniel, and Eugene Galey. As a fitting close for our second year in Casey High, we accompanied the Class of 1937 to Twin Lakes, where a pleasant afternoon was spent bathing, boating, and picnicking. In the fall of 1936 seventy-nine students registered as juniors, and the class was reorganized with the assistance of Miss Kelley and A. C. Daugherty. Our class officers elected were president, Junior Law; vice-president, Bernard Forester; secretary-treasurer, Lavon Chrysler. Six juniors received football letters this year. They were Russell Jones, Marion Shawver, Franklin Firs! Row: Robert Goble, Eugene Galey, Don Moulding, Russell Jones, Carl Cohoon, Irwin Phar, William Prather, Junior Law. Second Row: Leon Elliott, Noel Greever, Leon Taylor, Herbert Lee, filbert Hensiek, Duane Miller, Leonal Elliott, Clifford Lamb, Paul Clark. Third Row: Henry Staley, Bernard Stephenson, Cecil Johnson, Don Henry, Bill McDaniel, Ivan Shiels, Marion Shawver, Reese Hemingway. Berl Slater. Fourth Row: Leonard McCrory, Leon Williams, Bernard Forester, John Kaufmann, Floyd Smith, Charles Harthan, Willard McCrory. Fifth Row: William Fuson, Eugene Anderson, Jim Giffin, William Buckler.

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FLAME 17 Annals nf the (Class of 1937 Two pages would give insufficient space to record the events of four busy years on the campus of Casey High. The class, which began with ninety-nine members in 1933, has now dwindled to forty-nine. Some of these students transferred to other schools, some dropped school, a few are married. Of the forty-nine members of this year's graduating class several are transfers from neighboring schools. In order to give a bird's-eye view of the high school record of this class, we present the following chronological outline of events and statistics. 1933-1934 Ninety-nine freshmen enter Casey Township High. They are greeted heartily by Principal Buckler. They are greeted heartily (?) by the upperclassmen. They are given two sponsors, Mr. Johnson and Miss Cochonour. Class officers are elected: William Walling, president; William Staley, vice-president; Clifford Lamb, secretary-treasurer. Freshies win first prize for the best float in the parade preceding the Casey-Marshall football game. Upperclassmen welcome the youngsters into the school. (This is a nice way of speaking about the time-honored inititation of freshmen, which isn't so nice; that is, it isn't so nice for the freshmen.) Freshmen hold a wiener roast at the park. Games, treasure hunt, and food are enjoyed. Eight boys are out for football; four are out for basketball. (Continued on Band has ten freshmen members. Six to ten freshies have names on the honor roll each six weeks. Year ends with class ready to initiate the new freshies. Class member, Walter Ault, dies during the summer of 1934. 1934- 1935 Sixty-three class members return to Casey High as sophomores. Officers for this year are president. Dale Underwood; vice-president, William Staley; secretary-treasur-er, Jay Littlejohn. Miss Meyer and Miss Cochonour are sponsors. Sophomores entertain freshmen with a Hallowe'en party in old gym— for initiation purposes. (We enjoy being on the other end of the log. ) Eleven boys are out for football, and four for basketball. Chlorene Shick and Morris Paden go in for debating. Rosemary Arney and Lee Davis play important parts in the operetta, And It Rained. Other sophomores take part in the dances and choruses. The end of May comes and we are rather glad to be done with this sophomore state. They can no longer call us wise fools. 1935- 1936 Fifty-five sophisticated juniors enter the portals of C. T. H. S. Dale Underwood continues as our president, ably assisted by Messrs. Staley and Littlejohn. Page 25)

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FLAME 19 juniors Thomas, Albert Hensiek, Leonal Elliott, and Junior Law. Other players receiving honorable mention were Noel Greever, Leon Taylor, Eugene Anderson, Willard McCrory, Leonard McCrory, and Bernard Stephenson. At the close of the season Russell Jones was chosen captain for the 1937 football team. Bill Buckler, Eugene Galey, Bill Fuson, and Marion Shawver were awarded basketball letters for the 1936-1937 season. A big event of the year for Casey High students is the banquet at which the seniors and faculty are entertained by the third year students. This year the party was in charge of the class sponsors. The gymnasium was made gay for the occasion and about 150 guests enjoyed the dinner prepared under the direction of Mrs. J. E. Rose. The juniors earned money for this entertainment by selling candy at noon during the first semester. They also had charge of the candy and popcorn stand at the Eastern Illinois League tournament. Mr. Daugherty was the financial manager of the class. Additional funds were brought to the treasury by proceeds from the junior play presented April 1. For this play Director A. B. Ives chose Shakespeare's immortal Taming of the Shrew. The leads in this, Kate and Petruchio, were protrayed realistically by Emma Belle Lemley and James Gif-fin. A true Shakespearean effect was produced by means of a temporary outer stage which extended out from the permanent stage onto the gymnasium floor. A shallow inner stage with curtains to shut it off were used for the more intimate scenes. Changes in scene and act were announced by signs. Public speaking classes arranged Elizabethan costumes for the actors. First Row: Vera Beasley, Helen Leohr, Wanetia Perisho, Enid Crouch. Marjorie Watson, Mary Orrell, Mildred Daughhetee, Reba Frazier, Marie Speakman, Marguerite Hock. Second Row: Bettie Delp, Florine Stifal, Doris Laymon, Emma Belle Lemley, Beulah Collins, Anna Mae Bliss, Madylene Downey, Lenna McFarling. Third Row: Alice Buckler, Margie Kilborn, Marilyn Smith, Betty Chenoweth, Sybil Watt, Lucille Richardson, Iva Brandenberg, ftlfreida Plunkett, Pauline Cummins. Fourth Row: Geneva Shafer, Sophia Wright, Florence Finney, luanita Roberts, Ruth Webber, Phyllis Carrell, Veretta Watts, Irene Briggs. Fifth Row: Lavon Chrysler, Mary Sloan, Buda Coverstone, Rose Crandall.