Casey High School - Flame Yearbook (Casey, IL)

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FLAME 3 Itfe Hmtnr . . . UNCLE CICERO” On a cold, bleak morning in November, just a century ago, Cicero Fancher was born. The world upon which he opened his eyes near Columbus. Ohio, was still half wilderness. When the boy was thirteen, his father decided to move on west. The opening of a broad highway in 1836 from Maryland to St. Louis had made travel so much easier than it had been twenty years before that Father Fancher could not resist trying his fortunes in a newer country. He followed the trail and settled finally near what is now Casey. In the span of a century Cicero Fancher has seen 26 Presidencies from Andrew Jackson to Franklin Roosevelt. He has witnessed the coming of the cross country highway, the railroad, the balloon, the automobile, the airplane (yes, and has even ridden in one). A century of living has been traversed. We are happy to honor our centenarian and his long and useful career in our community. Cicero Fancher, Because he is Casey's own centenarian, Because he has always been a good and upright citizen.

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THE 1937 He present . . . Mary L. Huntington, Who has been a worthy teacher and friend, Who has made a place for herself in The hearts of the people of Casey. EDITOR'S NOTE From New York City to Los Angeles —from the Atlantic to the Pacific—a distance of 3.000 miles, the National Old Trails Road or U. S. Route 40 now extends without a gap, the country s greatest artery of motor travel. In addition to being a mode of travel from coast to coast, the road furnishes a panorama of America. It traverses the great industrial centers of the East, the rich producing areas of the Middle West, and the scenic wonders and playgrounds of the West. It gives the traveler a glimpse of practically every phase of American life. The year nineteen hundred and thirty-six marked the hundredth anniversary of the road's entrance into Clark County, of which Casey is a prominent town. The lifetime of this route and also of Casey s own centenarian are parallel. In honor of these two birthdays the Flame Staff of 1937 presents this book.

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THE 1937 (Lite i taff Editor-in-Chief.......................Betty Buckler Assistant Editor......................Jay Littlejohn Business Manager......................Morris Paden Assistant Business Manager............Virginia Poe Art Editor..................................William Walling Typist.....................................Rosemary Arney Assistant Typists.....Phyllis Comer, Mildred Petty Organization Editors .......................... ..............Chlorene Shick, Elizabeth LeMay Boys' Sports Editors. Eugene Stiff, James McFarling Girls' Sport Editor...................Alice Ripple Calendar...........................Virginia Whitton Snapshot Editors............................... . .Coral Huddleston, Dorotha Estes, Tressie Biggs Humor Editors.................................. .....Marjorie Sharp, Inez Shuey, George Sloan