Cerro Gordo High School - Gordian Yearbook (Cerro Gordo, IL)

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PRINCE CHARMING MELVIN WAGONER This is noT The usucil sTory oT The prince ond The pouper, or oT o Throne Token by closhing sTeel, buT oT o heriToge Token Trom The soil. Being crowned Prince of The Corn World wos o big n'1ornenT Tor Melvin Wog- oner, iusT in his second yeor oT ogriculTure work onol high school ocTivi- Ties. Ancl being The second boy Trorn Illinois To Toke This honor in The losT TwenTy-one yeors oolcls To The clisTincTion, Melvin wos more inTeresTed in corn Thon ony oTher proiecT becouse iT is The nnoin crop of lllinois. Previ- ous To This loTe rneriT Melvin wos ocTive in The 4l-l Club oT MonTicello. The SecTionol Groin ond PoulTry Show oT Mocon, ond The PioTT CounTy ln- sTiTuTe oT ATwood. Melvin reops resulTs in oTher Tields Thcin F. F. A.: he is cm superior scholor oncl Tolces ocTive porT in inTromurols cincl clromoTics. The ogriculTure cleporTmenT oT our schools con boosT oT rnony lourels buT Melvin Wogoner hos seTc1 new high Tor Cerro Gordo. 47

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APRIL I-Orchids fo fhe band! Their success was co- lossall 4-When such hisfory making characfers as Donald Duck are noficed by seniors we fhink Wirfh should menfion fhem in his nexf fexf. 5-Home Ec Girls. you'd beffer sfarf shopping for fhose prinf dresses soon. Only fhree more days +ill fhe banquef. 6-There should be a soda founfain in fhe drug sfore so fhe boys would have some excuse for loaf- ing fhere. 8--Mofher-Daughfer banquef is fonighf. We hope no one has fafal affer effecfs. II-Gloriosky! No school! Faculfy visifing anofher school. I2-Lawrence, we didn'f know fhaf ammonia would clean whife shoes so efficienfly. I3-Are fhe seniors more brillianf or is if iusf a mis- fake? If is rumored fhaf fheir ferm papers would make some college sfudenfs blink fheir eyes. I4--The gym classes are expanding all over fown. Maybe Miss Burkholder likes hikes. foo. I8-Charley horses in legs and cramps in fhe arms are fhe resulfs of fennis rounds offer school. I9-Very liffle locker learning! Romeos have for- goffen one diamond for anofher. If's baseball. 23-The band shoved off fo Bloomingfon fo fake par+ in fhe Music. Liferary, and Arf Confesf. 29-General assembly announcemenfs of Nafional Honor sfudenfs, and baskefball awards given. MAY 2-Play pracfice inferrupfed by showers of corn. 3-Wedding bells. or school? Thd1f's fhe quesfion. 4-Would you rafher sfudy or go for a iaunf? Some prefer The iaunf-and defenfion. 5-Dress rehearsal for fhe senior play. 6-Senior play and fheir lasf chance fo make an impression. 9--Poefry is in fhe air, fhe warm and glowing sun brings romances auf in blossom and freckles do a liffle budding, foo. IO-The band are blowing fheir brains ouf over pieces for fhe Music Fesfival. Il-Junior-Senior Banquef preparafions are under way wifh much secrecy. I2-The band has sfarfed warning all seniors wifh fheir somber rehearsing of fhe funeral march for Commencemenf. I3--We've gof fhaf old John Alden and Priscilla acf af banquef fime. Speak for yourself. John. 2I--Gof fo gef my old Tuxedo pressed Gof fo sew a buffon on my vesf. Tonighf l gof fo look my besf. Junior-Senior Banquef! 22-Baccalaureafe-grave faces and suppressed desires. 23-Keep in sfep, Pard! Seffle down! You're prac- ficing for fhe lasf march. seniors! 24-Commencemenf and an insfanf parfing for va- cafion plans. T X, 46

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MUSICAL CALENDAR One oT our song-wriTer philosophers has become Tamous by pro- claiming ThaT LiTe ls a Song. There is no doubT in our minds ThaT songs can describe liTe and ThaT They have assumed in The liTe we've lived l The LiTe We Love l a very inTeresTing parT, so, wiTh The music mixed up in our memories, we'll recall Tour verses oT This song. During The year I934-T935 our seniors, who were Then Treshmen, probably sang on Their TirsT daTe, The ObiecT oT My ATTecTions, Clouds, l've GoT a Feelin' You're Foolin', and Rain. The Teachers were probably more inTeresTed in SoliTude and Swamp Fire. Bing Crosby blossomed ouT wiTh Love in Bloom, while Shirley Temple sTarTed The Good Ship Lollipop craze ThaT ended up in being The Tune danced To by The sailor-suiTed Treshmen girls aT The Junior-Senior Banquet l935-I936 was The year ThaT really produced. Fred AsTaire and Ginger Rogers sTarred in Two movies, Top I-laT and Follow The FleeT, ThaT gave ouT Top l-laT, Cheek To Cheek, lsn'T IT a Lovely Day?, Fancy Free, l'm PuTTing All My Eggs in One BaslceT, LeT YourselT Go, LeT's Face The Music and Dance, and We Saw The Sea. Remember-iT was New Year's Eve: we were sTanding in line Tor The midnighT show: some one sTarTed humming ThaT new song, The one ThaT ouT-sung and ouT-sold Yes. We l-lave No Bananas, buT which was soon sold ouT, worn ouT and Thrown ouT-none oTher Than The Music Goes Round and Round. And I suppose you remember Allen Jones sang Alone ThaT very same nighT. IT musT have been ThaT year ThaT Major Bowes began his original amaTeur hour, because we had one, Too. Naomi Moore sang RhyThm in My Nursery Rhymesg Firman l-lenriclcs and Bill Wallace revived ThaT old novelTy number, Barnacle Bill, The Sailor, and RoberT Milcels played ThaT semi-classic ManhaTTan Serenade. l-lere's a lisT oT TavoriTes Trom ThaT year ThaT mighT help dream up your own liTTle privaTe verses: Goody Goody, Dinner Tor One, Please, James, WhaT's The Reason l'm NoT Pleasin' You?, The BeauTiTul Lady in Blue, ls iT True WhaT They Say AbouT Dixie?, lT's a Sin To Tell a Lie, STompin' aT The Savoy, Take a Number From One To Ten, l'll Never Say Never Again, Wahoo, Eeni Meni Mini Mo, You, Robins and Roses, and ChrisTopher Columbus. Bean was kind oT young ThaT year and couldn'T, iusT couldn'T, play The niclcelodeon in ClinTon. l-le wanTed LiTTle Old Lady, buT all he goT was FrosT On The Moon. Those vocal corridor iam sessions all hiT Boo l-loo, The Love Bug Will BiTe You, and One, Two, BuTTon Your Shoe, so hard ThaT liTe hasn'T been The same since. Evelyn Grove gave a daily perTormance in cloThing class singing TrusT in Me while she accompanied herselT on The sewing machine. 48