Chester High School - Summit Yearbook (Chester, IL)

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HISTORY What a lucky day it was for us when we entered dear old C. H. S.! It was one of those wonderful days In early September, just as the leaves were beginning to turn. Early that same year we met and chose Mr. Finley and Miss SalZWedel as advisors. As all classes do, this class had its trials and tribulations, but managed to struggle through the Freshman year with little organization. Each autumn after that we came back to learn more of this great science of living. Each year we have taken from the world’s vast store of knowledge and added to our fund. In our careful and concentrated study we discovered that the more we learn the more we find to learn, and that the more we put into our work at school, the more we get from life. Our Sophomore year, sponsored by Miss Crissey and Miss Martin, was unusual in two respects. During this year we decided to start preparations for the publication of an annual in our Senior year. With this in mind, we sold candy at the basketball games and with the proceeds started an Annual Fund. We were proud, too, our two members who succeeded in winning varsity letters—Russel McGuire and Adrian Phegley. (One of our former class members, Alfred Decker, did even better than that by-winning a letter during his Freshman year.) As Juniors we added to the Annual Fund by selling candy and pencils. Under the guidance of Miss Darwin and Mr. Simmons wo progressed smoothly through our third year and brought it to a successful close with the Junior-Senior banquet. When we came back as Seniors there were only twenty-three of the original group of sixty-three who had entered as Freshmen: Mildred Allison. Anna Ruth Backer, Ruth Bean, Elinor Beinke. Clarence Born, John Douglas, Lorin Douglas. Robert Finley, Eleanor Hirte, Ruth Horman, Charles Irose. Ray Kirk. Kenneth Kuhrtz, Georgia Mifflin. Eddie Mounts. Hilda Mueller, Russell McGuire, Adrian Phegley, Irwin Schueren and Kent Wittenborn. Where as many of our class mates have dropped out, others have come in. Since our Freshman year we have gained John Aszman from Chicago: Paul Robison from Hurst-Bush; Herbert Potts from Keyesport; Ned Stanley and Alexander Lybarger from the Class of '31; Sylvia Moeller and Jessie Conner from Ellis Grove; Grace Fish from Crab Orchard; Willbern Welten. Willard Bixby. Lucille Mueller, Lucille Brooks. Edison Fiene, Everette Rieckenberg, Marie Welten. Mildred Schnoeker and Arthur Werre from Steeleville; Earl Jehling and Lola Cullen from Percy; and Madolyn Rcsendohl from Cutler. From our group we choso Arthur Werre to act as Senior Class President. Anna Ruth Backer as Vice-President, and Hilda Mueller as Secretary-Treasurer. They have proved to be able assistants of Miss Gilster and Mr. Goranson. our advisors, in bringing us successfully to our final goal of school life—graduation from Chester High School. This year has seen the realization of the dream of our Sophomore year- the publishing of a high school annual. Encouraged and assisted by Mr. Krutsinger, we planned our annual and elected Charles Irose Editor-in-Chief. We wish to thank those members of the other classes and of the various clubs who have cooperated with us and have contributed to our annual. We sincerely hope that our efforts will be carried forward and that the classes of the future will continue to improve on the achievements of the Class of '32. PROPHECY (In the Year ol Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-two). This morning as I was sitting at the breakfast table reading the Bremen Press, published by Charles Irose and Sons, an item on the front page caught my eye. Upon examining it more closely. I found that R. O. Finley III, year and a half old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Finley. Jr. (National Tennis Champion of the World) had been kidnapped from their home in New’ York. A few minutes later I received a telegram requesting me to help solve the baffling mystery. I immediately took a train for St. Louis and on arriving went straight to the air terminal, where I found Clarence Born. Manager. To insure speed and safety he said that he would act as my pilot. On entering the plane I found Ruth Bean. She was p. nurse on the big transport plane. Twenty minutes later in New York, I was glad to find that Mr. Finley had sent his chauffeur to meet me. Who do you suppose it was? Lester Gremmels. On the way to Mr. Finley’s home Lester mentioned that he was the proud father of four of the finest children that ever lived. As you all know he had married Ruth Horman some time before. In a few minutes I arrived at the Roosevelt Hotel. Lyle Hamilton, the elevator boy. took me up to Mr. Finley’s Pent House Apartment. On entering I found several other old friends, gathered there to asist in solving the mystery. Williard Bixby, Class of ’32 •j