Chester High School - Summit Yearbook (Chester, IL)

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CLASS OF '39 Anchors Aweigh! was the cry one September morn of 1937. The Junior class was beginning another eventful year in the history of their attendance at dear old Chester High. Although vacations are welcomed after periods of tiring work, the Juniors were glad to see the Portals of Wisdom swing wide to let them enter its familiar halls. After several weeks of settling down to studies, the great election got under way. The affair reached the climax when the Honorable Brick Bruegger was chosen as the most worthy candidate for the presidency. Ruth Ann Michaelis was selected to accurately take down an account of the Junior meetings, and how she does check on our candy sales! Juniors, beware! It is not an epidemic, but it's in the air. Geneva Mabuce, Melba Rigdon, John Heuer, Margaret Jeremiah, and Waldo MacDonald have been conscientiously checking up. It is politely rumored that they have been present at the great assembly of the Student Board. We not only have our stars, John Heuer, Paul Preusse, Martha Heckman, Ruth Michaelis, Evalyn Marquardt, but also capable understudies who became famous over night, for was not Dwight McNelly ready to catch the mumps for the Dramatic Club play? The Mummy and the Mumps went over great in spite of the fact that Billie Dial, who was trying to get the mumps, was suddenly confined with a scarlet face. New faces have made themselves known in our midst—those of Johnny Clayton, athlete. Merle Shafer, operetta soloist, Warren Lindsey, authority on history. Martha Heckman, cartoonist, and Lester Moeller, trumpeter. Our Junior boys did not forget to make their athletic ability known. Now that the football and basketball seasons are over. Dwight McNelly is talking about the great tennis tournament which will begin as soon as he can finish weeding the court. From all appearances, the Glee Club is going Russian. Won t it be thrilling to see those four pretty girls of our village school, Margaret Jeremiah, Lorene Frazer, Marcella Rebbe, and Geneva Mabuce, step lightly out upon the stage in Melinka of Astrakhan? The masculine touch is being added to the operetta by John Heuer, Merle Shafer, and Dale Bruegger. This Junior class will continually be striving onward. It will not rest and blithely watch the rest of the world go by. The Juniors will fight, and is it necessary to say that they usually win? Wilma Mueller.

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CLASS OF ’38 UNDERGRADUATES! Did you ever stop to think how much we shall miss— Kathryn Allen as Giggles ? Bernard Aspley's interest in the hereafter? Thomas Atchinson's somniloquence? Ruth Baughman's gift of gab? Elroy Braun's quiet, modesf laugh? Wilfrid Braun's affection for the ooposite sex? Chester Brooke's non-indulgence (in some things!)? Laverna Clasen's ever present business of task that must be attended to? Ida Coffey's rapidity of articulation? The Evy of Evelyn Cohen? Harvey Decker's heavily burdened schedule? Cooperativeness of Mildred Decker? Frederick Dreyer's ability to make a saxophone talk? That amazing frankness of Isa Lea Earney's? Charles Fey's historical knowledge? Henry Frazier's intense interest in physics? Hildegard Glahn's nonobtrusiveness? The metamorphosis of Richard Hamilton? Edith Harmon's steadiness? Lacy Harmon's interest in porkies ? Those big brown eyes of Helen Harris? Aline Hulsey's flirting with the boys? Dorothy Johns's sketching ability? Charles Johnson's poetry in English? Edward Koeneman's ability as a magnet as far as girls are concerned? William Lauber's deviltry? William Lewis's acting ability? Marilyn Light’s diets to combat avoirdupois? Mildred Mager's stick-to-it-iveness? Madelle Mansker's driving ability? Gertrude Marshall’s quietness? Mary Matthew's determination? Mary Louise Meredith's daintiness? Dorothy Meyer's engaging smile? Those cute little dimples of Ardell Moeller's? Harold Mudd's quaint art of blushing? Carrie and Marion Mueller as our senior twins? Ruth Niederbrach's good disposition? Virginia Orrell and Donald Hornberger's mutual affection? Those flying fingers of Ruth Orrell's? LaVern Runge's art of dancing? Donald Simon's commanding, serious personage? Thelma Smith's intimacy with Shakespeare? Eunice Taylor's joviality? Orville Tilfon's athletic ability and sportsmanship? Hattie Wasson's decisiveness? Gladys Webb’s figure and charming manner? Louis Welten's willingness and resoluteness? Andrew Wicklein's volubility? Louise Worstman's striking attractiveness? Thelma Wright's sgreeableness? Annabel Zang's Epicurean philosophy? For explanation see C. Boyte or E. Cohen. THE SUMMIT

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CLASS OF Ao The year of 1940 will be the year of years for old Chester High. Some of the handsomest—none of the homliest—some of the greatest—none of the least—some of the best—none of the worst—these make up the class that will leave Chester High in 1940. Today we are not green enough for freshmen, not hopeful enough for juniors, not sophisticated enough for seniors. In 1940 we expect to out sophisticate anybody who ever sophisticated. Just stop to review our outstanding athletes: F. Earney, P. Backer, B. Davis, J. Bruegger, D. Whittenborn, C. Manwaring, V. Hesse, D. Gillis, D. Rainey, B. Eggers, F. Blechle. Not only athletes but scholars as well are these boys: J. Bruegger, B. Davis, P. Backer, V. Hesse, C. Manwaring, D. Gillis. Have you not heard in the Glee Club the voices of: C. Manwaring, D. Aspley, B. Lewis, H. Hoffman, R. Katz, B. Matthews, and we must not forget Sheriff Katz of Dramatic fame. Then, too, we must remember those hard working officials, our class government: Paul Backer, President: Helen Hoffman, Vice-President; Kathrine Barger, Secretary and Treasurer, and our class advisers, Mr. Courier and Miss Johnson. After all is said and done, to our faculty and to our Alma Mater we ll say, Thanks for the Memories. Clyde Martin.