Chester High School - Summit Yearbook (Chester, IL)

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Snjjfjtmtorcs First Row: J. Stipe, F. Uchtman, R. Zang, W. Stuevens, R Welge, M. Primeau, V. Wittenbrink, B. Swain, L. Wittenbrink. Second Row W Rir' 'ons. n ''' man, M. Wittmeyer, H. Rushing, L. Shemonic, V. Wilson, G. Saak, M. Tompkins, M. Tilton, M. White. Third Row: H Slack, D. Weber, D. Steffens, A. Ruddell, F. Schmerbauch, E. Wolff, K Welge, D. Van Meter, M. Welge, R. Smith. BARBARIC SOPHOMORES One dark rainy night a small band of nomads made its way along the Mississippi bluffs. Suddenly the leader, Jimmy DeWitt, stopped. A faint sound of voices could be heard on the cliff above. He beat the bushes to frighten away any animals that might be hiding, and grasping a vine ladder in one brawny hand he swung with ape-like agility to the top of the cliff. His companions followed close behind. As the voices grew louder, the travelers recognized the cries of welcome from the Sophomore Cavemen. In no time at all the weary wanderers were resting comfortably in the Sophomore Tribe Cave. The great tribe leader, Stony (Warren) Green, and the Council of Sages, Miss Myra White and Mr. W. O. Simmons, invited the newcomers to stay throughout 1939-1940. A ray of sunlight came sweeping through the top of the cave and was ricocheted all over the crowd. Newcomer Sadie Rusk investigated the cause 26

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Juniors CIVILIZED SENIORS After four years of toil and struggle with textbooks, we Seniors have emerged out of the dusk of an ancient past to appear as civilized students, with proud trophies of our long struggle. We are proud of our record of achievements. Today we find constant reminders of our pre-historic days in C. H. S. As we look back over the pages of time, our memories fall upon that glorious September day in the fall of 1936 when we were enrolled as students of the Chester High School. Everything was new and mystifying to us. Among the strange students were the Catholics, the Lutherans, and above all the red-headed country boy, Vernon Hesse. Eventually we got over our timidness and set to work to make a name for ourselves and our class. To prove that we have accomplished our purpose, let us review some of our activities. In 1938 the Freshman-Sophomore basketball team, consisting wholly of members from our class, received a beautiful trophy for winning second place in the Junior tournament. In this same year the ambitious biology students of our class organized the Ferreters, which won a cup for first place in the biology competition of the Illinois Junior Academy of Science at Car-bondale. The following year they won the first place cup at Springfield. The first president of this club, Delbert Rainey, and both presidents since then, Paul Backer and Clyde Martin, have been members of our class. In athletic fame also, we have not been lacking. Eleven seniors this year received letters in football: B. Eggers, J. Bruegger, F. Eamey, V. Hesse, D. Gillis, C. Manwaring, D. Rainey, L. Surman, P. Novack, B. Davis, and P. Backer. Let us also look at our track stars: D. Wittenborn, F. Eamey, J. Bruegger, V. Hesse, and B. Eggers; and at our basketball stars: P. Backer, F. Eamey, V. Hesse, and J. Bruegger. For a record of these boys' successful achievements, I will refer you to the athletic write-ups of this book. We may also look proudly toward our cultural achievements. In the band we have D. Rainey, D. Gillis, D. Wittenborn, F. Geppert, and Irvin Kendall. We must also not forget the thrilling drum-major, B. Matthews. In the Glee Club we have W. Davis, P. Backer, E. Huffmaster, H. Hoffman, B. Matthews, L. Duchinsky, M. Mueller, G. Paulus, C. Manwaring, M. Krueger, M. Moeckel, B. Johns, A. Welge, J. Wittenbring, and D. Aspley. Of Dramatic Club fame we have C. Martin, K. Pohle, and B. Matthews. Now let us look at the governing ability we have developed. First there is our line of class president D. Rainey, P. Backer, and J. Brueger. Then we have the president of the Student Board, P. Backer; of the Glee Club, W. Davis; of the band, D. Rainey; of the G. A. A., M. Hapke; of the Rip and Dip, A. Welge and of the Ferreters, already mentioned. Other minor offices held by members of our class are too numerous to mention. Surely these people have gained invaluable experiences in fulfilling these duties. Our future journalists, D. Rainey, D. Gillis, D. Wittenborn, C. Martin, W. Davis, A. Welge, M. Adams, and B. Matthews, are all doing their parts to make this year's Summit a success. We must not forget to mention the successful banquet given by our class for the Seniors of 1939. In this brief summary of our activities at Chester High, we have merely touched upon the highlights. To make a long story short, the Seniors of 1940 are leaving a proud and glorious record behind them when they leave C. H. S. 25

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§ opl]iimttrcs of the flood of sunbeams and found Drum Major H'arry Allison practicing the twirlers, Melba Welge, Jean Drake, Bernice Frager, Barbara May, and Jane Lee Douglas. She warned them to watch how the sun's rays caught in their twirling sticks and not to wake up Paul Born, William Stueven, or Bobby Swain. The next hour was spent in taking pictures. Arden Ruddell, the Paleothic cameraman, got action shots of the bowling champ, Darlene Jungewaelter. The manager of the Yellow Jackets, Fred Schmerbauch, posed with the Soph basketball star, Gene Wolff. The snapshot hour was interrupted by a terrific uproar outside the cave. Tommie Lee Jackson, the able mathematician, figured she could find out what the din was about. She returned to the group with a look of disappointment on her face. There was no lion or tiger or mouse to cause the alarm—Paul Hopkins had only smiled and frightened all the members of the Boy Shy Club. First Row: A. Duensing, S. Andrews, A Duensing, R. Andrews, E. Alms, J. Douglas, O. Eilers, M. Ehlers. D. Frazer, A Finnegan. Second Row: W. Buenger, H. Clevenger, W Buntin. J. Earney, G. Camp, W. Brown, J. DeWitt, H. Allison. Third Row: P. Born, M. Brown, J. Drake, B. Frager, R. Draves, N. Auld, A Buatte, E Atchinson, S. Coffey, A Bince. 27