Collinsville High School - Kahokian Yearbook (Collinsville, IL)

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JOE HEFFERLY Football, ’2G; Royal Razzers, ’2G. AMELIA FARKNZINA Pahatainip Camp Fire, ’25; Glee Club, ’25; Fashion Show, ’25. ARTHUR BITZER Football, ’25-’2G; Mr. B-b; Royal Razzers, ’25-’27; Dramatic Club, ’25-’27, Class President, ’25. MARTHA DEANS HELEN BRADA Dramatic Club, ’25-’27, Secretarv-Treasurer; Pinafore; G'ee Club, ’2U. HERMAN HAUPTMANN Twenty-five

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PAUL O’GUIN Fcotball, '20; Dramatic Club, '26- 27, Vice-President, ’27; Kahokian Stall', ’27; Pinafore, 26; Royal Razzers, ’25-'27; Roys’ Quartette, ’2G-’27; Glee Club, 25-'?.G; Instrumental Quartette. MARJORIE KIDD Case of Suspension; Glee Club, ’25-’26; Ukelelo Club, '26; Dramatic Club, ’25-’27. MILDRED ELMORE Pahatainip Camp Eire. MAURICE WILBERT LEO HI KEN Dramatic Club, ’27; The Coontown 1.1 Club; Basketball, Class Champions, '27. MAUD KNEEDLER Cahokia Camp Fire, Vice-President, ’27; Pinafore; G. A. A., Point-Secretary, ’27; Dramatic Club, ’27; Girls’ Octette, ’27; Glee Club, ’25; Class Vice-President, ’25; Hockey Team, ’27. Twenty-four

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- s££]«L Senior Class History Tn 1923 a wonderful event occurred. The present Senior Class started on the first step of their journey through the C. T. H. S. The class as a whole was very active. Miss Digby and Miss Renfro were chosen as our sponsors. The first meeting was held about a week after school began. At this meeting the class officers were elected and plans for a Hallowe'en Party were discussed. The class officers elected were: Vernon Michael, President; Russel Clayton, Vice-President; Roy Schultz, Secretary; and Elmer Patterson, Treasurer. Francis Gauen, John Klobuchar, Joe Hefferly, and Roy Schultz went out for football. Klobuchar is now a four-letter man and was captain of the team in his Senior year. Gauen has two letters to his credit; Schultz and Hefferly have one. In the spring the class went on a hay ride to Caseyville Park. On the way back a deluge occurred. Everybody was on the sick list the next day. No one came to school, but it made no difference as it happened to be Saturday. Miss Digby's English class enjoyed a wiener roast at Monk's Mound in the early part of April. April and May passed quickly and before we knew it, the term had ended. Our first year at C. T. H. S. was over. September rolled around and we were starting on our second lap of the race. We were full of pep and it was not long before we were organized and on our way. The class officers elected were: Arthur Bitzer, President; Maude Kneedler, Vice-President; and Mabel Tobnick, Secretary-Treasurer. A one-act play “Rats was presented in the school auditorium by several prominent Sophomore members of the Dramatic Club, Arthur Bitzer, Francis Gauen, Maudelle Wood, and Mabel Tobnick. Most of our social activities were concentrated on the spring months. The whole class attended a party at school and an outing at Miller's Park. Miss Harris's English class and Miss Brede's Latin class crowded a wiener roast into the last month of school. When we returned to school we were grown up and considered ourselves men and women. Who wouldn’t? At our first meeting William Ross was elected President; Bemis Followill, Vice-President; Marthel Wendler, Secretary; and Bertha Mann, Treasurer. We gave a show at the Miners’ Theatre to get some money in the treasury. Besides a good picture, several girls sang and Paul O’Guin, Bob Kraft, and Carlyle Stehman gave us a taste of their musical ability. This show was very successful. Several skating parties were also given in the fall. The Junior Class Plays were given in November. Two nights were devoted to the presentation of the plays, “Mr. Bob” and “A Case of Suspension.” A group of .boys, sponsored by Miss Krug and our class sponsors, gave a Negro Minstrel show in the spring. May brought with it the shining light of the year, the Senior Reception. The gymnasium was beautifully decorated with the Senior colors. The entertainment was different from former years and was a real surprise to all. The reception finished our social activities during our Junior year. We returned to school in September sombre and dignified. The class was still strong as a body. We out-numbered the Juniors. We still had seventy-eight members out of the number w’ho had started as Freshmen. It is a very rare thing for the Senior class to have more members than the Junior class. Since Miss Digby had married during the summer, we selected Miss Harris to succeed her as sponsor. Bemis Folio-will was elected President for the year. Francis Gauen was elected Vice-President; Robert Willoughby, Secretary-Treasurer. We sponsored a show at the Miners’ Theatre in November. “Home Coming” was held on the week before Christmas. Bemis and several former students made interesting talks. May came a’l too soon. We are now out of the C. T. H. S., but our four years spent there shall forever live in our hearts. Twenty-six