Collinsville High School - Kahokian Yearbook (Collinsville, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 128 of the 1942 volume:

BESSIE BIRKE I MO GENE PHIPPS Editors IDA DALLAPE Business Manager “All ashore who’re going ashore .... all ashore. Ahoy! I’m Tommy Rot, a slap-happy, sea-going gob representing any of the nine hundred enlisted people in service here. A glance at our log reveals the nature of our activities .... there are squalls and skirmishes .... also calms and doldrums . . . . but, in the brig or out, it’s a good voyage. So, avast, ya swabs, we’re sailin’ . . . TWO INTRODUCTION CLASSES 19 Title page 1 Seniors 21 Views of School 2 Juniors 38 Foreword 4 Sophomores . 44 Dedication 6 Freshmen 50 Staff 7 ACTIVITIES .57 ADMINISTRATION . 8 SPORTS 71 FACULTY . 10 FEATURES 89 CALENDAR AND ADVERTISING 99 MUSIC AND DRAMA 89 THREE Glance for a moment at C. T. H. S. Viewing the vessel is like looking up at one of the pyramids; only instead of rising from a desert, the towering hull commands one of the busiest industrial hives of students. FOUR II VI I I $ H I P Our vessel has four decks and carries a crew of nine hundred. She was launched in nineteen hundred eight and since that time has made many radical changes and improvements. Although she may seem shabby and ancient to outsiders, to us she will always be the finest vessel of the fleet. FIVE Ouh, L llll j rnirr Ll . . . conquer we must, for our cause it is just, And this be our motto: In God is our trust. And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave. —Francis Scott Key Old Glory” right up where she belongs did th Bessie Birke and Imogene Phipps, editors .... Leonard Gillespie, assistant editor .... Ida Dallape, business manager .... Merlin Sepmeyer, Jackie Opp, and Paul Phipps, business staff .... Jane Davis, senior editor . . . . Kenny John, junior editor .... Boh LaSurs, sophomore editor .... Jane Critser, freshman editor .... Pete Smith and Boh Bieser, sports editors . . . . 1) ave Knoebel, Bill Greer and John Scaggs, snapshot editors . . . . Helen Cousins and Annabelle Hiken, point managers . . . Virginia Cooper, Betty Euno, Neva Gerstenecker, Norma Jean Crowe, and Margaret Sliva, art editors .... Gloria Dieu and Genevieve Taylor, school calendar . . . . Bob Steen, draftsman .... Cleo Meredith, Theresa Caia, Geraldine Fields and Marian Hudgens, typists .... Esther Strong, Ernestine Gia-coletto and Jane Prigmore, circulation . . . Advisers: Miss Linder, chairman and art director; Miss Petitti, typing; Mr. Hale, finance. SEVEN “Sit down, and get quiet” . . . the boss5 voice .... Mr. Snodgras . . . known in crude familiarity as “J. F.” . . . made captain in 1929, he’s guided us through thirteen years .... “improvement” and “progress” his compass .... more extra-curricular activities .... di versified subject choice. Next to us he probably likes fishing better than anything .... in fact, there are times when I imagine he’d prefer the fish. J. F. Snodgras, A. B., M. A. Shurtleff College Chicago University University of Southern California Columbia University RIGHT 4 tu Sill1 Wednesday night .... a light in the office . . . school board meeting . . . who are these fellows that say “yes” and “no” to how the taxpayers’ money is spent: . . . the pursers, no doubt . . . nice fellows, though . . . . Jackie’s dad’s one of them . . . Can we use the gym for class parties? . . . Wait for the decision of the Board ... Cut down on expenses? . . . Oh, oh, must be defense . . . . Hey, everybody, put on your “party manners” for tomorrow .... the Board’s having lunch with us in the cafeteria .... Mr. William Jok.erst, President Mr. Edward Holzweg Mr. Elmer McDonald Mr. Edward Mueller Mr. Arthur Opp Mr. John Weber Messrs. Mueller, Weber, Esterlein, Jokerst, Opp, McDonald, Holzweg NINE They live again in this volume. Rum ling out of pictures REYNO F. BIXLER ... a tip-top typist and a tennis tyro. ELFRI EDA BREDE .... busy as a button, and makes Latin seem far from a “dead” language. JESSE CHANDLER from the Hoosier state .... teaches algebra and helps boss the Honor Society on the side . . . favorite pastime is dozing MARY RUTf I CUNNINGHAM . . . her mind is like a sundial ... it records only the pleasant sunniness. Place to work off excess energy JOSEPH DASOVIC . . “reserved” .... for whom? Seems satisfied with general shop and Chicago. THOMAS DUNN ... his waistline’s like the equator . . an imaginary line! But wotta coach . . regardless of “figger” DOROTHY ECKART . . . keeper of the b(ook)s. Too pretty to be shelved. LAWSON FLETCHER . . wears his hair departed in the middle. Coached our baseball nine into the state champ spot. ALBERT FRIEDLI little man . . . with the big voice .... and the nearest thing to perpetual motion. JOSEPH DASOVIC THOMAS DUNN DOROTHY ECKART LAWSON FLETCHER ALBERT FRIEDLI ELEVEN They’re Kind and EDWIN HEINECKE TWELVE onders EUGENIA HORSTMAN • • • They’re patient WILLIAM HALE . . . Go to Hale! Everybody else does, with posters and a multitude of other odd jobs. EDWIN C. HEINECKE . . revised edition of Muzzy and a stickler for dates (historical) WILLIAM HALE FRANCES HOLBEN .... just sew-so. Get it? Sure, she teaches clothing. EUGENIA HORSTMAN . all wrapped up in “Doc,” “Husky,” Lit. I, etc., etc. EDNA KINSEY . . . blonde hair and all that goes with it. HARRY KOELLING . . . we love to see him laugh because all of him has such good time. Oh, this is Koell( ing me. FRANKLIN KREIDER . . dignity personified. The man with the band. )} 3 MARGARET LINDER . . . one swell person, few things are good enough to say about her. ALLEN METTERNICH . a super basketball coach. He teaches chemistry, “but we’ll come to that later.” FRANCES HOLBEN EDNA KINSEY HARRY KOELLING FRANKLN KREIDER MARGARET LINDER ALLEN METTERNICH THIRTEEN They’re conscientious FOURTEEN JOHN MONROE ... his assignments are as unpredictable as a humming bird. KARL MONROE . . subtle as the “b” in subtle. Knows histroy backwards and forwards. LOIS NELSON . . . “Gym” . . . doesn’t ever bring her pretty flowers .. . but we know a guy who does. JOHN NORTON . . . devoted to his wife and work, and a darned efficient guy. Another view of said superstructure MARY PETITTI ... a firm believer in discipline . . . Respected and admired by all who know her. MARY PINKEL PAUL PORETTI QWNHbim ' A r Pro l dUxji - 4 szl r , __________________________________________ tior money . . . senior y . . . and senior election! VA RENFRO . . . “Little . . . gracious . . . stately . and witty. MARY PINKEL ... a soft voice ... a quiet manner . . . and every inch of her l 2 feet a lady. PAUL PORETTI . . . tall, dark . . . and teaches general science. OLGA QUERNHEIM . . to the class of ’42 she fond (?) adeiu with SIXTEEN and broad-m i tided CHARLES ROBERTS . . . “I’ll never smile again” EVELYN SAUER............. shoved into the job at midyear and doing an A-l job of developing the chorus. JANE SNODGRAS ... a pretty profile all the way down. HILDA STEINER ... the home-ec. lady of the faculty, and you ought to see ’em scramble for her chop suey! ALBERTA SWANK . . her taste in clothes is described in one word—her last name. ELIZABETH WEBER . . . biological specimen of an A-l biology teacher. KATHERINE WHITE . . . agreeable, easy-going, and another sew-and-sew! GERTRUDE WHITE . . . one of the hardest working girls under the C. T. H. S. roof . . . ticket-taker, stencil-maker . . . gullible, but sweet. BEN WITTE .... flash! Farmer (former) boy makes good. HILDA STEINER ALBERTA SWANK SEVENTEEN MRS. SEVA DICKHAUT. MRS. STELLA PATRETTE. SADIE FREY, MRS. KATE PAUL. MRS. ELMER WINDSOR. DOROTHY GORNICK CLEM CHERUTIS. FRANK SCHULTZ, H. C. GARRETT, CARL SEPMEYER. WM. ROUSSEAU EIGHTEEN s iI r L n m NINETEEN • • What last year’s grads are doing . Mildred Aldridge— Nurse, Christian Welfare Hospital. Betty Ann Arth— College Student, Purdue University. Dorothy Bangert— Secretary, The Morris Agency. Burton Bates— Post-graduate, Collinsville Township High School. Catherine Lee Benson— Stenographer, Travelers Insurance Company, attending night school at Rubicam Business College. Bob Best— Dispatcher, Curtiss Aircraft Corp. Margaret Beveridge— Office Work, Vandalia Bus Lines. Caroline Bevilacqua— Working at home on farm. Shirley Bieser— Secretary. Robert Bitzer— Student, University of Illinois, Ur-bana, 111. El wood Blaha — Student, Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois. Rodger M. Buckles— Mechanic, Pennsylvania Railroad. Jerome P. Bugger— Office clerk, General American Life Insurance Company, attending school at Missouri Institute of Accountancy and Law. George Burggraf— Student, University of Illinois, Pre-Journalism and Music. Bud Busiere— Machinist's Helper, Pennsylvania Railroad. Lloyd Cairns— Student, University of Illinois. Joanna Catalina— Draftsman, Engineer May Office, East St. Louis. Eugene Christopher— Grocery Clerk, Tri-City Grocery. Evelyn F. Christy— Clerical, P. F. Collier Son Corp. Bi'ly L. Cooper— Designer and Draftsman, Loch man n Scaiefe Monument Co. Kathryn Cordera— Clerical, P. F. Collier Company. Helen Crepps— Manicurist, Evelyn’s Salon de Beautc. Pete Detomatis— Laborer, Swift Packing Company. Richard G. Donini— Sheet Metal Worker Apprentice, Union Pacific Railroad, Cheyenne, Wyo. Carl Doren— Trucker, Shapleigh Hardware Co. Dorothy Eagan (Reynolds)— Housewife, Aurora, Ind. TWENTY OFFICERS Grider Gwin...........President Geno Chiapelli Vice President Mii.dred Anderson Sec'y-Treas. Miss Quernheim) Sponsors Miss Fetitti I (irider, Mildred and Geno T About . Hey, kids, look: we’re seniors. Remarkable, isn’t it? Are we supposed to be intelligent or just act natural? .... Who’s up for class president? Grider has it “cinched,” I’ve heard .... What’s this about all senior girls for football coronation? Not bad at all ... . Who was supposed to get the nickelodeon for the Senior Shuffle? Well, it isn’t here .... We’d better quiet down in Assembly or the freshmen will get bad ideas .... I guess seniors aren’t allowed to skip school ’cause I have a detention slip . . First semester exams, and I know absolutely nothing . . . I do believe our senior play is the best yet .... Do you have spring fever? Me too . . . Gleeps, it’s graduation ... I look absolutely goofy in a mortar board, but anyway I’m graduating . . . Gee, I’m a C. T. H. S. alumnus . . “the age of miracles is not yet passed.” TWENTY-ONE Tom Adams . . . Hun -kie’s one of the laziest; he can’t see anything hut Shirlee. Dick Ambrosius . . . Tall and lanky, he likes to have fun. Fred Aud .... How his voice does squeak; Freddie was one of those cute Floradora girls—woo! Betty Balth On the quiet Dale’s better half. Angelo Barillaro . Very definitely does not like to read . Mildred Anderson . Millie is rather quiet but very efficient. Melvin Baldus . . . One of those big silent lone-wolf type. Leoda Bardsley . . . The only worries in Leoda’s life are her boy friends. Theresa Barillaro . . . She doesn’t have much to say, but she’s awful cute. Helen Barnes . . . . Big brown eyes and a friendly smile: that’s Helen.' Dolores Barton . . . Loves movies and more movies; she likes to laugh. George Barton . . . . Makes no headway with girls because of his shyness. Bill Bertram........ One of those quiet boys who likes to study. Bessie Birice........... Covered with printer’s ink, always happy, and she has hair that just won’t stay curled. Doris Bonn............. Quiet but always smilin’. Stella Britt . . Fun-loving with a sense of humor. Dale Burroughs . . Dale’s main interests in life . . . girls, dancing, and his dad’s Plymouth. Backstage beauties SENIOR Elmer Bernhardt . He caused Miss Renfro many a headache last year. Bill Bilbrey . . Bill plays the drum and doesn’t seem to have much time for anything else. Doris Block .. Laugh and the world laughs with Blockie. Tony Boster ... A football player when his grades are O. K.j loads of fun. Sylvester Bugger . Quite a screw and gobs of fun. Theresa Caia . . . . Quiet but capable. CLASS SENIOR CLASS Mary Jean Cairns . A red head who was fourth maid of honor at the football queen’s court. Dorothy Carder . . Gay smile, blond hair, hazel eyes, football queen our junior year: that’s Dot. Josephine Ceretto . The faculty’s little helper. Joe Chiapelli ... A dreamer, but he never take’s time out to dream. Calvin Clark . . On the quiet side, but plenty of knowledge. Liberty Condellone . . . If she isn’t chewing gum she’s smiling. Cozy, isn't it? Arthur Capstick . . “Cappy” was class pre sident our frosh year; noted for his pestering Viola Castagno . . . A very efficient helper when help is needed. Geno Chiapelli . . . A tumbling nut, class pres, our soph, year, vice pres, this year, a grand fellow. Johnny Christie . . . . Johnny-on-the-spot when it comes to alibi’s; one of our football heroes. Tom Coats .... The dancing Casanova of our class; likes to play football. Joyce Cox . . . Quiet in school but she loves to have fun. Norma J ean C rowe . . . Another one of our red heads who can really draw. Ida Dallape . . First maid of honor at the football court, our good citizenship girl. Jane Davis . . . Student Council prexy; loves to talk and collect bracelets. Meta Dervalis . . Positively one of the grandest girls in the senior class. Mary Digerolomo . A rarely found type —a silent woman. Milton Done . . Can fall off of a chair more than anyone in C. T. H. S. SENIOR Bill Crowell . . Oh, how he loves to sleep in study hall. LeRoy Dallape . . . Just likes to take life as it comes. Arthur Deli.amano . . . Seen very little around school but quite a clever lad. Gloria Dieu......... Clever and we really mean it, loves basketball. James Dix . . . Surprisingly enough he’s quiet in a classroom. Minnie Donini . . . Can giggle more than anyone in the senior class. Corn on the cuff CLASS CLASS SENIOR Dick Doughty . . . “Goon - bait,” better known as Esther’s worst half. Oliver Eckert . . . Hasn’t a care in the world, loves leisure. Catherine Elliot . How can she play a clarinet and giggle at the same timer Their hearts in their art Joyce Earthal . . . . She can talk a blue streak and say some pretty important things Bud Eigenbrodt . . . You think he’s quiet until you really know him; one of our best dressed lads. Betty Euno .... A blond that is intelligent. Henry Eversman . . A football and baseball hero all rolled into one. Bob Feist .... He hasn’t accomp I ished very much, but oh, what a screw! Geraldine Fields . . A gay smile and happy manner Eileen Fedder . . . S m i li n g Eileen is more interested in out side activities. Dolores Feist . . . . As feminine as females can be. Milan Fischer . . . . One of the eligibles but no one can snare him Shirlee Fortune . . The apple of Tommie’s eye. Vernon Frost . . . . Basketball captain, Honor Society president; straight A student; not bad, Vernon. Morris Gaskili. . . A never failing source of worry to teachers. Antonia Giacoletto . . . Oh, so serious looking all the time but he really isn’t. Emily Gili .... A giggle . . a squirm . . a push . . it’s Emily Inc. Betty Lou Gower . A spicy argument is her satisfaction. Close harmony . . . too dose Helen Frey . . . Always a smilin’ Bill Gaffner . . Not too fond of school, but he really gets enthusiastic if he’s in the groove. Arlyn Gerling . . . Too quiet to show much about his personality. Ernestine Giacoletto . . Good hearted, swell personality, and a grand worker. Orelia Giovando . . A blond bombshell, unexploded. Elise Greaves . . . . Always laughing . . . that’s Elise. She likes to paint more than anything. SENIOR CLASS Audrey Grimm . . . Smiling eyes, loves to draw, and can’t sing a note. Virginia Lee Had-dick ... A real blond, a true Thespian, and a clarinet player. Georgene Heckle . Her daily hair-do is always set off with bits of posies, ribbons or curls. Grider Gwin . . Oh, what a boy. President of our class this year, definitely on the beam, a farmer but man-a-bout-town at heart. Betty Mae Hanvey . . . A rushing torrent of words, an infectious laugh. Charlotte Heit-meyer .... Sweet, beautiful smile, third maid of honor at the football coronation. Ruth Hoffman . . . Quiet and sweet, a whiz in Math., coeditor of Chanticleer, on the ex. com. this year. Dale Hoga . . Better known as Bing, good natured, gets the blunt end of all jokes. Marian Hudgens . . Very quiet with outside activities; active band member. Bruce Hunter . . . Talkative, nutty, and likes girls. Mara Lynn Hughes . . . An undiscovered beauty. Mary Ann Jacoby . New at C. T. H. S. this year, quiet, pretty and sweet. Virginia Johnson . . Ginny made her mind up long ago. Bill Keller . . Will long be remembered for his corny jokes in Solid, and his yelling at basketball games. Elton Kelly ... A State Parker with the usual State Park interest in ferns. IVAGENE KoEPP . . . . She’s not seen around school very much because of other things. Dorothy Kramer . . A maid at the football coronation our soph, and senior years, so she must be plenty O. K. Lookit Tippett tap it SENIOR Aloha Mae Jett . . She’s quiet and has little to say. Edna Kampmeyer . . Jolly good fun; a clarinet tooter. Lester Keller . . . Les is able to blush more than anyone; a basketball hero. Dave Knoebei........ Picture him without his camera if you can. Virginia Koopman . . Loves to talk, laugh, and have a good time. Regina Krawczyk. . . Comes from the country but she gets a-round. CLASS SENIOR Lou Kremmer . . A screwball that plays a sax and tells jokes. Leonard Kurtz . . . Described in a word he’s Q-U-I-E-T. Helen Larremore . . . Brunette, talkative, special maid at the football coronation this year. Jim Lentz . . . Student Council president, governed us our Jr. year, one of that gang. Dolores Lochmann . . . A freckle-faced Jitterbug who’s really in the groove. Verna Lee Lucas . . Never a laugh, always a giggle. CLASS Modern design . . . It's faster! Pat Kreider ... A gum chewer who likes to dance. Gladys Lange . . . Another one of the blonds who loves to dance. John LeBlanc . . . . Gosh! He looks so different without Mary Jane. Betty Lochmann . . One of those quiet gals. She’s smart, smiles a lot, and never gets a joke. Bill Luebbers . . A football player, also a screwball. William Mary . . . Comes from ’way down in State Park; another football man. Leanna McCullough Favorite pastime is dancing. Cleo Meredith . . . Doesn’t say much but he’s a speed demon in typing. Louise Mincke . . . . G. A. A. prexy, wonderful personality. Elizabeth Monroe . . . Co-editor of the Chanticleer, a campus leader, and football maid our freshman year. Frances Nepute . . . A rare happy-go-lucky friend. You name 'em, We'll feed 'em SENIOR Eugenia Marco . . . She’s flippant, gay, and chatters away. Harvey Mondy . . A State Park roller skating enthusiast. Alma Moss . . Came to us our Jr. year but she got right into the swing of things. Thelma McCi.ask.ey . . . Rather quiet; a grand dancer. Jane McFarlane . . One of the best, always willing to help; Janie took care of our finances our Jr. year. Ellen Mersinger . . Not a bookworm exactly—but she’s up in . her studies. CLASS SENIOR CLASS Dale Nicol . . . One of those “steady” boys Gus Ohlendorf . . . Hails from Caseyville, pretty clever boy. Ruth Pelgus . . Tall dark, soft spoken, that is Ruth. Imogene Phipps . . . One of the Kahokian, a gifted writer who loves to laugh. Imogene Pamatat . . Quite a talker who caused Mr. Metter-nich to have a few headaches. Robert Radas . . . . Knows a lot, sees a plenty, says little. Ah, the Coronation! Frances Novero . . . A stick of gum a day keeps her happy and gay- Frank Pace . . Quiet resigned — but then that’s just the way we know him. June Peyla . . Quiet, sweet and studious. Lois Pointer . . . Another gal that likes to giggle- Dorothy Pursey . . Decidedly a lady in whatever she does. Gladys Reinsch . . . Soft spoken, interested more in outside activities. Rosaleen Rocco . . . A very nice person with a grand personality. Frances Santen . . . Brown eyes that twinkle and a smile that sparkles: that’s Frances. Verne Sauer . . Has only time for one of the junior girls. Richard Schade . . . Known as Butch; he manages the basketball team. Helen Schiber . . . She likes to talk when not in class. Olga Schlonat . . . One of the gang in 4th hour Lit . . . likes to laugh. Girl Scouts . . . . see the knapsacks? SENIOR Vivian Rutz . . Short and sweet . . in everything. Pat Sargent . . She likes to laugh, talk and dance. Shirley Scaggs . . . Very good natured, but Shirley just could not work those Chemistry experiments. Richard Shea . . . . One of the “paper boy” gang; very nice. Bernice Schoreack . . . She smiles continually so that’s a good sign. U Rita chuck ... A very willing worker. CLASS SENIOR Florence Schuer-baum . . . When help is needed, just ask Florence. Bob Sheffield . . . Alias Porky; one of our ath'etes, attends school when he feels like it. Margaret Sliva . . . The gal with the community locker; favorite pastime giggling and guiding Grider. Herbert Sommer-fei.dt . . . Oh, such a deep voice and swell sense of humor. Julian Spaulding . . Why he’s called Baldy we don’t know. Bob Sullivan . . . . Quiet in a classroom, talkative outside. CLASS Table talk Dorothy Schuette . . . Another blond who is plenty intelligent. Margaret Sisson . . . East Side’s loss and we do mean our gain! Margaret made a lovely football queen. Elbert Sommer-feldt . . . Never has anything to say. Betty Sova .... A “giggle - box” who likes to have fun. Esther Strong . . A strawberry blond who wants to be (of all things) a doctor! Ervin Taylor . . . . Hears all, knows nothing, sees everything. In plain words, he gets around. W I L M A TEGTMEl ER . . . Sweet and earnest. Ruthie Mae Thurston ... A champion chatterbox. Evelyn Tolin ... A never serious blond with a hair ribbon. Elvera Votik . . Ah, always in love. Dolores Weissert . . Another famous gig-glc. Reinhardt Weseman . . . A clever response for the amusement of others. Chin music SENIOR Bill Tennant . . . . Very intelligent and lots of fun. Jack Tippett . . . . Music . . . that’s up his alley. Frank Vai.lino . . A good reliable guy who can be depended on in any case. A NT H ONY WaICHE-kauskas . . Spent four years telling the faculty how to spell his name. Norman Wendt . . . Not bothered by heart trouble. Beverly Wiedwilt . . . A gay smile, everywhere all the time. CLASS SENIOR John Wilhelm . . . Take out life insurance before you ride with Johnnie. Alice Woodring . . Blows a mighty blast in the band. CLASS IUgh-pressure salesmanship Virginia Wilshire . Dainty looking, quiet appearing, but we who know her say the latter isn’t true. Bob Wyatt . . . One of those crazy Chem. students. Harold Zahrndt . . Poor Harold, the last on every list. Who's Who Jane Davis Elizabeth Monroe Jane McFarlane Ida Dallape Bessie Birke Vernon Frost THIRTY-SEVEN OFFICERS Jake, Linton and Fred Linton Kypta President Jake Simon ........Vice President Fred Potter Secretary-Treasurer Miss Kinsey Mr. Norton Sponsors Seamest - How come? Suddenly they thrust at me the job of trying to write a history of this junior class—an informal one at that .... and if there’s one thing formal about this school it’s the class of juniors ... of course, I am class editor of this crowd, but . ■« . that’s beside the point . . good night, look at the area that’s supposed to be covered . . . In the first place, the juniors can be summed up in three little words: colossal, stupendous, best . . . O. K., you asked for it ... . right now I’m launching into a formal, dignified writeup of said illustrious group .... it follows: THIRTY-EIOHT Who’s Who Mike Zampogna Jake Simon Hetty Schmidt Leonard Gillespie Robert Richter Catherine Palecek THRTY-NINE SECTION 1 Back Row— J. Bennett, J. Abney, W. Beasley, J. Ashman, G. Biliner. H. Adnmiek, A. Belo-braydic, D. Adams. Front Row— B. Albrecht. M. Bur-i'ham, H. Anthony, L. Bangert, C. M. Beasley. S. Black, F. Ardison, V. Blaylock SECTION 2 Back Row— B. Chapman, F. Clark, H. Crooks, F. Brada, F. Buckles, D. Cooper Front Row— R. Bosen, L. Cere-sero, S. Crespi, H. Cousins, C. Brown, L. Conley SECTION 3 Back Row— E. Crowell, Jack Evans, J. Donna. C. Dellamano, J. Eaton, H. Diaz, R. Dashke Front Row— I. Evans, M. Deter-din r, A. M. Delbar-tes. M. Euno, L. Es-terlein, V. Cooper, B. Elmore, S. Dale, Janice Evans Our Juniors are Dignified . . . . This is the class of 43, juniors to you, which you will no doubt hear about for years to come .... we’re outstanding . . . . for proof we supply the facts: we’re as strong (in point of number) as when we came . . . . we gave the best class play in generations .... we’ll produce a super prom, on a shoestring (and we’re not kidding about the latter) . ... we have handsome officers, to wit: FORTY SECTION 4 Back Bow— E. Fields, H. Francis, E. Evers, L. Fullriede, E. Gendro-lius. L. Galinat. G. Funcke, K. Fields, C. Fowler Front Row— H. Fields, M. Frey, V. Fedder, A. Frame, N. Gerstenecker, L. K. Felthoven, M. Fennell, V. A. Evans SECTION 5 Back Row— Mr. Norton, L. Hav-crman, M. Heck. R. Hoffman, J. Hazzard, T. Glastras, S. James. J. Johnson, K. John Front Row— P. Gerard, H. Griffith, D. L. Heller. B. Gibson, . Harris, A. Hiken. C. Guis-gond. J. Jett, S. Hazzard, M. Goetter SECTION 6 Back Row— K. Koenig, G. Kirch-nor, R. Junghans, B. Kcssinger, B. Jokerst, H. Kloess, A. Kuhl-man, L. Kypta Front Row— E. Lange. J. Kluge, M. Johnson. R. Kil-ian, A. Korinek, D. Kurtz, B. Kennedy. F. Jones, L. Kitchen Busy . . . Interested J Linny Kypta, Jake Simon, and Fred Potter (now, aren’t they?) ... we have strong representation in band, sports, dramatics and scholarship . . . this could go on indefinitely, but we’re modest too, . . . Loval . . . J so we’ll have to reduce the facts to maintain that modesty ... we have lots of handsome boys and beautiful girls, especially blonds and brunettes . . . . our Sadie Hawkins Day dance was a i FORTY-ONE SECTION 8 Hack Row— Merrifield, W. Mowe, R. McMullen. H. McCoy. J. Mincke. K. Mueller, B. Merlo. H. Matthews Front Row— C. Myerich, B. L. Morris, Z. M. Morris, M. J. Miller. C. Meadows. J. McMullen. M. Miller. L. Milner SECTION 9 Hack Row— R. Page, J. Pikor-iatis, P. Perucca. R. O’Connell, J. Peila. R. Peyla, F. Potter Front Row— E. Petchulat. M. Nichols. V. L. Nichols, M. Peyla, E. Picker, V. Newbold. C. Palecek, G. Pauline SECTION 7 Hack Row— H. Lincoln. S. Man-nisi. L. Lentz, B. Martin. Melvin Loeh-mann. P. Leone. F. Locandro. K. Le-Blanc Front Row— L. Lorenzoni, P. Mary. G. Marco. M. Marchetti. Muriel Lochmann, C. Lau-renti. I. Leisen. R. Lochmann Our Juniors are Far-Seeing .... lollapalooza .... the gir’s in our class discuss men, teachers and other girls with authority .... the boys are equally adept at discussing teachers, girls and more girls .... we have Miss Kinsey and Mr. Norton to prod us along we have good manners when the arises to use ’em .... trouble is, recognizing the occasion .... oh, that would probably have been better left unsaid FORTY-TWO sa� f Pill SECTION 10 Back Row— I. Pa� li. B. L. Reed. J. McFarlane, M. Racanelli, P. Romeo, T. Poletti. J. Quatto Middle Row— Miss Kinsey, R. Rich ter, T. Radosevieh, J. Scajrtcs. M. Rowe, J. Richardson, F. Rat , el. Front Row— E. Rowland, . Sav-asre, P. Potter. M. Richter, R. Richichi, V. Savant. V. Ray. L. Poshkus SECTION 11 Back Row— W. Smith, F. Sperino. J. Simon, G. Spence, I). Spaldinx. 1 . Schmidt. J. Schmidt, w. Semico, M. Sep meyer Front Row— M. A. Shelby. B. Shelby. R. Schiopen, F. Smola. M. A. Shea, B. Schmidt, M. Sperino, S. Stone, R. S.-hweller SECTION 12 Back Row— J. Witache, E. Werner, J. Walker. J. Thiel, A. Wrifcley. Ev Zarr. M. Zam-potrna. P. Vallino Front Row— G. Wilshire, B. Work, S. Wedemeyer, B. Thiel. M. Wyatt. R. Willett P. Trask, L. Thereon Dependable . . . Gracious . . . Intelligent . . . . teachers had trouble making honor society selections from among us, as we’re so well matched .... must have been very c’ose, 1 keep telling myself, because I didn’t make it ... . one big job left to us now is to help the seniors to graduate so the school will have room to make us, the shyest and slyest class in C. T. H. S., the senior class of the age .... the class of ’43! FORTY-THREE OFFICERS Hob Bieser President Rene Lochmann. Vice President Janice Hocher........Secretary Evelyn Schade Treasurer Mrs. Horstman) Sponsors Mr. Witte ) Bob, Janice, Evelyn and Rene Seamen Sophomore Class History? Say, listen, sister, I got pushed into that job last year .... of course, we were insignificant freshmen then, but our personnel hasn’t changed much .... How many words does it take? .... 400! .... Now, look, there’s a limit even to my endurance . . . Well, just wait’ll I get percolatin’ 400 words won’t even do it ... I don’t often get the chance to boast on the level about such a first rate group of celebrities like these • • • aw gee whiz, how will I say it? . . Griping? I am not . . I’ll tell you. FORTY-FOUR Who’s Who • • Janice Hochf.r Eleanor Komm L e n ett e And e rson Audrey Haig Gene Burroughs Jackie Opp FORTY-FIVE SECTION 1 Back Roxc— Barillaro, B. Biescr, Bicrman, Barton, Aud. Bcnvenuti, J. Adamitis Front Row— Bauer, Bennett, Bell, BertoKlio, J. Bettorf, L. Bettorf. L. Anderson, G. Barth SECTION 2 Back Row— Bohnenstiehl, P. Boe-ser. Bruns, Bush, Briscoe, G. Burroughs, Bode Front Row— Burns, Buckman. A. Caia. R. Weber, Bil-yeu, Bott, Bluemmer, Buetikofer, Budwell, Cannon SECTION 3 Back Row— Christe, A. Cohn, Costello, Cramner, Cropa, Conley. Cui-feri Back Roxc— Courtney. Cook, dementi. Cima. Carder, Ceresero, Carroll, Chapman, Daniel Sophomores are Arrogant . . . Devilish Confusion ! ? ! Say .... Some of those freshmen still don’t know where to go. Does it seem possible that only a scant year ago we, now sophomores (thank goodness), dashed about in much the same dazed, distracted way? Well, we’ve earned a place in this school now. There goes chunky Don Giilespey, up and coming center for the ol’ purple an’ white. A1 “Mause” Paoli plays 1st FORTY-SIX SECTION 4 Back Row— Earthal, Durham, Farris,, Ferrari. De-mey, Dankenbrim; Front Ron:— K n s I i n, Uenando, DDelbartcs, Knar y, Dimmic, DeMatties, SECTION 5 Back Row— E. Gavillet. Friedli, Gillespie. Ge chwend, Giles, Gebnuer, Graham Front Rote— Fur faro, P. Ferris. Gregory, Gaffner, Fratiglioni, Goetz, R. Gavillet SECTION 6 Back Row— Hadficld, Greer. Hawkins. H o k a n, J. Grimm. Holst, Hoskins. Schiller. Haak Front Row— F. Jordan. Harnilt. n, Italiano. Hhik. Haupt-man, Henze, Hendricks, Hocher, Johnson Loud .... Studious .... Assured . . . . string varsity guard. Nice going, A1 i And on the side gets elected to president’s chair of Student Council! There’s a team for you, Burroughs, Lochmann, and Keller, doing O. K. with the bas- ketball quintet. By some smart sleuthing and stuffing of the ballot box, Bob Bieser was elected (??) president of this devilish group, with Rene Lochmann, Evelyn Schade and Janice Hocher to sup- port y-seven SECTION 7 Back Row— B. Lee, Koehler, B. Keller, B. LaSuri, Kassel, F. Ix e. Mr. Witte Front Rote— Juda. Komm, M. Krcider, Kleppisyh. K Iukc, Laurenti, Kilian. Kendall SECTION 8 Back Row— Lunghi, Marco. H. Lochmnnn, Marshall, Locus, Mrs. Horst-man Front Row— I. Lochmann, Meier, Lowe, McCain. Mad-dalino, Mizee SECTION 9 Back Row— N e p u t e. Perotti, Nochta, O'Mohundro, Niebruegge. Paoli, Perotka, Nichols Front Row— Parker. Origlia«so, P e 1 c h u s, Pauline, Ogden. Opp, Mor-etti, Moro, Mondy Sophomores are Also Sincere .... aren’t lacking in social spirit either. In April we gave an all-school patriotic party, that was simply tops in entertainment (say we, modestly). Plenty of Sophs copped top roles in the operetta. port him. Five out of seven from our school’s cheer leaders are sophomores— Pete Sopetto, Dorothy Delbartes, Lee Strain, Mildred Bierman, and Milton Strong, and, boy, can they yell! We FORTY-EIGHT SECTION 10 Back Row— Radford, Rosenthal, S c h a 1 t e r, Petrait, Scaglionc, R o s.c, Sanftleben Front Row— Russell, Rut ., Pre-lotfer. Procter. Prin-eas. Prigmore, . Pet-rat, E. Schade Back Row— I). Strong. Strain, M. Strong. Schaulot, orby, Stock Front Row— Sopetto, Strackeljahn, B. Shelton. Sutton. Schmidt, Sleeter. O. Sova SECTION 12 Back Row— Tosrnarelli, O. L. Wcsemann, Tyso n, Welle, Ziiaitis, Ka-censky, Thompson. T. Wendler, L. Wendler Front Row— Travelstead. Swip, M. Wendler. Wilhelm. Whitten, R. Weber. L. Wcsemann, Zae-canti Helpful . . . Experienced . . . Friendly .. And all year long we gave the other classes a hot race for top scholastic honors. Honest, this bunch is hep. Watch us, you’ll see. Watch our smoke next year, cause we’re on the verge of giving in to the idea that to be a junior is almost as good as being a sophomore! All we need are eight credits. FORTY-NINE Gene Pat and Tommy Thomas O’Connell President Pat Ward. Vice President Gene Fi.enniken Sec’y-Treas. Mrs. PinkelI 0 Miss White f Sponsors Freshman Class Editor? .... Sure, I’ll take it—I like to write .... yeah, that was me talking back in September when assignments were made on the staff .... but, I’ve learned my lesson .... Sure I said I like to write, but dumb freshman that I was, I didn’t know they meant a volume .... They put four “spreads” in front of me and the editors yell, “Write the Freshman Class History,” and I’m supposed to take eight pages to tell about the biggest class out here . . doesn’t everybody already recognize us for our deeds? . . and what’s more, we won’t—oops! that’s to come later . . . but now I can tell you plenty ... it follows: FIFTY Who’s Who Toby Ray Tommy O’Conneli. Ruth Long Pat Ward Marion Kramer Noreen Lauth FIFTY-ONE SECTION 1 Back Row— L. Anderson, Adam-itus. Kaltrush. Bilyeu Middle Row— V. Adams, T. Anderson, J. Badalich, P. Arnotti, Astranskas, R. Benyr, Best Bitting— Abney, V. Ashman, Adcock, M. Baldus. W. Albrecht. H. Ber-key, Agles, H. Benyr SECTION 2 Back Row— Bur'stadt, Bouse, Bohnenstiehl, Blaha Middle Row— R. Britt, Bohland. Marilyn Block. H. Badalich, Bright, C a p e 1 l,o, Bulard Burns Bitting— Burge, Cain. Brock-meier. Botkin. Mildred Block, Brindley. S. Birke, Bosnia SECTION 3 Back Row— Colomboro, Morris Draper, Cuff, Art Cohn, Dollamano, Crespe. M. Davis Middle Row— Dix, Daly. H. Dashke, Dugger, Cramner, Chapman, Coulson Bitting— S. Clark, L. Ceresero, DeVare, Critser. M. Draper. Decker, Dickes Freshmen are Noisy . . . Numerous . . . We’re the best things in C. T. H. S. in spite of what the others may have to say about themselves. The school needed something new to be added, so we came. We may have acted kinda dumb at first (though we doubt it) but we had a class meeting and got started off on the right foot. We got Mrs. Pinkel and Miss FIFTY-TWO SECTION 4 Back ltow— Km rich, J. Giacol-letto, Eaton, Gaucn, Flenniken Middle Row— Edminston, C. Gia-vando, C. Gerste-necker, Elmore, Gik-nis, Giacomine, Gent Sitting— Eberhardt, F a i k I e, Fix, E. Evorsman, Ebert, M. Giavando. Elaine Fields, Evans SECTION 5 Back Row— D. Goetter, Clyde Hnrrelson, Holst, Haverman, J. Grejc-ory. Helmick Middle Row— Harris, Harvey Huston. N. Hauptman, Hale, Hammond. J. Gwinn, C. Haddick Sitting— C 1 y d i s Harrelson, Henry Herbst, Hammers, Heckt, Haak SECTION 6 Back Rote— Jackstadt, H. John, Kirchoff, Huser Middle Row— M. Kramer. Jedda, Kirsch, Krawczyk, Jentsch, House, N. James Sitting— D. C. Kramer. Knep-per. Kilyan, Karve-lot, C. James, Hop-por, Kirchner Active . . . Nosey J Bothersome . . . White as sponsors. We elected Iommy O’Connell, Pat Ward and Gene Flenniken as officers and planned the first all-school party of the year, a tacky party for Hallowe’en. As great a success as it was, we didn’t stop there—no, sir—our high notes in the school yells are what raised the pigskin over the FIFTY-THREE SECTION 7 Back Row— Mann, Lohman, Loy-et. A. Kutzera, Ma-losky, Luca Middle Row— Lansing, I ong, Malone. Kurant. Malin-osky. Lutts Sitting— Lauth, D. Kutzera, Leicht, Lee, Law- rencc, Lawson, Luo- H1 bert wf J I ssa SECTION 8 Back Row— Navario, T. O’Connell. Mooney, P. Phipps, Elmer Miller, Normansell Middle Row— Paskero, A. Petrot, Muhko, V. Messina. Edith Miller, Parker Sitting— Mersinger. Me Ado, I). Martin, Morgan, Palmer, McGee, Mar-field SECTION 9 Back Row— J. Richichi, Rieder, B. omeo, M. Prineas, Katzell, Schiber Middle Row— Rocca, Radosivich. Planitzer, J. Scaggs, Ray, Rnmanfaitus, Mrs. Pinkel Sitting— Ritdlinger, IVmber-ton, Pikeratis, Renner. awlings. Powell, Ridgeway. Picker Also Freshmen are Earnest .. Pleasant • • goal at football games. So you don’t need to smirk at us. Well, yes, I suppose the team and the coach did do their share. More success is ours—we have one of our members as the school’s Chief Kahok, and he can do the war dance second to none. There’s a freshman finger in every pie around School FIFTY-FOUR --------------— — section 10 Back Bote— Henry Schwartz, kelton, R. Schillar, B. Smith, Scholar Middle Row— D. Schmidt, G. Smith, D. Schillar. Simms, Schildknecht, Sisson Sitting— Helen Schwartz, Simons, Schoppe, R. Shelton, M. Schmit, Schiopen, F. chmit SECTION 11 Back Row— Voeker. Welle, Wei-ser. Thiel, Tegtmeier, Viviano Middle Row— Thomas, Walker. Webb, Stephens, M. Turner. Ward Thereon, F. Wendler, O. Taylor, Swipt. Tschirner, A. Turner, Sudbring SECTION 12 Back Row— Zarr, Wiederanders, W’iddow's, R. Wrig-ley. Wood worth, E. Williams Middle Row— L. Wrigley. Wood, Zugowsky, Woodring, Zimmerman, Witte Sitting— Wilshire, Weiser, D. Williams. W i I 1 e r, Zonkus. Willet Sitting— Learning . . . Trying —musicians, vocalists, artists, writers, scholars, athletes, social circles. Our members on the lightweight basketball . . . Growing . . . team make that group look like state championship material of the future— say, 1945 or ’46. FIFTY-FIVE • • • More about the Class of 541 Marilyn Ebert— Cooking, Harrison Hospital, Collinsville, 111. Wanella Rae Emrich— Office Work, Collinsville Grade School. Lillian Virginia Esterlein— Stenographer, General American Life Insurance Company. Ray Roy Esterlein— Meat Packing and Cutting, Swift Company. Edward W. Fawcett— Operator Automatic Screw Machine, Curtiss-Wright Corporation. Marvin heist— Warehouse Worker, G. S. Suppiger Company. Edwin (Ted) Field— Aircraft Production, Curtiss-Wright Corporation. Wilela Fritz— Salesgirl, Newberry’s, Butterfield’s. Mrs. Henry Gain (Mary Cline)— Housewife. Ted Gaizat— Marker, Scruggs Vandervoort Barney. Gerald Gent— Student, University of Chicago. Delbert Gibson— Grocery Clerk, Kroger Grocery Co., Collinsville, 111. George Gillespie— Assistant cashier, Ralston Purina Co., St. Louis, Mo. Pete Glastras— Student, University of Illinois. Ada May Graham— Student, Summers College of Commerce. Robert R. Graham— Student, Rankin Trade School. Katherine Griffith— Alteration Seamstress, Clean Coverall Co., St. Louis, Mo. Emil Grisolano— Machinist, Curtiss-Wright. Mararet Haig— Typist-Clerk, Caseyville Township Relief Organization. Earl Hampsch— Pattern Maker Apprentice, Westcott Valve Company, St. Louis, Mo. Linn Herbst— Clerk, in Engineering Department, Woodward Tiernan Printing Co. Richard A. Hess— Lay-out-man, in machine shop, Century Electric Company. Doris Hightower— Clerk, Leader Food Shop. Theodore Hoerchler— Student, Westminster College, Fulton, Mo. Marian Hogan— Calculator Operator, Edison Bros. Stores, lnr. FIFTY-SIX V I.JJ A J OL.. f 1 - o 'tvUUtf' ’ ' JLc£u . o. $.58? •' L p-y� 'V l$y _-v r . I V- .- 1 irS . ■ --•x : v,. ■ ... fV ' Si t ::V -5 I t C X V 1 J n Ij $■ FIFTY-SEVi c H.ick Rote-—■ Miss Snodgras, Miss Nelson 4th Row— S. Britt, R. Britt, Lauth, D. Schiller. B. Schoppe. Heckle. Radford. Bierman. Deter-ding. 3rd Rote— Pamatat, L. Mincko, B. Lochmann, B. Pauline, A. Caia, Karvelot, Ojrden, D. Stevens, Pointer, G. Wilshire, M. Lochmann, C. Myerich Jnd Rote— Evans. Poletti, Lei-sen. Willett. Richichi, Giacoletto, P. Potter, Anthony, I). C. Kramer, M. Simons, Lawrence 1st Row— B. L. Reed, Nepute, McAdoo, Mersin«er, Brown, Spence, Gal-inat, L. Poshkus, Johnson, Meni • To Edwardsville • Around the “Belt” • Kahokian Picture • Dues wanted • Disband for “duration” OFFICERS Phyllis Potter President Violet Evans Vice President Hazel Anthony Secretary BIKE RIDERS Conceived before the days of tire rationing . . . Ride to Edwardsville? . . . Oh, sure . . . only a matter of ten or twelve miles ... . let’s take some food along .... gosh! I should’ve stayed with the hiking club .... this pumping is wearing me down . . . anyhow, I’ve discovered some muscles I didn’t know I owrned .... Yoo hoo, Miss Nelson and Miss Snodgras, wait for us . . .My isn’t it warm today? . . . Oh-h-h, another hill to climb . . .We’ll have to make the most of this . . WAR ... so a bike’s one of the logical things to give up. FIFTY-EIGHT OFFICERS Elizabeth Monroe) „ n ,, ( C o-editors Ruth Hoffman ) Bud Eigenbrodt Business Mgr. Bill Mary..........Art Editor Mildred Anderson Typing Ed. Dorothy Kramer Circulation Buy monthly our Bimonthly © Gossip eliminated © Sales drop © Gossip column revived © Sales rise CHANTICLEER CHAT What’s that Mr. Monroe just announced: . . . “All news must he in hv Tuesday” . . and me with nothing done . . . How can 1 get this and study Shorthand too: ... I got it in just in time . . Hey, kids, listen to this one . . . Now it “sezs” she’s going with Jack ... I can’t keep up with that girl . . . Shirley stili doesn’t have her editorial in . . . Did you get that stencil fixed? . . . Swell . . Chanticleers today . . . Here it is, I didn’t think she’d put it in . . . Did you read what it said about Bobby: . . Daddy, Look what it has about me I Sack Rout— B. Mary, Glastras, Kirchner, Kramer, Schiller, Heckle, Krawczyk, Kramer, Schmidt 3rd Row— L. Mincke, V. Aud, Palecek. M. Miller. M. J. Miller, J. ScaKK . M. A. Jentach 2nd Row— Mr. Bixler, V. Rut . Testmeier, Hoffman. R. Mussn, Long, Cer-etto, Anderson. Moss, Mr. J. Monroe 1st Row— Monroe, Kitfenbrodt. Feist. K. Dervalis, Fields, Zampojcna, Tippett, Howe FIFTY-NINE Back Rou— I). Williams, Sopetto, Haak, Strain, Strong, John Wilhelm. Spalding. Jokerst, V. Carder, Luebbers, M. Block, Stevens, A. M. Delbartes, D. Delbartes 4th Row— V. Nichols, Pclsrus, Ruth H' ffman, D. Schiller. V. Aui, B. Schmidt, M. Deter-ding. I . Potter ird Row— W'icsner, J.Peyla. Lawrence. McAdoo, Merainger, B. Ken-dall, Pnmatat, B. Lochmann, R. Kilian. C. Kilian, E. Ev-ersman, Brad cock, Webb. Bierman, C i m a, Poletti, Fullriede, Smola 2nd Row— McGee, Denando, Savage. C. Laurenti. Komm, Opp, Benvenuti, Clement!, Prig-more, Massander, Fix, D. Block, V. Johnson, Rocca. L. Mincke, Ashman. B. L. Reed 1st Row— Rosenthal. Faigle, D. Martin. Giacomini. Bohland, Krei-der, Sutton, M. Euno, E. Giacoletto, Haig, Powell, Leicht. Lange. Earthal. Wiledwilt, Decker, Nepute, B. Euno OFFICERS Pete Sopetto President Ernestine Giacoletto V. Pres. Hetty Jokerst Sec9y-Treas. SPUR THE What’s the racket? . . . the Cheer Club . . . so we got one you can hear at last . . . Say, c’mon, they’re doin’ Kahoks, K-A-H-O-K-S! Gosh, we’ve got seven cheer leaders, and three of them fellas . . . they sure look cute out there. They got together “Blockic,” Helen, Gladys TEAMS ON and Bev to hostess visiting cheer leaders. Gee, wish I was one . . . they get the prettiest corsages . . . s-s-sboom . . . Gee, they’re good, nothing stiff about them kids, and they can dig the sounds out of a crowd. • Hostesses appear • Loosen lungs at games • “Wooden heads” sold • Revived use of male leaders • Identified by banner in stands SIXTY OFFICERS Louise Mincke.........President Betty J ok erst Vice President Marianna Kreider Secretary Doris Burge Treasurer © Sponsor Raffles • Volley ball • Another Raffle © Telegraphic Basketball Meet o Skating Party GIRL ATHLETES Who said all the athletes are fellers? . . . Course our basketball games don’t raise the gate receipts, but they raise the noise . . . “Meeting come to order . . . Oh, Louise Mincke speaking . . . dancing lessons . . . keen! I’ve been feeling kinda silly trying to fit that two step to the Conga . . . Five dollars only cost a nickel . . .Does the government know? Oh, I see—it’s a raffle . . . Ah, comes spring . . . we’re out for track . . feel those heels drag . . Commencement . . . already? ? ck Row— Harvey, Louise Ceresero, H. Ceresero. Petrait, B. Whitten, Kreider. Welle. Wend-ler. Russell, Nichols. Spalding. Jokerst. Trask, Goe� ®’ , Powell, Giacoletto. Giknis, Britt, Albrecht, G u i n x y. Schoppe, Karvelot. J. Evans 4th Row - C. Merrifield, Stone, dem- enti. Peljcus, Hoffman, Schiller. Carder, Luebbers, M. Block, Potter. Thiel. Schwel-hr, Richichi, Willett. Lehen, Herbst. Critser, Hocher. Harris, Renner, Morgan JrJ Rote- D. Johnson, Emerson, Spence, Lawrence, McAdoo. Mer-sinKer, C. Laurenti, Savage M. Lochmann, R. Kilian. C. Kilian, Atcock, Webb, Bier-man. D. Stevens, Howe, Kramer, Evans. Pointer, Wilshire, Miss Nelson 2nd Row— Brown. Jentsch, V. Redder. Evans, Works, Marchetti, Denando, Anthony. Pumntat, lochmann. Mincke, Poletti. B. L. Reed. Evans, Matthews, M. Euno, A. Caia, Pauline lit Row— W. France, Tschirner, D. Williams, Giacomini, Boh-land, J. Peyla, Prineas. Otr-den, Esary. Johnson, Block, Earthal. Wiedwilt. Rocca, Nepute, B. Euno. Hughes. Mizoe, Hale. SIXTY-ONE Back Row— Mincke, Kramer. M. Simons, W. Albrecht, Wiles, Stevens, Webb, Harris, Pauline, Caia. Ogden 3rd Row--- M. Lochman, B. Lochman, Hradcock, Bicrmun, M. Euno, Rocco, Nepute, B. Euno, Hughes, Kar-velot 2nd Row— Kagan, H. Pamatat, Anthony, Hale. Ber-key, Agles. Hammers, Giknes, Miss Nelson lit Row—■ Bauer, Tschirner, J. Peya, Giacoletto, Stone. Powell, Lena Ceresero, E. Fields, Luebbers • Organize and elect officers • Fall Saturdays Hikes • Plan hikes • Walk © Walk some more OFFICERS Ernestine Giacoletto President Louise Mincke Vice President Betty Lochman . Secretary MAKE WALKING A HOBBY A new club this year? . . . Swell . . A new teacher’s gonna sponsor . . . Man, I guess I’ll have to join to see what she’s like . . . Ah, I’m a member . . . Election of officers! . . . Ah, kids, really, I’m not good enough . . . Well, if you insist . . . a-hem, meeting come to order . . . Now, kids, lissen, we’re goin’ on a hike . . . aw, what’re a few bunions? . . . Ah, beautiful nature . . . Hey, let’s rest a while . . . (Puff, puff) Getting near home . . . We’re going to have to wait till Spring, now . . . but I’ll be there, ’cause the thought of sandwiches just keeps me going. SIXTY-TWO OFFICERS Vernon Frost I resident Elizabeth Monroe Vice Pres. Meta Dervai.is Secretary Jane Davis....... Treasurer THE HONOR GROUP • Big time Jamboree • Placque dedication • Alumni Party • Induction Ceremony • Largest Chapter, yet Oh, Wham! I made the Honor Society . . . Meeting today . . . What do we do, anyway? . . . Now let’s have a super Jamboree this year . . . But, Miss Brede, a Gay Nineties theme would be different! . . . Who should we have as Flo-radora girls? . . . Vernon said I better pay my dues . . . Oh, good, it’s time to elect new members . . I don’t know my part . . . Oh, and Mr. Chandler’s giving me dirty looks . . I lere come the new members . . . Boy, they look scared . . Congratulations, kids . . . Hope you have as much success as we did . . Gee, I’m a real super-duper member! Back Row— Hiken, Schmidt, Kra-wczyk, Schuck, Anderson, Grimm. Palecek. Fodder, Der-valis, Phipps. Birke. Strong, Crowe, Sliva 2nd Row— Shea, Z. Morris, Greaves, Mary, Simon, Hoffman. Richter, Ambrosius, O’Connell, Tippet. Scaggs, Field, .am-pegna, McFarlane, Hudgens, B. L. Morris lit Row- - Mr. Chandler, Schuette, Moss, Ce-retto, Heitmeyer. Dal-lape, Monroe, Frost, Davis, R. Hoffman. Taylor, Giacolette. Euno, Dieu, Miss Brede. SIXTY-THREE Bjck Row— Sepmeyer, R. O'Connell. J. LeBlane, Steens, B. Birke, E. Strong. Phipps, Sli-va. Smith 3rd Row— J. Scaggs. R. Bieser. LaSurs, Gillespie, John, Crowe, Meredith, Kypta 2nd Row— Miss Linder. Knoebel. R. C. Martin, Hiken. Taylor, T. Caia, G. Fields, Opp, Prig-more. Miss Petitti 1st Row— Cousins, N. Gerste-necker, V. Cooper, Dallape, Davis, Gia-coletto, B. E u n o, Hudgens. Critser OFFICERS Y I Leonard Gillespie Ass9 Editor Ida Dallape Business Manager Virginia Cooper . Art Editor Esther Strong.Circulation ANNUAL” SLAVES ►essie Birke ) mogene Phipps) Co-editors • Start plans in early ’41 • First annual Christmas formal • Sponsored movies • Earliest issue • Best Kahokian I he theme’s chosen and whether you guys like it or not it’s sailors . . . Well, why don’t you come to meetings to do your griping . . . Who’s got the dummy? . . . Listen, Pete, you and Bob were supposed to have that write-up in two weeks ago . . . Sure, you get points for selling at games, and for meetings too . . . Hurry up, we’ve got to make this next discount date . . Worry, worry . . Mr. Monroe’s in the hospital, so we’ll probably have to mimeograph our book . . . Gosh, we’re going to press . . Can’t wait to see the book. sixty-four OFFICERS Ruth Hoffman President Dorothy Kramer Vice President Betty Schmidt . Secretary Shirley Crespi Treasurer • I lelp move to new quarters • Facilitate circulation • Christmas party • Order pins • Wait for pins BOOK KEEPERS” Anyone wishing to “jine up” just “sign” with the sponsor .... You only need good grades, faculty approval, and no blackballs from old members . . . yeah, that’s all! ... If you get in, we prepare and repair books for shelving . . . cir- culate during free periods (books, we mean), help some of the dopey kids use the dictionary and stuff ... It makes us feel important ’cause we know what’s in the 900’s while most of the morons don’t know where to look for fiction. Back Row— Gibson, L. Anderson, W. Bohland, Heit-meyer, B. Schmidt. Ceretto, M. Anderson, Row« . Morris. M. Miller, Harris 2nd Row— Miss Eckart, Elliott. Kampmeyer, V. Fed-der. Pelgus. Hoffman, J. Peyla, Heck, James, G. Prinoas, Hocher, Black 1st Row— D. Block, J. Earthal, Stone. E. MersinKer, E. Giacoletto, Mycr-ich. E. Fedder, D. Kramer, Howe, Rowland SIXTY-FIVE Back Row— M. Welle. M. Swip, Giacomi-ni, Radford, Bierman, J. Gregory, Carder, Albrecht, Cousins. Gerstenecker, Heckle. Smith. Zampoprna, Sper-ino. Kitchen, K. LeBlanc 4th Row— A. Woodring, Dal tape, Boh-land, Ed. Fields. Musso, Lawson. Tippett, Mersinprer, Greaves. Kramer, Schweller, Goetz, Fratifirlione, Taylor, Hiken, Betty Lou Morris, M. Miller. 3rd Rote— Miss Snodprras. Santen, Davis, Strong, Birke, Phipps, Estcrlein. Shea, M. J. Miller, R. Killian, Fields, Hammers, Esary, Heck, James, Reed. 2nd Row— S. Britt, Kirschner, H. Berk-ey. Monroe, Weseman, Mor-iatti, Rowe. Bott, Fortune, Lanprc, Larremore, D. Block, Wiedwilt, Albrecht, Herhst, Critser, Korineck 1st Row— J. Scagprs, Harris. Blaha, Felthoven. Fennell. Meni. Palecek, Nicol, Hunter, Ear-thal. Gwin. L. Lloyd, Works, P. Potter, Schoppe, R. Britt • New sponsor • isualize elaborate plans • Revived after years in grave • Radio programs • Shakespearean Festival OFFICERS Jane Snodgrass......Director Neva Gerstenecker) Assistant Helen Cousins Helen Birke Shirley Crespi ( Directors ■■.... Treasurer VOLUNTARY STAGE PEOPLE What goes on? . . Girls running around with dolls . . . People going through actions and saying it’s pantomime . . . Oh, the Little Theater! . . . Let’s join . . . Do you want to sign for acting, costuming, scene work, or make-up? . . . This is fun, a play every week . . . “Red Carnation” and a radio play finished, with a Shakespearean play in the ampitheater to be worked on . . . Not quite as much to do this second semester with everyone graduating into class plays and other activities . . . There is a lot to look forward to next year . . . Hope the newcomers are an ambitious lot, because there is still more to do . . . wre’ll really have gobs of fun though. SIXTY-SIX ADVOCATE SAFETY FIRST Stop! . . . Look! . . . Listen! . . . must be the Safety Council . . . They’re the guys that keep us healthy, wealthy and wise . . . mostly healthy . . . Huh? . . . hammer that nail in . . . who’dya think I am? . . . Oh, l’m sorry, for safety’s sake, of course . . . gotta watch things like that . . . Hey, who’s been writing on my car window? . . . oh, oh, Safety Council . . . says, “Please do not park on sidewalk” . . . Well, darn them, what’d they use, permanent black? . . . oh, well, it’s all for the good of the school and safety first! Rack Row— Lma Ceresero, Davis, McGee, Esary, M. Richter. Wedemeyer, Wiedwilt, Korinek 2nd Row—- Mr. Danovic, G. Burro u sr h s, Simon, B e n y r, Flenniken, Cohn, Dellamano, Edminston 1st Row - T. Wendler. Sepmey-er, Heckle, S. Scaggs, S. M. Clark. B. Euno, R. Junghana, E. Lange SIXTY-SEVEN Hack Row— Kennedy. Haig, Moss, Jacoby, Giacomini, Fix, N. Mersinger, Bott, M. Miller, Palecek, R. Britt, M. Kramer, Lawson, Hanvey, Bugger 2nd Row— Mr. Heinecke, I,ana-han, S. Manisi, R. Loch man, Perueca, John, Simon, Kloess, Kitchen, Bieser. La-Surs, Smith, L. Pet-rait. Miss Renfro 1st Row— B. Lee, G. Chiapclli, B. Keller, Skelton, Klenniken, Del bar tea, Rowland, I. Dallape, D. Block, E. Giacol-etto, V. Aud, Schwel-ler, Lentz, R. Feist • Issue Frosh handbooks • Coronation and Home- coming Parade • Defense Stamp sale • Trip to Alton • Trip to Chicago OFFICERS Jim Lentz ) Albert Paoli f President Jake Simon...........Vice President Ida Dallape Secretary-Treasurer STUDENT GOVERNORS Bang, bang, goes the gavel . . . Quiet. Jim called the meeting to order . . . What noise! . . “Pm sorry, Miss Renfro I was just trying to keep Gene from standing on his head” . . . What, Pm on the Coronation Committee: . . . Hooray! . . . “Bobby, don’t eat your lunch in here” . . . Hope I don’t have to sell popcorn tonight . . . Are there any bags: (no wise cracks) . . . Defense stamps today . . . More stamps than money . . . Bang, goes the gavel . . . meeting’s over . . . What am I supposed to report in home room . . . sixty-eight OFFICERS Jane Davis...........President Esther Strong . Vice President Gladys Lange. .SePy-Treasurer • Christmas assembly • April Foolishness party • Initiate new members • Collect $1.50 from above • Sponsor movie SELECTED ACTORS Wonder if we’ll have a Thespian troupe this year? ... If we do, who’ll be our sponsor? . . . It’s Miss Snodgras! . . . First meeting . . . what fun fixing a float for the Homecoming game! . . . Bakery sale . . . The Christmas assembly to help the poor and raise our holi- day spirits . . . Junior play over means the year’s first initiation is here . . . Whom to choose? . . . That’s a good group! . . . Swell initiation . . . Two more of those to go . . . Work, play, and plays . . . More new members . . . More fun next year! Back Row— Miss SnodRras, Tip-P tt, Nicol, G. Gwin, E. Strong lit Row— Gerstenecker. Davis, Fortune, LanRe, V. Haddick, Cousins SIXTY-NINE • • • Last year’s grads continue Walt Holtgreve— Employee at First National Bank, Collinsville, 111. Barbara Jean Hunter— Student Nurse, St. F.lizabeth’s Hospital, Granite City, 111. Eileen Huth— Student, Rubicam Business School, will graduate to job in March. Wallace Jobusch— Student, University of Illinois. Shirley Jokerst— Bitzer Motor Company, Collinsville. Anita Kirchoff— Stenographer, Dun Bradstreet, Inc. Melvin Kirchoff— Machine Specialist, Western Cartridge Company. W. L. (Firp) Kleppisch— Toolmaker, Curtiss-Wright. R. W. Kniser— Laborer, Pennsylvania Railroad. Howard Knoebel— Employee, Briner Electric Company, St. Louis, Mo. Lois Levingston— General Office Work, International Shoe Company, Mexico, Mo. Pearle Lochmann— Nurse, St. Luke’s School of Nursing, St. Luke’s Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. Richard Lochmann— Office Supply Department, Ralston Purina Company, St. Louis, Mo. Minnie Malvasio— Bookkeeper, Hess Culbertson Jewelry Store. Donn Mann— Student, University of Illinois. Charles Marchiando— Employee Quality Bakery, Collins- ville, 111. Robert McCormick— Student, Illinois College, Jacksonville, 111. Robert McLanahan— Manager McLanahan Garage, Collinsville, 111. Lorraine McMullen— No Occupation. Dorothy Mersinger— Employee First National Bank, St. Louis, Mo. Doris Mae Miller— E.mployee, Toben, Mackey and Co., Attorneys, St. Louis, Mo. George Mil lice— Chemist, Chemical and Pigment Co., Co'linsville, 111. Louis Molinar—- Employee, Interstate Supply Co., St. Louis, Mo. SEVENTY : jAafe'; •' ; ■ ■ i ■ ■• ■■ • • ' ' • - ? rh 7 - V + r7? ' y 7 z Vv 5k? 7 ______ .' 27 THESE FELLOWS HAVE PUNCH LENTZ—Jim gave a good account of himself when called upon. EVERSMAN—He had team spirit and was hard to beat. COBETTO—Big John made his opponent respect his fierce charging and tackling. BOSTER—Could be counted upon to hold up the center of the line. LUF.BBERS—Bill was an important Cog in the team’s machinery. CHRISTE—Although he is small he makes up for it in his aggressiveness. BILL MARY—Could be counted on to give his best at all times. COATS—Though handicapped by injury, gave a good account of himself. SHEFFIELD—Bob was the boy who could plunge through the line for a gain almost any time. KONSKY — Whenever a pass was thrown, “Yatz” was there to snag it. University City 7 Collinsville . 0 Belleville 0 Collinsville .13 Granite City . 0 Collinsville . 18 Wood River 7 Collinsville 6 Madison 7 Collinsville . 7 Alton 0 Collinsville 6 Edwardsville 7 Collinsville 6 East Side 14 Collinsville . 0 SEVENTY-TWO A new Coach ... a call for men goes out . . . what’s that . . . experts say we won’t win many games . . . we’ll show ’em . . . when do we play football? . . . more calisthenics . . . he’s going to let me p'ay in the backfield (I hope) . . . first game just a week away . . . Coach said U. City’s tough ... I hope I get to play . . . well, anyhow, I got to sit Back Row— Mr. Metternich, Mr. Dasovic, Jim Lentz, Ferrari, Paoli, Simon, Eversman, Shelton,Ash-mann, Jack Lentz, Coach Dunn, Mr. K. Monroe. 1st Row— Friedli, Lochmann, Richter, Paul Mary, Martin, Gillespie, Cobetto, Boster, Luebbers, Coats, Bill Mary, Konsky, Mincke. SEVENTY-THREE Just announced .... Light weight football .... Karl Monroe to coach .... Hope I make it . . . Boy, am I sore! Practice every night . . . First game tonight . . . hope we win . . . nuts . . . well, better luck next time . . . more practice . . . more games . . . season over already . . . and I only got in one game . . . Oh, well, try again next year . . . . maybe I’ll make the varsity . . . Heh, heh! In Action . . . SEVENTY-FOUR FUTURE CHAMPS University City 7—Collinsville 0 Our loyal Kahoks invaded University City stamping grounds but after a hard fought game were defeated 7-0. Granite City 0—Collinsville 18 The Happy Warriors of Granite City came to Collinsville with hope high but were sent home scalped by the above score. Madison 7—Collinsville 1 The most bitter pill for the Kahoks to swallow was a draw at the hands of a lowly Madison team 7-7. Edwardsville 7—Collinsville 6 An over-confident Collinsville team met an underrated F.dwardsville team, the result 7-6 Edwardsville. Belleville 0—Collinsville 13 The warriors traveled to Belleville and tomahawked the Maroons by a score of 13- 0. Wood River 7—Collinsville 6 Though outplaying their opponents, Collinsville went down to defeat in a driving rainstorm 7-6. Alton 0—Collinsville 6 Collinsville’s wigwam was invaded by the Hilhoppers, but the Kahoks held their ground and came out on top. East Side 14—Collinsville 0 An undefeated F.ast St. Louis squad traveled to Collinsville and after a hard fought battle the Kahoks were downed 14- 0. Hack Row W. Harris, D. Nicol, Wood. B. I ah'. V. Clark. E. Bilyeu. E. Crowell, A. Kutzer , Mr. K. Monroe 1st Row—• Bode. Works. Sisson, Hay, E. Gavillet, Sorby, Ward, Kurant SEVENTY-FIVE DISTRICT CHAMPS Back Row— Mr. Metternich, Shelter. Evers, Keller, ton, Lochman, Rich-Mr. Hixler Jtt Roto— Burroughs, Simon, Frost, Perucca, H«ff-man VERNON FROST Basketball captain supreme . . . baseball player . . . honor student . . . musician . . . gentleman . . . all-around fellow . . . maintains modesty . . . sense of humor . . . poise . . . along with much glory! His graduation is truly a loss to the school. Football season over . . . What did Coach Metternich announce . . . basketball practice tonight? ... I think I’ll try out . . . He said we are handicapped . . . only four letter-men . . . Gosh! I made it . . .Frost elected captain . . he deserved it . . . first game a week away . . . Pm on the carpet for skipping practice again ... 1 haven’t missed this week . . . first game tonight . . . Gee! got to play for two whole minutes! Season almost over . . . tournament at Highland starts this week . . . Won our first game . . . hope this last game isn’t as tough as the other ones . . . We WON! Play Granite tonight . . . Won in last five seconds . . . Play Pinckneyville tonight . . . everybody crying ... we lost! . . . Oh, well, we’ll win next year. SEVKNTY-SIX VARSITY AND LIGHTWEIGHTS Back Row— Crook, R. Keller, Shelton, Radosvich, Richter, Lochman, Evers, L. Keller, Nichols 2nd Row— Martin, ZuRosky, Gent, Burroughs, Frost, Simon. Peruc-ca, Hoffman, Schild-knecht 1st Roto— Burstadt, Cuff. Cres-pi, Zarr, Flenniken, Phipps, Ray Collinsville . . 36 Staunton 33 Collinsville 33 Tajlorville 40 Collinsville .32 Benld 24 Collinsville 31 Lebanon . 26 Collinsville 26 Wood River 29 Collinsville .31 Vandalia 32 Collinsville 35 Edwardsville. 20 Collinsville .35 Springfield 39 Collinsville . .30 Alumni 31 Collinsville 42 Belleville . 38 Collinsville 25 Madison 20 Collinsville . .35 Granite City 27 Collinsville 45 Alton 31 Collinsville 24 East St. Louis . 32 Collinsville 34 Roxana 13 Collinsville 41 Greenvil le 38 Collinsville. . 24 Wood River 25 Collinsville 27 Edwardsville 25 Collinsville. .32 Madison 27 Collinsville 28 Belleville 31 Collinsville 31 Granite City 24 Collinsville 31 Alton 32 Collinsville. . .49 East St. Louis . 31 Collinsville 22 Vandalia 26 COACH METTERNICIi Coach of many sports . . . . teacher of many subjects . . . best known for his ability as builder of basketball teams . . . took his quintet to slate last year . . . stopped at sectional this year . . . Quiet . . . reserved . . . peaceful . . . SEVENTY-SEVEN THE WINNAHS! Rjck Row—• Coach Fletcher. Kom-cshak, S. Kansky, Gillespie, Richter, Summerfeldt. E. Zarr. Thomas, Mr. Me-Don ad 2nd Row— Swen. Perucca. Ober-to, Nepute, Molinar, Garnero, Kversman, M. Konsky 1st Row— Marchiando, Nichols, Gavilctt, J. Jones What was that last announcement? . . . Room . . . meeting of all baseball candidates ... I’ll be there . . . First practice tomorrow night ... is that all, fellows? . . . Who says I’ll be sore tomorrow . . . Gosh! I can hardly move! . . . I’ll get used to it (I hope) . . . First game tomorrow night ... I can hardly wait . . . Games over ... I hope we keep this up . . . Time will tell . . . Hurrah! another game to our credit ... if we keep this up we’ll go to State . . . what’s all the cheering for . . . going to State? . . . no kidding? I hope I don’t faint . . . reached the finals . . . somebody catch me . . . we won! District Tournament Collinsville 11 Wood River . . . 0 Collii sville 10 Waterloo . 9 Sectional To urna ment Collinsville . 6 Dupo............... 4 Collinsville . 5 Wolf Lake. 0 State Tournament Collinsville 10 Bloomington 0 Collinsville 10 Streator 3 Collinsville .9 Peoria Central 8 % % SEVENTY-EIGHT IN THE SPUING Did you hear what the Bulletin said? . . all candidates to report to gym tonight after school . . . guess I’ll go out . . . Managers are going to issue equipment . . . my shoes don’t fit . . . Coach says I get one of the new pairs . . . going to try the half-mile . . . winded already . . . I ache all over . . . work and more work . . . first meet just two weeks away . . . Coach says I get to run the 440 . . . if I place in enough races I’ll get a letter ... I hope. ( ... As we go to press the results of the season cannot be stated, but we of the Kahokian staff join with the school in wishing them the very best of luck). Schedule for 9 42 Triangle Meet Conference Relays District Meet State Meet Conference Meet April 18 April 25 May 0 May 15-16 May 23 Hack Row— Coach Metternich, Wltschie. Schiller, Loyet, Kassel. Kur-ant, McMullen, Friedli. Radosevitch, Donna, Mary, Don Gillespey. Lochmann, Paoli, Coach Monroe 2nd Row— Potter, Zukowski, Work s, Anderson, Uomanitis, Wendler, Phipps, Juda, Gent, I, o h m a n , Wille, Goetter 1st Row—• Bohnenstiehl. Ferrari, Abney, Thiel, Val-1 i n o, Schildknecht. Durham. Mary, Ray, Bilyeu, Ratzel SEVENTY-NINE Class of ’41 again . . . Kay Milner— Clerk, A. Schulman, Inc., Summers College of Commerce. Louis J. Nepute— Clerk, Bitzer Garage, Collinsville. James Normansell— Timekeeer, Continental Can Company; attending night school at Missouri Institute of Accountancy Law. Bette Nowling— Student, Shurt'eff College, Alton, III. Charles H. Nunning— Employee, Hunter Packing Co., East St. Louis, 111. Bernice Paoli— Office Girl, Fairmont Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company. Guido Paoli— Electrician, attending David Rankin Trade School, St. Louis, Mo. Elmer Oberto— Student, Georgetown University, Washington, D. C. Russell G. Papproth— Joined United Stales Navy. George Peretti— Employee, Curtiss-Wright Co., St. Louis, Mo. Mary Evelyn Pegg— Beauty Operator, Chicago, 111. Clell Perotka— Backing House Worker, Swift Co. Dorothy Petchulat— Stenographer, Peper Tobacco Co. Edra Picker— Student, Signal Hill Work Center. Helen Prando— Telephone Operator, Bell Telephone Company. Evelyn Querio— Secretary, E. J. Portz Agency, Collinsville, 111. Alfred J. Radas— Machinist, Curtiss-Wright Corp. IJoyd Rademacker— Brakeman, Pennsylvania Railroad. William Joseph Rice— Apprentice, Chemical Company, East St. Louis, 111. Charles Rockwell— Shoe Repairer, Earl Francis Shop. Sam Rogers— Water 'Tender, Illinois Central RR. Anna Marie Roustio— Housewife. Joe Savage— U. S. Army Air Corps. Frances Schoen— Beauty Operator, attending East St. Louis Beauty Culture Academy. Milton Schwier— Operates Own Service Station. EIGHTY ■L ;•w r. A- ... .■.■■At-'. I I 3 • :Vi • ■r- v1 rvy.' A PS EIGHTY-ONE EIGHTY-TWO Margaret Sisson EIGHTY-THREE EIGHTY-FOUR EIGHTY-FIVE The Queen's Court . . . . . . A few “off” notes by the heralds and we know the crowning is ready to begin . . . Boy, how those kids worked to win that tin crown . . . Hope the one I want gets it . . . Shhh, here’s last year’s queen, Dot Carder, with Hank Evers-man . . . Hey, down in front . . . Who’s next? . . . the fourth maid-of-honor, Charlotte Heitmeyer, with Bill Lueb-bers . . . gee, she’s pretty . . . here comes the third maid-of-honor, Dorothy Kramer, with Joe Shelton ... ah, two red-heads together, Mary Jean Cairns and “Red Coats” . . . Bay, what a pretty sight ... Ah, here comes Ida Dallape with Jake Simon, she’s first maid-of-honor . . . and plenty pretty, too . . . and now' the special maid (in other words, the one almost tied for queen) that super beaut, Helen Larre-more, with John Christe . . . Whoops, the grand finale . . . can’t guess who, especially since all the others are out . . maybe Margaret Sisson . . . well, what do ya know ... it is Margaret Sisson, with Captain John Cobetto. Left-to-Risrht— KITCHEN. KLOESS, MR. DUNN. CHRISTE. SIMON. LUEBBERS. COBETTO, EVERSMAN. SHELTON. COATS. LEBLANC, KIRSCH, LENTZ Court—JOHNNY METTERNICH. GAIL BALTHROPE. HEITMEYER. DALLAPE EIGHTY-SIX • • • The Prom of 1941 Jeepers . . . I’m here ... at the first Prom to be held in the new gym . . . it certainly looks marvelous ... I can hardly wait to get started . . . everything looks so heavenly . . . The Grand March is starting . . . Jim Lentz and Ginny Haddick must be leading . . . Oh, well, I don’t care if we are about the last couple—no one will notice me anyway . . . with all of those icicles and penguins standing around I almost forget that it is spring . . . Whee, but the music is heavenly . . . Carroll Peters certainly is super . . . Jim and the committee really did a grand job of everything ... It must be prisms or something . . . that’s what Mr. Chandler would tell me . . . goodness, it’s the ninth dance already . . . wonder if I can manage to smuggle one of the penguins out ... I don’t suppose it would be nice . . . well, the band is playing the last number . . . everyone looks kind of sleepy ... it has been a wonderful evening. EIGHTY-SEVEN • • • This is really all the alumni Lorraine S. Senn— Operator, Forest City Mfg. Co. Ruth L. Spalding— Student, Illinois State Normal University, Normal, 111. Kenneth Speck— Employee, Curtiss-Wright, St. Louis, Mo. Angella Splaingard— Student, East St. Louis Beauty Academy, East St. Louis, 111. H. Roland Stroup— Messenger, Missouri Pacific Railroad St. Louis, Mo. Ervin Taylor— Post-graduate, Collinsville Township High School. Hubert Thomas — Student, Illinois College, Jacksonville, 111. Annabelle Tippett— Saleswoman, Famous-Barr Company. Lola M. Tognarelli— Sewing, Forest City Manufacturing Company. Lidia Vanagat— Key Punch Operator, Ordnance Plant, Herrin, 111. Carl Votik— Student, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. Norville Ward— Dispatching, Curtiss-Wright Corp., St. Louis, Mo. Richard Wegener— Student, Missouri School of Mines. Mark Wendler— Drug Clerk, Apprentice Druggist, Wendler’s Drug Store, Collinsville. Norman Whitchurch— Student, Illinois College, Jacksonville, 111. Eddie Wiedwilt— Apprentice Carpenter, Louis Dieu. Rudolph Wille— Assembly Line, National Enameling Stamping Co., Granite City, 111. Norman Wrigley— Carpenter, Norman Dieu. Albert Zebio— Student, Southern Illinois Normal University. Norma Zike— Employee, Forest City Mfg- Co. EIGHTY-EIGHT EIGHTY-NINE • Winter Concerts • New Chief Kahok • Model Airplane Benefit Concert • Saint Louis School Concert Tour ® Spring Tour ? ? ? INSTRUMENTAL Well, at last those summer concerts are behind us . . wonder what happens now . . . Oh, more concerts! . . . Something new has been added . . . Less noise in the brass section, please . . . Come on, clarinets, play! . . . LaSurs, be quiet! . . . Can’t hear the flutes . . . Basses, OFFICERS Linton Kypta President Henry Ki.oess Vice President Helen Cousins Secretary Robert O’Connell Pub. Mgr. MUSIC MAKERS dont’ snort . . . Listen . . . Comes New Year—Oh! Oh! Scales! Band diminishes slightly. No rehearsal tonight? How come? Oh, well! This won’t last forever . . . My! Why all the sudden practicing? . . Could it be the contest? NINETY VOCAL MUSIC MAKERS Tra-la-tra-la . . . get it? That’s the chorus ... we got one at C. T. H. S. It’s one of the best in miles around (ask any chorus member) . . Pipe down, you altos . . . What, Miss Sauer? A solo? . . . Well, of course, if you insist . . . mi, mi, mi . . . The cantata . . . Lots of practicing . . . The big night . . . Weren’t we good? Such feeling . . . Program’s gonna change at the semester . . . Well, I’m not dropping chorus . . . not until after the festival, cause maybe that cute kid’ll come from Granite. OFFICERS Jane McFarlane President Fred Potter . Vice President Bessie Birke Secretary-Treasurer 4 Cantata • New Director • Music Festival • Chorus Contest • Operetta NINF.TY-ONK Growing Pains” What’s the Junior Class Play gonna be: . . . What, the books are here? . . . “Growing Pains!” Keen . . . How come more fellas don’t try out . . . There are scads of girls . . . Say, weren’t tryouts good? . . . The cast is posted! Who’s in it? . . . Practically every one, even me . . . Rehearsals . . . oh, fun! . . . Must be awful, from the look on Miss Snodgras’ face . . . What? . . . “Kenny, stop slurring your words” . . . “Annabelle, is that the way you really cry?” . . . “Tommy, for goodness sake, get your cue just once!” . . . “Bob, be sure to wear your brightest shorts that night.” . . . Dress rehearsal . . . Looks good . . . The production night! . . . No, I’m not so n-n-nervous, m-m-much . . . Shh! Opening curtain . . . What a crowd . . . They’re doing swell . . . oh, my gosh, my cue . . . THE CAST Bob O’Connell.... Annabelle I liken. June Men!......... Tom Glastras.... Margie Heck....... Mary Ann Shea.. Shirley James.... Kenneth LeBlanc Floyd Sperino.. . Edwin Fields.... Walter Smith.... Minnie Marchetti Betty Lou Reed.. Zelda Morris...... Bernice Elmore.. Ruth Willet....... .George McIntyre ..Terry McIntyre ....Mrs. McIntyre ...Prof. McIntyre .Sophie, the maid ...Mrs. Patterson ...Elsie Patterson ..........Brian ...........Dutch ............Omar .............Hal Prudence Darling ...........Patty ............Jane ..........Miriam ..........Vivian NINETY-TWO China Boy” Is this the play we’re gonna giver Gosh, it stinks . . Who’s getting the lead? . . . C’mon, gang, let’s try out ... we can give those lines some snap . . . Ah, the cast’s posted . . . darn, foiled again! Oh well, guess I’ll keep my talents for deeper drama . . . Practice drags . . . Bessie, quit emoting back stage . . . Lou, quit swallowing your words . . . You kids are going to have to do better than that . . . April 30th! The play goes off and with a bang! . . . Bud and Bess were super as were all the others . . . The best senior play ever, we’re convinced. THE CAST Mrs. Parker......Imogene Phipps Will Parker......Louis Krcmmer Annie ...................Esther Strong Bill Parker...............Bruce Hunter Selma Parker.......Bessie Birke Bob Troutman..........Fred And Lulu Mae Robinson.... Stella Britt Charlotte Mack Virgina Lee Haddiek George Robinson Robert Eigenbrodt Mark Willis......Dick Ambrosius Radio Announcer.......Jim Lentz NIN ETY -TH R EE V v ■ vWVM Lft NINETY-FOUR 1. Huddle on the side lines. 2. Pretends to know what he’s doing. 3. Thespian “powers-that-be.” 4. Where’s the hay? 5. Captain and queen. 6. Rah-rah girls. 7. Proud papa? 8. Beauts and brutes. 9. Off again, on again. 10. Embarassing moment. 1 1. Gad, the crate’s haunted. 12. Oh, the monkey wrapped his tail around the flagpole. 13. Messy, isn’t it? 14. Look who’s wearin’ soup and fish. 15. A truck load of------? 16. Why knit for Britain? 17. A Bronx cheeH 1. “Grammaw” tells “Minnie the Moodher.” 2. Gerstenecker II. 3. Frosh “prexy.’ 4. Tacky, aint it: 5. Old “Nosey.” 6. Punch packs a wallop. 7. No chance for sales resistance. 8. One day Dortch came to school. 9. Looks like work. 10. Chief Kahok II convulsed. 11. Past captain. 12. Future cafosiity. 13. Heil Heel I 14. Why the poker-puss, Polly? 15. A little Anderson. 16. Bustles in again? 17. How to be happy though married. NINETY-SIX 1. Petting party. 2. Statuesque, isn’t it? 3. Sleepy time pals. 4. Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? 5. This is getting monotonous. 6. “A string of pearls.” 7. Pettin’ caterpillars. 8. Knter the ingenue. 9. Romm-hither look. 10. Shootin’ the shooter. 1 I. Must be a feather down the hatch. 12. Bridal carriage? 13. Locket up! 14. Peep in’ Tom and Mike the Moron. 15. Flash! Christe at work. 16. Holdin’ up the wall. 17. You again? 18. The mad mob. 19. Is this a poser 20. I ooth paste smile. 2). What does she rea’ly look like? liiij , 1. Cow-eyed. 2. The coach calls signals. 3. And they call this candid photography! 4. Trouble ahead. 5. 1'his “Jack’s” business requires thought. 6. Follow the leader? 7. Pick of the pack. 8. Step on it. 9. . . and they didn’t know it was being taken either. 10. Jim tends bar. 1 1. Dig deep “Dutch.” 12. Only a bird in a gilded cage. 13. Heh, heh. 14. Brain trusters. 15. Where’ve we we seen this before? 16. Just another absent minded moment. 17. Little man with the big feet. 18. He’s really quite normal. 19. The Gay (?) ’90’s. NINETY-RIGHT NINKTY-NINK The Ship’s Calendar Date of Sailing—September 1, 1941. Passenger List—Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior. Cargo—Books, pencils, paper. Date of Docking—June 1, 1942. (Any similarity between this calendar and any calendar of previous years is purely coincidental) Jere’s TOGGERY ★ Fashion Headquarters for Men’s and Boys’ CLOTHES ★ Use Jere’s “Charge It Plan” Congratulations and Best Wishes JENNINGS Cjflorist 313 WEST MAIN ST. PHONE 404'W ONE HUNDRED t. vJ fffr k 35 (Compliments L. Bruno Sons Bakery Apr 'fJ' jMfch ¥ ] J 218-20 Vandalia Street Collinsville, III. SEPTEMBER 1. As you know, all good things must come to an end ... so back to the decks . . . you Swabs! 5. I know how many more days of school until June 1, but I won’t tell you. 17. Home rooms in the process of organization. 20. Did you get on the Council? I didn’t either. 24. School has really begun. CLUE: homework. 30. Somebody (a Senior) throws somebody else ( a Freshman) in the lake— more fun. HOME FURNITURE COMPANY EVERYTHING FOR THE HOME ★ MAIN and MORRISON AVE. 'Pelijn fiot -OIL “Tima Plan for the future when you build your Home of Good Fortune on the Foundation of your Education COLLINSVILLE LUMBER CO. FRED F. JOBUSCH, MGR. Phone 175 502 East Main St. ONE HUNDRED TWO © Geo. A. Lochmann, Secretary Loans ami avin s Want to own your own home? IT’S EASY. Let us show you how. There’s insured safety awaiting your savings The Lochmann Agency Insurance—Bonds—Notary Public Lochmann Reinsch Realtors We huy, sell or trade anything in real estate 115 West Main St. Phone 240 Collinsville, 111. ONE HUNDRED THREE OCTOBER 2. Don’t tell me kids are still falling for that line about elevator tickets. 4. Class officers are elected—I could have had it if I had wanted it (I keep telling myself). 9. This is the month when Biology students are seen flitting around in search of insects. 14. Latin Club holds initiation. 26. School is a wonderful institution once you get used to it. 31. All the students sign up for Halloween pledge. In School and Out of School. . . Remember ABE MANN T ie koe ★ Shoes for the Entire Family Shoe Repairing 2116 West Main ★ We (five £aCjLe tampd Holzweg and Company REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE BE SURE . . . INSURE ONE HUNDRED FOUR ■c.f - I ■ ; d-ytsf' j i A’ io siy Collinsville 114-16-18 West Main ONE HUNDRED FIVE NOVEMBER 7. Homecoming football game with Edwardsville — wasn’t that p a r a d e super? 8. Coronation—It must be wonderful to be beautiful. 10. Honor Society Jamboree—Don’t miss the side show in Room 11. 11. Armistice Day—No school! 24. C. T. H. S. Intellects go to the American to see “The Doctor’s Dilemma.” 27. Band Concert—That’s why those kids have bee npracticing. (Compliments of AJAX riwtiiin and Laundry Co. ★ 403 W. Main Street ★ Phone 333 (Congratulations to the Qlass of 1942 ★ Jokerst Food Shop 103 ST. LOUIS ROAD COLLINSVILLE, ILL. CAMPBELLS Rexall Store ★ Phone 235 ★ ★ 2m EAST MAIN ST. COLLINSVILLE, ILL. EVERYTHING IN QUALITY FOODS ruuns ONE HUNDRED $IX ._________________________________ A Good Place to Borrow A Good Place to Save Your Savings Insured Up to $5,000 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insura nee Corp., Washington, D. C. Union Building Association Office at Schurman Agency 123 West Main Street, Collinsville, 111. HUNDRED SEVEN jl ufrfelpfcR r i 3. Weeks preceding Christmas every one js working it the stores in town. 1Christmas cantata has a wonderful turnout. gO. Everybody takes a Salesmanship course. 22. All school party—The alumni get chased out. 23. Another super Band Concert. 24. Beginning of Christmas vacation. 29. Now we’re getting up in the world. A Christmas formal sponsored by the Kahokian. Telephone ‘Main 714 ★ J. A. LOCUS Tailor CLEANING- PR ESSING REPAIRING ★ 214 EAST MAIN ST. COLLINSVILLE, ILL. East End Milk Co. Pasteurized Milk Dairy Products ONE HUNDRED NINE JANUARY 5. End of vacation, back to work—me hearties! 12. Daisy June, get out of my red flannels—it’s getting cold. 21. Semester ends! 22. 375 C. T. H. S. students quietly passed out after finishing their finals. 23. What! Another Concert—this is getting to be a habit! 24. Wood River wins the conference (darn it)! 27. Captain Snodgrass makes several gobs walk the plank. 28. Band members receive awards at the district Solo Contest. (Compliments of LINDER’S HARDWARE STORE ★ io9'ii North Morrison BITZER 'Thllty-ieven ueaXi oj dependable iCivlce DODGE PLYMOUTH ONE HUNDRED TEN ) Cu WJL ■ • e.5T uh.' U e take this opportunity to offer our congratulations to the students and teachers of the Collinsville Township High School for the completion of a highly succgss-j ful school year. GAUEN LUMBER CO. F. A. GAUEN. Sec.-Treas. d, TKBRITYR “V i Tne month of hearts and flowers— v - O o they tell me. 6. The Kahoks play Edwardsville tonight. 12. Lincoln’s birthday today. 14. Love, Love, Love, All the world loves a lover. % 17. Purple and White play Granite tonight. 28. Well, almost the end of another month. Oh, 1 forgot to mention the all school party that took place this 107 EAST MAIN STREET MAIN 260 PARADISE ICE CREAM PARLOR ★ HOME MADE CANDY and ICE CREAM ★ PRINEAS BROS, and CO. PROPS. J.rr Aj au A O aJ d. ’Ttavel the £t .....-.—. conomical Way - c I K' H?7! . , rj. 'XiJif.take this opportunity to thank the Coll insvilte Township High School for the consideration they have given us in the past . . . and we congratulate [the Class of 1942 l anda Lia 12ll± Jlinely SJnc• K. M. STOUT, President-Manager AMOS BONHAM. Superintendent ONE HUNDRED TWELVE J l QOc r - . .-O Xg -£ , Q1 ,__,-- X . Congratulations Seniorst Sf;- For 4 years of hard work, well done. The State Bank of Collinsville is proud of you and your accomplishments and the successful completion of your high school course. May we wish you a generous measure of prosperity and happiness. If there is any way be can be of help to you in carving out a career, it will be a pleasure for us to be of service. Sl aaJ State Bank of Collinsville ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN I ) U Cts - wA -futuA ' ■ rfa- -Ht MARCH 7 Dh■ Gosh! End of another Six Ceks I still haven’t learned those twenty lines of poetry. A Seen all over the school — girls knitting for the Red Cross. 1 . Juniors sponsor “Sadie Hawkins” party—best party of the year—maybe I’m prejudiced, cause I’m a girl. 22. C. T. H. S. is honored by a local concert artist, Giovanni Sperandeo. 27. Chorus and Band combine to present a program. (LdAl Congratulations AND Best Wishes Class of 1942 ★ E. J. REAL ESTATE—INSURANCE nE GIFTS for THE GRADUATE Its a Qift to Know What to Qive Jewelry is the most appropriate gift. To “Say it with Jewelry” is to say it in the most accept' ab'e manner. BUTTERFIELD’S, Jewelers ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN 7 y i rj odl' ' Ldy WO ou£ 3 ‘-C'7 U£ sincere Ctfe ATING CLASS [O of 1942 . and remih you that we ate5 5 S| reacted counsel and ad fe§swhen- n iver we can be of servicebV, FIRST NATIONAL BANK COLLINSVILLE, ILLINOIS COURTEOUS • SAFE • CONSERVATIVE Members of Federal Reserve Bank and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN APRIL Fool’s Day—do you suppose were joking when they selected the Honor Society! 9. Music Festival—Some of the visitors were plenty O. K. 10. Oh! Happy Day! Teachers’ Meeting. 26. Baseball games galore. l| 28. Concert given to raiseymoney for defense projects. 30. Senior Play. N. v tl)JLaJU ■OSU-Z': V V ISadinmii Jewelry Co. 119 East Main Street Rings with Charm . . . Diamonds with Brilliancy, Silverware with Beauty .... all with Quality and Elegance WE WILL BE HERE TOMORROW TO GUARANTEE THAT WHICH WE DO TODAY — Congratulations to the Class of-’42 FROM THE O’Guin Studio 102a E. Main St. Phone 371 ONE HUNDRED SIXTEEN MAY 5. Junior “Dog Patch Drag.” 12. Band leaves on trip! You Blimy Bloahes. 14. Hobo Day—Seniors have all the ! uck. 18. Baseball game tomorrow night! 20. ----till 30—oodles of things hap- pen. 22. Freshmen-to-be visit C. T. H. S. 25. Kahokian! I’ll sign. June 2—If you can’t guess, I won’t tell! C-. ( • i • - _________ ' JL r- — rvrj J f-i - —r- t -T— W.o e CL. T |-(. We Insure Q“a' r Sh r_ V j-t- I -. L� x - | -(t . Everything but the Hereafter’ V7yf y ft fwf %jV . . ■p p- MOItKIS AGENCY Phones 19 or 69 si Main Street - Collinsville, 111. ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN