Dakota High School - Talebearer Yearbook (Dakota, IL)

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- THE TALEBEARER Class History In the year three of the Dakota Community High School, fourteen seeds were lodged among the growing plants in the garden of the institution. The queen of these was a certain seed of the genus Wells, a species Pela recorded the growth and the development of this group, and a variety Kaiser carefully guarded the wealth. These seeds decided that the combination of colors which looked best with green was red and white. They also expressed a liking for the motto Service above Self . These seeds, being diligently cultivated by gardeners Miller and Lambert and pruned by gardener McGlachlin, rapidly put forth green shoots, which, undaunted by the approaching winter, grew until spring. During this period a genus Meades was added. Suddenly the plants stopped growing. After a dormant period of three moons they again resumed development but under new gardeners. The change in head gar- deners so frightened these little plants that their growth was retarded for a moon. Gardener McGlachlin still kept the plants free from ain't , he don't , and had went blights by the application of English insect powder, but they were now cultivated by gardeners Stephan and McCreery. At this time four of the plants were missing, namely species Meades, Pfile, Kaiser and Fleugel. During this era Queen Wells with- drew and was succeeded by Prince Shippee. Species Pela again recorded the bright remarks of the group, but a variety Messman guarded their possessions. A genus Lapp represented the group in the legislative body of the garden. A plant of the Spaide family was transplanted to the Freeport gardens, but notwithstanding the loss of two plants, the others waxed strong in wisdom and words all through the winter, but again they ceased to grow in the spring. After the regular dormant period, they again flourished, this time under gar- deners Stephan, McGlachlin, Henry and McCleary. However, these plants were en- trusted to the special care of gardener McCleary. In this period of growth, a new plant of the Neuschwander species ,was planted with the group. King Shippee still held his throne, and varieties Pela and Messman had the same duties as in the pre- ceding era but Representative Lapp was replaced by Representative Weaver. During the latter part of this epoch, the plants budded forth into a display called Adam and Eva . In the autumn these perennials grew faster than ever before, for this was their last year in the garden. Gardener Henry was replaced by Gardener Hill. Two plants were missing from the garden. During a hard rainstorm, species Neuschwander was carried down the stream of Life and lost in the sea of Matrimony. King Shippee was transplanted to the Freeport Garden. From the Davis gardens came two new specimens, Fitzgerald and Andres. Variety Weaver was chosen to succeed Shippee, species Pela had the same duties as before, the Berry was keeper of the common prop- erty, and the specimen of the Messman family ilourished in the Council. In this era the buds that gave promise in Adam and Eva burst into bloom in Nothing But the Truth . By this time the plants had so developed that it was easy to dis- tinguish many varieties. Among them were Bleeding Hearts, Cabbage Heads, Baby Ramblers, Johnny Jump-ups, and even a few American Beauties. To have grown such a diverse collection of plants was no light accomplishment, so no one can blame each gardener for being proud of his share in the culture of this group which calls itself the Class of '26, 09' 6 Ji' ills'

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5, THE TALEBEARER Senior Officers ADELBERT WEAVER ---, ,----President DOROTHY PELA --- ..... ........ S ecretary JOQEPH ANDRES ...... ............. , .---Treasnrer VERNON MESSMAN ...,. .... S tudent Council Member Miss NoLA MCCLEARY --- ............ , ..... Sponsor Class Motto-Service above Self. Class Flower-White Rose Class Color--Scarlet and White. Annual Staff VVARREN LAPP ---.. HELEN SPANGIIER --- DOROTHY PELA --- ELSIE LINCOLN .... LUCILLE MEYERS --.-- KENNETH MILIiER --- JOSEPH ANDRES - ...... THELMA FITZGERALD -- ----Editor:in-Chief ----AtIzletic Editor -------Litera-ry Editor ---..-------.-Class Editor -----Drafrnatic and Society ------Organization Editor -------------Senior Editor Snapshot and Joke Editor VERNON MESSMAN .... .............. B usiness Manager ADELBERT WEAVER .---- Sales and Advertising Manager EUNICE MCGLACHL1Nl in --1------n---Faculty Advisers MERRILL STEPHAN 5 The Senior Gift It is an established custom in Dakota High for every graduating class to present a gift to the school. The Class of '26 presented the school with a Keystone Daylight Slide Lantern. This lantern has three unusual features: iirst, it can be used in a lighted room, as its name suggestsg second, it is so constructed that the slides do not become heatedg and third, it can easily be carried from place to place. It can be used to special advantage in history, general science, botany, and zoology classes. This gift not only makes the school more efficient but also represents the realiza- tion of the class of its debt to the school, and serves as a means whereby future classes may remember the Class of '26, Q wk? 5 MH'

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Vernon Toelke A rHE TALEBEARER Loyal Andrews Mary Barker Helen Buethe Marvin Germain Edna Goeke Wilbur Goeke Junior Class Jerome Lentz Kenard Lincoln Velda McCauley Margaret Schrader Margaret Meinert Roy Mitchell Mildred Henze Albert Hugelshofer Ralph Moss Viola Moss CLASS OFFICERS GRACE TIELKEMEIER W ..,,,,..,,...,... -, VELDA MCCAULEY ..,,.... KENARD LINCOLN ...,,..,,L, Miss EUMCE lillCGLAClILlN--- Veneta Phillips Bertha Rockey Nellie Shippy Cleone Slamp Grace Tielkemeier Wendell Walters Clifford VVelling --,,Pl'llSllIl'7If ,,,,,,.ql'l7Vl'ffLl'jf -,--T1'l'llS1lI'l'I' ,,,,Sp0'r1sor Motto- With the ropes of the past we'll ring the bells of the future. Class Flower-Sweet Pea. Class Colors--Blue and White. 4.-95 'Ii Ck?