Fairbury Cropsey High School - Crier Yearbook (Fairbury, IL)

Page 33 text:

1 9 3 € Hartley, Vice-President; John Langstaff, Secretary; and John Somerville, Treasurer. In our Junior year we found more activities and social interests. The boys who received letters in football were Louie Downing, Harold Garland, Charles Addis, and Charles Wink; our boys did well in basket- ball and track. Our play, “Am I Intruding?” proved to be a big success from a financial viewpoint. We kept alive the old tradition on April 1 and amused the whole school, even the teachers. Other interests were: furnishing two members to the Typing and Shorthand Teams, assisting in the preparation of a Halloween Carnival, providing ten members for the Future Farmers, singing in the Contest Chorus, being represented in the contest by a soloist. Our one great achievement of the year was the Junior-Senior Reception which was enjoyed by everyone. The class offi- cers were: Duane Morris, President; John Somerville, Vice-President; Edyth Stevens, Secretary; Wilma Jean Troehler, Treasurer. Finally we have arrived at the top and we are all looking forward to the time of graduation, though we will certainly miss the good times which we have had here, especially next year, when the under-classmen will be returning to their studies. We have been anticipating this year ever since we entered high school and we don’t think anyone has been disappointed. There have been many interesting and pleasurable activities and there are still more to come before we finally leave. One of our most important accomplishments was the publishing of the second Crier, su- pervised, this year, not by the English Department, but by Mr. Shaw. The Carnival was a success this year as last and it helped finance the annual. Ten of the boys were valuable in football and six in basketball. John F ranger did well in the Sub-District Vocal Contest. In the Prelim- inary IJterary Contest, Margaret Reavis won the Dramatic Reading. We still have the class play, “The Family Upstairs,” spring sports, grad- uation and the Junior-Senior Reception to look forward to, and they are sure to be enjoyable occasions. Officers: Duane Morris, Pres.; Wilma Jean Troehler, Vice-Pres.; Mildred Hartley, Sec.; Charles Addis, Treas. Colors......Blue and Gold F lower.......Yellow Rose T E E C I I E R 29

Page 32 text:

T H E C K I E E THE CLASS OF 1936 To pick up the first records of the members of our class we must go back to the first grade when we entered school in the fall of 1923. Eight of us started that year, Betty Nussbaum, Wilma Jean Troehler, Lloyd Knott, and John Franger in the Isaac Walton school; Charles Addis, Francis Steers, Mildred Hartley, and Edyth Stevens in the Edison school. More joined the original eight as we gradually worked our way up to graduation from grade school. By the time we were ready to leave in 1932 there were twenty-two of us: Charles Addis, Muriel Bemis, Henry Bess, Delmar Blair, Geraldine Brown, Mildred Cooper, Louie Downing, Arthur Ferguson, John Franger, William Hallock, Mildred Hartley, Lloyd Knott, John Langstaff, Duane Morris, Betty Nussbaum, Dorothea O'Donnell, Richard Phelps, Margaret Reavis, Francis Steers, Edyth Stevens, John Somerville, and Wilma Jean Troehler. When we entered Fairbury Township High School the next fall all but five of our present class were with us. Our Freshman year was not a particularly happy one. We were the lowly under-foot class. However, we showed the rest of the school that we had some talents when some of our boys did well in athletics, when John Franger placed second in the literary contest, and when the class put on an assembly program consisting of tap dancing, readings, and songs. By the end of the year the Juniors considered us worthy of serv- ing at the Junior-Senior Reception; Charlotte Gruber, Wilma Jean Troeh- ler, Delpha Harvey, Mildred Hartley, John Franger, Duane Morris, John Langstaff, John Householder, and Charles Wink were the members of our class chosen. The class officers were: Francis Steers, President; Duane Morris, Vice-President. Although we were happy to enter high school even as Freshmen, we certainly felt relieved when we became the mighty Sophomores and could look down upon a new Freshman class. We also became more active in school activities. Louie Downing, William Beckley, Donald Barnes, Harold Garland, Delmar Blair, and Charles Addis made good showings in football while Delmar and Charles repeated their successes in basket- ball. In the literary contest, John Franger placed first and Charlotte Gruber third. Six of our members represented us in the Contest Chorus. Our class officers for the year w-ere: Duane Morris, President; Mildred 1 9 3 e 28

Page 34 text:

SENIOR CLASS WILL T H E C R I E R We, the Seniors of Fairbury Township High School, of the City of Fairbury, State of Illinois, being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish, and declare this, our last will and testament, in manner and form as follows: I, Charles Addis, will not leave anything because I am going to take “Willie” with me and we will need all that I have. We, Bruce, Donald, and Eldon Barnes, bequeath our love for a common family name to John. Wilma and Wiilard Bess. I, Claude Bean, leave my toothsome grin and farmer walk to Clara Ella Kilgus in the hope that she may trap some boy just as I have trapped so many of the opposite sex. I, Lyle Bean, do hereby bequeath my singular love for Latin to Helen Huette, since she is having such a difficult time with the course. I, William Beckley, give, devise, and bequeath my clattering shoes to Coach Ros . I, Lyle Beatty, do bestow on the truthful Mary Anne Alexander, my adeptness at “ditching” dates. I, Muriel Bemis, not being exactly sure about who I am since Mr. Rose is under the impression that I am Louise, Mary, or Viola, cannot leave anything to anyone. I, Henry Bess, leave my mathematical mind to Mr. Shaw, for although he has been my instructor, I now feel that I know more than he. I, Delmar Blair, appoint the modest James Tipton, the sole possessor of my ability to tell the public what a good basketball player I am. I, Geraldine Brown, leave my snickering and giggling to the shy and retiring Phyllis Deputy. I, John Bushman, leave my enormous clodhoppers to Harry Bedell in the hope that they may take the place of his tiny feet. I, Mildred Cooper, will to James Lindsay my shapely legs which have served me as excellent props during the past years. I, Louis Downing, leave my pseudonym—“Five Yard Downing”—to my young brother, Jerome. I, Arthur Ferguson, leave my unsurpassed cleverness at escaping to Ely’s barn for a smoke during school hours to Almeda Fouts who has the same bad habit. I, John Franger, request that all my track, basketball, and football letters be given to Donald Kurth. I, Harold Garland, bequeath my willingness to give the “Alphygitties” a lift to James Lindsay. I, John Robert Goold, leave my Oldsmobile which has made many a trip to Ep- worth League Mid-Winter Institute, to Raymond Householder so that he will not miss any meetings next winter. I. Charlotte Gruber, request that Harry be left to the members of the faculty providing they will watch him closely—(he can’t be trusted). I, William Hallock, leave my lovely soprano voice and my ability to reach high “C” with the greatest of ease to Rosella Finnegan. I, Mildred Hartley, leave my week-end “whing-dings” to Evelyn Carter. I, Delpha Harvey, out of the kindness of my heart, leave my uncontrollable tem- per to Miss Taylor. I, John Householder, leave my Freshman girl friends to Harry Bedell that he may not have to travel, in the future, all the way to Champaign to get a date. I, Lloyd Knott, realizing his dire need for the same, give that bar of soap which I bought when I was a Freshman to the filthy Jack Morris. i 30 © - w