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

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SENIOR HISTORY TJ'IRST let me say that during A the four-year pilgrimage of our Senior class through the halls of F. T. H. S., our class has lost only eight members. Fifty freshmen started their secondary education in 1935, and forty-two of them are now nearing graduation. But through those four years of work, achievement, sadness, tears, hope, and gladness, much has been ac- complished, not only in the school but within the students them- selves. For many of them the days spent at F. T. H. S. will mean the final step in supervised education, while others will pass from these gates into a higher in- stitution. But whatever the lot of any of our seniors, the days they have spent at F. T. H. S. will be invaluable to them as a basis and guide in meeting the problems of life. In addition, it has served as a happy basis for those memories, be they good or bad, that flit through the minds of those who have passed before us, and remind them of their youth. What more opportunity could a student ask when he first enters a school? T hese opportunities always have and always will be present in our school, and can be had for the taking, you need not even ask for them. Our freshman year, more than anything else, was a period of ad- justment. We met new people and saw new things. We devel- oped our tastes and interests along the lines of study in which we were interested, to serve as a guide during future years. Then there were any number of clubs in which we could seek recreation and development of body and mind, and athletics furnished an outlet for the active boys and girls. When we arrived in school our sophomore year, we found four of our former class-mates missing, and three new ones, Lillian Reis, Wayne Russell, and FI don Koehl. In basketball, James Lester, Glen Cooper, Albert Harris, Carlyle Hayes, and Harold Ward repre- sented our class. Our contribution to football included Jerome Downing, James Lester, Glen Cooper, Rudolph Jarvis, Harold Ward, Albert Harris, F red Householder, Carlyle Hayes, and Raymond Householder. Partici- pants in baseball were Jack Mor- ris, Herbert Patrick, Robert Von- Bergen, and John Healy. In addi- tion to sports nine girls and seven boys took an active part in glee club work, and ten of our number were engaged in band work. Page 16

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Lillian Reis Sing, and your troubles will vanish. G. A. A. 2. 3. Hand 2. Junior piny 3. Glee club 2. 3. 4. Wi lma Rink enberger Ever faithful to the end. Glee club 1, 2. 3. Dramatic club 2. Wayne Russell Oht well, Ell get by with it. F. F. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Judging team 2. 1 Iarold Ward There’s another day a-c owing. Football 1. 2. 3. 4. Basketball 1. 2. 4. . Baseball 1, 2. Track 1. Archery 1, 2. All-school play 4. Rand 2. F-club 4. Science club. Ogarita Wessels Though few of us know her, all we know are nice things. Glee club 1. G. A. A. 2. 4. Home Ec club 3. 4. Cathryn Wink lady of great intellec- tual powers. Glee club 2. Contest chorus 2. Scholarship 1. 2. G. A. A. 2. Class officer 3. Dorothy Ann Zehr Ed rather walk up town than ride. Glee club 1, 2. 3. G. A. A. 2. 3. Operetta 1. 2. Science club 1. Alice Roach Our little southern belle. Home Ec club 1, 2, 3. 4. Glee club 1. 2. 3. 4. Pep club 1, 2. Science club 1. 2. G. A. A. 2. Dramatic club 3. Class play 4. Bill Shepherd There’s a future in vaudeville. (Transferred from Forrest) Robert Wessels Quiet, industrious, a forceful speaker. Band 2. 3. 4. Class play 3. Track 1. Joan Williams Seems quiet, but wow! Glee club 1. 3. 4. Class play 3. 4. All-school play 4. Dramatic club 2. Staff 3. Eldora Zimmerman I hope the Hupp holds out. Home Ec club 1. 2, 3. 4. G. A. A. 4. Rage 15

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In our junior year perhaps our greatest triumph occurred when we helped our glee clubs win Supe- rior rating in the state music con- test. Our class was the first to be caught in the wave of success and development which followed the installation of the new music de- partment under Mr. Kortkamp. In our junior year the following participated in glee club work: Girls: Barbara Foster, Lucille Gibb, Betty Hirstein, Ada Mae Kerr, Lillian Reis, Wilma Rinken- berger, Alice Roach, Joan Wil- liams, and Dorothy Zehr. Boys: Willard Bess,, Jack Mor- ris, Jerome Downing, John Healy, Fred Householder, Leslie lap- pan, and Robert VonBergen. In Band: Willard Bess, Wil- liam Hibsch, Betty Hirstein, Ray- mond Householder, Jack Morris, Lillian Reis, Robert Wessels, and La Verne Metz. Our contribution to the sport world included: Football: Glen Cooper, Jerome Downing, Carlyle Hayes, James I ester, Rudolph Jarvis, John Fu- gate, Herbert Patrick, and Har- old Ward. Basketball: Willard Bess, Glen Cooper, Eugene Carlson, Carlyle Hayes, James Lester, John Fu- gate, Herbert Patrick and Har- old Ward. Baseball: Ivan Johnson, James I ester, John Fugate, Robert Von- Bergen and Herbert Patrick. In addition to the many other clubs, Phyllis Deputy, Robert Von Berben, Evelyn Reany, Jeanette Hodges, Betty I lirstein, Lucille Gibb, and Joan Williams were on the Crier staff. Class officers were: Robert VonBergen, presi- dent; Jack Morris, vice-president; Cathryn Wink, secretary; and James Lester, treasurer. And now we are in the last year, the home-stretch, so to speak. Already the football and basketball seasons are over and the students are taking spring workouts in baseball. The Sen- ior sportsmen of F. T. H. S. are: Football: Glen Cooper, Jerome Downing, Herbert Patrick, Har- old Ward, Johnny Fugate, James Lester, and Rudolph Jarvis. Basketball: Glen Cooper, I Ier- bert Patrick, James Lester, Eu- gene Carlson, Williard Bess, and Harold Ward. Baseball: Robert VonBergen Herbert Patrick, James Lester, Melvin Bushman and Leslie Tap- pan. Again this year we won the dis- trict music contest and will go on to compete in the state contest. Our whole Home Economics depart- ment has been totally remodeled, redecorated, and refurnished un- til there are few if any to surpass it in the state. In addition, there is the Senior play to look forward to and commencement and the prom. There is a certain sadness in the thought of these last activities, the last remnants of four years of good wholesome activity and de- velopment. From thence we will pass on to positions we are best fitted to fill, be they good or bad. The best in secondary education has been ours for the taking. Senior class officers are: Leslie Tappan, president; Robert Von- Bergen, vice-president; Evelyn Reany, secretary; Jack Morris, treasurer. Page 17