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

Text from Pages 1 - 116 of the 1942 volume:

THE 1942 CRIER Edited by JEAN HURT A. C. WATSON Business Mgr. THE CRIER NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO The Students of Fairbury Township High School PRESENT PUBLISHED BY SENIOR CLASS SUPERVISED BY A. C. WATSON FOREWORD I his Crier, as a finished product, must speak for itself. hat we say here can add little. Our purpose has been to capture and instill within this book memories of the school year 41 and '42. It has been our goal to recall for you the highlights of the hours spent in school. JEAN HURT Editor-in-Chief. ★ DEDICATION To each of you—those alumni of Fairhury Township High School who are in the armed forces of Un- cle Sam—we respectfully dedicate this Crier. We do so as a tribute to those men in the Army, Navy and Marines who have graduated from this school and are now in the serv- ice of our country. May the Class of 1942 measure up to the high standards established by our predecessors. May love for “Old Glory” be inherent in all of us. ★ s CONTENTS Administration Classes Activities Features A. C. WATSON University of Illinois, M. S. ♦ ♦ Vance Emory III. State Normal Univ. B E. PHYSICAL EDUCATION MANUAL ARTS Roy Hamman Lincoln Col lege University of Illinois B. S. AGRICULTURE BIOLOGY Roberta Kaiser III. State Normal Univ. B. Ed. MATHEMATICS LIBRARIAN Sara Mullaney III. State Normal Univ. B. Ed. COMMERCE OUR FACULTY We are proud of our faculty. 1 heir contri- butions are an invaluable part of the wealth of our school years. To them we express our ap- preciation for their large part in unfolding to us the realms of higher knowledge. Always eager • s William Schneider Carleton College B. S. Harvard University PHYSICAL SCIENCE 8 Marjorie K em ple and willing to help us with our problems, they are our guides to vaster learning. Ever aspir- Jumcx Millikin University University of Illinois University of Wisconsin ENGLISH DRAMATICS GENERAL BUSINESS ing to loftier goals, they lend their abilities and learning to lead students to broader scopes of understanding. High in our esteem we have a place for each of them. Charles Ricketts University of Illinois B. A. Ill Wesleyan University ENGLISH. MUSIC Mary Sharp Northwestern University M. A. LATIN, FRENCH SPANISH, ENGLISH Verne Thompson Northern III. State Normal B. S. Northwestern University M S. SOCIAL SCIENCES COACH Grace Whitford Western III. State Teachers University of Illinois University of Wisconsin HOME ECONOMICS F A C U L T Y 9 BOARD OF EDUCATION Joe Gerber President Ii. T. Lange James W. Wade Secretary W. B. Fugate Phil Thompson 10 CLASSES George Thomas He moves with a faint drawl” President Richard Deputy Every other inch a gentleman.” Vice-President Frank Merrill His voice is his fortune. Sec.-Treas. ★ ★ 19 4 2 SENIORS 1 9 SENIORS Van Ambrose “As eloquent as a travel folder. Bernice Biles “A lady of energetic eyebrows Junior Bunting Typinjr Demon Deluxe.' Ursula Carlson “Men ? I’m not interested.’ Margaret Downing “Her studies were pursued but never effectually overtaken. Raymond Bess I prefer blonds ” Dorothy Bradley Just a soldier's sweetheart. Jane Carter The kind of smile you remember. Robert Cooper All out aid for the English. Jerry Ferguson I'd rather skate than eat. 4 SENI Betty Flanagan “So persistent she would have the last word with the echo.” Jimmy French “lie’s not n singer he's n vocalamity. Dorothy Harris “She walks to inaudible music. Louise Hirstein “She has lots of wile power.” Jean Hurt “When money talks she never misses a word. ORS Howard Freed “The kind of mind you shari en your own on.” Mary Fuller “As many curves as a scenic railway.” Kathryn I Iktiikrington “A temi er to match her hair.” Wayne Hish “Go ahead have fun at my expense. Mary Hurt “She italicizes words by putting dimples under them. 13 SENIORS Billy Jenkins Herschel Our baseball hero.” LEFFINGWELL Enough troubles to be In a radio serial. Edward Lometti Punctual ns a star.” Vivian Mr Hatton She can't dance so well, but gosh. how she can intermission. r loyd Masters Ever so ambitious. onirley Moyer “So happy and so eager to share it. Pauline Metz Virginia Munz As quiet ns a sundial. She gets her mental exercise by jumping at conclusions. Wilma Jean Bette Neumann t UNZ Anything to be different. She gives you an eye- lashing. J 14 4 SENI Rose Noble “Friendly as a wet puppy Irma Peter “We like to see her laugh, so much of her has a good time.” Velma Range Like a teakettle always boiling over. Francis Scouler A one arm driver. Carnell Strode She has a way of walking in your sleep.” ORS Francis Paternoster He's a man of few words, hut he keeps repenting them. Virgil Price 'A grin like an ear of corn. Donald Sc iinvarzw alder “A dashing Sir Galahad. LaVonne Stiver A mouth as curly as her hair. Marilyn Thompson A jewel of a friend.” 15 19 4 2 SENIORS Alberta VonBergen “I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart. ’ Bob Wharton “Not-solf-conscious. but sylph-conscious.” Marjorie Williamson “As sentiments as a valentine.” Francis Lillian Woodard Wi NTERLAND “Dusky hair and a sunny Iteraonality. “An extinguished lo kins gentleman Pauline Zimmerman “She (clamored for attention.” 16 ★ CLASS HISTORY Intent upon gaining new knowl- edge and eager to climb the ladder to higher education, fifteen of our senior class enrolled in the Fair- bury Elementary Schools in the fall of 1930. Of those, ten who entered the Edison School, name- ly Kathryn Hetherington, Virginia Munz, Edward Lometti, Ray- mond Bess, Jean Hurt, Bob Whar- ton, Louise Hirstein, Francis Pat- ernoster and Pauline Zimmerman, continued their education togeth- er. Vivian McHatton, Jane Car- ter, Mary Fuller, Dorothy Brad- ley and Margaret Downing began school life at the Isaac Walton School. These groups were com- bined in the third grade and con- tinued to share alike the joys and sorrows of obtaining greater knowledge. On completing the elementary requirements, sixty-four freshmen entered F. T. H. S. in the fall of 1938. Little surmising the future scope of our activities, we envied the upper classmen and disdained our humble status. From our class twenty-one proved themselves to be vocalists, participating in chorus, ensemble, and solo events, doing their share to bring music laurels to Fairbury. Girls’ Glee Club: Jane Carter, Shirley Moyer, Mary Fuller, Jean Hurt, Betty Flanagan, Viv- ian McHatton, Bette Neumann, Wilma Jean Munz, Pauline Zimmerman, Rose Noble, Carnell Strode, Louise Hirstein. Boys’ Glee Club: Herschel Leffingwell, Bob Cooper, Bob Wharton, Francis Paternoster, Raymond Bess, Dick Deputy, George Thomas. Wayne Hish, Jim French. From our class to the ranks of the marching and instrumental or- ganizations Louise I lirstein, Bette Neumann, Virginia Munz, Ray Bess, Herschel Leffingwell, Jean Hurt, Mary Fuller, Van Am- brose, Jim French, Bob Wharton, and Francis Paternoster contrib- uted their talents. Mary Fuller and Carnell Strode were our high- stepping drum majorettes. In the realm of sports we made many notable contributions. Al- ways striving for a well-earned victory to bring glory to the green and gold, the following partici- pated : In football: Frank Merrill, Dick Deputy, Ray Bess. Wayne Hish, George Thomas, Bob Wharton, Van Ambrose, Jim French. In basketball: Ray Bess. George Thomas, Dick Dep- uty, Bob Wharton, Virgil Price, Jim French. In baseball: Howard Freed, Jim French, Ray Bess. Frank Merrill, Herschel Leflingwell. Bill Jenkins, Francis Scouler, Wayne Hish. The remainder of our class was to be found cheering the team on from the sidelines. Important in maintaining a rousing school spirit Louise Hirstein was senior cheer- leader. As juniors we presented Little Orphant Annie, a spirited comedy under the supervision of Mr. Ralph Moore. As the year’s cli- max, we entertained the seniors at 17 a southern jubilee. 1'his party was very picturesque with the girls in swishing skirts and the boys dress- ed as polite southern gentlemen. Directing the year’s activities, our class officers were: President, Howard Freed; vice-president, George Thomas; secretary, Mari- lyn Thompson; treasurer, Lillian Woodard. In all due decorum as seniors, we introduced to an appreciative audience Seven Sisters, a Hunga- rian farce, directed by Miss Kem- ple. Our class officers are: Presi- dent, George Thomas; vice-presi- dent, Dick Deputy; secretary- treasurer, Frank Merrill. During the four years, we have participated in the activities of the I atin Club, Spanish Club, French Club, Home Fc. Club, G. A. A. and F. F. A. Fifteen boys of the class, in recognition of their ath- letic ability, have been elected to the F Club. Each year we have contributed our time and support to the production of The Crier. As our senior year draws to its close in a whirl of activities, we wish to express our appreciation those who have contributed to the wealth of our school years. To our teachers and to the commu- nity as a whole we are grateful for making these past years pos- sible. CLASS WILL We, the graduating class of Fairbury Township High School, in the year of our I ord, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-two, being of sound body and sentimental tem- perament, and having successfully completed eight years of elemen- tary work and having attended four years at F. T. H. S., do here- by leave our personal attributes and other odds and ends to cer- tain unfortunate undergraduates. Sorrowfully we leave this school edifice and all the memories asso- ciated with it, but we unhesitating- ly leave to the student body the precocious faculty. We, the fol- lowing, make our individual be- quests : I, Van Ambrose, leave my hu- . morous tales and horse laugh to whoever wants them (but who does?) I, Raymond Bess, bequeath my unpublished book How to Win HIondes and Influence Freshmen, (copyright pending) to the whole school. I, Berniece Bills, leave my read- ing and writing letters to my sol- dier man to Ruby Vance. I, Dorofhy Bradley, leave my well beaten path from 107 West Ash street to F. T. H. S. to Cath- erine Roach with the condition that she will use it to get to school on time as I have done. I, Junior Bunting, Romeo of the senior class, will my distin- guished position to Cassanova Herbie Weisser. I, Jane Carter, leave my easel and ultra-modern etchings to Miss Sharp’s collection of Roman Art. 1, Ursula Carlson, leave my. love for night life to that studious and sweet little Imogene Jessup. '8 I, Robert Cooper, will leave anything you desire as long as I can keep Joyce Callaby. I, Dick Deputy, leave in haste as soon as the Marines return. I, Margaret Downing, will my disputed love for Mr. Hamman to Maurice Sutter. I, Geraldine Ferguson, gladly leave my excess inches in height to the short and streamlined Mu- riel Bedell. And shure now, ’tis One Oirish- man to another that Oi, Betty Flanagan, leaves me neat hairdos to Sara Mullaney. I, Howard Freed, leave my four retreaded tires carrying a pile of junk, sometimes known as a Model A, to National Defense. I, Jimmy French, leave all my musical talent to that boy with a true lover’s voice, Lyle Ricketts. I, Mary Fuller, bestow my tech- nique to go with more than one boy in one night to Margie Schnetzler, who has already shown her ability. I, Dorothy Harris, leave my quiet, slinky entrances into the as- sembly to that bold and loud Al- lan Hornbeck. I, Kathryn Hetherington, leave my desire to be in Cropsey every night, even if I don’t get there, to the Heins twins. I, Louise Hirstein, leave my love for Ford V-8’s, lonely roads, lovely moon, and Bookkeeping to the blond tigress of the Sopho- more class, Dorothy Carlson. I, Wayne Hish, unwillingly leave my true (?) girl friend to the whole school with the under- standing that I get her back in May, 1943. I, Jean Hurt, leave, (period.) I, Mary Hurt, will my rosy cheeks and quiet personality to I.ois Birch. I, Billy Jenkins, leave my “cute” little turned-up nose to “Jakie” Bender, who we feel is in need of it. I, Herschel Leffingwell, leave my red hair, which has endured many entanglements with as many girls, to Pat Haner. I, Edward I.ometti, leave my “Bull” Durham, Sparkplug, King Edwards, and cheap chewing to that wildcat of the campus, Bobby Moser. I, Vivian McFlatton, leave my punctuality in school to one in dire need of same — Harry Wagen- seller. I, Floyd Masters, leave my ability to get straight A’s, love for my teachers, and the like, to one who would use these mere trifles, Nick VonBergen. I, FYank Merrill, can’t leave anything because I need every- thing I possess to make love to bashful Bette Neumann. I, Shirley Moyer, bequeath all my Pontiac boy friends to Ffelen Greene in hope that she can han- dle them better than I did. I. Pauline Metz, leave my quiet and serious nature to a freshman of vivacious character, Phyllis Somers. I, Virginia Munz, will my hearty laughter to that hysterical, giggling Dorothy Henning. I, Wilma Jean Munz, leave my 19 gorgeous head of natural blonde hair to Marion Somerville. T, Bette Neumann, do hereby state (quote) I don’t want to leave anythng to anyone because Frank Merrill didn’t and I do want to be so much like him. (un- quote.) I, Rose Noble, will my ability to flirt with all the boys in school and out of school to one who might find it helpful, Florence Sutter. I, Francis Paternoster, would like to leave my ability to make love to the freshman girls to Charles Miskell but under the cir- cumstances I think I’ll keep it. I, Irma Peter, willingly give four inches oft my skirt to one who is in dire need of material for skirts, Rose Torch. I, Virgil Price, feel so badly about leaving this institution that somone had better will me a few handkerchiefs to shed my tears in. I, Velma Range, leave my so- phisticated wobble and morning- after expression to Lois N’cwnam. I, Donald Schwarzwalder, leave to Virgil Travis my unscrupulous methods of luring girls into going with me. I, Francis Scouler, leave unhesi- tatingly, and also I leave my So- ciology book to the other unfor- tunate expellents of F’.nglish IV in need of a credit. I, LaVonne Stiver, leave my True Story Magazine and idoli- zation of “Ty” Power to Miss Whitford with the hope that she will cherish them as 1 have. I, Carnell Strode, bequeath upon Olive James my technique of ensnaring upper classmen with the hope she will profit as I did (?). I, George Thomas, bestow upon my brother Charles the old Thom- as axiom, “Never put off until to- morrow that which you can evade altogether.” I, Marilyn Thompon, having completed my term, have nothing to leave as Chuck graduated ahead of me. I, Goldie Travis, leave my strong bold ways and overpower- ing oral faculties to that naive, quiet-voiced James Watson. I, Alberta VonBergen, leave James Hurt (darn it!) I, Bob Wharton, having given four years of my life in active service at F. T. H. S. and never having been guilty of a misdemea- nor, leave my spotless reputation, a box of thumb tacks and one rub- ber band to Bob Ziegenhorn. I, Marjorie Williamson, leave to my little (but not belittled) sister my ability to stay blond. I, Francis Winterland, leave my snappy comebacks at Hamman and one half-smoked White Owl to any one who has nerve enough to face Hamman and is man enough to finish smoking my cigar. I, Lillian Woodard, leave to Jo Thompson my love for the Thomases. I, Pauline Zimmerman, be- queath to that forthcoming “deb” Ella Balder, one cake of mascara and one tube of “Savage Red.” ¥ 20 Friends The ways of man are many, But the ways of wisdom few; We cater to our “sunshine friends” And ignore the ones of truth. For the passing stranger Any favor we might do; But the ones who really love us We cast aside for someone new. We rarely raise a finger To help our troubled friends But when it’s we who need the help We’re quick to run to them. When there’s fun and parties And laughter to be had, We oft forget our dearest friends And rally ’round the bad. But when the fun is over, And there’s trials to go through You’ll find your real and honest friends Have not forgotten you. BERNIECE M. BILLS. A Wide in the Wain Twinkle, twinkle, little star. We went riding in Freed’s old car; Because outside it was raining, From the roof the water was draining. Freed and Bess both got wet, But I got wetter, that I’ll bet. When we reached our destination. We weren’t fit for the visitation; But out of the car we did wade. Looking worse than the last air raid. Now if you don’t believe my report, What do you think made Bess’s head warp? DICK DEPUTY. History Workbook We had a little workbook, Just seven and a half by nine; In color it was orange and blue, And wras due most all the time. It took up too many moments To do it as we should; Mr. Thompson didn’t notice, So we copied if we could. Now, freshmen, sophomores and juniors, The time is coming for you To struggle over that workbook Of beautiful orange and blue. VELMA RANGE. History Class History Class is dull, they say, But to me it is a bore; I try my best in every way, But still it’s quite a chore. Maybe I’m dumb, maybe I’m lazy; I can’t get this stuff; I think it’s all crazy, For all of it’s rough and plenty tuff. My case is hopeless, that I see; I know I’m bound to flunk; My grades are all below an E, Again I say—it’s bunk! DUMB STUDENT. On Priority fie picked her up and held her near, To part with “Jenny” he could not bear. Once she had been young and full of life; She had been to him more than a wife. And now he had taken her life away. She was gone not, forever; to stay. To all his pleas she would not respond; Of no other he could ever be fond. Now with his ax he had cut her in half; His life was gone, he could never laugh. Another like “Jenny” was not for hire, Alas, he had ruined his last white-wall tire. CARNELL STRODE. An Apology Once there was a girl named Bet Who wrote a poem so dire. It was about a man named Verne, And did arouse his ire. This poem did deal with things of love, And Verne, he did object— An upstart student, to write this stuff, On that, of all, subjects. What can I do, Miss Bet did cry, To show I didn’t mean it. She wrote a poem, an apology, And this, my friends, is it. For, after all, she did not know That he’d so much object. When she wrote a poem on love— Yes, that of all subjects. BETTE NEUMANN. 21 Farming Deputy's Advice My teacher done told me When in History class To study my History Till nine was half past. But who’ll study History In the house at night, When you can be out lovin’ In the bright moonlight. The first six weeks found me Putting my plan into effect; The second six weeks found me Still receiving heck. My grades started with B’s, But downward they went; Because all my time With her I had spent. Came the end of the semester; My exams did appear. And my girl didn’t help me. As you shall hear. The first group was easy, For they were full of blanks; But the rest really stumped me. And to my girl, no thanks. When my grade I did hear I shouted, “Ye gods!” For an E did appear. And boy, was I mad! Now, who shall we blame, The teacher or me; I say the teacher, The teacher says me. You students in History, Take my advice: Do not skip your studies For a gal pretty and nice. RAYMOND BESS. Lament Dream over hope, With a dream on top; I built my castles high, Then you in one devastating sweep Erased them from the sky. And there they lay upon the ground All crumpled in a heap— Those hopes and dreams All built so high Are lying at my feet. I never thought your love for me So soon would disappear; Nor did I think my heart could be So full of doubt and fear. It could’ve been no other Who dealt the cards that day, than Fate Who turned my sunshine into rain And the blue of the sky to gray. BERNIECE M. BILLS. At the price of corn today I can’t see why more of the Fairbury Township High School students aren’t millionaires. This doesn’t include me, however, for I have fallen by the wayside and become one of the corn shellers. This corn I’m referring to is not an agricultural crop but is the name for poor jokes, and if I am any judge of jokes, about half belong to this class. For an example of corn I refer you to this one: What did one ear say to the other ear? Answer: It’s funny we’ve never met before. We both live on the same block. Humor is a great aid to the world. I admit this, but I have a feeling that “corny” humor is its downfall. Even today when the world is in a terrible war, some individuals still practice corny humor. A very serious sailor who was on guard on the deck of a ship came running to the captain all out of breath and barely panted. “The enemy is coming as thick as peas; what shall we do?” The captain being of the corny class, replied, “Shell ’em.” There is no cure for corny humor ei- ther. Once you become a corn seller, there is no way to get out of its reach. I’ve tried desperately to keep from laughing at these corny jokes, but soon- er or later you must laugh. For one such joke I remember. I just held my nose and didn’t crack a smile. But later I thought of it and laughed. It seemed the joke was about a salesman who went into a store. A young clerk came up and asked if he could help him. The salesman explained his business and asked if he knew where the buyer was. The young clerk replied, “No, I don’t know where the buyer is, but the ‘seller’ is downstairs.” It takes an intelligent and very alert person to catch on to this corny humor, but just the same I’ll say you're better off if you ignore these jokes and those who tell them. This information I have given you is, however, strictly on the side because I would hate to be ignored by my friends. 22 DICK DEPUTY. JAY MORRIS President HELEN STEIDINGER Vice-President JUNIORS In the fall of 1939, fifty-seven bright faces, shining with the light of knowledge, entered the ever- grasping doors of the Fairbury Township High School to add to their store of learning. Several of our group proved to be promising athletes in all sports of the year. They were active in football, basketball, and baseball. Both boys and girls participat- ed in the glee clubs, ensemble, and solo events. Some contributed their talents to the band and sev- eral girls from our class graced the front ranks as majorettes. Our class has maintained a high scholastic average with many from our class heading the honor roll. The Junior Class Play, June Mad, a three-act comedy, was di- rected by Mr. Schneider. The pre- sentation was a huge success. Class Officers President .... Jay Morris Vice President . . Helen Steidinger Secretary-Treasurer . Lyle Ricketts Having survived three years of tedious struggling, we wish to as- sure you (and the faculty) that we will be back next fall to occupy those glorified seats at the south end of the assembly—the Seniors! 23 ROY CARDER BETTY CLARK CARL EILERS LOIS FITZGERALD BETTY GROVE CHARLES HANES DOROTHY HENNING RALPH HOFFMAN ELLA JAMES IMOGENE JESSUP JOHN LORGH ELSIE MAE METZ JOAN MILNE JANET MOORE CHARLOTTE NANCE LOIS NEWNAM RICHARD RICE LYLE RICKETTS JUNIORS 24 JUNIORS KATHERINE ROACH MARJORIE SCHNETZLER ELIZABETH SOMERVILLE MARIAN SOMERVILLE MARGOT SPENCE CARLLENE STEIDINGER FLORENCE SUTTER MAURICE SUTTER CHARLES THOMAS FRANCES TOLLENSDORF VIRGIL TRAVIS RUBY VANCE HARRY WAGENSELLER JERRY WILSON WAYNE WINTERLAND HERBERT WISER EDITH YEAGLE PEARL WELSSER 25 CLASS PROPHECY The scene is a tavern called the “Greasy Spoon,” a smoke-filled, foul- smelling dive on the San Francisco water front. The year is 1962. The hour is 2 a. m. A lone candle throws a dim. flickering light on two bleary-eyed, bewhiskered sailors, each drooped over a table. Slowly, clumsily, one of them raises his head, shakes a matted lock of red hair out of his face, and mumbles, “Shay, matey, anchor your carcass over here and help me stow away a little of this rum.” The other, pulling the seaweed out of his curly black beard, and parting it to speak, says: “Don’t mind if I do. Wait’ll I shake the blarsted barnacles off me wooden leg.” After he is seated, he peers into the other’s grizzled face. “Well, shiver me timbers, if you ain’t old George Thomas of the old tub, the ‘Sea Fanny!’” “And you’re Wayne Hish, the bloody first mate of the Schooner ‘Rock Bot- tom!’ Are ye still up to your old tricks of chasing mermaids?” “Nope. I’ve given it up. The last one I caught kept flirting with the gold- fish.” “This night brings back memories of old F. T. H. S.” Where’s that barmaid, Jean Hurt? I want another bottle of rum!” “Oh, she’s been promoted. She’s sling- ing hash at ‘Stagger Inn’ in Frisco. You ought to stop in there and see our old schoolmate, Betty Flanagan, in her ballet dance. You remember Robert Cooper. He’s an F. B. I. agent now.” “Is that where Jim French and his Blue Note Boys are playing? I hear he’s been awarded the title ‘King of Corn,’ and was chosen the most un- promising band of 1963.” “Did you read in the paoer the other day about Junior Bunting’s amazing new theory? He says when you’re out hunting and you see a flock of ducks flying overhead, don’t shoot—save your bullets for defense. The fall will kill them anyhow.” “Sneaking about hunting, remember Francis Winterland? He has a job every season as ? duck decoy. But he can’t fool the ducks; they know he's quacked.” “I hear Virgil Price and Francis Paternoster have set up a fiendish part- nership. Virgil’s an undertaker and Francis, who’s a doctor, accidentally slugs his clients over the head with a brickbat when their backs are turned—• and—well, you can draw your own con- cussions.” “Did you hear that Dugie Scouler won the booby prize in the annual Beauty- Physique contest in Florida,” “Yeah, and speaking of physique, what ever happened to Mary Fuller?” “Oh, she’s just published a new book called ‘What to Do When Men Get Fresh,” or “How to Stay Respectable, in Ten Easy Lessons.’ Tsk, tsk, and she in the market for a husband!” “Ray Bess and his wife, the former Mary Hurt, have split up. They’re hav- ing a terrible time dividing up the twen- ty-eight kids. But, after all, they say the first twenty years are the hardest.” “Yep. That’s marriage. Did you hear the rumor that’s going around about Wilma Jean Munz and Pauline Zimmer- man? It seems that they’ve lost all hope of ever catching any men, and have devoted their lives to missionary work among the heathen in darkest Africa.” “Say, did you hear about poor Rose Noble? She was so broken up over Grip Porter’s firing her, and her husband Floyd Masters’ running away with an- other woman, that she hanged herself from a chandelier with a silk stocking.” “Who was the other woman?” “Oh. that old vamp, Vivian McHatton. She’s been trying to hook him for nigh onto ten years. Even promised him a half share in her pig farm if he’d marry her.” “Say, George, whatever happened to Lillian Woodard?” “Oh------” (George whispers something in Wayne’s ear). “O-o-o-o-h-h-h-h-!-!-!-!” “I sorta make it a point to look up our old classmates. Why, just t’other day I found Frank Merrill doing some deep sea diving. Tsk, tsk, he was such a nice boy. He went down 500 feet, but forgot to connect the air hose.” “Too bad! Say, a couple of years ago I was down in Peoria, and stopped in at that night club, ‘Talk of the Town.’ Dick Deputy was master of ceremonies there, but he told a clean joke, and they 26 threw him out. The floor show’s good there—they’ve had Virginia Munz and Edward Lometti as featured rhumba dancers.” “Ah, society! Which reminds me; they say that Ursula Carlson has at last decided to make her debut and give the men a break. Watch out. boys!” “Bob Wharton used to be a pretty good friend of hers, didn’t he? Poor guy, I guess he’s pretty broken up about losing his parachute jumper’s license. They revoked it when, instead of land- ing behind the enemy’s lines, he ended up in a farmhouse boudoir.” “Donald Schwarzwalder was peering into a cannon the other day during tar- get practice—poor Don! He had to learn to play the harp in ten easy lessons-- and he so unmusical!” “Well, even at that, I guess he’s bet- ter off than Bette Neumann. She’s in an asylum for mental delinquents. Somebody kissed her in a blackout; when the lights went on, she saw it was her mother, and she never recovered from the shock.” “I read in the paper that Goldie Travis is in jail for counterfeiting. She told the press that she simply would not handle that filthy money the govern- ment prints, so she started making her own out of linenized stationery. Oh. well, the boys at Alcatraz need a little diversion. They’re getting tired of Car- nell Strode.” “What’s she in there for?” “Why, she was convicted of assault and battery on a poor defenseless civil- ian, and also of ‘trigamy.’ Her three husbands were so glad to get rid of her that they each slipped the judge a twen- ty-dollar bill to bring in a verdict of guilty.” Say, Marjorie Williamson’s become a great opera singer, hasn’t she? That’s probably because she spent twenty years in Sing Sing! Haw! Haw!” Pauline Metz and Dorothy Harris are running a beauty salon. The other day Billy Jenkins went in and drank two bottles of wave set and one bottle of henna rinse before he discovered he wasn’t in a tavern.” “Talking about beauty reminds me of old Hersch Leflingwell. He’s been in the hospital with a fractured leg. That’ll teach him not to let his secrtary, Irma Peter, sit on his knee! And him with a wife and two sets of twins. Why, he and his wife, Margaret Downing, were always so happy.” “I heard a radio commentator say the other day that an amazing new theory has been collaborated upon by those two outstanding women scientists, Dorothy Bradley and Marilyn Thomp- son. In a few words, the theory is that dirt is mud with the juice squeezed out.” “Our class really has some highbrows in it, hasn’t it? Jane Carter has been traveling in Switzerland for the last few years.” “Some of those girls were tough hom- bres. Why, the other day a mule kicked Alberta VonBergen, the woman prize- fighter, and scuttled two of her float- ing ribs, and Bonnie Stiver fell inside a cement mixer when she was trying to see how it worked.” “I hear Louise Hirstein is suing How- ard Freed for attempted manslaughter. He kissed her the other night, and— well, you know those buck teeth!” “The paper said that Kathryn Hether- ington. Bernice Bills, and Jerry Fergu- son have consented to become Mahatma Gandhi’s 51st. 52nd and 53rd wives, re- spectively. It also stated that they’ve become used to his queer habit of sleep- ing on a bed of nails, but Kathryn ac- cused Jerry of putting cracker crumbs in her bed one night.” “By the way, what is Velma Range doing now?” “She is still a senior back in old F. T. H. S. She just can’t bear to leave until Mr. Thompson comes back.” “And Shirley Moyer is still fiddling around. The other day her mother dropped her in the washing machine by mistake, and when she took her out she had shrunk two inches!” “Talking about the old gang sure makes you homesick, doesn’t it? And this place is so dead lately.” Dead! You should have been in here when Van Ambrose came in and ordered a glass of milk. They threw him out so fast that he never knew what hit him!” “Yep. Them were the good old days. Let’s go over to the flop house and get some sleep. The rum’s all gone and my rheumatiz is getting me.” The two figures stagger out the door- way, arm in arm. And the flickering candle gives a sputter and goes out. 27 Lazy Me Strictly Censored I slowly open my eyes and I know That morning has come at last -to my dismay: Mother has called and called and called, But not a word do I say. I lie, head under the covers, My whole being is filled with dread; For I have not done my lessons, No shorthand written, no poetry read. What poet was born in our Illinois, and What is he famous for? Don’t ask me! What is the difference between free and blank verse, And who was the author of “Trees?” What do etaoin and shrdlu mean? What are the signs for staunch and ruddy? Worry, worry, worry through every class. Oh why, oh why, don’t I ever study? EDITH YEAGLE. When Knighthood Was in Flower; or Them Days Is Gone Forever In older days when knight in steel Did woo his lady fair, He bowed sedately, Kissed her hand. And courted her with care. He didn’t swagger up and say. “Hi, Babe. How’s tricks today?” For if he had. She’d have slapped the cad. And promptly run away. He wouldn’t wait beside the moat. And blast upon his horn (bugle) He was well-bred, And sound of head, And knew not what was “corn.” He treated her with great respect. But on their wedding eve She ran away With a young and gay Tire salesman, named Steve! HELEN STEIDINGER. Miss Kemple sits in English III, And tries to teach that junk to me. She gives me heck ’cause I hate the stuff But I tell her it’s just too blame tough. She tells Lyle Ricketts that he talks too much; And “Chuck” is always getting himself in Dutch. She told four of us that we weren’t bad, But that sometimes we just made her “mad.” We try to hand in a good notebook; But on our grades we usually get rooked. She told some of us that we just take up space, And we will ruin the human race. But Lyle, Chuck, Jack and me Look at each other and say “Hee, hee” “And this just proves what fools ye be.” Last line added by censor? JAY MORRIS. These Women There came to me, the other day, A thought about those girls Who paint their lips and rouge their cheeks To match their dangling curls. Why are they all so very sillly? I cannot figure them out, Unless they are just love crazy Over a boy who’s tall and stout. Now take this little James girl, Who’s only past sixteen. She thinks that she is twenty When there’s a man to be seen. So may I stop for identification; My name shall soon appear. I vow I’ll ne’er have a woman With my life to interfere! LYLE RICKETTS. 28 H2S Faintly through the stately halls of old F. T. H. S. floats a heavenly aroma —so gentle, so enticing is its intoxicat- ing essence that it seems it could spring only from some heavenly source—per- haps a quiet pool, shaded by luxuriant tropical flowers, or a cool forest where the wood nymphs dabble their toes in the sparkling dew. Enticing, soothing, mystical—ah, even the rose and the gardenia, yea, even the violet must blush in humility at the in- feriority of their scents before this heavenly fragrance. Ah, yes! The halls of old F. T. H. S. are again blessed with that rare per- fume, for the chemistry students are making hydrogen sulphide! CARLLENE STEIDINGER. Miracles That Don’t Happen Around F. T. H. S. 1. No book reports for English. . . . 2. No Physical Education on Wednes- day or Friday . . . 3. Bette N. forgetting that there ever was a Mr. T. . . . 4. All the teachers being sick at the same time. . . . 5. Somebody forgetting to take part of my lunch. . . . 6. Carllene Steidinger with E’s for the semester. . . . 7. Ray Carder forgetting his wise cracks. . . . 8. Having our class pictures taken on the first day that they are supposed to be taken. . . . ELIZABETH SOMERVILLE. Dilemma This learnin’ out of books and such I don’t approve nohow; Of verbs and nouns and adjutives I never heird till now. I don’t care what they did in Rome. Or why they had a war. Who gives a darn about them days, And things that ain’t no more? The puzzlin’ part to me is this: If Uncle Sam must ration, Why don’t he start out on this thing That they call edgucation? MARGIE SCHNETZLER. 29 s o p H O M O R E S CARLOS BANDY JIMMY BEAN ALDEN BECKLEY EULA MAE BESS GLENN BOOKER HERSCHEL BUTLER RAYMOND CARDER DOROTHY CARLSON WILLARD CRAIG ROSEMARY CROUCH DULA MAE DAWSON ROBERT DECKER JAMES DEGEN HART ROBERT DRINGENBERC7 EUGENE DURHAM JACK GAHWILER FLORENCE GERDES PHYLLIS HAAB JOAN HEINS JOYCE HEINS ROBERT HIRSTEIN ALLEN HORNBECK EMMA LOU HUBER JESSE HUBER JAMES HURT MARJORIE JESSUP ERNEST JOHNSON EVELYN LEETCH 30 JEAN LEHMANN EUGENE LOUGHRAN PATRICIA MEHRINGS MARGARET MEHRINGS CHARLES MI SHELL DARRELL PETER NINA LOU RAMSEYER JAMES RICE FRANCIS RIGSBY CHARLENE SCHLICHER ROBERT SPENCE DONALD STEIDINGER WILLIAM TACG JO ANNE THOMPSON CHARLES VEATCH DORIS VON BERGEN DOROTHY WAGENSELLER ARTHUR WALTER RICHARD WALTER JIM WATSON CHARLES WILKEN LYLE WINTERLAND WILLIAM WOODARD RUTH ZIM M ERMAN 31 SOPHOMORES The Axis Powers Now Adolph is always boasting That he will rule the world, And Musso is always toasting The swastika should be unfurled. Now Adolph always promised Small countries he wouldn’t attack. But when they were not ready He’d stab them in the back. Now Tojo had the same idea, And he smashed up Pearl Harbor. He also is having much success. But he still can’t whip MacArthur. Today we are fighting hard Our country for to save; But I’ll give you 10-1 The Stars and Stripes will wave. ALDEN BECKLEY. Self-Conscious I have to give a talk today, To the front of the room I’m on my way; My knees are shaking, my voice won’t come, As I stand up there and feel so dumb. I gather my thoughts and begin to speak As my voice comes out in a funny squeak; Now that my speech is well on its way. I’m surprised I’ve remembered what to say. Now that I’ve said all I know. Back to my seat I will go. I hope that it won’t be so very soon That I will again walk to the front of the room. MARJORY JESSUP. The Sophomore English Class The sophomore class of ’42 Is compelled to take a course entitled English Two. Some of them like it; some of them don’t; Some of them study; some of them wont. Some have minds that are foggy and hazy. While others are just downright lazy. • When they are asked to recite. They stand and gasp for words with fright. They are always ambitious and eager to learn. The end of the school year is the goal for which they yearn. And so this ends the sad tale Of the sophomores in an English Two jail. CHARLES MISKELL. Sophomore One night on a gloomy road, I saw a car in a wreck. When I looked in the broken window. He still had his arm ’round her neck. I pulled them out by their toenails, And laid them on a slab. When they were buried six feet deep, He still had her in his grab. That’s the tenacity of the sophomores, They’ll never let go in a clinch. Now you’ll wonder why I was on that road. Well, it wasn’t to neck, that’s a cinch! ERNEST JOHNSON. Warning! This Means You! Pull up that easy chair, Joe, and make yerself ta home; I’ll tell you a story of a boy who wished to roam, He’d bawl and he’d sniffle for want of a jaunt. But his mother’d cry, “Mercy, Archie, you absolutely eaun’t.” But his number came up, so he thought he had won. But they marched him for hours with his pack and gun. Arch got all the roaming his weary heart desired, So all in all he hated it, he was so darned tired. They sent him to Manila, our little heartworn chap, And through the sights of his Vickers, he slew many a yellow sap; But he was tired of this, so he stopped a pagan slug, So with due regards to Archie, they buried him, safe and snug. So ends my tragic eoic of little Archie Tome, Who thought it would be a pleasure to be away from home. And now he’s roaming way up there, gently flapping golden wings, So let this be a lesson, lest you do these very things! 32 BILL TAGG. Hot Lips Harry He was a trumpetman of great renown, Even tho his color was a chocolate brown; When his trumpet started talking. Not a patron you’d find squawking. One night when he was playing, He received a letter saying That the army wanted him (ahem) To start tootin’ a bugle for them! At first Harry wanted to refuse, But they finally managed to change his views; Now when the clock tolls 6 A. M. He vainly tries to wake the men. At first he sounded pretty bad, And all the fellows they got mad. But after he started swinging the call The men were his friends, one and all. CHARLES VEATCH. Four and Twenty Snowflakes Four and twenty snowflakes Came tumbling from the sky. And said, “Let’s make a snowdrift— We can if we but try.’’ So down they gently fluttered And lighted on the ground. And when they all were seated They sadly looked around. “We’re very few indeed,” sighed they; “And sometimes we make mistakes; We cannot make a snowdrift With four and twenty flakes.” Just then the sun peeped around a cloud And smiled at the array. And the disappointed snowflakes Melted quietly away. FLORENCE GERDES. Get Tough, America! Get tough, America! Don’t wait too long, They attacked Pearl Harbor—after them And avenge that wrong. Get tough, America! Rough sailing lies ahead. Come not with words, but many guns. Fill them full of lead. Get tough, America! Come on, let’s go! Let’s show them what we’re made of As we meet the foe. Get tough, America! Let’s be prepared! The conquered countries weren’t, And look how they fared. Get tough, America! They started this fuss; We’ll show them, by heck, They can’t dictate to us! ROSEMARY CROUCH. Peace Peace, bathing the mountains, the sky and the sea, In its tranquil warm beauty of world-wide sympathy It will linger at each fireside, and all shall rejoice, And hearts will gladden, while eyes become moist. It floods men’s hearts, men’s lives and souls, And then on, like a comforting torrent it rolls. We have fought, we have won, and earned our peace, Nqw victory is ours, all our heartache shall cease. But I fear all this is futile, unless we know, That to our God a greater place we must show; A personal peace developed in the heart of all men. Extending a brotherly love to all our foreign friends. 33 JOYCE HEINS. Elias Aupperle Harvey Baer Muriel Bedell Mae Bender Wesley Bender Howard Bess Harold Bingham Lois Birch Glenn Bushman Mary Evelyn Clark Evelyn Craig Dale Dameron Phyllis Drennen Paul Eilers Alice Ferguson Wilma Ferguson Ray Fitzgerald Rose Flanagan Bob Gouge Helen Green Francis Haase Patricia Haner Dorothy Hanes Mary Harris Albert Honegger Irene Hurt Olive James Evelyn Kaisner Ralph Knapp FRESHMEN Junior Lehmann Rost I orch Lloyd Metz Christie Miller Boh Moser John Mowery Lawrence Mowry Phyllis Moyer Kenneth Newman Robert Nusshaum Nowlan Rathbun Vivian Schmidt Maxine Sears Phyllis Somers Helen Tagg Betty Travis Carl Tull Warren Ulfers Howard Von Bergen Edna Wenger Byard Williams Gracelee Williamson Betty Wills Arnola Winterland Reva Wiser William Wilken Robert Ziegenhorn FRESHMEN Too Late Now The last days of school are a muddle of everything, From slap-happy students that never are worrying, To others who look from their books to say, “Never leave work till the very last day.” Their conscience has bothered one or two, While spring fever has conquered more than a few; On a whole the classes are about fifty- fifty, With some of them loafing and some getting busy. Some won’t even try, so Prof, will just say, “Oh, well, there’s next year, I guess you will stay And do it over. It’s up to you, either way; Either you work or else you pay. HELEN TAGG. Question-Answer Quizzes When you turn on The radio these days, You can’t get away from The “question-answer” craze. You want a play, for instance, And what is on the air, But some fellow saying, “Lady, Are oranges round or square?” “Is peach-butter made from prunes?” “Is the flag red. white, and blue?” Now the toughest one of all, “Who sailed the sea in 1492?” Well, if these dizzy stations Get away with all that hooey, I don’t see why I couldn’t Ask some questions just as screwy! EVELYN KAISNER. When I Was a Freshman When I was a freshman in the fall, I played a little basketball; I wasn’t so good, that I’ll admit, But at least I got the hang of it. Up and down the floor we would run, But now the basketball season is done; So I go back to my paper route, And ride my bicycle all about. RAY FITZGERALD. English I Miss Sharp is the teacher, And how we beseech her. She’ll tell us to be quiet And that starts a riot. One day we got into a fuss. And Miss Sharp promptly scolded us. When she told us to be good, We promised her that we would. One time we started singing; Was that English Room ever ringing With “Deep in the Heart of Texas” Until Miss Sharp threatened to wreck us. Lately we have been reading “The Lady of the Lake” and pleading Our dislike for the style of it. Not able to endure the trial of it. I hope Miss Sharp won’t get vexed If the meaning here is perplexed, For I’ve been trying all this time Just to write a simple rhyme. ARNOLA WINTERLAND. Freshman Initiation The junior girls initiated us, And we didn’t even make a fuss; But one girl in the Freshman class Tried to give someone some sass. The junior said “Now you’re a freshman, Can’t you even take initiation?” was the freshie’s name; She gave the junior all the blame For making us change our dress. And causing us so much distress; But we took them off, turned them in- side-out, And put them on without even a pout. We took all the hairpins out of our hair. And pretended that we didn’t care. But when we are juniors we’ll have our chance To initiate freshies and make them “dance.” MAE BENDER. Try Trying When a difficult task stares you right in the face, Don’t ignore it. When a trinket you’ve lost by your own careless ways, Don’t deplore it. The time spent in bemoaning and wish- and and crying Could much more worthwhile be If you would try trying. BETTY WILLS. 36 Spkin( From “1945 On The trees are getting leaves once more. The grass is turning green; Wintry days are growing few; Spring is here again! Little lambkins frisk and run; Calves race o’er the field. Baby chicks are growing fast; Spring has much to yield. Tiny kittens in the barn Are furry, soft, and white. Little puppy dogs so brown, With kittens never fight. In their homes the women Wash and clean the rooms; This is time to clean the house; Get the mops and brooms! Planting time is here again, Gardens must be hoed. All the good, green vegetables Must be early sowed. Farmers plant their crops now, too— Oats and corn and wheat Spring is time to plant the grain So we’ll have things to eat. EDNA WENGER. Summer in the U. S. A. The time has come When children are always on the run, When brooks twinkle on their way Rushing forward night and day. Birds warble their lusty songs; The church bell rings out its ding-dong. Barefoot boys with marbles galore, Girls skipping rope, ready for more. Where else could summer be so gay, Nowhere else except the good old U.S.A. MAXINE SEARS. In nineteen hundred and forty-five May all this freshman class Be very much alert and alive, And still able to survive All that will come to pass. By then we’ll be old and gray, With only our memories. Remembering the days that were gay And ready to face and pay The bills and numerous fees. So now we say, woe is me, To think of being old; To have endure the agony, To each bring up a family, And many trials untold. Now we aren’t complaining. We are just telling you Of what our heads are containing About the days remaining, And it makes us feel mighty blue. PHYLLIS MOYER. Our School All our classes here at school. And all the teachers, too, Are all put together To make a school for you. We are always busy Making friends and all. That we don’t really mind it. Looking forward to this fall. Then we’ll come back to this place To learn the Golden Rule, Because we are so very proud Of Fairbury Township High School. LLOYD METZ. 37 II ACTIVITIES ATHLETICS ★ -x MELLROY ROSS Coach FOOTBALL Graduating Lettermen Wayne Hish Raymond Bess Dick Deputy George Thomas Robert Wharton SEASON SCHEDULE Fairbury. . . 14 Fairbury. . . 0 Fairbury. . . 7 Fairbury. . . 0 Fairbury. . . 7 Fairbury... 6 Fairbury. . . 7 Fairbury. . . 2 Fairbury. . .27 Forrest ..... 6 Washington .26 El Paso _____10 Chatsworth .13 Dwight .... 27 Lexington . . 0 Pontiac...... 6 Farmer City .18 Chenoa ......44 40 WAYNE HISH Captain GEORGE THOMAS (end). Tommy could play the offensive and defensive as well as any opponent. WAYNE HISH (tackle). Just try to find a line that could stop Wayne. WILLIAM WOODARD (guard). Bud was smaller than the others, hut just as tough. RAYMOND BESS (center). Ray proved for the fourth year that he was a center extraordinary. RAY CARDER (guard). If there wras someone coming his way, Ray saw he didn’t come far. FRANCIS HAASE (tackle). When the word tackle follows his name, it’s the truth. DICK DEPUTY (end). With those big hands he stopped the ball; with those big arms he stopped the opponents. ROBERT WHARTON (quarterback). Somebody must block for the runner, Bob was always there. LYLE RICKETTS (halfback). Power makes touchdowns, Lyle made them. ROY CARDER (back or end). When Roy stopped them, they were stopped. GLENN BOOKER (tackle). Glenn could always be depended on to stop any opponent. 41 FOOTBALL Fairbury Opens With Victory Over Forrest A new Fairbury Tartar team proved its strength in its first foot- ball game September 12 by de- feating Forrest. The team march- ed onto the home field and from the starting gun fought for vic- tory. Though trailing at first, the Tartars released an aerial attack that beat Forrest 14 to 6. Washington’s Power Beats Fairbury The home fans saw a powerful team led by powerful “Red” Ellis defeat Fairbury in the second game of the season 00 to 0. Fair- bury fought back with remarkable offensive play, but could never get those needed points. It was hard driving Dean Sparks who kept the Tartars going, but a more power- ful Washington team proved to be too hard to stop. F'airbury I oses to Ei. Paso Mellroy Ross’s team dropped another hard fought game, this time the victim of El Paso on the victor’s field, September 26. I he Tartars fought hard all the way, but just couldn’t cross the goal line enough. It was Dean Sparks who cross- ed the goal line in the last few minutes to score Fairbury’s only touchdown. F'airbury tried every attack they could, but F'.l Paso got some long runs that they couldn’t equal. The final score: F’.l Paso 10, Fairbury 7. Chatsworth Downs Fairbury On October 3 Fairbury lost its third game of the season to Chatsworth on the Chatsworth field. It was a hard battle all the way; both teams turning in a spec- tacular game. Though Fairbury was trailing in the last few min- utes, the T artars turned loose an- aerial attack that brought them to the opponent’s ten-yard line be- fore the final gun. Every F'airbury player was in there doing his best. Sparks, Hish and Thomas all turned in a good game with the help of the others. Van Ambrose, a real Fairbury guard, lost a couple of teeth in the first quarter of the game. Final score: Chatsworth 13, Fairbury 0. Dwight Takes Decision From Fairbury In a game at Lewis Field, Oc- tober 10, F'airbury lost a game that was thrill packed from the beginning. Although up against a superior team, the I artars marched up and down the field with one gain after another, but never across the goal. Dean Sparks skirted over the tackles and through the center of the line with drive that equaled everything that Bob Drew, Dwight’s all-state back, could do. The complete F'airbury team worked together. When there was supposed to be a hole in the mid- dle there was a hole. I hough Fairbury came out the losers they proved to be an equal to the win- ning Dwight crew. Final score: Dwight 27, F'airbury 7. Fairbury Triumphs Over Lexington Starting with a complete under- 42 classman team, the Fairbury out- played Lexington all the way on the home field, October 17. Be- sides the hard hitting of Sparks, yards were gained by Wharton and Ricketts in spectacular runs. An aerial attack proved to be suc- cessful for one touchdown; Car- der finally taking it over on a pass from Sparks. Fairbury ended up on top with a 6 to 0 score. Fairbury Wins Battle With Pontiac A Fairbury team with just one object in mind journeyed to Pon- tiac on the night of October 24. That object was to defeat Pon- tiac, Fairbury’s true rival. Fair- bury accomplished their object by defeating the Indians 7 to 6. The game started in a punting duel between Bud Bridges of Pon- tiac, and Dean Sparks. Pontiac finally drew first blood and got a touchdown, but failed in their try for an extra point. It was not until the last half that Ross’s Tar- tars got to the Pontiac goal. It was a running attack by R. Zieg- enhorn and Sparks that got the hall to the goal line. Then with all the drive he had Sparks cross- ed the goal for the touchdown, and again for the extra point. It was a real victory with Capt. Hish doing a deluxe job in the line. Farmer City Slides Over Fairbury On Farmer City’s water soaked field, October 31, and in a down- pour of rain, Fairbury lost to Farmer City. The rain caused many fumbles, and Fairbury seem- ed to do more than their share. Though completely soaked, the Green and Gold players tried their best with Thomas and Sparks leading the way. But the efforts for Fairbury were in vain as they dripped off the field losers by a score of 18 to 2. Chenoa Smothers Fairbury On one of the coldest Saturday afternoons some boys think they ever heard of, Fairbury fell the victim of powerful Chenoa team. The two teams spent half the time on the field and the other half inside trying to warm up. Fairbury was frozen out by a final score of 44 to 27. It was a hard way for the Fairbury players to end a season, but memories of other games had to balance it up for the year. 43 BASKETBALL GRADUATING LETTERMEN Raymond Bess Dick Deputy George Thomas Dale Damcron (guard). Dale was a steady player and was always good for some long shots, and only a freshman. Dick Deputy (center). Dick was mighty both in height and morale, and was “most valuable” because of his variety of skills. Ray Bess (guard). Ray’s experience, accurate shooting, and good ball handling were things the team depended upon. George Thomas (forward). Excellent rebounding and that “old fight” were two things for which Tommy could always be held responsible. Alden Beckley (forward). One of the smallest but one of the great- est basketball players on the local courts this year, that's “Beck.' STATISTICS OF LETTERMEN PLAYER Games Played Time Played R. Bess (Captain) 18 65 R. Deputy 23 88 A. Beckley 23 88 D. Dameron 22 81 G. Thomas 21 73 TOTALS 107 395 Field Goals Free Made Throws Personal Missed Fouls Total Points 42 16 16 17 100 68 25 34 29 161 69 25 32 17 163 50 22 21 26 122 19 12 22 58 50 248 100 125 147 596 44 RAYMOND BESS Captain DICK DEPUTY Trophy Award TEAM November 18 Fairbury 14 Donovan 42 (here) November 28 Fairbury 26 Cornell 29 (there) December 5 Fairbury 18 Dwight 39 (there) December 8 Fairbury 20 Forrest 18 (there) December 12 Fairbury 27 Pontiac 12 (here) December 15 Fairbury 18 Minonk 26 (there) December 19 Fairbury 35 Washington 22 (here) December 22 Fairbury 19 Farmer City 25 (there) Pontiac ] Invitational Tourney December 30 Fairbury 26 Charleston 57 December 31 Fairbury 37 Pontiac 36 January 1 Fairbury 28 Rushville 39 January 5 Fairbury 24 Minonk 29 (here) January 9 Fairbury 23 Farmer City 22 (here) January 13 Fairbury 31 Chenoa 18 (there) January 16 Fairbury 33 Cornell 20 (here) January 27 Fairbury 28 Chatsworth 30 (there) February 2 Fairbury 40 Forrest 19 (here) February 6 Fairbury X Dwight X (canc) February 10 Fairbury 27 Chenoa 38 (here) February 13 Fairbury 43 Washington 45 (there) February 16 Fairbury 26 Chatsworth 22 (here) February 20 Fairbury 37 Pontiac 41 (there) Regional Tourney (Chenoa) March Fairbury 38 Forrest 22 March Fairbury 29 U. High 31 DAMERON, DEPUTY, BESS. THOMAS. BECKLEY 45 BASKETBALL Basketball letters were awarded upon the recommendation of Coach Thomp- son and the F Club. The Fairbury high school lettermen set up qualifications of training, ability, sportsmanship, atti- tude, etc., which have to be satisfied before an athlete can be recommended for a varsity letter. One of these re- quirements is that a player participate in at least 50 per cent of the games during the season. That one require- ment is the only one that kept Francis Haase and Bob Hirstein from receiving varsity letters. They gave excellent re- serve power to the varsity team when- ever needed, and show much future promise. Bill Woodward and Chuck Veatch also were accomplished reserves. The senior members of the team, Ray Bess, Dick Deputy, and George Thomas, were the ‘‘big three” as far as rebound- ing was concerned. All three were bet- ter than six feet tall and made good use of their size in getting the ball off the backboards. Dick and George took good care of most of the offensive re- bounding and Ray got a goodly whole of the defensive rebounds. Ray Bess was handicapped all season with an injured knee which he got dur- ing the football season. He injured it again in the first game and just got back on the team in time to help beat Pontiac the first time. He had to wear an aluminum brace on it every game and that, plus a lot of taping, slowed him down considerably. Don Joda vol- unteered his services as team trainer during the season and some special tap- ing technique of his probably made it possible for Ray to play as much as he did. Ray’s squad members recognized his loyalty and morale in playing un- der difficulties by electing him captain of the team. Each year the F Club members elect a player as the most valuable to his team and have his name engraved on the F C’ub trophy with that of the past most valuable players. Dick Deputy was the well-deserved choice this year. His consistent passing, rebounding, and scor- ing were outstanding assets of the team. He developed a pivot shot that gave the team offensive power against the best defenses. After a sorry beginning, this year’s team developed into a dangerously smart aggregation. The sharpshooting of Beckley and Dameron, backed by the rebounding of the ‘‘big three,” became a machine that was respected and feared by opponents. A tight zone defense that took advantage of the special skills of the individual players was employed suc- cessfully by this year’s varsity. How- ever, their shining characteristics were those of training, sportsmanship, and excellent team morale—of which their coach was very proud. FAIRBURY DROPS FIRST GAME TO DONOVAN November 18. Fairbury lost its first basketball game of the season to Dono- van on the home court. The new and inexperienced Tartar team fell an easy victim to Donovan after Ray Bess, vet- eran guard, left the game in the first quarter with his knee injury. Final re- sults were: Donovan 42, Fairbury 14. CORNELL DEFEATS FAIRBURY November 28. The Fairbury team- sters dropped another hard fought game to Cornell on the victors’ floor. Though trailing all the way, Fairbury never gave ud and their last-quarter rally was stepped only three points short of a vic- tory. Dale Dameron playing his first varsity game took scoring honors with eleven points as Fairbury lost 29 to 2G. DWIGHT SMOTHERS FAIRBURY December 5. The Tartars lost a one- sided battle on the Dwight floor 39 to 18. Fairbury trailed all of the way as the veteran Dwight team turned on the heat. Alden Beckley topped all � n scor- ing for Fairbury and big Ray Mathieson outscored the complete field of players. FAIRBURY TRIUMPHS OVER FORREST December 8. The Tartars got into their stride on the Forrest floor as they 46 defeated Forrest 20 to 18. Fairbury was behind at half time, but they came back strong to lead at the third quarter by one point. Through a tough fourth quarter the Tartars emerged the vic- tors. The Tartars were paced by their only veteran, Dick Deputy, with seven points. RAH! RAH! FAIRBURY 27, PONTIAC 12 December 12. With all of the tight any Fairbury team ever had the Tartars simply smothered their old rivals, the Indians. The victors set up a tight de- fense on the home floor and held Pon- tiac to only live field goals. The Thomp- son Teamsters weren’t even rated to beat Pontiac, but they had what it takes and came out with a victory. Ray Bess, vet e an guard, saw action again for the first time since the first game. Beck- ley and Deputy turned in the high score. MINONK DOWNS FAIRBURY December 15. Fairbury met a new rival on the Minonk floor and met with a 26 to 18 defeat. It was the first time any Fairbury team had played Minonk for several years. The Tartars never seemed to “hit” the whole game, each player turning in about the same num- ber of points. FAIRBURY TOPS WASHINGTON December 19. The Thompson Team- sters defeated a veteran Washington team on the local court 35 to 22. The Tartars were in excellent shape in every respect with Dameron, boss, and Beck- ley fanning the net from out in front and Deputy and Thomas rebounding any shots that were missed. Beckley and Deputy topped Fairbury scoring, and Martin shone for Washington. FARMER CITY STOPS FAIRBURY December 22. The Tartars started out on the right track by leading the first half against Farmer City on the victors’ flcor but failed to keep the lead. Farmer City, the county champs, got started in the last quarter and defeated the tired Tartars 25 to 19. Beckley, Deputy, and Bess turned in all of Fairbury’s points, while Thomas took care of the re- bounding. PONTIAC INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT Fairbury was again invited to the Pontiac tournament which is one of the greatest athletic shows in the state of Illinois. Here are gathered some of the greatest basketball teams in the state, as Centralia, Clay City, Quincy, and Peoria. CHARLESTON HUMBLES FAIRBURY December 30. A “hot” Charleston team took Fairbury 57 to 26 as both teams made their dehut in the tourna- ment. It was a one-handed hot-shot from Charleston, Jim Reid, who almost single-handed defeated the Tartars by scoring thirty points. FAIRBURY SHADES PONTIAC December 31. Both teams fought all the way as Fairbury shaded Pontiac 37 to 36 to advance another game in the consolation bracket. The Tartars staged a rally in the last quarter to overcome a lead which Pontiac had held all the way. Bess and Haase both rung up eleven points for F. T. H. S. RUSHVILLE STOPS FAIRBURY January 1. Two tired teams met in the tournament on the first day of 1942 in which Fairbury fell victim to Rush- ville, 39 to 28. Though the Tartars tried hard, they couldn’t keep up and so were eliminated from the 1941-1942 Pontiac Invitational Tournament. Dick Deputy dropped in ten points for Fairbury. MINONK AGAIN DOWNS FAIRBURY January 5. Fairbury lost its first scheduled game of the new year on the home floor to Minonk, 29 to 25. The Tartars tried hard, but were never closer than five points. Beckley and Bess were high scorers for Fairbury. 47 FAIRBURY TAKES A CLOSE ONE FROM FARMER CITY January 9. The Tartars went out on the home court to avenge the defeat handed to them previously by Farmer City, and they did it. The game was close all the way with neither team taking any chances. It was the rebound- ing of Deputy and Thomas that actu- ally decided the game as they each emerged high scorers. Fairbury won the game by a one-point margin, 23-22. FAIRBURY TRIUMPHS OVER CHENOA January 13. Fairbury built up a wide margin after a slow start to defeat Chenoa 31 to 18. Chenoa led the Tar- tars at the end of the first quarter, but by half time Fairbury was well in the lead. Little Alden Beckley was high- point man with ten points. F. T. H. S. OUT-CLASSES CORNELL January 16. The F. T. H. S. team turned in a spectacular game on the local floor by defeating Cornell 33 to 20. The Tartars took their time and missed very few of their shots. They also set up a tight defense that kept Cornell from scoring many points. It was one of the Tartars’ best offensive games of the year, with Beckley and Deputy ty- ing for high score with eleven points apiece. CHATSWORTH SHADES FAIRBURY IN OVERTIME January 27. Chatsworth shaded Fair- bury in an overtime period on the Chatsworth floor after a close battle. In each quarter Fairbury trailed by two points until the fourth quarter when the Tartars put through some longs to even it up. It was a rough game, espe- cially in the last few minutes, when a s’ight fight developed and Dick Deputy, Fairbury center, was ejected. A Ion)? by Paul of Chatsworth, gave them a 30 to 28 victory in the overtime. Dep- uty was high point man with ten points. 48 FAIRBURY SMOTHERS FORREST 40 TO 19 February 2. Fairbury literally smoth- ered Forrest on the home floor as the first team built up a score and then rested on the bench. The Tartars showed much improvement from their game earlier with Forrest. Dale Dameron set the pace with thirteen points. FAIRBURY-DWIGHT GAME CANCELLED February 6. The game between Fair- bury and Dwight was concelled because of the heavy rain which blocked the roads. However, by comparing scores of recent games the Tartars would have given the Trojans a real battle. CHENOA SURPRISES FAIRBURY February 10. A Chenoa team, which Fairbury had earlier defeated, easily walked over the Tartars on the local floor with a 38 to 27 victory. The Tar- tars led the first half, but dropped be- hind the last half. Beckley scored eight points for Fairbury. WASHINGTON BEATS FAIRBURY 45 TO 43 February 13. Washington defeated Fairbury on the victors’ floor in a game that was superior to most of the games played in Central Illinois this year. It was an active game all the way with first one team scoring and then the other. It was Washington, however, that came out with a one-basket ad- vantage. Neither team ever let down but played their best all the way. The Thompson teamsters scored almost even- ly as Dick Deputy led the way with fourteen points. Every Tartar player turned in a spectacular performance, and the loss was nothing to the team. FAIRBURY TROUNCES CHATSWORTH February 16. The Thompson Team- sters evened up the score with Chats- worth by defeating them on the home court 26 to 22. Fairbury held the ad- vantage all the way in both the score and the floor work. The win definitely got revenge for the overtime loss to Chatsworth earlier in the season. Dep- uty was high scorer with nine points. FAIRBURY LOSES TO PONTIAC February 20. An Indian team, which the Tartars had already defeated twice in the present season, reversed the tables to hand the Tartars a 41 to 37 defeat. In this last scheduled game of the season Fairbury saw one Pontiac man, Bud Bridges, score thirty-one points. It was this single threat that defeated the Thompson Teamsters. Every Tartar played his best to beat the old rivals just once more, but they fell short of their mark by four points. REGIONAL TOURNAMENT, CHENOA FAIRBURY WINS FIRST GAME FROM FORREST March ... The Fairbury Tartars were first game in the regional tournament from Forrest 38 to 22. The game was slow because of the one-sided competi- tion. Three of the Tartars scored six points each and Beckley and Dameron scored nine points. U. HIGH ELIMINATES FAIRBURY March 6. The Fairbury Tartars were eliminated from the Chenoa Regional Tournament by U. High of Normal 31 to 29. The Tartars held an advantage of about one point all the way until the last two minutes of play when a U. High player sank a long shot to put them in the lead. Though the Fairbury five tried hard to regain the lead, they couldn’t do it. It was the last game for three seniors, Ray Bess, Dick Deputy, and George Thomas, and a game they’ll never forget. THE RESERVES Fairbury’s Reserves or the second teams played some thrilling and well played games this year. They won a good percentage of the games, 13 out of 18. The second team consisted of Francis Haase, William Woodard, Chuck Veatch, Bob Hirstein, Ralph Knott, and Bob Ziegenhorn. Haase and Veatch were the two top scorers, each finishing with a good average. 49 BAS EBALL GEORGE THOMAS Trophy Award '41 GRADUATING LETTERMEN George Thomas Bill Jenkins Howard Freed Wayne Hish Ray Bess SCHEDULE April 21 Fairbury.......... 2 Lexington .......... 1 (here) April 27 Fairbury ..........12 Lexington .......... 2 (there) April 30 Fairbury ..........11 Cornell ............ 5 (here) May 8 Fairbury .......... 2 Cornell ............ 0 (there) DISTRICT TOURNAMENT (FAIRBURY) May 18, 21 Fairbury vs. Chatsworth Winner vs. Cornell SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT (BLOOMINGTON) May 25, 26, 28 Fairbury winner vs. Delavan winner. June 5, 6 50 STATE TOURNAMENT (PEORIA) BASEBALL The 1942 baseball season started with twenty players, only six of whom were lettermen. The transportation problem was so acute it seemed that there would be no games, but after several weeks of practice the first game was scheduled. FAIRBURY TRIUMPHS OVER LEXINGTON April 21. Fairbury started the season in perfect form as they easily triumphed over Lexington. The boys were a little nervous in the first game of the season and as a result errors were plentiful. The battery of George Thomas and Lyle Ricketts held Lexington to three hits. Fairbury managed to get four hits to eke out a 2 to 1 victory. In the seven innings on the local diamond Thomas struck out thirteen men. FAIRBURY AGAIN TROUNCES LEXINGTON April 27. The Tartars journeyed to I xington to hand them a 12 to 2 trouncing. The same battery of Thomas and Ricketts was responsible. Thomas turned in a spectacular game yielding only one hit. Fairbury pounded out eleven hits with Bill Jenkins account- ing for three of them. Thomas was again in perfect form as he struck out sixteen opponents for an average of more than twa an inning. FAIRBURY DOWNS CORNELL April 30. Fairbury easily defeated a new visitor, Cornell, as they racked up their third in a row. Although the Tar- tars fumbled the ball around for six errors, Thomas allowed only one hit in the first six innings as he struck out nine opponents. The regulars were taken out in the last inning and Von- Bergen went to the mound. It was his first game, and Cornell hit him rather hard. The opposition scored five runs the last inning to bring the final score to 11 to 5. Bill Jenkins got two hits. FAIRBURY BEATS CORNELL May 8. The Tartars journeyed to Cornell and came back with a 2 to 0 victory. It was a thrilling game with one sensational play after the other, that kept the score from getting larger. It was Thomas on the mound again al- lowing only one hit for the third time in four games. Tommy, last year’s most valuable player, has pitched the last four in his “most valuable” style. The hitting was divided evenly. 51 ATHLETIC BANQUET On Wednesday evening, March 4, all members of every athletic organization, namely, football, basket- ball, and baseball, combined with the members of the high school band, were assembled in the basement of the Methodist church, where they were entertained at dinner through the courtesy of the American Legion. During Mr. 1 hompson’s remarks, the five regulars on the basketball team—Ray Bess, Dale Dameron, George Thomas, Alden Beckley anti Dick Deputy— were called to the platform, and while the boys were there he told his listeners in just what part of the game they specialized. THE PROGRAM “ I he School and Activity Appreciation” ...............Mr. Watson, Mr. Ricketts “America Today”................Perry Keck The Legion members topped off the fine evening’s entertainment by taking their guests to the Central theatre to see “Birth of the Blues.” MUSIC The preliminary contest was held in our high school auditorium February 5, for the purpose of selecting the soloists to be entered in the district contest. The judge who was given the task of selecting the best soloists was Miss Gladys Tipton, of Illinois State Normal University. The seven soloists that advanced to the district contest were, Carl Eilers, Shirley Moyer, Eula Mae Bess, Jim French, Janet Moore, Ray Bess, and Dula Mae Dawson. On February 21, the seven soloists and the Boys Ensemble. Girls Ensemble, and Mixed Ensemble entered the district contest which was held in Fairbury at our high school. From here all entries except one soloist emerged with superior rating which entitled them to continue to the sectional contest. Six soloists and three ensembles went to Peoria for the sectional contest on April 11. Janet Moore, Raymond Bess, and the three ensembles received I rating and were SOLOISTS recommended for the state contest. Jim French received I rating, but was not recom- mended for the state contest; and Eula Mae Bess. Dula Mae Dawson, and Carl Eilers received II rating. Those receiving recommendations for the state contest went to La Salle-Peru to compete with the winners of the sectional contests in the other two divisions of the state. Two soloists, Janet Moore and Ray Bess, together with the mixed octette, the girls octette and the boys octette, entered the state finals at La Salle on May 15. The boys octette and the girls octette survived strong competition to bring home a superior rating. The mixed octette was placed in second division. Of the soloists, Ray Bess received second division rating and Janet Moore third division. 54 MIXED CHORUS MIXED ENSEMBLE 55 GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB GIRLS’ ENSEMBLE 56 BOYS’ GLEE CLUB BOYS’ ENSEMBLE 57 VOCAL MUSIC COMPETITION The district contest for the organizations, Boys Glee Club, Girls Glee Club and Mixed Chorus, was held at Milford, March 7. All three or- ganizations received superior rating and were then eligible to enter the sectional contest. I his year the sectional contest was made very difficult because the schools of Illinois are not allowed to participate in any contest out of the state. Only two contestants from each division were allowed to he sent to the state contest. 1 he Boys Glee Club, Girls Glee Club, and the Mixed Chorus com- peted in the sectional contest at Peoria, May 2. Here they finished with Hying colors. All three organizations received I rating and were recom- mended for the state contest. Fairbury’s music groups did exceptionally well this year at the sec- tional contest, having six groups and two soloists recommended to con- tinue to the state competition at I a Salle, Illinois, May 15. Fairbury was the only school from all three divsions of the state to send six groups on to the state contest. On May 15, the Girls Glee Cluh, the Boys Glee Club, and the Mixed Chorus journeyed to La Salle for the final state contest. There, all groups having received a superior rating in the state-sectional contests were brought together at the La Sallc-Peru high school. Of the organizations, only the Girls Glee Club received a first division rating. The Boys Glee Club and the Mixed Chorus were placed in the second division. The re- sults were announced at a festival held in the evening at which a combined chorus of all vocal participants was featured. The outstanding band and selected vocal and instrumental solos took part in the program. 58 BAND I he hand got off to a good start with the parade on Armistice Day. Leading the hand this year were the majorettes, Mary Fuller, Carnell Strode, Margie Schnetzler, Betty Clark, Margie Jessup, Olive James, and Pat Mehrings, the major. Many successful formations were demonstrated at the home football games. I he band paraded for Pontiac between halves at the game in Pontiac. During the Christmas vacation the band led the Santa Claus Parade through Fairbury. 1 he Boy Scouts were honored with a concert by the band at their Court of Honor April 15. Friday, April 17, the band took part in the concert given for the benefit of the contest vocal organizations. 59 CRIER STAFF Editor-in-Chief.........................................Jean Hurt Assistant Editor....................................Carllene Steidinger Senior Editor...........................................Raymond Bess Junior Editor..........................................Charlotte Nance Sophomore Editor.........................................Phyllis Haab I rcshman Editor......................................Howard VonBergen Humor Editors................................Joyce Heins, Jay Morris Calendar Editors......................Bette Neumann, Betty Flanagan Athletics Editor.........................................Dick Deputy G. A. A. Editor.........................................Carnell Strode Music Editor..........................................Louise Hirstein h. P. A. Editor...........................................Howard Freed Home Ec. Editor......................................Marilyn Thompson Advertising Editors . Mary Fuller, Bob Wharton, Alberta VonBergen Photography.........................................................Jim Watson Senior Typist...............................................Rose Noble Junior Typist..........................................Helen Steidinger 60 I he general theme of the Home Economics Club for this year was “Home Economics in the First Line of Defense.” Among the topics discussed at the business meetings were “The Consumer and National Defense. “Better Food for a Better America,” and “Fashions for Defense.” The social meetings were held in the evenings at the homes of differ- ent members. Each year the club has sent delegates to the State Home Economics meeting. This year Kathryn Hetherington and Marilyn Thompson attended the summer camp held at Lake Bloomington. The officers are: PRESIDENT . . CARLLENE STEIDINGEK VICE-PRESIDENT . . . ALDEN BECKLEY SECRETARY .... PHYLLIS DRENNEN TREASURER GRACELEE WILLIAMSON CLUB HOME “EC 61 F. F. A. 1941-1942 CHAPTER SLOGAN: “Keep ’Em Growing” At the beginning of the year we entered the National Chapter Contest. Charles Miskell was awarded a gilt for doing outstanding work in the Chapter. How vu F Pus Hmcui B. EARNINGS AND SAVINGS The Chapter sponsored Ralph Pierce, the Magi- cian. We gathered waste paper, sold seeds, and tested soils as other means of raising money. The Chapter journeyed John L.Vict-P it CtifilSTU M. to the International Live- stock Show and received many benefits from the ex- perience. 'I'his spring we plan to make a trip to Lake Bloomington for a three- or four-day camping trip. SUPERVISED PROJECT WORK The boys have been encouraged to save large litters, produce more animals, feed better bal- anced rations, keep livestock on new ground free from diseases and parasites, in order to produce more food so that they might help in the vital war effort. 62 VICE-PRESIDENT . . RAYMOND BESS SEC.-TREAS. . . . HOWARD FREED PRESIDENT GEORGE THOMAS The F Club, which was organized four years ago by Mr. Mellroy Ross, has grown to be one of the finest organizations in the school. Since Mr. Ross joined the Navy, Mr. Verne Thompson has taken his place as a capable adviser of the club. On the basis of sportsmanship, ability, and leadership, the F Club elects the most valuable man in each sport during the year. The winners this year were: Bas- ketball, Dick Deputy; football, Dean Sparks; and baseball, George Thomas. The club has a social meeting every month and an enjoyable trip at the close of the school term. F CLUB 63 LATIN CLUB The Latin Club of F. T. H. S. has approximately 35 active members. These include not only the present Latin students, but also juniors and seniors who formerly took I atin. Ihe club’s sponsor is Miss Sharp, and she has directed the year’s ac- tivities. In September of 1941, the club held its first meeting and the following officers were elected: The Fairbury Latin Club was represented at the State Convention by twenty members and its sponsor. One of its members served as state secretary. The State Convention was held on the campus of Monticello College, and the program included pageants, speeches, and plays. In May the Latin Club enjoyed a special program and evening’s entertainment in the gym. 64 SPANISH CLUB FRENCH CLUB Le cercie Franca is is open to all French students. The club is or- ganized to encourage the appreci- ation and understanding of the language, customs, art, and liter- ature of the French people. The club holds its meetings at the homes of the members. Phis year he programs have been devoted to the study of great French liter- s’fure and art. President .... Bette Neumann Vice-President Edward Lometti Secretary...................Jean Hurt Treasurer . Charlotte Nance The Spanish Club was organ- ized for the first time this year. The purpose of the club is to study Spanish culture, literature and art. The club meets regularly each month for a study and social period. The adviser is Miss Sharp. The officers for this year are: President .... Virginia Munz Vice-President . . Ursula Carlson Secretary....................Betty Clark Treasurer . . Frances Tollensdorf MODERN LANGUAGE CLUBS 65 G. A. A. The first meeting of the (iirls’ Athletic Association was held shortly after the beginning of school last September to elect officers and make plans for the coming year. The officers elected were: President, Carnell Strode: vice-president, Alberta VonBergen; secretary-treasurer, Doris VonBergen; sponsor, Miss Mullaney. Our first social meeting was held in October at the high school. The freshmen were informally initiated into the club. After the initiation the group learned some new songs and brushed up on the old G. A. A. songs. In November we had a potluck supper in the kitchen of the high school. The freshies had to wash the dishes and clean up the kitchen. I he question of how to make some money soon arose. The com- mittee solved this problem with a very successful bake sale. This money was used for the G. A. A. cut in the year book. 1'he spotlight of the year’s activities is taken by our Play Day, which was held in December. G. A. A. girls from many surrounding schools attended. Our next big gathering was our spring picnic in April. The girls took advantage of the early spring and had the picnic in the timber. Regular business meetings were held throughout the year with differ- ent classes having charge of the programs. Our G. A. A. members have found their time well spent in fulfilling our pledge: I promise to uphold the ideals of the G. A. A., By promoting interest in athletics and the out-of-doors; By living so that I may be healthy and strong; By making good sportsmanship a constant factor in my conduct. 66 I he play is a dramatization of several turbulent clays in a girl’s life. Penny Wood, characterized by Helen Steidinger, is just fifteen and very much torn between childhood and womanhood. Her parents are played by Carllene Steidinger and Roy Carder. Chuck Harris, played by Jay Morris, is interested in his home-made glider, to which his father objects. Mr. Harris, Bill Bartlett, is anxious for his son to become a lawyer, but the boy insists on going to “Tech” and becoming an engineer. I rouble enters Penny's life when her mother’s kid brother, Mervyn, brings his wealthy pal, Roger Van Vleck, home for a week-end. Under the influence of Roger’s way with women, Penny builds dreams which are later sabotaged by Julie, Chuck’s sister. Mervyn is played by Charles Hanes, and Lyle Ricketts appears as Roger. Ella James takes the part of Julie. Effie and Elmer are portrayd by Edith Yeagle and Charles Thomas. In all scenes is the neighborhood pest, Milly Lou, better known as Char- lotte Nance. Other neighbors are the Wentworth children, Lois Fitz- gerald and Willard Craig. Stage properties are in charge of Carl Eilers, and Pearl Weisser handles costuming and make-up Junior Class Play 67 Presented March 13 at Central Theatre. “SEVEN SISTERS Central Theatre, April 27, 1942 Senior Class Play Friday evening, April 27, a delightful, colorful bit of Hungarian family life in the pre-war days was presented by the senior class. Miss Marjorie Kemple, director, made a fine choice of play and players. The acting was splendid and the cooperation of the players was outstanding. The ac- tion was fast and Mother Gyurkovias anxiety to marry off her eldest daugh- ters brought out many amusing and sometimes tense situations. The quaint, colorful Hungarian costumes added much to the effectiveness of the stage picture. Without any exception each part was played with a fine understand- ing of the character portrayed and the audience showed its approval by its close attention. The cast: Katinka ................. Carnell Strode Sari .................... Lillian Woodard Ella .................... Betty Flanagan Terka ................... Louise Hirstein Liza ................ Bette Neumann Klara ................. Shirley Moyer Mrs. Gyurkovias .......... Jean Hurt Janko .................. Howard Freed Gida Radviany ........... Jim French Mitzi .............. Vivian McHatton Horkoy ................. Dick Deputy Colonel Radviany ................. Ray Bess Michael Sandorffy ...... Frank Merrill Toni Teleki .......... Edward Lometti PRODUCTION STAFF Stage Manager—Francis Scouler. Assistants Francis Paternoster, Bob Wharton, George Thomas, Wayne Hish Stage Properties—Alberta VonBergen, Marilyn Thompson. Costumes—Mary Fuller, Bernice Bills, Dorothy Bradley, Kathryn Hetherington, Alberta VonBergen, Virgil Price. Stencil Design — Jane Carter, Goldie Travis. Prompters — Marilyn Thompson, Al- berta VonBergen. Director—Marjorie V. Kemple. 68 JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET AND PROM Did you know that a moon-drenched, flower-scented garden is the most wonderful place in the world for a dance? It is even more wonderful if the maidens who wander ’neath the arched lattice-work and linger in the cool shadows of the garden are very pretty, and are dressed in soft, flowing dresses. Even the junior and senior boys realized this, for the 1942 Junior-Senior Prom was held under such conditions. A peach-and-blue garden is especially beautiful, so the gym was decorated with these colors, which, by the way, are the senior colors. A quaint latticed summer house stood in the center, and the orchestra was separated from the dance floor by a white picket fence. Even the bar and the white garden gate were profusely covered with flowers. The 6:30 banquet was followed by an after-dinner program, with Jay Morris acting as toastmaster. It in- cluded : Welcome.................................Helen Steidinger Response................................George Thomas Toast to Seniors...........................A. C. Watson Class History....................................Jean Hurt Class Will.................................Frank Merrill Class Prophecy . Alden Beckley, Robert Hirstein At nine o’clock the dancing began, and it was inter- spersed with the following entertainment: Baton Twirling..........................Barbara Ambrose Solo.....................................Eula Mae Bess Piano Solo Solo 69 Hap DeFries Carl Filers BACCALAUREATE Sunday, May 7, 1942 7:30 P. M. Organ program: “Choral” and “Minuet” from “Suite Gothique” . . . Boellmann “In Summer ....................................................Stehbins “St. Cecelia Offertory No. 2”.................................Batiste “To a Wild Rose”..............................................MacDowell Chimes, “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name.” Processional, “Grand Ch Eur”...................................Spence Call to Worship, Invocation, Lord’s Prayer . Rev. M. K. Thompson Hymn, “Jesus Calls.” Scripture.......................................Rev. W. A. Wood Organ Solo, The Bells of St .Anne de Beaupre” (Russell) •........................................... . John Rockenbach Prayer..........................................Rev. L. R. Tagg Anthem..........................................Presbyterian Choir Hymn, “How Firm a Foundation.” Sermon, “A Faith for Heroic Living” . Rev. A. Willard Heimbeck Hymn, “Lead On, O King Eternal.” Benediction.....................................Rev. M. K. Thompson Recessional, “War Mrrch of the Priests” (Mendelssohn). Postlude. COMMENCEMENT Friday, May 22, 1942 8:00 P. M. Processional...........................................Mr. Leslie Carter Invocation...............................................Rev. L. R. Tagg Rain and the River America the Beautiful Address...................................................Dr. Lee Garber Presentation of Diplomas...............................Mr. A. C. Watson Scholarship Awards.....................................Mr. A. C. Watson Blade Citizenship-Scholarship Award . . . Mr. Mahlon Morris Recessional............................................Mr. Leslie Carter Mixed Chorus 70 OUR THANKS I he staff of the 1942 Crii-.r anti the students of Fairbury Township High School wish to thank the merchants of Fairbury. Through their generous contributions in advertising this publication was made possible. I heir attitude of willing cooperation toward high school activities con- tributes largely to the success of our enterprises. CALENDAR September 2. School starts! Oh, for the free life! Sept. 3. A new schedule! Now the seniors are as dumb as the freshmen— or were they always? Sept. 4. History classes just laugh and laugh—they knew all the time that Thompson had the mumps. Sept. 5. Swell new teachers! Louise H. regrets that some of them are mar- ried. Sept. 8. Mr. Thompson’s back. Well, girls? Sept. 9. Mr. Bastion is suspected of being a member of the Gestapo. He isn’t fixing those clocks. He’s spying on us. Sept. 10. The seniors used to boss the freshmen. Now look what's hap- pening. Sept. 11. Some of last year’s grads have come back. Don’t they know when they’re well off? Sept. 12. First football game— nyah. nyah, Forrest! Sept. 15. The new schedule’s really in action. Poor freshmen (and seniors). Sept. 16. Broomstick skirts are O. K. tPI one is caught in the draft. Sept. 17. E. J. and B. W. seen pitch- ing (but not hay) north of town. Sept. 18. Band members rub aching feet—do people come to see games or marching, Mr. R.? Sent. 19. Washington played here period. Sept. 22. At a joint session of Con- gress it was decided we Fairbury girls must take Phys. Ed. all 4 years—can’t they mind their own business? Sept. 23. Cockle burrs thrown by sen- ior boys have proven very distressing when in girls’ hair. Sept. 24. Mysterious odor in assem- bly proves to be Hish minus shoes. Sept. 25. Mr. Schneider’s quite a con- trast to Mr. Moore. Did you ever hear of exact opposites? Sept. 26. Bill and Helen Tagg are new additions to school body. Wonder if it’s true what we hear about minis- ter’s children? Sept. 29. A new week—Monday gets bluer. Sent. 30. Jim French is making weekly excursions to Coal City. What’s the big attraction, Jim? October 1. The pighouse is occupied, but not by pigs (?). E. J. and H. S. lock Hish and Wharton in it. Oct. 2. Rainy season here. Don’t let the Chamber of Commerce hear about it. Oct. 3. Rev. Davies retires. Why is Sharpie wearing black? Oct. 6. A feud is going on between various high school organizations. They are trying to outdo one another in the Toat contest. The glee clubs are con- flating beautiful girls. Oct. 7. Miss Mullaney proclaimed most brave of the fair sex. She picked up a dead mouse and dropped it into the waste basket. Oct. 8. Fire Prevention Week. Speak- er gave us the same old line. He should have taken lessons from some of the high school romeos. Oct. 9. Fire drill. Why do the boys enjoy watching girls tumble out of the fire escape? Oct. 10. Homecoming! Ella’s campaign fails to bring in an invitation to Home- coming dance with Bill Tagg he takes Ollie! Sabotage! Oct. 13. F Club wiener roast. V. E. T. takes first grade teacher. Oct. 14. Prof, sends out annual warn- ing. Due to the grades on last report cards, he suspects us of being morons. (Wonder how he found out?) Oct. 15. Prof, reads a love note to assembly. “I really love him.” Is Viv- ian Schmidt’s face red! But then, P. H., G. L. and W. L. blushed a little, too. 71 The LBlade cPublishing Company PRINTERS OF THE 1942 CRIER CALENDAR Oct. 16. Floyd Masters left English class today—but not willingly. Oct. 17. Fairbury vs. Lexington. The band marched, but what’d they do? For your information, that was an airplane they formed. Oct. 20. Miss M. loves her 7th hour assembly. She couldn’t bear to part with it, so she kept them after school for a half hour. Oct. 21. Charles H. and Carllene S. are spending a lot of time in the dark room. They’re using the Cathode Ray as an excuse. Oct. 22. Cockle burrs are still flying through the air—some girls are going to be bald. Oct. 23. Bob Ziegenhorn is keening up the family tradition. He left Gen. Science today in a blaze of glory(?). Oct. 24. F. T. H. S. students are still hoarse from cheering at Pontiac game. Fairbury victorious. October 27. Sunday is not a dav of peace and rest for high school students. They all looked half asleen today. Oct. 28. Democrats and Republicans are having daily fights in English IV. Miss Kemple’s busy playing referee. CALENDAR Oct. 29. Speaking of Miss K., she’s been singing “Anchors Aweigh” for the last two weeks. Could it be due to the sailor she met last week-end coming home from Chicago? Oct. 30. Hish’s chest-beating in as- sembly was not appreciated by Miss M. Result: Hish in office. Oct. 31. Night of witches and goblins. Of course all H. S. students were in their little homes, and not into any mis- chief. November 3. Drug store cowboys are having trouble with Grip Porter. He is running a respectable establishment — Quote, B. Flanagan and V. McHatton. Nov. 4. Seniors are having their Crier pictures taken. Just think what that camera has to go through! Nov. 5. Does Freshman Pat Haner have a temper—or is that red hair only ornamental? Nov. 6, 7. Teachers’ Institute—we all get a holiday—except teachers. Nov. 10. Teachers back, all looking somewhat haggard. They can dish it out. but can they take it? Nov. 11. Armistice Day. Wonder how we’ll celebrate it a year from now. 72 COMPLIMENTS Also ELGIN—WALTHAM Gifts of All Kinds Frank M. Myer of the Fairbury BEN FRANKLIN STORE R. B. MONROE Proprietor 73 TAYLOR INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE AGENCY Roy E. Taylor, Agent Fairbury Blade Bldg. Phone 188 Complete Insurance Service CALENDAR Nov. 12. We’ll now find the most popular (?) girl in school. We’re voting on one to be beheaded by a magician. Nov. 13. Big day tomorrow—trips to Chicago and Bloomington. Nov. 14. Most of the student body somewhere else besides high school. This is the way to get an education. Nov. 17. Miss M. is heard lecturing first-year typing students. Don’t worry, they’ll learn. Nov. 18. Jean H. and Herschel L. speakers in assembly today. Bystanders believe F. S. more interested in Hersch than in Jean. Nov. 19. Vivian Me. to have the honor of being beheaded. Are you thrilled, George ? Nov. 20, 21. Thanksgiving vacation. Wonder if we can persuade Prof, to celebrate it twice. Nov. 24. Jim F. confidentially re- vealed to us the other day that the last time he got a haircut his barber took one look at his hair and wanted to know if he wanted it cut or just the oil changed. Nov. 25. We hear that the Somer- J. N. BACH ST SONS Lumber and Building Material G H N F R A L CO N T R AC T IN G Insurance Carried on All Workmen Large Stocks Tel. 123 74 Reasonable Prices A Good Place to Trade FAIRBURY AND FORREST Tel. 35 Sincere Congratulations Boys and girls, upon successful completion of your high school work. Farmers National Bank of Fairbury FAIRBURY, ILLINOIS Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Member Federal Reserve System CALENDAR ville girls have some really hot and sweet duets on certain “blues” numbers. Nov. 26. Olive James declares that she can't understand why they put so many holes in Swiss cheese when it’s the limburger that needs the ventila- tion. Nov. 27. Ralph Pierce puzzles every- one. We always did wonder where Viv- ian’s head was, and still don’t know. Nov. 28. The team journeyed to Cor- nell—nuff said. December 1. We understand that Ross has joined the Navy. What junior girl is going about teary-eyed? Too bad, Schatz! Dec. 2. Everybody is doing their Christmas shopping for next year be- cause they did their Christmas shopping for this year last year. Dec. 4. Pleasant day — Reis wasn’t playing the piano. Dec. 5. Let’s get up a petition to lengthen the Christmas vacation to three weeks. Dec. 8. Congress declares war on Japan. Dec. 9. Jean H. finds a pair of socks. Herzog Produce Co. FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 75 CALENDAR Prof, has confiscated them for future use. Dec. 10. Certain senior girls are writ- ing love notes to VET in shorthand. Translate, Miss M. Dec. 12. Pontiac’s slipping. We really showed them up. Dec. 15. What certain Bess is gradu- ally becoming a dictator in Physics? And what about his stooges? Dec. 16. Charles Thomas speaks French with a great deal of courage. Dec. 17. Virginia M. was heard say- ing that she believes in vigorous physi- cal exercise—for other people. Dec. 18. Novelty Trio performs. Ah, to be loved by a strong man. says Irma Peter. Dec. 19. The basketball boys have more oomph than we gave them credit for. Washington got licked good and plenty. Dec. 22. All girls are dropping gentle (?) hints about sweetheart bracelets to their best beaus—lend an ear, Santa. Dec. 23. Treachery no end! We’ve got to go to school on Christmas Eve! CALENDAR Dec. 24. Bye, bye, Merry Christmas! See you next year! January 5. Many are the jokes and many are the blushes as Papa Schneider is given a Baby Book for his new daughter. Jan. 6. Freshies go on a rampage as Sharpie’s voice box is out of order. Jan. 7. What’s it like to be fought over? Margot S. ought to know, since B. T. and G. B. came to blows. Jan. 8. John Reis is now leaving our institution to go to Uncle Sam’s navy. We all weep tears of regret, especially Charlotte Nance. Jan. 9. Rosie C. and Ralph H. drift and dream through the halls together. Children, it’s not spring yet. Jan. 12. Continued from 1941 Calen- dar—Bob. V. and Pauline Z. are still taking steps toward domestic tran- quility. Jan. 12. K. Hetherington finally got back to school today—she couldn’t make it on Monday. Could it be late nights? Jan. 14. Marilyn T. goes around with starry look in her eyes. She unearthed FAIRBURY PRODUCE Call 133 Dealers in POULTRY, EGGS, CREAM, HIDES AND WOOL Honeggers Manamar Feeds TRY OUR HAMMERMILL AND MIXER For Your Growing and Laying Mash 6 Friendly Service to Everyone Hicks Oils WE NEVER CLOSE You will remember us for our Quality, Service, Value, Price Phone Us for Country Deliveries Jim Claudon, Tank Wagon Driver Mike Mehrings, Mgr., Frank Schmidt, Fid Orth, Attendants Phone 153 Decker’s Cafe GEO. H. DECKER—EDITHA DECKER Route U. S. 24—Fiast 24-Fdour Service A CHOICE LINE OF FOODS AND DRINKS Telephone 26-W Fairbury, Illinois 77 — YOU — ARE THE FIRST CONSIDERATION AT PORTER’S WE FREEZE TO PLEASE • EUERV INCH A DRUG STORE • WE FREEZE TO PLEASE Sani-Frozen Ice Cream Fairbury. Illinois • EXPERT PRESCRIPTION SERVICE - Sani-Frozen Ice Cream CALENDAR a love note from C. Rice written way back in 1940. Jan. 15. What does A. C. think we are—anyway? We can’t even count up to ten, especially the morning after the night before. Jan. 16. Now to go home and cram for exams. Jan. 19, 20. Exam days. Much moan- ing and groaning—also many E’s. Jan. 21. Mr. Thompson gives senior girls good advice. Quote: “It’s safer to kiss a dog than a girl.” Unquote. Jan. 22. Another note of Vivian Schmidt’s in glass-enclosed bulletin board. Says she cannot study for exams because of “Lester, dear.” Jan. 23. A letter from “Chuck” to Phil and Shirley Moyer decorated the bulletin board today. Tut, tut, such go- ings-on! Jan. 26. Eddie Lometti reports that his dog was electrocuted. He sat on a fruit cake and a current went up his tail. Jan. 27. Junior class held election. Jay Morris is now head man. Jan. 29. Bob Ziegenhorn decides that McCOLLUM’S CENTRAL THEATRE Fairbury, Illinois ALWAYS THE FINEST IN MOVIE ENTERTAINMENT ALL THE BIGGEST HITS FROM CALENDAR after spending a semester in the office that it isn’t the school he dislikes, but the principal of the thing. Jan. 30. These freshmen are getting on my nerves, aren’t they, Neumann? February 2. M. F. is certainly well known for those smiles with future in them. Feb. 3. Noble’s mouth goes without saying (so we’ve heard.) Feb. 5. Listen, Tommy, if you don’t stop sleeping through your classes we’re going to take up a collection for a beau- ty-rest. Feb. 9. Say, I hear this J. G. and P. S. affair is getting serious. Feb. 10. And speaking of freshmen, how about Vivian S. and dear Lester Z.? Feb. 11. Apollo quartette from Wes- leyan here. Mary F. accidentally (?) runs into the handsome baritone. Feb. 12. There are no southpaws left in F. T. H. S. after Schick Test yester- day. Feb. 13. An unlucky day for freshies —or was it lucky? They got kicked out of English class. Feb. 16. Vacation for us while father, Wade’sDrug Store QUALITY MERCHANDISE Honest Service for Over 6g Years THE REXALL STORE THE BIGGEST STUDIOS Phone 81 CALENDAR P. M. Hotaling QUALITY GROCER The Home of Monarch Finer Foods Telephones 109 and 516 boy friends, etc., sign up in draft. Feb. 17. George Thomas’ girl friend’s birthday—wonder who that is. Feb. 18. Lois Birch reports that the only way to hold a man is down. Feb. 19. Louise H. and Bob E. are going steadily—off and on. Feb. 20. What senior girl is the vogue on the outside and slightly vague on the inside? Feb. 23. Helen and Wayne take warn- ing! State cop says “No pitching of woo except in classrooms.” Feb. 24. Everybody wears a happy smile—we now have the perfect excuse for parking. After all, we can't wear out the tires on poor pater’s car. Feb. 25. Girls, remember, this isn’t leap-year. Give Mr. Watson a break. Feb. 26. A. V. (senior) and J. H. (sophomore) continue their tete-a-tete in school, out of school, and right around midnight. Feb. 27. “Feb. is done at last and we hope winter’s cold blasts are past.” Who said we weren’t poets? March 2. We’re glad Goldie Travis • • V.V. A Hit! That’s what we hope every Graduate of ’42 will score! Local Record Print- ing, too, scores a hit with the public. THE LOCAL RECORD Printing In All All the News Its Branches All the Time 80 GAS at VAN’S VAN O. WHARTON SERVICE TATION DOWNTOWN FAIR BURY GASOLINES! OILS! GREASES! Complete Lubribation Service! LUBRICATION Makes Your Car Last Longer 81 CALENDAR sits near the front. She might not have the vitality to walk to the back. March 3, 6. Regional tournament. F. T. H. S. defeated by U. High. Normal community final victor. March 9. Juniors are getting that frantic look that always accompanies the last week of play practice. March 10. What’s this we hear about H. S. wearing a gownless evening strap in said play? March 11. Is it true that Herschel L. and Florence S. are on spiking terms? March 12. Marge S. says she likes them tall, blond, and—well, anyway, tall and blond. We can believe it! March 13. Junior play goes over with a big bang. Children, we’re proud of you. March 16. T. B. test administered to all of those brave enough to face the needle after the Schick test. March 17. St. Patrick’s day. B. Flan- agan is happy. The Democrats are in power, and it’s St. Patrick’s day! March 18. Latest quotation coming from Bette N., A boy always chases a Full Line of PITTSBURGH PAINTS WALL PAPER DECORATING PAINTING FULL G. E. LINE 212 E. Locust B. A. Tollensdorf, Prop. KLOPFENSTEIN MOTOR CO. Ford V-8 Sales and Service PHILLIPS 66 SUPER-SERVICE STATION On U. S. Route 24 KLOPFENSTEIN MOTOR COMPANY Harry Klopfenstein, Prop. CALENDAR girl.” Latest quotation from Frank M., “And she caught me.” March 19. Why do the three fiends look at one another and cry “Zip!” March 20. We’ll never forget what hanpened today! March 23. While Prof, is away, the French students will play! They went on a sit-down strike and ended up with a week of E’s. Sharpie, you’re heartless. March 24. Herschel says “She’s not my best girl only neck’s best!” Only, which girl is he talking about? March 25. Seniors found out today whether or not they could act. The play cast was announced. March 26. Chuck T. can’t concentrate in French class. He must have Jo Anne T. on his mind! March 27. Is Johnny Lorch a reck- less driver? He says that when the road turns the same way he does, it’s just coincidence! March 30, 31. March is leaving like a lion, but at least it’s leaving. Thank goodness! April 1. Bum’s Day. Those sparrows they let in didn’t have to lay eggs—the junior class did it for them. FAIRBURY PAINT STORE Appearance Counts THERE IS NOTHING MORE ESSENTIAL TO FASTIDIOUS APPEARANCE THAN TONSORIAE PERFECTION AVs Barber Shop Duell Building Albert J. Kilgus Fairbury, Illinois CALENDAR Just ask R. B., D. D., J. F., V. M., B. F., and L. W. April 21. Seniors are looking forward to May 18—oh yeah! April 22. Mush Reis given honorable discharge from Navy—too bad, Mush. April 23. Katharene Roach very sad. Her right hand, Pearl Weisser, is going to California. April 24. Senior play. We especially like those nightgown scenes. April 27. No school. 45-65-year-old men registered. April 28. F. M. told Miss Sharp he had a broken heart. She was unsympa- thetic, though, and sent him to the as- sembly. April 29. How’s your I. Q., Prof.? “F” is the sixth, not the fifth letter of the alphabet. April 30. F. Gerdes and J. Lorch are all for home defense. When’s the first blackout? May 1. English class gives Miss Kem- ple a party. As a result of Truth and Consequences, V. M. fed Mr. T. a bottle of coke; B. F. held his hands, and B. CALENDAR April 2. Good Friday program. En- joyed by all. April 3, 6. Easter vacation. April 7. Prof’s, little boy was evicted from Spanish class today. April 8. Miss Whitford is running out of candy bars as senior play practice continues. April 9. Wake up, boys! Don’t you know there’s a Prom coming May 20? April 10. In the spring a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love. At least, George T. seems to think so. April 13. Third time’s charm! After dating two of our H. S. girls, B. T. seems to be hapyy with P. H. April 14. Why doesn’t something hap- pen. We’re running out of ideas. April 15. Action at last! Mr. Bas- tion mowed the lawn. April 16. Fat Ricketts has a black eye and Doris V. has skinned knuckles —Mm! April 17. Big concert tonight by mu- sical organization. We want to be able to eat in Peoria. April 20. What goes on behind the curtains during senior play practice? For Quality CHICKS State Accredited FEEDS AND SUPPLIES See WISTHUFF HATCHERIES Fairbury, Chatsworth, Illinois 83 CALENDAR Ray B.—“What is the difference be- N. sat on his lap. Now they can grad- tween capital and labor, Dad?” uate happy! Dad—“Well, son, the money you lend May 2. F. T. H. S. takes top honors represents capital—and getting it hack at Peoria in the sectional music contest. represents labor.” We’re the only school that has 6 organ- izations going on to the state. A clever man tells a woman he under- May 4. Shorthand classes went to stands her; a stupid one tries to prove Bloomington. Girls enjoyed the men’s it.” lounge. French Club party tonight. — Sharpie won’t jitterbug. A GIRL May 5. Student body went en masse There was a girl named Ella, to pay their respects to Dewey’s father. Who tried her “best” for a fella; May 6. Senior girls take I. Q. test. She’d twist and she’d turn, Now we know they’re morons. But they don’t give a “durn.” May 11-14. Exams for seniors. Why doesn’t somebody tell Ella? May 15 The musical organizations —Anonymous. journeyed to La Salle-Peru for the state — contest. Kissing a girl is just like opening a May 17. Baccalaureate services. bottle of olives—the first may come May 20. Prom for the juniors and hard, but it’s a cinch to get the rest. seniors. May 22. Commencement exercises. SILENCE May 29. Alumni banquet and dance. Here lies the body of Bill Bartlett; Tread softly all who pass; Bob Hirstein—“Say, your new over- He thought his foot was on the brake, coat is pretty loud, isn’t it?’’ But it was on the gas. Chuck Veatch—“Yeah, but I’m gonna buy a muffler to go with it.” Where there’s a will there’s a lawsuit. FIRST NATIONAL BANK FAIRBURY, ILLINOIS CAPITAL INVESTMENT $75,000.00 General Banking Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent Member of: Federal Reserve System and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 84 Keck’s Agency insurance with SERVICE AND SECURITY Perry J. Keck i Karl V. Keck 1906 1913 Man is the only animal that can be skinned more than once. OOPS! An eerie shadow casts its form across my eyes, Sinister and dark it dangles there; Is it some threat’ning harm that it im- plies? A sign of some misfortune I must bear? Gosh no—it’s only a loose hairpin! —Carllene Steidinger. Ella James knows how to give a man her own way. She was throwing herself away, per- haps, but she was taking careful aim. The modern home is one in which a switch regulates everything but the children. Mr. Thompson—“It gives me a great thrill to mark you 85 on your history examination.” Bette N.—“Why not make it 100 and give yourself a real thrill?” It also takes two to make up after a quarrel. Jimmy French looked like an accident going somewhere to happen. Some girls use a pill to get rid of a headache, but others use a headache to get rid of a pill. Bill T.—“Do you suppose it’s bad luck for a cat to follow you?” A. Beckley—“It all depends. Are you a man or a mouse?” Jay M.—“I asked if I could see her home.” Fat R.—“And what did she say?” Jay M.—“She said she’d send me a photo of it.” IN GRANDMA’S DAYS Roses are red, Violets are blue; Sugar is sweet And I love you. BUT GRANDDAUGHTER SAYS My eyes are red, My thoughts are blue; Life’s no longer sweet Since I married you. —Margie Schnetzler. 85 TEXACO SUPER SERVICE C. J. Hadaway, Mgr. WE FIX FLATS TIRES AND TUBES For those who want the best at no extra cost. SKY CHIEF, FIRE CHIEF GASOLINES Our Special Service of Greasing, Washing, Simonizing Phone 307 Attendants: Wayne Winterland H. Ward Gossips have a keen sense of rumor. You can read some people like a book, but you can’t shut them up as easily. Father—“Who broke that chair in the parlor last evening?” Helen S.—“It just collapsed all of a sudden, father, but neither of us was hurt.” Principal—“Did you enjoy your vaca- tion. Mr. Ricketts?” Mr. Ricketts—“Yes, but there’s noth- ing like the feel of a good desk beneath your feet again.” When Betty Flanagan submitted her poem entitled “Will You Miss Me, Dar- lang?” to the town paper, the editor sent back a note saying. “If he does he should never be trusted with firearms again!” First Student—“I heard that someone stole a couple of pies and a watch from the Home Economics room.” Second Student — “Huh, the student must have been reading up on hygiene and knew it takes time to digest pic • from that dump.” Wayne— Honey, if you don’t marry me, I’ll commit suicide.” Helen — “Well, brother, that’s your funeral.” Cop—“Hey, don’t you know that you are not supposed to park on a highway and make goo-goo eyes?” Hoffman—“Aw, don’t be silly when a guy has got to goo he got to goo.” The only man that ever gets on an old maid’s nerves is a dentist. Tramp—“I’m hungry, lady. I’ve lost ten pounds.” V. 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Baseball 1. 2. 3. Football 1. 2. 3. 4. Basketball 1, 2. 3, 4. Class President 2. Mixed Chorus 2. 3. 4. Boys’ Knsemble 2. 3. 4. Latin Club 1. 2. Crier Staff 4. Contest Glee Club 2. 3. 4. Contest Mixed Chorus 2. 3. 4. Small Mixed Chorus 2. Class Play 3. 4. F. Club 1. 2, 3. 4. School Minstrel 2. Scholarship Letter 1. BERNICE M. BILLS Home Economics 1, 2, 3. 4. G. A. A. 1, 2, 3. 4. French Club 2, 3. 4. DOROTHY BRADLEY G. A. A. 4. Home Economics 4. French Club 3. JUNIOR BUNTING No activities. URSULA CARLSON G. A. A. 1. Home Economics 1. 2. 3. 4. French Club 2, 3, 4. Spanish Club. 4. JANE CARTER Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4. Home Economics 1. 2. 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. The- atron 2. Oj eru 1. Minstrel Show 2. Small Mixed Chorus 1. 2. Contest Chorus 1, 2. 3. 4. One-act Plays 2. Class Play (Property Staff) 4. ROBERT E. COOPER Glee Club 1. 2. 3. Dairy Judging Team 1. F. F. A. 1. Minstrel Show 2. Contest Chorus 1, 2. 3. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. Oi era 1. DICK DEPUTY Football 1, 2, 3. 4. Basketball 1, 2, 3. 4. Glee Club 1, 2, 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 2, 4. Boys' En- semble 4. Lutin Club 1, 2. Atheni Club 3. F. Club 3. 4. Class Plav 3, 4. Crier Staff 4. F. Club President 3. Class Vice-president 4. Atheni Pres- ident 3. School Minstrel 2. Opern 1. One-act Plays 3. MARGARET DOWNING Home Economics 1. 2. 3. 4. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Theatron 2. One-act Plays 2. Class Play 3. GERRY FERGUSON Home Economics 4. G. A. A. 4. French Club 3. BETTY FLANAGAN Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3, 4. Small Mixed Chorus 2, 3. Girls’ Contest Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. Girls’ En- semble 2. 3. 4. Latin Club 2. 3. Atheni Club 2. School Minstrel 2, All School Play 1. Class Play 3. 4. G. A. A. l. 2. 3. 4. Home Economics 1. 2, 3. 4. Crier Staff 4. Mixed Octette 4. HOWARD FREED F. F. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Baseball 1. 2. 3. 4. Class Vice-President 2. Milk Judging Team 1. Grain Jrdginir Team 1. Fat Stock Judkins Team 2. 3. Class President 3. Atheni Club 3. F Club 3. 4. Class Play 3. 4. Crier Staff 4. JIM FRENCH Band 1. 2. 3. 4. Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4. Contest Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. Student Director 3. 4. Vocal So'o 2. 3. 4. Football 1. 4. Baseball 2. 4. Basketball 1. Class Piny 3, 4. All State Chorus 3. 4. MARY FULLER Band 1. 2. 3. 4. Glee Club 1, 2. 3. 4. Contest Glee Club 2. 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. Con- test Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. Girls’ Ensemble 4. G. A. A. 1. 2. Latin Club 1. 2. Class Officer 2. Crier Staff 4 Majorette 2. 3. 4. Small Mixed Chorus 2. School Minstrel 2. Class Play (Pro- duction Staff) 4. Scholarship 1, 2. 3. DOROTHY HARRIS G. A. A. 2, 4. Home Economics 2, 3. 4. Glee Club 1. 2. 4. KATHRYN HETHERINGTON Home Economics 1. 2. 3. 4. G. A. A. 1, 2. 3. 4. French Club 2, 3, 4. WAYNE HISH (Trans, from Casey. III., 3). Football 2. 3. 4. Basketball 1. 2. F Club 3. 4. Glee Club 1. 2. 4. Baseball 1. 3. 4. Track 2. Class Play 1. LOUISE HIRSTEIN Band 1. 2. 3. Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. Latin Club 1. 2. Crier Staff 1. 2. 4. Class Play 4. School Minstrel 2. Cheerleader 4. G. A. A. 1. 2. Small Mixed Chorus 3. Scholar- ship 1, 3. JEAN HURT Band 1, 2. 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 2. 3, 4. Girls’ Contest Chorus 2. 3. 4. Girls’ Ensemble 3. 4. Latin Club 1. 2. French Club 3. 4. Atheni Club 3. School Minstrel 2. G. A. A. 1. 2. Class Play 3. 4. Crier Staff 1. 3. 4. MARY HURT (Trans, from Chatsworth 4). Glee Club 1. 2. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. Library Club 2, 3. BILL JENKINS Baseball 1. 2. 3. 4. Football 1. 2. French Club 3. 4. F Club 3. 4. HERSCHEL LEFFINGWELL G(ee Club 1. 2. 3. 4. Boys’ Octette 1. 2. 4. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. Mixed Octette 4. Contest Cho- rus 1. 2. 3. 4. Opera 1. Small Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. Minstrel Show 2. Band 2. 3. 4. F. F. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. F Club ?. 3. 4. All School Play 1. French Club 2. 3. Theatron 3. Baseball 1. 2. Basketball 2. Crier Staff 3. Milk Judirint; Team 1. Dairy Judging Team 1. 2 3. Fat Stock Judk- ins: Team 3. EDWARD LOMETTI Glee C’uh 1. Latin Club 1. 2. French Club 3 4. Scholarship 3. Class Play 3. 4. FLOYD MASTERS No activities. PAULINE METZ Home Economics 2. 3. 4. FRANK MERRILL Footbnll 1. Baseball 1. 2. 4. Junior Play 3. Ath- eni Club 3. Spanish Club 4. Senior Play 4. SHIRLEY MOYER I atin C ub 1. Home Economics 2, 4. Contest Glee Club I, 4. Contest Mixed Chorus 1. 4. G. A. A, 1. 3. Minstrel Show 2. Class Plav 4. Dra- matics Club 2. 3. Vocal Solo 1, 3. 4. Opera 1. VIRGINIA MUNZ Band 1. 2. 3. Latin Club 1. 2. Spanish Club 4. Home Economics 2. 3. 4. G. A. A. 1, 2, 4. Class Piny Staff 3. WILMA JEAN MUNZ Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4. Home Economics 1, 2, 3. 4. VIVIAN McHATTON Glee Club 2. 3. 4. Latin Club 1, 2. Contest Cho- rus 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 4. Class Play 4. Minstrel Show 2. G. A. A. 1. BETTE NEUMANN Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4 Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. Minstrel Show 2. Class Play 3. 4. Latin Club 1. 2. French Club 3. 4. Band 1. 2. 3. 4. Crier Staff 4. Scholarship 1. 2, 3. ROSE NOBLE (Trans, from Tuscola 3). Glee Club 1. 2. 3, 4. Contest Glee Club 3. 4. Contest Mixed Chorus 3, 4. Mixed Chorus 3, 4. Crier Staff 4. Class Play (Production Staff) 3. G. A. A. 1. FRANCIS PATERNOSTER Band 1. 2. 3. 4. Boys' Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. Contest Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. Senior Play 4. Opera 2. Latin Club 1. 2. Baseball M«r. 3. 4. Vocal Solo 2. IRMA PETER Latin Club 1, 2. G. A. A. 1, 2. 4. VIRGIL PRICE Basketball 2. 3. Baseball 2. 3. Class Play 3. 4. VELMA RANGE Latin Club 1. 2. French Club 3, 4. Home Eco- nomics 3. 4. G. A. A. 2. 3. 4. DONALD SCHWARZWALDER F. F. A. 4. Glee Club 4. FRANCIS SCOULER Football 1. 2. Basketball 1. 2. Baseball M r. 2. Atheni Club 3. Class Play 3. Latin Club 1. 2. LaVONNE STIVER Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. Latin Club 1. G. A. A. 1, 2. 3. 4. Home Economics 2. 3. 4. Minstrel Show 2. Home Economics Club Vice-President 4. Opera 1. CARNELL STRODE Glee Club 2. 3, 4. Mixed Chorus 3. 4. Octette 4. Contest Chorus 2. 3. 4. Latin Club 1. 2. 3. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Class Plav 4. Majorette 2. 3. 4. Crier Staff 4. Minstrel Show 2. GEORGE THOMAS, JR. Baseball 1, 2, 3. 4. Basketball 3, 4. Football 3. 4. F Club 2, 3, 4. F Club President 4. Class Vice-president 3. Class President 4. Atheni Club 3. Atheni Club Secretary 3. Band 1. 2. Opera 1. Minstrel Show 2. Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 4. Class Play 3. Latin Club 1, 2. One-act Plays 3. MARILYN THOMPSON G. A. A. 1, 2. 3. French Club 2. 3, 4. Home Economics 1, 2, 3, 4. Home Economics Club President 4. French Club Secretary 2. 3. Class Secretary 3. Crier Staff 4. GOLDIE TRAVIS No activities. ALBERTA VONBERGEN Home Economics 1. 2. 3. 4. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3, 4. Glee Club 2. Crier Staff 2. 3. 4. Class Play (Pro- duction Staff) 4. HARRY WAGENSELLER F. F. A. 1, 2. 3. 4. Glee Club 2. 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 4. FRANCIS WINTERLAND No activities. ROBERT E. WHARTON Football 1, 2. 3. 4. Basketball 1, 2. 3. F Club 4. Atheni Club 3. Band 1. 2. 3, 4. Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 3. 4. Crier Staff 4 Minstrel Show 2. Opera 1. Class Play 3. 4. MARJORIE WILLIAMSON (Trans, from Chatsworth 3). G. A. A. 1, 2. Glee Club 1. No activities at Fairbury. LILLIAN WOODARD Latin Club 1, 2. 3. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. Class Treas- urer 3. Class Play 4. Scholarship 1. PAULINE ZIMMERMAN Glee Club 1, 2. 3, 4. Home Economics Club 1, 2. 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. Dramatics Club 2. One-act Plavs 2, Contest Chorus I. 2. 3. 4 Small Mixed Chorus 1. 2. Opera 1. Minstrel Show 2. JUNIORS ROY NT. CARDER Football 2. 3. Junior Play 3. F Club 3. Basket- ball 3. BETTY CLARK Glee Club 1, 2. 3. G. A. Club 3. Home Ec. 1. 2, 3. A. 1, 2. 3. Spanish Majorette 3. CARL EILERS Boys Glee Club 1. 2. 3. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. Boys' Ensemble 2. Football 1. 2. 3. Basketball 1. 2. Baseball 1. 2, 3. Contest Chorus I. 2. 3. LOIS FITZGERALD G. A. A. 1, 2. 3. Band 1. 2. 3. Latin Club 1. 2. Junior Play 3. Glee Club 3. BETTY GROVE Latin Club 1, 2. CHARLES HANES Boys' Glee Club 1. Band 1. 2. 3. Basketball M r. 2. Crier Staff 1. DOROTHY HENNING Band 1. 2, 3. Girls' Glee Club 1. 2. 3. Mixed Chorus 2. 3. Latin Club 1. 2. Junior Play 3. RALPH HOFFMAN F. F. A. 1, 2. 3. Baseball 1. 2. 3. F Club 1, 2, 3. ALLEN HORNBECK Football 1, 3. Basketball 1, 3. ELLA JAMES Girls' Glee Club 1, 2. 3. Mixed Chorus 2, 3. Contest Chorus 1. 2. 3. Band 1. 2, 3. Junior Play 3. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. Latin Club 1. 2. 3. IMOGENE JESSUP G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. Home Ec. Club 3. Glee Club 3. Latin Club 1. 2. 3. JOHNNY LORCH F. F. A. 1. 2. 3. ELSIE MAE METZ Home Ec. 1, 2, 3. JOAN MILNE Band 1. 2. 3. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. Latin Club 1, 2. 3. Crier Staff 2. JANET MOORE Girls’ Glee Club 1, 2, 3. Latin Club 1. 2. Mixed Chorus 3. Solo 3. JAY MORRIS Boys’ Glee Club 1. 2, 3. Boys’ Ensemble 1. 2. 3. Band 1. 2. 3. Crier Staff 3. Football 1. Baseball 1. Basketball 1« Mixed Chorus 1 2. 3. CHARLOTTE NANCE G. A. A. 1, 2. 3. Home Er. 1. 3. French Club 2. 3. Junior Clnss Play 3. Crier Staff 3. LOIS NEWNAM Band 1. 2. 3. G. A. A. 2. 3. Latin Club 1. 2. 3. RICHARD RICE LYLE RICKETTS Football 1. 2. 3. Baseball 1. 2. 3. Junior Class Play 3. Class Officer 3. Basketball 1. 2. F Club 3. KATHARINE ROACH Girls’ Glee Club 1. 2. 3. Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3. Girls’ Octette 1. 2. 3. Mixed Octette 3. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. Latin Club 1. 2. MARGIE SCHNETZLER Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. Girls’ Glee Club 1, ?. 3. Ma:orette 2 3. G. A. A. 1. 3. Latin Club 1. 2. 3. Contest Chorus 1. 2. 3. ELIZABETH SOMERVILLE French Club 2. 3. Home Ec. Club 1, 2. 3. Girls' (ilee Club 3. MARIONNE SOMERVILLE French Club 2. 3. Home Ec. Cb’b 1. 2. V M;, ed Chorus 3. Girls' Glee Club 3. Contest Chorus 3. MARGOT SPENCE Home Ec. Club 2. 3. Latin Club 1. 2. G. A. A. 1. 2. Girls’ Glee Club 1. 2. 3. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. Girls’ Ensemble 3. Cheerleader 3. Contest Chorus 1, 2. 3. CARLLENE STEIDINGER Girls’ Glee Club 1. 2. 3. Mixed Chords L ? 3. Band 1. 2. Crier Staff 1. 2. 3. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. Latin Club 1. 2, 3. Junior Class Play 3. HELEN STEIDINGER Band 1. 2. 3. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. Girls’ Glee Club 1. 2. 3. Latin Club 1. 2. 3. Mixed Cho� us 1. ° 3. Mixed Octette 3. Girls' Octette 1. 2. 3. Crier Sti ff 3. Junior Plav 3. Contest Chorus 1, 2. 3. Vice-President 3. Solo 1. FLORENCE SUTTER G. A. A. 2. 3. Latin Club 2. 3. Home Ec. 1. 2. 3. Glee Club 3. Contest Chorus 3. MAURICE SUTTER CHARLES THOMAS O’ee Club 1. 2. 3. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. Boys’ Ensemble 2. 3. Solo 3. Band 1. 2. 3. Baseball 1. 2. 3. Football 1. 2. Junior Play 3. French Club 2. 3. FRANCES TOLLENSDORF F. F. A. 1. 2. French Club 2. 3. RUBY VANCE Latin Club 1. 2. 3. G. A. A. 3. PEARL WEISSER Band 1. 2. 3. Girls’ Glee Club 1. 2. 3. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. Contest Chorus 1. 2. 3. Latin Club 1. 2, 3. G. A. A. 1, 2. 3. Junior Play 3. JERRY WILSON Football 1. 3. Basketball 1, 3. Baseball 1, 2, 3. F Club 3. Band 1. 2. 3. WAYNE WINTERLAND HERBERT WISER Football M r. 3. F Club 3. Basketball 2. EDITH YEAGLE Latin Club 1, 2. 3. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. Girls’ Glee Club 1. 2. 3. Contest Chorus 1, 2. 3. Mixed Chorus 2. 3. Band 1. 2, 3. Junior Play 8. SOPHOMORES CARLOS BANDY F. F. A. 1. 2. ALDEN BECKLEY Baseball 1. 2. Basketball 1. 2. Football 1. 2. Glee Club 1, 2. Mixed Chorus 2. F Club 2. EULA MAE BESS Girls’ Glee Club 1. 2. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. Girls’ Ensemble 1, 2. Vocal Solo 2. G. A. A. 1. 2. Latin Club 1. 2. Band 1, 2. JIM BEAN GLENN BOOKER Football 2. Basketball 1. 2. F Club 2. HERSHEL BUTLER Football 1. 2. RAY CARDER DOROTHY CARLSON Home Ec. Club 1, 2. ROSEMARY CROUCH Home Ec. Club 2. DULA MAE DAWSON Solo 1. 2. Glee Club 1. 2. Mixed Chorus 2. Latin Club 1. 2. G. A. A. 1. 2. Mixed Ensemble 2. ROBERT DECKER F. F. A. 2. JAMES DEGENHART Boys’ Glee Club 1, 2. Band 1, 2. Football 1. Basketball 1. ROBERT DRINGENBERG Latin Club 1. 2. EUGENE DURHAM Boys’ Glee Club 1. 2. Spanish Club 2. FLORENCE GERDES Girls’ Glee Club 1. 2. Contest Chorus 1. 2. Girls Glee Club 1. 2. Contest Chorus 1, 2. G. A. A. 1. 2. Latin Club L 2. PHYLLIS HAAB Latin Club 1. 2. G. A. A. 1. 2. Band 1. 2. Girls’ Glee Club 1. 2. Contest Chorus 1, 2. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. Cheerleader 2. Crier Staff 2. JOAN HEINS Latin Club 1. 2. G. A. A. 1. 2. Girls’ Glee Club 1. 2. Contest Chorus 1. 2. Band 1. 2. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. JOYCE HEINS Girls’ Glee Club 1. 2. L tin Club 1. 2. A. A. 1. 2. Band 1, 2. Crier Staff 2. Contest Chorus 2. ROBERT HIRSTEIN Football 1. Basketball 1 2. Baseball 2. Bovs’ Glee Club I, 2. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. Latin Club 1. 2. EMMA LOU HUBER Home Ec. Club 1. 2. G. A. A. 1. 2. Girls’ Glee Club 2. 98 JESSE HUBER JAMES HURT MARJORIE JESSUP Latin Club 1. 2. G. A. A. 1. 2. Majorette 2. Girls’ Glee Club 2. ERNEST JOHNSON Latin Club 2. EVELYN JEAN LEETCH G. A. A. 1. 2. Latin Club 1. 2. JEAN LEHMANN G. A. A. 1. 2. Home Ec. Club 1, 2. Girls’ Glee Club 1, 2. Mixed Chorus 1. Contest Chorus 1, 2. EUGENE LOUGHRAN Latin Club 1. 2. MARGARET MEHRINGS G. A. A. 1. 2. Glee Club 2. Home Ec. 1. 2. PATRICIA MEHRINGS G. A. A. 1. 2. Home Ec. Club 2. Drum Major 2. Girls' Glee Club 1. 2. Latin Club 1. CHARLES MISKELL F. F. A. 1. 2. DARRELL PETER Latin Club 1. 2. Spanish Club 2. G. A. A. 1. Girls’ Glee Club 1. 2. NINA LOU RAMSEYER Home Ec. Club 1, 2. G. A. A. 1, 2. JIM RICE FRANCIS RIGSBY Boys Glee Club 1, 2. Mixed Chorus 2. Boys’ Ensemble 2. CHARLENE SCHLICHER Latin Club 1. 2. G. A. A. 1. 2. ROBERT SPENCE Latin Club 1, 2. Baseball 1. Junior Play 1. Basketball Mjrr. 2. DONALD STEIDINGER Boys' Glee Club 1. 2. Mixed Chorus 2. Latin Club 1. 2. Band 1. 2. WILLIAM TAGG Football 1. Basketball 2. Glee Club 1. 2. Mixed Chorus 2. Mixed Ensemble 2. Band 1. 2. Boys’ Ensemble 2. Baseball 1. Latin Club 1. 2. JO ANNE THOMPSON G. A. A. 1, 2. Home Ec. 1, 2. CHARLES VEATCH Latin Club 1. 2. F Club 2. Football 1. Manager 2. Basketball 1. 2. Crier Staff 1. Glee Club 1. 2. Mixed Chorus 2. DORIS VONBERGEN Latin Club 1. 2. Girls’ Glee Club 1. 2. G. A. A. 1. 2. Majorette 2. DOROTHY WAGENSELLER ARTHUR WALTERS RICHARD WALTERS JIM WATSON Boys’ Glee Club 1. 2. Football 1. Spanish Club 1. Crier Staff 1. 2. CHARLES WILKEN Football 2, Basketball 1. F. F. A. 1, 2. LYLE WINTERLAND F. F. A. 1. 2. WILLIAM WOODARD F Club 1. Football 2. Basketball 2. RUTH ZIMMPJRMAN Home Ec. Club 1. 2. Girls’ Glee Club 1. FRESHMEN MURIEL BEDELL G. A. A. 1. Latin Club 1. Band 1. Freshman Gills’ Glee Club 1. MAE BENDER Home Economics Club 1. HOWARD BESS Football 1. Basketball 1. Baseball 1. Boys’ Glee Club 1. Mixed Chorus 1. Boys’ Ensemble 1. Mixed Ensemble 1. Band 1. Solo 1. LOIS BIRCH Freshman Girls’ Glee Club 1. Latin Club 1. G. A. A. 1. Cheerleader 1. EVELYN CLARK G. A. A. 1. Freshman Girls’ Glee Club 1. Latin Club 1. EVELYN CRAIG Preshman Girls’ Glee Club 1. Home Economics Club 1. G. A. A. 1. DALE DAMERON Band I. Boys Glee Club 1. Football 1. Basket- ball 1. Baseball 1. V Club 1. PHYLLIS DRENNEN Freshman Girls’ Glee Club 1. Bnnd 1. Latin Club 1. PAUL EILERS Band 1. Glee Club 1. Football 1. Basketball 1. Baseball 1. ALICE FERGUSON Latin Club 1. Freshman Girls Glee Club 1. Band 1. G. A. A. 1. WILMA FERGUSON Home Economics Club 1. G. A. A. 1. Freshman Girls’ Glee Club 1. RAY FITZGERALD Latin Club 1. Band 1. Boys’ Glee Club 1. Con- test Glee Club 1. Basketball 1. ROSE FLANAGAN Home Economics Club 1. Freshman Girls’ Glee Club 1. G. A. A. 1. HELEN GREEN Freshman Girls Glee Club 1. G. A. A. 1. Latin Club 1. FRANCIS HAASE Football 1. Basketball 1. Baseball 1. F Club 1. PATRICIA HANER Band 1. Latin Club 1. G. A. A. 1. Freshmnn Girls’ Glee Club 1. DOROTHY HANES Freshman Girls’ Glee Club 1. Home Economics Club 1. G. A. A. 1. MARY ELEANOR HARRIS Freshman Girls' Glee Club 1. G. A. A. 1. Latin Club 1. OLIVE MAE JAMES Latin Club 1. G. A. A. 1. Freshman Girls' Glee Club 1. Majorette 1. RALPH KNOPP Basketball 1. Boys’ Glee Club 1. JUNIOR LEHMANN Boys Glee Club 1. Mixed Chorus 1. ROSE LORCH Freshman Girls' Glee Club 1. CHRISTIE MILLER F. F. A. I. BOB MOSER Latin Club 1. Boys' Glee Club 1. LAWRENCE MOWRY Football 1. PHYLLIS MOYER Freshman Girls' Glee Club 1. G. A. A. 1. Solo 1. KENNETH NEWMAN Boys’ Glee Club 1. Football 1. Baseball 1. BOB NUSSBAUM Boys' Glee Club 1. Latin Club 1. Band 1. Bas- ketball 1. NOWLAN RATHBUN F. F. A. 1. Football 1. VIVIAN MAE SCHMIDT Freshman Girls' Glee Club 1. Band 1. Latin Club 1. MAXINE SEARS G. A. A. 1. Home Economics Club 1. PHYLLIS SOMERS Freshman Girls' Glee Club 1. HELEN TAGG Freshman Girls’ Glee Club 1. Band 1. G A. A. 1. Latin Club 1. BETTY TRAVIS Freshman Girls' Glee Club 1. Home Economics Club 1. CARL TULL Boys' Glee Club 1. WARREN ULFERS Basketball 1. HOWARD VONBERGEN Baseball 1. Football 1. WILLIAM WILKEN Basketball 1. F. F. A. 1. BYARD WILLIAMS F. F. A. 1. GRACELEE WILLIAMSON G. A. A. 1. Freshman Girls’ Glee Club 1. BETTY WILLS Freshman Girl� Glee Club 1. Latin Club 1. ARNOLA WINTERLAND G. A. A. 1. Latin Club 1. Freshman Girls Glee Club 1. REVA WISER Home Economics Club 1.