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

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★ 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

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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

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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