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

Text from Pages 1 - 120 of the 1943 volume:

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Yet, more than any other single factor, education is respon- sible for the democratic way of life and its realization . . . the end toward which our government is working. 1 herefore The Crier is published this year with a two-fold aim. l irst, we have tried to record the activities of the school year . . . this is the purpose of every yearbook. But second, we have attempted to em- phasize our contributions to the war effort. Most of our contributions . . . Home Nursing courses, scrap drives, using less metal in the production of The Crier . . . can’t be called mo- mentous sacrifices. But a great many F. T. H. S. graduates are in the serv- ice .. . one has given his life. Some of us, the very students publishing this annual, are going to fight the war first-handed in a few months. I hese we call momentous contributions. Above all, we recognize the fact that the school system is the funda- mental guardian of democracy. And only when youth all over the world is offered the opportunity for enlightenment can there be a lasting peace. Only when education is universal can there be hope for a better world. . . . For this we are fighting . . . CARLLENE STEIDINGER, F.ditor-in-Chief. J O A. C. WATSON. . . . who embodies all the qualities on which education is based co-operativeness, intelligence, forcefulness . . . . whose personality has influenced all who have known him, as a magnetic field influences things in contact with it . whose name will be respected and remembered at F. T. H. S. as long as graciousness is the true mark of a great personality . . . . We respectfully dedicate the ’43 Crier. . . . LIEUTENANT A. C. WATSON U. S. N. —5— HONOR ROLL The following F. T. II. S. graduates arc members of the armed forces of the United States. It is with great pride that zee list their names: ADDIS, CHARLES . . . . 1936 FRENCH, JAMES 1942 ALEXANDER. WILLIAM . 1941 FRISBY, WILLIAM 1937 AMBROSE, VAN 1942 FUGATE, JOHN 1939 AMBROSE, VINCENT . . . 1940 GAHWILER, GENE 1937 ATTEBERRY, RICHARD . 1938 GILMAN. GEORGE . 1927 BACH, ROBERT 1932 GLENNON, JAMES 1935 BARNES, ELDON . . . . 1936 GLENNON. PAUL D. 193.'� BARTLETT, ROBERT J. . . 1932 GLENNON, PHILIP 1934 BEAN, CLAUDE 1936 GLENNON, THOMAS . 1940 BEAN, LYLE .... 1936 GOODING, FRANK 1935 BECKLEY, DAVID 1924 GOOLD. JOHN .... 1936 BEDELL, GENE 1932 HALLOCK, ELMER . . . . 1938 BESS, JOHN .... 1937 HALLOCK, WILLIAM . 1936 BESS, RAYMOND . . 1942 HANNIE, JOSEPH . . . 1922 BRAUN, FRANK 1941 HARTMAN, ALVIN 1932 BRAUN, WILLIAM . . . . 1932 HEALY, JOHN .... 1939 BUSHMAN. JOHN . . 1936 HEINS, CHARLES . . . 1941 BUSHMAN, MELVIN 1939 HENNING, HUGH . . 1941 CALVIN. CHARLES 1934 HIBSCH. WILLIAM 1939 CARLSON, BERNARD . . . 1940 HISH, WAYNE .... 1942 CARLSON, EUGENE 1939 HLAVAS, GEORGE ANDY . . 1930 CARTER, JOHN 1941 HOOD, HIRAM .... 1935 CARTER. ROYCE 1938 HOUSEHOLDER, FRED 1940 CLAUDON. DAN 1932 HOUSEHOLDER. RAYMOND . . 1939 COOPER, GLEN . . . . . 1939 HUBER, LeROY . . . . 1937 COOPER, MARTIN . . . . 1936 HUBER, REUBEN . . . 1940 CRAIG, STERLING 1938 HUETTE. CHARLES 1928 CRAIG, WARREN . . . . 1940 JARVIS, KENNETH 1937 DAWSON, WILLIAM . 1935 JARVIS, RUDY .... 1939 DECKER, FOSTER 1932 KARNES. DON 1920 DEMLER, DEWEY . . . . 1940 KELSO. DONALD . . . . 1930 DEMLER, VICTOR . . . 1933 KNOPP, LEON . 1941 DENNEWITZ, STANLEY . 1935 KNOTT. LLOYD .... . 1936 DEPUTY, WYNN . 1928 KOEHL, ELDON .... . 1939 DICKSON, FLORENCE . . . 1934 KOHLER, DAVID . . . . 1933 DOWNING, JEROME . 1939 KURTH, DONALD . . . . 1937 DOWNING. LOUIS . . . . 1936 LANDSMAN, FORREST 1940 DUGGAN, JAMES 1934 LAW. OTIS 1928 EDDY. JEROME 1919 LEFFINGWELL, HERSCHEL 1942 ELY, KENNETH 1933 LEFFINGWELL, ORAN 1933 ELY, RALPH .... 1931 LEWIS. GLENN . . . . 1940 FLANAGAN, PATRICK 1940 LINDSAY, JAMES . 1937 FOSDICK. LLOYD . . . 1941 LYONS. J. T . 1925 FRANGER, JOE 1941 MACK. WILLARD . . 1937 McCASLIN, JAY D. . . . . 1929 SCHWARZWALDER, DONALD . 1942 MEIS, JOHN . 1933 SCOULER, FRANCIS . 1942 MEIS. MARY BETH . . . . 1927 SEALE, DWIGHT . 1938 MERIT. CHARLES . . . . 1930 SHILTS, JOSEPH . 1935 MERRILL, FRANK . . . . 1942 SIMPSON, CLARENCE . . . 1935 MOORE. GLEN .... . 1938 SIMPSON, RALPH . 1937 MORRIS. DUANE . 1936 SMITH, J. B. . 1935 MORRIS. JAY . 1943 SOMERS. HARRY . 1916 MORRIS. MAHLON . . . . 1941 SOMERVILLE, JOHN . 1936 MORRIS. RUSSELL . . . . 1934 SPENCE, MEURL . . 1935 MORTON. JOHN . 1932 SPENCE. WILLIAM . . . . 1938 MOWERY, FRANCIS . 1931 STEIDINGER. REUBEN . 1926 MOWERY, MILTON . . . . 1928 STEINBERG. JOHN . 1932 MOWERY. ROSS . 1938 STEINBERG, RICHARD . 1934 MOWERY. RUSSELL . 1934 SUTTER. EVERETT . 1934 MUNZ, HARTZELL . . . . 1934 THOMAS, GEORGE . . . . 1942 MUNZ. JONATHAN . . . . 1928 TIPTON, CARL .... . 1934 MUNZ. PERRY .... . 1938 TIPTON, JAMES . 1938 NEWNAM. WAYNE . . . . 1936 TOLLENSDORF. BERNARD . . 1941 NOLAN. FRANCIS . 1940 TROEHLER. VIRGIL . 1938 NUSSBAUM. JOHN . . . . 1938 TROEHLER, WILBUR . 1934 ORTH, EDWARD . 1939 ULFERS, JOHN . 1935 PATERNOSTER. FRANCIS . . 1942 VAIL, GRANT . 1937 ♦PATERNOSTER, ROBERT . . 1938 VERNIA, OVAL . 1941 PATTERSON, HARTFORD . 1932 VORIS, DAVID . 1941 PENDERGAST, LYMAN . . . 1927 WADE, JOHN . 1933 PETERS, JAKE .... . 1940 WALKER, GEORGE . . . . 1940 PHELPS. RICHARD . . . . 1936 WARD. HAROLD . 1939 PITTMAN, ROBERT D. . . . 1928 WEBER, WILLIAM . 1941 POWELL. CHESTER . 1941 WEST, KENNETH . 1936 RAMSEY, E. B WHARTON. ROBERT . 1942 REIS, GEORGE .... . 1937 WILKEN, GLENN . 1941 RICE. CHARLES . 1940 WILSON. CLOYD . 1937 RICKETTS. MAURICE . . . 1939 WINK. CHARLES . 1936 RIGSBY, GARNOLD . . . . 1937 WINK, JOHN . 1933 RIGSBY. HARTZELL . 1935 WINTERLAND, FRANCIS . . 1942 ROTH. ROBERT . 1935 ZEHR, HARRY . 1937 RUSSELL, WAYNE . . . . 1939 ZIEGENHORN, JOHN . 1940 RUNYON, ERSOLL . . . . 1938 ZILLER, VIRGIL . 1937 ZIMMERMAN. LLOYD . . . 193c asses t res ADMINIfTCATICN G. N. BAYLESS A. B. Wabash College M. A. University of Illinois —9— F. T. H. S. Marjorie Kemple James Millikin Univ. University of III. B. S. University of Wisconsin ENGLISH DRAMATICS GENERAL BUSINESS Roberta Kaiser III. State Normal Univ. B. Ed. MATHEMATICS LIBRARIAN Charles Ricketts University of III. B. A. III. Wesleyan University. M. A. Mabel Isebrands University of Dubuque. B. A. COMMERCE Mary Kouzmanoff N.I.S.T.C., DeKalb, III. B. E. BIOLOGY SOCIAL SCIENCE — 10— FACULTY Mary Sharp Northwestern University. M. S. LATIN. SPANISH ENGLISH Grace Wiiitford Western III. Suite Teachers University of Illinois University of Wisconsin HOME ECONOMICS William Schneider Carleton Collepre. B. S. Harvard University PHYSICAL SCIENCE George Staggs University of III. B. S. AGRICULTURE MANUAL ARTS Frank Leach III. Wesleyan Univ. B. S. COACH AMERICAN HISTORY — 11 — To Miss Steidinger. and efficient, friendly, and never-tiring secretary at F. T. H. S. To Dewey and Mr. Bastion. congenial, hard-work- ing and reliable en- gineers. THANKS........ for helping to make our school the swell place it is. 13 BOARD OF EDUCATION Edith Yeagle “Edie” Likeable ns well ns lookable.” President Charles Hanks “Chuck” “Ho talks like a revolving door. ’ Vice-Pres. Roy Carder “Roxie” “A big easy-going St. Bernard of a boy.” Sec.-Treas. . ENICCf —15 Seniors Betty Clark “Jeep” “It isn’t will power she needs. It's won’t power. Lois Fitzgerald “Fitz” “She majors in alibiology. Dorothy Henning “Dorth” “She has an inter- feriority complex ' Ella James “Jamesy” “She walks as if bal- ancing the family tree on her nose. Carl Eilers “Gildersleeve” His conversation has too much specific gravity.“ Betty Grove “Ret” “Every line of her face Is the line of least resistance.” Ralph Hoffman “Sailor” “Parenthetical lejrs.” Imogene Jessup “Jess” Approachable as a park bench.’ 16— John Lorch “Johnny” All ho does is sit nnd dame-dream. Joan Milne “Joannie” A pretty Rnl in her enrly nicoteons. CIIAR LOTT E N A NC E “Chotz” Subtle nr. an avalanche. Luctlf. Rath man “Lucy” She leads her private life in public. Elsie Mae Metz “Ren” A ffirl who makes it easy for a boy to be a ffentlemnn. ’ Jay Morris “Doc” ‘A mouth bijr enouffh to sinff duets.” Lois Newnam “Loey” She doesn’t wear her clothes, she takes refuffo in them.” Ric hard Rice “Dick” A neck like a celery stalk. ms —17— Seniors Lyle Ricketts “Fat” “The perfect composure that comes only from a guilty conscience. Katharene Roach “Fannie” She has a fltrtive look in her eye. Elizabeth Somerville “Lizzie” A Holly-wood-be. Margot Spence “Spencie” R. S. V. P. eyes. Marcella Rinkenberger “Marcie A little girl with an embalmed smile. Margie Schnetzler “Suds” A human ‘gimme pig. Marion Somerville “Ruck” She uses her lipstick wi‘h the unconcern of a cat washing its face.’ Carllene Steidinger “Cark” “When she talks, it isn’t conversation, it’s a filibuster. —18— I Helen Steidinger “Nelly” She has a low boiling point.” Maurice Sutter “Sutter” ‘•no rises at ten and sets all day.” Virgil Travis “Goldie” “Ears like ventilators.' Harry John Wagenseller “Joe” Ho acts ns if he came from a long line of maiden aunts. John Reis “Mush” “Born in the year of Our Lord Only Knows.. Florence Sutter “Flo” “An apjiendix girl: the kind that gets taken out.” Frances Tollensdorf “Tolly” “Noted for her inertiative.” Ruby Vance “Vance” She not only expects the worst but makes the worst of it when It happens.” Wayne Winter land “Spud” “He has a nice sense of rumor. Herbert Wiser “Herby” “Afflicted with softening of the hearteries.” —19— CLASS HISTORY ’Way back in 1931 eight members of our present graduating class began their long and successful climb up to their present achieved goal. Of these eight, Charlotte Nance, Joan Milne, Helen Steidinger, Carllene Steidinger, and Carl Eilers began their first year at the Isaac Walton school, and Jay Morris, Margie Schnetzler, and Dorothy Henning, at the Edison school. In the second grade we were united. During the elementary grades we acquired many more members of our class. Eight years later, in the fall of 1939, 55 eager Freshmen entered the doors of F. T. H. S. After blushing under the appraising glances of our scornful upper classmen, we at last found our way up to the assembly and crawled into our lowly seats on the disdained north side. In the years to follow we gained few and lost many. At the present time there are 37 graduates. Throughout our four years of high school, we have participated in many activities. During our Junior year we gave a presentation of “June Mad,” a successful comedy in three acts. Our Senior play, “Your Uncle Dudley,” proved even more successful. At the close of our Junior year we sponsored the annual Junior-Senior Prom. The gym was elaborately decorated, and after the banquet an orchestra provided the dance music. One of the oustanding accomplishments is our 1943 Crier, through- out which the patriotic theme has been carried, thus stressing a relation- ship between the war effort and school. Class officers: President—Edith Yeagle. Vice-President—Charles Hanes. Secretary-Treasurer—Roy Carder. Business Manager—Helen Steidinger. We were well represented in the athletic field. Cheerleaders: Ella James, Florence Sutter, Margot Spence. Football: Roy Carder, Carl Eilers, Tyle Ricketts, Jay Morris, John Torch, Richard Rice, John Reis. Basketball: Herbert Wiser, I yle Ricketts, Richard Rice, Roy Carder, Jay Morris. Baseball: Ralph Hoffman, Carl Eilers, I yle Ricketts. During our first three years of high school, our class helped win the many contests which our choruses participated in. This year because of the war, no contests will be held, but the various music organizations have continued with their work and have taken part in many local programs. The following members of our class contributed to the music de- partment : Girls’ Glee Club: Dorothy Henning, Ella James, Lucille Rathman, Katharene Roach, Margie Schnetzler, Elizabeth Somerville, Marionne Som- 20— erville, Margot Spence, Carllene Steidinger, Heien Steidinger, Florence Sutter, Edith Yeagle. Boys’ Glee Club: Carl Eilers, Charles Hanes, John Reis, Jay Morris, Harry Wagenseller. Majorettes: Margie Schnetzler, Betty Clark. Band: Helen Steidinger, Carllene Steidinger, Edith Yeagle, Joan Milne, Charles Hanes, Jay Morris, Ella James, Lois Fitzgerald, Lois Newnam, Dorothy Henning. As a memoir of our class and a lasting tribute to those serving in the armed forces, we are leaving to the school an Honor Roll upon which will be inscribed the names of all graduates of F. T. H. S. in the service. I he Honor Roll will be made so that more names may be added in the luture. Now that we have completed our twelve years of basic education, we are ready to step across the threshold, diploma in hand, to seek whatever the future may hold for each of us. It is here our ways must part—many or us will go into the armed forces, some of us will go on to college, some of us will secure various positions in the business world. But no matter how different our aims may be, one thing we share in common—the knowl- edge that we are starting anew and our life will be what we, ourselves, make it. Our motto: Success is just around the corner. Be sure to turn. Colors: Red, white, and blue. blower: Red and white carnations. - - -x- - SENIOR CLASS WILL KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we, the grad- uating class in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-three of the Fairbury Township High School, Fairbury, Illinois, of the United States of America, after four years of unrewarded effort to change this drool-school into a jive-dive, all this time being in a rut, but now in the groove, we’re hep to the step and giving them the gait, and so revoke all former wills and testaments by us heretofore made: First: We, the entire class, bequeath to the under-worms our high esteem for the lower things in life. Second: We, the entire class, do hereby bequeath our ability to avoid the disastrous consequences of absenteeism in the mornings after the nights spent in rug-cutting, snuggle-bugging whing-dings at the local Hop houses. Third: We, the entire class, bequeath our overflowing love for those two faculty floogies, Kuzzie and Izzie, who after five days of teaching at dear old F. T. H. S., buzz off on the weekends to the Chicago stockyards lor a fresh breath of air. Fourth: We, the entire class, leave carrot-topped Staggs. Whoopie! Fifth: We as individual members make the following bequests: —21 — I, Roy Carder, hereby leave my Freshman admirers the memory of ny super-shoulders and all-empowering arms in the hopes that it may console them after 1 have gone. I, Betty Clark, bequeath to Mary Rose Travis my success in ensnaring Forrest bar-keeps into the matrimonial sea. Note: I attribute my success to the fact that I wear red so well. I, Carl Filers, leave my blonde locks and bobbing Adam’s apple to that luscious Eve, Mae Bender. I, Lois Fitzgerald, leave my doctor hills and chronic ailments to that lragile little Doris Von Bergen. I, Betty Grove, leave my yen for a uniform to Edna Wenger. I, Charles Hanes, that Lochinvar from out of the West—on, that handsome heartbreaker, that rugged specimen of manhood, i. e. darling ol all the women, bequeath “All This and My Inflated Ego, Too” to any- one who feels he can shoulder the load. I, Dorothy Henning, leave to get my lenses changed as the after- effects of killing one ( 1) zombie at Sloppy Joe Carrithers’ flophouse. (Burp!) I, Ralph Hoffman, leave my meek and mild attitude toward that fiery demon of the Junior class to whoever may encounter her next. Poor fellow! I, Ella James, leave my great succes (?) with the 4-F’s, farmers, and juveniles, and the resultant jiltings to my sister, Olive Mae, who already has a good start. I, imogene Jessup, leave my—CENSORED—!! I, John Torch, leave my unpaid Christmas present hill to the bene- liciary, Florence Gerdes. I, Fdsie Mae Metz, leave my loud-mouthed show off antics to that angelic, mouse-like Vivian Schmidt. I, Joan Milne, the blonde sheep of the Senior class, bequeath to N'orma Young, who direly needs and desires it. my curly fleece. I, Jay Morris, leave some peace to 'he teachers, and to the rest of the student body my animated ant cs which think are iust too cute. I, Charlotte Nance, leave. I have made so many mistakes in life, but I DON’T CARE! 1, Lois Newnam, bequeath my long-coveted seat in the theatre behind the boys with the Ford to Maxine Sears, who heretofore patronized the balcony. I, 1 ucille Rathman. leave mv coca-cola bottle figure to Margaret Mehrings. Flelpful Hint: I attribute this to my wrestling with a tooth- pick every night. I, John Reis, leave to Miss Kouzmanoff a year’s subscription to the Chicago Tribune. I, Richard Rice, leave my outward bashfulness and inward wolf-ways to Byard Williams on his out-of-town trips. I, I.yle Ricketts, leave my tobacco-stained teeth and bottle of Four Roses to Albert Flonegger. I, Marcella Rinkenberger. leave mv lisrht and airy steps which shake the whole darned assembly, to quiet little Jesse Huber. —22— I, Katharenc Roach, leave my demon driving with the brake on and the radiator dry to Charles Miskell. I, Margie Schnetzler, leave my ability to be engaged and still keep all the other boys on the string to anyone who thinks it might come in handy some day. I, Elizabeth Somerville, will my ability to fight in the clinches with Joe Louis to that belle of the bars, Mary Harris. I, Marionne Somerville, leave my passion for movie stars, Sabu in particular, to beauless Betty Wills. 1, Margot Spence (Lady Godiva), leave my Amazonian tactics and tears to Alice Ferguson. I, Helen Steidinger, will my sweater girl figure and favorite song, “Jersey Bounce,” to Phyllis Haab. I, Carllene Steidinger, leave my l ooks and my ability to concentrate on them into the wee hours of the morning to Phyllis Moyer, who con- centrates into the wee hours of the morning—but not on books! I, Florence Sutter, leave my diamond to Lula Mae Bess (whose only chance it will be) with the understanding that I get it back when I quit going steady. I, Maurice Sutter, do hereby leave my sowing machine to Charles eatch in the hopes that he may sow his wild oats as unfruitfully as I have. I, Charles Thomas, leave my ability to run from the scene of a good fight, especially my own fights, to Francis Haase. I, Frances Tollensdorf, leave my radiant countenance and dynamic personality to Rosemary Gahwiler, hoping that she will put them to ad- vantage like 1 did. I, Virgil Travis, leave my title of “King of the Speedway” to that bashful snailpacer, Bob Ziegenhorn. I, Ruby Vance, leave my congeniality and 18-inch waist to that sylph- like Ruth Smith. I, Harry John Wagenseller, am really leaving this time. I deem this sufficient. 1, Wayne Winterland, leave my ability to slip my girl friends a couple of gallons of gas on the Q. T. to Bill Tagg in the hopes that he will get my position when I leave for the WAACs May 21st. I, Herbert Wiser, bequeath my retractable ears, concave chest and convex stomach to Dula Mae Dawson. I, Edith Yeagle, leave my ability to take things as they come, always with a smile, with now and then a colorful word interjected, to wild, wooly Carlos Bandy. And lastly, we nominate and appoint Happy DeFries to be the sole executor of this Will and desire that he will carry ou‘ our wishes as they were hereinbefore stated. Signed, sealed, slung upon our former said cellmates by the Senior Class of ’43, as its I ast Will and Testament in the presence of the wit- nesses undersigned. MINNIE SNEYD (Seal) DR ACULA (Seal) —23— YOUR UNCLE DUDLEY The Senior play, “Your Uncle Dudley,” was given at the Central theatre Friday night, April 30. The action is fast and furious, and centers around Dudley Dixon’s attempts to get his dominating sister, Mabel, out of the house so that he will be free to marry Christine, his Danish girl-friend. His hopes hinge on Ethelyn, Mabel’s daughter, for unless she wins the $5,000 prize in a voice contest, Mabel cannot go to Europe. Charles Hanes plays the part of Dudley, the harassed bachelor, and Ella James is his sister. Ethelyn is portrayed by Helen Steidinger, and Robert, her boy-friend, by Willard Craig. Cyril, Dudley’s teen-age nephew, is played by Jay Morris. Katharine Roach is Christine, and Herbert Wiser plays Charlie Post, Dudley’s friend. And then there is Grandma—lovable and scheming—played by Edith Yeagle. The production angle was handled by Carl Filers, stage manager; Carllene Steidinger, stage properties; I ois Fitzgerald and Dorothy Hen- ning, prompters and properties. The painting of the scenery was under the direction of Carl Filers, Charles Hanes. John Torch, and Jay Morris. Miss Kemple directed the play. —24— I’m Not So Pretty Smart Teachers I didn’t read my chapter, Wouldn’t know it if I had. This physics class has got me stumped. My grades are pretty bad. I’m scared to death of current flow, My circuits all go flooey. Electric wires don’t appeal to me After what happened to Uncle Looey. Acids, I hear, burn holes in things, And to spill some would just be ducky. Now what would happen if it got on me? If I live through this class, I’ll be lucky. They tried to explain about motors to me And I tried hard to understand. I just wasn’t built to take motors apart. Oh, for the brain of a man. (I’m kidding) My motto has always been, “Never say die,’’ But I’m so discouraged with D’s, They do give me credit for trying, I guess, And those D’s could well have been E's. Take warning, all you sweet young ferns Who have delicate brains (?) such as mine. Never take physics, bluffing won’t work— Mr. Schneider won’t fall for a line. By Ella (ain’t mechanical) James Breathes there a girl with soul so dead Who never to herself has said, “I think I’ll polish my saddles tonight—” And then forgotten. —Edith Yeagle. Mr. Ricketts: “Sit up straight and put BOTH of your feet on the floor.’’ Miss Kouzmanoff: “And here’s another item about Colonel McCormick.’’ Mr. Staggs: “Now, you, MARGIE, can just take that front seat.” Miss Sharp: “If you don’t stop talking I’ll send you to the office.” Mr. Leatch: “There’ll be a little quiz tomorrow over the last CHAPTERS.” Miss Isebrands: “Take out your Gregg writers.” Mr. Schneider: “You can sell all of the tickets. The people in Fairbury are making money.” Miss Kemple: “Notebooks due at the end of the six weeks.” Miss Whitford: “Tomorrow we’ll have breakfast.” Mr. Bayless: “And these are the stu- dents who haven’t returned their re- port cards.” Miss Kaiser: “That equation is very simple.” —Elizabeth Somerville. December 7, 1941 December Seven! Oh, yellow race. Your sons, their sons, nor all your kind, From memory can now erase The shame this date will call to mind. Long after peace is won and made An' safety comes to land and sea, And present hatreds cool and fade, Remembered still this day will be. —Katharene Roach. Sabotage—(in Spanish, sabataje) Three figures are seen approaching the Spanish room door. There they stand whispering and looking about in a manner as if they know that if they’re caught this may be their finish! Now they’ve quit talking just as Miss Sharp ushers them into her room. Class has started and as these three students sit down together they give each other an assuring smile, and then a slight laugh as if to say, “This may be our last day in here.” When the hands of the clock point to 11:55, the three boys get ready to spring for the door. 11:56, 11:57, 11:58—and sweat begins to pour out on their foreheads. 11:59! At last the time has come! At last these three have gotten their chance for revenge on Miss Sharp for the D and two C’s last six weeks. All the Spanish class has left now, except for these three boys who linger awhile at the door. Then with a look of vengeance on their faces they leap outside of the room and slam the door. Silence. But this is broken by a scream of horror from within the Spanish room. The boys hear the scream from upstairs, and burst into a long laugh. In their pocket is the door-knob of the Spanish room door! JAY MORRIS. MAURICE SUTTER. JOHNNY LORCH. P. S. To Miss Sharp: We are very sorry you were kept in there until 12:30. We just wanted to keep you in there until 1:00. —25— Our School Days We all entered F. T. H. S. In the year of 1939. Since that day of entering We’ve all had a grand time. In our Freshman year we were happy And ornery as could be. We never studied very hard nd always rated a C. The next year was 1940, And we were little Sophomores. Just the perfect little angels That all our parents adore. So as the days pass And May rolls around We reach the time for parting Eut happiness we’ve found. So we hope everyone remembers The graduating class of ’43, Who tried to do their part In working for victory. —By Florence Sutter. My Life Is Full of School My life is full of school. It jars upon my system Until my fingers fairly ache To grab some necks and twist ’em. A wise guy laughs aloud Another passes a note, The teacher stamps across to him— I guess he’s got her goat. The principal taps his pencil, We all begin to work. Of course there isn’t time For you nor me to shirk. Outside a robin gaily sings So glad that spring is here. Out side a train goes shrieking past Without a care nor fear. My mind is full of murderous thoughts My nerves aren’t like my buddies’. But through it all—midst it all— I study! study! study! —Elsie Mac Metz. Moths The moth is a very destructive little animal-and peculiar, too. Contrary to sea- sons he lives in fur in summer and in bathing suits in winter. But lately he has had a harder time in winter because rubber has been introduced into bathing suits and, anymore, they are so scanty, that a moth is likely to starve, which is all right with me, because I have never wasted any love on the brutes since I found my best wool skirt would make a better sieve. � To one kind of moth a flame is irresistible. In fact it was a moth who got the lirst and original hot-foot. Nobody knows why moths only bother dead animals—I guess it’s because a dog or similar living animals are the fleas domain and a moth is related to a flea, distantly, and they don’t want trouble in the family. Just the same we owe a great deal to the mo'.h. If it weren’t for him, where would mothball companies be? And besides, we wouldn’t have anything to worry about when we put away our woolies for the summer. —Helen Steidinger. A Heart of Gold Just yesterday it was when someone said to me, “I knew her and she had a heart of gold.” And I believe there lives not one who’d disagree, For surely truer words were never told. She never spoke an unkind word where’er she went; Her friendship wasn’t bought and wasn’t sold. In time of need her helping hand she lent. For deep inside she had a heart of gold. And if she could be here amid this war-torn world. Her smiles the burden of self sacrifice would hold; And through it all her hope and faith would stand unfurled, For she has always had a heart of gold. Men say that in the future after victory, These tyrants and their lands must be paroled. The thought then came to me that this would needless be If there were more of us that had a heart of gold. —Margie Schnetzler. —26— Class Officers PRESIDENT . . ALDEN BECKLEY VICE-PRESIDENT . . BILL TAUG SEC.-TREAS. . EMMA LOU HUBER JLNICCf CARLOS BANDY ALDEN BECKLEY EULA MAE BESS GLENN BOOKER HERSCHEL BUTLER RAYMOND CARDER DOROTHY CARLSON ROSEMARY CROUCH DULA MAE DAWSON ROBERT DECKER JAMES DEGENHART EUGENE DURHAM JACK GAHWILER FLORENCE GERDES PHYLLIS HAAB JOAN HEINS JOYCE HEINS ROBERT HIRSTEIN EMMA LOU HUBER JESSE HUBER MARJORIE JESSUP ERNEST JOHNSON EVELYN LEETCH EUGENE LOUGHRAN juniors —28— 944 MARGARET MEHRINGS CHARLES MISKELL DARRELL PETER NINA LOU RAMSEYER JIM RICE CHARLENE SCHLICHER BOB SPENCE DON STEIDINGER BILL TAGG JO ANNE THOMPSON ELLEN VAIL CHARLES VEATCH DORIS VON BERGEN DOROTHY WAGENSELLER ARTHUR WALTER JIM WATSON CHARLES WILKEN BILL WOODARD NORMA YOUNG RUTH ZIMMERMAN FRANK RIGSBY WILLARD CRAIG CHARLES THOMAS JERRY WILSON —29— JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY September 2, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen hundred and Forty, fifty-seven Freshmen entered upon the premises of the Fairbury Town- ship High School to teach the teachers as well as the Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors how much we knew. It’s surprising how much one forgets from the eighth grade to high school. It is also surprising how slowly they responded to our treatment, but how quickly we responded to theirs. Our Freshman year was a happy one, as we took active part in all the activities of the school. Year number two was not less enjoyable and we are now making a huge success of our third and Junior year at F. T. H. S. In these three years our class has been well represented in football, basketball, and baseball. Our contribution to the music department has been important in solo work, ensembles, chorus, and band. We have contributed time and talent to all the organizations of the school and have done our best to keep them at least more alive than dead. In the past three years our class has decreased by the loss of Jim Bean, Glenn Bushman, Glenn Craig, Robert Dringenberg, George Foster, Bob Hirstein, Bette Huette, Elizabeth Kaisner, Jean Lehman, Patricia Meh- rings, Jean Moore, Shirley Noble, Mae Powell, Marjorie Sheppard, Rose Lllen Sutton, Glenn Tipton, Richard Walter, Jim Watson, Lyle Winter- iand, and James Hurt. However, we have added to our ranks: Carlos Bandy, Bill Tagg, Ellen Vail, Harvey Hartman, Irma Wallenstein, Rose- mary Crouch, and Robert Decker. We are proud of our contribution to the performance of “Blow Me Down and of our Junior class play, “Button, Button.” Our present officers are: President—Alden Beekley. Vice-President—Bill Tagg. Secretary-Treasurer—Emma Lou Huber. PROPHECY We, the Four Unknowns, were handed the tremendous task of locating the '43 graduating class by our erstwhile professor. After much research and trouble, we were amazed to discover that the majority of the class was located in Chicago. So, taking the latest train, we arrived at the city. Our first job was locating Edith Yeagle, president of that class. We found her— in the local jug. Edith is the author of that best seller, “Crime Does Not Pay.” She was caught because she was pickpocketing a blind man’s tin cup. Next, we tracked down Charles Hanes, vice-president of that class. Hanes is employed in a clock factory. The heavy labor he was subjected to was painting faces on the clocks. But he was fired in the middle of the first afternoon, because his handsome (?) face refused to let the clocks continue running. After locating these two, we decided that we had better partake of some nourish- ment (in udder woids, grapple some grub). We returned to the hotel and were greeted at the door by the very person we were looking for. Roy Carder, the class treasurer, was employed as a bell boy at our hotel. Pulling us into a corner, he re- lated to us an unusual experience that happened the other day. It seems as though he was carrying down the bags of a diaper salesman to the door of an awaiting taxi. The salesman reached into his pocket to give him a tip when he noticed he had no change. So out of the generosity of his heart he gave him two boxes of diapers to make up for the tip. And me without a baby,” he moaned. We found John Reis sedulously writing his profound tome entitled, A Complete High School Education.” with the subtle title, In Ten Easy Years or Five Hard Ones.” We bumped into Margot Spence, who, looking positively wild-eyed, was cajoling eight bratty little Alexanderites with lollypops. (Incidentally, need we mention that these offspring are hers through benefit of clergy?) Lucille Rathman has opened up a dancing school on South Boulevard. The other day a circus entertainer by the name of Big Boy Bobby, who weighs 575 pounds, came in and decided to take lessons. After five hours of steady dancing with her new pupil, they had to carry Lucille off the dancing floor on a stretcher. Lyle Ricketts, we’re not surprised to learn, is now number 107869721, residing in Alcatraz. The offense? A little matter of tax delinquency for six years. Ricketts— always the individualist. Helen Steidinger has at last found her own little niche in the world—rescuing abused cats from the cruel and merciless streets of Chicago. She came to regard them as kindred souls. Meow! One of the main attractions at Joe’s Jive Joint is the red-headed Queen of the Bumps,” Ella James, doing her stuff with a couple of hummingbirds. These are the bare facts! We picked up the Chicago Tribune and splattered all over the front page were the latest developments of the Jack Gahwiler case. Wonder if it happened when he was out working on his father’s farm. We were ushered into the office of Carl Eilers, president of the Skin Tight B. S. Manufacturing Co. (B. S. standing for bathing suit) and found him tearing his hair and fatuously chewing on a stogie all the while eyeing a line of luscious babes dis- playing Skin Tights—and that ain’t all. Ruby Vance is the new caddie at a large golf course in Chicago. The other day the man for whom she was caddying knocked his golf ball into the creek. Stepping out into the water cautiously, she hit a deep step-off, and was submerged from sight. She came into sight again about a half mile down stream. After this experience she is so sick of the word water that upon hearing the word she goes into a blind rage. Late that night we ran into Carder again. I heard one of the YMCA swimmers,” be began, ‘‘talking to a friend about the latest tragedy that occurred in the pool. Ralph Hoffman, diving instructor, has ruined his reputation and has committed his first and probably last error. He was instructing the students in the correct form to be used in the swan dive. He was half way through with his dive when he noticed much to his amazement and distress, the janitor had emptied the pool the night before. Result: Two broken arms and fractured skull.” And that ain’t all,” continued Carder. Florence Sutter, who was working her way to the top in the large city hosrital was discharged recently due to the fact that she gave a blood transfusion to an elderly man, and was amazed to find out later that the blood she transfused” was catsup. Catherine Roach, who in aiding the war effort has become an ambulance driver first class, had a terrible accident befall her the other day. It seems as if she had been called out on an emergency case which occurred on the edge of a cliff. She was so thrilled and excited at this being her first case, that she thought she had shifted into first, but instead it was reverse. You guessed it; lucky for her, she was out of gas or it would have been buzzard bait” for Catherine. Marion Somerville is stenographer now for Joe Louis. The other day at Joe’s training camp they were short of sparring partners. Marion volunteered to put on the gloves with the champ, and in the second round knocked him flat. Elizabeth Somerville is now managing her own baseball team the Sparta Spar- rows. One time during a terrific baseball game for the championship of her league, one of the main sluggers was hit by the baseball. Elizabeth grabbed the bat and pinch- hit for him. The first one thfit came over the plate was about three feet over her head. Leaping up in the air she swung with all her might. A home run in any man’s language! She said later the reason she jumped was that one kid in the bleachers got her right—you know where—with a spit ball. Imogene Jessun, that noted missionary, has accepted a position in a famous nun- nery in Chicago. Imogene said, and we quote, Da woik ain’t so bad’n ’sides I kinda likes da unfoims. Dey fits me so good.” —31 — Herbert Wiser, long distance swimmer, was disqualified from his last meet due to the fact that the judges discovered his swimming trunks were made of cork. “Yeah,” Herb later said, “but they didn‘t find the motor that was strapped on my chest.” Harry Wagenseller is now touring the country giving lectures on “promptness.” I attended one of his lectures, but I made no special effort to be there at the appointed time which was nine o’clock. I walked in at 9:45 and Harry just casually breezed in. The bicycle station that Wayne Winterland operated during the war is still thriving in spite of the return of automobiles. The business furnishes so much com- petition for the Texaco stations that Wayne invented a bicycle that would start with Texaco gasoline only. Maurice Sutter, the penny-pincher baker of Fairbury, has linally been caught up with by a suit for $50,000. The people linally rebelled against trying to eat his con- crete dummy rolls taken from his show windows. Better luck next time, Maurice. We walked down Michigan Avenue and whom should we see but our old friend, Lois Newnam. She was standing on a busy corner taking up a collection for the Salvation Army. She told us that she had had three unsuccessful marriages, so she decided to settle down to a more quiet life on the streets of Chicago. Elsie Mae Metz has just been married the third time. She was fortunate enougn to have her two former soldier husbands have their troop transports shot out from under them, thereby causing their death and giving her the benefit of their war in- surance. She hopes to be just as successful with her third husband. Dick Rice is now a missionary in Ubangy-Bangy-Land, but it seems like some little cute trick from the neighboring village made him completely forget his profes- sion. He now owns the No. 1 Gambling Joint and Rabble-Rousing Tavern, in the whole southern Pacific. Don’t ask us—hie—how we know—-hie— The latest news on Carllene Steidinger is that she flunked out of West Point for failure to pass the subjects of Math and Chemistry. Later in an interview she said the reasons were that she couldn’t keep her mini on her work. Answer pretty ob- vious. Carllene. Dorothy Henning, latest enlistment in the WAACS, was expelled recently because she was caught strip-teasing in a nearby city. (Clothes rationing—yeah!) Marcella Rinkenberger has just been crowned Queen of Corn by the Upbeat. Her famous orchestra is composed of two harmonicas, three Jew’s harps, one banjo and two guitars. “Her orchestra produces such soothing music,” one critic declared. Betty Groves, a member of the Flying Five of the adagio team, has recently in- jured her nose due to a bad catch by one of her partners. It seems as though the throw was a little wild and he had to frrab for the nearest thing. The nearest thing was her nose. “Nobody nose the trouble she’s had.” Virgil Travis was arrested the other day for speeding while running (gas ration- ing, you know). Joan Milne, we found out, has become a famous lumberjack in the wilds of Wash- ington. But misfortune befell her the other day. She was climbing up a tree to cut off the top of it. She got half way up when she noticed her spurs weren’t on. A new record was made for descending the tree. Later from her hospital bed, Joannie said she wondered at the time why it was such hard work climbing. Charlotte Nance, whom we found as the elevator girl in our hotel, had quite an accident the other day. The cable broke on her elevator, and if it hadn’t been for the fact that she had on a light fall suit, she would have 'been killed for sure. Betty Clark is still plugging away at the restaurant back home. She has quite a large staff of waiters now, due to her marriage. When you first enter the place one little Molten takes off your hat and coat; one picks your pocket; the third pushes you into your booth; and the fourth serves you. Jay Morris, the well known proficient farmer around Fairbury, had another blessed event the other day. The baby came and both baby and mother are doing as well as can be expected. But Jay was a little disturbed at the way he had to intro- duce the new baby to milk. He had to submerge the whole baby’s head in the milk to get it to drink. Later when asked about this strange method of introducing milk to the baby, Morris said, “I will admit it was a little unusual, but that blamed calf made me so mad that I was willing to do anything.” John Lorch, who is a private in the army, has proven to be a very successful hiker due to his usual long strides. At the end of his company s first long march he arrived back at the barracks two hours before the rest of his company. But much to his disgust he discovered that he had forgotten to take along his knapsack, and he was instructed by his sergeant to make the complete hike again. —32— BUTTON, BUTTON “Button, Button,” a delightful comedy, was presented at the Central Theatre by the Junior class, March 26. Button, characterized by Charles Miskcll, is supposedly a mental defective, but he develops into a very unusual and enjoyable character. Many people try to influence him in their own field, hut with little success. He is located at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Woodhouse for an indefinite period of time. Mr. Woodhouse, Button’s brother, is a golf fiend. Eugene Durham handled this part very well. His wife, played by Phyllis Haab, is a psychoanalyst. Mrs. Weed, a lover of old things, and her daughter, Phoebe, a mod- ernist, are friends of the family who bring in many interesting complica- tions. T heir parts were portrayed by Eula Mae Bess and Norma Young. T he two maids, Josie and Maude, better known as Marjorie Jessup and Dorothy Carlson, contributed considerably to Button’s happiness and the play’s excellent dramatization. Emery, the chauffeur, and Ed and Al, the deliverymen, added color to the plav. Their parts were characterized hy Jesse Huber, Jim Rice, and Art Walter. The production staff included: Stage managers—Don Steidinger, Art Walter, Jim Rice; prompters— Joan Heins, Darrell Peters; director—W. A. Schneider. —33— The Rose of Friendship In a garden spot of beauty Grew a rose in God’s good air, Sending forth its richest perfume Growing ever sweeter there, Opening bud and blossom, brought to everybody cheer, Always reaching toward the sunlight Adding beauty every year. So the rose of friendship blooming, In life’s garden hour by hour, Finds new beauties all around it, Blossoms into richest flower, Smiles make up its daily sunshine, Bits of comfort bring it dew. It’s a rose that God has planted In the hearts of friends like you. —Ellen Vail. Our Flag We dearly love our country’s flag Under which our comrades died. In every star there gleams a hope, In every stripe a pride. ’Tis the emblem of freedom. The hope of the world. For freedom and justice It still is unfurled. Oh, why are we thrilled At this beautiful sight? It stands for our freedom So it must be all right. We will stand by the land Over which it must wave. The land of the free. And the home of the brave. —Nina Lou Ramseyer. Her Hair Is Gold Her hair is gold, Her eyes are blue, She is some Babe! But—she’s only two! —Phyllis Haab. Making the Grade I think that I shall never see A D” as lovely as a “B.” A “B” whose rounded form is pressed Upon the records of the blessed. A “D” is easily made, and yet, It’s not so easy to forget. “D’s” are made by fools like me, But only God can make a B.” —Bill Tagg. F. T. H. S. The Freshmen out at our high school, Are definitely trying to break the rule. When passing out the assembly door You nearly get trampled on the floor. The Sophomores aren’t quite so bad With the exception of one mischievous lad, But because he’s becoming an athletic man, We overlook his pranks as best we can. The Juniors of course, are the best class yet; They wouldn’t be unruly on a bet. You’ll always find them on the spot. Except for a few who say, “I forgot.” The Senior class we can not exclude. They’d consider that exceptionally rude. But since they are about to graduate We now say goodbye before it’s too late. —Emma Lou Huber. Commercial Course? Wow! On the last day of August in ’42, There came a teacher with eyes of blue. When the students first saw her blue eyes, You should have been there and heard the sighs. The hair on her head is chestnut brown With little waves dangling all around. When one of these waves drops before her eyes You would think she was wearing make-up disguise. In case you have not guessed her name by this description, I will give you one that will fill the subscription. She is a woman whom no one understands Because her name is Miss Isebrands. —Charles Miskell. CPliCMCCE —35— ELIAS AUPPERLE MURIEL BEDELL MAE BENDER HOWARD BESS HAROLD BINGHAM IX)IS BIRCH EVELYN CLARK EVELYN CRAIG DALE DAMERON PHYLLIS DRENNEN PAUL EILERS ALICE FERGUSON RAY FITZGERALD ROSE FLANAGAN BOB GOUGE HELEN GREEN FRANCIS HAASE PATRICIA HANER DOROTHY HANES MARY ELEANOR HARRIS IRENE HURT OLIVE JAMES RALPH KNOPP JUNIOR LEHMAN ophomores —36— ROSE LORCH 1945 LLOYD METZ CHRISTIE MILLER ROBERT MOSER JOHN MOWERY KENNETH NEWMAN BOB NUSSBAUM VIVIAN SCHMIDT MAXINE SEARS HELEN TAGG BETTY TRAVIS CARL TULL WARREN ULFERS HOWARD VON BERGEN WILLIAM WILKEN BYARD WILLIAMS GRACELEE WILLIAMSON BETTY WILLS ARNOLA WINTERLAND REVA WISER ROBERT ZIEGENHORN —37— An Influential Poem The place is Fairbury High School, From the assembly comes a roar. But suddenly the noise subsides As Prof comes through the door. Then we watch those thumbtacks And plant them secretly. But if you get caught in the act, The office walls you’ll see. Then after thumbtack time has passed. Announcement time is here. A “funny sense of humor” makes Us grin from ear to ear. We have fun at Fairbury High School Every chance we get; And so far I’ve been fortunate— Haven’t seen the office YET! —Bette Wills. She wore her dress Above her knees. She walked downtown Into the breeze— Wheel —Helen Tagg. It’s a Halfback It’s a halfback Starring Terry Leach! Now all he lacks Is a little size and reach. He’s got the heart, And he’ll have the start; We know his fame will far reach, ’Cause for a dad he’s got a peach-- A little guy named Frankie Leach. —Howard Bess. Latin Genius I think that there shall never be, Another Sophomore just like me. My Latin I’ll admit’s not good, And I would leave it if I could. Miss Sharp and I get along swell. (In this case, truth, I cannot tell.) The seats are empty all around. That this class talks soon was found. She picks us out right and left, And if words won’t do, she uses heft. Maybe they all aren’t dumb as me, But I’m barking up the wrong tree. Latin’s all right for a kid who thinks, But as for me it smells! —Bob Nussbaum. Boys in the Service To everyone in the service We give our hearty thanks. No matter what part they may be in, Flying or driving tanks. For they’re saving our country And helping to win the peace That will follow afterwards And when the war does cease. So no matter where they’re serving They’ll free our country or bust. And we will win this battle We can, we will, we must! —Phyllis Somers. Home Defense It’s not just the men in service That are going to win this war; If we want complete victory, We must do even more. Get on the assembly line. Turn out planes, guns, and tanks; So when a soldier boy writes home His letter will say “Thanks.” It will also lift your spirit To know you’ve had a part, To put an end to this old war, The war we didn’t start. —Rose Lorch. 38— fCE HMEN —39— JIMMY ALBEE PHYLLIS BEAN ROBERT BECKLEY CARROLL BESGROVE WAYNE BOOKER WILBUR BOOKER EARL BROQUARD GLADYS BUSHMAN HAROLD BUTLER ELBERT COOPER ROSEMARY COOPER HAPPY DeFRIES WENDELL DEGENHART JOHN FRIEDMAN DICK GAHWILER ROSEMARY GAHWILER CHARLES GREEN MATTIE GROVE CAROLINE HAAS ROBERT HANKINS PRISCILLA HARRIS WILLIS HARRIS KENNETH HEADLEY JONATHAN HETHERINGTON Cjfreshmen 40— FRANCES HILDRETH ALBERT HONEGGER CLARENCE KAISNER DANIEL MALLORY KENNETH METZ PHYLLIS MOYER WILLADENE McKINLEY MELVIN NORRIS KENNETH RANGE SAMMIE RUNYON GEORGE SCHADE JACQUELINE SCHADE RUTH SMITH RICHARD STEIDINGER JIMMY STIVER GEORGE STRODE JOHN THOMPSON MARY ROSE TRAVIS ELEANOR WALTER STANLEY WEEKS MILDRED WENGER KEITH WESSELS LUCETTA WESSELS GENE WOODARD 41 — Freedom The right to freedom of speech. Is what we want to reach; We’ll give our lives to save our land. While every American lends a hand. The right to freedom is our aim. Although we may suffer in great pain; We’ll keep our spirits high and bright, So we will do what is right. We will succeed! We must succeed! To keep our land so clean and bright, So we’ll not see that awful sight Which keeps us awake at night. So on to victory without a sigh. And with our heads upright, We’ll try to keep our hearts so high, We cannot fail to win this fight. —Annabelle Nash. Ration First they rationed tires, Just because of the buyers; Then they rationed canned goods And stopped producing car hoods. The hoarders have said, They haven’t a thing, but under the bed And in the cellars you’ll see Goods, packed tighter than the closet of Fibber McGee. There are some good parts of this ration Which are O. K. for the duration, But after the war We want them no more. —John Zimmerman. My Ford My ole Ford did jump ’n’ jive, ’Twas made in the summer of ’25. When it started it jumped! When it went it bumped! But when it ran it sounded alive. My ole Model T is now no more, I gave it for junk and the war. Cause without any tires. Gas, tubes, or wires, My poor Model T is no more. My Report Card This is nineteen forty-three; I’m a Freshman as you see. Freshman year is very hard, To try and get A’s on that card. When I reach the Sophomore year, Then the low grades shall appear; Oh my! What if I should fail. I’d get my report card through the mail. —Eleanor Walter. My Oliver Although it may be an ugly hack, A nineteen twenty-five model, It’s as good as any Cadillac From the exhaust up to the throttle. It has no fenders or a top, It has no spare tire on the back; But I wouldn’t trade it for a forty-two Buick or Cadillac. Four gallons a week is not so much For a rich man’s limousine. But I have plenty of gas to burn, In my nineteen twenty-five machine. —Robert Hankins. Keep Trying If you’ve failed once and fail again. Don’t quit; keep trying! If in sunshine or in rain, Don’t quit; keep trying! Just because things aren't just right, Don’t lose courage; keep on with the fight. Don’t quit; keep trying! —Caroline Haas. Sunshine In Your Smile A little bit of sunshine in your smile. Will make someone that’s feeling sad. Forget and smile for a little while, And begin to have the best time they’ve had. Have sunshine in your smile on a rainy day, Don’t let those gloomy days get you down. Tell everyone you meet, “A smile will always pay.” Here’s hoping you will never meet them with a frown. —42— —Dick Steidinger. —Mildred Wenger. ACTI VITI EX FOOTBALL Graduating Lettermen Lyle Ricketts Roy Carder FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Forrest ..................... 0 Washington .................. 6 El Paso .................... 26 Dwight ...................... 6 Lexington ................... 0 Pontiac ..................... 7 Farmer City................. 26 Chenoa ...................... 0 Fairbury..................... 20 ” ....................... 6 ” ....................... 0 ” ....................... 26 ” ....................... 20 ” ....................... 6 ” ....................... 6 ” ........................ 32 —43— Most Valuable Players YEAR PLAYER POSITION Letters 1942 L. Ricketts R. Halfback 2 1941 Dean Sparks Fullback 2 1940 Chester Powell Guard 2 1939 John Ziegenhorn R. Halfback 3 CO-CAPTAINS Lyle Ricketts, Roy Carder TROPHY AWARD Lyle Ricketts FOOTBALL TEAM ROY CARDER. Roy hit them hard when they ran around through right end. GLENN BOOKER: Glenn continued his line work at tackle and how! BILL TAGG: Bill generally did a good job of charging in the line. RAY CARDER: Ray always opened up the line for the backs; an incendiary bomb. HOWARD BESS: Bessy took over his brother’s position as center to see that the ball got to the backs. JACK GAHWILER: Jack stopped those plays through the centei of the line with good tackling. BOB GOUGE: Bob was the smallest man on the team, but he took out his opponents. FRANCIS HAASE: Francis was always a fast-charging tackle. When he tackled them they knew they were hit. KENNETH RANGE: Range was good at staging passes over the end zone. He hit the opponents hard. ROBERT HIRSTEIN: Bob was rather small, but he stopped his opponents coming around left end. LYLE RICKETTS: Lyle was a hard-driving back with plenty of power to carry him over the goal line. SAM RUNYON: Sam was good at running the ends. ALDEN BECKLEY: Beck was the boy that ran the right plays at the right time. BILL WOODARD: With only a few yards to go, Bill would always plunge over. Other members of the squad were: Richard Rice, John Lorch, Carl Eilers, Herschel Butler. Gene Woodard, Wayne and Wilbur Booker, George Strode. —44— FOOTBALL I his year’s first eleven was one of the best organized teams in the last several years. Kvery player was intent on helping his fellow buddy do his part to the best of his ability. Mr. Leach had one main aim when he came out to coach the team and that was to make a winning team by em- ploying the idea of co-operation. He also worked with the players and ironed out every Haw the boys had. Although Fairbury didn’t win every game they had a year of good experience. They lost two games they should easily have won. The loss of Ziegenhorn due to an injury was a handicap to the team. Forrest—T here Under the extreme hotness of a blistering sun, the two teams fought fiercely to be the winner. Fairbury with their well balanced, unusually light team, was victorious by a considerable margin. Although it was early in the season, Fairburfy outplayed P'orrest in every department of the game. Fairbury went across three times for touchdowns, not counting the fourth which was not valid because of a penalty. The final score was 20-6 in our favor. Washington—T here With extreme driving by the Fairbury line and hard tackling by the whole team, the Green and Gold emerged from a hot and bitter battle with a 6-6 tie. Washington had considerably the larger team, but they were evenly matched with Fairbury’s fighting spirit. El Paso—Here Fairbury failed to function properly in this game, played in the first snow of the season. Once again Fairbury’s opponents had a great weight advantage. In the second half the Green and Gold dug in and showed offensive life, but it fell short of the pay dirt. Final score—F.l Paso 20, Fairbury 0. Dwight—T here Fairbury, becoming slightly stale because of the lack of substitutes, tell short in this year’s annual with Dwight. To the host’s advantage was the fact that they had two full teams plus a good third team. They substituted freely and were never overcome by the Green and Gold. Fairbury showed several signs of ripping through their enemies but was always bogged down by fresh substitutes for the Dwight team. 'I he final count—Dwight 26, Fairbury 6. Lexington—T here With superb blocking by the linemen, the Fairbury backs romped across the goal line three times. Two out of three trys for extra points were good. Several other times the Green and Gold threatened the —45— Minute Men, hut with Lady Luck on Lexington’s side, we were checked. Only once did I exington ever come close to pay dirt, and that was stopped by the ending of the first half. The purple also tried several sleepers but they didn’t pass the eyes of the Fairbury hacks. I he final score—Fairbury 20, Lexington 0. Pontiac—H erf. The Pontiac Indians arrived in Fairbury confident that they were going to score a tremendous victory over the Fairbury Tartars. Much to their surprise, the tables were turned on them. Fairbury, playing by far the best game, gave them their hardest battle of the year. As the whistle, which ended the game, blew, the Fairbury squad had lost a hard- fought ball game. The Tartars showed Pontiac that a team of outstand- ing record can’t always score a decisive victory over a less fortunate team. The score: Pontiac 7, Fairbury 6. Farmer City—Here Due to supremacy in weight, Farmer City held the decisive lead they piled up in the early part of the game. Many times Fairbury’s eleven started to spark anil drive toward the goal line but only to be halted be- fore they reached their objective. Lack of substitutes again was hair- bury’s chief cause of defeat. The final score: Farmer City 26, Fairbury 6. Chenoa—Here Intent upon gaining revenge for the previous defeat a year ago, the Green and Gold had one thought in mind—rub Chenoa in the dirt. And this they more than did. It was like a field day for the Fairbury backs. 'Fime after time they ran for decisive gains. The backs and ends carried the pigskin over five times, and two try-for-extra points were added. Fairbury was also superb in their blocking and hard tackling. Several times were the Chenoa backs caught for a loss behind the line. When the final whistle blew the score read: Fairbury 32; Chenoa 0. —46— BASKETBALL Statistics on Lettermen Games F. G. Free made Throw missed Personal Fouls T. P. A. G. P. Becklcy 20 57 25 IS 32 140 7 Dameron .... 20 55 22 23 42 131 6.55 Haase 20 40 34 25 59 114 5.7 Ziegenhorn . . . 13 38 17 15 30 93 7.15 Woodard . . . . 15 36 18 30 45 90 6 Bess 18 21 3 2 30 35 2.5 Veatch 20 13 7 9 23 33 1.06 Runyon 10 10 8 9 18 28 2.8 Knopp 10 8 5 3 16 21 2.1 —47— Most Valuable Players Year Player Position Ltrs. 1942 A. Beckley Guard 2 1941 D. Deputy Center 2 1940 L. Knopp Guard 2 1939 G. Walker Guard 2 CAPTAIN AND TROPHY AWARD ALDEN BECKLEY Basketball Team ALDEN BECKLEY: His being captain and most valuable player speaks for itself. A better ball handler and shot is seldom found. DALE DAMERON: Cool-headed and a good shot, he was one of the most consistent ball players around. He could always be counted on for 5-10 points a game. BOB ZIEGENHORN: A man with magic in his hands, arms and legs when it came to rebounding. This magic took away a lot of the noticeable deficiency of height on Fairbury’s team. “BUD” WOODARD: Bud’s defensive job on big opposing centers was exquisite. His job on the pivot spot was also commendable. FRANCIS HAASE: Speed to burn—and he used it to good advanlage, especially in his excellent defensive jobs. A shining example was Ifls holding of Jack Pierce, Pontiac’s flash, to one field goal. CHARLES VEATCH: “Chuck” was always ready and able to step in at any emer- gency. He excelled on pivot shots. HOWARD BESS: With his hard driving down under the basket and his amazing one- hand shots, he was very dependable. RALPH KNOPP: “Gandhi” was a real threat with his shots from the side. He was limber and could drive to the place from which he desired to shoot his one- handers. SAM RUNYON: Because of his speed he made a good break-away man. He’s just a Freshman, so we have something real in Sam to look forward to. Other members of the team: Hartman, B. Wilkins, C. Wilkins, B. Beckley, B. Gouge, T. Carter, Von Bergen. Wiser, Thompson, Fitzgerald, Ulfers. —48— Basketball Schedule Cornell Gridley 42 Fairbury yy Dwight 28 yy U. High 28 yy Pontiac 38 yy Forrest 22 yy Saunemin 33 yy Chenoa Hrl yy Lexington IS yy Cornell 45 � Gridley 39 n Strawn 39 yy U. High 26 yy Forrest 10 yy Chenoa 27 yy Pontiac 39 yy I exington 23 yy 21 32 27 24 33 30 32 +T ? 44 38 46 55 33 44 36 37 37 Freshman-Sophomore Tournament at Gibson City hisher................... 14 Fairbury ................ 36 Rantoul ................. 17 ” 25 Gibson City ............. 22 ” 28 Regional Tournament at Lexington I exington .............. 24 Fairbury ................ 46 Normal .................. 32 ” 24 BASKETBALL Cornell—There With weeks of practice, Cornell had a great advantage over the Tartars. They were a much smoother running quintet than the Leachmen. Looking good on defense for the Green and Gold was Francis Haase, husky Sophomore. Fairbury failed to come through with an offensive punch, which put them on the tail end of a 42-21 count. Gridley—T here The Tartars had their hands full with a good aggregation from Gridley, where Coach Leach had formerly coached. Bill Woodard, even though half sick, played an excellent game, dropping in four baskets at timely intervals. It was his basket that put Fairbury in the lead and clinched the battle by a 32-30 count. Dwight—Here Fairbury, although tremendously outsized, played a wonderful game. It was Harvey Battrell's basket in the final eight seconds that put Dwight out in front by the final margin of 28-27. Bill Woodard was out with boils, and thus the team was handicapped considerably. But considering the height disadvantage, Fairbury turned in a well-played game. U. High—There The Leachmen, playing a sluggish game throughout, dropped a 28-24 decision to U. High in two overtimes. Fairbury led all the way until the latter part of the fourth quarter. In the overtimes Fairbury continued their snail’s pace and lost by four points. —49— Pontiac—Here Fairbury held the upper hand all the way, and in part got revenge for that 7-6 football defeat by their old rivals. Francis Haase, an all-around athlete, did a bril- liant job of bottling up Pontiac’s flash. Dick Pierce, and holding him to one field goal. Offensively, Fairbury played well, with everyone playing good heads-up ball. FoRR F.ST--T11 F.R E The Tartars again let down and played a poor type of ball. All that saved Fair- bury from defeat was a Forrest team that was even worse than Fairbury’s. The game was very close for the first three quarters, but Fairbury partially came to and went on to a 30-22 victory. Lexington—I Iere The Christmas vacation must have done the Tartars some good, for they went out and handed Lexington a 44-15 shellacking. Although the game was a runaway, it was still an interesting one to watch. Fairbury again worked as a perfected unit for the easy victory. C HENOA--H ERE With Bob Ziegenhorn leading the way, Fairbury outclassed a fair Chenoa quintet by a 24-18 count. The game was not as close as the score would indicate, because Fairbury was out in front all the way. Fairbury’s defense looked good as the Tartars bottled up Augsburger and Roberts, two good ball players. Cornell—T here Although they lost, the Leachmen played a very presentable ball game. Dameron and Beckley stood out and looked very good for Fairbury. Losing to Cornell was no disgrace, for they were classed as one of the best teams in Central Illinois. Once more it was Fairbury’s teamwork that kept them in the ball game, but Cornell was too strong, the final count being 45-38. Strawn—Here A supposedly good Strawn quintet was knocked reeling by the most powerful offensive attack that Fairbury could let go. Coach Leach substituted freely through- out the ball game. Scoring honors were very evenly divided, with the Tartars’ fast- breaking and driving basketball doing the job in neat fashion. Gridley—Here A stubborn Gridley five received their second straight defeat from a smooth-work- ing Fairbury team. Dale Dameron, a cool-headed Sophomore, had his eye on the basket and put 15 points through the hoop. Gridley didn’t want another defeat by their former coach and went into the second overtime before being convinced of Fairbury’s superiority. The final was 46-39, Fairbury. U. High—Here The Leachmen gained sweet revenge for an early-season defeat by licking a sup- posedly superior U. High five with a 35-26 count. It was Fairbury's fast break and driving offense that surprised the Green and Gold from Normal. The stopping of Don Cushman. U. High’s ace, was instrumental in gaining the victory. Forrest—Here This game found Fairbury at its worst in the first half, but a between-half pep talk by Leach was inspiration enough for the Tartars to go on a second-half soree. Every one of the Tartars showed well in the second half to redeem himself of that poor fiTSt half and to earn a 44-10 victory for the team. Dwight—T here A strange floor and a tall Dwight team combined to give Fairbury a bad night. The first half found Fairbury on her heels most of the time, but the last-half rest period furnished enough inspiration to make Fairbury fight back strongly in the last stanza, although the game was too far gone to save. The final: 35-27. -50— ChENOA----T HERE Chenoa never knew what was happening during the first half, because Fairbury was hitting them from all angles. Everyone hit for Fairbury that first half in their best shooting exhibition of the year. In the final half the Tartars coasted to an easy 36-27 decision. Pontiac—T here Pontiac whipped the Tartars in a heart-breaking 39-37 ball game. The lead changed hands often between the two old rivals. Jack Pierce sparkled for Pontiac, hitting the hoop for 17 points. Fairbury, with three minutes to play, held a 6-point lead, but at this point Haase, Woodard and Dameron fouled out in quick order. This proved fatal to the Green and Gold cause. The defeat meant a split in the two bas- ketball games with our ancient rival. Lexington—T here Fairbury ended the scheduled basketball season with an easy 37-23 victory over the Minute Men from Lexington. The Tartars played fair basketball in accomplishing their eleventh victory against six defeats for the season’s campaign. Bess led the scoring for the Leachmen with 9 points, but as in most of the other games, it was Fairbury’s teamwork that did the trick. Regional Tournaments The Green and Gold opened their tournament play withi their third victory of the season over Lexington. Fairbury led and held the upper hand throughout the easy 43-24 victory. Captain Beckley led Fairbury in an iateresting exhibition of basketball. The victory over Lexington entitled Fairbury to take on the tourney favorites, Normal. The Tartars set right out and took a 14-9 advantage at the half, but Normal was too strong for Fairbury in the last half. Francis Haase was labeled the best sport on the floor, his cool-headedness being a shining light in the 32-24 downfall of the Tartars. Fresh-Soph Tourney Fairbury served notice on all central Illinois schools that they would be a real team to beat in the next few years, as their underclassmen rode to victory in Gibson City’s Fresh-Soph tourney. Six of Fairbury’s varsity letter winners were eligible for play in Drummer’s post-season tourney. In Fairbury’s first encounter, they took a good-sized Fisher quintet into camp by a 36-14 count. Fisher never had a chance under the basket, because Bill Wilken held control over rebounds in great style. Wilken, Bess. Dameron, and Haase all had their eye on the bucket and saw to it that Fisher had no rest. Coach Leach substi- tuted freely throughout. As usual the Green and Gold employed a good fast break and a driving offense which couldn’t be stopped. Fairbury’s second trial was with a Rantoul five which had beaten Cropsey in the first round of play. Again the young Tartars had the upper hand throughout. Dam- eron and Haase led the Fairbury offense, while Wilken looked good again under the basket. The final count of 24-17 doesn’t tell the true story of the game, because Fair- bury had the situation well in hand at all times. The team’s driving slow break continued to click. Fairbury, in taking the championship, whipped a host team which had breezed into the finals. Fairbury led all the way behind Dameron and Beckley, and was never in too much danger. Bob Beckley taught Gibson that a small man is just as dangerous as a big one as he poured through 11 points. Francis Haase’s defensive job on Drum- mer’s 6'5 200-pound center was nothing short of spectacular. The giant never scorel a field goal until late in the last quarter. In achieving their 28-22 victory the Green and Gold played the best game of the entire tourney and well deserved to carry away the beautiful first-place trophy. BASEBALL SCHEDULE April 19—Saunemin, here. April 23—Piper City, here. April 27—Forrest, here. April 30—Lexington, here. May 4—Cornell, here. May 7—Saunemin, there. May 12—Forrest, there. May 14—Piper City, there. MOST VALUABLE PLAYER 1940— William Freed...................Catcher 1941— George Thomas ................. Pitcher 1942— George Thomas ................. Pitcher —52— Fairbury Sinks Saunemin 13-0 I he Leachmen got off to a rousing start in the 1943 baseball season with a 13-0 win over Saunemin. The game turned out to be a slug-fest when both Bess and Hoffman slammed out three-baggers in the sixth inning. Dameron also gave a good account of himself by cracking a double in the same inning. Von Bergen turned in the best batting average by getting three hits for four. Bob Ziegenhorn, moundsman, showed his pitching ability by turning in a three-hit ball game. Dempsey, the Saune- min hurler, allowed twelve hits. Tartars Shut-out Piper City 5-0 Bob Ziegenhorn chalked up his second victory in two starts by allow- ing three hits to a luckless Piper City squad. The Fairbury team was errorless as they tromped over the hapless Piper City nine. The four hits which were acquired by the Tartars were evenly divided among Dameron, Ziegenhorn, Von Bergen, and A. Beckley. Fairbury Loses to Cornell 4-1 Misfortune befell the Fairbury nine as it ran up against the pitching of Mills, Cornell hurler. Ziegenhorn suffered his first loss of the season, although both he and Mills pitched two-hit ball. Haase and B. Beckley slammed out the only two hits for Fairbury. Beckley’s single sent Fair- bury’s one run across the plate. Fairbury Whips Cornell 7-5 To the tune of a 7-5 score, the Leachmen gained revenge for their lormer defeat. Nick Von Bergen got his first win of the season as he turned in a five-hit ball game. The Fairbury nine turned in an errorless performance as it knocked R. Johnson, Cornell hurler, out of the box. Dameron cracked a double and a single for two hits, and Hoffman and Haase accounted for the rest of Fairbury’s total of four. Fairbury Again Trounces Saunemin 10-3 The Tartars once more marched over the hapless Saunemin nine. Bob Ziegenhorn, starting hurler, was forced to retire from the mound during the first inning, but Nick Von Bergen took over and soon had things under control. He pitched one-hit ball the rest of the way. The slugging ability of the Fairbury nine was demonstrated in this game, as a total of nine hits was collected as compared to a total of five for Saunemin. Von Bergen turned in a triple and a single; Veatch, two singles; Hoffman, two singles; Bess, two singles; and Haase, a one-bagger. The members of this year’s baseball squad are: Lyle Ricketts, Howard Von Bergen, Dale Dameron, Robert Beckley, Ralph Hoffman, Francis Haase, Howard Bess, Charles Veatch, Bob Zie- genhorn, Ray Fitzgerald, Bob Gouge. Warren Wessels, Walter Harris, George Strode, Jim Albee, Charles Green (Mgr.). —53— ATHLETIC BANQUET The 1942-43 Athletic Banquet was held at the Hotel Fairbury on Tuesday night, April 27. The dinner and program were sponsored by the Fairbury Rotarians in honor of the members of the F. T. H. S. athletic squads. Speaker of the evening was Glenn E. Hausslcr, prominent athletic director and principal at Pekin, 111. Following the dinner, Prank Leach awarded letters to Lyle Ricketts, Roy Carder, Ray Carder, Sammy Run- yon, Alden Beckley, Bill Woodard, Carl Tull (Mgr.), Kenneth Range, Francis Llaase, Howard Bess, Bill Tag, Bob Gouge, Glenn Booker, Llerbert Wiser (Mgr.), Jack Gahwiler, Charles Veatch, Dale Dameron, Ralph Knopp, Harvey Hartman, Bob Ziegenhorn and Howard Von Bergen. CHEER LEADERS Left to right: Florence Sutter, Phyllis Haab, Married Nance, Lois Birch. —54— . MUSIC . Due to the lack of transportation facilities, no competitive vocal music contests were planned for this spring. I his fact, however, in no way dulled the sharp interest of our music students in striving toward their one goal—learning to obtain satisfaction from singing well together. The mixed chorus, stationed atop Walton’s store, presented a special program of Christmas carols on December 13. This program was joy- fully received by the Christmas shoppers and really created a spirit of good will among them. During the year, a mixed ensemble of seventeen members was organ- ized. 1 his group practiced outside of school hours and was asked to sing on various programs. They sang at the Methodist Church, in a pro- gram in Pontiac, at the Rotary Club, Legion Party and the Woman’s Club. I he band lost a number of members and in the fall did not constitute a very large aggregation. During the year, however, it has obtained several new members. Fhe activity of the band has been confined to its regular practice periods. Much time has been spent on basic work. Every member of the band spends some extra school time practicing. What the band lacks in quantity it makes up in quality. Because of the conservation of rubber and the transportation prob- lem, the music department presented a delightful Spring Concert here at F. I . H. S., April IS. The program was as follows: GIRLS GLEE CLUB Can’t Stay Away Our Prayer Song of the Winds To a Wild Rose MIXED ENSEMBLE Let Us All Sing Smoke Gets in Your Eyes While Bagpipes Play Shoo Fly! Cherubim BAND America Coast Guards Delmar Pilgrims Progress Rio Grande Three Bears Energy Transcontinental MIXED CHORUS Jubilee Sanctus Listen to the Lambs Ezekiel Saw de Wheel BOYS’ GLEE CLUB Marianina Tranquility Old Grey Robe Old Ark’s a’moverin’ SPECIAL Semper Paratus Army Air Corps The U. S. Field Artillery Marines Hymn Anchors Aweigh America My Own Star Spangled Banner On May 5 a Spring Festival was held in Forrest with Forrest, Fair- bury, and Chats worth participating. —55— a lorus —56— BLOW ME DOWN The first event on the F. T. H. S. music calendar was the operetta, “Blow Me Down,” presented on November 13, at the Central Theatre. Against the background of an old pirate sloop, the gay, piratical costumes, lively and romantic songs, and colorful characters, made a great success of this operetta, the first to be given by the I Iigh School in several years. Jake Smithers, boatswain of the “Black Death” ........................................Jay Morris Ben Barnacle, sailmaker . . . Robert Nussbaum Portugee Pete, second mate Alden Beckley Slim Bailey, one-time physical director of a student tour, now commanding pirate apprentice ....................................Charles Veatch Captain Jeremiah Kidd, skipper . . . Bill Tagg Robert Trent, one-time director and head professor of a student tour.....................Howard Bess “Dutch Schneider,” cook ... . . John Reis Miss Patricia Pettigrew, dean of Hartwell School for Girls...........................Carllene Steidinger Nancy Todd, a senior at Hartwell High . Eula Mae Bess Judy Jennings, Nancy’s chum . . Margot Spence Mrs. Mehitable Todd, proprietress of Cozy Tea Room and Nancy’s mother .... Edith Yeagle The pirate apprentices and waitresses added much to the gaiety of the production. The operetta was directed and produced by C. A. Ricketts. —58— CRIER STAFF Editor-in-Chief......................................Carllene Steidinger Assistant F.ditor.................................Emma Lou I luber Business Manager........................................Helen Steidinger Senior Editor.........................................Charles Hanes Junior Editor.........................................Fula Mae Bess Sophomore Editor......................................Warren Lifers Freshman Editor.......................................Mardell Nance Humor Editor................................................Fidith Yeagle Calendar Editors.......................Florence Sutter, I ucille Rathman Athletics Editors..............................Lyle Ricketts, Carl Fillers G. A. A. Editor.......................................Imogene Jessup Music Editor............................................Helen Steidinger F. F. A. Editor.....................................................Virgil Travis Home Ec. Editor..........................................Charlotte Nance Advertising Piditors............................................... Margot Spence, Jay Morris, Joan Milne, Herbert Wiser Senior Typist..........................................Margie Schnetzler Junior Typist............................................Eula Mae Bess Faculty Adviser.......................................G. N. Bayless —59— LATIN CLUB I he Latin Club of F. T. H. S. has functioned successfully for twenty- two years under the supervision of Miss Mary Sharp. It belongs to the Junior Classical Society, and the department is rep- resented in its officers. The club, thus far, has held parties and monthly meetings in general. The officers in charge of these meetings are as follows: PRESIDENT .... CHARLES VEATCH VICE-PRESIDENT . . . EVELYN CLARK SECRETARY..................LOIS BIRCH -60- TREASURER JOAN HEINS SPANISH CLUB I he Spanish Club is for all students who have taken or are taking Spanish. It is organized to promote appreciation of South American countries, their language, customs, arts, and literature. The club officers are: PRESIDENT..................PHYLLIS HAAB VICE-PRESIDENT . . . MAURICE SUTTER SECRETARY .... LYLE RICKETTS TREASURER....................JIM WATSON We regret that our treasurer, Jim Watson, has moved away. G. A. A PRESIDENT . . . DORIS VON BERGEN VICE-PRESIDENT . . . EVELYN CLARK SECRETARY-TREASURER . EMMA LOU HUBER SPONSOR .... MARY KOUZMANOKK I he Girls’ Athletic Association was organized at the beginning of the school term. Various meetings were held during the year. rhe G. A. A. sponsored a tournament in basketball. Games were played after school. The Juniors were the winning team. The G. A. A. members have been very successful in fulfilling the fol- lowing pledge: “I promise to uphold the ideals of the G. A. A. by— Promoting interest in athletics and the out-of- doors; Living so that I may be healthy and strong; Making good sportsmanship a constant factor in my conduct.” —62— HOME EC The Home Economics Club was represented at the State Home Ec. Camp by Margot Spence and Emma I ou Huber. They brought back many helpful suggestions in the way of organizing clubs. In the fall about twenty-five members of our club attended a district Home Ec. Rally in El Paso. The club has had several parties, some of which were held in the girls’ homes. Fhe monthly business meetings were held the second Wednesday of each month during the second school hour. Then, if possible, a social meeting was held once a month. One of the social meetings was a very successful luncheon held in the Foods Laboratory of the high school. All upper class girls were given the privilege of taking a Home Nurs- ing Course, and thirty-one girls received certificates for having completed the work. This course was taught by Mrs. Maley. The officers for this year were: PRESIDENT .... MARGOT SPENCE VICE-PRESIDENT . . JOAN THOMPSON SECRETARY .... EMMA LOU HUBER TREASURER .... ELSIE MAE METZ SPONSOR..................MISS WHITFORD F CLUB Top, Carder, Ricketts, Woodard Hoffman, Wilson, Gahwiler, Hanes, Wiser, Carder Tagg, Hirstein, Booker, Veatch, Spence, Beckley, Dameron, Ziegenhorn Haase, Von Bergen. Bess, Gouge, Range, Runyon I he F-Club, an organization of letter winners of F. T. H. S., carried on activities as usual this year, with the exception of the annual trip. Under the supervision of Mr. Leach, the club came out on top this year financially, due to the fact that it had a turkey raffle and maintained a lunch stand at football games. The club again, made Most Valuable Player awards in football (Lyle Ricketts), basketball (Alden Beckley), and baseball (awarded next year). The club’s 1942-43 officers are: President..................Lyle Ricketts Vice-President .... Roy Carder Secretary-Treasurer . . Gene Woodard —64— TRAVIS Pres. WILLIAMS Vice-Pres. EOOKER BOOKER WESSELS METZ STRODE THOMPSON Sec. WEEKS Treas. WAGENSELLER Reporter BINGHAM HONEGGER MILLER GAHWILER SPONSOR MR. STAGGS The F. F. A. Club organized for the year but it was unable to carry out an ex- tensive program of activities due to the present world crisis. All inter-chapter contests between schools were dropped, as were most of the state contests. Nowlan Rathbun quit school, and thus a new president had to be elected. The local chapter Activity Contest was won by Byard Williams, and he wasi awarded a purebred gilt. He is to return a portion of the litter and this will be given to the winner of the present contest. The boys sold garden seeds and in this manner they backed our “Food for Vic- tory” program. They have also been couriers of news for our defense program and evening schools. —65— STUDENT COUNCIL The Student Council was organized toward the end of the school year, and served actively for one six-week period. The purpose of the organi- zation is to establish and direct administrative relations between the stu- ient body and school authorities. In the future it is hoped that the body will supervise and arrange for student activities to be carried on within the school, and will convey to the faculty ideas originating with the stu- dents themselves. The organization is based on the principle of “learning by doing.” Each class is represented on the council by students elected by popular vote. This year the Senior Class is represented by Lyle Ricketts and Carllene Steidinger; the Junior Class by Alden Beckley and Emma I ou liuber; the Sophomores by Nick Von Bergen, and the Freshmen by Bob Beckley. Lyle Ricketts is president of the Council, and Emma Lou Huber serves as secretary. —66— JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET AND PROM There have been those among our number who have aspired to the exalted and most exclusive ranks of the “upper crust.” There have been those who have pictured themselves as socialites in the gay and sparkling atmosphere of a Chez Paree or a Brown Derby. The Juniors (very much aware of this social craving) waved the magic wand and transformed the high school gym into a “night club for a night.” Their feat of transformation was highly successful. As the socialites streamed in on the night of May 18. waiters showed them to reserved tables decorated in the Senior Class colors of red, white anti blue. The after-dinner program was as follows: Toastmaster Welcome Response Toast to the Seniors Class History Class Will . . Class Prophecy Alden Beckley ................Bill Tagg . . . . Edith Yeagle . . . . Guy Bayless . . . Charlotte Nance . . . . Jay Morris Paul Eilers, Bob Nussbaum It was Hank Mesner’s opening night at the club, and dancing was interrupted only for a brilliant floor show. The gay and gala festivities continued into the wee hours until both debs and escorts, weary froip the unaccustomed ( ?) frolicking, called it a night, hailed the nearest taxi, and headed out of town. BACCALAUREATE SERVICE METHODIST CHURCH Sunday, May 16, 1943 7:30 P. M. Prelude, “God of Our Fathers”........................................Warren Call to Worship..........................................L. R. Tagg Hymn 491.................................Oh Beautiful for Spacious Skies Invocation.........................................A. Willard Heimbeck Tenor Solo...........................................LaVerne Martin Scripture Reading....................................C. A. Thompson Anthem, “Calvary”.................................................Rodney Sermon, “Sure Foundations”..........................Milan K. Thompson Pastor, First Baptist Church Hymn 315 . . How Firm a Foundation Ye Saints of the Lord (First Tune) Benediction.............................................J. G. Rockenbach Postlude, “Marche Militaire”.....................................Schubert Mrs. Curtis Weeks, Organist M rs. James Goold, Pianist COMMENCEMENT CENTRAL THEATRE Thursday, May 20, 1943 8 :00 P. M. Processional .... Invocation................... Cherubim Song (Borlyanski) Mardi Gras (Grofc) Address................... . John Rockenbach A. Willard Heimbeck j Mixed Ensemble Mr. Clyde Campbell Assistant High School Visitor Presentation of Diplomas....................................G. N. Bayless Scholarship Awards..........................................G. N. Bayless Blade Citizenship-Scholarship Award .... Lyle K. Ricketts Recessional...........................................................John Rockenbach —68— ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Our Thanks . to the advertisers whose contributions on the fol- lowing pages have made this book possible. . . to our photographers, printers, engravers, binders, and all those individuals who have cooperated so fully in our efforts to publish an annual under war- time restrictions. The Crier Staff. CALE Aug. 31—Oh heck! We’re at it again! Sure do wish June were here (Edi- tor’s note: Who’s June?) Sept. 1—M. S. and H. S. run around frantically demanding to see Mr. Leach’s marriage certificate. They just won't believe he’s already hooked. Sept. 2—The little kernel from the Iowa corn fields makes her de-but'. Izzy’s first words, “Is my fodder in there?’’ Sept. 3—My how will Miss Sharp ever be able to handle all eight of those Latin I students this year? Sept. 4—Question: Why do all the flies swarm around M. Sutter’s head? An- swer: It’s the swamp water on his brain. Sept. 7—Labor day. Sept. 8 — And on the eighth day we rested. Sept. 9 — Our little glowing Sun-Beam arrives. We welcome you, Miss Kouz- manoff. Sept. 10 — A. C. goes playboy on us. Tweed suits and orange and red ties —MIS-ter WATson! Sept. 11—Our boys travel to Forrest, but not for the usual reason. We win a football game, 20-0. Goody! Sept. 14—The kiddies can’t fall into the Latin Room anymore — Mr. Bastion pounded out the bumps in the floor. NDAR Sept. 15—Or maybe they warped them- selves out. Sept. 16—It coulda been moles. Sept. 17—Or gremlins. Sept. 18—Wayne W. contentedly swats flies with his ruler. Net calories ex- pended: 2 11 15. Sept 21 — B (a sting in every word) Clark carries half the mud from the Forrest alleys (and we don’t mean bowling) to school on her shoes. Sept. 22—’Tis cold! ’Tis cold! ’Twill be a bitter night! P. S. It snowed too. Sept. 23—Dannie Mallory must be try- ing to grow a victory garden on his head. But to quote Kouzmanoff. seeds won’t grow on barren soil. Sept. 25—Let’s lay the blame on the weather. We lost the football game to El Paso with a score of 26-0. Sept. 28—Oh, the pity of it all! Demo- crats inaugurate 35 mph. speed limit. Sept. 29 — Tobacco spots all over the floor. Zieggy missed the window. Sept. 30 — Isebrands goes WAACY and marches P. E. classes all over town. Result: Calluses on tootsies. Oct. 1—Seniors take the afternoon and night off to go to Bloomington and have their mugs shot. Oct. 2—Ah, the blinding light of love! And it ain’t even spring. Freshmen G. S. and P. B. find it intoxicating. —69— The Blade Publishing Company PRINTERS OF THE 1943 CRIER CALENDAR Oct. 5—And so do a lot of seniors—(find it intoxicating.) Oct. 6—Rumor has it that Prof, is go- ing to be a gob. (Editor’s note: gob of what?) Students threaten to re- volt. Oct. 7—Flash! Mae Bender lets down her hair! One at a time, boys. Oct. 8 — Professor Schneider must be getting absent-minded. After all, Mr. S., remember that nitroglycerin and hydrobicarbosulphate, existing in col- loidal state and exposed to cyclonic conditions of a subnormal atmosphere, make an awful mess. Oct. 9—And then there was the little moron who cut off his arms so he could wear a short sleeved sweater. Oct. 12- In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue; In fourteen hundred and ninety-three. The boat sprung a leak. Oct. 13—Wanted: A protector for Charles Thomas now that his brothers have gone to the army. Oct. 14—To five little Sophomore girls CALENDAR we offer one tin-plated bottle cap as a token of merit for their shining sportsmanlike spirit in P. E. Oct. 15—C. A. offers the baritones the floor for their monkeyshines in Mixed Chorus. They answer, “NO, sir, you ain’t gonna pass them dirty old boards off on us.” Oct. 16—We knew we could do it. Score with Lexington, 20-0. Oct. 19—These shy and bashful juniors are not so shy and bashful, are you, N. L. R. and C. B.? Oct. 20—Izzy is in an agreeable mood. Reason: An air mail epistle from her wolf at Great Lakes. Oct. 21—M. S. doesn’t let B. T. walk her home after work on Saturday nights any more. Was he getting too interested ? Oct. 22—What’s Chenoa got that Fair- bury hasn’t got, O. J. and P. H.? Men???? Oct. 23 — Fairbury gets out the sack- cloth and ashes. We lose to Pontiac 7-6. Oct. 26 - You ain’t seen nothin’ till you’ve —70— COMPLIMENTS of ANDY’S ICE CREAM PARLOR FOUNTAIN SERVICE SANDWICHES COFFEE Phone 583-W NUSSBAUM BROTHERS PLUMBING AND HEATING CONTRACTORS No Job Too Large or None Too Small JVe Go Anywhere Oil-O-Matic Oil Burners W eir Furnaces Westinghouse Refrigerators Westinghouse Washing Machines J. N. BACH SONS Lumber and Building Material GENERAL CONTRACTING Insurance Carried on All Workmen Large Stocks Reasonable Prices A Good Place to Trade Tel. 35 —71— Tel. 123 FA1RBURY AND FORREST CALENDAR seen Betty Wills in her peek-a-boo hair-do. Oct. 27 — This H. B., G. W. affair (Sophs.) looks serious — from a dis- tance. Oct. 28—Students present A. C. with a watch as a farewell gift. Lumps in everyone’s throats. Oct. 29—As to that Oct. 27th item—it looks pretty good up close, too. Oct. 30 — Farmer City beats us 26-6. G’ffphooey! Nov. 2—One of the Sophomores had an accident today — ail over the floor. And us without a spoon. Nov. 3—Mr. Leach’s history class has turned into a confectionery. “Clark” candy bars seem to be popular. No. 4—Mr. Leach is an isolationist. He inaugurates a new “hands off” policy by putting six vacant s?ats between M. S. and R. C. Nov. 5—These Sunday night church con- ferences have entangling after-effects. Pious little Chotz N. gets a military- crested envelope. Nov. 6—Bob H. tries to culture his mind Sincere Congratulations Boys and girls, upon the successful completion of your high school work. Farmers National Bank of Fairbury FAIRBURY, ILLINOIS FANCY GROCERIES FRESH PRODUCE KROGER STORES YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO SHOP WITH US Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Member Federal Reserve System The New Walton’s Seventy-four Years Young Style and Quality without Extravagance YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME AT WALTON’S CALENDAR by reading about biological anatomy in the encyclopedia. But he gives it up as a bad job because there arc no pictures. Nov. 9 — Operetta practice going full blast. Ricketts is getting quite a work-out, but HE shouldn’t mind. Those pirate apprentices can sure strut their stuff, eh C. A.? Nov. 10—Curiosity is our outstanding character trait, isn’t it, F. S.? R. C. didn’t make a mistake when he bought that extra operetta ticket. Nov. 11—No school—but operetta prac- tice. The lights go out and E. M. B. and B. T. were seen intermissioning on the deck of the pirate ship. Nov. 12—Senior boys play air raid war- den and place buckets of water in the seats of the assembly. Not men- tioning any names, but it might be L. R. and R. C. Nov. 13—Operetta a success!!! Bill T. wins Oscar for his line to E. M. B., “Lor’ love ye, gal, and lemme look at ya!’’ We don’t want to be inquisitive, hut what’s he been doing for the last live weeks? Wade’s Drug Store QUALITY MERCHANDISE Honest Service for Over jo Years THE REXALL STORE Phone 81 —73— Fairbury Produce Call 133 Dealers In POULTRY, EGGS, CREAM, HIDES AND WOOL PILLSBURY FEEDS Try our Hammermill and Mixer for your Growing and Laying Mash Friendly Service to Everyone CALENDAR Nov. 16—After the big date the other night with P. S.. J. M. comes to school with a stiff neck and she stays home with a sore throat. Resistance must have been low. Nov. 17—The Statue of Liberty isn’t the only one who carries a torch. Haab still looks on B. T. adoringly. Nov. 18 My. My! What is E. M. B. go- ing to say when she hears about M. S. sitting on B. T.’s lap during the operetta? Nov. 19—Is all this publicity satisfying your ego. Bill? Nov. 20—Miss K. keeps up her daily rec- ord by kicking World History students out. Today, it was W. U. and H. B. Nov. 23 — Today in History, students have physical instead of mental ex- ercise. R. R. capitalizes on Leach’s absence by climbing out of the win- dow to retrieve his sole (shoe sole, of course.) Nov. 24--New addition to the faculty. New Prof. Guy Bayless arrives in a blaze of glory. Nov. 25—Prof’s last day and many hand- T aylor Insurance AND REAL ESTATE AGENCY Roy E. Taylor, Agent Fairbury Blade Bldg. Phone 188 The Agency of Complete Insurance Service —74— —YOU— ARE THE FIRST CONSIDERATION AT PORTER’S WE FREEZE TO PLEASE • EVERV INCH A ORUC STORE . ® - r 1 WE FREEZE TO PLEASE Sani-Frozen Ice Cream Fsirburv, Illinois • EXPERT PRESCRIPTION SERUiCE • Sani-Frozen Ice Cream Koehl’s Dairy Telephone 193-R Fairbury, 111. OUR CREAM AND MILK ARE ALL PASTEURIZED Pasteurizing done in federal supervised plant We Will Deliver Milk and Cream to Your Home Daily —76— CALENDAR kerchiefs were used. Good luck to one of our favorite people. Nov. 26-27—Thanksgiving. Nov. 30—Brother Bayless lectures on the vices of wolfing. Boys who whistle at girls take up abode in office. Naughty, naughty! Dec. 1—One of these days L. R. is go- ing to get kicked out of the assem- bly and his horse laugh will go right along with him. Dec. 2—You ain't seen nothin’ till you see Betty Wills in her Hedy LaMarr hairdo. Dec. 3—R. H. comes to school with sev- eral cracked ribs. Rosie must be get- ting desperate. Poor Ralph will learn if he lives long enough. Dec. 4—Chuck must have thought Nor- ma needed cooling off. Or was it that Senior gang who put the snow in her desk? Dec. 7—Lois B. is following in Suds’ footsteps. She goes to the Gridley game with N. VB. and comes home with her one and only, B .W. Dec. 8—Senior class election. Talk about HICKS OILS WE NEVER CLOSE Phone us for Country Deliveries Mike Mehrings, Mgr. Alfred Baker, Attendant Phone 153 Decker’s Cafe Route U. S. 24—East 24-Hour Service A CHOICE LINE OF FOODS AND DRINKS Fairbury, Illinois —77— COMPLIMENTS of the Fairbury Ben Franklin Store Phone 26-W City Meat Market A Meal Without Meat Is a Meal Incomplete Phone 435 We Deliver In the East Block CALENDAR the Kelly-Nash machine----- Dec. 9—E. (I love to park) J. turns Democrat since gas-rationing went in. Hurrah for bureaucracy! Dec. 10—Fat R. becomes more than a drip in American History. Kouzy pro- motes him to a “babbling brook.” Dec. 11—Capt. O’Donovan harangues on his theory of mental telepathy. xt wouldn’t work here—reason apparent. Dec. 14—Bob H. tells us that the Capt. made a man out of him the other day. But he was asleep during those three minutes, so it didn’t bother him any. Dec. 15 — Did you have a nice nap, Phyllis? Dec. 16—Eight more days till Christmas Eve! Dec. 17—What does Fat use to put his hair up on — pin curls, curlers, or wave clamps? Mustn’t keep trade se- crets, Lyle. Dec. 18—B. C. was aosent again today. It couldn’t be that she has two tests to take, could it? Dec. 21—Financial report for the lis- cal year: Senior gyp dance of Nov. 2 QUIET, REST, COMFORT CABINS SUTTY’S TANDARD ERVICE Atlas Battery Service Gates Belts and I lose Cirease—Wash—Simoni ze Champion Spark Plugs Bowes Sealfast Tire Repair Minor Mechanical Work B. E. SUTTON, Mgr. West Oak St. Fairbury, Illinois Phone 51 PRINTING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME --------THE LOCAL RECORD ---------------- iVl. A. Anderson A. Keith Anderson CALENDAR nets 26 bucks. Dec. 22—Senior pictures arrive—say it isn’t so! Dec. 23—Mewwy Kwithmath! Jan. 4—Senior H. S. sure must have been good this year to get such a nice present from Santa. But since when has Santa started driving a green Ford? Jan. 5—Walls of girls’ rest room are smeared with lipstick. Kissing the plaster must be an emotional outlet. Jan. 6—M. S. is bowling them over one by one. Two down, but Zieggy is still standing. Jan. 7—You ain’t seen nothin’ till you see Betty Wills in her new China-girl hairdo. Jan. 8—Found: One mushy love letter in the vicinity of E. Craig’s desk. Jan. 11—Yippee! Under the new re- gime students are not required to take semester exams unless they’re so in- clined. Can Bayless stand up under the deluge of affection? (Editor’s note: We could.) Jan. 12—We beat Lexington. Their team CALENDAR wasn’t as speedy as ours. (Under- standable.) Jan. 13—That Cornell cheerleader must have hypnotic powers. Boys concen- trate, but not on the game. Jan. 14—P Moyer faints again; what is this, a habit? C. A. R. sez, quote: “Why does she always faint in my classes?” We’re wondering, too. Jan. 15—E. J. claims gas-rationing is the reason out-of-town boys stay away. Question: Then why do the local boys stay away? Jan. 18-19—Opportunity exams. Faculty is disillusioned. Jan. 20—“Once in love, always in love’’ —L. R. and D VB. rekindle the old flame. They’re seen together after months of separation. Jan. 21—We extend our deep-felt sym- pathy and condolences to Rose (Cud- dlecat) Flanagan, who cannot get a man. Jan. 22—The deluge is upon un. Wayne leaves for the Marines. Jan. 25—“True love never runs smooth” —if it’s true, which it ain’t—is it, Vivian? —79— is the watchword of America today—coordination of men and machines to per- form the biggest job a nation ever attempted. It is with the utmost modesty that we mention our name following the above thought but, for 33 years, our organization has coordinated the efforts of skilled workmen with modern machines to achieve a quality product of which we are proud. ARTISTS AND ENGRAVERS . +. CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS —G. R.-G R U B B CO.— CALENDAR Jan. 26—Zieggy returns to World His- tory after a two weeks furlough. Jan. 27—Why is Alden B. so interested in Chatsworth? It. couldn’t be a gal by the name of Schade, could it? P. S.—No. Jan. 28— The Marines are away. Now Sutter can play Jan. 29—Contributions are now in order to purchase “Mickey Rooney” Hart- man a transparent snood so his waves will show’. In case the funds are in ex- cess of the required amount, we sug- gest that he buy a two-bit haircut. Feb. 1—The bond of beautiful friend- ship is broken asunder. Lyle trans- fers from Kouzy’s History class. Feb. 2—Groundhog stays in his hole; we suggest that E. Johnson do likewise. Feb. 3 — The three giggloes, Henning, Dawson, and Gerdes, drive the school mad — what with their hysterical rhumba-ing. Feb. 4 — Francis H. resolves: ‘T will never go with another dame.” What do you call Hazel F.? Feb 5—What little Freshman has driv- CALENDAR en Sharpie to such ends that she se- cretly bribes those boys to remove the doorknob—so her and him can be —ALONE? Feb. 8 — What has happened to the Young-Veatch romance? It couldn’t be that a certain Senior boy couldn’t keep his nose out of other people's business, could it? Feb. 9—May we suggest that Mr. Bay- less start using that corn for his Vic- tory Garden instead of unloading it on us? Feb. 10—C. M. is certainly trying to practice the English play until it is perfect. Could it be because he gets to kiss N. Y.? Feb. 11—Active Crier Staff (3) has pot- luck supper. The mice overrun us. Feb. 12- Today is Lincoln’s boithday, It is I do declare; We wish you a happy Lincoln’s boith- day. The mouses is in our hair. Feb. 15—The following item appeared on the bulletin board: Wanted: 3 good-looking girls; age, 16 or 17. No —80— Feed Mills � Poultry Farms � Hatcheries A genuine trap nest breeding farm in the heart of Illinois’ largest white leghorn area. YOUR PROBLEM IS OUR PROBLEM Our experimental test pens under regular farm conditions on poultry and hogs enable us to make findings which are constantly proving of great value to our patrons. VISIT POULTRY FARM AND HATCHERY three miles south of Forrest, Illinois Route 47 Phone 28-2 NEW MODERN MILL CALL US FOR FEED PRICES AND SERVICE First and Walnut Sts. Fairbury, Illinois Phone 25 BY FARMERS FOR FARMERS QUALITY SERVICE J rffJones Qo. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA CLASS RINGS COMMENCEMENT INVITATIONS Jewelers and Engravers to the Class of 1943 of Fairbury Township High School E. H. HALL DECATUR, ILL. CALENDAR red-heads; about 5'6 (tall); classy chassis. Notify Byard Williams, A. Honegger, Jr., Glenn Craig. Feb. 16—Advertising staff gets out the dark glasses and tin cups and the business men are ultra-generous. Feb. 17—J. T. and M. J. gallup into the assembly neck ’n’ neck. Whoa, hoss! Feb. 18—Ah, c’mon, hoss—Who-o-o-a! Feb. 19—And then there was the little moron who put cellophane over his wrist watch so the ticks wouldn’t run up his arm Feb. 22—Juniors slug each other for play parts. Feb. 23- Yesterday was Washington’s birthday, It was, we do declare; We wish you a happy Washington’s birthday, We meant to do it back there. Feb. 24 — Crowding the Hero Bench: When we took the Stagg’s Ford to the junk man, he didn’t even accuse us of being Nazi sympathizers. Feb. 25—Jerry has at last found the Call 567 FAIRBURY COAL CHUTE II. DeFries EASTERN KENTUCKY FRANKLIN AND SALINE COUNTY TAYLORVILLE 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 —S3— CALENDAR woman of his dreams—Emmy Lou. Feb. 26—J. Huber is longing for the good old windy March days. March 1—The cats of the Senior class are on the prowl again. This time poor “Mort” Young is their victim. March 2—What F. T. H. S. music in- structor is giving vocal lessons to what blond eighth-grade babe after school? And why do they lock them- selves in the music room????? March 3—Kay Roach finally admits that she’s just a Red-Riding Hood at heart. “When I’m in Tennessee, I spend a lot of time in the timber,” she sez. Better be careful, Fannie, you might meet a wolf. March 4—H. W.’s blush is just camou- flage. He gives his girl in Forrest his class ring — and we thought he was a woman-hater. March 5—Our Sophomore man-chaser is still on the run after Lester dear. March 8—Church T. receives a belated Valentine of love from one of his Freshman heart-throbs—J. S. March 9 — Mr. Leach wishes he could Going Places� LET SAVINGS HELP YOU TO Reach Success! Congratulations, graduates! You have accom- plished the lirst step toward success. To win out from now, good advice would have you accu- mulating a savings reserve from the first dollars you earn — for advanced education, for owner- ship of a business, or marriage. It’s easy, too, for you can open an account here with a dollar or more, adding to it whenever you wish. 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He arrives at two minutes after nine instead of five after —keep it up, Joe! March 15—Question: What is Jerry W. going to say when he finds out E L. H. was with Chuck Veatch the other night? March 16—So C. N. finally has got her Strawn man—nice going, Chotz! March 17—Seniors choose Margie to fill Whitty’s shoes tomorrow. Sabotage! !! c ?()% says Whitty unquote. March 18—Seniors run the school! Fac- ulty is locked up in the lounge — a field day! March 19—C. Ricketts appears in Ger- man band in short pants! Students vote him glamor boy most likely to succeed. Ed.’s note: Succeed in what? INSURANCE HOFFMAN SERVICE STATION RATIONING MIGHT BE--? BUT SHELL IS THE GAS TO BUY 501 East Oak St. Phone 573-J —35— COMPLIMENTS OF E. L. PAYNE Plumbing, Heating, Tinning Telephone 20 210 E. Locust Fairbury, Illinois CALENDAR March 22 — Seniors choose class color, class motto, and class odor. March 23—Scoop! ! ! ! Now Kuzzie and Izzy hitch-hike home from Forrest af- ter their expeditions to Chi. Rumor has it that they’ve met some intrig- uing Forrest he-men that way. March 24—History class gets more en- lightening every day—today the sub- ject under discussion being the gravel roads around Fairbury. Leach ex- plains that he doesn’t know much about them, since he hasn’t been cn any — since he was married. Girls speculate on his former courtin’ tech- nique. March 25 — Beatrice Fairfax Bayless postpones his annual spring lecture on “Love” until a certain three or four Juniors are present. March 26 — Juniors’ “ingenious-ness”— (pardon, “ingenuity”) slips up — the prompters feet stick out from under the table. Otherwise the kiddier- do right smart for themselves. March 29—Bayless takes time off from trotting around hiring school teachers ELGIN—WALTHAM Gifts of All Kinds FRANK M. MYER JEWELER —86— KECK’S AGENCY insurance Perry J. Keck With Service and Security Karl V. Keck 1913 Telephone 1776 S. H. Moore Art Foto Shop 409 No. Main St., Bloomington, 111. CRIER PHOTOGRAPHER SINCE 1934 CALENDAR and drops in at F. T. H. S. Nice to see you again, Prof. March 30—B. C. complains of jam on her desk. Bayless admits the incon- venience of sitting in a pool of cocoa. March 31- Someone just told us that Suds’ latest is one Weldon Conger from Sibley. April 1 — Calculations (compiled by E. Y.) show that Ricketts bawls the altos out exactly 24.37 times in one period. (Confidentially, we don’t blame him.) April 2—Morris-Young romance proceeds nicely. (No further remarks neces- sary.) April 5—Kemple awarded blue ribbon for outstanding courage in the line of duty. Only once did she scream when the mouse ran between her feet. April 6—Senior play promises to be a sell-out. Girls from miles around flock to see J. Morris in polka-dot shorts. April 7—Why does L. R. go around sing- ing, “There’s Something About a Sol- dier?” April 8—What Sophomore girl claims to be the best dancer in town and is she? Fairbury Paint Store Full Line of PITTSBURGH PAINTS WALL PAPER DECORATING PAINTING 212 E. Locust B. A. Tollensdorf, Prop. GEORGE L. MOWRY FUNERAL HOME —89— CALENDAR April 9 — Another gruelling six weeks over. April 12 — Big Young-Morris bust-up! Nussy takes over. April 13—And didja see what Margot S. is toting on her left hand, third linger. Poor Ella still feels out of place. April 14—Everyone was shot today — but not by the teachers, as rumor has it. Ninety-three girls faint at the sight of the needle. April 15—Mr. Ricketts' spring festival goes over with the proverbial bang. April 16—Art W. and Marjorie J. were seen out by Hildreth’s bridge. Fish- ing? April 19—The Senior class playboy, Joan M„ is still overboard for Sam K„ but we understand Earl still comes in handy when Sammie isn't around. April 20—Jay spends quite a bit of time at 310 W. Ash — Norma fumes an 1 rages. April 21—Izzy joins the Spars! Con- grachulashuns. April 22—R. C., E. C. and R. R., L. N. have been seen together quite regu- BESS SERVICE ILLINOIS—INDIANA—KENTUCKY COAL LUMP AND STOKER Limestone - Phosphate HAULING AND SPREADING Sf They are well dressed the chances are they have had their garments CLEANED AND PRESSED SANITARY CLEANING WORKS Where you get that Better Cleaning and Pressing Service. Neat appearance gives you that sense of security that is neces- sary in going out in this world to attain I the higher ideals of living, socially or in positions. Well Pressed is Well Dressed LEVI P. TROEHLER Fairbury, 111. Phone 514-W Fairbury, 111. —90— E. K. Hess, Prop. IF YOU WANT THE NEWEST FASHIONS IN LADIES’ AND CHILDREN’S WEARING APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES VISIT THE FASHION SHOP 102 East Locust St. Fairbury, 111. CALENDAR larly. Could it be love? April 23—The boys rub Piper City in the mud, 7-0. Wheeeeeee! April 26 — It’s Aviation Cadet Morris now, if you please. Jay forsakes his blue Plymouth for an airplane. April 27—Little Freshman boys learn fast. Melvin K. addresses his love letters to “My dear Rosemary (G.) and signs them “Your loving boy- friend.” April 28 — Staggs’ goat is a mamma! Heidv-hi and Ho are reported to be doin': nicely. April 29—Seniors tear their hair and gnash ther teeth Kemple threaten; to do something drastic if Gerhart messes up the scenery. April 30—All’s well, and “Your Uncle Dudley” is a huge success. May 3 — We hear Kaiser is returning again next year. Doesn’t that dia- mond mean anything? We’re getting impatient. May 4—The old J. T., C. T. romance is re-budding. What happened to Glen- ny FOR LONG MILEAGE Gasoline and Complete Lubrication stop at Si L. Moser‘s Downtown Station Sign of Friendly Service Mobiloils 101 Products for Farm and Home, Car, Truck and Tractor 122 —Phones— 525W —91 Appearance Counts THERE IS NOTHING MORE ESSENTIAL TO FASTIDIOUS APPEARANCE THAN TONSORIAL PERFECTION At’s Barber Shop Fairbury, Illinois Duel Building Albert J. Kilgus CALENDAR May 5—Music department helps to put over a swell musical festival at For- rest. Of course, Forrest and Chats- worth helped a little, too. May 6—The 64 dollar question—Who’s Morris going to the prom with? (As if we didn’t know.) May 7—P. S. Young continues to gnash her teeth. May 10 — What is M. J. going to do when the draft catches up with Artie? Tsk! May 11—What’s this we hear about I. Jessup having a date with Harry John for the prom? May 12—Seniors are getting that long- ing look—Kouzy and Izzy are exuber- ant. May 13—Crier Staff is threatened with insanity. No proofs, no pictures, no nuthin’. May 14—Sez Jessup quote, unquote, “I have a rendezvous at the Crossroads.” May 16—Baccalaureate services. W. W. gets his feet tangled up in his gown. May 17—Seniors a little worried about exams, diplomas, and a few other mi- nor details. Fosdick Produce Company CREAM, EGGS AND POULTRY DeLaval Separators Feeds of All Kinds Phones: Office 75, Res. 75-R-2 —92— Steidinger Service A. D. Steidinger, Prop. 212 West Locust St. Telephone 389 FAIRBURY, ILLINOIS Vulcanizing, Recapping Tires, Batteries Automatic Electric Service Carburetors, Magnetos CHEVROLET BUICK SALES AND SERVICE Everything I hat’s Best for Your Car Prompt Service John P.Cook Funeral Home Fairbury A Co. —Phones— Eay 385 Night 500 CALENDAR May 18—The longest stag line in his- tory at the prom. Senior gals must have set some kind of a record for being manless. Junior ferns are looked at with envy. How do they do it? May 19 -Suds sheds tears over leaving Mr. Staggs. May 20—Oh, gala day—Seniors go wild with ecstacy. MAY 21—WHOOPIE! 1 4789’($)” % Bill T.’s mother, going to visit Bill who was in the hospital, met Eula Mae just lerving. Going in, she found Bill look- ing surprisingly well. Bill—“The fever has left me.” Mother—“Yes. I met her going out as I was coming in.” And then there was the little moron who took a chair to the funeral so rigor mortis could set in. FAIRBURY, ILLINOIS Ziegenhorn Son New Idea Farm Machinery Acme Feeds, Magneto Service John Deere Sales and Service Dick Rice sayr he wants to die with his boots on so he won’t hurt his toe when he kicks the bucket. j Phone 58 Fairbury, 111. —93— CONGRATULATIONS To the Seniors of 1943 Gifts for the Graduate Watches Diamonds Jewelry Leather Goods GOUDY JEWELRY STORE Dean Williams, Mgr. Fairbury, Illinois SAVE Help Curb Inflation through Life Insurance Charles H. Purdum AGENT OF Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. “The Dividend Paying Company of America” Milwaukee, Wisconsin BUSBY’S Barber Shop DRY CLEANING AGENCY KLOPFENSTEIN MOTOR CO. Ford V-8 Service All Makes MOBILGAS SUPER-SERVICE STATION On U. S. Route 24 KLOPFENSTEIN MOTOR COMPANY Harry Klopfenstein, Prop. —94— FOR INSURANCE SEE JOE U. SLAGEL Fairbury, Illinois All Kinds of Insurance Phone 245-J LIVINGSTON SERVICE STATION Phone 79 Aladdin Gas Penn Bond Oils Everything for your Auto Fairbury Illinois Ralph Zimmerman, Mgr. ZTMMERMAN HARDWARE Paints, Wall Paper Congoleum Rugs Gas Ranges Shellane Gas FARM MACHINERY BABY CHIX MAYTAG WASHERS BOTTLE GAS SERVICE WIEDMAN’S STORE AND HATCHERY Phone 636 CLARK’S CAFE IVhen you don’t eat at home, your best bet is here . Phone 137-W COMPLIMENTS of LLOYD HARTMAN and FRANK’S MARKET EVELYN’S BEAUTY SHOP -95- Telephone 134 Telephone 173-J The HOTEL FAIRBURY for THE BEST OF MEALS at Very Reasonable Prices George Marshall, Mgr. T. J- LYONS H ome of Hart Schaffner and Marx and Society Brand Clothes H. J. FINNEGAN Optometrist and Optician Fairbury, Illinois COMPLIMENTS OF HERZOG PRODUCE COMPANY GOLD PENN The Perfect Motor Oil SWENEY GAS AND OIL COMPANY Lloyd L. Prisk, Agent Tel. Station 626. House 370 Fairbury, Illinois E. 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It Pays to Look I (LI I H. E. TROEHLER’S BARBER SHOP 102 E. Locust St. Fairbury, 111. THE CENTRAL THEATRE FAIRBURY Always the Best in Entertainment Your Patronage Appreciated KURTH’S BAKERY Phone 495 Chrysler and Plymouth Sales and Service H. H. PHELPS DR. F. H. MILLER DENTIST Telephone 416 TEXACO SERVICE C. J. Hadaway, Mgr. For those who want the best at no extra cost! Attendants: Wavne Winterland John Lorch STEIDINGER TRANSFER Daily Service to and from Bloomington Phone 110-W Silas Steidinger Buy With Confidence Kunkel’s 5c to $1 Store A Good Place to Trade FOR BETTER SANITARY CHEMICALS AND FLOOR FINISHES Palmer Co., Inc. Waukesha, Wisconsin G. N. Bayless, State Sales Mgr. —97— A ALBEE, JIMMY—Fr. Band 1, Glee Club 1. Baseball 1. AUPPERLE, ELIAS—Fr. B BANDY, CARLOS EDWARD—Jr. P. P. A. 1. 2. BEAN, PHYLLIS—Fr. Glee Club 1. G. A. A. 1, Home Ec. Club 1. BEDELL, MURIEL—Sph. Band 1, Glee Club 1, 2, G. A. A. 1, 2. Latin Club 1. 2. BECKLEY, ALDEN—Jr. Footbnll 1. 2, 3. Basketball 1, 2. 3, Baseball 1. 2. Glee Club I, 2. 3, Mixed Chorus 2. 3. P. Club 2, 3. Operetta 3. Student Council 3. BECKLEY, BOB—Fr. Basketball 1. Baseball 1, Boys’ Chorus 1. Mixed Chorus 1, Boys’ Ensemble 1. BENDER, MAE—Sph. Homo Ec. Club 1, 2. BESGROVE, CARROLL EUGENE—Fr. Band 1. BESS, EULA MAE—Jr. Band 1. 2. 3. Glee Club 1, 2, 3. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. Crier Staff 3. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. Latin Club 1. 2, 3, Class Play 3. Scholarship 1. 2. 3, Operetta 3. Mixed Ensemble 3. Girls’ Ensemble I, 2. 3. Solo 1. 2. BESS. HOWARD—Sph. Band 1, 2. Glee Club 1. 2. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. Football 1. 2, Basketball 1. 2. Baseball 1. 2. P. Club 2. Operetta 2. Boys Ensemble 1. 2. Mixed Ensemble 1, 2. Scholarship 1, 2. BIRCH, LOIS—Sph. Glee Club 2, G. A. A. 1. 2. Latin Club 1. 2, Oiwretta 2. BOOKER, GLENN—Jr. Football 2. 3, F Club 2, 3, Basketball 1. 2. BOOKER. WAYNE—Fr. Football 1. F. F. A. 1. BOOKER. WILBUR—Fr. Football 1. F. F. A. 1. BROQUARD, EARL—Fr. Glee Club 1. BUSHMAN, GLADYS—Fr. Glco Club 1, Operetta 1. BUTLER, HAROLD—Fr. BUTLER. HERSHEL H.—Jr. Fro ball 1, 2. 3. c CARDER. RAY MITCHELL—Jr. Football 1. 2. 3. F Club 1. 2. 3. CARDER, ROY M.—Sr. Football 2. 3, 4. Basketball 1. F Club 3. 4. Classi Play 3. CARLSON, DOROTHY—Jr. Class Play 3, Home Ec. Club 1, 2. 3. CARTER, TOM—Sph. Basketball 2. CLARK. BETTY RUTH—Sr. Home Ec. Club 1. 2. 3. 4. Spanish Club 3. 4. Glee Club 2. 3. Majorette 3, 4. CLARK, EVELYN—Sph. Glee Club 2. G. A. A. 1. 2. Latin Club 1. 2. 0| eretta 2. COOPER, ELBERT—Fr. Glee Club 1. Operetta 1. COOPER, ROSEMARY—Fr. G. A. A. 1. Operetta 1. CRAIG. EVELYN—Sph. Glee Club 1. G. A. A. 1. 2. Home Ec. 1, 2. CRAIG. WILLARD—Jr. Glee Club 1. 2. 3, 4. Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3. 4, Class Play 3, 4, Operetta 4. CROUCH, ROSEMARY—Jr. Home Ec. Club 2, 3, G. A. A. 3, Home Nurs- ing 3. D DAMERON, DALE—Sph. Band 1. 2, Glee Club 1, 2. Football 1. Basket- ball 1. 2. Baseball 1. 2. F Club 1. 2. DAWSON, DULA MAE—Jr. Glee Club 1. 2, 3. Mixed Chorus 2, 3. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. Latin Club 1. 2, 3, Operetta 3, Solo 1. 2. DECKER, BOB—Jr. DoFRIES. HAPPY—Fr. Band 1. Glee Club 1, Latin Club 1. DEGENHART, JAMES E.—Jr. Band 1. 2, 3, Glee Club 1, 2, 3. Football 1, Basketball 1. DEGENHART, WENDELL RAY—Fr. Glee Club 1. Mixed Chorus 1. DRENNEN, PHYLLIS—Sph. Glee Club 1. 2. Latin Club 1. 2. G. A. A. 2. Operetta 2, Band I. DURHAM, EUGENE E.—Jr. Basketball 1. 3, Glee Club 1. 2. 3. Mixed Cho- rus 3. Spanish Club 2, 3. Class Play 3. E EILERS, CARL—Sr. Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3, 4. Football 1. 2. 3. 4. Basketball 1. 2, 3. Baseball 1. 2. 3. Crier Staff 4. Boys' Ensemble 2, 3. Mixed Ensemble 3. EILERS, PAUL—Sph. Band 1. 2. Glee Club 2. Mixed Chorus 2. Base- ball 1. 2, Football 1, Basketball 1. F FERGUSON, ALICE—Sph. Band 1. 2. Glee Club 1. 2. Mixed Chorus 2. G. A. A. 1. 2. Latin Club 1. 2. FERGUSON, WILMA—Sph. G. A. A. 1. 2. Home Ec. Club 1, 2. FITZGERALD, LOIS—Sr. Band 1. 2. 3. 4. Glee Club 3. 4. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3, 4, Latin Club 1, 2, Operetta 4. Class Play 3. FITZGERALD, RAY—Sph. Band 1. 2. Glee Club 1. 2. Mixed Chorus 2. Basketball 1, 2. Latin Club 1, 2. FLANAGAN, ROSE—Sph. Glee Club 1, 2. G. A. A. 1, 2, Home Ec. Club 1. 2. Operettn 2. FREEDMAN, JOHN MAURICE—Fr. Baseball 1. G GAHWILER, JACK—Sr. GAHWILER. ROSEMARY—Fr. Latin Club 1. GERDES. FLORENCE—Jr. Glee Club 1. 2. 3. Mixed Chorus 3. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. Latin Club 1, 2, 3, Operetta 3. —98— GOUGE, BOB— Sph. Football 1, 2, Basketball 1, 2, Baseball 1, 2, F Club 2. GREEN, CHARLES—Fr. Latin Club 1. Gle© Club 1. GREEN, HELEN JEAN—Sph. Glee Club 1, G. A. A. 1. Latin Club 1. 2. GROVE, BETTY—Sr. Latin Club 1, 2. GROVE, MATTEE LEE—Fr. H HAAB, PHYLLIS JEANNE—Jr. Band 1. 2. 3. Glee Club 1. 2. 3. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. Cheerleader 2. 3. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. Latin Club 1. 2. 3. Spanish Club 3. Class Play 3, Operetta 3. Scholarship 1. HAAS. CAROLINE—Fr. Glee C'ub 1. Home Ec. Club 1. HAASE, FRANCIS—Sph. HANKINS, ROBERT—Fr. HANER, PATRICIA—Sph. Band 1. 2. Glee Club 1. 2, Latin Club 1. 2. G. A. 1, 2. Operetta 2. HANES. CHARLES-Sr. Band 1. 2, 3. I, Crier Staff 1. 4, Clco Club. 1. 2. 3. Class Play 3. 4. Latin Club 1. 2. Schol- arship 1, 3. Basketball M rr. 2. HANES, DOROTHY—Sph. Home Ec. Club 1. 2. HARRIS. MARY ELEANOR—Sph. G. A. A. 1, 2. Latin Club 1. 2. HARRIS, PRISCILLA JEAN—Fr. Home Ec. Club 1. HARRIS, WALTER—Fr. HARRIS, WILLIS LaVERNE—Fr. Glee Club 1. HARTMAN, HARVEY H.—Jr. F Cub 3. Basketball 1. 2. 3. HEADLEY, KENNETH—Fr. Gleo Club 1. HEINS. JOAN—Jr. Band 1. 2. 3. Glee Club 1. 2. 3. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. G A. A. 1. 2. 3. Latin Club 1. 2. 3. Operetta 3. HEINS, JOYCE—Jr. Band 1. 2. 3. Glee Club 1. 2. 3. Mixed Cumis 1. 2. 3. Crier Staff 2. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. Latin Club 1. 2. 3. Operetta 3. HENNING, DOROTHY—Sr. Band 1. 2. 3. 4. Glee Club 2. 3. 4. Mixed Cho- rus 2. 3. 4. G. A. A. 1, 2. Latin Club 1, 2. HILDRETH, FRANCES—Fr. Gleo Club 1. G. A. A. 1. Home Ec. Club 1. HOFFMAN, RALPH—Sr. Baseball 1. 2. 3. 4. F Club 1. 2. 3. 4. F. F. A. 1. 2. 3. HONEGGER, ALBERT—Fr. HUBER, EMMA LOU—Jr. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. Home Ec. Club 1. 2. 3. Glee Club 2. 3, Operetta 3. Crier Staff 3. Class Officer 3. Scholarship 2. Student Council 3. HUBER, JESSE—Jr. Claso Play 3. HURT, IRENE—Sph. G. A. A. 1, 2. J JACKSON, ED—Fr. JAMES, ELLA—Sr. Band 1. 2. 3, Glee Club 1. 2, 3. Mixed Chorus 2. 3. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. Latin Club 1. 2. 3, 4. Class Play 3. 4. JAMES, OLLIE MAE—Sph. Glee Club 1. 2. Mixed Chorus 2, G. A. A. 1, 2, Latin Club 1, 2, Oi eretta 2. JESSUP, IMOGENE M.—Sr. Gleu Club 3. Home Ec. Club 3. 4. Latin Club 1. 2. 3. 4. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4, Crier Staff 4. JESSUP, MARJORIE—Jr. Glee Club 2. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. Latin Club 1, 2. 3. Class Play 3. Oj eretta 3. Majorette 2. 3. JOHNSON, ERNEST—Jr. Latin Club 1, 2. 3. K KAISNER, CLARENCE M.—Fr. KNOPP, RALPH—Sph Gleo Club 1. 2. Basketball 1, 2. F Club 2. L LEETCH, EVELYN JEAN—Jr. G. A. A. 1. 2. Latin Club 1. 2. Home Ec. Club 3. LEHMANN, JUNIOR—Sph. Band 1. 2. Glee Club 1. 2. Latin Club 1. LORCH, JOHN—Sr. F. F. A. 1. 2. 3. Spanish Club 4, Football 4. LORCH, ROSE—Sph. Gleo Club 1, 2. LOUGHRAN, EUGENE—Jr. Latin Club 1. 2. M McKINLEY. WILLADENE—Fr. Gleo Club 1. Home Ec. Club 1. MEHRINGS. MARGARET—Jr. Glee Club 2. 3. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. Home Ec Club 1. 2. 3. METZ, ELSIE MAE—Sr. Home Ec. 1, 2, 3, 4. METZ. KENNETH—Fr. F. F. A. l. METZ, LLOYD—Sph. MILNE, JOAN—Sr. Band 1. 2. 3. 4, Glee Club 3. G. A. A. 1, 2. 3, 4. Lntin Club 1. 2, 3, Crier Staff 2. 4. MISKELL, CHARLES—Jr. F. F. A. 1, 2. Class Play 3. MORRIS. JAY—Sr. Glee Club 1, 2. 3, 4. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. Small Mixed Chorus 4. Crier Staff 3. 4. Span- ish Club 4. Band 1, 2, 3, 4. Football 1. Basket- ball 1, Boys' Ensemble 1, 2. 3, 4. Class Play 3. 4, Operetta 4. MOSER. BOB—Sph. Gleo Club 2. MOWERY, JOHN—Sph. MOYER, PHYLLIS JEANNE—Fr. Glee Club 1, 2. Mixed Chorus 2, G. A. A. 1, 2, Solo I, Home Ec. Club 2. N NANCE, CHARLOTTE—Sr. Crier Staff 3. 4. Home Ec. Club 1. 2. 3. 4. G. A. A. 1. 2, 3. 4. Class Play 3, Scholarship 1. 2. 3. 4. —99— NANCE, MARDELL—Fr. Gleo Club 1, Crier Staff 1. Home Ec. Club 1. Cheerleader 1. NASH, ANNABELLE’—Fr. G. A. A. 1. NORRIS, MELVIN—Fr. NEWNAM. LOIS—Sr. Band 1. 2, 3. 4. G. A. A. 1. 2, 3. Latin Club 1, 2. 3. NUSSBAUM, BOB—Sph. Band 1. 2. Glee Club 1. 2. Mixed Chorus 2, Basketball i, Latin Club 1. 2, Operetta 2. P PETER, DARRELL—Jr. Glee Club 3. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. Latin Club 1. 2, 3, Spanish Club 2. 3. Class Piny 3. PIERCY, ELIZA—Fr. Glee Club 1. R RAMSEYER, NINA LOU—Jr. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. Home Ec. Club 1. 2. 3. RANGE, KENNETH—Fr. Glee Club 1. Football 1. F Club 1. RATHMAN, LUCILLE—Sr. Glee Club 4. Crier Staff 4. G. A. A. 1. 2. 4. Iatin Club 4. REIS, JOHN—Sr. Glee Club 1, 2. 3. 4, Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. Mixed Ensemble 3. 4. Football 1. 2, 3. 4. Basketball 1. 2. 3. Baseball 1, 2, 3. Operetta I, 4. Latin Club 1. 2. RICE, JIM—Jr. Clasn Play 3. RICE, RICHARD Sr. Football 4. RICKETTS, LYLE—Sr. F Club 3. 4. F Club Pres. 4. Football 1. 2. 3. 4. Class Play 3. Baseba'I 1. 2. 3. 4. Spanish Club 4. Basketball 1, 2. Band 1, Student Council 4. RIGSBY, FRANK—Jr. Glee Club 1, 2. 3. Mixed Chorus 2. 3. Bovs’ Ensemble 2. 3. Boys’ Quartet 3. Mixed En- semblo 3. RINKENBERGER, MARCELLA- -Sr. Latin Club 3. 4. ROACH KATHARENE L. Sr. Home Ec. Club 4. Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 1, 2. 3. 4, Girls' Ensemble 1. 2. 3. 4. Mixed Ensemble 3. 4. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Intin Club 1, 2. 3. Operetta 4. Class Play 4. RUNYON. SAMMY—Fr. Glee Club 1. Football 1, Basketball 1. F Club 1. s SCHADE, JACQUELINE Fr Band 1. Glee Club 1. G. A. A. 1. Latin Club 1. SCHNETZLER, MARGIE—Sr. Majorette 2. 3. 4. Glee Club 1, 2. 3. 4, Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. Small Mixed Chorus 2. Crier Staff 4. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Latin Club 1. 2. 3, 4. Operetta 4. Minstrel Show 1. Home Ec. Club 4, Scholarship 1, 2. 3. 4. SCHLICHER, CHARLENE—Jr. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. Latin Club 1. 2. SCHMIDT, VIVIAN -Sph. Band 1. 2, Glee Club 1. 2. Mixed Chorus 1. 2, G. A. A. 2, Latin Club 1, 2. Operetta 2. SEARS, MAXINE—Sph. G. A. A. 1. Home Ec. Club 1. SOMERS, PHYLLIS—Sph. Glee Club 1. 2. Latin Club 1. Operetta 2. SMITH, RUTH I.—Fr. Gleo Club 1, G. A. A. 1. Homo Ec. Club 1. SOMERVILLE. ELIZABETH M,—Sr. Glee Club 3. 4, Mixed Chorus 3. 4, Home Ec. Club 1. 2. 3, 4. SOMERVILLE. MARIONNE MARIE—Sr. Glee Club 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 3. 4, Home Ec. Club 1, 2. 4. SPENCE, BOB—Jr. Glc© Club 3, Mixed Chorus 3. Basketball Mvrr. 2. Baseball 1. Latin Club 1, 2. 3, F Club 2. 3. Casa Play 3. SPENCE, MARGOT—Sr. Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. G. A. A. 1. 2. Latin Club 1. 2. Home Ec. Club 2. 3. 4. Operetta 4. Girls’ Ensemble 3, Minstrel Show 1. Cheerleader 3. Crier Staff 4. Scholarship 3. Mixed Ensemble 4. STEIDINGER, CARLLENE—Sr. Band 1. 2. Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. Crier Staff 1. 2. 3. 4. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Latin Club 1. 2. 3. 4. Class Play 3. Scho'arship 1. 2. 3, 4. Operetta 4. Mixed En- semble 4. Student Council 4. STFIDINGER. DICK Fr. Gleo Club 1, Latin Club 1. STEIDINGER. DON—Jr. Band 1. 2. 3. G'ee C’ub 1. 2. 3. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. Lat;n Club 1. 2. 3. STEIDINGER. HELEN—Sr. Band 1. 2. 3. Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4. Small Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 4. fir's Ensemble 2. 3, 4. Crier Staff 3. 4. Class Play 3. 4. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Latin Club 1. 2. 3. 4. Mixed Ensemble 3. Scholarship 1. 2. 3. 4. Operetta 4. Minstrel Show 1. Vice-Pres- ident 3. STIVER. JIM—Fr. Band 1. Glee Club 1. Mixed Chorus 1. STRODE, GEORGE DEAN—Fr. Glee Club 1. Football 1. Basketball 1, Baseball 1. F. F. A. 1. SUTTER, FLORENCE E.—Sr. Glee Club 3. 4. Mixed Chorus 4, Crier Staff 4. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Latin Club 2. 3. 4. Home Ec. Club 1. 2. 3. 4, Operetta 4. Cheerleader 4. SUTTER, MAURICE—Sr. Spanish Club 4. T T GG, BILL—Jr. Glee Club 2. 3. Mixed Chorus 2. 3. Mixed En- semble 2. 3. Boys’ Ensemble 2. 3. Band 2. 3. Basketball 2. Football 3. Operetta 3. F Club 3. TAGG, HELEN—Sph. Band 1. 2. Glee Club 1. 2. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. G. A. A. 1. 2. Latin Club 1, 2. Operetta 2. Scholarship 1. THOMAS. CHARLES -Jr. Band 1. 2. 3. Glee Club 1. 2, 3. 4. Mixed Cho- rvs 1. 2. 3. 4. Boys Ensemble 2. 3. Mixed En- semble 2, Baseball 1. 2. Basketball 1. Foot- ball 2. French Club 2. 3, Class Play 3. THOMPSON. JOANNE—Jr. Home Ec. Club 1, 2. 3. G. A. A. 2. 3. Glee Club 1. 2, 3. THOMPSON, JOHN—Fr. Basketball 1. F. A. A. 1. 100— TOLLENSDORF, FRANCES—Sr. Latin Club 1, 2, Spanish Club 3. 4, Homo Ec. Club 4. TRAVIS, BETTY LOUISE—Sph. TRAVIS, MARY ROSE—Fr. Glee Club 1, Homo Ec. Club I. TRAVIS. VIRGIL—Sr. F. F. A. 1. 3. 4. u UI.FERS, WARREN—Sph. Basketball 1, 2, Crior Staff 2. V VAIL, ELLEN FRANCES—Jr. G. A. A. 3. VAIL. ROBERT—Fr. Band 1. VANCE, RUBY JENNIE—Sr. Glee Club 3. G. A. A. 3. 4, Latin Club 1. 2. 3. 4. Home Ec. Club 4. VEATCH, CHUCK—Jr. Mixed Chorus 2. 3, Glee Club 1. 2, 3. Football 1. M rr. Football 2. Basketball 1. 2. 3. Crier Staff I. Latin Club 1. 2. 3. F Club 2. 3. Operetta 3, Baseball 3. VONBERGEN, DORIS JEAN—Jr. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. Latin Club 1. 2. 3. Home Ec. Club 3, Majorette 2, 3. Glee Club 1, 2, 3. Mixed ChoruH 3. VONBERGEN, HOWARD—Sph. Football 1. 2. Bnsketball 1. Baseball 1, 2, F Club 1, 2. Student Council 2. w WAGENSELLER, DOROTHY—Jr. WAGENSELLER, HARRY JOHN—Sr. VA LLENSTEIN, LOIS—Fr. G. A. A. 1. WALLENSTEIN, ERMA—Jr. Glee Cl’ b 1. 2, 3, Latin Club 1. Home Ec. Club 1. 2. WALTER, ARTHUR—Jr. Class Play 3. WALTER, ELEANOR—Fr. Homo Ec. Club 1. WEEKS. STANLEY CURTIS—Fr. Band 1, Glee Club 1, Mixed Chorua 1. F. 1 A. 1. WENGER. MILDRED- Fr. Horn � Ec. Club 1. WESSELS, LUCETTA A.—Fr. Q. A. A. 1, Home Ec. Club 1. WESSELS, WARREN—Fr. Glee Club 1, Baseball 1, F. F. A. 1, Operetta 1. WILKEN, CHARLES—Jr. Basketball 2. 3. Football 1, 2. WILKEN, WILLIAM—Sph. Basketball 1. 2. F. F. A. 1. WILLIAMS, BYARD—Sph. F. F. A. 1. 2. WILLIAMSON, GRACELEE—Sph. Glee Club 1. 2. G. A. A. 1. 2. Latin Club 1, 2, Oj eretta 2. WILLS. BETTE—Sph. Glee Club 1, 2. Mixed Chorus 2, Scholarship 1. WINTERLAND, ARNOLA—Sph. Glee Club 1. 2. G. A. A. 1. 2. Latin Club 1. 2. Operetta 2. WINTERLAND, WAYNE WILLIAM—Sr. Spanish Club 1. WISP:R, HERBERT—Sr. Football M«r. 3. 4. Football 1. Basketball 2, 3. 4. Crier Staff 4. F Club 3. 4. WISER. REVA—Sph. Homo 5°. Club 1. 2. WOODWARD, BILI_____Jr. Football 1. 2, 3. Basketball 1. 2, 3, Baseball 2. 3, Spanish Club 2, 3, F Club 2. 3. WOODARD. GENE—Fr. Y YEAGLE, EDITH—Sr. Band 1. 2. 3. Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4. Mixed Cho- rus 1. 2. 3. 4. Crier Staff 4. G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Latin Club 1. 2. 3, 4. Home Ec Club 4, Class Play 3. 4. Scholarship 1, 2. 3, 4. Oper- etta 4. Mixed Ensemble. YOUNG. NORMA—Jr. Glee Club 1, 2. 3. Mixed Chorus 1. 2. 3. Cass Play 3. G. A. A. 1. 2, Latin Club 1. 2, Oper- etta 3. z ZIEGENHORN, ROBERT—Sph. Football 1, 2. Basketball I, 2, Baseball 1, 2, Latin Club 1. 2. F Club I. 2. ZIMMERMAN. JOHN—Fr. Glee Club 1. ZIMMERMAN, RUTH—Jr. Glee Club 1. 2. 3. Home Ec. Club 1. 2. 3. — 101 — WHAT A GUY, WHAT A GUY— WHAT? A GUY? I think that I shall never again In my car let Bill Tagg remain. His face looks like it has been blessed Upon this earth by a two-ton press. A boy who will pay a girl’s lunch check. If she will go into his car and neck. Now I must close this poem for the day. For I must make tracks, but not his way. When he reads this poem I know he will seeth. And I wonder how I’ll look with no front teeth. —Fooeva Yours, May (Toothless) Jorris. Phyllis M.—Isn’t that a terrible pic- ture of me? I look just like a monkey. Rose F.—You should have thought of that before you had it taken. “I’m surprised!” exclaimed Mrs. Mor- ris as she came upon Jay kissing the maid. Oh, no. I’m surprised; you’re aston- ished,” he rejoined. Muriel Bedell—What’s wrong with the guy asking you if you can dance? Rose Lorch—I was dancing with him when he asked me. Mr. Staggs (having trouble with the phone) bellowed at the operator—Am I crazy, or are you? Norma Young—I’m sorry sir, but we don’t have that information. Vivian S.—Is everything shut up for the night. Mother? Mother — That depends on you, dear, everything else is. Chuck Veatch says he’s going to take a ladder to the prom because he heard the drinks were going to be on the house. Dining in a restaurant with her hus- band the other day, Mrs. Leach missed her gloves when she had finished eating and was on her way out. Murmuring something to Mr. Leach, she scurried back to the table to look for them. Not seeing them on the table or any of the chairs, she lifted the table cloth and began to grub about on the floor. Just then a waiter came up, “Pardon me, Madam.” he said, “but the gentleman is up front by the door.” IDEAL BOY Hair—Bob Nussbaum Nose—Paul Eilers Eyes—Bob Beck ley Lips—Lyle Ricketts Hands—Bob Spence Physique—Roy Carder Walk—Bill Woodard Best Athlete—Alden Beckley Best Dancer—Jay Morris Best Manners—Jerry Wilson Personality—Bob Ziegenhorn Best Dressed—Chuck Veatch Intelligence—Howard Bess Technique—Jay Morris —Compiled by two Juniors who prefer to remain anonymous. IDEAL GIRI. Hair—Doris Von Bergen Nose—Gracelee Williamson Eyes—Margot Spence Lips—Eula Mae Bess Hands—Helen Steidinger Figure—Margie Schnetzler Walk—Ella James Best Dancer—Phyllis Moyer Pest Manners Mardell Nance Personality—Darrell Peter Inte’ligence—Carlleno Steidinger Pest Dressed—Phyllis Haab Technique—Norma Young —Likewise Anonymous. Tob Ziegenhorn passes along this timelv adv5ce: Never run after a street car o” a woman—another will be along any minute. Suds tells us that an intelligent girl i°. one who knows how to refuse a kiss without being deprived of it. Katherine Roach, explaining to the traffic cop how the accident really hap- pened, said, “A pedestrian hit me and went underneath my car.” Marion S. explains that she wears pumps because she has water on the knee. 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