Farmington High School - Voyageur Yearbook (Farmington, IL)

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,alms fb EMMA Lou BEVERLY DONNA GENE ff'N. SAM ELLEN BOB Emma Lou Vter secretary treasurer of the Library Cadets was also a member of F H A Argus Qurll and Scroll band Tumbltng Club glee club A A and the Latln Club She was a lass monltor took part IH the Argus play was on the busrness staff ol the Voyageur and was rn the cantata pantomxme Beverly Workman was an actrve member ol F H A whlle rn hlgh school She sang rn the glee club was a member of A A ana was tn the oanta a pantomrme Donna Workman has been '1 member of the glee clu F H A and A Gene Wrrgley an outstandlng F F A member wa on the judgmg team and was awardea a tate dearee He also sana tn th boys choru Page 14 tack Yanclck better known as Sam played on the loo ball basketball and track hrs four years at F C H S He managed the baseball team two years and played on the neversweat teams Sam belonged to A A and was on the make up commlttee for the Voyageur He was also m the can ata pantomtme and whenever there was anv art work Sam obllgmgly gave h ervrces was a member of F H A glee club A A and took part 1n the Cantata pantomlme Bob Youngblood another outstandmg athlee durrng hrs hrgh school career was a regular player ot the football basketball baseball track and neversweat teams He belonged to the l..1brary Cadets of whrch he was presldent h1s senlor year and was VICE president of the class hrs tumor year He sang 1n the mrxed chorus be longed to A A ol whrch he was a sophomore epre entatrve ana was tn the Cantata pan omrne .A Q J' FS. lt X ' W , ' ' is - - - , - I I Ellen Yarnell, quiet reserved girl from Hanna City, b ,.t, , . A. - ' I t f , J 3 J A . e .' s I A . ' t

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K A ' NORMA ALLEN VANITA PAT IOANN DONNA PEGGY IULIA Norma Stremmel was 1n the g1rls glee club lor tour years and she was a class monrtor as well as a member ot A A and F H A Allen Strong or Al to h1s classmates was one of the hard worktng Argusltes l-le belonged to Ourll and Scroll band glee club A A a Cl the Latln Club played on the football and neversweat teams was manager of boh the basketball and baseball teams took part ln the Argus play and was on the buslness stall of the Voyageur He also entered the chstrrct muslc Con est 1n he llute drvrsron Van1ta Stuttlebeam wa tn glee club he lour years o hrgh school She was a me ber of A A and came here from Canton l-hgh School a Threw an out and ng F lf' A efrtb r recerved 0 trol: weat far' ook par tn rro pr '1 boy choru and rnryed cn nd o h usrness sta o ne Voyager, IoAnn Thurman short lrrendly g1rl from Norrls Was Page l3 an F H A member durmg her four years of F C H S She sang 1n the glee club belonged to band and A A Donna TIGZZI ano her enthuslast IH the g1rls physlcal educatron clubs was manager of the basket ball team and played baseball A member of F H A she belonged also to A A was a class monltor and was on the buslness staff of the Voyageur Peggy Tuckey the grrl wrth the sweet smile was a uha member of band l..1brary Cadets mrxed chorus and A A She was secretary ol F H A her rreshrnan year was a class mon1tor played basketball ana was on the bustness stat of 'ne Voyageur Tusek was secretary cf the F H A her Junxor year She played on the glrls basketball and T rmrlrn 1 Club an l A A ang rn rn? d choru w 1 antata olor ht year ani wa an IO Conference queen attendant her sophomore year , , - , , . ' 4 , . . . A xx If - , l I , f , A ., Tl I A ., r . I i A . , . . I 3. Y i l , , g. . , ' . ' . YH . . A ' ' I . , f I ' r ' ' . . . ' ' P t , 'T.3t,.. Sl . . rn-.. e , ' H ' ' the State Former degree this year. He played baseball teams and WGS G member of the on th, .a ' all, frack, and nevers 1- .111 l J' , C S - Y-E S. 1 J t . the ru. r lay i. as' 2 r ,: C 53 lst t , r Ill' A ' Qs lotus a ' n 1. e b' .. . ll i r' 'r. .

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FARMINGTON GROWS UP From horses plodd1ng along pullrng wagons over deep muddy ruts to b1g shrny automo brles wh1zz1ng down paved hlghways Front a nrght at home around the kerosene lamp W1th the famrly to an evenrng spent at home watchrng a wrestlrng match over televrsron Yes lrfe rn Farmlngton certalnly has changed durrng the past hfty years The bu1ld1ngs rn the mam busrness sect1on have not changed much except for a new front here and there and many remodeled 1n terrors The buslnesses have changed hands several trmes wtth the result that each burld mg has a hrstory of 1ts own Of course there were no garages or gasol1ne tatlons back ln 1900 but they qulckly came 1n and replacea the buggy shops and blacksm1th shops as the horseless carnage came 1n and replaced the horse and buggy The general stores flourrshed 1n 1900 but they branched out rnto the super market the grocery tore the frurt store and dry goods e tablrshments The res1dence sectrons have changed con slderably wrth many new sectlons of town be mg added on durrng the last half century The town started expand1ng West but the d1rect1on was changed to northeast and south New srdewalks roads and shrubbery have helped At Mud Pomt of Century F Farmrngton l'l1gh School at the m1d pornt of thrs century has had a total of 1945 grad uates 137 of these graduatlng pr1or to 1900 and 1808 graduatrng smce then ln th1s year of 1950 approxrmately srxty ome students w1ll graduate from F C H S whxle rn 1900 twenty l1Ve enrolled at the be g1nn1ng of the year and elght graduated Also rn 1900 ten junrors seven sophomores and twenty one freshmen completed the year Thls year approxtmately 50 1un1ors 79 sopho mores and 89 freshmen w1ll complete the year At the turn of the century tho e wantmg to secure an educatron could do so for very lrttle money TUITION was S2 00 a month or S16 00 a year At the present trme 1t IS S250 a year Farmrngton Communlty 1-lrgh School rn 1900 was located where the Chapman school IS today The entlre student body of the hlgh school was placed rn one large room wrth the freshmen occupying the frrst three rows sophomores next two rows and the Junlors the two m1ddle rows and the SGHIOYS the last row next to the wxndows Tne students were requlred to carry the same number of sub1ects that are requlred at complete the change and to QIVG Farmrngton a more modern appearance The lrves of the people themselves have been greatly changed Occupatrons entertaln ment and rnterests have all changed Farmlngton boasted of several factorres through the years These factor1es employed some of the men but the greater ma1or1ty of them were m1ners and farmers There are four mam group today factory workers mer chants m1ners and farmers Farmrngton also offered 1ts resrdents a w1de vartety of amusements Farmlngton has sported many dlfferent movre houses and a few opera houses rn 1ts days Of course for a lrttle less culture there have always been tav erns and saloons to keep the populace 1n good sprrrts The show houses however decreased rn number as the automoblle led many res1 dents to entertalnment rn the larger c1t1es It wrll be rnterestmg for us youngsters to look back rn the year 2000 when we become a lrttle older and see how much Farmmgton wrll have changed ln the years 1950 to 2000 Wrll the changes brought about by the machrne age compare wrth the changes to come durlng the atomrc age? Perhaps and then agam maybe there wont be a Farmrngton C H S Has 1 945 Graduated the present trme that number belng four The subyects drd not vary to a great extent they drd not have foretgn languages but they d1d have Engh h algebra geometry and scrence The last srx weeks was devoted to a very 1n tensrve study of astronomy and Amerlcan Hxstory There were no clubs at th1s txme but a muslc teacher from Canton came once a week and trme was allowed for s1ng1ng Track was the predomrnatmg sport and Farmlngtons track team was rated very hrgh at thrs trme Very lrttle football was played and Farmlng tons brg game of the year was played on Thanksgrvrng Day when the Farmers met the Elmwood team Instead of havlng assembly programs as we do now the class of 1900 put on therr own programs Every Frlday afternoon was de voted to puttlng on short skrts and slnglng At commencement tfme out of the twenty f1ve senrors who had enrolled wlth the Class of 1900 erght graduated S1nce 1t was such a small class each one gave an oratlon on the prog am Because of the burnlng of the school the commencement exerclses were held 1n the burldlng where the Negley Hardware Store stands today Dage 15 . , . . , ' , . . . , , 1 . as . , - - ' 1 1 1 . , ' . 0 . . .1 . . , 1 - - 1 I - . . 1 1 1 , . . . ' 1 0 A . . . -P 1 1 .1 . ' . 4 1 . - 1 - f . . - 1 - I 1 - ' ' 1 1 ' f I 1 , ' .ci . , . 0 1 1 1 - I - . . C . Q . . . ., - 1 ' ' . , 1 1 1 1 1 -1 ' , . - l 1 , e .J , . . . I 1 1 1 I . . . -. I ' 1 1 , . 1 , . 1 w A . , , ,