Georgetown High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Georgetown, IL)

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1929-1930 The Georgetown Hi-Times A COLLABORATOR Prize Winning Story by LUCY DIETKUS “Tarnie Conor asks for a good comic,” was the headline to the advertisement. It proceeded as follows: “Tarnie Conor extends a challenge to all cartoonists to participate in the contest which he is sponsoring for the purpose of finding a cartoon that will please him. Any one succeeding in doing this will be welcomed as a collaborator with the eminent cartoonist who features ‘Whimsies of Life' daily in thousands of newspapers.” Tarnie Conor read the ad again although he had read it three times before in previous papers. The wrinkles of his cynical smile deepened as he rose with his usual deliberateness and walked to the window. He had always led a lonely life. Fifteen years ago he had started the cartoonist’s work. He wondered now as he had often wondered before why he hadn’t quit it long ago. But no—it afforded his cynical nature a grim sort of joy to portray life’s ups and downs. He exulted in his feeling of superiority as he thought of the pleasure the people derived in scanning his comic. He smiled again as he thought of the many replies he had received to the ad and that he had rejected. The door-bell rang and almost instantly the door opened. A very stout man bustled in without the least bit of ceremony. “Hullo, Tarn!” his booming voice filled the spacious studio. “You look like the last rose of summer—a trifle thorny!” “Here’s a young man’s cartoon work,” Parker Trent continued as he dexterously flung a package on the table. “It’s your only Iiojk . Tarn,” he added with an amused laugh, and the breezy visitor made a speedy exit. Tarn resented Parker’s irritating geniality and stood smarting under its sarcasm for some fifteen minutes. Then he advanced slowly to the table and with an idle curiosity proceeded to unwrap the package. He jerked up with amazement as he gazed down at the contents. For a moment Tarn was nonplussed. Then with a lunge he made for the phone. “The Preston Herald—Get the editor!” he barked into the mouthpiece. In a few minutes he heard Parker’s amused voice, “Hello, Tarn!—Well—” “Where in the devil did you get those drawings?” Tarn demanded curtly. “Don’t get kiddish, Tarn!” came back a matter-of-fact voice. “You know perfectly well where I got them. They’re your first comic strips. The ones you made for our paper when you started the racket fifteen years back.” “Well,”—Tarn’s voice began to lose its impatience. “Look them over, you darn fool,” Parker returned half-angrily. “That’s the kind of comic strip you should be making: something a little mushy, like ‘Violet Kay’ and the rest that you have there. I tell you, Tarn,” his voice had lowered a scale, “you’re giving us your ‘Whimsies of Life’ too straight. ‘Violet Ray’ is your collaborator. Use it, man!” And with a chuckle Parker Trent hung up. Page Seven

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ThR Gkorgktown Hi-Times 1929-1930 Who’s Who in {he Senior CLASS OFFICERS First Semester Second Semester William Moore..........President...........Joe Mahoney Mark Miller .......Vice-President.........Donald Grubb Margaret Richards...Sec.-Treasurer..Helen Niziolkiewicz Onabclle Moody..Chairman Social Comm.......Mary Powell BOYS’ ATHLETICS Football Halary Sawicki, Captain, “G” Ivan Williams, “G Ted Elliott, Trophy, “G” Wayne Henry, G” Homer Morris, “G” Paul Galycn, Trainer Basketball Homer Morris HONOR ROLL Ruby Ramsey William Moore Mary Powell Mildred Alabaugh Flossie Carrington Mary Chantos Edith Haworth Lucile Hinton GIRLS’ ATHLETICS Basketball Ruby Ramsey, Contain Mary Powell Mildred Wells Clara Zielinski, “G” Edith Haworth Helen Niziolkiewicz, “G” CHEER LEADERS Onabelle Moody Howard Emory GIRLS’ CHORUSES Semi-Chorus Edith Haworth Helen Niziolkiewicz Mary Powell Ruby Ramsey Glee Club Margaret Chapman Mary Chantos Onabelle Moody Mildred Wells ROYS’ GLEE CLUB Robert Chapman Howard Emory Wayne Henry Joe Mahoney Homer Morris Halary Sawicki PUBLIC SPEAKING CLUB OFFICERS Literary Club Ag. Club Mary Powell...........-...President.........Elmer Learnard Helen Niziolkiewicz Vice-President....................Paul Galyen Ruby Ramsey.........Secretary-Treasurer.......Harmon Stark Girls' Club French Club Onabelle Moody, President Homer Flora, Vice-President F. L. If. Club Mark Miller, President Mary Powell Mildred Wells BOYS ON AG. TEAMS Elmer Learnard Joe Mahoney Paul Galyen Harmon Stark Robert Chapman BASKETBALL QUEEN Helen Niziolkiewicz Bookkeeping Flossie Carrington Mary Alice Sandusky 1930 COMMERCIAL TEAMS Advanced Typing Clara Zielinski Ruby Ramsey William Moore Mildred Wells Flossie Carrington, Alternate 80-word Shorthand William Moore Clara Zielinski Mary Chantos Edith Thornton, Alternate lOO-tcord Shorthand Mildred Alabaugh Ruby Ramsey Edith Thornton Margaret Richards, Alternate Page Six

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T11K G KORCKTOW N 111 -TIM KS 1929-1930 Georgetown Finishes 1929 Season Undefeated Place Claim for Eastern Illinois Championship Georgetown's 1929 Footkam. Squad Georgetown's football career for 1929 came to an end as usual on Thanksgiving day. Westville, Georgetown’s ancient enemy, furnished the opposition on Georgetown’s held. As the end of the game came, even-one from Georgetown was Idled with pride. Georgetown had accomplished two great tilings; first, they had defeated Westville, but a still greater triumph, they had as good a claim as any other team in the state to the Eastern Illinois Championship. Sawicki, chosen by Rocky Wolfe as an All-State back, led this fighting combination to rank among the best teams in the state. The 1929 line was a line that every coach is always wishing for. There was Haney, All-County center; Crum, All-County guard; Stropus, a boy playing his second year of football who had won his letter as a freshman; Elliott, All-County tackle; Stasa-vich, All-County tackle on the second team; Henry, end of the second team of the All-County, and Morris, a triple letter man in football who played the other end. In the backfield were four stars in the person of Sawicki, Snook, Warren, and Williams. They were all a coach could ask for. Hut the sad part of it is all but Snook are lost to next year’s team. Georgetown went through the entire season with only fourteen points scored against them. Even these points were made after the first team had l een taken out. Attica made seven points and Villa Grove made the same amount. As the first game of the season, Sidell was played at Sided. Sided always gives Georgetown a good game, though there is keen rivalry and Sided upsets Georgetown once in a while. We consider Sided as one of our very best friends. Before the Bridge| ort game it was found that thev didn’t like to 1929 Schedule Sept. 21—Sided 20-0 Sept. 28— Bridgeport 25-0 Oct. 4— lasonville 27-0 Oct. 12--Bicknell 41-0 44 -7 Nov. 11—Hoopeston 20-0 Nov. If)—Villa Grove 33-7 Nov. 28—Westville 13-0 give Georgetown a game for they knew that they were going to have a good team and they wished to play only the schools that could boast of a good team. They had a good team but they were not in Georgetown’s class as the score of 25-0 showed. Jasonville, for many years one of the best teams in Indiana, was Georgetown’s next victim. The first half went scoreless but Georgetown came back the last half to push ahead by a score of 27-0. Bicknell, where they boasted of a winning team and also a heavy team, proved to be no match for the boys from Georgetown. The final score was 41-0. Georgetown journeyed to Attica. After running up a sale score the first team was taken out. Attica was the first team to score on Georgetown. They scored seven points. The final score was 44-7. Paxton was schedulel after the football season was wed under way. Georgetown’s hard fighting team had an easy day of it, as the score of 38-0 indicated. On Armistice day, Georgetown took on Hoopes-ton. The game was played on the Purple’s own fighting grounds. Hoopeston had beaten Westville earlier in the season and they came down determined to win over Georgetown. It was a hard earned victory of 20-0 for Georgetown. Vida Grove came to Georgetown with a string of victories oyer some of the strongest teams in Illinois. The game was harder fought than the score 33-7 indicated. Vida Grove was the second and last team to score on Georgetown. The Thanksgiving date was open until late in the season although negotiations were under way ad year for a game with Westville. This was finally a go and Georgetown and Westville locked horns at Georgetown. During the first half Page Eight