Hittle Township High School - Hi Lite Yearbook (Armington, IL)

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proud of. Just between you and me 1 can bake cookies and iron shirts better than I can play a piano solo now, but I have a real little musician growing up. With best wishes for much success. Sincerely, Wanda Proudfit Wessler Clifford Rogers Delavan, Illinois, R. R. Z Mrs. Edith Litwiller Pease Lathim, Illinois Mrs. Lucille Darnell Jackson 153 Chestnut Street Lincoln, Illinois Mrs. Melvola Mason Graven 129 Lawn Place Rockford, Illinois Two daughters Mrs. Ruth Smallwood Nixon Deer Creek, Illinois Commercial teacher in Deer Creek-Mackinaw High School A son E Virginia Verry Breyvogel Taylor Street Bloomington, Illinois One son. Moving to Charlottesville, Virginia Mrs. Myrtle Bailey Lesser 103 Fairview Ave. East Peoria, Illinois One daughter Harold Henry fdeceaaedj Hardin H. Hawes iall i..nlIstreet Glencoe, Illinois Attended Northwestern University, graduating in 1925: A year at Harvard Law School - post graduate course: Joined the staff of the Harris Trust and Savings Bank immediately thereafter and now serve the bank as Vice- President. Inasmuch as my main hobby has been working in the various interests of Northwestern University, I very much enjoy serving as a member of its Board of Trustees. I married Virginia Millet in 1929 and we have two children - Carol, a Senior at Stanford University, and Julian, a Sophomore at Grinnell College ln Iowa. Yours very truly, Hardin H, Hawes Orville Litwiller Lena. Illinois Graduated H, T. H. S. in 1921 - Member of basket- ball team in 1925-'Z1 season which defeated Bloomington High School and was second in the Tazewell County Tournament. Some of the members of that team were: Harold Henry, George Israel, Hardin Hawes, Lyle Witham, and Paul Doan. Graduated Bluffton College in 1926 - Coached and taught at Bureau Township High School. Princeton, Illinois, l9Z6 Z8. Cosched and taught at Buda Township High School, Buda, Illinois, 1923-'Z9. Principal of the Buda Township High School, 1929-'47. Superintendent of Lena Schools, Lena. Illinois, 1947-'49. Superintendent Lena-Winslow Community Unit School, I949-. Married Helen Baughman of Pulaski, Iowa in 1926. ' Have two children, Helen Elizabeth, 19, and Robert, 16. Sincerely yours, Orville Litwiller CLASS OF 1922 Facmty F. A. Ganzer, Principal Hazel Olson Olive Chenoweth Sybil Gebhsrt Lyle Witham McLean, Illinois A son and a daughter Mrs. Pearl Powell Ashill Minier, Illinois One aon Cecil Cox 2436 vale aTiTfevsi-li Springfield, Illinois Two daughters Harold Ross Armington, Illinois Two dsughte rs Mrs. Irva Pratt Miller Ai-mington, Illinois A son and a daughter Mrs. Zella Leach Jonsson Gladys Hallstein ldeceasedl Cloyd Gainer George Israel Ai-mington, Illinois Member of the high school board 'rwo enlighten, and n son John Patterson fdeceasedj CLASS OF 1923 Faclflty w. s. Shelley, Principal Vernon Plummer Sybil Gebhart Lilly Aldridge Eva Sullivan Mrs. Violet Gsiner Stuckey 235 Leland Avenue Toledo 9. Ohio Taught school 2 1fZ yearsg married E. R. Stuckey in 1928: now employed by the Electric Auto-Lite Company, Haven Hanes Mackinaw, Illinois A daughter Mrs. Bessie Burt Heller 715 Main Street Normal, Illinois Two sons Mrs. Louise Darnell Pratt Armington, Illinois Teacher in Armington Grade School Two sons and a daughter Robert Pratt ArnT iTlEois Member of the high school board: Township supervisor. Two sons and a daughter Jesse Apgnzeller 913172 N. Madison Bloomington, illinois Merton Hickey Armington, Illinois Two sons and a daughter Mrs. Marguerite Covert Atteberry fdeceasedj Charles Daly 4219 Harrison Street Kansas City, Missouri Mrs. Lucille Horrom Skinner A daughter CLASS OF 1924 I-'acvlity W. S. Shelley, Principal Vernon Plummer Mrs. Vernon Brown Lucy Palmer Franc Mrs. W. S. Shelley Homer Jeckel Delavan, Illinois Member of the high school board One son Harry Hawes 620 Bryan Avenue Danville, Illinois With the Electric Eye Equipment Company Mrs. Marguerite Ross Snook Atlanta, Illinois Mrs. Elizabeth Verry Lartz 140g E. Jackson Street Bloomington, Illinois One son Mrs. Verona Martin Litwiller Delavan, Illinois Miss Ilo Dillon aloominiin, illinois Ada Litwilior qseoonsoaj Mrs. Edna Kistler Hickey Armington. Illinois Two sons and a daughter - John Rosenthal Uohn Kerr Rosej Library of Congress Washington 25, D. C. As for myself there is no recent photo fthe hair is getting thinl but you may be sure it was only yesterday when 1 walked into that perfectly enormous assembly room--it was bigger than any 40 acre field I had ever seen, and I felt conspicuous to the point of something hard to describe. Incidentally, I lived seven miles away, over the deep mud of those years and had been in Armington only two or three times previously, never in the school. Among the high lights were the Freshman Initiation ni September, 1920, fEd Rifhrnond and Virginia Verry ought to recall it if no one else doesll, the debate we won from undefeated Minier, the relay race at the county meet which we didn't win fl could weep over that one yetj, and of course my first date, for the Junior-Senior Banquet Qdo they still have themtj. And there were three very important teachers in my life during the period. Miss Chenoweth of Atlanta deserves special mention as do Mr. Shelley and Vernon Plummer--she came first, the others later. Together they did more to make me a student that should be expected of even good teachers considering the refactory nature of the material. 1 later had the pleasure of teaching for two years with Mr, Plummer in Northern Illinois, where he was Superintendent of Schools. As to the period since, it is fairly well convered in outline by the attached sketch, now somewhat out of date, from the biographical directory of Who's Who in America. m ,, F sunk The only majoiemf-eT : .N T1 added is that since early 1951, 'A ' L, in addition to my job on the ' 2 2 Hill , Ihave been a partner in V, ,.',' the Washington law firm of l IL Spaulding, Reiter, and Rose. ,-I Maybe it's middle age ,aus ' -, u - D' nostalgia creeping up but I have EE. s I H 2: V . In VJ, il! H promised myself to have a fling at living and working in that part of the world again before I get too old. We shall see. Eway, greetings to all the good folks of old Hittle and best 'L wishes. Sincerely, John Kerr Rose Everett Brown Country Club Road I7 Decatur, Illinois Received B. S. Degree in Liberal Arts from Illinois State Normal University in 1949: have been teaching for 18 years. Mrs. Selma Lesser Henry Armington, Illinois Have one son Paul Potte r fdeceasedl Miss Clella Daly 905 South Sixthqieet Springfield, Illinois Physical Education teacher in Springfield High School CLASS Q5 IE Facult W. .S. Shelley, Principal Mrs. Shelley Vernon Plummer Dorothy Parker Helen Sever Mrs. Lucille Atteberry Gemberllng Armington, I inois Have one son Mrs. Edith Smallwood Mitchell Denvan, Illinois Mrs. Neva Mason Atteberry Armington, Illinois Have two daughters and one son Mrs. Freda Komnick Wooden 1115 N. Sheridan Danville, Illinois Louis Hoe rr Wheeling, Missouri Mrs. Luella Hsinline Morrison Minier, Illinois Teacher in the McLean Grade School Mrs. Jane Mason Arhens ldecessedl Mrs. Erma Patterson Bogar Mrs. Madeline Brandt Brown Armington, IllinoiT1- Prima ry teacher in Armington Grade School. Taught school Z3 1fZ years. Have one son. Mrs. Alberta Mapes Murphy Graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University Teaches English and Music in Hittle High School Taught school ZZ years Ruth Ha ne s Duane Daly Craigmont, Idaho Have a daughter Mrs. Margaret Rosenthall Crawford Box 384 Matteson, Illinois The things I remember most about high school days are:

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Jeanne, a twin, is married to Frank J. Hitchcock, who has his B. S. in mining from the Butte School of Mines, and is now a supervising engineer for the Oliver Mining Company on the Messabi Range. They have one son and reside in Coleraine, Minnesota. Bill, the youngest, is a stamp clerk in the Kalispell Post Office. He enlisted while still in high school and served hls hitch in the U. S. Army. At the cessation of hostilities, as a sergeant. he enter- tained troops in the U. S. Script and Score Unit. He came back for one year at the university--married--and now has one son, Clide. He lives next door to his dad. Our interests have always been music and the Christian Church, which have always seemed to bind the family very closely together. Hardly a function takes place in Kalispell but what one of the Carrs is asked to sing--if he'll do lt. Kalispell is at the gateway to Glacier National Park, one of the most beautiful in the world. Thirty miles from Kalispell is being constructed the fourth largest concrete dam in the world. Five miles out of Kalispell is to be a 3-potline aluminum processing plant. Kalispell is suffer- ing growing pains, but it is still a nice place to live. Best wishes. Cllde I. Carr CLASS OF 1913 Facmty Eunice Blac urn. Principal Sadie Benjamin Blanche Lipsey Mrs. Eva Hainline Thornton SEM Clty. lows Mrs. Levona Bates Lindon Whiting, Iowa Kenneth Forbe s Armington. Illinois Have two sons John Bun Armlngton, Illinois Mrs. Hattie Logue Armstrong fdeceasedl CLASS OF 1914 Faciltyl Eunice Blackburn Emma Michael Sade Benjamin Almeda Keightly Chovan Mrs. Corrine Leach Creager fdeceasedl Miss Lets Kam Armington, I inois Mrs. Bernice Hieronymus Wright l 5'9T1'CT-EVIWATL'-' Yorba Linda, California Three daughters Mrs. Avis Kam McDowell T!'6lJ'Bx-os mi? Amarillo, Texas One daughter Mrs. Mable Spurling Leach Minier, Illinois-Q Teaching Primary Grades, Minler Grade School. Has taught school Z5 years. One adopted daughter. Emslou Leach Schmidgall. CLASS OF 1915 FacTxlty Eunice Blackburn Emma Michael Olga Hofacker Aaron Sutter v Mansonia After high school, 1 attended Blackburn College, Carllnville, Illinois for two years. Next I took part in World War 1. having seen action in the St. Mihiel and Meuse -Argonne battles. Also was in the Army of Occu- pation in Germany nine months after the signing of the Armistice. 1910 and 1921 was in partnership with my brother, Edward fclass of 19181, in the garage business at Hopedale, Illinois. In 1923 I was married to Lena M. Zehr and since that time have resided in Manson. Iowa. I was connected with the retail business about 20 years. I have been working in the post ofllce since 1945, first as clerk and now as postmaster. We have two children, Helen and Donald. Helen teaches fifth grade at Burnum, Iowa and Donald operates a linotype at the Dalton Press. Respectfully yours, Aaron Sutter Lawrence Atteberry Armington, Illinois Principal of Armlngton Grade School Mrs. Madeline Cornelius Hasty 5915 S. Jefferson Ave. Bartonville, Illinois CLASS OF 1916 Facmty Olga Hofacker, Principal Clide Carr Emma Michael James McDowell 15.55 Broadmoor Amarillo. Texas Harold Medbe ry Armington. Illinois Mrs. Irene Israel McLellan Atlanta, Illinois One son Mrs. Ruth Watt Atteberry Atlantamlinois Attended Illinois State Normal University Taught elementary schools, Tazewell and Logan Counties. Two sons, one daughter 1-less Quisenberry Mrs. Marguerite Hernan Nestor fdeceasedj Two daughters and a son Mrs. Ethel Davidson Atteberry Armington, lllinois Office Nurse for Dr. H. Lang, Armington ' CLASS OI 1917 Faculty Olga HofacE'Principal Emma Michael Clide Carr E. S. Lake Lloyd Atteberry Pekin. Illinois County Superintendent of Schools. One son Lyle Daly lZZ5 Knoxville Avenue Peoria, Illinois Mildred Bates Sanders fdeceasedj CLASS OF 1917 Raymond mtebe rry Armington, Illinois One daughter CLASS OF 1918 TI:Ety - E. S. Lake, Principal Miss Willman H.. 0. Moser Owen Pratt Armington, Illinois Attended University of Illinois Ivis Pratt Armington. Illinois Mrs. Helen Watt Darnall Atlanta. Illinois Attended Illinois State Normal University Taught elementary school. Have a son and a daughter Jess Darnall Atlanta. Illinois Attended Eureka College Clarence Litwiller Le Roy, Illinois Lloyd Patterson Atlanta, Illinois Attended Illinois Wesleyan University At pre sent connected with United States Merchant Marines. Have two sons Miss Louise Hanger Kalispell, Montana Edward Sutte r Euren , Illinois Gitana Kampf Tana Kamp 1995 N. Sycamore Hollywood 28, California Mrs. Mary Stroud Thompson Manito, Illinois Schooltescher Miss Edna Richmond 375 Lincoln Avenue Orange, New Jersey Mr. Irvin Pe low 110 W. Pennsylvania Ave. Urbana, Illinois Mrs. Ruby Hainline Reynolds Minier, Illinois Have a son and a daughter Mrs. Neva Rossman MacMakin Delavan, Illinois Have two sons Geneva Martin Albert Hoerr The National Bank of Commerce P. O. Box 1885 Seattle 11, Washington At present one of the Senior Vice-Presidents of the National Bank of Commerce, a S425,000, 000 bank. Member of Senior Loan Committee. Direct responsibility is handling national accounts throughout the United States and all loans to them, these are the big corporations that have accounts with us such as the Aluminum Corporation, United States Steel, Montgomery Ward, Sears, Swlfts, Armours, etc. There has been a lot of hard work and study though, since selling papers, delivering ice, barbering, teaching school, examining banks, etc. , --lt's been fun though. Albert Hoerr CLASS OF 1919 Fac'Elzy E. S. Lake. Principal Miss Wlllman Miss Boyer Mrs. Pauline Qulsenberr Reynolds Washington, I no s Have two daughters Jesse Litwiller Hopedale, Illinois Harold Daly 715 Buena Ave. Chicago, Illinois Arthur Miller Armington, Illinois Have a son and a daughter Daisy Guinn Ideceasedl CLASS OF 1920 Facully F. A. Ganeemnclpl E. S. Lake Mrs. Garnet Busby Montgomery Eileen Velde Mrs. Pauline Hickey Israel Armington. Illinois Have two daughters and a son Mrs. Ardis Patterson Bossingham Stanfoa. Illinois Have two daughters and two sons Mrs. Beryl Potter Leach Pekln. llllnoia 1-Iave one son Melvin Leach Pekin. Illinois cuss Q' 19:0 Marie Lesser Bailey ldeceasedj Byron Britt Eureka. Illinois One daughter Ralph Hainllne ldeceasedl Vernon Henry Armington. Illinois A son Walton Jones Armington. Illinois Three daughters Clive Reynolda Washington, Illinois Teacher, Washington High School Two daughters CLASS OF 1921 Facilty F. A. Ganser, Principal E. S. Lake Olive Chenoweth Hope Christ Mrs. Wanda Proudfit Wessler Arenzville, Illinois I suppose the event that was most outstanding for me personally, came in the spring of my Senior year when I took first place in both the county and state contests in piano. I played La Campanella by Lialt at the county high school meet in East Peoria and the following day in the state meet at Milllkin University in Decatur. After graduation I continued my study of music at Bradley Conservatory, Peoria, and later at MacMurray College in Jacksonville. In 1925 I was married to Hsrold Wessler of Areneville where we have lived ever since. We have three sons. V Since I didn't do anything professionally with my music my sole interest has been my family. which l'm very

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Driving fourteen miles each day to and from school, usually in a model T with John and Ella Mae and the two Jeckel boys. One year Maruerite Ross rode with us. When March thaws came, we traveled ln a buggy or a carriage. Freshman Initiations and a few school parties, especially the time someone brought a five-cent piece of limburge r. Learning typing and sewing, both of which have come in handy many times slnce. Being Marmee in the school play Little Women about the time I was a Junior because none of the other girls was tall enough. Going with our Senior civics class to visit the State School and Colony in Lincoln. Graduating in the spring of l9Z5. Wrote my Senior paper on Hull House, which still interests me. Since then: a two-year diploma in lower grade work from ISNU at Normal, Illinois: three years of teaching grades in Illinois public schools. I spent most of these summers in Chicago working as s waitress, then as a cashier in a drug store. A. B. S. in Education IMsjor In Englishl from the University of Illinois in i932 fol- lowed by three years of teaching English lspecial bright children and remedial reading, and training student teachers at University High School, University of Illinois. Married John Alva Crawford fchemlcsl engineer, class of '33, University of Illinoisl in I934. We have two children, Carol Rae, born in March of l936, and William Bruce. born in April of l940. We have lived: one year in Hammond, Indiana while John was in training with Universal Oll Company: four years in Michigan: nine years in Sheboygan, Wisconsin: almost three years near Matteson, Illinois, which is about four miles from Chicago Heights and thirty miles southwest of the Chicago loop. John is Superintendent and Vice-President of Great Lakes Refining Company in Blue Island, fifteen miles away. I have been an assistant leader for Girl Scouts and den mother for Cub Scouts. At presentvl have a Sunday school class of seventh and eighth grade children, and John and I sponsor the Methodist Youth Fellowship group in our church one Sunday night a month. I raise tea roses, occasionally make my own hats, and am slowly acquiring a collection of American glassware. The fifth member of our family ls a large and very loving collie, who sees that I have my exe rcise every morning after the children leave for school. Very truly yours, Margaret Rosenthsll Crawford CLASS OF 1926 'T'Tc'El'tyT W. S. Shelley, Principal Mrs, sheney Vernon Plummer R. B. Rowley Helen Sever Mrs. Leona Besre Appenzellar Minier, Illinois Mrs. Genevieve Carter Roll llI9 Fourth Avenue, Apt. I7 Rock Island, Illinois As to the events that high lighted my years at I-I. T. H.S. --fll I was a member of the Class of l9Z6 which was the first class to hold graduating exercises in the present gymnasium, ss it was built the year I was s Senior. In fact, our class had the sidewalk laid which goes from the street walk to the gym. IZI I was a member ofthe cast of the high school play given to dedicate the gymnasium. It seems to me that the title of the play was something like Much To Do About Ruth . I know that I played the part of Ruth and that the name of Ruth was ln the name of the play. I have been working since July, 1945 in the head office of the Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company at Davenport, Iowa. .I do the statistical and accounting work for the Power Pool Section of the Electric Pro- duction Department of the company. Yours truly, Genevieve Carter Roll Marvin Peplow 221 Commonwealth Peoria, Illinois Mrs. Louise Simpson Dashner Ramsey treet East St. Louis, Illinois Mrs. Ruth Martin Springer I-Iopedale, Illinois John Anderson, Jr. Route K, Peoria B, Illinois Mrs. Mar aret Burt Jeckel Glasford, Illinois Mrs. Gladys Ellis Carter Armington. Illinois Densell Hayes Armlngton, I lnois Mrs. Doris I-Ioerr Wagoner Emden, Illinois Have two daughters and a son Mrs. Bonny Bray Hawks Gra toss, Illinois A son and a daughter Louis Jeckel Glaslord, lllinois Principal of the high school in Glasford Mrs. Doris Atteberry Stuart Champaign, Illinois Esther Bracltman fdecessedj John Anderson Ideceasedl Theodore Hewitt Ideceasedj CLASS OF l9Z'I Fac-ullty Vernon Plummer, Principal E. L, King Jack Westover Virginia Verry Star Wilson Mrs. Alfreda MaEs Headley 35l W. Wisconsin Chicago, Illinois Graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University Taught music for a number of years Have one son Mrs. Marie A nzeller Streigel T Ifxrfport, ashington Attended Illinois State Normal University Taught elementary school a number of years Have one son Mrs. Ella Mae Rosenthal Hancock Z4f47P1sley Avenue Berwyn, Illinois Attended Illinois State Normal University Taught school for a number of years Married Mr. Ralph Hancock, a professional musician, also operates a large fruit farm in Northern Indiana. Has one son. Mrs. Eleanor Witham Turner McLean, Illinois Has four daughters and one son Burchell Moore 607 Venezia Avenue Venice, California Graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University Paul Matlock Ernden, Illinois Charles French Arcola , Illinoi s Mrs. Mildred Litwiller Nafieer Minier, Illinois One soo I-larold Kam nick Atlanta, Illinois Two sons Mrs. Elizabeth Hayes Stowell Mackinaw, Illinois Attended Blackburn College: Taught school a number of years. Have two sons Mrs. Esther Hanes Potts ll5 N. lhird Street Georgetown, Illinois Did secretarial work for nine years in Chicago: have lived in Evansville, Indiana, Fort Wayne, Indiana, and now' in Georgetown, Illinois. Have been married ZI years and have four children, David IS, Diane I3, Vicki 4 Ill, and Cinds Z. G race Emmons Mrs. Helen Hickey Hanes Ideceasedj One daughter John Burt Peoria, Illinois CLASS OF 1928 Facmtyl V. L. Plummer, Principal E. L. King Jack Westover Bernadine Shuck Ruby Taylor Mrs. Virginia Ellis Daly ZZI9 Harrison Street Kansas City, Missouri Mrs. Jewel Brown Barton 222 Mcflnley Avenue Bartonville, Illinois Mrs. llva Anderson Carter Armsngton, llllnols One daughter Mrs. Thressia Brown Jonas al! zessln Street Creve Coeur, Illinois Graduated from Illinois State Normal University: taught school I5 years ffour years in primary grades in Armingtonl. Married Carl Jones, have one son. Mrs. Maxine Darnell Piano T2'S'Auai-ey Lane Apt. E55 Washington Z0, D. C. Graduated from Young Woman's Christian College, Columbia, Missouri, and the University of Illinois. Married Louis J. Piano, a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy, temporarily stationed in Washington, D. C. Cecil Mobley sol 'N. D' wigh-t Compton, California Have been associated with Shell Oil Company: At present am safety engineer at Shell Chemical in Tsrrance, California. I-Iave five children, four boys and one girl. Lynn Smallwood Emden. Illinois Willard Martin Hopedale, Illinois Wagne Hieron mus ie venue East Peoria, Illinois Mrs. Wilma Hieronymus Frietag 'Taz 172 E. Chestnut Bti-eel Bloomington. Illinois Graduate nurse, employed in the office of Dr. Lang in Armington. Have one daughter. Mrs. Henrietta Markland Gaddis Armington, Illinois Has one daughter and one son Alice Emmons Mrs. viola Pratt Taylor flb Mclflnley Avenue Syracuse. New York Taught school a number of years. Has one son. CLASS OF i929 Fad-illty W. C. Coe, Principal E. L. King Jack Westover Bernadlne Shuck Ruby Taylor Mar aret Hallstein zll E. Jellerson Bloomington, Illinois Graduated from Business College Mrs. Lucille Lesser Baldwin R. R. I, Box l7l A Fallbrook, California Have three children Roderic Verry Armlngton, lllsnols Graduated from University of Illinois Mrs. Elsie Besre Adams Atlanta, Illinois One son and one daughter Harold Taylor ZIB McKinley Avenue Syracuse, New York Graduated from Eureka College. Have one son Mrs. Beth Graham Pratt tdeceasedj Graduated from Brown's Business College. Have one son CLASS OF 1930 Faculty E. L. King, Principal .lack Westover Homer Msxey Dorthea Gordon Irene Schermerhorn Mrs. Louise Cates Cummings H54 N. Kankakee Lincoln, Illinois Mrs. Nina French Davis Armington, Illinois A son and a daughter