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

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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

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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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Paul Burt Armington, Illinois A daughter and a son Dale Gaddis Armington, Illinois Clerk ofthe high school hoard. Have a son and a daughter Paul Pratt Walkerton, Indiana Three children T. J. Markland, Jr. -TOT-I w. Hill- Champaign, Illinois Graduated from Eureka College Have two daughters and one son Operates a paint store in Champaign Mrs. Luella Mason Norbits 1:51 S. Hinshaw Bloomington, Illinois Have one son Mrs. Myrtle Ellis Frantz Emden, Illinois Have one son Mrs. Georgia Buttry Seal Chenoa, Illinois Mrs. Lydia Komnick Davis 212 S. Blaine Street Bradley, Illinois Mrs. Mildred Berry Davis Armlngton, Illinois Have one aon Misa Florine Elliott Armington, Illinois Graduated from Illinois State Normal University Teaches Commerce at I-little High School Blanche Brackn-lan fdeceasedl Paul Aggneeller Ideceaaedj Killed in World War I CLASS OF 1931 1-'acFRy' E. L. King, Principal J. I-I. Westover H. A. Maxey Irene Schermerhorn Dorthea Gordon Mra. Augusta Williams Brandt Arm ngton, Illinois Have two sons and one daughter Mrs. Elizabeth Sellers Swartzbaugh Canton, Illinois Have one daughter Mrs. Evelyn Hainline Greathouse Armington, Illinois Two sons and one daughter DeLoss Mapes Attended Illinois Collegey Jacksonville, and Illinois Wesleyan University: teaches music in the Armington Grade School. Mrs. Avonelle Tyler Brown Atlanta, Illinois A nurse -- have one son and one daughter Mrs. Vivion Curry Brown E. IS, Bellwood Manor Richmond. Virginia Attended Illinois State Normal University and Brown's Business College: taught school and did secretarial work. Have one lon 5 Sanford Verry A1-minglon, Illinois Graduated from University of Illinois Gordon Walker Al-mlhglom' Illinois William Turner Atlanta, Illinois ,ity of Illirw Mrs. Vera Mae Hutson Hickey Armington, Illinois I-Iave two daughters and two sons Mrs. Dorothy Taylor Whittacker Emden, Illinois One daughter John Walker 5246 E. Florence Avenue Bell, Calilornia Miss Alice Jones 717 s. Eighth s't-feet Springfield, Illinois Miss Josephine Graham l0Zll IXZ South Eighth Street Springfield, Illinois Graduated from Chillicothe Business College, Chillicothe, Missouri. Jean D. Markland Armingon, Illinois Attended Eureka College: operates the Markland Paint Store in Armington. Mrs. Helen Dean Hayes McGraw i 759 hT51kE'ET i Bloomington, Illinois I-Iave a son and a daughter Mrs. Ruth Pratt Gately 7109 7th Avenue Kenosha, Wisconsin Has a son an Captain Arthur Ray Mason Box 229, R. F. ll. ll Long Branch, New Jersey Harold Burt Armington, Illinois State Patrolman Mrs. Betty Buttry Hardesty Texas .Ice Buttry St. Louis, Missouri CLASS OF 1933 Fac:Ry Jack Westover, Principal Homer Maxey Dorothea Gordon Bernice Brown McKibben Howard Cline Miss Margaret Smallwood la s ,lll' ' mu' mm' ci-.dusted fr mln Angelina Kindred HWY of U1 Mrs. Lena Grace Miller Lewis W. White Street Champaign, Illinois A graduate nurse James Fisher Attended Eureka College and graduated from the Univer is CLASS OF 1934 Facmty Jack Westover, Principal Homer Maxey Dorothea Gordon Ruth Butchart Howard Cline Stuart Tracy Williamsville, Illinois Harold Mobley ZI5 N. Chestnut Fresno, California Has a son and a daughter Mra. Maxine Short Amen 605 N. Madison Peoria, Illinois Mrs. Allene Orr Reid Cisnc. Illinois Wesley Smith Mackinaw, Illinois Mrs. Dorothy Komnlck Smith Mackinaw, Illinois Miss Maggie Jones il? s. Eighth street Springfield, Illinois Harry Rogers Armington, Illinois d a daughter Mrs. Marjorie Hoerr Hammer Hartsburg, Illinois John Turne r Mrs. LaDene Ellis Fulk Armington, Illinois A son and a daughter Charles Neblock California CLASS OF 1935 Facmty Jack Wesm Principal Homer Maxey Howard Cline Ruth Butchart Elizabeth Humer Wendell Israel foil EastwoQ Decatur, Illinois om Eureka College: M. A. degree from Uni inois. Teacher in the Decatur school. 1315 Hyde Park Blvd. Apt. .1-1 H on' d 'Uh ' Chicago 15, Illinois Graduated from Brown's Business College Employed in a Chicago bank Mrs. Irene Orr Booth H- a Minier, Illinois S son B Two daughters Mrs. Lorraine Leach Jeckel Emden, Illinois ci-senate horse. 1-live s sph and a daughter Wayne Israel 500 Florence Street Joliet, Illinois Attended Eureka College nd a daughter Mrs. Ann White Israel Zoo Florence Street Joliet, Illinois Mrs. Margaret Walker Patterson Mra. Della Mae Turner Naffziger Atlanta, illinois Arnold Bridgewater Mlnier, Illinois Have four child ren Mra. Cecil Rosenthal I-lart Ideceasedj Two child ren CLASS -CLF l93Z Faculty Jack Westover, Principal Homer Maxey Dorothea Gordon Bernice Brown McKibben Galen Tennis Gussie Fisher Granite City, Illinois Graduated from Eureka College Teaching in high school at Granite City Has a son and Mrs. Maxine Elliott Rogers Armington, Illinois a daughter Mrs. Geneva Brown Krueger Armington, Illinois Ha s one daughter Has three dau Have worked for Woolworth, Pullman Stand Mr. Alfred Robison Delavan, Illinois ghters Holton Price ll0Z Virginia Street Calumet City, Illinois ard Mfg. Company and Chrysler Corporationg this is my seventh year with the Has a son and Ford Motor Company Mrs. Grace Pratt Kindred Armington, Illinois a daughter Atlanta , Illinois I-Ias a son and One son Has a son a daughter Delbert Lesser Route 5, Box 514 Niles, Michigan Mrs. Lois Trent Quimby . 957 Mission Street San Francisco, California Eugene Sink Ewing. Illinois Billy Bert Stroud Armington, Illinois Genevieve Camden California