Jacksonville High School - Crimson J Yearbook (Jacksonville, IL)

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 ■ ALEXANDER ATKINSON BEERUP BROWNLOW ALLAN ATOR BLACK BURMEISTER H. ALLEN AULL BOSTON D. BUTLER J. ALLEN BAKER L. BOURN S. BUTLER ANDERS BANCROFT R. BOURN R. CALDWELL ANDERSON L BAPTIST BRECKON T. CALDWELL THE CLASS OF 1940 . . . Sophomore doys . . . Sophomore days . . . lazy, sappy Sophomore days . . . English and history and 'rithmetic . . . Taught to the tune of our Vickery's stick . . . Glamour boy was our president . . . Vickery on to Harvard went . . . We surely were dumb but seldom glum ... in our slap-happy Sophomore year. Oh boy! Were those the days! The thrill of persecuting wretched freshmen . . . Formation of two big political parties—Boss Randall's and Big Shot Johnston’s . . . Underbrink, Randall, Gilchrist, and Pine elected class officers ... A perfect football season! Twenty-two

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Allen, Caldwell. Kumle. Sorrells SENIOR CLASS Freshman days . . . Freshman days . . . Carefree, happy Fresh- man days . . . Latin and Civics and credit books . . . Taught to the tune of dirty looks . . . Report cards so white and yellow too ... A party ... A queen, a thought so new . . . Our sorrows not one . . . We hod such fun ... in our first year at Jacksonville High. Oh! those were the days. The first hour of the first day of the first month of the first year in high school . . . the task of getting to the right place at the right time . . . the long wait for lockers . . . politics entering into class elec- tions . . . Hagan, Pine, and Johnston elected class officers . . . One way rides with Sophomores . . . The siege of initiations into various or- ganizations . . . The first yellow report card . . . The terrible fear of the first semester exams . . . The first command appearance before Mr. Mutch . . . helping the little mid-semester Freshmen find their way around the halls at J. H. S. . . . Joan Lukeman elected queen of our Freshman party . . . Loella Sloan and D. J. McPherson elected queen's attendants . . . Semester exams again . . . Summer vacation!!! Our first year of high school is over, and it wasn't bad at all! Twenty-one

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ANDREWS V. BAPTIST M. BROWN CANATSEY ARMITAGE BARBER M. BROWN E. CARTER ★ SENIORS VIRGINIA LOUISE ALEXANDER I've a wicked eye you see— So you boys beware of me. ROBERT HOWARD ALLAN You con tell by the way my hair is curled. Thot I am destined to rock the world. HARRY EDWARD ALLEN Here and there around the town— Perhaps fast now. but I'll slow down. JAMES EDWARD ALLEN My! Ohl My I but study's deep. Please go way and let me sleep. MILDRED ANDERS (Not Graduating) BETTY JANE ANDERSON Flaming tresses and sunny smile. Make us love her all the while. JACK ANDREWS When the hour is so near zero. I turn out a football hero. ALBERT WAYNE ARMITAGE He has a calm look in his eye. But even looks con tell a lie. DONALD WAYNE ATKINSON Quiet outside, quiet in school. He keeps his head and keeps it cool. MARY MARGARET ATOR Her pleasing smile and winning way. Will remain in our hearts for many a day. LUCILLE MILDRED AULL Always happy, always gay. She is laughing the live-long day. FRANCES LORRENE BAKER A smile for all. a welcome glad. A jovial coaxing way she hod. MARY ELIZABETH BANCROFT Mischief” is her middle name. She thinks life is just a gome. LEE BAPTIST Your goal is high, your aim is true. We hope success will come to you. VIOLET MAUD BAPTIST A friendly girl you like to know. Her hair is always curled just so. CHARLOTTE BARBER Her friendship we will always treasure. For knowing her has been a pleasure. . LEO L. BEERUP I may not be a blonde with curls. But I say. Don't rush me. girls.” ARDEEN BLACK A lovely bright coquette is she. The model of our century. SAMUEL LESLIE BOSTON Ag classes are his pride and joy. A jolly farmer is this boy. LLOYD BOURN He has a very clever line. And mokes the girls think he’s divine. RUTH ELEANOR BOURN She possesses the bast in domestic art. She knows the way to a strong man's heart. O. CARL BRECKON A farmer boy with cows and swine. But watch out, girls, he's got a line. MARGUERITE HELEN BROWN Soft blue eyes and stature tall. A friend to one. a friend to all. MARJORIE LUCILLE BROWN A happier maid you'll never see. For many and many a smile has she. FRANCIS MARTIN BROWNLOW A blond will satisfy this boy. If she's from Springfield, Illinois. GEORGIA BURMEISTER She is happy, she is wise; In future days her name will rise. DOROTHY PAULINE BUTLER A good industrious friend is she. A truer friend could never be. SAM BUTLER I've a smile, and soft brown hair, Yet the girls don't know I'm there. ROBERT HARLAN CALDWELL Irish eyes are quite O. K.. Especially when on Betty Roe. THOMAS CALDWELL A Romeo without a Juliet. Perhaps though he will find one yet. ROBERTA JEAN CANATSEY Her worm smile forever beams. She's happy all the time, it seems. EDITH HELEN CARTER This quiet miss with heart of gold. Forever in our hearts we'll hold. Twenty-three