La Salle Peru Township High School - Ell Ess Pe Yearbook (La Salle, IL)

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-M - -DSP ..... - ELL ESS PE 1 STEPHEN Fiskars RALPH GOODNIAN FRANCIS FLAHERTY ill! Memoriam The three gold stars in L.-P.'s service flag are in commemoration of these three young men who once came to our school as students and left it, sooner or later, to ren- der their lives as the supreme sacrifice on the altars of democracy. CORPORAL STEPHEN P. FERRIS Corporal Stephen P. Ferris, a former famous athlete, and member of the class of 1905 at the LaSalle-Peru Township High School, enlisted in the United States Marine Corps June 13, 1917, at Detroit, Michigan. He entrained a few days later to Paris Island, South Carolina, and was sent to Quantico, Virginia, for his Hnal training on the llfiarine Rifle Range. While there he won medals as a sharpshooter, and as such he was sent to France. He was a member of the Sixth Regiment 80th Company, U. S. lliarines in the Second Division. He was reported killed on October 3, 1918. As far as can be learned, he was fighting in the Argonne Forest. He had been through three of the big battles and was killed on the first day of his fourth Fight by the fragment of an exploded shell. He was buried the next day anad his grave is near the summit of Nlont Blanc between Somme and St. Ettienne, France. RALPH E. GOODMAN Ralph E. Goodman, a well-known alumnus of the Township High School and a member of the class of 1912, entered the military service on lliay 22, 1918. He was sent to Laredo, Texas, and was later transferred to Fort Worth, Texas, where he was stationed two months. On Tuesday, October I, he became ill, and on October 4, his parents received a letter from him saying that he had the influenza, but expected to be out of the hospital in a few days. His condition grew steadily worse and on Sunday, October 13, he passed away. His death came as a great shock to his many friends in the tri-cities. He was buried on VVednesday, October 15, in Oakwood cemetery. FRANCIS FLAHERTY Francis Flaherty, a prominent member of the class of 1915, left for the army on August I, 1918, and was sent to Camp Wheeler, Georgia. On September 16, he was removed from Camp Wheeler, Georgia, and was sent to Camp Mills. Soon afterward his regiment was sent to France, landing at Brest on October 15. He was reported on the sick book on January 3 and was sent on to the base hospital. After he was given two weeks treatment for ear trouble, the physicians decided that he ought to be sent back to the States for treatment. On January 28 he wrote home saying that he expected to leave on the next transport. While he was waiting, mastoiditis developed and he was operated on, but pneumonia set in, and his death followed on Friday morn- ing, February 14, 1919. He was buried on Saturday afternoon with the honors of an American soldier. Twem,-.Eve -

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DSP ' illuziwitz n wha! WELL Ess PE VVHO Heard a noise on August 'nrst In 1914 was the year, That spelled the end of Vilieniewurst And introduced instead near-beer? TO-WVIT: The Alumni! WHO VVent to France to see the show And joined the Lafayette Escadrille? Our diplomats moved far too slow A French Blue Bird of VVar to still. TO-NVIT: An Alumnus! WI-IO VVent to sea with a mach-gun squad And spent many months in a health camp drear, VVho is getting pretty darned all-fired mod Because he hasn't been paid for a year? TO-VVIT: An Alumnus! VVHO Spent his time making poison gas And T.N.T. and Vitriol, Such wicked stuif, no man could pass A wave of it and live at all? TO-NVIT: An Alumnus! YVHO Didn't want a cushy job So in for navy training lined, lfVas called to be a lighting gob . The day the Armistice was signed? TO-VVIT: ' An Alumnus! WIIO Grew to be a politish But just as soon as the war began, ' Gave up his job, his fondest wish, And straight-way to Ft. Sheridan ran? TO-WIT: An Alumnus! WHO Got a commish as a Second Lieut. And met Dan Cupid at the training camp. W'ho taught many Yankees how to shoot, But didn't let Dan's ardor damp? TO-YVIT: An Alumnus! WHO , Has a head of crimson hue An R.O.T.C. man, I swear, Who won a golden bar or two - To match his very golden hair? '1'O-WIT: An Alumnus! WHO Drove a truck all over France, In naval costume decollette, VVho wore a hole near throueh his pants, While steering out of shel holes way? TO-VVDIT: An Alumnus! WHO lVielded surgeons' tools of cure And spent many months in the battle zone. The healing Spirits did conjure :- . y For shattered flesh and broken bone? TO-WIT: An Alumnus! WVHO Drank two quarts of milk a day In vain attempt at weight andiinnscle, VVhose pulse was bum or luck did stray So iight the Hun with bond and cussle? TO-VVTT: An Alumnus! VVHO Picks a piccolo in the band A sailor in one grand navee His brother saw many an airplane land He's an aviat. engineer, you see. TO-XVIT: Two Alumni! ' NVHO Ylpent Over the To? in thexshrapnel fire And fought the oe with a grinning eye, And followed the Hun throu h trench and wire VVith the Lusitania Battle sry? TO-VVIT:- Many an Alumnus! NVHO Stayed at home denied the show And daily did their work and more VVho fuined or wept 'cause they could not go To plunge in IIumanity's battle war? TO-NVIT: Many an Alumnus! VVHO Hewed this harpini hymn of hate, This eubist's eu e, this futnr1st's fuse, This jingled jargon dared create This blooming batch of words profuse? TO-YVIT: An Alumnus! Twenty-seven - - - 74