Lacon High School - Tickler Yearbook (Lacon, IL)

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!'? L r continued our work. One of the features of the year was a trial over a breach of promise suit in which Ray tiibbs sued the llooster Club for in- debtedness. Randall johnson, speaking with brilliant oratory, moved the jury to tears and they decided that Ray should be paid immediately. The junior-Senior party was a great success. at least we thought so, and the Seniors agreed. Several of our class took part in the Senior play as well as the operetta which was given in the late winter. and this proved our ability as actors. For the first time, too, we furnished material for the basketball team and for the field day sports. Lacon won both. Some never-to-be-for- gotten parties took place and class spirit thrived. Eventually, we entered upon our last year. XX'e had considered ourselves busy as juniors, but we now most assuredly deny it. lfor it has been hurry- scurry all the time since last September. XYe were again confronted by an entirely new faculty with the exception of Mr. Nichols. Miss Toyne im- mediately seemed at home in the realm of English, llistory and Economics, while Mr. Hutchison spread before us plans for the year which made us question our ability. iYe tarried not a moment in beginning our labors and we are Working yet. XVe have never devoted so much time to ticket can- vassing and securing Annual subscriptions and ads before in our life. liase- ball, basketball. a play, half a dozen essays. the lfestival Series, track and field events, and the greatest task of all, that of editing an Annual, have completely filled our time and these things bring new joys as fast as they come. No time has been found for class activities, although several interclass parties have been enjoyed. The class decided early in the year to issue' an Annual, the first attempt in the history of our school. XYe claim this as an honor and a distinction. XYith Mr. Hutchison as our energetic leader and Miss Toyne and Mr. Nichols as able seconds, we have succeeded in editing the 1921 Tickler, and our best wishes go with it for the welfare of L. ll. S. in the future. Vve leave it as our memorial to the school. The junior-Senior party was naturally the social event of the year and having given one our-- selves we appreciated it the more. And so we have reached the end all too quickly. 'l'he time has seemed so short in which to accomplish anything, but surely our efforts have added something to the laurels of L. ll. S. and to the standard of future Lacon so-- ciety. DONALD RICIIMOND. 199.1

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is A SENIOR REVERIE As I look back over the four years of lligh School, I sometimes won- der how the time has passed so swiftly. It has seemed almost a dream. Yet as I begin to peer beneath the surface of all of the details crowded into these last four years, I again see clearly as one by one they are uncovered. At first, we were simply a bunch -no special talents, no very bright individuals, some slight athletic ability. and a glowing spark of class spirit. VVC entertained that fear and awe of the upper classmen which is so com- mon, I suppose, to Freshmen. Studies looked fearful. Latin was like Greek, but one consolation appeared in the fact that we were as a miniature social body, none of us standing out over the rest. At that time it looked like a long climb over to those Senior places by the window. Several parties and a Wiener roast during the year were enjoyed. Although our class had been increased by the addition of several students from the country, it was mate- rially decreased by a general weeding out at the end of the year. Our Sophomore year found most of us back, however, and sitting as near the Senior row as we dared. The juniors and Seniors had lost some of their apparent dignity and we felt elated when we looked at our contempo- raries, the new Freshmen. Some of us decided we would like to speak Latin proliciently, so we ventured on further torture under Mr. Abson. Mr. Scheer was again in his old place with all the dignity befitting one of his rank, and Miss Van Eman again presided over the English and llistory room. About the third month we settled down to work. XYe were, in Mr. Abson's words, VVise Foolsfy Geometry got the better of a few of us, but the majority managed to complete the course. Mr. Abson was forced to resign during the year on account of poor health, and Mr. Beecher, of NVashburn, filled his place. A few choice parties constituted our social activities and the months rolled on. VVhen for the third year we entered the little red doors and shuffled up the stairs we were confronted by an entirely new corps of teachers. Perhaps a word of appreciation for those who gave us the start we needed would be fitting here. We all felt that we had had a faculty which could handle any- thing they undertook and we were sincerely sorry to have them leave. Now Mr. Jarman, Miss Dobson and Miss Evans constituted the facility and we were off again. All went smoothly until Mr. Jarman contracted the dreaded in- fluenza, and as he did not soon recover, Mr. Nichols took his place and we

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AC ONHIGH S CHOOL L THE YEAR 1940 Iiditor says to nie, says he, You wzite a prophecy of the Senior Class. I says to him, says I, I never was very good at xvritin' them things. XX'cll, he says to me, says he. You've got to do it. So I says to myself, says I, I suppose I got to do it, and I began to think. llurty soon I begin to rekellect. It was at a weekly meetin' of the Old Ladies' Sewin' Club in the year IU-IO. Mrs. Il. Curious was talking to Mrs. G. Ilowe Strange. As I was sayin', Mrs. Strange, isn't it wonderful how times have changed. Now there's Mrs. Il. Swell, she used to be Mary XYescott: she used to live in a little town called l,acon, but she never goes there anymore. She's so busy with her society circles. Another is that lady whose name used to be Miss Kamp. I forgot the name of her husband. They say she's got a line home on Greenback Iloulevard and her man's got slathers of money. Ile owns the Monitor Cigar Factory. Mrs. Strange broke in, Yes, Mrs. Curious. and I hear that Iletty Miller will soon marry the attorney-general of this district, and they're goin' to live in I-acon. And, then there's Hazel Shafer for another. XYhy, only yesterday I was readin' in the paper where she saved a man's life at the Savem or Iiillem hospital. They say she is an expert nurse. Mrs. Curious, again. And I remember another: Ilarold Creabil. that traveling auditor that was at the ofhee the other day where my husband works. They say he can add a string of Figures a foot long, right in his head. Mrs. Strange answered, Yes, and do you remember that little jewish-- looking fellow that ran that haberdashing on the corner of Main and Sixth. That was Harrison Green. I used to know him when he was only a little shaver. He used to run around with that Myers boys. Oh! XYhy, that is the same Myers that made that important discovery in science in regard to the length of a bullfrog's legs. They say he is quite an authority. Mrs. Curious asked, XYho was that tall boy that used to go to school in I.acon? Mrs. Strange bubbled forth, XYhy, he is exhibiting with Ilarnum K Bailey as .the VVonder Man. I saw him last fall and he's growed about two feet since he left school! Mrs. Curious ehimed in, I know two you've forgotten. XVho, asked Mrs. Strange. XVliy Donald Richmond and that johnson boy. I used to know them ,when they would run across my flower beds. Ilut they are busy now. They have a law office in Chicago and are busy hangin' and savin'. R.-XNDALL DIOIINSON.