Leaf River High School - Lerico Yearbook (Leaf River, IL)

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JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY When our class entered high school we were thirty-two in number, but at the beginning of our Sophomore year eight of our original number were not present. Those members were: Herman Ammerman, Bonnie Croft, Marion Fleege, Leroy Garkey, Albert Moss, Leroy Genandy, Leona Stukenberg, and Mary Ellen Suter. Two new members were added during the second year of high who were: Delmar Cook, Raymond Fleming. Our officers for the Freshman Class Were: Willard Fry----------------President Lyall Taubert-------------------Vice President Laverne Pals---------------Secretary Dorothy Schrader-----------Treasurer Jane Myers-----Student Council Rep. Those for our Sophomore Class were: Jane Myers-----------------President Margaret Ryan-------------------Vice President Milford Gesin--------------Secretary Lyall Taubert--------------Treasurer James Pe.tterson-StudentCouncil Rep. Our initiation was quite a unique one . It was combined with our Halloween party. Every- one was in costume and the various initiation stunts were good-naturedly received by us. It was all very interesting and all of our doubts abort our success in our future year ■ ri high s choo1 were banjshed. This year v e feel rather important because of the things to be and the things being ac- complished. We chose for cur of.' jeers-: James Patterson------ -----Pre. i dent Leo Wert in----------Vice pr. e j dent Lyal 1 Taubert-------------Secretary Jane Myers-----------------.Veasurer Milford Gesin--Student Council Rep. We chose for our class colors green and gold; the yellow rose for class flower. Our motto: They Can, Who ThinkThey Can. We purchased our class rings with which we are well pleased from tho Josten Jewlers.

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 Margaret Tutt has explored nearly every part of Africa, Asia, and Australia. On her last exploration she discovered an animal which was thought to be extinct. Marjorie Hobart, although married several years ago, never gave up her most loved work as a hair dresser. She and her husband are now in New York City where the upper 400 visit her shoppe. Everett Ashton is coaching basket ball in Leaf River High School. His boys have remained undefeated while under his guidance. Lois Wilson is head librarian in the Con- gressional Library at 'ashington, D. C. Lucille Wells is in the testing kitchens of the Good Housekeeping. Floyd Hachmeister is the World's Champion Typist. He became the 1947 International Champion having typed at a rate of 130 words per minute. George Schrader is operator of an exper- imental farm. He has just completed develop- ing a new specie of alfalfa for which he won a prize at the International Stock Show. Splendid , exclaimed Phyllis, our class has turned our exceptionaly well. Eut what is your name? Haven’t .you forgotten Ethel Gann,what had happened to her? My name, returned the woman, is Madame Marvello, the Fortune Teller, better known to you as Ethel Gann.

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SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTORY In September, 1935, there were twenty-eight students that began their first day of their high school career. We surely must have been a queer looking group of boys and girls. Some were big, others were small; some were quick, while others were more slow; some were bright, probably others were kind of dull; but almost everyone was shy. Several days later we had a class meeting at which we elected the following officers: Pres ident---------------Robert Hedrick Vice President—Maida Schelling Secretary-------Margaret Wright Treasurer------------------Ruth Fossler Student Council--Dorothy Hunter Soon after this, word was being passed around that we were soon going to be initiated by the upper classmen. Some of us were fright- ened while others thought nothing of it. It finally turned out to be a very tame affair. At the end of the year Gerald Fuchs, Ernest Fox, and Robert Hedrick received honor- roll letters and Donald Motter received a kitten- ball and a basketball letter August 31, 1936 found us coming back to school. We were a more confident group of students. There were twenty-nine of us.Dorothy Hunter transferred to Rockford school and Ethel Bicksler, Robert Bowen, and Ernest Fox dropped out, while Virginia Myers, Richard Whitney, Millard Weiler, Viola Noffsinger, and Ernest Wertin were transferred from other schools and became members of our class. We had class meeting and elected the follow- ing officers: President---------Gerald Fuchs Vice President----Donald Motter Secretary-------Maida Schelling