Libertyville High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Libertyville, IL)

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Q line a Bay in 1944 Libertyville, Ill., june 18, 1950. The following are excerpts from the diary of Luther Small, who has mysteriously disappeared. This diary was found among his possessions and we publish it with the hope that some of those interested or concerned will help locate him. Monday, September 21, 1944. Went to my office at 8:30. Received a call from Charles Landis of the Class of '26. He tells me that he is in the real estate business and has control of most of the real estate in Lake County. Also told me that Merle White has become famous because of her ability to paint magazine covers. Back to office at 1:30 and remained here till 3:30. Then went to golf course where I met Joe Sikes, a prominent divorce lawyer. He says there is to be a class reunion on Friday of this week. Tuesday, 22.-Office as usual. Nothing happened of note. Opera in evening where I heard Glenn Sayers, leading tenor. After returning home I picked up a paper and noticed an article by Josephine Eger, a well known journalist. Wednesday, 23.-Not feeling well this A. M. Office at 1:30. On the way down I saw that Agnes Sorensen was playing in the Orpheum. While looking over business man's magazine I noticed that Charles Mushcott owns a saw mill in California and has been successful in treating his logs by a special process. The chemicals he uses are furnished by the Los Angeles Chemical Company of which Earl Buesching is head chemist. ' Thursday, 24-Office at 8:30. Luncheon at 12, where I met Chan Par- ker our Class President who was attending a Farm Bureau meeting of which he is chairman. He tells me that Durley Curran is an actor at the Uptown. We decided to attend. While there we saw a photoplay featuring Dorothy Dolton. Afterwards went to Hess' Cafe owned by George Eaton. Page twentyqfifve Eg: Ed' LJ ' f'l l .Esc 1212. .224 'iii Sir I I ll ll 'll L , . Q-O ll 'HJ' u . ig: I:- N.: I lug.. 'I 'll::' 'hi 1 III' I Ilq I 2 f ll :W dill sf' H 'uf- IFF! 5:3

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' 5? Glass Bunn 5325 5:9 fel: r Q A Senior! What a magic nameg . ' Oceans of memories and lots of fame! Serious and laughing all at once, I. Happy, sad, wise, and a dunceg Contrary, all, to the laws of life, Four happy years that are gay with strife. Growing fat or getting leaner, . ' '- I ill. That's what it means to be a Senior! ' '3., . : ,1- ll ' Ill-- .':' g VVhat are the changes the four years have brought? ,a- ' I How are we different than you'd ever have thought? E: ' Are we bigger and better, more kind and more square? Ig- i .5 ffl: Have We all learned the meaning of right, and play fair? gifs :Eli Q l 'Il'- lfliq D0 the four years bring memorles of- things you regret, nfl!! .. gn Are you still thrilled with triumphs you'll never forget? ' And as Kipling has said it, much better than I, In those wonderful lines that I know shall not die, VVhen earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are all twisted and dried. Will you rest secure in the knowledge, that maybe you failed, but you tried? .P -J. R. E- it fi il? . Z.. -1-: - .1:T 'Q' :f-I . .ll qu. 121' g.2:.L f.: gg-I gn' L .- .ggi M nl nhl' fn 111, '- -..g, F- 'L nu. 'NHP iq-' :nl 'nf' i N n ,' Page twenty-four

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