Lutesville High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Lutesville, MO)

Text from Pages 1 - 36 of the 1919 volume:

VOLUME ONE of the ft IBERTY 4 B ELL vv cPO Jt I THE ANNUAL of the LUTESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL of NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETEEN Dedication i'T liO our hero, a boy who answered the call of his country, a boy who “car- ried on” the fight against the foe, striving with all his might against the evil of humanity, in the darkest, dreariest most hopeless hours of his country’s peril, a boy who paid the supreme sacrifice that his friends might live, whose soul now rests with his maker and whose body lies with those of other immortal heroes “in the Flanders fields where poppies blow.” To Elvis Barrett this first issue is dedicated, with the utmost reverence for his departed spirit, and honor for his glorious deeds, by his friends and schoolmates, the pupils of Lutesville High School. “In Memoria” To our friends who have pone away for a little while: We are all invited to a party of pleasure. The places for our friends were ready first, and they have first tasted of perfect joy. We could not all po topether, so why should we mourn since we are soon to follow and know where to find them. o o o “Pro Patria’’ FACULTY WILSON MASTERS ALVA JAMISON STUDENTS Quezy Barrett Fred Reck Silas Gladish Alva Gladish Russel Mouser Russel Hickam Hugh Pruyear Wm. Lages Wm. Abernathy Cassius Lutes. Adolphus Lages George Englehart Norty Lily Lee Vanamburg Wm. Hughes Gifford Lutes Ernest Croft Harry Dale Claud Hahn Eldon Miller Lyman Miller Burette Robinson Caractus C. Conrad Homer Chandler Avery Myers Jasper Myers Harley Myers Joe Russel Glen Sample Oscar Graham Ed. Graham Glen Phelps Wm. Mouser Roscoe Englehart Hobert Hahn Jess Smith Earl Walker George Clark Elvis Barrett Wilson Myers Silas Mouser John Revelle Ralph Burford Harold Hussong Charley Eaker Ellis Yount Homer Phelps Wm. Wiggs o • o • Board of Education LUTESVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL o • o o The Faculty Nof A HAWN PRIMARY eras if kmo iphy HUH. hi HS 04L ua cci.Fr v .c. MySHS suprm urviiruT r 4, Gi-A mn 7 AM fh AUt o • o • o Class of ’19 President Historian and Poet Valedictorian Robert Kinder Maude Myers Essie Cole CLASS MOTTO: Haiti) tbc IRopcs of tbc lpast ■ -vac -oam 'Rtnfl - - £bc Kells of tbe future CLASS COLORS: Red, White and Blue CLASS FLOWERS: White Rosebud ° f ° •x Senior Class Robert Lee Kinder, unmatched for nerve and speed, he follows where the ladies lead. Maude Myrtle Myers, head in Lutesville, heart in Colorado. Essie Marie Cole, smallest, but best, our valedictorian. Dorothy Marie Henley, one whom Mark Twain did not know. o • o o Junior Class Trilla Englehart Frank Phelps William Butler Sophomore Class Top row (left to right)—Floss Lutes, Clarence Miller. Elbert Croft, Sarah Hawn, Lillian Miller, Bessie Taylor. Bottom row—Inez Reck, Mildred Henry, Virginia Abernathy, Theckla James, Thelma Hickam, McMinn Berry. Freshman Class Top row (left to right)—Fern McGee, Viva Jones, Ruby Francis, Eula Cole, Alta Crites. Bottom row—Leonard Miller, Alma Crites, Myrtle Miller. CLASS HISTORY FOUR years ago, three eighth-grade students entered Lutesville High School. They arose at three o’clock with trembling hearts and prepared themselves for the unknown dangers of that fearful day. After having ornamented their person with divers articles, such as hand mirrors, powder puffs, two encyclopedias, together with an almanac, and a “Who’s Who’’ in 1915, they ascended the hill and entered the building from whose walls ignorance is secluded. During the four years that followed, they played quite a bit, ate a great deal, and perhaps studied a little, though I am not quite sure. Though I am sure they flirted with the Nebula Hypothesis and exchanged chewing gum with old bionomial theorem. They also made the acquaintance of Julius Caesar and his somewhat doubtful friend Brutus, who loaned them a pony to ride to Caesar’s funeral. They also became quite learned in law, that is, I think they learned Mendel’s law. They then browsed into the fields of economics where they found that people drink whiskey because they like it. They studied history, too, and discovered that George Washington discovered America in 1492, and Ferda Navdo De Mississippi discovered Desoto in 1886, the same year that Grover Cleveland circumnavigated the globe for the first time. They also found that Bill Hohenzollern started to carry out a little program in which a house or two were burned and a few people got hurt. After learning these facts they were permitted to receive their diplomas. By MAUDE MYERS. V aledictory IN compliance with a custom as old as the school itself I come tonight to deliver this address which is the closing effort of the four years of work done by this class. As the representative of the graduating class of 1919, it is my duty to speak for the class certain sentiments. First, we wish to express our sense of appreciation to the citizens of Lutesville for their considerate efforts in providing a place of instruction and thus placing a High School education within our reach. Second, we wish to express our gratitude to the Board of Education for their painstaking efforts to maintain our school on an approved basis, a task not easy in a small town. Third, we wish to extend our thanks to Mr. Abernathy, Mr. Welker and Mrs. Riley, who have now gone from us, but whose kindly precepts and good example we still cherish. Friends of the class of 1919, it is our privilege to live in a great age. The world is not the same world as it was when we first entered High School. Since then mil- lions of men have died at the hands of their fellowmen amid the strife and turmoil of war. Billions of dollars of property have been destroyed, nations have been swept away, and the world has gone down to the valley of the shadow of desolation, despair and death. But from this toil and suffering, from this care and sorrow, a new civili- zation has has been born, conceived in liberty, fraternity and equality, crowned with the diadem of brotherly love and dedicated to the proposition that every man is his brother’s keeper. The path civilization has been a long and toilsome one. Slowly with torn and bleeding feet the human race has struggled towards that lofty mountain of perfection whose summits are crowned with the light of everlasting day. As I speak tonight I have a vision or dream in which I see that long journey which our race has made. I see man in the beginning a puny creature, clad in skins, scarcely more civilized than the wild animals by which he is surrounded. I see him hiding in caverns amid the rocks or in the thick foliage of the forests as he hides himself from the wild forest prowlers. Then I behold him again; he has learned to make the bow and arrow and the rude implements of the chase and war. He now has a place of abode which he has built with his own hands. Once more the scene changes, and I behold a civilization of ancient times. Great Babylon and Nineva have become centers of art and business, while the banks of the Nile are studded with pyramid and palace. I see Moses lead the chosen people towards the land of their forefathers and from Sinia’s lofty summits receive the commands of Israel’s God. I see beautiful and artistic Greece give to the world its wealth of beauty in poetry, sculpture, painting and literature. I behold martial Rome send out her invincible armies and humble the entire known world and bring it under the direction of the Eternal City on Tiber’s banks. Once more the curtain lifts, and I see a being on the shores of Galilee teaching peace and good will to mankind and pointing the way to that true perfection which mankind is struggling to maintain. I witness the terrors of that intellectual night known as the Dark Ages, and then the coming of that dawn known as the Renaissance. I see Christopher Columbus give to Europe a new world. I see that world grow and prosper through four hun- dred years of development, and then I see standing before the world that greatest of all nations, the United States of America. I see her prosperous, free and happy in the full vigor of her young and healthy growth. And then across from the sea, borne on the eastern winds, comes a cry of a world in distress, and I see my country and yours give her blood and treasure to make the world safe for Democracy. Friends and classmates, the world has been made safe for Democracy. It is our duty to make Democracy safe for the world. Let us think more of others and less of ourselves. Let us hasten the progress when we can say with the poet: “Out from the darkness of night, the world rose into light. Now ’tis daybreak everywhere.” ESSIE COLE. President’s Address THE AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL occupies a position which is both unique and import- ant. I nique because it occupies a position different essentially from other institu- tions of learning: and important because it is the only source of higher education within the reach of everybody. The high school differs materially from the old-time academy. The primary duty of the academy was to prepare for college, that of the high school to prepare for life. When we come to consider that only two per cent of the high- school students go to college, while the other ninety-eight per cent receive no further training than the high school gives, we are enabled to realize the tremendous importance of this institution. It has long been a recognized fact that if the people are to be educated the schools must be taken to them. If we wait for them to go to the schools, the great majority of them will never go. That is to say, if the people in a certain community have no high school, expect to send their children away from the home community for their education, those who go will be the exception and those who do not go will be the rule. For every one that goes there will be a hundred who will not go. The conclusion is plainly to be seen that every township in the United States should maintain a high school. Another thing that suggests itself as a corrolary to that proposition above is that the institu- tions of this kind foster and develop wholesome recreation and proper amusement. These things are absolutely indispensable to a progressive community. ‘Some people ask why are the young people rushing away from the small towns and rural neighborhoods. The answer is plain. They are seeking something that the country cannot give. Now. psychologists tell us that play is as necessary to a human being as work. In fact, they say that if he does not have the proper recreation he cannot do proper work. Young peo- ple must have some place to go. If they do not have a good place to go they will go to some place not so good. If they do not have wholesome amusement they may seek that of a nature which is not so wholesome. Imagine for one Instant if the town of Lutesville had four or live public tennis courts, golf links, some amusement in the form of a moving- picture show or opera how much pleasanter it would be for the young people. The school develops an appreciation for refined recreation. The high schools are also professional schools. Many excellent teachers receive their only training here. Numerous bookkeepers and stenographers are now prepared for their vocation, not in the expensive business college in the far off city, but in the little high school of their home town. The high school is reaching out its hand and endeavoring to give each future citizen of the republic that education which will enable him to make the best of life. So universal is high-school education becoming that they are now affection- ately spoken of as the people's college. 1 have discussed at length the merits of this institution, let us glance for a moment at its defects. The chief of these are. that the schools of today are not sufficient tech- nically. Each high school should have its manual training, carpenter work, and cabinet maker, its forge where blaoksmithing can be learned, as well as a good course in do- mestic science for girls. The literary work of the high school should be of that kind which will foster Christian character, intense patriotism and a wide spirit of philan- thropy. In short the mission of the high school is to train the body of the youth so it will vibrate with the red blooded desire for action. It is to fill his mind with a youthful knowledge which the experience of the race has proved to be beneficial and to establish a character founded on a rock against which the storms of evil will beat in vain. In the words of Aristotle, It develops the highest excellency of body, mind and soul. Class of Nineteen and Nineteen, we stand at the parting of the ways. Yet a little while and our high school days will be history. They will not be numbered among the things that are but the things that have been. The days of childhood now seem a far off dream, while the broad tableland of manhood and womanhood stretch out before us. The amateur world of the school to the pulsating world of humanty. It is a time of sadness and a time of gladness, a time of gladness when we think of work well done, of tasks fully completed and of a past stained with no action that can give us any remorse of conscience. Rut a time of sadness when we think of our former friends and classmates who are separated from us by the great ocean itself and some by that greater ocean which separates life and death. Standing on the dividing line tonight full of hope for the future, with profound gratitude to the many friends of our childhood and youth we pass from the protected vista of our young days to the broad avenue of manhood and womanhood. ROBERT KINDER. o • o • BASKET-BALL BOYS Mr. Myers, Coach Bryan Zimmerman, center Robert Kinder. right forward Frank Phelps, left forward Emmerson Eaker. substitute Clarence Miller, right guard William Butler, left guard THE SCORE OF THE BOYS’ TEAM Team. 1916- 1917—Blodgett ...... Frederlcktown ... Hickory Grove .. Advance ........ Frederlcktown ... Jackson ........ All-Stars (town) 1917- 1918—Blodgett ,..... Fredericktown ... Morley ......... Whitewater ..... Fredericktown ... 1919— Fredericktown . I.utesville. 44 17 10 11 21 12 38 23 16 15 24 Opponents i 3 14 12 24 60 18 17 14 17 22 33 Won by forfeit The History of Our Athletics The Lutesville High School organized a basket-ball team in the year 1915 under thi supervision of Mr. Abernathy, then principal. Goals were erected and the boys, many of whom are now in France, were given the rudiments of basket-ball playing. They played no match games that year excepting with Will Mayfield College. The following year Mr. Myers assumed the prlnclpalship of the school and organized a new team. The courts were plotted, plowed and flattened by the boys, thus forming an ideal court. The team during that year played more match games than before or since. In 1917 the team rented Drum s Hall and equipped it so that they had a very nice indoor court. The first of the year the team was supervised by Mr. Masters, who. before the end of the semester, had Joined the army, and before the end of the year, had landed in France. The remainder of the year Mr. Myers was coach. This year we have played but little because of the numerous obstacles we have en- countered. as doubtless other schools have encountered, also. The team was in splendid condition and all the boys are good athletes. o o The Old Lutesville and the New LUTESVILLE is situated on the west side of Crooked Creek, about a half mile from Marble Hill. It was laid out as a town in 1853 by Eli Lutes, in whose honor the place was named. In order to secure a station on the Belmont Branch of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad, Mr. Lutes gave to the railroad company ten acres of ground for station purposes, the right-of-railway through the town, and one-third of the lots. The first passenger train passed through here August 29, 1868. Then there was only four or five houses. The first school was taught by Ex-Congressman R. Smith in a small frame build- ing. The school house was situated where the residence of Mr. Henry Lutes now stands. The first merchant in town was C. E. Rowe, who began business in a small box house, and continued until the time of his death. Eli Lutes was also one of the early merchants. The first Mayor of the town was F. S. Frautwein. In 1910 there were five general stores and the usual number of smaller business establishments. Also one stave factory, which had been in operation for years, and a flour mill. The Bollinger County Bank, with a capital of $25,000, was incorporated in 1891, and the Peoples Bank of Lutesville with a capital of $12,000 was incorporated in 1903. There are three churches in the town, namely: The Southern Methodist, which was erected in 1872, the Northern Methodist in 1894, and the Presbyterian in 1905. There are now five general stores, two garages, two hotels, Home Bakery, variety store, livery barn, flour mill, saw mill, and a clay mill, which was erected in 1918. The school grew very rapidly and four years of high-school work was approved in 1917. There are one hundred and forty residences in the town and the present popula- tion is about six hundred. • o • Seventh and Eighth Grades Fifth and Sixth Grades o • o o Third and Fourth Grades First and Second Grades o • Our Churches o • o • History of Bollinger County THE territory which is now Bollinger County was made a part of the United States of America at the time the Louisiana Purchase was acquired, in 1803, when the State of Missouri was laid off and the five principal settlements were made and each given a certain amount of territory; Bollinger County formed a part of the territory which formed Cape Girardeau County until March 1. 1857, when it was organized and became separated from Cape Girardeau County; it became a recognized County of Missouri with an area of 616 square miles. The first settlement in Bollinger County was made by George Frederick Bollinger, who was a native of North Carolina, and came to Missouri about the year 1796 or ’97, and selected a location on Whitewater. He was induced to come here by Louis Lorimier, who promised him a large tract of land if he would bring a certain number of settlers to Bollinger County. This he did and made the first settlement in 1800, along Whitewater. Some of the men who came with Mr. Bollinger to the settlement were: Matthias, John, Henry and Daniel Bollinger; Peter Statler and Peter Crites. Mr. Bollinger was the leader and was appointed Captain of the Militia. He held a prominent place in the settlement and State as well, until his death. He erected the first mill in Bollinger County. Hence came the name Bollinger County. In 1804 the first church, which was a German Reformed Church, was established by Samuel Whybark, who was its minister. In 1910 Bollinger County had a population of 14,576. Class Poem It is finished; our school work. Our four years’ task is done. The victory has been gained at last The price we sought is won. And now we meet to night A last farewell to speak To those dear friends of ours Whom we have loved to greet. Four years ago a freshman class. To the Lutesville High School came. Seekers after knowledge bright To add lustre to their name. And they gathered learned lore History, science, and math. The rule of three, and syntax too They swallowed with a laugh. They learned to keep on trying When things seemed hard to do. And they found a wise old maxim That your future depends on you. They found above all things, That on the final day That firm and honest character Are the only things that pay. So dear friends and classmates, As we say farewell tonight Let us all remember The true pathway of life. So when we pass from out this sphere Upon the other shore. The old friends of ’19 Will be a class once more. Maud Myers. o • o o MY DERE MR. CENETER REDE:;—I thout you mite wont one of our mannuals cauze we air goin to have our pixtures (or pitchers ruther) in them and tha dont costez but sebenty five cence and I think hitt will have a couple of jokes in hitt;: Now if you want som. Thin funny and entertainin yu had betterd taken siveral on them. I am goin ter take one. I dun brot my sebenty five sents and gived hitt to Mildred, and she gived hitt to Miss Murfy. Say, Ceneter, they du say as that you oppose the Lege of Nashuns. Now, Ceneter, old Bill Kizer dun the identity and old Bill Kizer ntite enjy youre kumpny with him at his wouldpile in Hoi Land. You had better voat rite or we uns as is backin you up wont raise your seleree: Meldrit sets in front of me. She twistez the dest sos I caint wright heartily. I know you”ll” wont one of them mannuals. xxxxxxx By By Afextionatly OOOOOOOOO Becky Jane I fergot to tell you to tell precedent Wilcun we air makin some mannuals and he can by one if he wont hitt. You can tell him if you cee him in time. We had our pixtures tooked Friday and thewoman rung a bell. Judge air goin to hev his pixture in there too and Mr. Mires, and I mite put mine on the frunt page. I tell you, yu had better by one. Say,Ceneter, air you a Demo Krat or Republic “Kan.” Tell precedent Wilcun tha will have a couple jokes in un. I no he wood like to have 1 if he node about hitt.” 8|| xxxxxxxx oooooooo KO X O__ March 25 1919 A. D. (after dark). I must study my English lecun. Confextionatly Becky. THE MODERN RAVEN Kanto I Once, on a mid-day dreary, while I meandered, weak and leary. Over many a page of mathematical lore, In my seat I was nearly napping, when suddenly, I experienced a tapping, as if some one was none Too gently rapping, rapping on my belfry door. “ ’Tis imagination!” I muttered, “merely that and nothing more.” Kanto II But, Othen, the thrill grew stronger, hesitating, then no longer. “Sir,” said I, “or Madam, truly, truly, I implore, what have I done since rising sun, that you batter on my belfry door?” But the rapping, still beguiling my sad fancy, into smiling by the knocks and shocks which my anatomy bore, till I scarce thought I could stand it, so I opened wide the door was Miss Murphy and nothing more. Finis Here's to the Seniors, learned and prave; We part from them with sighs; Their task is done. Their victory won, To them we say pood-bye. Here’s to the Juniors, modest and true; To them we willinply bequeath; The laurels preat, Which surely await Those who take the Seniors’ enviable seat. Here’s to the Sophs, so pay and breezy; On them we lovingly bestow; A couple of knocks, And a score of shocks, When they take their seat on the Junior row. Here’s to the Freshmen, unsophisticated folk; To them we gladly give A bushel of cheer, Which they hold so dear, And a tenth-grade life to live. Here’s to our soldiers, brave and true; Who pave so splendidly and well; The world now knows What their valor does. Their pood deeds, victory spells. Here’s to all the High School folk; Who life’s battles have just begun; Let us all pray And fervently say (Like Tiny Tim) “God bless us every one.” —Thekla James. After Word The balmy, spring zephyrs blow from the Southland. To those who go and to those who stay they whisper: My Melody Borne over hill and dale, in thee, shall bring a thought of pleasure past, and of future preat. Anticipation mighty and memories sweet. To thee and thine. C. A. WALTER G. E. WALTER WALTERS S' SON Hardware A Furniture Co. LUTESVILLE, MO. Carry a Complete Line of Builders' and Heavy Hardware, Cutlery and Silverware OUR LINE OF FURNITURE, RUGS AND LINOLEUM IS THE FINEST IN THE COUNTRY We handle the Oliver, Deere, International and Moline Implements LUMBER, SHINGLES, SASH and DOORS, PREPARED ROOFING, LIME and CEMENT Your Order Solicited Phone 62 BUY TESS AND TEDD SCHOOL SHOES They are tested shoes—and no other line of this hind on the market gives such durable, economical service under hard wear. THEY FIT WELL, WEAR WELL and LOOK WELL A SHOE WITHOUT AN EQUAL AT THE PRICE THE PEOPLES SUPPLY CO. LUTESVILLE. MO. D. W. BURFORD DEALER IN General Merchandise The Same Price to All Store Lutes Mercantile, Land and Lumber Company You Need the Bread and I Knead the Dough ls£e HOME BAKERY ISAIAH PARK. Proprietor • o • Chandler’s Drug Store LUTESVILLE, MISSOURI R. W. VANAMBURG RESIDENT DENTIST LUTESVILLE, MISSOURI —THE— CALL AT Palace Barber Shop J. W. KINDER, Proprietor R. M. 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Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent DRUM JAMISON, Agents REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE EQUITABLE LIFE FIRE AND TORNADO BANK BURGLARY AUTOMOBILE LIVE STOCK BONDING LUTESVILLE.............MISSOURI BOLLINGER COUNTY ABSTRACT AND REAL ESTATE COMPANY (Incorporated) Abstract of Land Titles furnished on short notice. Fire and Tornado Insurance on all properties. Agents for Life Insurance. Bonds of all kinds in Circuit, County and Probate Courts. Also other bonds of fidelity. List your farm or other property with us for sale or exchange. J. K. WELLS, President J. A. McGLOTHLIN, Secretary F. F. MABUCE, Treasurer HOMER F. WILLIAMS, Attorney HOPKINS S' YOUNT GENERAL MERCHANDISE MARBLE HILL. MISSOURI DEALERS IN EVERYTHING LADIES’ AND GENTS’ FURNISHINGS FINE MILLINERY A SPECIALTY WE CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO CALL AND SEE OUR LINE IT ISN’T WHAT YOU MAKE— IT’S WHAT YOU SAVE! For You—Your Safety—Your Needs—the Farmers Merchants Bank WAS ORGANIZED Open an Account With Us. We Pay 4 per cent on Time Deposits The world's greatest fortunes were stored up through a keen regard for thrift and interest DIRECTORS R. W. VanAmburg W. A. Leoffler C. N. Zimmerman J. Henry Elfrink W. A. Butler Lutesville Milling Company Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE FLOUR Not the Cheapest but the Best Makers of ‘SNOW DROP” GOODWIN JEAN WHOLESALE EGGS AND POULTRY SPECIALTIES: LIVE POULTRY, EGGS, HIDES, ETC. ICE IN SEASON S. L. GOODWIN, Manager, LUTESVILLE, MO. THE LUTESVILLE BANNER Large Circulation. :: Good Advertising Medium Job Printing of All Kinds Our Specialty F. A. WIGGS, EDITOR Central Hotel MEAT MARKET GROCERIES AND COLD DRINKS GREEN SCHNEIDER E : r r ' 4 - ’ %v