Marengo Community High School - Yearbook (Marengo, IL)

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Salutatory We the Llass ol V170 extend 1 most cordial welcome to the parents laeulty members ol the Board ol l clucatron and frrencls who are present rlrrs exenmg Within 1 day we will laaxe reached that Goal towards which we haxe been strixrnfr lor lour long vet short years We reach rt only to enter upon a new and greater lrerc. the held ol lrle wlnch hes stretched hefore us a mystery Wlrat rt contains we do not and cannot Lnew We will retwrn our school dwys only as fond memories wnerr we assume these Greater' and Uraxer Jurdens w nch eset us rs X e lei e tie 'mtslrolcl ol the school so dear to us We will and must meet these worldly battles lace to lace always remembering that a nation looks to her eclucatronal ll1SlllLlll0l'lS lor men ol brains Nature and destiny are honest and to the victor they grant the por s lomorrow exenrng we leue only to return rn future years as alumni seeking to new rn 1 lex days or hours those nexer to he forgotten lessons acqurreu rn the clas rcom and on the athletic held lhe time i s come when we as a class must part hat so clearly rormed by us during our school days lwhese tres in future years whether rr prosperity or disaster can be but a source of pleasure and comfort to us Le fonlrclence and truth ahrde wrtlr u always rememhermv and honoring our dear old ALIVIA lNlfX ll R Let this exenrnv he the brightest and happiest ol our school Clays and though this is the last ewenrng hut one together we will he of goocl cheer ancl enjoy to the utmost these lew hours that yet remain During the exercises ol this ewenrng I hid you hsten to those who as our repre sentatrwes will protect helore you the xarrous pictures ol our hrfh school hle and will lrophesy into the lar distant future le rung tc y tr the standard ol our lime t r rrrrtcl on and ner onward rs exenrng as x e gatrer rn tns hal to he entertarne X rrlr jclte and sa ne and to chrde one another you must remember that good friendship 'incl lsmdly leehngs ne our motixes We will sacrrlrce our own mistakes and follies to enjoy those of others lo such scenes the class ol 1970 again lnlcls rts lrrencls welcome He-rhert W O lXllllI1fl l'l Iw lllX 4 1 U ' U- H V te K K - ' -. s - V Q V . T ' c ' L Y . I , ' ' I I ' i . ,, 4 K V V. A V D V V V , V V V. V. D cy , - y . .U Li . V . . V , I V- , . , V , K r 2 v. X l' I K l - - L . v C I .V y ' , r D' U' ' I - 'l' be Q' v 'ur l , ,I ' ? , ., 'i , 5 ' ' . , Y I - C 1 'l. ' . ...' , L . V ' . . V 1 : I: k rr-' ' ' . v ' 1 . ' -- - - . ' ' ' , ,' i '.la.l ,' ',e . I 'Q' we will dely those circumstances to arise which may sever those ties of friendship M L . D K V V , . . V V V V V r 9 ' , , ' e. t ., ' ' ' ' . 'C : ' A Z, L A . V , O .x K . M x D . . . . f' . I . , Z 'V x 5 0 . 4 1 ' e . O l7l' ,1 ' r ' ' . lhl ' ' .s v A lr' lf l ' ' d v' Q' ,t . z ' ' . ' e ' , 3 . e - L. s.. L 1 Q - I Q

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Vale-drctory r I resrdent Memltrs of the Class of l920 Members of the Board of Lduca tron Mr Supermtendent Members of the Faculty Fellow Classmates and Frrends It has devolved upon me as a member of thrs class to make the farewell address rn bcnalf of the class of l9Z0 My thanks are due to you for the complrrnent pard rn se rn me to perform thrs duty I greatly apprecrate the opportunrty to grve expressron to tht few thoughts appror rrate to thrs occasron Wlrrle I am spealtrng here tonrvht I do so wrth an acute gratefulness for the ela tons that have so long leen marntarned among We entered the frrst year of Hrgh rrool a trrnrd shy and sell deprecratory group of scholars but we are departrng rmprov rd rn mmd and body the result of four years of earnest work We go hence wrth our e ulomas prepared to frll a place rn the world w hrch no one else can frll Xve go pre Jared to frght the battle of lrfe w rth a strong hope and larth that we wrll wrn rn whatever callrng fate may grve us Now as we part to go rnto drfferent w alles of lrfe let us forget our youthful rrrerudrces rf we have any and part as lrrends because lrrendstrrp rs too a red to be tampered wrth In our farew ells let us each strengthen the frrendslrrps w hrch were woven rn our Alma Mater Days Members of the Board of hducatrcn Ihe class of 1920 takes thrs occasion t ank you the gurdrng body of our school for the favors recerved at your hands l nough through your efforts our Alma Mater has attarned a lrrgh standard rt rs our one wrsh that she should attarn that lrrgh goal for w hrcb we can and must strrve rf we w rsh to suc med l9Z0 to express to you our gratefulness for your earnest endeavors We go rnto the rorld wrth the most rntense esteem for the patrence equal Justrce and krnclness you have Jrsplayed to us Our pranks and mrschref w hrch never w rll be forgotten were merely the utcome of erruterant youthful sprrrts that must have an outlet I am proud to say that vou drd not suppress our sprrrts and thereby proved yourself our true frrend and counsel We shall rlw ays remember w rth great Joy the trme spent under your farthlul gurcl net llre only w ay we can show our apr recratron for what you have done for us rs by achrcvrng the goal that you desrred for us namely to be confrdent stalwart honest rn dependent and sell supportrng men mstead of world saplrngs Members of the Faculty In Lehalf of rt e benror Class I wrsh to assure you of 'wr vratrtude for the krndness forbearance patrence and wrsdom you have manrfested to v ara us By always berng wrllrng to assrst us rn socral functrons as well as berng ready to rssrst us rn school work you have planted rnto our memorres somethrng sacred some thrrrg that cannot be lrglrtly brolten or forgotten Ihe Class of l920 unrtes rn brddrng you a fond farewell and w rslrrng that everythrng Good may come your way f ellow Llassmates Ihe hour of partrng draws nrgh In sprte of the fact that wc are lrlled wrth joy because we have attarned that for whrch we have strrven so long a rnge of sadness creeps rnto my heart at the thought of leavrng the school we all love so tell Let us always recall w rth fond memorres the pleasant years we spent lrere together Olga Marrt Voeltf . J V sl. ' , 1 ' M . . , , , , - 4 - 1' r , ' . ' , - 'f ' ' K - Ir-cl' .g ' ' . ' ' ' ' x V V. . . . ' 'A L 'D , . A 3 A . r .- t .. ' M J ' ' us. ' - ' - Sf' I I , I , - , I ' , ' I A - VI ' ' ' l . rr, , , ' ' , - - 1 , . I ,. x . Y. O . . Y Y ,., Nr , , . , I A y I . . g . . v. l lVlr. Superintendent: It gives me very great pleasure, as a member of the class of I , . ' ' . I ,r c ' , r V' ' ' . . ' I A K . - A 9 I D - or. ' z '. . ' ' ' ' ' L ' - ii - 'W I . ' I . : s I x ' , '- s -A I - I f v I 1 I 9 I- I ' Tc -I' . I A I- ' rn.. I L D I I . 1 K , l V I ' .- . . . . , , .' ' , ' . - 1 , 9 D . I wr I 1 - I - v I v v I y , r A ' ' v 1' If I':rg-- 'l'w'r-rrly

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Class HlStOIy As lt has been the custom of each clas to 'nake known its hlstory we the class ol Z0 shall narrate our somewhat lntrlcate hlstory Although our hlstory may not be of much Interest to the pubhc nevertheless It has a rmg of happmess and the memories of good trmes for the Class of Z0 The class whlch entered M H S 1n I9l6 as Freshmen numbered forty eight 1-low we dreaded the thoughts of berng scrutlnlzed and rrdlculed by thc upper class men Nevertheless we took heart ln hand and thought of the days to come when we would be bemors Cheer for the Freshles for they wlll advance Our flrst class meetlng bept 25th was directed by Mr Gardner at whlch we selected our class colors purple and whrte Richard Countryman Presldent Mar garet Pringle becretary Abner Kelly Treasurer and Mlldred Goodrlch class reporter were chosen for our l'reshmen class officers Mr Dahlberg was chosen as our advrsor We worked dlhgently so that we could overcome the rrdxcule of the upper class men On anuary 25th oe Patterson lnVltCd us to hls home for a party which was a huge success As Mr C.-ardner had forbldden the hazing of the Freshmen we arrlved home safely much to the dlsmaj of our friends the upper classmen When we returned as Sophomores ou class had dwmdled to thlrty erght Our class offlcers chosen for this year were Margaret Prlngle Presldent unlor Kelly X'lCC Presrdent and Mildred Csoodrlch Secretary and Treasurer Mr Alexander was chosen as our advlsor lhls year contained many soclal events A weenle and marshmallow roast 1n Swagers wood a party at the home of Kenneth ohnstone a slelghrlde out to Leo bulhvan s whlch was greatly enjoyed ln spite of tlpplng over and bobs comlng off the runners Perhaps the oyster stew was the chnef cause for the enjoyment Later rn the year Ruth Dalby gave a party Everyone who attended reported a Good time especlally Alex who hadnt had anythrng to eat srnce noon and very httle then Two other parlles were given one at the home of Mary Grover the other 1n Svxagers a dull boy can be made to read All play and no work makes ack a dull boy tne subjects taken up this year were somewhat new to us The geometry class worked hard with theorems hypothenuses and angles whlle the Ancxent Hlstory Class learned of the old L.-reek Mythology lhe Botany class enjoyed a trlp to the wood early ln the bprmg with Miss l:.lberg hngllsh Correctlon week was found mterestmg as well as helpful to the hngllsh class whlle the Bookkeepers worked hard makmg thelr ac counts balance We certainly were a jolly bunch 1n our unlor year which must be acknowledged by the other classes Vlfe had lost ten of our members but four new ones had jomed us thus making an enrollment of twenty n1ne Our offlcers for this year were ohn Vvllson Presldent Abner Kelly Vxce PYCSldCHf Mary C-rover Secretary and Treas urer Our advisor was Mxss Holroyd Our partles were numerous The flrst was a weenle and marshmallow roast ln Swager s wood Adelbert Coon next entertalned the class A mock wedding was given wlth Ralph Carmack as the brlde Leo Sullivan and Ruth Dalby opened their homes to us On Feb l8th Grace Lowe enter tamed us lhe class wrll always remember her lnterest ln It though she was not a member of rt at that tlme lhe umor Prom on May Znd was the brg event of the year Weeks before It was glven the poor unlors attempted to learn a few new fangled steps under the dr ectlon of Professor Leo bulllvan The Prom was a real success for lt was well attended and everyone enjoyed rt Un May 23rd Frederlca Wllke entertained the class We had a good tlme ln splte of the fact that the Seniors made way wlth the strawberrles About this time ohn Wllson left school and Abner Kelly took hrs place as Presldent lhe next party was a plcnrc ln Swager s wood Miss Holroyd mvlted the class to her home rn Genoa on une 7th We shall never regret acceptmg the mvltatron lhe last party of the year une l4th the unrors very gracrously mvrted Continued on Page Sixty eight tr tw utx tx . ' . , I . I ' l , . It Q. U ' i V , I , l 2 ,l ' , -f . '. . 9 . . .A . J. I ' ' . ' S 7 C! - 9 wood. All was not play, however, for the saying, All work and no play makes jack , ,,. ' .. J , , -. ' . , Y , J V y U Q , v ' U 2 v ' - . Y J . , J f - P ': gr- w- V 1