Maryville High School - Maryvillian Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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Who's Who of the Alumni Dr. F. R. Anthony-1889-Maryville, Mo. Head of the Health Department at N. W. Mo. State Teachers College, Maryville, Mo. N George Robb Ellison-1898-Jefferson City, Mo. Judge of Supreme Court of Mo. William Shullenberger-1899-Indianapolis, Ind. Prominent minister of Christian Chruch o Merrill E. Otis-l902'Kansas City, Mo. Federal Dist. Judge in Kansas City. Homer Croy-1905-New York City, N. Y. Noted author and humorist. D. J. Howell-1905-Laramie, Wye. Former Attorney General of Wyo. Charles Kane-1911-Chicago, Ill. Member of Staff of Ill. Central Magazine. Dale Hoffman-1912-N. Y. City, N. Y. Investment adviser of Nat'l Bank of N. Y. City Fred Vandersloot-l914QSt Joseph, Mo. Principal of Benton High School. I Ruskin Hawkins-1915-Oak Park, Ill. Noted physician. Merle Selecman-l9l6-N. Y. American Banker Association-Assistant director of advertising Department and Trust divisions. Virgil Rathburn-19l84Maryville, Mo. Prosecuting Attorney of Nedaway county, Mo. Mabel Cook-1919-St. Joseph, Mo. Teaching Home Economics at Control High School. Jack Howlett-1920-Maryville, Mo. Physician and coroner of Nodaway county. Merle Food-1921-Ames, Iowa. Prof. of Textiles in University of Iowa. Joe'Burris-1922-Kansas City, Mo. Lawyer in Kansas City. John Allen DeMott-1921-Kansas City, Mo. Practicing medicine in Kansas City. Burdette Yeofl925-Kansas'City, Mo. Lawyer in Kansas City. Blanche Anderson-1928-Hawaiian Island. Teaching in the Hawaiian Islands. 1 S. Forrest Martin-1925-Graduate of both college and Medical school of Harvard and now Senior Interne in Rhode Island General Hospital of Providence, R. I. Ned Colbert-l923'N. Y. City, N. Y. Assistant curator in Paleontology in American Museum of Natural History. Carl Leroy Fisher-1927-Gallatin, Mo. Teaching in Gallatin High School. Earl Somerville-1927-Saginaw, Mich. Instructor of Instrumentation in Jr. H.School Leola Miller-1927-Jefferson City, Mo, Society Editor of Jefferson City Newspaper. Beverly Martin-l9284N. Y. Takes Master degree in Columbia University N. Y. in Juno Wallace Culver-1928-Jefferson City, Mo. Teaching at the Algoa Farms. L Mildred Sandison-1925-Washington D. C. N. E. A. Secretary, washington D. C. Margaret Knox-1930-Maxwell, Iowa. Instructor of Music in both High and Grade School Frank Westfall-1951-Wheeling, Mo. Teaching in the Wheeling High School. Loislee Swinford Thorpe-1951-Kansas City, Mo. Graduate Nurse. Jesse Sing1eton-l954- Freshman honor student at University of Mo. Winfred Hawkins-1909. Physician in Wilmctt Suburb of Chicago. Hattie Anthony-l894w Prof. of H. Ec., N. W. S. T. C. at Maryville, Mo. Nelle Hudson-1900. Registror, N. W. M. S. T. C. at Maryville, Mo. Teaching in Maryville High School. Laura B. Hawkins-1894-V. Principalg Bertha Northcutt-1905-Historyg Lois Halley-1905-English and Artg Lila Dowden-l922- Shorthandg William Gaugh-1924-Musicg Clement Rickman-1924-Scienceg Mary Frances Lasel-1928-Foreign Lenguagosg Gertrude Wray-1926-Home Economicsg Hildred Fitz 192E4Eng1fahg Mil? Fh!0'LtUrarian. f X

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'I !1 -.uffrr -we '-' :- 'F' F1 - ru- .1 ' v-7 - Y f-W' Y , , l.,,,.,'Wm LAQ11 1337! ,, - The Tornado 'About five thirty of October 23, 1934, a tornado swept through south and east Maryville, demolishing buildings, lifting roofs, removing porches, and ruthlessly uprooting age-old trees. Five men at thc CCC Camp were killed and a injured. Had the storm come earlier in the day well,--we do not want to even think of what the The south wing of the High School building windows and ripping their frames from the walls carpeted with fine pieces of its foundation. . few were more or less seriously while school was in session-- results might h8V8 been. was struck, breaking most of the . The rooms and halls were glass, and the whole wing was slightly twisted on In the north wing, the commercial and home economics rooms were the most seriously damaged. The north est corner of the roof was lifted and doubled back, while many of the bricks were dashed to the ground. The fences that were around the new tennis courts were demolished. The goal posts were lifted from the new football gridiron and deposited on top of telephone poles across the street. In repairing the building, it was necessary to put on a whole new roof. The west side of the south wing had to be rebuilt from the ground up. It was put back just as it was before the storm. All of the rooms were carefully re- paired, even to the smallest perienced eye. cracks, which could not be detected by the inex- To give added strength and protection, steel beams were put through the center of the building whore safe. they were needed. Those made our building absolutely All of the wood-work on the outside was given a new coat of paint. Along with the repairing, a vestibule was built at the entrance to the gym- nasium. Aside from conserving heat, it is a big help in taking care of the crowds that attend our games After all of the repair our building will be in even It was not necessary to the tornado, the churches of work is finished and the entire interior redecorated, better condition than before the storm. miss more than one day of school. The day after the city very magnanimously offered the use of their buildings and school opened at once. The center of the building not being seriously injured, a part of of January found all classes the classes were soon moved back and the last week in their own rooms. i . The students did not realize how dear our old M. H. S. building really was until we saw it as-a wreck and were forced to go to class else where. --Charlotte Smith

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