Mattoon High School - Riddle Yearbook (Mattoon, IL)

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i if + 'liL!4f!iLi:5u Qt i if f . 1 t t If! fig. H 1 f. .f'???'f t Al V ..-:c'3:rs-4QT- F, k, : The Trinity Episcopal, one of the early churches of Matte-on, still stands at 2200 Westem. INEPT llSilttl'l'ti in tht- I'irst ol' thc i.2lllltillS frvv Strovt Fziirs. Thollszimls of visitors l'illllt' cm-h -Yt'Zll' to join Blatttoon in thc fun. Novel' lwfort- hmi :my similzu- ovcnt ht-on ht-ltl in this static, :tml froth the first this ht-- vzum- tht- Street Fair Pity ot' Iliinois. Mztttoon was tlrcsst-tl up for tho holitluys in milcs of hunting: nml humh-mis ot' HZIQIN. At night tht- strovts gglowvtl with tlit'ft-rent vol- orwl im-:tmh-st-cnt glolws :tml gals jets. .X solitl lim- ot' hooths strctt-lu-tl tlown Broml- waxy. Out 1-:um-thcmustm'hc wax, thc- t-1-Iluloitl t-ollan-s :tml 4-atncs. 'l'ht- cotton v:iml'v :tml pink lcmonmlv. at QIl'Zllltl pursuit- starring tht- Qmtt-n :ami ht-r court. :ill sorts ot' strznigc R-mums-N,. 4, X N K 4 xg fx? ,Qs Grains of corn formed the unusual decorations on this administration building. :tml lwilllilillll vxhihits spoiled out ftilll' thtvs ot' tlrozlmhiml for 4-vt'1 vmu-. 'l'lwy lnztrvt-it-tl :lt tht' tr:1p4-zo artists :ami hzllloon 2lSt't'll- sions. lvcllt-ti tlwlilsvlvtls llozlrsc :lt thc rm-vs, I-mic thc womh-rt'nI Ferris Wm-ol, :tml illllili- ly wt-nt hmm- signin to til't'tllll of thc Fztir. Scene of 1898 Street Fair. Compliments of Radio Station WLBH and WLBH-FM.

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,- i 'I 47-N.. +'s . - 5- he West Side School, erected in the '60's. ' ,r f 1 - 1 1 F Ima!! V 0 t-4!r,9,, tr22cX27f evo 1 r fffffl if tl 1-X2 X nbjf jfsv ,Z ,Ji I e Efixxg. - 7 ia rect- FW-, t L 1 .1-.v Klvlhiv- ,' ' v 'vx-fe AJ The 1-rw-tion of t'lllll't'llt'S :intl schools vlost-ly follow thc hirth of at town. ln tho wintvi- ot' lS55. :1 school wus hvltl in u snntll t'r:uno houst- on liroaulwny in thc oust pzu't ot'town. lizu-h littlv pupil puial his few mlollzirs tuition and svti- tlwl tlown to thc husinoss of 11-:nlil1', writin', :incl 'l'lfllllll'llt'. Siinilzn' schools wort- holtl in various unot-1-upiotl rooms until INST. when tl hrivk huiltling cnllvtl thc l':2lNi Sitlo S4-hool wus 01-on-tml. 'l'h0n privntc schools wow opvnwl rup- ielly, hut none wow very sut-1'0ssl'ul. Soon schools sprung up alll ovvr town :intl sonic were constantly lltlllltl' roinotlvlwl, on- P' c lan-gwl or rebuilt to zu-voninioclztto tho lllt'l't'2lN' ing population. The lligh School huihling was cwvtecl in -l2lllll2ll V of 1890, oiilairgwl in 1902, :intl finally rvpl:u'od hy tho present ono in ' 1929. Now tlwre is an lwillllllhlll new high school in our future. The first Slllltlily St-hool was ht-ld in :L lit- tle building :lt 15th anal lil'02ltlW2l.V. All faiths uttolulwl nntl 2ll'gll0t'l over tlll'fl'l'L'lll, intt-rprc- tations ot' thc St-riptui-cs. Religion grew rup- ially in Mnttoon, :incl two 1-liim-lu-s, tho liilll tist :intl tho lipiscfopzll, wort' soon unmlor wat-V. K 2 5 2 7 ctured above is the East Side School, now Longfellow. , N.. j - .3 'QQ it I Q ffl '-. - , f'-'lf ,ta WFWNNQX - ' L 7 'l!Kmn.un-A X h king N B 'wi Q ' 1.7 0171- . ' l - ' W? The High echcol. Jnrl55wdemm,i,a.i I:-Q f - -h452'4!4 i 'E E l j' using. I ' S - it al S -A ,nw 'tt 2 - ' 1 A -Q - . 1--'m.1Bl A' Q, : g 1' 3 f- ,V s4:'f,g'x --' mpliments of Ryan Brothers Conoco Service Center :if 2' --.?i 5 ..,

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Q .R 1 Listed among the Street Fair attractions were vaudeville, acrobatic, and animal acts. Carts such as these were driven on Flower Carnival Day .1 f Q J' Q. X Q C 9 X. lf ' More-N., Y! Fir ,fkmw . The dangerous Ferris Wheel made many of our grand- mothers sit closer to grandpa. The lwginning of tha- twentieth l'ltllilll'.Y saw the ill2lllQlll'2ltilHl of :1 new 1-ru. 'Flmso lnml. vxvil- ing 'Yl'2ll'N haul cmnv to :1 vlusc: the gohia-11 algo YVEIS UVPP. In l'0lli1'2li Illinois tlwru lay all przxiriv. Afici- l'Pllllll'il'S of Nlbiifllliik 21 1':1ih'n:1d 1-:uno to hug' ilu' rich lrlzlvk 02ll'fil. and from this union il 1-ity was hm-n and Rl, piuin-1-1 s dl'02llll 1'I1li'ill04l. Compliments of the Lindley Chevrolet Company