McCray Dewey High School - Trojan Yearbook (Troy, IL)

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CLASS 1-IISTURY 1938f1939 Have you any memories ThaT will never die? Well. we. The sTudenTs of The Senior ctlass. have. None of us will ever forgeT regisTraTion day. SepTember I938. for ThaT was The day ThaT ThirTy-sixrof us. all wild. noisy boys and girls came slowly To school To enroll aT The McCray-Dewey Township High School for The firsT Time. ThaT was a day mixed wiTh sorrow and ioy. of happiness and unhappiness. We will always remember how we marched inTo The office. iusT plain old Freshiies andi how mosT of us meT Mr. Farley for The firsT Time. He was The principal. AfTer becoming familiar wiTh The school. we began To feel aT home buT all Throughouf The year we were Teased and TormenTed because we were Green . AT our firsT class meeTing we felT like big shoTs and quiTe imporTanT. AT This meefing we elecifed Mn,,1Siffei-man as our Class Advisor and The honor of being The firsT presidenT of our class Tell To Gene Lyons. Our acTiviTies for The year were a hike, and a Hallowe'en ParTy. 1 939Q1 940 The school year I939-I94O began a new life for us for we felT more grown up and we Tried To acT The parT buT somehow we were sTill kids and did everyfhing wiTh much ado. Mr. Farley was noT in The office when we enfered To enroll buT in his place we found anoTher man whom we Iafer found ouT was our new principal. Mr. Kefring. We walked up To Th-e assembly buT found The school differenT somehow. for There were many new faces and Two new Teachers. Miss Koeneke had married during The summer and Wss, Baker had Taken her place: Miss Molden accepTed anoTher posiTion and Miss Baumann was The new English Teacher. Miss Herron came in January when Miss Baumann lefT. Miss Baker was now chosen our class advisor and Richard Howe served as class PresidenT. The acTiviTies of The year consisTed of a hike. a ValenTine ParTy. and a skaTing parTy. 1940-1941 Sepfember l940 found us back here for The Third Time. Mr. Brucker had been added To The Teaching sfaff and iT was To be his job To Try To Teach us MahemaTics. We all Took a liking To Mr. Brucker or aT leasT iT seemed so, for aT our firsT class m.eeTing of The year we elecTed him To The posiTion of sponsor of The Junior class of I94O-'4I. Virginia Schrameck was chosen presidenT of The class. This year Mr. Kefring organized The Hi-Tri and Hi-Y clubs which sponsored The firsf ChrisTmas parTy and dance. The oTher acTiviTies of The year were a hike. a Hallowe'en parTy. The Junior play. and The Junior-Senior Prom. 1941 -1 942 Now we are seniors and can reminice happily of pasT incidenTs in our school limes. We can see how four years ago, Those wild and noisy boys and girls came inTo The school and for The lasT Time. Sepfember I. I94l. we walked proudly up To The office and greeTed our old friends and welcomed The new scholars. We had been coming To school for The pasT Three years. and This regisTraTion day was similar To The oTher Three. Mr. Fischer had replaced Mr. Seifferman: Miss Hall was unable To reTurn To her posiTion so Miss Sims was in her place. Mr. Monke was here To Till The posiTion of Mr. Wagner. Mr. Monke ioinied The navy and his place was filled for Two weeks by Mr. Cole. AT ThaT Time Mr. Richards replaced Mr. Cole. ln January. afTer The ChrisTmas holidays. we were surprised To learn ThaT Miss Lenz had accepfed anoTher posiTion and ThaT on reTurning we would find a new commercial Teacher. Miss Villhard. Gene STein was elecTed presidenT of The Senior class aT The beginning of The year, however Jack Weirgwho had been elecTed Vice President acTed as The presidenT ThroughouT The year and on April I3 was formally made presidenT and Roy WiTTmann was made vice-presidenT. Mr. Brucker was again chosen To be our advisor. The only acTiviTies of The year were The Senior Play. The Chrisfmas ParTy. The Junior-Senior Prom. and Commencemenf. Class Flower-American BeauTy Rose: Colors-Old Rose and Silver: MoTTo- Excelsior.

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SEN IORS ALFONS PRANAITIS F. F. A. I, 2, 3: Soffball 2: Hi-Y 3 Ambifionz To be a success I don'+ know VIRGINIA POLI Lafin Club 2: Speech Club I: Hi-Tri I, 2: Pep Squad 3, 4: Baskefball Maid 3: Carnival Maid 4: Trojan Sfaff 4: Highlighls S+afl: 4 Ambilionz Secrelary Always a cheerful smile BETTE JEANNE ROOD ' Band I, 2, 3, 4: Glee Club 2, 3, 4: Hi-Tri 3: Mosl Popular Girl 2: Highlighls Sfaff I: Baslcelball Maid 3, Carnival Maid 4: Junior Play 3: Senior Play 4 Ambifion: School Ieacher I-li Gal ' PAUL RIEDOLD A ' F. F. A. 3.4: Hi-Y 3 Ambifionz To be a success GENEVA WOOTEN I Glee Club 2, 3: High Lighfs Sfaff I: Hi-Tri 3: Baslcelball Maid 3: Home Ec. Club 4: Junior Play 3: Senior Play 4: Thespians 4 Ambilionz X-ray and Labora'I'ory Technician Silence is golden

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY KENNETH HIANFELDER, The presidenT oT The Coca-Cola BoTTIing Company aT Milwaukee, decided ThaT he'd like To Take his annual six-monTh vacaTion. He and his aTTracTive secreTary, DOROTHY HEINLEIN, immediaTely made plans Tor The Trip. The buTler, VERNON SCHULTZE, who was a Tall, bald-headed man, called a Taxi To Take KenneTh and DoroThy To The sTaTion. To Their asTonishmenT They Tound ThaT The Taxi driver 'was ROY WITTMAN, a serious-minded man who was Their class- maTe in l942. As Roy drove Them along in his Super Duper Taxi, he menTioned To Them ThaT he had iusT received a IeTTer Trom his girl Triend, VIRGINIA WEISEMEYER, who was now a haT check girl aT The swanky MayTair Casino aT Cleveland, Ohio. When They arrived aT The sTaTion, They goT on The Train and abouT Two minuTes laTer The Train sTarTed oTT. Thiey were headed wesT so Their TirsT sTop was Omaha, Nebraska. AT Omaha They were given ThirTy minuTes in which They could geT ouT and 'walk around. KenneTh iusT Tinished saying, l wish There were someone in This Town ThaT I knew, so I could visiT Them and pass The Time, when he spied The mos+ gorgeous looking couple. ATTer h-e looked a second Time he Tound ouT ThaT he knew Them. Why iT was LORINE NIEHAUS and ALFONS PRANIAITIS. They were now man and wiTe. They were all glad To see each oTher and Lorine inviTed Them over To see Their beauTiTul home, buT KenneTh explained ThaT The Train was leaving in a Tew minuTes. BeTore The Train leTT, KenneTh boughT a newspaper. The Omaha Daily Tribune. As he glanced over The paper, a cerTain heading aTTracTed his aTTenTion. IT read: MADiA,ME DORIS BINNEY, noTed conTraITo oT The MeTropoliTan Opera Company oT New York -will make a personal appearance aT The Palace TheaTer nexT week. This headline broughT back memories oT olden days since Doris was also one oT KenneTh's classmaTes. Soon Th-e Train 'was headed wesT again. This Time The sTop was To be aT Denver, Colorado. ATTer a conTinuous ride Tor abouT a half a day, They Tinally reached Denver. This sTop was To be an hour long so KenneTh and DoroThy sTarTed walking To see some inTeresTing places. As They passed The Denver UniversiTy, They noTiced a Track Team pracTicing. They sTopped To waTch Them Tor a while and became so inTeresTed They -didn'T even noTice ThaT The coach had come up To greeT Them. AT TirsT KenneTh couIdn'T Think of who he was buT he knew ThaT he had seen him before. Why, oT course. IT was Coach JACK WEIR. Jack, as well as KenneTh, and DoroThy was pleasanTly surprised. Jack menTioned ThaT The MaTh Teacher aT The UniversiTy was BETTY JANE THOMAS, a quieT, shy lady, so They wenT in To see her while They had a liTTIe Time. As usual, all BeTTy Talked abouT was BuTch who was sTill waiTing Tor her. BeTTy's liTTle chaT abouT BuTch was so inTeresTing ThaT Kenn-eTh and DoroThy missed The Train To SaIT Lake CiTy. KenneTh wenT To a phone booTh To call The airporT To make reservaTions on a plane. When The operaTor said, Number Please, her voice sounded Tamiliar and so Kennern said, l'm KenneTh Hanfelder. Your voice sounded so Tamiliar ThaT I ThoughT sure I knew you. The operaTor said, Why KenneTh, you should recognize my voice insTanTly. l'm EERN KUEKER. Fern Talked a shorT while abouT old school days and Then she made The reservaTions Tor KenneTh. ATTer They were seaTed comTorTabIy in The plane, The piloT sTepped in. He was Tall and handsomely dressed in a piloT uniTorm. He glanced aT KenneTh and said, Why Mr. Hanfelcler and Miss H-einlein. Or is iT Mrs. HanTelder? KenneTh was quick To recognize ThaT The piloT was none oTher Than GENE LYONS.