Metropolis High School - Illohmet Yearbook (Metropolis, IL)

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Juwioii cmss FIRST ROW: Mabel Copley, Thelma Carson, Dorothy Busclas, Lorene Buldtman, Reba Fern Dunn, Ruby Hillebrand, Mildred Hohman, Ruth Swinford, Ruth Adams. SECOND ROW: Warren Main, Edna Foreman, Bernice Parmley, Betty Lee Brown, Mary Elizabeth Park, Velora Bess, Carol Sabel, Pauline Crawford, Katherine Albright, Doris Roberts, Jean Barber, Ruth Kovar, Evelyn Dhu, Lorene Lip- pert, Blanche Andrus, Delores Kotter, June Simpson, Miss Rush, Miss Atwell. THIRD ROW: John Jessing, Frances Shook, Dorothy Reed, Juanita Jenkins, Lucille Hogue, Bonnie Bell Williams, Dorothy Helen. Van Hooser, Frances Lasley, Kathryn Goheen, Mary Katherine Shelton, Elva DeJarnet, Pauline Siebold, Ruby Brugger, Frances Bremer, Katherine Baccus, Hope Moscly. FOURTH ROW: Mr. Sullivan, Don Trieglaff, Eugene Nave, George Alliston, John Edward Cooper, Blane Kennedy, Robert Elliott, William James, Helen Frazier, Mary Moore Helm, Merell Hood, Mary Kotter, Anna Louise Teckenbrock, Mary Louise Inman, Beatrice Harrison, Ruth Mitchell, Geraldine Leukering. FIFTH ROW: James Park, Charles Girtman, Robert Graman, Jesse Williams, Robert Hodge, Edward Verbarg, Walter Schmidt, Virgil Riepe, Benjamin Thane, Kenneth Wilcox, Dale Baker, Mac Mann, Joab Moore, John William Estes, Norval Evans, Charles Gross, James Overton Steele. ' OFFICERS President ....... .,,..,................ N orval Evans Vice-President -- ...........,.,.,l,l,. Eugene Nave Secretary ,..... .... M ary Bernice Parmlcy Treasurer ......................,. Mary Elizabeth Park This has proven to be a year full of exciting events, which we began with a successful play, The Brat. We have been well represented in athletics by Evans, Gross and Alliston. Finally the outstanding event of the pear occured, our farewell reception for the Seniors, which we said 'tin Dutchf' Our memories of it will always be pleasant and we hope yours will be too, Seniors. b To Miss Ora Rush we wish to express our sincere appreciation of her patience, perserverance, and expert guidance throughout the year. 1937 ILLOHMET Pflflf 35

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GLASS CPROPHECIJ The Class Prophecy Committee called upon the Gods of the Phrophecy, the Muses, the fatesg after 16 pencils and 79 sheets of paper had been sacrificed, the amateur soothsayers were rewarded with a glimpse of the Fates, section 1950--- Albert Dyer, horticulturist, has finally succeeded in crossing a petunia and a pineapple. The result is colossal! Raymond Hudson has chosen to be a hobo, and he wanders throughout North America. His book, Feet First has just been published. George Leonard is a traveling salesman for the Perforated Kitchenette Company. Wava Lambert went to India as a missionary, but she met a Bengal Lancer, who changed her plans somewhat. Margaret Beane is now Editor of a first-class newspaper The Town Times, and makes her home in New York City among the notables. Edna Benard is the Publicity Agent for the Cosmopolitan Night Club. Gloria Glamour, nee Hazel Harper, is hostess at this night club. Ruth Moller operates the Moller's for the Molars Kandy Kitchen. Her specialty is gumdrops. Ruth Walsh has just announced her decision to run for Mayor of Metropolis. Ralph Chase has just recently won the title of Best Dressed Man in America? Clifford Faughn is President of the Lover's-Knot Matrimonial Bureau. Paul Waters is a chef at the Waldorf-Astoria. His specialty is preserved turnips. Clyde Collie plans to reach Mars by rocket ship and become a citizen thereof. Charles Hopson, as Sc.out Master of troop 999,999, took his boys to Oksef- nokee Swamp. Ella Frances Eubanks is a demonstrator for the Tire-Easily Washing Machine Company. Roberta Dollar has just received her Doctors Degree in music and has ac- cepted a position as Supervisor of Music of the State of Iowa. J. H. Craig and Violet Oliver have startled Chicago night clubs with their new Adagio dance. 'l nomas O'Neil now operates a large banana plantati.on in the Caribbean. Wilnona Dieckman is one of the secretaries of the President of the U. S. Sherman Gillespie has envented a compact with an exhaustless powder supply. ' Inez Rehlmeyer is on the isle of Tahiti, waiting for Robert Taylor. Wilburn Werfelman has consented t.o merge with Albert Einstein and they are now working on the Fifth Dimension. Grace Lewis is an understudy for Gypsy Rose Lee. Val Taylor has gone in for safety first, having' invented a non-bounceable rubber ball for the kiddies. Pauline Williams is head of the Self Cultivation in Southern Accent Society. Billie Renehan is a commercial artist for the Petrified Milk Corporation. Madame Duboise, nee Pauline Teckenbrock, is the proprietoress of a Pari- sian dressmaking establishment. Helen Buchanan is one of her models. Alice June Causer has made a name for herself by advertising over the radio the famous Dean Hollis Whopper beauty preparations. Russell Harper, after graduating with honors from the Engineering College and being elected to Beta Kappa Junka, Alpha Ally Oopa, Delta Doopa Omicron, is heard as star announcer of the Wheaties little bedtime program delighting mil- lions of kiddies every evening at their suppertime. Robert Watson is the leader of the famous Aragon Dance Orchestra of Chicago, Illinois. ' Countess Struteroatsky, nee Frances-Shepard, is prominent in Continental society. Vivian Grace and Muriel Shook operate a Sanitarium for over-worked Golddiggers. Omer De Jarnett has made millions in the NEV-R-SHUT safety pin busi- ness. Henry Hedden is a specialized veterinarian f.or rheumatic cats. Mary C. Huss is a manicurist at the Netherland-Plaza hotel. Page 25 ILLOHMET 1937

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SOPHOMORE CLASS FRONT ROW: John Aikens. Guy Baker, George Barger, Clarence Baker, James Wheeler, Eugene Porter, Alvin Miller, Kenneth Shelton, Lavere Austin, Robert Schneider, Norman Sherlield. SECOND ROW: Miss Wicecarver, Frances Baker, Vitrue Kommer, Doris Schneider, Evelyn Henderson, Aline Hunerkoch, Frances Williams, Geneva Baynes, Hal Trovillion, August Moorman, Clyde Carvel, Jack Kidd, Ralph Spore, Carl Williams, Aubrey Gross, Oliver Wells. THIRD ROW: Elizabeth Dyer, Lillian Eckenberg, Dixie Marbury, Virginia Wood- ward, Veina Pitt, Virginia Lindsey, Velma Pitt, Mary Rush, Margaret Williams, Delores Alliston, Mary McDaniels, Virgil Smith, Debois Rutledge, Rex Speckman, Billie Wetherington, Harvey Wilfred. FOURTH ROW: Corlis Davis, Marie Owens, Virginia Marberry, Lucille Hood, Wilma Mescher, Ethel Wilson, Agatha Dailey, Dorothy Hutchinson, Lodena i Hurt, Opal Henson, Ida Lee Belt, Mildred Bohannon, Geraldine McClusky, Cleon Pettiford, Virginia Fulkerson, Novalee Culp, Vitrue Hayden. ' FIFTH ROW: Ray Speckman, Dale Wilcox, Genell Grace, Charles Campbell, Meillage Melcher, Henry Schwegman, Jack Barfield, Harry Humma, Troy Mescher, Laverne Ellerbush, Hary Hurt, Louis Stratrneyer, Marshall Rogers, Hartzell Wharton, Robert Fulkerson. OFFICERS President ........ ..e. . . ......... ...... T roy Mescher Vice President --- --- Debois Rutledge Secretary ...... ..... ..... .... N o v alee Culp i 'lreasurer .lco...........,.......,........ Harry Humma ' The class of 1939 completed a successful year under the guidance of Miss 5 Wicecarver. Eighty-three members were enrolled in the class. A class picnic was A enjoyed by all of the members at the beginning of the year. An opportunity was given to the boys to show their athletic ability. This was in Physical Education. The Sophomores won Hrst place in the Pin Football and Volley Ball Tournaments. Two or our number, Jack Barfield and Robert Fulkerson, were on the basketball squad. Many of the group were on the third team. We look forward to next year with great anticipation and hope to ac- complish many worthwhile things. PW 27 ILLOHMET 1937