Metropolis High School - Illohmet Yearbook (Metropolis, IL)

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CLASS PROPHECY Metropolis, 111., June 6, 1950. The 1938 class of Metropolis Community High School held a class reunion yesterday at the Parkside Hotel, Metropolis. Many noted and outstanding men and women were members of this class, as well as many unknown and insignificant. Reporter. Bettylee Brown. Mary Hotter is now an air stewardess and has just made the around the world non-stop flight on the famous Pan-American liner. Corlis Davis, better known as “Corlis Corlis”, is America’s leading dress designer. Norval Evans has proven to the world that there’s no such thing as love, in his popular novel, “Hearts Away”. Ruth Adams and Ruth Swinford are joint-owners of Chicago’s leading night club—“Club Parezian”. The dance team now featured at the “Club Parezian” are none other than our own James Park and Edna Foreman. Mary Bernice Parmley has a very exclusive school for children at Boston. Kathryn Albright is the world’s outstanding authority on bridge. Frances Jean Lasley is the owner of ■'“Lasley’s Lucious Peanuts”, world-wide in their fame. Mary Helm, Sue Moreland and Evelyn Garrett are mannequins whose pictures appear frequently on current magazine covers. Dorothy Helen has brought fame to the name of Van Hooser by her ability to transform “Baffled Brunetts to Beautiful Blondes”. If there are any young men having perplexing problems with the opposite sex, consult Charles Gross, authority on women. Blaine Kennedy is the youngest member of Metropolitan Opera. Don Trieglaff is assistant to the President of the United States. Hope Moseley is the leader of the “Be Kind to Animals” Humanitarian Movement. Eugene Nave “Fields” has been awarded the Pulitzer Literature Prize for 1950. Lorraine Buldtman, Valora Bess, and Thelma Carson are featured dancers in the “Follies of 1950”. Ben Thane and Mary Kathryn Shelton have won great fames with their adagio numbers. Jane Teague deserves the credit for molding the beautiful figures of Hollywood. Virgil Riepe has just made a startling discovery—that air is unnecessary to mankind. For further details see the June issue of the “Scientific American”. Deloris Hotter and Mildred Hohman are now making personal visits to Home Economic classes in leading high schools. Beatrice Harrison has taken the place of Jean Harlow as America’s number one glamour girl. Kathryn Goheen is publicity manager for Miss Harrison. June Simpson is the wife of the President of the United States—the brains behind our government. (Continued on page twenty-five) Page 24

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I, Beatrice Harrison, will my shorthand vocabulary and dictionary to Ida Lee Belt. I, Katherine Baccus, will to Mary Lou Mescher, my ability to say the wrong thing at the right time. I, Ruth Adams, will to Margaret Conger my ability to keep quiet, as I think she could use this trait to advantage. I, Mary Kathryn Shelton, will to Dorothy Willis, my ability to stay little. I, Jane Teague, do bequeath to Virginia Marberry my abiity to pester Miss Neuhoff in hopes that she will take Home Ec next year and carry on her regular work. I, Loraine Buldtman, will to Elizabeth Dyer, my place in the front row of the History class. I, Mary Louise Inman, will to anyone who is very strong, my load of shorthand books. I, Doris Roberts, hereby will to a Junior girl in the Home Management class, my silence. I, Elva DeJarnett, will to Elizabeth Huss, my typing ability. I, Ruby A. Brugger, will to Wilma Mescher, my shorthand ability. I, Reba Fern Dunn, will my back seat in shorthand to any one unfortunate enough to get it. I, Blaine Kennedy, will my place in next year’s operetta to Bob Fulkerson, hoping he is as lucky as I, in getting his opposite. I, Hope Moseley, will to Anna Louise Oaks, the pleasure of spending her leisure time with a special friend, as 1 have so consistently done. I, Norval Evans, will to Troy Mescher, my temper, hoping he will have better success in controling it than I have had. I, Kathryn Goheen, will to Kathleen Smith, my tall willowly stature. I, Charles Gross, will to Jick Ray my ability to stay away from women. I, Geraldine Leukering, will my evening rides with Russell Simpson to any one who can appreciate them. I, June Simpson, will to Ruby Schaffer my privilege to “gad about” at odd hours. 1, Bob Elliott, will my united shoe strings to anyone who hasn’t the energy to tie their own. I, Bettylee Brown, will to Geneva Baynes, my place in the Commercial room. May it be coveted in the future as it has in the past. I, James Park, will to Oliver H. Tripp, my perverted sense of humor to dispose of as he sees fit. I, Merrell Hood, will to Geneva Baynes my slenderness and height. I, Mabel Copley, will to anyone who will take it, my job of selling candy. I, Deloris Kotter, will my hard spent hours in Physics to anyone who wants them. I, Dale Baker, will to Wallace Maddox, my ability to get along with Mr. Sulivan. 1, Virgil Riepe, will to Gerhart Winterfelt my ability to pass subjects without studying. I, Eugene “Pee Wee” Nave will to “Shortdog” Steele my ability to stay out late and still attend classes regularly. I, John Jessing, being of sane and sober mind do hereby will to Mr. Tripp all the gum I threw in his waste Basket. On this 14th day of April, I, Ben Thane in sane mind and sober state will my English knowledge to Jick Ray. I, Donald Triglaff, will to “Shortdog” Steele, my managership of the gym. I, Mildred Hohman, will my office as President of the Home Ec. Club to anyone who knows how to make money for the club. I, Robert Hodge, will and bequeath my hobby for the night work to Floyd Lasley, Jr. I, Ruth Mitchell, will to Ruby Schaffer part of my size. I.Valora Bess, will all my Bookkeeping sets to Catherine Miller, hoping she can use them to better advantage than I have. I, Warren Main, will to no one the privilege to talk to a certain Freshman girl. I, Lettie Matthews will to some worthy Freshman my happy days in M. C. H. S. I, Francis Jean Lasley, being in sober and sane mind will to Jean Strubinger my ability to “truck on down.” Signed, sealed and published by the said Senior Class for their last will and testament in the presence of us, who, at their request have inscribed our names as witnesses to said instrument. RICHARD A. FIOCCHI. ELAINE MUNAL. Paye 23

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CLASS PROPHECY (Continued from page twenty-four) Ruby Brugger is the World’s top speed shorthand writer. Until just recently Merrell Hood was private secretary to the President of the Bell Telephone Company. Last month she married her boss. Edward Verbarg and Robert Hodge are Ilinois’ leading agriculturists. Warren Main is the science instructor at the University of Alabama. Mac Mann is a “Fuller Brush Man”. Walter Schmidt and John Jessing are salesmen for the International Harvester Company. Doris Roberts is the proud mother of two sets of quintuplets. Carol Sabel is the head nurse of the famous babies. Ruth Mitchell and Reba Fern Dunn are co-writers of “Form Your Figure”. Pauline Seibold is the authoress of “Through the Looking Glass” of the Chicago Tribune. Geraldine Leukering has translated “Gone With the Wind” into Latin to add zest to future Latin classes. Frances Bremer’s name has recently been added to The Blue Book for scientific reasons. Dorothy Busclaus, Jean Barbour, Elva DeJarnett and Katherine Baccus are secretaries in the government office at Washington. Robert Graman is an orchestra leader who is now playing at the Empire Room in the Palmer House, Chicago. Mary Park is the proprietrix of a Beauty salon in New York City. Mary Inman is one of her hair dressers. Kenneth Wilcox is a sports announcer sponsored by Kentucky Club Tobacco. Kathryn Pope is a woman Evangelist now touring the country. Ruby Hillebrand is the proprietrix of an exclusive antique shop in Philadelphia. Aline Hunerkoch and Mabel Copley run “A Little Gypsy Tea Room” in Boston. John Bill Estes and LaVerne Elam are co- partners in the Estes and Elam Law Firm of New York. Dale Baker plays the piccolo in the New York Phil-Harmonic Orchestra Charles Girtman is now President of the Pan-American Air Ways. Rachel Reams is playing the title role of “Josette” in Lettie Mathis’ play of the same name. Robert Elliott has succeeded Dorothy Dix in the “Advice to the Lovelorn Department”. Page 25 OCWjjsO'