Metropolis High School - Illohmet Yearbook (Metropolis, IL)

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FRESHMEN CLASS OFFICERS President Ella May Wemhoener Vice-President Milton Helm Secretary Robert McClusky Treasurer . Robert Gillespie Reporter Dorothy Jean Sturgis Sponsor Miss Melba Fullmer FIRST ROW: Le Roy Robinson, Philip Barton, Alex Harrison, Robert Gillespie, Vernon Johnston, Robert McClusky, Raymond Conley, Jr. McDuffee, Willis Brannon, Randel Reames, Wid Curtis Taylor, Thomas Riley. SECOND ROW:Juan Louis Lackey, Charles Davis, Milton Helm, Robert Anderson, Floyd Lasley, Melvin Rushing, Mary Hornbeck, Marjorie Swinson, Joe Ann McLaughlin, Evelyn Frink, Ruth Mescher, Ruth Elaine Baker, Roselyn Barolet, Kathleen Smith, Helen Carvel, Ollie Anderson, Melba Cummins, Nellie Barton. THIRD ROW: Gadys Phillips, Vida Mae Stagman, Helen Hovercamp, Marjorie Williams, Prudy Swinford, Lillian Ferguson, Louise Conger, Jean Strubinger, Ina Lois Bohannon, Mary V. Davis, Dorothy Jean Sturgis, Lavene Reynolds, Verna Stout, Mary Charles Lavender, Rosemary Ryan, Mary Akins, Billie Kruger, Ethel Thomas. FOURTH ROW: Katherine Jones, Mary Lucille Mescher, Evelyn DeJarnett, Ruby Schaffer, Dorothy Willis, Eleanor Wilfred, Paula Whitton, Betty Fleming, Adeline Kotter, Mary Lee Johns, Ella M. Wemhoener, Grace Evans, Mirelyn Johnston, Elmer Gibson, Geneva Grandstaff, June Moss, Helen V. Hall. FIFTH ROW: Clyde Martin, Charles Evans, Otis Mescher, George Burton, Howard Snieder, LeRoy Huckelberry, George Evers, Billy Cooper, Wallace Maddox, Paul Parkins, Norman Proffit, Lindell Shirk, Jesse Hayes, Lee Hill, John Rogers, George Shaw, M. F. Whitton, Paul Morris. ABSENTEE. Eleanor Jean Cummins. On the twenty-seventh day of October, the Freshmen Class, had a Halloween party. The seventh day of December, they sponsored a show at the Illinois Theatre, entitled, “Hot Water,” making eighteen dollars. The Freshmen gave a play before the assembly entitled, “Not Quite Such a Goose.” In May another show was sponsored at the Elite Theatre. A class picnic was held in the latter part of May.

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SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Sponsor Billy Humma Alice Ruth Fick ... Patricia Barfield ---------- James Ray A. Eleanor Neuhoff FIRST ROW: Gerhard Winterfeld, Rudy Ham, James Ray, Glendall Stout, Kenneth R. Compton, Carl Mescher, Irvin Krueger, Donald Baccus, Robert T. Korte. SECOND ROW: Harvey Laird, Jack Estes, T. J. Shepard. Jasper E. Hood. Lloyd Sielbeck, Joe Zaricor, Norman Steele, Henry Davis, John Busclas, Carl Mescher, Billy J. Humma, James A. Pearce, Joe Powell, Louis Brooks, Vance Moyers, Paul Teckenbrock, Raymond Williamson, Miss Neuhoff, sponsor. THIRD ROW: Louella Stafford, Imogene Baker, Helen Wehrmeyer. Catherine Main, June Beckman, Dorothy Wilkins, Mary V. Barfield, Alice R. Fick, Catherine Miller, Helen Mitchell, Calista Starkes, Evelyn Cummins, Hattie F. Baker, William Jerdon, Charles Bolton. FOURTH ROW: Millissia Estes, Betty Lou Ridenhower, Anna L. Oakes. Catherine Fiorentini, Pat Barfield, Inez Golightly, Mary Leukering, Doris M. Wilcox, Dorothy H. Castleman, June Harrington, June Bolden, Lillian Mann, Wilma Sanders, Maurice Kidd, William Parmley. FIFTH ROW: Aline King, Clai'a Watwood, Jesse Gullion, Virginia Croach, Alice B. Cagle, Virginia Gray, Mary L. Toler, Russel Simpson, Harry Anderson, James Haley, Robert J. Smith, Alvin Bess, Clarence Yates, Howard Alliston. The Class of 1940 entered Metropolis Community High School on September 1, 1938. happy and proud to have advanced from a “green freshman” to a “sHly sophomore”. We had an enjoyable social life under the guidance of Miss Neuhoff. The highlights of the year being the class show and party. Pertaining to athletic achievements we accomplished much on the football field and basket ball floor. One of our class, James Ray, received a letter for football while many others obtained valuable experience. Two of our number, James Ray and Jimmie Pearce, were on the basket ball squad. The scholastic status was upheld for the Sophomore had the largest number on the honor roll. We re looking forward to next year with great anticipation and hope to accomplish many worthwhile things. Page 27

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