Metropolis High School - Illohmet Yearbook (Metropolis, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 86 of the 1939 volume:

6 © 6 I c3HJb THROUGH METROPOLIS community HI OH SCHOOL TAKEN FROM REAL LIFE IN METROPOLIS, ILLINOIS TIME September 1938 to June 1939 THE 1939 TTofoOIrlMFoT PUBLISHED BY THE ILLOHMET STAFF OF METROPOLIS COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL METROPOLIS, ILLINOIS DEDICATION The ILLOHMET Staff dedicates this 1939 volume of the llloh-met to Miss Elaine Munal, whose sincere guidance makes our stay in Metropolis Community High School more profitable and enjoyable. We, as Seniors, have completed our journey through Metropolis Community High School and we have tried to collect in the best possible manner this account of our many adventures. As we are graduated, leaving behind us only memories, may we continue to be gallant and trustful Cavaliers through our explorations of life. HAL TROVILLION, Editor WILLIAM WETHERINGTON, Business Manag ROBERT T. STICKLER, Advisor (dontents JOURNEY SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ATHLETICS FEATURES L i ADMINISTRATION 1939 The lllohmet THE BOARD OF EDUCATION Ra ) Mitiendorf, Louis {Bremer, Charles Amlingmeyer, ‘President Jean Smith, Secretary Ike B. Foreman, James Artman. OUR COUNSELORS U C H of the credit for maintaining in Metropolis one of the best accredited high schools in the southern portion of the state belongs to the prudent and conscientious service of the Board of Education. The citizens of M. C. H. S. District No. 20 have shown their belief in the ability and integrity of these men by entrusting them with guardianship of this important educational institution. The lllohmet 1939 PRINCIPAL OURd LBADERd IN my estimation the spirit and loyalty of M. C. H. S. alcrrni, vfo grew in number with each graduation, are the school's greatest asset. The extent to which the school serves young people at this formative period of life is in direct proportion to their service to the school as alumni. May their faith and allegiance continue to grow in the future as in the past. It is the sincere hope of the Illohmet staff and sponsor and all who helped make this book a success, that it will serve on many occasions to refresh your memory of happy events in Metropolis Community High School. B. H. SMITH, Principal. 1939 The Illohmet THE. FACULTY HERSHEL DEVERS Algebra 1—Manual Arts Assistant Coach — Freshman Sponsor Southern Illinois State Normal University-- Illinois State Normal University -Mil liken University—B. S. CHARLES V. COCHRAN Biology -Boys Physical Education—Taxider m — Biology Club Audubon Society University of Illinois, B.S.— University of Illinois Graduate School GEORGE SULLIVAN Agricuture Physical Geography Future Farmers of America University of Illinois, B. S. University of Illinois Graduate School ELAINE MUNAL English III, VI—Librarian—Senior Sponsor. Knox College—University of Illinois, A. B. PHYLLIS Y. JONES Home Economics-Girls Physical Education Home Economics Club—Pep Squad. Wisconsin University Oak Park— Junior College White Water— Teachers’ College MacMurray College, B. S. ORA RUSH Latin—English I— Latin Club— Assistant Junior Sponsor Southern Illinois Normal, Ed. B.; University of Illinois, M. A. The lllohmet 1939 THE FACULTY GEORGE SCHNEEMAN Social Science Assistant Principal—Coach Little Rock College, B. S. So. Illinois University Ohio State University—Northwestern University. OLIVER H. TRIPP Chemistry—Physics Physiology H-Y Club University of Illinois. B. S. University of Illinois Graduate School. ROBERT T. STICKLER Typewriting Shorthand- Band, lllohmet (Yearbook and Newspaper)—Stenography Club. University of Illinois, B. S. BESS ATWELL English--Junior Sponsor. Southern Illinois Normal University, Ed. B.—University of Illinois, M. A. MELBA Y. FULLMER English II—Junior Business Training—Music-- Practical Mathematics—Glee Club— Sophomore Sponsor Southern Illinois Normal University, B. Ed. University of Illinois Graduate School. GLADY WICECARVER Mathematics— Hi-Tri. Missouri State Teachers'College B. S.—University of Michigan Graduate School. 1939 The lllohmet SENIOR 61 :AcScS OFFICERS Jack D. Barfield, “Barf” “If he hadn’t been a basketball star, we’d have liked him just the same.” Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Biology Club 2, 3, 4, Secy.-Treas. 4; Class Vice Pres. 3; Class Pres. 4; “Tin Hero” 3: “Girl Shy” 4. William Franklin Wetherington, “Billy” “A mind not much the worse for wear.” Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Hi-Y 3, 4, Pres. 4; II-lohmet Staff 3, 4, Bus. Mgr. 4; Glee Club 3, 4; “Rose of the Danube” 3; “Campus Daze 4; Class Vice Pres. 4. Lavere Austin, “Cass” “Greatest men are never known in history.” Agriculture Club 3, 4; Class Secy. 4; “Hollywood Bound” 2; Campus Daze” 4. “Jack Kidd. “Kid” “He’s Our Fred Astaire.” Hi-Y 3, 4; Commercial Club 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4, Secy. 2, 3; “And It Rained” 1; “Hollywood Bound” 2; Rose of the Danube” 3; “Campus Daze” 4; Class Secy. 3; Class Treas. 4; Illohmet Staff 4. The Illohmet 1939 Dolores Alliston, “Becky” “So lighthearted and gay, always lojkdng for play.” Glee Club 1, 4; Commercial Club 4; Ki-Tii 1, 2, 3, 4; Pep Squad 1, 2. John Aikins, “Tater” Hi-Y 3, 4; Vice Pres. 3; Football 1, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 3, 4; Athletic Manager 2; “Tin Hero” 3. Ethel Wilson, “Ethel” “Brave, resourceful, and a true friend.” Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4; Commercial Club 3, 4; “Hollywood Bound” 2; Pep Squad 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 4; “And It Rained” 1. George Barger, “George” “Unusual talent is sometimes unfound.” Agriculture Club 3. Mildred Louise Bohannon, “Bo” “The girl w4ih the smile is the girl worth while.” Glee Club 1, 2; Home Economics Ciub 1, 2, 3, 4; Sec. 4; Commercial Club 3, 4; Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4; “And It Rained” 1; “Hollywood Bound” 2. Guy Baker, “Bake” “Truly, we public characters have a time of it.” Biology Club 2, 3, 4 ; Agriculture Club 4, Sec. 4; “Campus Daze” 4; “Hollywood Bound” 2; “Rose of the Danube” 3; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Treas, 3; “Girl Shy” 4. Ida Lee Belt. “Ida Lee” “A cheerful disposition and much ambition.” Hi-TTi 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2. 3; Commercial Club 3, 4, Secy. 4; “And It Rained” 1; “Hollywood Bound” 2. Charles Campbell, “Bailey” “Quiet, but reliable and a friend.” Hi-Y 3, 4. Ruth Broadway, “Broadway” “Her thoughts are elsewhere.” Golconda High School 1, 2, 3; Chorus 1, 3; Pep Club 2; Latin Club 2; M. C. H. S. 4: Home Economics Club 4; Hi-Tri 4. 1939 The lllohmet Iris Dassing, Iris” “By diligence she wins her way.” Cairo High School 1, 2, 3; G. A. A. 2, 3; M. C. H. S. 4; Home Economics Club 4; Glee Club 4; Hi-Tri 4. Louis Stratemeyer, “Louie” “Just right for everybody’s friend.” Hi-Y 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4. Elizabeth Dyer, “Betty” “It isn’t the quantity that counts, it’s the quality.” Home Economics Club 1, ?. 3, 4; Hi-Tri 2, 4; Glee Club 4. Charles Laverne Ellerbush, “Pete” “Everyone is proud to call him friend.” Biology Club 3, 4; Commercial Club 4; Band 1, 2; “Rose of the Danube” 3; “And It Rained” 2. Lucille Hood, “Lucy” “She has an agreeableness that fits every occasion.” Cairo High School 1, 2; G. A. A. 1, 2; M. C. H. S. 3, 4; Hi-Tri 3, 4; Sec. 4; Commercial Club 3; Illohmet Staff 4; “Tin Hero 3. “Girl Shy” 4. Harvey Wilfred. “Harve” “His life is a progress, not a station.” “Hollywood Bound” 2; “Rose of the Danube” 3; Hi-Y 3, 4. Opal Henson, “Jo” “She can surely change the subject.” Home Economics Club 2, 3, 4; Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4; Commercial Club 4, Vice Pres. 4; Glee Club 1; Band 1; Latin Club 4; Pep Squad 1, 2. Jack Holmes. “Grover” “From the crown of his head to the tip of his toe, he is all merit.” “Tin Hero” 3; “Rose of the Danube” 3; “Campus Daze” 4; Glee Club 3, 4. “Girl Shy” 4. Margaret Williams, “Marg” “Laughter makes the world brighter.” “Hollywood Bound” 2; “Campus Daze” 4; Commercial Club 3, 4; Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4. The Illohmet 1939 Dorothy Hutchison, “Dot” “A mighty dandy girl to meet.” Glee Club 1; Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4; Commercial Club 4; “And It Rained” 1. Harry Hurt, “Harry” “An all-around good fellow.” Commercial Club 4; “Hollywood Bound” 2; Glee Club 4; “Campus Daze” 4. Lodena Hurt, “Dena” “A maiden fair and still her tongue ran on.” Commercial Club 3, 4; Pres. 4; Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, .2; And It Rained” 1; “Hollywood Bound” 2; “Tin Hero” 3. “Girl Shy” 4. Harry Humma. Jr.. “Hu-ma” “Girl just can’t resist this handsome face.” Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Biology Club 2, 3, 4; Pres. 4; Latin Club 2, 3; Class Treas. 2. “Girl Shy” 4. Virginia Woodward, “Woo-woo” “Character and poise, she is the possessor of both.” Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4; Commercial Club 3; Home Economics Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Treas. 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3; “And It Rained.”' 1; Illohmet Staff 4; Pep Squad 1, 2. Norman Sherfield, “Sherf” “Lives, to learn, learns to live.” Elizabeth Huss, “Beth” “A rare compound of folly and fun.” Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4; Commercial Club 4; Glee Club 1. William Jamei, “Bill” “Mako much of me: good men are scarce.” Glee Club 4. France William , “Francie” “A mighty fine girl to meet.” •' Band 1; Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3; Glee Club 3, 4; “Rose of the Danube” 3. 1939 The Illohmet Virginia Lindsey, Pug” “A charming combination of gaiety and wit.” Glee Club 1, 2; Home Economics Club 4; Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4; “Campus Daze” 4. “And It Rained” 1. Arthur Pullen, “Slim” “A true friend is fore-ever a friend.” Dixie Marbury, “Dixie” “It’s nice to be natural 'vh' n you’re naturally nice.” Glee Club 1. 2: Ki-Tri 1, ° 4- Home Economics Club 1, 2, 4; “And It Rained” 1: Pen Squad 1. 2 ; Illoh-met Staff 4 : Miami, Florida, High School 3. The lllohmet 1939 Troy Mcscher. “To-To” “The basis of his character is built on good common sens - ” Commercial Club 3; Football I, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Pres. 2. Marie Owens. “Rea” “A lady of chic and noise.” Hi-Tri 1, 2 3, 4; Vice Pres. 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4- lllohmet Staff 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2: “And It Rained” “1: “Hollywood Bound” 2; “Pose of the Danube” 3; “Tin Hero” 3: “Campus rta- o’� 4: Pop Squad 1, 2. “Girl Shy” 4. Vi-gi’ Smi h, “Smitty” “Young in limbs, in judg-'vw'nt old.” iologv Club 1, 2: Hi-Y 3 4- T atin Club 2; lllohmet Staff 4; Band 1, 2 3, 4. Wilma Mescher, “Wilma” “See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil.” Commercial Club 3, 4 • Hi-Tii 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; “And It Rained” 1; Hollywood Pound” 2: “Rose of the Danube” 3; “Campus Daze” 4. Vance Moyers “Vancie” “Honesty is greater than gold.” Latin Club 4. Vi. ginia Marberry, “Minnie” “Pep is her first, last, and middle name.” Pep Squad I, 2; Cheer leader 3, 4; Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4- Council 3: Home Economics Club 4; Glee Club 1, 4; “Hollywood Bound” 2; “Tin W'-ro” 3; “Campus Daze” 4; f’ohmet Sts f 4: Basketball Queen 4; “Giry Shy” 4. Velma Pitt. “Pitt” “Laugh and the world laughs with you.” Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3 4; Glee Club 1. Carl Williams, “Mud” “If study makes a man, bring back my cradle days.” Hi-Y 3, 4; “Tin Hero” 3; “ Hollywood Bound ” 2; Commercial Club 4; “Campus Daze” 4; Glee Club 4; Illohmet Staff 4; Track 4. Mary Alyce Rush, “Chub” “And what would life be if we took it too seriously?” Glee Club 4; “Tin Hero” 3; Class Pres. 2; Commercial Club 3; Home Economics Club 2, 3, 4; Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4, Pres. 4; Joppa High School 1; “Campus Daze” 4; Illohmet Staff 4; Latin Club 4; “Girl Shy” 4. Ray Speckman, Speck” “Still water runs deep.” Football 1 2, 3, 4; Agriculture Club 2; “Girl Shy” 4. Geraldine McClusky, Gerry” “To know her is to love her.” Home Economics Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Vice Pres. 1; Illohmet Staff 4; Glee Club 3; “Tin Hero” 3; “Girl Shy” 4. Hal E. Trovillion, “Tro” “A gentleman of happy yesterdays and hopeful tomorrows.” “And It Rained” 1; Football 3, 4; Basketball 3, 4; Hi-Y 3, 4, Sergeant-at-Arms 4; Illohmet Staff 3, 4; Assistant Editor 3, Editor 4; ’’Girl Shy” 4. Mary Phillis McDaniels, “Mary McDoodle” “Quiet, modest, and always ready to lend a helping hand.” Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3; Illohmet Staff 4. Rex Speckman, “Speck” “Happy, handsome, but harmless.” Biology Club 2, 3, 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Agriculture Club 4; Class Treas. 1; Glee Club 4. Lorene Whatron, Lorene” “A million dollar smile.” Commercial Club 4; Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3. 1939 The Illohmet cTBHIOE CIsASS HISTORT In September, 1935, when everyone was still enjoying summer vacation, school days called ninety-two shy freshmen to start studying at M. C. H. S. Our freshman year we elected these officers to guide us: Nor- man Sherfield, President; Geraldine McCluskey, vice president; George Barger, secretary; Rex Speckman, Treasurer. After all the struggles we ended a happy year, anxiously wishing to be upperclassmen. Nineteen hundred thirty-six and school time again. We came back 83 strong, raring to get the year over, with Miss Wicecarver as sponsor elected Troy Mescher president; Debois Rutledge vice president; Novalee Culp secretary; and Harry Humma, treasurer. As Sophomores we were represented by our boys in physical education, where they took first place in pin football and volley ball tournaments. Jack Barfield and Robert Fulkerson represented us on the basketball squad. The whole class attended our annual picnic in May, 1937, and again we bid school farewell to enjoy our summer vacation. September, 1937 brought us back to classes at M. C. H. S., with fifty-five happy boys and girls, no longer under classmen but upper class-men instead. Under the guidance of Miss Rush, Miss Atwell, Mr. Devers and Mr. Sulivan we elected our officers of the year: Mary Alyce Rush, president; Tack Barfield, vice president; Jack Kidd, secretary; Guy Baker, treasurer. The passing of two fellow classmates, Debois Rutledge and Clyde Carvel, brought sorrow for this year and the class. To close tne year we gave the Junior play, “Tin Hero,” a great success. Last but not least we took the seniors to one of the garden spots of the world, a Southern Plantation, to bid farewell to their alma mater. This was a happy occasion for both the Juniors and Seniors. September, 1938, called us back to spend our most memorable days in dear M. C. H. S. With our willing and able sponsor Miss Munal we elected Jack Barfield, president; Billy Wetherington, vice president; Lavere Austin, secretary and Jack Kidd, treasurer. The Senior play, “Girl Shy” brought out some of our hidden dramatic talent. In May the Junior-Senior banquet, at which we were guests of the Juniors, proved a gala affair. With our hearts full of sadness we saw the date drawing near when we would cease to be students of M. C. H. S. We Seniors of 1939 look at May 26 with regret, hope, and sincere fondness for Metropolis Community High School. The lllohmet 1939 LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT I, Troy Mescher, in my sane if not sober mind, do hereby will my guarding ability to the oncoming guards provided they don’t slack up any. I, Ida Lee Belt, of sober if not sane mind, do hereby will to the Shorthand I class (500) Bass Drums providing they can make as much noise in the future as the Shorthand II class has in the past. I, Dorothy Hutchison, in may sane and sober mind do hereby will my ability to say everything at the wrong time and nothing at the right time to Alice Betty Cagle. I, Jack Holmes, not being under the effects of narcotics or alcohol, do hereby will and give to anybody who wants it my ability to get and understand English IV. I, Louis Stratemeyer, give to anybody my seat in the fourth hour English IV class providing he can sleep longer than I. I, Ray Speckman, being of sane and sober mind, will to anyone who likes to copy my lonely seat in the eighth period English class. I, John Aikens, will my place on the football team to Short-Dog Steele although it wasn’t very regular and may he be called the name of All American Quarterback. I, Bill James, will my ability to climb Mts. to the one and only John William Busclas. I, Lucille Hood, will my cherished ability to wait patiently after football games to Betty Flemings, iong may she wait. I, Vacne Moyers, after years of ceaseless effort will my ambition to become a good Latin student to William “Cid” Humma. I, Guy Baker, in the sanest of sane minds, will my divine gift for getting along with “Dutch” Schneeman to anyone who will take it. I, Velma Pitt, leave to the boys of M. C. H. S. my dancing ability in the hope that they will some day learn to dance for the benefit of the fairer sex. I, Dixie Marbury, will my ability to never become “Jealous” to Betty Baker. I, Rex Speckman, will my ability to discover the most comfortable seats in the assembly to Wallace Maddox. I, Charles Campbell, will my ability to get A’s in deportment to Dale Speckman. I, Harvey Wilfred, will my ceaseless efforts to fill that Am. History W'oikbook to any one having enough patience. I, Ethel Wilson, in sane if not sober mind will to Typing I class the old battered typewriters and long may they rattle. I, Virginia Marberry will my abilities (if any) as yell leader to my understudies Mathis and Miller in hopes it will spur them on to success in the future. I, Mary Alyce Rush, will to Pat Barfield my “brass plated heart” of gold. I, Opal Henson, will my many cross-ups and ties to anyone capable of criss-crossing and untying them. I, Geraldine McClusky, bequeath the consulship of the Latin Club to any entei prising Junior who can pull it out of debt and bequeath to it a p.ivate endowment. I, Margaret Williams, in sober and partly sane mind do hereby will my happy cays in High School to eveiy student that makes good use of them. I, Virginia Lindsey, do hereby will my ambitious spirit to Bobby Tricglaff, long may he strive. I, Lorene Wharton, in my sober if not sane mind, do hereby will my ability to write shorthand to Millissia Estes provided she doesn’t write too fast. I, Lodena Hurt, being of sane and sober mind will to Millissia Estes my ability to take shoi'thand at 10 words a minute providing she can read it back. I, Billy Wetherington, in my sane and ambitious mind, will my place in the band as saxophonist, drummer, and trumpeter, to some one who can play afl three. I, Hal Trovillion as always, in sane and very sober mind and temperament; after due consideration and thought, do herewith and hereby will to nobody nothing as I wish to retain what few things of value that I possess. I, Jack Kidd, sane and sober as I ever was? Will my gift of being unusually talkative in any classroom to Beulah Leukeiing in the hope she will receive better deportment grades than I. I, Virgil Smith, will my ability to legitimately escape classes for unknown reasons to anyone wise enough to do it. I, Laverne Ellerbush, in sad and sober mind will my red-polka dot tie to any fool enough to take it. I, Jack Barfield, with undue consideration will my mystic and enticing power over the weaker sex to Joe “Dope” Powell. I, Norman Sherfield, in sad, serene, and sober mind will my revised theory of relativity to the Junior Scientists of Metropolis High School. I, Lavere Austin, for once in my sane and sober mind, do hereby will my pugilistic abilities to Alex Harrison so he may te qualified to fill my shoes when I retire as heavyweight champion of the world. I, Elizabeth Huss, will to Mary Lou Mescher my ability to remove typewriter covers efficiently if not quickly enough, hoping that it may prove of more value to her in the future than it has to me in the past. I, Wilma Mescher, will to Eleanor Jean Cummins, my ability to read shorthand notes better out of class than in class, hoping that she may not need it as badly as I. I, Carl Williams will my ability to wisecrack at the wrong time to Prather Creson. Long may he crack. I, Ruth Broadway, will to Elizabeth Bivens the ability to catch secret loves. I, Harry Humma, being in jolly and frivilous mind, will to John Sleeter Jr., my ability to keep girls in awe ot me, any may he escape unscathed as I. I, Mary McDaniel will my place in the shorthand class to Mary Virginia Bartield and may she pass without the struggles I had. CLASS PROPHECT June 1, 1959. After months of painstaking research, biographers have traced the careers of the members of the Class of 1939 of Metripolis Community High School. Delores Alliston invented a beauty aid to help distracted girls: a warm cream to melt an icy stare. Laveve Austin, prize-fighter, states he owes his strength to his music teacher, Marie Owens. For hours he has sung while she thew the songs back for him to catch, thus developing his arm muscles. Guy Baker and Billy Wetherington have crossed a turtle with an automobile. The result is “slow-traffic” through which they speed. “Uncanny!”, said newspaners when Big League Player, Jack Barfield threw a baseball across the Atlantic. But we knew him when! John Aikens surprised the world in a record-breaking pole vault jump without the pole. George Barger is a criminal lawyer and right-hand man of Louie Stratemeyer, Public Boogie Man Number One. Ida Lee Belt, New York’s “Torchy Blane,” surely was surprised when all the clues of a sensational murder pointed to her. Mildred Bohannon is teaching hopeful secretaries the proper technique for sitting on a boss’ lap. Lady Van Custard, formerly Ruth Broadway, says she will honor the States with a visit in early spring. Charles Campbell, dietician, says one thing he detests is soup. Iris Dassing is perfecting a new version of the Tango called the “Tangle.” Elizabeth Dyer was recently chosen “Miss Rural Housewife.” Ilal Trovillion has introduced a blank newspaper to aid sightless readers. His most ardent fan is Laverne Ellerbush. Opal Henson is proprietress of the Hence Inn. Their special dish is snake steaks. Jack Holmes, after years of research, has come to the decision that the earth is not the earth at all, but a huge rubber ball that the man in the moon bounces around. Lucille Hood is a social worker in China, trying to collect a set of Haviland. Harry Humma, a successful druggist, has turned his attention from druirs to learning the rumba, which he says gives him “inspiration.” His teacher, Virginia Woodward, says he is a most “trying” pupil. Harry Hurt gives advice to the love-lorn on the air every Thursday evening. Bill James has introduced air-conditioned seats to all high schools in Illinois, in remembrance of his own high school days. Jack Kidd, movie idol of thousands of women, is suffering from amnesia. His condition has always been serious. Virginia Lindsey danced her way to fame and fortune. She tapped cn the Empire State Building (Fame!) and the Honorable Mayor, Vance Moye's, allotted §10,000 (Fortune!!) to her estate for the publicity she gave New York. Virginia Marberry, chambermaid in a Tenth Avenue hotel, has invented a new mop, “no stoop, no squat, no squint.” Now she works on Paik Avenue. 1939 Th Dixie Marbury has discovered jessamine on her Alaska estate. So far it has only one hundred uses: ninety-nine are unknown, the other she won’t tell. Wilma Mescher is a talent scout for a hospital, better known as a professional hit-and-run driver. Geraldine McClusky, “Mistress of Modern Satire,” is in solitary confinement after writing her masterpiece on “society.” Velma Pitt has joined the navy—a boy-friend in every port! Arthur Pullen has intentionally fed chalk to his children. In classes at school they noiselessly spit their words on the blackboard. Mary Alyce Rush is busy these days as understudy for Minnie Mouse, Mae West, Shirley Temple and Ethel Wilson. Norman Sherfield flew around the world in reverse. Was he surprised when he backed in home! Virgil Smith, after twenty years of professional bull-fighting, has decided he is well prepared for home life. Ray Speckman and Harvey Wilfred crossed a chicken and a concrete mixer. Cohossal outcome—they now have a hen that will lay corner stones. Rex Speckman, a none-too-successful teacher for a class of “How to Laugh in Ten Easy Lessons , is recupeiating liom a giggling breakdown. Frances and Margaret Williams have incorporated and are now pio-ducing soundless horns, to use in hospital wards. Carl Williams has replaced Donald Duck in the hearts of millions. Mary McDaniel has achieved fame in Australia as the only glamour girl among the jungle savages. Troy Mescher is mathematics instructor at Yale, but finds time to collect china dolls. Lodena Hurt, agent for John L. Lewis, is organizing a union of American old maids. Lorene Wharton, sponsors educational programs for anemic canaries. Elizabeth Huss is bedside nurse of a famous megician, who has made her indefinitely invisible. Dorothy Hutchinson is quartered in the South with the Wringer Brothers Circus, which employs her husband as a knife thrower. memorial ALICE: RUTH FICK Class of 1940 DEBOIS RUTLEDCE Class of 1939 CLYDE CARVEL Class of 1939 IQ39 The lllohmet JUNIOR eioAdfcf Row 1. Patricia Barfield, Norman Steele, Betty Ridenhower, James Ray. Row 2. Kenneth Compton, Charles Bolton, Henry Castleman, Lowell Commer, Prather Creson, Louis Brooks. Row 3. Mary Toler, Helen Wehrmeyer, Dorothy Wilkins, Inez Go-lightly, June Beckman, Vitrue Hayden. Row 4. Joe Powell, Clarence Walters, Paul Teckenbrock, Joe Troutman, William Humma, Joe Zaricor. Row 5. Hattie Baker, Doris Wilcox, Jessie Mae Gillion, Virginia Fulkerson, Evelyn Hill, Norma Kerr. Row 6. Lloyd Sielbeck. Genell Grace, Dale Hille, William Jerdon, Maurice Kidd, Donald Baccus. Officers President ...........................................................Pat Barfield Vice President.....................................I................Norman Steele Secretary ..................................................... Betty Ridenhower Treasurer ...........................................................James Ray The lllohmet 1939 JUNIOR OUAJc'U Row 1. Rudy Ham, James Haley, Henry Swegman, Henry Davis, Jack Estes, Robeit Fulkeison. Row 2. Aline King, Mary Leukering, Catherine Main, Lillian Mann, Cathe'.ine Miller, Helen Mitchell. Row 3. Robert Korte, Alvin Krueger, Carl Mescher, Carl E. Mescher, August Moorman, William Parmely. Row 4. Verna Pitt, Virginia Croach, Doris Schneider, Calista Starkes. June Harrington, Evelyn Cummins. Row 5. James Pearce, T. J. Sheppard, Ray Smith, Robert Smith, Eugene Hood, Clarence Yates. Row 6. Millissa Estes, Dorothy Castleman, Elizabeth Bivins, Betty Cagle, Lenora Bolden, Mary Barfield. The Junior year is reputed to he the most eventful of the four, and the class ot 1940 made theirs no exception. Our play “Charm School,” November 18, was a huge success. We were well represented in sports, having Ray, Pearce, Humma, and Smith on the Football and Basketball teams and many others of our class on second and third teams. Finally, we gave the Junior-Senior reception—the outstanding social event of the year. Both classes will look back on it as one of their happiest memories. We express our gratitude to our sponsors. Miss Bess Atwell and Miss Ora Rush for their advice and guidance throughout this pleasant year. 1939 The lllohmet President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Reporter Sponsor ...... cfOPHOMORE Officers ................................ Wallace Maddox ................................. Robert McClusky ................................... George Evers ................................... Evelyn Frink .............................. Dorothy Jean Sturgis ............................... Miss Melba Fullmer Row 5. Thomas Riley, George Burton, Donald Lindsey, George Shaw, Robert Benjamin, Otis Mescher, Paul Parkins, Wid Taylor, Raymond Conley, Phillip Barton, Wallace Maddox, Lee Ray Huckleberry, Jesse Hayes, Alex Harrison, Billy Cooper, Leroy Robinson, Clyde Martin, Robert McClusky, and Paul Morris. Row 4. Robert Anderson, John Rogers, Charles Davis, Lee Hill, Lindell Shirk, Elmer Gibson, Charles Evans, Clarence Yates, Milton Helm, M. F. Whitton, Norman Proffitt, Floyd Lasley, and Robert Gillespie. Row 3. Howard Schneider, Dorothy Willis, Mary Lavender, Roselyn Barolet, Mary Aikens, Melba Cummins, Ruby Gossage, Mary Davis, Helen Hall, Verna Stout, Gloria Fitchpatrick, Kathleen Smith, Joe Ann Mathis, Geneva Grandstaff, Marjorie Swenson, Evelyn Frink, Mary Mescher, Estella Dhu, Maxine LaMarr, and Catherine Jones. Row 2. Louise Conger, Betty Fleming, Eleanor Wilfred, Ina Lois Bohannon, Ella May Wemhoener, Mary Lee Johns, and Ruth Baker. Row 1. Miss Fullmer (Sponsor), Juan Luis Lackey, Ethel Thompson, Gladys Phillips, Paula Whitton, Lavene Reynolds, Ruth Mescher, Dorothy Sturgis, Charlotte Creson, Ruby Schaffner, Helen Carvel, Rosemary Ryan, Adeline Kotter, Mary Horn-beck, Lillian Ferguson, Prudy Swinford, June Moss, Evelyn DeJarnett, Jean Strubin-ger, Eleanor Jean Cummins, Mirelyn Johnston, Grace Evans, Billie Krueger, Peggy Wilson, and Willis Biannon. September 1, 1937 one hundred green freshmen entered M. C. H. S. This year on September 1, 1938, 95 students marched back to M. C. H. S. glad to have the name Sophomore, but sorry to lose the name Freshmen. Sophomores this year had two boys on the football team: Vernon Johnston, guard, and Willis Brannon, half-back. Brannon also received a trophy for being the outstanding play of the year. In basket ball Milton Helm, forward, and Vernon Johnston, forward, represented the class. We have prospects for next year. The lllohmet 1939 FRESHMEN CEAeTcf Girls Row 5. Jesse Barger, Felva Cummins, Maxine Pansing, Bonnie Smothers, Margaret Wiseman, Elaine Johnson, Jeanette Parker, Virginia Phillips, Doris Hillebrand, Virgie Kommer. Row 4. Anna Hurt, Jean Belt, Betty Compton, Delores Lynn, Mary McDuffie, Pearl Beshers, Doris Lauderdale, Mildred Moorman, Lyda Cooper, Edna Atkinson, Mary Alice Kidd, Elaine Bull, Doris James, Betty Howell, Thelma Baker. Row 3. Beulah Davidson, Leona Dieckman, Ruth Hodge, Marsiellaise Anderson, Billie Neikamp, Betty Simpson. Row 2. Violet Nannie, Betty Mittendorf, Irene Taylor, Beulah Leukering, Mary Sanders, Mary Sturman, Louise Mitchell. Betty Baker, June Adams, Verna Stratemey-er, Helen Hodge, Delores Giffen, Jazel Stegman. Row 1. Alberta Moller, Virginia Jones, Naomi Taylor, Joanne Woodward, Pa-tricial Goyert, Melba Wilke, Mary Cagle, Elaine Hunderkock, Anne Payne, Mary Brannon, Elizabeth McCluskie, Betty Holmes, Naida Watson, Margaret Gum, Sarah Steers, Frances Gum. Boy Row 4. Richard Kennedy, Elmer Geittman, Blaine Crosier, Bill Searles, Donald May, Louis Harmon, Oliver Russell, Leonard Adkins, Virgil Bremer, William Jack-son, Omer Crafton, James Hopkins, Carl Wilson, George Jackson, Edward May. Row 3. James Armstrong, Charles Eaves, Vernell Baccus, Bobby Willis, William Carson, Billy Rodenberg, William Trampe, Robert Jessing, Luther Evers, Charles Ablett, John Sleeter, Charles Dyer, Herbert Teckenbrock, Fred Jackson, Reuben Powell. Row 2. Mr. Herschel Devers, (Sponsor), Paul Day, Wilburn Smith, Alfred Rushing, Alberta Robinson, Gerald Buster, Cyde Frothingham, James Johns, 'Jimmy Bremer, Dale Speckaman, Robert Miller, Bobby Rogers, T. j. Witchman, Leonard Potterbaum, Charles Hayden, Jimmy Pettiford, William Collie. Row 1. Fred Anderson, Tommy Moreland, Raymond King, Allen Rogers, Leroy Larrison, Bob Owens, Orin Stewart, Milton Lindsey, Robert Triglaff, Lester Schmidt, James English, Robert Taylor, Billy Rixie. 1939 The lllohmet FRESHMEN ERA; President .... Vice President Secretary .... Treasurer Sponsor ...... Officers ..............................Raymond King .............................Leonard Adkins ..............................Oliver Russell ................................ Mary Cagle ........................... Herschel Devers The class of 1942, one of the largest freshmen classes in the school history, entered M. C. H. S. September 1, 1938. In spite of initiation and the usual upperclassmen tricks, the Freshmen upheld their scholastic and social status, throughout the year. Several Freshmen were on the football squad and basketball second team. Milton Lindsey and Robert Taylor made the first ten in basketball and Raymond King was a football regular. r_r . . . • . '•' • • - • ' ' ' - ' -r w w -V — r—.r v-v ' • - ___- .y . - - —r v .V — —« —• -V r- -: •—’ � v � v •■ ..r -v . .y . --____ V ’ ' . . . ... v • - _ • __- r - v - .r'-' — «• r J- m m ..' - ' r .• - - .V —f —. -- -• -V ••- -• - - T . T T T.- 7_r , '-.' - -7 ' - • % •. . '• •. • • -• • • ' .✓ v - ■ .v. -. .-• • .-• ”• ■ 7. v . .JwVwifw . -• C.' ••' .r. r-r-s r —r . • —• —- —'-- «r. —r v —■-v - • . .. .. . . • • •� • • � ' •� • • - � •« .✓ - y - r y � ' .y —■ -rw-w f -3T- W V..- . . • r ■ • • w wwCr lr - •-'.’-■r -’ ' - •' r V 1“ ■ 7-0'. '- rL7-J W .r. .v ? ' ?• '• - '• .7 . 7.V. .-rr -'y'W ' 7 '’ yv ' ’ Vj ' 7 ..• • •• —'- y -'■ —' .. • • • '• « a .• _ • .. - - . • - •' - -• ' •— ••' •V• JC' • _r . . • ■ •'• � •- • • -• ,- . .r- v n,- — -« -- • v •% — — ' -------- _-W ' ' - - — •- � ■ r r ■ . . - r ✓••■ ■ 7. -.7 ' T-'-y - - • • % -•• - ili iimi i i ah Row 4. Mary Toler, June Beckman, Marie Owens, Pat Barfield, Mary Rush, Hattie Baker. Row 3. Virginia Marberry, Betty Ridenhower, Mary McDaniel, Joe Ann Mathis, l.ucille Hood, Virginia Woodward. Row 2. Virgil Smith, Orin Stewart, Helen Wehrmeyer, Jean Sturgis, Norman Steele, Dixie Marbury, Ella Wemhoener. Row 1. Hal Trovillion, William Humma, William Wetherington, Geraldine Mc-Clusky, Carl Williams, Robert T. Stickler, Advisor. Sponsor........................ Editor ........................ Assistant Editor ............. Business Manager .............. Circulation Manager .......... Assistman Circulation Manager Advertising Manager .......... Assistant Advertising Managers News Editor.................... Art Editor .................... Sports......................... Literary...................... Society ....................... Features ,..................... Jokes ........................ Music_..................•..... Senior Reporter ............... Junior Reporter ............... Sophomore Reporter ........... Freshman Reporter ............. Calender Keeper .............. Gossip......................... ....................Robert T. Stickler .......................Hal Trovillion ........................Billy Humma ....................Billy Wetherington ....................Helen Wehrmeyer .......................Elmer Geittman .........................Virgil Smith . . .Joe Ann Mathis, Virginia Marberry ..................Geraldine McClusky .......................Carl Williams .......................Norman Steele ..........Dixie Marbury, Hattie Baker June Beckman, Ella May Wemhoener ....................Mary Alyce Rush .........................Pat Barfield ............................Jack Kidd .........................Lucille Hood ....................Betty Ridenhower ......................Dorothy Sturgis .........................Orin Stewart .......................Mary McDaniels .............Marie Owens, Mary Toler The 1938-39 Illohmet Staff published a school newspaper, each week, instead of bi-weekly as in previous years. Students from the Typing II class cooperated b typing, stencilling and material gathered by the reporters. The same staff also published the 1939 ILLOHMET, the Metropolis Community High School Year Book. 1939 The Illohmet JM� C3« H. of« BAIIT) Row 3. Violet Nannie, Marjorie Swenson, Wilma Mescher, Mary Hall, M. F. Whitton, Vernell Baccus, Henry Schmidt, Charles Ablett, Billy Searles, Louis Strate-meyer, Calista Starkes, Mary Lucille Mescher, Evelyn DeJarnett. Row 2. Eleanor Wilfred, Dorothy Jean Sturgis, Ella Mae Wemhoener, Mary Elizabeth Sturman, Elaine Bull, Mildred Moorman, Wid Curtis Taylor, Joe Zaricor, Dale Speckman, Raymond Conley, Louis Harmon, Charles Davis, Juan Luis Lackey, Margaret Gum. Row 1. Robert T. Stickler (director), Donald Baccus, Billy Wetherington, Dorothy Willis, Jack Kidd, Robert Korte, Maurice Kidd, LeRay Huckleberry, Lindell Shirk, Billy Cooper, Carl Mescher, John Sleeter, Robert Anderson, Lee Hill, L. T. Evers, William Carson, Virgil Smith (Drum Major). The band increased in members this year and has made satisfactory progress. In September the band played for the 24th Annual Convention of the Southern Illinois Fox Hunters’ Association and for the Women’s Club. In addition to playing and marching for all home football games and pep parades, the band journeyed to Cairo October 9 for an out-of-town game. The organization furnished special music and led the parade for the joint Massac County Farmers’ Teachers’ Institute October 21. They participated in the American Legion D. A. R. Armistice Program at the Memorial Park and the M. E. Church, November 11. The group played for the home basketball games and the regional basketball tournament at Metropolis March 1-4. March 22-23 they sponsored a benefit show and on April 21 staged an Amateur Program in the gym. The high school and grade school bands gave a joint concert in May. The high school band ended the season by playing for commencement May 26, and for the Metropolis Centennial the following week. The lllohmet 1939 LLU. CLUB Miss Fulmer directed the organization through another successful year. The members met three times weekly during activity, with an enrollment greater than in previous years. Twelve of the members furnished songs for the Hi Tri Christmas Program December 23. The Glee Club sponsored the annual Operetta, “Campus Daze” in the gym, April 11. This was the highlight of the year’s local activity. First Section Row 4. Clarence Walters, Norman Proffitt, T. J. Sheppard, Robert Smith, Clyde Martin, Carl Williams, Howard Schneider, Juan Luis Lackey, Lindell Shirk. Row 3. Calista Starkes, Alberta Moller, Delores Lynn, Jo Ann Mathis, Betty Rose Simpson, Mary Elizabeth Sturman, Dorothy Willis, Ruth Mescher, Mildred Moorman, Irene Taylor, Frances Williams, Lee Ray Huckleberry. Row 2. George Shaw, Majorie Williams, Gladys Phillips, June Moss, Ethel Wilson, Verna Stout, Sarah Steers, Doris Wilcox, Ethel 1'hompson, Kathleen Smith, Verna Pitt, Leonard Potterbaum. Row 1. J. T. Witchman, Miss Melba Fullmer (sponsor), Virginia Marberry, Marie Owens, Mary Alyce Rush, Jean Strubinger, Etta Marie Meyer, Prudy Swinford, Betty Neikamp, Mary Lavender, Ruby Schaffer, Louise Mitchell, Vitrue Hayden, Virginia Lindsey, Naida Watson, Virginia Phillips, Wallace Maddox, Rex Speckman. Second Section Row 4. Billy Wetherington, Harry Anderson, George Burton, Bill James, Harry Hurt, Genell Grace, Lavex-ne Ellerbush, Jack Holmes, Billy Cooper, Guy Baker. Row 3. Hal Trovillion, Jesse Barger, Iris Dassing, Elizabeth Bivins, Grace Evans, Charlotte Creson, Helen Carvel, Vix-ginia Fulkerson, Doris Hillebrand, Frances Gum, Jean Belt, Margaret Gum. Row 2. Deloi’is Giffin, Beulah Davidson, Gloria Fitchpatrick, Helen Hall, Nox-ma Kerr, June Harrington, Ida Lee Belt, Dolores Alliston, Billie Krueger, Mirelyn Johnson, Eleanor Jean Cummins, Virgnia Jones, Betty Cagle. Row 1. Miss Melba Fullmer (sponsor), Leona Dieckman, Mil-lissia Estes, Elaine Hunex-koch, Pearl Beshers, Lenox-a Bolden, Edna Atkinson, Katherine Jones, Elaine Johnson, Elizabeth Dyer, Myrtle Carvender, Ina Lois Bohannon, John Bill Estes. 1939 The lllohmet III-TUI BL UB Officers President-—Mary Alyce Rush Vice President—Marie Owens Secretary—Lucille Hood Treasurer—Vitrue Hayden The Senior Hi-Tri began the year with programs concerning the American girl of today. They presented a colorful ceremony at an evening meeting on Loyalty Day. Throughout the year the girls sponsored several benefit shows. A Christmas program of short plays and music was given. A pleasing number of the girls attending the State Conference at Pinkneyville and Carterville. The girls closed the year’s activities with a Mother and Daughter Banquet. This summer they look forward to a tull cabin at Camp Seymour and to participation in the Centennial this summer. Juniors and Seniors Row 4. Vitrue Hayden, Lucille Hood, Aline King, Clara Watwood, Millissia Estes, Virginia Croach, Catherine Miller, Dorothy Castleman, Helen Mitchell, Dorothy Wilkins, Helen Wehrmeyer, Mary Leukering, Mary Alyce Rush, Marie Owens, Miss Glady Wicecarver, (Sponsor). Row 3. June Beckman, Virginia Fulkerson, Marbeth Heath, Jessie Mae Gullion, Calista Starkes, Norma Kerr, June Harrington, Inez Golightly, Mary Louise Toler, Elizabeth Bivins, Hattie Baker. Row 2. Verna Pitt, Margaret Williams, Ethel Wilson, Opal Henson, Ida Lee Belt, Mildred Bohannon, Elizabeth Dyer, Patricia Barfield, Catherine Main, Alice Ruth Fick, Mary Barfield, Anna Louise Oakes. Row 1. Velma Pitt, Iris Dassing, Mary McDaniel, Ruth Broadway, Dolores Allis-ton, Wilma Mescher, Elizabeth Huss, Lodena Hurt, Virginia Woodward, Dixie Mar-bury, Virginia Lindsey, Virginia Marberry. The lllohrr.et 1939 Sophomores Row 3. Maxine LaMarr, Grace Evans, Eleanor Wilfred, Ella May Memhoener, Dorothy Sturgis, Rosemary Ryan, Dorothy Willis, Roselyn Barolet, Melba Cummins, Evelyn Frink, Geneva Grandstaff, Helen Carvel. Row 2. Ruth Mescher, Helen Hall, Mary Mescher, Betty Fleming, Mary Lee Johns, Jean Strubinger, Lavene Reynolds, ,June Moss, Mary Aikens, Ruth Baker, Mirelyn Johnston, Ina Lois Bohannon. Row 1. Verna Stout, Marjorie Williams, Gloria Fitchpatrick, Mary Lavender, Ruby Schaffer, Adeline Kotter, Katherine Jones, Billie Krueger, Gladys Phillips, Lillian Ferguson, Louise Conger, Mary Hornbeck, Ethel Thompson, Kathleen Smith, Miss Glady Wiceearver, Sponsor. Freshmen Row 1. Betty Holmes, Leona Dieckman, Myrtle Carvender, Hazel Stegman, Alberta Moller, Marsiellaise Anderson, Virginia Phillips, Elaine Johnson, Betty Howell, Pearl Beshers, Moselle Harmon, Noami Taylor, Laverne Stratemeyer, Betty Mittendorf, Louise Mitchell, Helen Hodge, Thelma Baker, Mary McLuckie, Elaine Hunnerkoch, Anna Payne, Freda Douglas, Naida Watson, Margaret Gum, Beulah Leukering. Row 2. Doris Hillebrand, Betty Baker, Mary Kidd, Violet Nannie, June Adams, Beulah Davidson, Virginia Jones, Betty Rose Simpson, Virginia Barrett, Jeanette Parker, Sarah Steers, Betty Neikamp, Melva Wilke, Frances Gum. Row 3. Jessie Ba’ger, Ruth Hodge, Joan Woodward, Mary Pat Goyert, Mary Sanders, Mary Cagle, Jacqueline Fisher, Delores Lynn, Doris James, Deloris Gift in, Mary Etta McDuffee, Bonnie Smothers, Virgie May Comer. 1939 The l!!ohmet moLoeT e im President........... Vice President ... Secretary-Treasurer Sponsor ........... Officers ...............................Harry Humma ..............................Rex Speckman ............................. Jack Barfield ...........................Mr. C. V. Cochran Row 2. Billy Humma, Floyd Lasley, Norman Steele, Jack Barfield, Guy Baker, Harry Humma, Orin Stewart. Row 1. Mr. C. V. Cochran (sponsor), Alvin Bess, Jasper E. Hood, Robert Korte, William Parmley, Laverne Ellerbush, Robert McClusky, Rex Speckman, Robert Smith, Kenneth Compton, Joe Powell. The Biology Club, organized in 1931, has progressed very rapidly under the leadership of Mr. Cochran. The club sponsored a basketball team this year, coached by Jack Barfield and Harry Humma. During the spring the club sponsored a carnival in the gym. Each year the club makes a trip to some place of biological interest. The first week in June they plan to go either to Northern Illinois, Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee, or The Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. The lllohmet 1939 FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA Officers Willis Brannon Billie Rixie Leonard Adkins Alex Harrison . Robert Gillespie Lavere Austin . . . . . President Vice President ... . Secretary .. . Treasurer .. Watch Dog .... Reporter Row 4. William Carson, Charles Dyer, William Collie, Robert Jessing, Ray Smith, Elmer Pansing, Henry Castleman, Leonard Adkins, Juan Luis Lackey. Row 3. William Jackson, Fred Jackson, George Jackson, James Hopkins, Lowell Comer, Joe Troutman, Lee Ray Huckleberry, Wallace Maddox, Howard Schneider. Row 2. Clarence Walters, Joe Zaricor, Robert Gillespie, Henry Schmidt, George Burton, William Rixie, Louis Horman, Virgil Bremer, Fred Anderson. Row 1. Harry Hurt, Alvin Miller, Guy Baker, Gerald Buster, Leroy Robinson, Rex Speckman, Milford Dunmire, Lavere Austin, Harry Anderson. The Metropolis Chapter of The Future Farmers of America was organized December 10, 1930. Each year the club sponsors an extended group of recreational activities including basketball, softball, boxing, target practice, and educational trips to such interesting points as the East St. Louis stock yards and Swift and Company. Each year the Future Farmers of Metropolis train for live stock judging and grain judging. In the past the club has won five annual judging contests out of fourteen. It has also won one first and one second in the state dairy judging contest at our southern Illinois dairy shows. In the past five years we have won over $400 in cash prizes on purebred sheep, hogs, cattle and poultry at our sectional fair. This year club members have projects of five purebred sheep, Berkshire hogs, Angus cattle, spotted Poland hogs, as well as flocks of standard bred poultry. This year we have over 2500 baby chicks in project work. 1939 The lllohmet HOMIb EDOONOMIOeT OEIIH Of f icers President...................................................... .Anna Louise Oakes Vice President ............................,........................ Mary Leukering Secretary....................................................... Mildred Bohannon Treasurer...................................................... Virginia Woodward Reporter ...................................................,.......... Opal Henson Sponsor ..............................,........................ Miss Phyllis Jones Members Row 3. Louise Mitchell, Doris James, Helen Hall, Irene Taylor, Elizabeth Dyer, Betty Cagle. Row 2. Vitrue Hayden, Elizabeth Bivins, Iris Dassing, Ruth Broadway, Virginia Lindsey, Norma Ken-, Anne Payne, Millissia Estes, Virginia Fulkerson, Virginia Mar-ben-y. Row 1. Miss Phyllis Jones (sponsor), Mary Leukering, Anne Louise Oakes, Mildred Bohannon, Virginia Woodward, Dixie Marbury, Opal Henson, June Harrington, Mary Alyce Rush, Geraldine McCluskey, Jean Strubinger. This club, under the sponsorship of Miss Jones, is organized to promote an interest in Home Economics in the school. At Christmas we had an initiation party to admit seventeen new members. During the school year we sold candy and holly wreaths. Our club also sponsors the Pep Squad. MOTTO: Not simply to be good but to be good for something. COLORS: Yellow and white. The lllohmet 1939 HI T eioIIE) Officer President .................................. Vice President.............................. Secretary-Treasurer ........................ Sergeant-at-Arms ........................... Chaplain.................................... Sponsor........................................ Billy Wetherington .........Joe Zaricor .......... Jack Kidd .... Hal Trovillion ......Virgil Smith Mr. Oliver H. Tripp Row 2. John ffm. Estes, Maurice Kidd, John Aikens, Billy Wetherington, Jack Kidd, Joe Zaricor, Carl Williams. Row 1. Lloyd Seilbeck, T. J. Sheppard, Harvey Wilfred, Louis Brooks, Louis Stratmeyer, Virgil Smith, Hal Trovillion, Mr. Oliver H. Tripp (Sponsor). Purpose: To create, maintain, and extend throughout the school and community, high standards of Christian Character. Slogan: Clean speech, clean athletics, clean scholarship, and clean living. The Hi-Y Members were champions in the Big-Three Basketball League this year, winning' five games and losing two. Mr. Tripp treated the team members to a feast as a reward. The Club held its annual picnic in May. Several members attended the Older Boy’s Conference at Pickneyville, Illinois, March 25-26, accompanied by Mr. Tripp. 1939 The lllohmet c TEHOePvAPHl CTUIi President Vice President Secretary . .. . Treasurer . .. Reporter Officer . Lodena Hurt . Opal Henson . Ida Lee Belt . Ethel Wilson Elizabeth Huss Row 3. August Moorman, Carl Williams, Laverne Ellerbush, Jack Kidd, Robert Korte. Row 2. Lodena Hurt, Dorothy Hutchison, Jessie Mae Gullion, Clara Watwood, Virginia Croach, Mildred Bohannon, Catherine Main, Ethel Wilson, Catherine Miller, Lorene Wharton. Row 1. Mr. Robert T. Stickler (sponsor), Aline King, Norma Kerr, Dolores Alliston, Margaret Williams, Calista Starkes, Marbeth Heath, June Harrington, Opal Henson, Ida Lee Belt, Wilma Meseher, Elizabeth Huss. MOTTO: Opportunity Awaits Us. COLORS: Blue and White. The purposes of the Commercial Club are to promote interest in the business world and in the study of commercial subjects; to encourage a social spirit by offering opportunities for wholesome social contact; and to become familiar with modern progressive business methods and systems, endeavoring by such means to raise and maintain a higher standard for business. The Commercial Club was organized during the year of 1934-35 and has continued its progress since. Under the sponsorship of Mr. Stickler, it has held regular meetings during the year. On December 22 the club held an initation party, at which we took in fifteen new members. We also held a picnic in May. The lllohmet 19 9 SENIOR CRASS FRAT RIRR efHT Row 2. Jack Holmes, Ray Speckman, Guy Baker, Jack Barfield, Hal Trovillion, Harry Humma, Jr. Row 1. Lodena Hurt, Virginia Marberry, Marie Owens, Miss Elaine Munal (Director), Mary Alyce Rush, Lucille Hood, Geraldine McCluskey. Cast Tom Arsdale ............................ Oke Stimson............................. Caroline ............................... Anthony Arsdale......................... Sylvia Webster.......................... Dean Marlow................................ Peaches Carter ............,............ Asma.................................... Birdie Laverne ,........................ Barbara Sanford ........................ Alfred Tennyson Murgatoyd .............. Chuck Mayo ............................. Sponsor................................. .......Jack Barfield ....... Guy Baker ...... Lucille Hood ......Hal Trovillion Geraldine McCluskey . Harry Humma, Jr. . Virginia Marberry . . . Mary Alice Rush ......Lodena Hurt ...... Marie Owens .s.....Jack Holmes ......Ray Speckman . . Miss Elaine Munal The Senior Class presented “Girl Shy,” a sparkling comedy in three acts in the gymnasium May 5, 1939. The cast performed splendidly and a successful climax rewarded their efforts. Tom Arsdale, a girl-shy college student, in an effort to escape marrying the girl of his father’s choice, became involved in a farcical engagement with Babs Sanford. Sylvia, kidnapped by mistake, was furious at Tom and refused to marry him. With the aid of his chum, Oke Stimson, Tom eventually won the admiration of Babs Sanford. Sylvia became romantically linked with Alfred. Asma, the colored washwoman, added humor to the production. Miss Elaine Munal deserves much credit for her careful selection of the cast and conscientious directorship. 1939 The lllohmet JUNIOR PRAT-’CHARM c UHOOU” Cast Calista Starkes, William Jerdon, Norma Kerr, Maurice Kidd, Inez Golightly, Joe Zaricor, Mary Louise Toler, June Beckman, Robert Korte, Patricia Barfield, William Humma, Prather Creson, Helen Wehrmeyer, Hattie Baker, Mary Virginia Barfield, Betty Lou Ridenhower, Anna Louise Oakes, Bessie Atwell, Sponsor. Directors . ...........................................Miss Rush and Miss Atwell Austin Bevins ....................................................Billy Humma Homer Jt hns .....................................................Prather Creson George Boyd ...................................................... Robert Korte David McKenzie .................................................. William Jerdon Jim Simpson ..................................................... Maurice Kidd Tim Simpson ................................................................. Joe Zaricor Elise Bendotti ...................................................Pat Barfield Miss Hayes ................................................... Helen Wehrmeyer Miss Curtiss......................................................Calista Starkes Sally Boyd......................................................Mary Louise Toler Muriel Doughty.................................................... Norma Kerr Alix Mercier...................................................Betty Ridenhower Ethel Spelvin............................................................... Inez Golightly Madge Kent ..................................................................June Beckman Lillian Stafford .............................................. Anna Louise Oakes Charlotte Gray .................................................Mary V. Barfield Dotsie ........................................................... Hattie Baker November 18 a hard-working cast presented the annual Junior Play, “The Charm SchooL” The action centers about Austin Bevins, an automobile salesman, who inherits a girls’ boarding school from his aunt. Austin has some very decided views on the education of girls. He believes they should be taught charm instead of Latin and Mathematics. With this idea in mind he takes charge of the school, employing as teachers four young men friends. The complications which arise when Elise falls in love with Austin are finally solved when they elope. The lllohmet 1939 OPERETTA- '‘CAMPUS DAZE” Directors.................................Miss Melba Fullmer and Mr. Oliver H. Tripp Pianist............................................................ Virginia Marberry Cut Fred, a happy-go-lucky............................................. • Carl Williams Tommy, serious and profound...................................Billy Wetherington Spencer, the spoiled son of a rich man.............................Prather Creson Porky, fat and good natured......................................Guy Gene Baker Bobby, a spit fire ...............................................Elizabeth Bivins Ma Jenkins, keep of a boarding house and a mother to all.........Mary Alyce Rush Carrie, Ma Jenkins’ foster child..................................Charlotte Creson Madame Louise, the Beauty Doctor................................... • • • Norma Kerr Hiram Goodman, Spencer’s father......................................Hal Trovillion Sol Rosenbaum, a tailor............................................ Jack Holmes Izzie Rosenbaum, Sol’s son...............................................Jack Kidd Governor Thompson, Governor of the State............................John Bill Estes Sponsored by the Glee Club, a large cast presented the Annual operetta, “Campus Daze,” in the gymnasium April 7. Hiram Goodnow’s only son, Spencer, after a brilliant start at Beetax College, falls so far in debt he is unable to extricate himself. Advised of his son’s trouble, Mr. Goodman rushes toBeetax post-haste. Spencer decides to leave college because his creditors threaten to take his bills to the faculty, but changes his mind when Carrie, Ma Jenkins’ foster child, talks to him. Porky offers Spencer a loan (actually financed by Spencer’s father) from his spending money. Spencer gets down to business and exerts enough energy running a service station, to pay his debts. Carrie decides to leave college before Ma Jenkins’ lawn fete in honor of the graduating class, because Spencer would not forgive her for the part she played in the plot to make him stay in college. Madame Louise stops her and every one attends Ijhe lawn fete. Everyone is surprised when subsequent events reveal Madame Louise is Spencer’s mother and Tommy is the governor’s son. Carrie forgives Spencer. Bobby and Tommy, who have quarreled all through the play, decide to go on quarreling through life together. 1939 The lllohmet tATIN CIAIR Officer Consuls..................................................... Geraldine McClusky .......................................................... Billy Humma Senators......................................................... Opal Henson .......................................................... Lodena Hurt ....................................i.....................Vance Moyers .......................................................... Harry Humma Sponsor..........................................................Miss Ora Rush Row 2. Maurice Kidd, Robert Korte, Vance Moyers, Charles Ablett, Mary Alyce Rush, Milton Helm, Marie Owens, Geraldine McCluskey, Lodena Hurt, William Humma, Harry Humma. Row 1. Eleanor Wilfred. Beulah Leukering, Anna Louise Oakes, Mary Leukering, Dorothy Wilkins, Norma Kerr, Opal Henson, Miss Ora Rush (Sponsor). The Latin Club was organized by the Latin III class of 1934. All Latin I and II students with superior averages are eligible for membership. The club was dropped in 1938, but resumed its activities in 1939 with Latin III students as charter members. The object of the club is to promote and stimulate an interest in the Latin Language. _ The topics discussed at the meetings were interesting and educational. The initiation of new members was the main event of the year. The lllohmefc THE CALENDAR 38 ’39 Sept. 1—Registration day. Largest enrollment in school history. Sept. 6—Students get down to work. Sept. 9—Initiation day. Freshmen receive fraternal pat and best wishes from the upper classmen. Sept. 14—Tests are popping from everywhere. Sept. 20—Large football squad getting in shape for first game of season. Sept. 22—Clubs organized. Sept. 23—Harrisburg overcomes Trojans 26-9. Sept. 27—Band progressing nicely with new director. Sept. 30—Metropolis beats Murray eleven 6-0. Oct. 8 —Strong Cairo team swamps Metropolis, 39-0. Oct. 13 —Students night at new Massac theatre, large number of students attended. Oct. 14—Fulton Bulldogs break even with Trojans, 6-6. Oct. 20 —Students enjoyed talk given by a government inspector of this city. Oct. 21 —Last home game of season. The Trojans turned back the Car-terville eleven 7-0. Oct. 28 —The Rev. McLain, minister of Christian church, addressed the assembly. The Metropolis eleven journeyed to Carmi to end their football season with a 38-0 defeat. Nov. 3-4—Two days vacation while teachers attended state meeting at Champaign. Nov. 8—The fourth consecutive magazine subscription campaign started. Nov. 11—Armistice vacation; band plays for D. A. R.—American Legion Program. Nov. 18—Enjoys a Thanksgiving talk by Lutheran minister, the Rev. Beiswanger. Students have a week vacation during institute. Nov. 28—Back to school again. Nov. 30—Basketball team getting in shape to start season with a bang. Dec. 2—A big pep parade and Brookport is first to fall in defeat, 32-26. Dec. 3—Robbsville vs. 1'rojans. We won 56-26. Dec. 5—Another month gone. Tests and more tests. Dec. 9—Trojans defeat Joppa 26-11. Dec. 13—We beat Mound City in a real thriller, 37-30. Dec. 16—Heath 37, Metropolis 13. Too bad, boys. Dec. 19—There’s Christmas in the air. Dec. 22—Trojans oveixome Goreville 32-21. Dec. 23—Hi Tri Christmas program. Dec. 30—Trojans down Cave-In-Rock 40-29. Jan. 2—Days are passing quickly. Just two short weeks until semester exams. Jan. 5—Pep squad’s on a money-making spree. Jan. 6—Metropolis 45, Cairo 15. Jan. 7—What a shock! Vienna beat us, 36-34. Jan. 10—Trojans stage a big comeback and defeat Paducah 37-34. Jan. 13—Metropolis downs Golconda 43-22. Jan. 15—Woe unto those that do not study for those terrible exams. Jan. 17—Trojans lose third game of season, 38-30, Rosiclare. Jan. 16-18—Semester Exams, 3 days. Jan. 20—Second semester begins, Pep squad prepares for big basketball parade. Heath won in a game that was anybody’s until the final bell. The score was 16-15. 1939 The lllohmefc THE CALENDAR 38 39 Jan. 23—School continuing as usual after several shocks from report cards. Jan. 24—Metropolis 54, Brookport 23. Jan. 26-27—County Tournament at Brookport. Metropolis defeated New Columbia 57-22. Brookport beat Joppa 42-29. The Trojons and Bulldogs played in the finals with Metropolis edging out a 31-29 victory. Feb. 1—Illohmet staff working hard to produce a good year book. Feb. 3—Metropolis beats Joppa by a large margin. Feb. 6—Miss Fullmer and Glee Club are working on annual operetta, to be held in April. Feb. 10—Trojans overcome Cairo 48-32. Feb. 11—Vienna beats Metropolis in a come-back, 32-27. Feb. 13—School was dismissed this afternoon so that the students and faculty could attend the funeral of Alice Ruth Fick, junior. Feb. 14—Mound City 28, Metropolis 20. Feb. 18—Tilghman High of Paducah defeated the Trojans in a fast game, 37-24. Feb. 19—Trojans come out of slump and defeat the Golconda Pirates by a six point margin. Feb. 21—Senior Class meets to discuss what they should leave the school. Feb. 27—Virginia Marberry was elected queen of M. C. H. S. Feb. 28—Opening night of Regional tournament. Golconda and Rosiclare won their first games. Virginia Veach of Vienna was elected queen of the tournament with Virginia Marberry second and the Rosiclare queen third. Mar. 1—Metropolis beat Simpson 64-33. Vienna beat Brookport six points. Mar. 2—The Trojans playing a splendid game, defeating the Vienna Eagles 48-40. Rosiclare beat Golconda by a good margin. Mar. 3—Metropolis came through with flying colors to defeat Rosiclare 27-24 in the final game. Mar. 9—Metropolis won its first game in the Sectional tournament from the Marion Red Birds in a hard fought battle, 36-35. Mar. 10—Carbondale came from behind in the last minute of play to beat the Trojans 34-33 in the semi-finals. Mar. 13—A talk was given by Mr. Blakey on the Hi Y conference to be held at Pickneyville March 25. Mar. 21—Seniors attend educational conference at Harrisburg. Mar. 25—Through 26th several Hi-Y members and Mr. Tripp attended an Older Boys conference held at Pickneyville. Apr. 7—The Operetta “Campus Daze” was a big success and enjoyed by all who attended. Apr. 14—End of fifth six weeks period. Report cards were distributed. Apr. 20—Seniors are working hard on their annual play to be given the fifth of May. Apr. 27—Another month gone. Tests and more tests. May 1—The last month of school. May 5—The Senior play “Girl Shy” went over in a big way. May 10—Exemptions were given to Seniors who were lucky. May 12—Junior-Senior reception. Everyone had a good time. May 15—Through 17, Senior final exams. May 21—Baccalaureate. (In Gymnasium). May 26—Annual Senior Commencement in gymnasium. The Illohmet 1939 — I I I — BASKETBALL cTQIiAD Row 2. Robert Fulkerson, James Pearce, Troy Mescher, Robert Taylor, James Ray, Assistant Manager Joe Powell, Manager Jasper Hood. Row 1. Coach George A. Schneeman, Milton Helm, Billy Humma, Jack Barfield, Milton Lindsey, Otis Mescher. With a record of twenty victories pitted against eight defeats, the team which carried the colors of M. C. H. S. on the hard wood this year climaxed one of the most brilliant campaigns in the history of M. C. H. S. basketball. This team, composed of uncanny goal shots and marvelous dribblers, won the County Tournament trophy by defeating Brookport in the finals, and won the Regional Tournament by defeating Rosiclare in the final game. By winning the Regional the Trojans were awarded a trip to the Johnson City Sectional, where they defeated Marion in their first game. Advancing to the semi-finals the Trojans were wiped off by one point in the last minute of play by Carbondale. The result of this years schedule follows: 1939 The lllohmefc The lllohmet 1939 Top row, left to right—James “Jick” Ray—A Junior who ma:le himself popular by remarkable dribbling and floor work— “Jick” usually pushed his share of points through the netting also. He’ll be back with us next year. James “Ji mmie Pearce—“He’s little but he’s loud” or that’s the way the tournament officials described him. “Jimmie” was the best shot on the team, with an average of 13 points a game. He is going to better that record next year. Jack “Barf Barfield—“Bari” has served the team for two years with an overhead shot that couldn’t be missed. His ability to jump high enabled him to get many rebounds. It will be a difficult task to replace him next year. Robert “Poke” Fulkerson—A senior who climaxes a brilliant high school career. His cool head and his influence at the guard spot was a great asset to the team. Poke will be g-r-e-a-t-l-y missed next year. Troy “To-To” Mescher—Although not noted for his shooting ability, Troy was ranked up at the top for his defensive playing and rebound work. He will be missed next year. Bottom row, left to right—Milton “Miltie” Helm—A sophomore he established himself last year with his eye for the basket as well as his floor work. “Miltie” will get his big chance next year. William “Billy” Humma—A junior, Billy was a good defensive player, and often intercepted opponents passes. He made a good showing for his first year. Milton Lindsey—A freshman who surprised every one with his great style of defensive play. “Lindsey” often crept in under the basket to chalk up his number of points and will have three more years in which to dispaly his ability. Robert “Bud” Taylor—Another freshman. Bud was a good shot and showed up in the second team games and will get his chance next year. Otis Mescher—Another sophomore who made a good showing in the second team games. He will be back with us next year. THESE, TROJANS SAW ACTION cfQ'UAD IN ACTION C i HI SEASON’S PEAT Dec. 2 Robbsville 26 Metropolis 56 Here Dec. 3 Brookport 26 Metropolis 32 Here Dec. 9 Joppa 11 Metropolis 29 Here Dec. 13 Mound City 30 Metropolis 37 There Dec. 16 Heath, Ky. 34 Metropolis 12 There Dec. 22 Goreville 21 Metropolis 32 Here Dec. 30 Cave-In-Rock 28 Metropolis 40 Here Jan. 6 Cairo 15 Metropolis 44 Here Jan. 7 Vienna 36 Metropolis 29 Here Jan. 10 Tilghman 34 Metropolis 37 Here Jan. 13 Golconda 25 Metropolis 48 Here Dec. 17 Rosiclare 38 Metropolis 30 There Jan. 20 Heath, Ky. 16 Metropolis 15 Here Jan. 24 Brookport 25 Metropolis 57 There Jan. 28-29 County Tournament, Brookport Jan. 28 New Columbia 22 Metropolis 62 Jan. 29 Brookport 29 Metropolis 31 Feb. 3 Joppa 15 Metropolis 49 There Feb. 10 Cairo 32 Metropolis 48 Here Feb. 11 Vienna 34 Metropolis 27 There Feb. 14 Mound City 29 Metorpolis 20 Here Feb. 17 Golconda 34 Metropolis 44 There Feb. 18 Tilghman 37 Metropolis 24 There Feb. 24 Rosiclare 35 Metropolis 24 Here Feb. 28 March 1, 2, 3—Regional Tournament, Metropolis Mar. 1 Simpson 33 Metropolis 64 Mar. 2 Vienna 40 Metropolis 48 Mar. 3 Rosiclare 24 Metropolis 27 M arch 7, 8, 9, 10—S ectional Tournament, Johnston City Mar. 7 Marion 35 Metropolis 36 Mar. 8 Carbondale 34 Metropolis 33 1939 The lllohmet FOOT£ AMs SQU'TD Row 3. Eugene Hood, Robert Smith, Willis Brannon, Guy Baker, Ray Speck-man, Alvin Miller, Richard Kennedy, William James, Elmer Geitman, Joe Powell. Row 2. Charles Bo'.ton, T. J. Sheppard, Hal Trovi lion, Ray Smith, Jack Barfield, Vernon Johnson, John Aikins, Bill Humma, Rex Speckman, Assistant Coach J. H. Dever. Row 1. Coach George A. Schneeman, Milton Lindsey, Troy Mescher, Raymond King, Louis Brooks, James Ray, Norman Steele, James Pearce, Robert Fulkerson, Orin Stewart, Genell Grace, George Burton. The Trojans who represented M. C. H. S. on the gridiron this year were victims of a poor season. The team showed aggressiveness throughout the year but their opponents proved to have more power. Out of six scheduled games played, the Trojans won two, lost three and tied one—scoring 27 points to their opponents’ 110. Those who received M’s were Barfield, James, B. Humma, Baker, Fulkerson, Pearce, Grace, Brannon, King, Miller, Aikens, Ray, Steele, Brooks, Johnson, H. Humma, Ray Smith, Rex Speckman, Ray Speckman, Lavere Austin. Special thanks are due managers Joe Powell and Eugene Hood for taking care of injuries and equipment. The season’s results: Harrisburg 29.............................M. C. H. S. 9 Murray, Ky. 0.............................M. C. H. S. 6 Cairo 39...................,.........M. C. H. S. 0 Fulton, Ky. 6.............................M. C. H. S. 6 Carterville 0......... .......................M. C. H. S. 6 Carmi 39.............................M. C. H. S. 0 The lllohmet 1939 ■I A MMBORMMG RT THE BAN DID CAMERA West entrance, looking up. The band leads a parade. Jerrv” McClusky. A jaunty pair. The worried assistant editor. Mary Alyce Rush. Editor and Business Manager in a hungry moment. A happy pair, The Musical Kidds. Off for a stroll. Two Ms” take the cheerleader in tow. A trio—and quartet—of jolly .VI. C. H. S. misses. The Junior lads. Shot—by the candid camera! Alma mater in “Snowtime”. 1939 The lllchmet The names listed on this page are those of people who are Boosters of our school and our school yearbook■ Their contributions have helped us in the publication of the Illohmet. Their support is deeply appreciated by us, and We extend to these Boosters our sincere thanks. Kenneth Compton Dr. Earl C. Jayroe Dr. T. W. Roberts E. J. Mittendorf Levi C. Miller Roy R. Helm Dr. R. W. Fisher Dr. L. M. Holland Mr. X. Alice Risinger John Steele Walter Roberts Earl Armstrong Louis Bremer Dr. J. C. Lockard William Tiner Lloyd Armstrong Taylor Bros. News Agency Everett Kotter Egyptian Park Mary Metcalf Dutes Fitchpatrick Louis LaVeau, Jr. Johnson Electric Shop Herman Rudd Dr. G. F. Cummins Lester Harper D. W. Harper Dr. V. O. Decker Howard Miller Grover E. Holmes Dr. W. A. Gray Louis LaVeau Robert H. Chase Elite Theatre J. B. Steers Starkes Printing Company ....Metropolis’ Exclusive Job Printers PRINTING AS YOU WANT IT, WHEN YOU WANT IT! PHONE 153—116 E. 4th ST.—MASONIC BLDG- The Illohmet 1939 “ONE STOP” 408 10-12 FERRY STREET METROPOLIS, ILLINOIS Central Hotel AND Krueger Cafe “Where Everybody Meets Everybody” john f. McCartney, george krueger, Hotel Manager Cafe Manager Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Local Agents Ike B. Foreman Qeorge Neff, Jr. Roy Dunn JONES BUILDINQ Cook with the ACORN GAS RANGE Heat your Water with the PENFIELD AUTOMATIC It is Cheaper now on our new low optional objective gas rate. Ask Us to Tell You About It! Southeastern Illinois Gas Company HINNERS BROTHERS Seed, Feed and Groceries . . . Oliver Farm Equipment Norge Home Appliances Cash Paid for Cream, Poultry and Eggs PHONE 51 -R...........METROPOLIS, ILL. . . . BLISS COFFEE . . . CONTINUES TO LEAD STANLEY-KORTE COMPANY WHOLESALE GROCERS TRIPLETT QUALITY CLEANERS “WE KNOW HOW 407 - FERRY STREET.PHONE 27 CRAWFORD TRANSFER CO. Local And Long Distance Hauling .....Agent, Viking Lines. 105 West 6th Street, Phone 88 W 2 Compliments of Miller Dairy Products Co. Serving Metropolis Since ’23 Morton Chick FEED and SEED That will Give Results That will Grow 211-213-215 Ferry Street Metropolis, Illinois Rush Lumber Company Phone 105 Building Materials for Any Kind of Building Metropolis Lumber Company Phone 359 H. B. Cosby.... Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables Lunch Meats Phone 226 601 Catherine Street COHEN’S__________________ ..Where You’re Always Welcome! Baynes Shoe Shop......... ..Quality Shoe Repairing IO82 West Seventh Street Dever’s Truck Lines.... (Bonded and Insured) Daily Lines To and From St. Louis Phone 7wl-Metropolis, 111. Lucky Stop Cafe.... ROY P. ARENSMAN, Proprietor A complete line of Sandwiches, Plate Lunches, and Short Orders FOUNTAIN SERVICE “You'll Enjoy Every Visitl Roy R. Rew.... DRY GOODS AND SHOES 606 Market St.—Phone 345 Hotel Metropolis.... METROPOLIS, ILLINOIS Dixie Greyhound Lines, Inc.—BUS DEPOT—Southern Limited, Inc. Moller Furniture Co.... “The House of Westinghouse’’ WE TRADE FOR ANYTHING Third and Ferry Sts. Metropolis, Illinois Everything for Building : : : : Lumber, Brick, Plaster, Lime, Gravel, Cement and Roofing In short, Everything for Building from Foundation to Roof We handle Only the Very Best—See Us for Estimates : : : : Helson Lumber Company J. R. HELSON, Proprietor River Front, Foot of Scott St. Uptown Office: Sixth and Market Sts. METROPOLIS, ILLINOIS H. W. Variety Store “Sell Almost Everything” Bigger—B etter Barger’s Stores (groceries and Meats ‘PAY CASH” “PAY LESS’ 307 Ferry St. Phone 150W Join the Qang at the “SHAMROCK” Cold Drinks—Sandiviches The Fair Stores.... ....Shoes, Clothing, Furnishings Metropolis, 111., Paducah, Mayfield, Princeton and Madisonville, Ky. Lowest Prices All the Year ’Round:!! “TEXACO” Products are the Cream of the Petroleum Business L. W. STURQ1S, Consignee 310 Market Street Phone 8 Morgans.... Ira Morgan E. O. Morgan 522 Market St.-Phone 279 105 W. 8th St.-Phone 69 ...Groceries, Produce, Fresh and Cured Meats Compliments of Belt Hurt.... GROCERY Crescent Cafe.... 24 HOUR SERVICE Excellent Service in the Best of Surroundings HENRY WEMHOENER, Owner 415 Ferry St. Phone 16 For 3 Protections Phone 3.... Southern Illinois Tire Co. 421 Ferry Street RADIOS BICYCLES Boaz Cash Grocery.... Finer Foods For Less 613 Market Street Metropolis, Illinois Elliott Brothers.... Furniture Store Maytag Washers—-Radios Palmer’s Drug Store.... “In Business For Your Health” ..Bob Palmer “Accent Your Beauty” by regular visits to Nifty Beauty Shoppe Metropolis, Illinois---Phone52 Park-Gillespie.... “Smartwear” 41 1 Ferry St.—Phone 47 Barrett’s Laundry.... Phone 461 ....Metropolis, Illinois Good Luck Glove Company The Economy Store.... Dry Goods, Shoes, Ready-to-Wear and Furnishings for the Entire Family Lower Prices—Greater Values!.! Love Bird Beauty Shoppe--- Mis. ‘pulh Neff, ‘Prop. Complete Beauty Service rPhone 465 City National Bank Bldg. Metropolis, III. “Clothes With a Reputation Hart Schaffner Marx AND Hyde Park Clothes Neal’s CLOTHING STORE Service and Value “Serves You Best” “Saves You Most” CUM M I N S Complete Food Market ARTHUR DRUGS Congratulations to the Class of ’39 — FOUR years ago you young men and women undertook another milestone in your journey through life. You have realized the desire and ambition of your grade school days. You have learned to choose many ihings Wisely— friends, studies, vocations, and many other things material and immaterial to your success. You are about to start another milestone of life—and a profession—others a trade or business. Whatever course you follow—choose wisely. Learn to Judge values in everything. ‘Perhaps We can help you sometimes to learn the best values that apply to our own bus:ness—7 he Drug Store. Your mothers and fathers have confidence in us. We Want you to have, too. Whether it’s a prescription ora fountain pen, we Want you to feel that we offer only the best value for your money. We want your patronage as a customer— your good will as a friend. Our slogan means the same today as it did when it was originated decades ago— “Only the Best Goes’’ — Humma’s Drug Stores Compliments of °Qd THE BANKS OF METROPOLIS.. ....THE CITY NATIONAL BANK ....THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK ....THE NATIONAL STATE BANK 555 SUPER SERVICE.... Seventh and Ferry Streets ....Firestone Tires, Tubes, Batteries Metropolis, Illinois L. F. PARRISH.... ....FURNITURE and HARDWARE 700-2 Market Street---Phone 311 “The Store for Men and Boys” Clothing Shoes Phone 10 Fort Massac Chair Company.. ....Folding Chairs and Tables Wood Novelties Phone 305 Metropolis, Illinois “If It’s New We Have It!” RDSIMMONS “Dependable Merchandise’’ Drink ...DR. PEPPER... At 10—2—4—O’Clock Radios Paints Stoves Harness G. E. Refrigerators Walker Hardware Company PHONE 92w RITZ BEAUTY SHOP.... PHONE 35 We ha e enjoyed your patronage for the past years and hope to be able to serve you in the years to come. ...Bertie Marberry Stewart Warner Refrigerators Five Year Guarantee Sold h j Pansing Mitchell Metropolis, Illinois Phone 80 We Are The Leader in making School Photographs in Southern Illinois. jewel Box Studio Metropolis, Illinois Every Portrait a Perfect Gem A Branch of the Cox Studio at Carbondale, Illinois Telephone 34 7 I 3 Market St. Jor Economical Transportation METROPOLIS MOTOR CO. Chevrolet Automobiles and Accessories FARMERS’ DAIRY PRODUCTS CO. Pasteurized Milk Products “For Health and Economy” Phone 53 The New . . . MASSAC THEATRE BEST SHOW IN TOWN PHONE 171 FLOWERS.... ....For Every Occasion FLOWERS BY WIRE ....EGYPTIAN FLORISTS PHONE 5 r5—METROPOL1S, ILL. CLEA NINQ PRESSINQ W. W.CLEANERS Well Pressed is Well ” PHONE 262-304 FERRY ST. Rugs Cleaned Hats Cleaned and Blocked W. T. LIGGETT.... ....GROCERIES 9th and GIRARD STREETS PHONE 114 Lingle Bros. Produce Co.... ....Wholesale Fruits and Vegetables 416 Ferry St.---Phone 293.... Helms Baby Chicks.... America’s Heaviest Laying Strain U. S. Approved Officially Pullorm Tested tMetropolis, Illinois ...Illinois Hatchery Herbert Helm, Oumer Metropolis Produce Co... Charles “Buddy” Risinger, Prop. Poultry, Eggs, Cream, Feed, Seed, Hardware and Groceries PHONE 139—213-215 W. 6th Street Searles’ Garage.... International Trucks Farmall Tractors Mc-Cormick-Deering Farm Machinery PHONE 273 te: ' Jf '' ■ feu -X :: mV i,:; £ -• ■ - 's.’ v vi - V . 'Jw- VV S:- Arii Ki ag=sg y 2£Ab l