Metropolis High School - Illohmet Yearbook (Metropolis, IL)

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M-C-H-S 1-9-4-Q IIdIdOHMIdT. Lloyd Siebeck—“Lloyd” Hi-Y 3, 4; Secretary 4. Calista Starkes-“Podge” Latin Club 4, (Senator); Commerce Club 3, 4; Treasurer 4; Band 1, 2, 3; “Campus Daze” 3; “Charm School” 3; Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4. T. J. Sheppard---“Tally” Hi-Y 3, 4; Sergeant-at-Arms 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; “Campus Daze” 3; Glee Club 1. Mary Louise Tolei--“Toler” Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4; Home Economics Club 4; Illohmet Staff 3, 4; “Charm School” 3; Glee Club 1; Hi-Y Queen 4. Russell Simpson--“Simp” Football 1, 2, 3, 4; F. F. A. 1, 2, 3; Commerce Club 4. Helen Wehrmeyer------“Hel-un” Illohmet Staff 3, 4; Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4; Treasurer 4; Home Economics Club 4; “Charm School” 3. Robert Smith—“Unk” Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Treasurer 1, 4; Basketball 1; “Rose of the Danube” 2; “Cam-pus Daze” 3. Dorothy Wilkins—“Dothead” Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4; Latin Club 3, 4; Consul 4; Glee Club 1; Pep Squad 1, 2. Glendell Stout—“Glendell” Doris Marie Wilcox-“Dink” Hi-Tri 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 3; Pep Squad 1, 2. Joe Zaricor-“Joe” F. F. A. 3; Hi-Y 3, 4; Vice President 3; President 4; “Charm School” 3; Class Vice President 1; Band 1, 2, 3. Jean Smith—“Jean” Peotone High School 1, 2, 3, 4; (Transferred December 1939); Basketball 1, 2, 3; Cheerleader 1, 2, 3, part of 4; G. A. A. 2; Year Book 1, 3; Librarian part of 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; All State Chorus 4; Home Economics Club 1, 2, 3; “18 Carat Boob,” Home Economics and F. F. A. Play 3; “Miss Ginger,” Home Economics and F. F. A. Play 4; “Hollywood Bound” 3; “Star Flower” 2; Style Show 1, 3; Music Festival 1, 2, 3; At M. C. H. S.; Illohmet 4; Commerce Club 4; Hi-Tri 4. Clarence Yates—“Yates” Joe Troutman—“Joe” F. F. A. 3, 4. Paul Teckenbrock—“Paul” Doris Schneider--“Dedo” Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3; Glee Club 1, 2; “Hollywood Bound,” 1; “Rose of the Danube” 2.

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M-C-H-S IIdIdOHME6!. 1-9-4-0 CALENDAR %39 ’40 Sept. 1 Sept. 5 Sept. 5 Sept. 9 Sept. 19 Oct. 6 Oct. 11 Oct. 12 Oct. 13 Oct. 18 Oct. 20 Oct. 25 Oct. 27 Nov. 2 Nov. 7 Nov. 17 Nov. 20 Nov. 24 Nov. 27 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 1 Dec. 4 Dec. 6 Dec. 6 Dec. 7 Dec. 8 Dec. 8 Dec. 12 Dec. 13 Dec. 15 Dec. 17 Dec. 19 Dec. 21 Dec. 22 Dec. 22 Dec. 28 Jan. 2 Jan. 2 Jan. 5 Jan. 10 Jan. 10 Jan. 12 Jan. 15 Jan. 16 Jan. 17 Jan. 17 Jan. 18 Jan. 19 Jan. 19 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 25 Jan. 26 Registration Day. Lots of new faces. Classes begin. Greetings from our new principal. Senior Committee select invitations. Annual initiation of Frosh on football field. Class officers elected. Six man football with Mounds. Trojans triumph 45-0. Clubs organized and officers elected. What a shock! Hi-T'ri sponsors Morris, electrical wizard. Eldorado tramples Trojans 19-7. Farmer’s Institute begins. May I help decorate? Hooray! Teachers’ Institute and no school. Chance for glory and prizes. Magazine campaign begun. Carmi game postponed. Two day’s vacation! Faculty leaves for Urbana Conference. Carmi game at last. Juniors turn thespian. Their play a huge success. Teachers go to school again. County Teachers’ Institute begins. Turkeys are surprised. A new Thanksgiving originates. Watch the boid please. Illohmet pictures started. Another Thanksgiving. Bigger and better vacations. Second six weeks exams pull students to earth with a bang. Robbsville open basketball season here. Trojans win 59-14. Dongola here. We won again 47 to 21. Joppa here. Again! 34-12. Senior Hi-Tri impressively initiate Freshmen girls. Carthage College Quartet entertain Assembly. Golconda game with Trojans out in front by 30 to 25. Much shivering in respective shoes. Report cards distributed. Second Lyceum number, the King’s Quartet, attended by students. Metropolis routs her traditional rival, Brookport by 28 to 14. Trojans vanquish Mound City 58-37. Christmas spirit invades the halls of learning. It’s too good to last! Rosiclare defeated 41-21. Special Christmas edition of Illohmet made. Merry Christmas!! Vacation begins. Heath, Kentucky, overcome 46-13. Time off from Yule festivities to see Trojans subdue Goreville, 43-13. End of vacation. Back to the halls of learning. Football heroes feted by a banquet at the Central Hotel. The spell is broken. Cairo whips Trojans 44-31. Trojan come back fighting. Beat Rosiclare 48-31. Band members invited to S. I. N. U. Clinic. Another defeat at the hands of the Galatia five, 39-28. Students exposed to tuberculosis. By film of course. Semester Exams loom near. Exemption (lucky devils) and deportment lists completed. Work, worry, work! Semester Exams begin. Everybody stares at everybody else. Brookport trounces Trojans, 25-23. The hand is quicker than the eye. Frye, the Magician, mystifies the students. Metropolis retaliates by beating Cairo 40-23. Band members and Mr. Doolin leave for Carbondale. A new semester begins. Trojans try hard but Tilghman wins 40-38. County Tournament at Joppa opens with Metropolis advancing over Brookport 24-11. Metropolis new County Champions after beating New Columbia 65-22 for the trophy.