Metropolis High School - Illohmet Yearbook (Metropolis, IL)

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SENIOR eLAefcT HISTORY (By Dorothy Sturgis) In September 1937, as the summer drew to an end, over a hundred shy freshmen entered M. C. H. S. to begin their four-year course of hard work. They elected these officers to guide them: Ella May Wemhoener, President; Milton Helm, Vice President; Robert McClusky, Secretary; Robert Gillespie, Treasurer. In September 1938, ninety-five strong, the new sophomore class chose as their officers: Wallace Maddox, President; Robert McClusky, Vice President; George Evers, Secretary; Evelyn Frink, Treasurer; Vernon Johnson and Willis Brannon participated in football. Brannon received a trophy as outstanding player of the year. In basketball, Milton Helm and Vernon Johnson represented the class. In September 1939, they returned as Juniors under the leadership of these officers and sponsors: Ella May Wemhoener, President; Willis Brannon, Vice President; Floyd Easley, Secretary; Louis Brooks, Treasurer; Miss Ora Rush, Sponsor; Miss Bess Atwell, ssistant sponsor. “320 College Avenue”, presented in November, proved to be one of the most successful Junior plays ever given in Metropolis. The class was represented by Johnson, Steele, Brooks, and Brannon in football and Helm and Johnson in basket-mil. The Junior-Senior reception bid farewell to the seniors in a Hawaiian setting. It was an outstanding social event of the year, and one of our gayest times at M. C. H. S. In September, 1940, the Seniors began the year with the fulfillment of their four-year schedule in sight. These officers were elected: Ella May Wemhoener, President; Robert McClusky, Vice President; Louis Brooks, Secretory-Treasurer. Our able sponsor. Miss Elaine Munal, led us skillfully through the hazardous ways and by-paths of the senior year. Tne ring Committee—Ella May Wemhoener, Willis Brannon, Louis Brooks, Floyd Lasley, Milton Helm, Mary Lee Johns, Dorothy Sturgis, and Betty Fleming—selected September 18, the All-American design for the class rings. Activities and awards were numerous. In football we had Willis Brannon, Floyd Lasley, Robert Johns, and Glendell Stout; in basketball Milton Helm, Howard Fort, and Floyd Lippert. Ella May Wemhoener, class president, received the D. A. R. Citizenship award. John Lewis won the American Legion Medal for the best essay on the Illinois Constitution, and Joe Ann McLaughlin and Jean Strubinger were given honorable mention. Ina Lois Bohannon was elected M.C.H.S. queen candidate in the Regional basketball tournament. She was further honored by being chosen the queen of the :ournameiit. Betty Fleming, Mary Lee Johns, Ruth Elaine Baker, Ruby Schaeffer, Eleanor Wilfred, Hattie Baker, Jean Sturgis, and Jean Strubinger were selected as library assistants. Joe Ann McLaughlin was President of the Commerce Club, Ella May Wemhoener was President of the Hi-Tri, Billy Cooper, HI Y President, Robert McClusky Editor of the ILLOHMET yearbook, and John Lewis editor of the 1LLOHMET Newspaper. Many seniors were active in band and glee club. The Senior play, “Yes and No”, a comedy in two acts and an epilogue, proved to be entertaining and one of the best pla s ever presented at M. C. H. S. A Junior-Senior reception given by the Juniors as a farwell to the Seniors will be long remembered as a happy event of the Senior year. The Seniors gift to the school was a gray repp cyclorama curtain. May 30 came Commencement, which had been looked forward to with great anticipation but with a feeling of regret in leaving behind M. C. H. S.

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JUNIOR CIoAe c 3 OFFICERS Milton .Lindsey ............................. Charles Ablett .............................. Pat Goyert .................................. Beulah Leukering............................. .... President Vice President ---- Secretary .... Treasurer