Metropolis High School - Illohmet Yearbook (Metropolis, IL)

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THE ILLOHMET 1944- JUNIOR CLASS TOP How One: Mary Day, Mary V. Hogue, Eva Lang, Irene Holt, Kathleen Hille, Alice Heath, Wanda Lee James, Betty Jean Cagle, Miss Atwell. Row Two: Leon Beggs, Jesse Jones, Kenneth Girtman, Wayne Baccus, Mary Jo Huckleberry, Lois Evelyn Eckenberg, Dorothy Caswell, Virgie Fisher. Row Three: Lavere Cougill, Donald Dyer, Bob Angel, Charles Cummins, Gene Luck, Jim Foreman, Eureta Kersey. BOTTOM Row One: Betty Stockton, Betty Taylor, Verna Lee Ridenhower, Mary Rodgers, Charlene Sowders, Glenna Martin, Louella Slankard, Juanita Walters, Pauline Malin, Mrs. Nichols. Row Two: Dan Rush, Adele Wilfred, Naomi Speckman, Eva Parker, Billie Jean Rogers, Carolyn Rouse, Lawanda Mescher. Row Three: Jackie McCurrie, Mickey O’Brien, Donald Owens, James Woods, Roy Moorman, Charles White, Charles Owens, Bob Pansing.

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THE ILLOHM 1944 SENIOR PROPHECY My womanly curiosity got the best of me the other day, so I got out my crystal ball, and with the help of it and a few other things, (such as tea leaves, ouija board, etc.,) started out to determine just what we seniors would be doing about 10 years hence. This is what I beheld, or dreamed in a dream: Mary Anderson has just returned from a tour of the w est, after winning the National Women’s Ping-Pong Championship, to be married. Of course, Brainard is the lucky guy. Mrs. Moreland and Mrs. Elliott are teaching a cooking class for young housewives. You’ll remember them as Rosa Lee Oakes, and Jeannette Bolton. M. C. H. S. has a new Home Economics teacher. It’s Miss Rose Taylor, who gave up nursing to pursue her favorite study course. Gale Adkins and Douglas Helm have just published their latest hook, “How to get your face slapped in 10 easy lessons.” The price is $1.00 at any good book store. The Prohibition party has announced the following candidates for the April primary election. President: David Cummins. Vice-President: Virgil Mescher. “Sister” Armstrong has become a preacher’s wife at last. We always thought she would. The preacher?------It’s the Rev. Dr. Vernie Theodore Barnett Jr., Mgr. Billy Buchanan has stepped right into “Uncle Pink’s” shoes. He is running what is known as the Baynes Memorial Buchanan Funeral Service. Make your reservation early. Bill’s a busy man. The Hospital reports that Mrs. May and the quintuplets are doing nicely. Bill, Bob, Don, Paul, and Bernard are 3 weeks old now. Audrey Sowders, R. N., is caring for them. Rupert Cagle is starring in the new Columbia picture with LaRue Thomason in “The lone wolf howls again.” In case you don’t recognize their stage names, they are Mary L. Thomason, and Bob Cagle. Helen Jessing, the girl with the million dollar legs, has turned down a job with Joe Evers’ modeling agency, to continue her career as a nurse. Mr. and Mrs. Y. E. Holland have announced the engagement of their daughter, Clari-bel, to Mr. Klein Colvin. In case you don’t recognize the name, he is the author of our dear old economics text book. Vivian Pearce and Barbara Neff are cooling the fevered brows of the countless millions at the Schneeman memorial hospital, founded by Lavelle Schneider. Esther Pansing and Helen Hausman are the new leaders of the Washington 4-H Club. They report that the work is progressing nicely under the direction of the new Farm Adviser. Because of the man-shortage. Miss Dorothy Carol Williams has taken over the job, ably assisted by Miss Ida Mae Bremer. Bernard Frazee has finally been forced to relinquish his seat in English IV. He graduated from M. C. H. S. with honors this year. (1954.) The Metropolitan opera star, Betty Grace, will make her first home town appearance tomorrow night at the Frink theatre. Miss Grace will sing the popular opera, “Tramp, Tramp, Trampe,” written by Cecil Westeriuan in honor of “Doughboy” William Trampe. Eugene Dye’s orchestra, with Clifton Duckworth at the piccolo will accompany her. Virginia Baccus and Norma Wiseman have opened a skating rink for the good of Metropolis youth. Everyone is welcome. If you can’t skate, come anyway. Willmetta Billington, Lydia Childers, and Gladys Fowell are there to instruct for the low cost of only 50c and 3 meat points per hour. The Little Bill Dairy Products will be open for business next week. Charles W. Arensman is the proprietor. The Bremer, Burch, and Kennedy judging team have just returned from the world’s fair, held at Joppa, 111., where they competed with other world-famous stock Judges. Rosemary Lindsey has just returned from Balnibarbi where she has been serving as a nurse. She was a Navy Nurse during the war, and stayed over. Joe Elliott has invented a new type motorcycle, complete with a radio, heater, and innerspring seat. Pawnee Payne has accepted a position as a fan-dancer at Clydene Lindsey’s new night club. Ye Olde Hotte Spotte. Featured in the chorus line are Rosaline Huston, Doris Pansing, and Marjorie Verbarg. Charles Anderson, world champion heavyweight and his manager James Mann are back in Metropolis for a rest. That’s all my tea leaves will tell me, and the ouija points to goodbye, but as my crystal ball clouds, I seem to see Miss Munal smiling at me over a Macbeth test, wishing me luck.

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THE ILL OH MET 1944 SOPHOMORE CLASS TOP Row One: Mildred Dennis, Velda Frazee, Evelyn Kidd, Norma Fisher, Amy Lou Curtis, Edna Harrell, Jean Decker, Sue Francis, Marvelle Austin, Donna Dean, Maxine Bakehouse, Mary Lillian Hilgeman. Row Two: Mabel Dunn, Helen Harrington, Pearl Hall, Dorothy Jean Blanchard, Eva June Lippert, Joanne Dean. Bonnie Hart. Mary Lee Grace. Norma Jean Grandstaff. Dorothy June Blanchard, Maxine Kersey, Helen Jackson, Robert Horntrop, Lyndell DeJar-nett. Row Three: Francis Fuqua, Alice Corson. Ruth Horntrop, Mary Helen Johnson. Marlene Austin, Verna Mae Brenningmeyer, Ruth Cromeenes, Lindell Caswell, Billie Joe Cougill, Lowell Brown, Buddy Baccus, James Collie. Row Four: Kenneth Oliver. Bobby Richardson, George Tanner, Johnny Cummins, Herbert Dale Lynn. John Flemister, Harold Frazee, Bill Hunt, Warren Kommer, Reuben Lamarr, Ralph Kruger. BOTTOM Row One: Ellen Ruth Williams, Virginia Warren. Mildred Paisley. Margaret Trobaugh, Mary Jo Parker. Thelma Westerman. Wanda Turner, Jo Ann Strubinger. Roma Staton,’ Lillian Parker, Marilyn Meinders, Betty Weaver. Emalyn Simpson. Row Two: Ruth Troutman, Margaret Miller, Alberta Scott, Kathryn Rehlmever, Mary Maddox. Martha Maddox. Lila Jean Taylor, Edna Lee Wilson. Virgil Mohr, Leroy Teck-enbrock, Carl Stoker, Miss Wicecarver. Row Three: Gerald Comer, Jimmy Searles, Henry Fogle, Bill Sw’enson, George Minor, Row’ Four:C. E. Alliston, Bob Wilcox. Billy Reineking. Earl Weideman, Leonard Moller Jimmie Weeks, Ben Moran, George Edwards, Leslie Compton, Charles Hurt.