Metropolis High School - Illohmet Yearbook (Metropolis, IL)

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.IO ANN STRUBINGER Latin Club 1, 23 Home Economics Club 3, 43 Hi- Tri 2, 3, 4: Glee Club 2, 33 Speech Contest 3, 4: Junior Stand: Senior Stand, Brother Goose 35 Librarian 4: News- paper Staff 2, 45 One Mad Night 45 DAR Award. LILA JEAN TAYLOR Hi-Tri 3. BETTY C. WEAVER Glee Club 2, 3, Hi-Tri 2, 3, 43 Home Economics Club 43 One Mad Night 4, TIIELMA WESTERMAN Glee Club 1, 2, 35 Home Economics Club 1, 43 Hi- Tri 3. ELLEN RUTH WILLIAMS Home Economics Club 1, Hi-Tri 33 Glee Club 1, 2, 3. ' ILLOHMET - - 1946 WILLIAM SWENSON Newspaper Staff 1, 2, 3, 4, Yearbook Staff 4, Bas- ketball Manager 3, 43 Band 1, 2, 4, Glee Club 1, 2, 3: Class President 3: Class Vice-President 4: Junior Play Stage Man' ager: Stage Manager 4. WANDA LEE TURNER Glee Club 1, 2, Hi-Tri 3, Beginners Band 13 Pep Club 4. JAMES ENLO WEEKS Interclass Basketball Tournament 1, 2, 3, 4. EARL WIEDEMAN Future Farmers of Am- erica 13 Vice-President 2, 3, 4. RUTH WITTIG Carthage High School 1, 2, Glee Club 35 Hi-Tri 33 Class President 45 Libra- rian 4g One Mad Night 4

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iLLoHMET - - 1946 Q EVA LO RENE PARKER Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, Home lico- nomics Club 1, 2, 3, 49 Everything Nice 3: Cheerleader 3. LEONARD HERMAN QUINT New Columbia High School 1, 2, 3. RICHARD ROTTMANN lfew Coluxrbia II i if fi School 1, 2, 3. MARY FRANCES SCOTT Charleston, South Caroli- na, High School 1, 29 Glee Club 3g Home Economics Club 43 Paper Staff 4, Yearbook Staff 4, Hi-Tri 3, 4g One Mad Night 4 EMALYN SIMPSON Band 1, 2, 3, Vice-Presi- dent 43 Glee Club 1, 2, Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 43 Yearbook Staff 43 Paper Staff 3, 43 Class Secretary 39 Pep Club 4. MARY JO PARKER Band 1, 2, Glee Club 1, 23 Brother Goose 33 Hi- Tri 1, 2, 3, 45 Cheerlead- er 3, 4g Paper Staff 43 Li- brarian 4g Pep Club 4. BILLY REINEKING Basketball 1, Junior Play Crew. ALBERTA LOUISE SCOTT Glee Club 1, 2, Hi-Tri 23 Beginners Band 1. JAMES SEARLES Band 1, 23 Class Treasur- er lg Class President 2, Basketball 1, 2, 33 Glee Club 2. CARL STOKER Band 1, 23 Glee Club 1, 23 Paper Staff 2, 4, Class Secretary 15 Class Sec'y- Treasurer 4, Basketball Manager 45 Asst. Stage Manager 4.

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ILLOHMET - - 1946 ' Om S ' 74: 7750 On a sunny day in May 1950, three super salesladies, Emalyn Simpson, Joanne and Donna Dean, started out to make their usual house-to-house canvass. We enjoy meeting interesting people, but they don't enjoy meeting us, for we try to persuade them to buy Dr. Quack's Good-for-What-Ails You capsules. Our first stop was at an imposing two-room frame cottageg amidst the waving goldenrod, hanging out her weekly wash, was Mrs. Ben Moran, nee Jean Decker, who told us that Ben had been drafted to take Phil Baker's place on the Take It or Leave It program. While walking down Main Street, one sign in particular caught our attention, HR. La Marr and Sons Drug Store. As we were passing, we recognized the former Mary Maddox, now Mrs. La Marr. We asked about Martha, and were told that she and Mary Frances Scott were now singing with Billy Reineking and His All Girl Orchestra, featuring George Edwards in the Harlem Hop, a new dance sensation originated by Carl Brown Eyes Stoker. Mary reminded us that Slats Swenson, Heavyweight Champion, was defending his title that evening in Madison Square Garden. George Giltner, another '46 grad, will broadcast this fight through the courtesy of Leonard Quint's Quenchy Crackers. Hours later, as we were crossing the street, we were nearly run down by the Baccus Dog Wagon, driven by the great Bud himself. Farther down the avenue, we noticed a large crowd gathering, and as we drew near, we saw a soap box supporting Bonnie Blondie Hart, who was advertising Fool's Delight Peroxide, with a money back guarantee. Getting caught in a mad rush of female admirers, we were forced into Doris Korte's Klothes Salon, whose chief attraction this season is her two blonde models, the Austin twins, Marlene and Marvelle. Marlene was modeling Marvelle's Marvel Make-Up. While looking over this group of richly-clad ladies, our gaze was arrested by an unusual hair style, one that was short and extremely fuzzy. After peering closely, we saw that it was Ellen Ruth Williams, who, upon being question- ed, was eager to reveal that Monsieur William Joseph Cougill iemphasis on the laSf syllablel, promising young hair stylist, originated this coiffeur for her. Monsieur Cougill has recently been employed at Coiffeur Creations, a beauty salon owned by Beverly Cochran. After the fashion show, we began looking for a suitable place to eat, and there staring us in the face was a cafe, Helene Jackson's Home-Cooked Meals. There we saw Rev. Lindell De Jarnett enjoying one meat ball. On our way back to our apartment, we passed a newsstand, owned and operated by Jimmy Weeks, who persuaded us to buy a movie magazine whose cover was bearlng a picture of the Academy Award winner, Lila Jean Taylor, another '46 classmate. On the first page was a very good Write-up about Mary Jo Parker, star of Whistle Bait Follies, now at the Kiddo Theatre, managed by Jim Searles, with his wife, the former Evelyn Kidd, in the box office. There is just one thing wrong with this theatre-just as you get really interested in the movie, Leslie Compton comes through the audience yelling, Popcorn, Peanuts, Candy Bars! No chewing gum! We arrived at our apartment in the Grandstaff Manor just as the owner, Norma Jean, was coming out. She told us there had just been a fire in Apt. 16-B, now occupied by Eva June Lippert, swimming instructress at the Y. M. C. A.g but Fire Chief Robert Horntrop hurried to the rescue and took little time in extinguish- ing it. All during this hectic day of ringing doorbells and having doors slammed in our faces, we were looking forward to having dinner at Margaret Miller's Twilight Room. For the occasion, we dressed in our Parisian models, designed especially for us by Mademoiselle Mildred Dennis, now a well-known designer. Mildred took up this line of work when her good friend, Helen Harrington, joined the Salvation Army. After we were settled in our cab, we noticed that it was one of the many cabs belonging to Charles Hurt: and after careful scrutiny, we discovered that it was Charles himself driving. He volunteered the informaton that Alberta Scott was now employed as his private secretary.