Metropolis High School - Illohmet Yearbook (Metropolis, IL)

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' ILLOHMET - 1946 Among the many celebrities at the Twilight Room,',' was a former classmate who was recently mentioned in Oddities In Occupations. It was none other than Maxine Kersey, now a tobacco auctioneer. The room hushed as the Master of Cere- monies, Richard Rottman, stepped to the microphone and announced, Your favorite and mine-the famous ventriloquist, Ida Lee Coburn, who, after the show, was to DE the guest of Mildred Paisley, prominent interior decorator. After Ida Lee's most interesting performance, the Master of Ceremonies introduced the Strolling Minstrel Players, who were wintering in the city of Choat, Illinois. We were greatly surprised when we recognized, even underneath his black paint, Virgil Mohr as the Interlocutor. He in turn presented his Singing Mammies, Verna Mae Brenning- meyer and Frances Fuqua, who entertained us with several spirituals. Once more an expectant hush fell over the audience, the lights lowered, and out waltzed The Majestic Mollers, who will be remembered from high school days as Leonard Moller and the former Ruth Cromeenes. This dynamic twosome married to prove that two can live as cheaply as one. Shortly after leaving the club, our cab was struck by another car. We discovered that Emalyn had sustained a broken arm, and was knocked unconscious 1 more so than usuall. She was speedily taken to the hospital in an ambulance driven by Herbert Lynn. She was ministered unto by Dr. Eva Lo Rene Parker, who by now was quite famous as a bone specialist, and whose head nurse was Mabel Dunn, endearingly known as The Pride of Ward B. In the room next to Emalyn was Betty Weaver, who was recuperating from serious injuries received while partici- pating in the naton-wide Girls' Basketball Championship Game. After Emalyn's recovery, we started our rounds again. On this particular morn- ing our work led us to the home of Mary Helen Johnson Brown, who after tending to children and taking in washing all day, decided she certainly needed our pills. During our friendly chat, we learned she had married Lowell Brown, now a poet tand as you have guessed already? of no income. Several houses down the street we sold pills to Maxine Bakehouse, who was doing very well for herself as a violin teacher. To get to another neighborhood we took a streetcar, at which time we saw evidence that there has been a serious manpower shortage-Lawanria Mescher was the motorman, or should we say, the motorwoman. We stepped off the car right in front of Jo Ann Strubinger, who is now an English I, II, and III teacher at M. C. H. S., and she told us that she also had one class of speech correction. About a half block down the avenue, we met a couple of old friends, Ruth Wittig, and her promoter, Thelma Westerman. Ruth said she was now The Lady Wrestling Champion, and that her next bout was to be with Mary Lillian Hilge- man. While chatting with Ruth and Thelma, the postman, Earl Wiedeman, handed Ruth a letter from Edna Mae Harrell, now a directress of one of the world's largest Speech Choirs. Edna Mae's letter stated that Dorothy June Blanchard had become one of her most promising students. Since there was a big rodeo in town, there was quite a bit of advertisement about the square dance that was to be held at Ye Old Red Barn that night. Wild fJohnJ Bill Cummins and his Hillbilly Band, with Wanda Turner, the famous yodeler, and Pearl Hall, renowned bareback rider, were to furnish the music and entertainment. The main attraction of the rodeo was John Flemister, celebrated bull- fighter, who charges the bull-barehanded. In the residential section, we saw a woman busily cleaning her yard, and when we got close enough, were surprised to see that it was Ruth Horntrop, who was at home for a vacation after spending three years as a freshman in college. Ruth told us that Maraline Meinders was one of her classmates, and was well on the way to becoming a successful business woman. It was wonderful seeing our old classmates, knowing what they are doing now. All of the '46 grads heartily agreed that we shall never forget our Alma Mater, Metropolis Community High School.

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' 4 ' ILLOHMET - 1946 ill 66444 of l?46 We, the Austin twins, Marlene and Marvelle, on this day of all days, and in the presence of the world's most able attorney, do hereby will and bequeath our seats in English IV to any two persons wishing to accept the responsibility of keeping them occupied during the school year. I, Bud Baccus, will my waistline to Wayne Glassg my luck in basketball to Ivan Heltong and my ability to make A's in English to Roland Moss. May they use these accomplishments wisely. I, Maxine Bakehouse, in sane and somewhat sober mind, will to Paul Bakehouse all my senior books. Long may he struggle with them. I, Dorothy Blanchard, hereby will to my sister, Patsy, my love for the school and the teachers. May she enjoy her four years as much as I have. I, Verna Mae Brenningmeyer, in a somewhat sane and sober mind, do hereby will and bequeath to the freshmen of M. C. H. S. of this year and of the years to come my ability to TRY to get along with all the teachers. I, Ida Lee Coburn, will my dr.ving ability to Roberta Wiseman, and hope that some day she will be as good as I. I, Beverly Cochran, in my always sober and usually sane state of mind, do will and bequeath to Jane Bull and Mary Lou Hood my ability to growg to Wilma Leukering and Sue Kraper my place on the bottom row going to out-of-town basket- ball gamesg to Betty Pearce and Phyllis Farmer, I will my love of English IV lthey ll need somethinglg to Georgia Barnett, I leave my brother -ly love. I, Leslie Compton, bequeath to the Juniors a good time with Macbeth, and my seat in front of Mr. Schneeman's desk in American History to anyone who gets there first. I, Bill Cougill, will my ability to stay out late at night and sleep in bookkeeping class to Roland Moss. I, Ruth Cromeenes, in an insane and not sober mind. will to my friends lwho- ever may consider themselves such? my place in Home Economics, Glee Club, Eng- lish, Science, and Mathematics. I, John William Cummins, in sane and sober mind, will my ability to be Dever's biggest headache to Charles ftough guy? Pergande. I, Donna Dean, in my usual state of mind, will all my D's back to the teachers who gave them to me, so that they will have plenty to give to Alice Lee Alliston. I, Joanne Dean, in a sober but not too sane state of mind. do hereby will my will to Betty Tanner: providing she in turn wills her will to Alice Lee Alliston: providing she in turn wills her will to Corky Palmer, who, by that time, should have a will of his own. I, Jean Decker, in not too sane and never sober mind, do hereby will to Phyllis Farmer my ability to be everywhere at once at night and still know where I am and what I am doing. Not that she needs it, but because I want to get rid of it. I, Lindell De Jarnett, will to my brother Gene my position on the basketball team, and my ability to get along with teachers, I am sure he will need it. I, Mildred Dennis, in what I still stubbornly insist is a mind, will to Patsy Heath my ability to put my big feet in the wrong placeat the right time: to Laura Dennis, I leave my beloved P. E. suit and shoes that I have had four years: to Janie Bull, I leave my cheer leading skirt, and may she not be embarrassed by the hem com- ing out every time she gets on the gym floor. I, Mabel Inez Dunn, after due contemplation, will to Pauline Toler my ability to Havelfuln and stay out of hot water g with this rare gift, I hope she does as we as ave. I, George Edwards, do hereby lin sane mind but not too sober? will my ability to get along with women to Sonny Bohannon, providing I am not here to take care of them myself. I, John Flemister. in a sane and sober mind, do hereby will my seat in Ameri- can History to Veral Terry. I, Frances Fuqua, in a dazed and somewhat sane mind, hereby will to Joanne Copeland my speech ability: and to Beulah Pollard my shorthand text. Long may she struggle with it. I, George Giltner, in a sane and sober state of mind, do hereby will to Everett Lynn my ability to get geometry, and also my seat in the 8th hour assembly.