Metropolis High School - Illohmet Yearbook (Metropolis, IL)

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1947 - - ILLOHMET SENIOR PROPHECY to draw people to the business firm of Hall the Florist. She told us that Jimmy and Gerry were settled in a Cozy Cottage at Joppa, Illinois and that Clarence Holt and Einstein had joined forces to clear the public's confusion concerning the fourth dimen- sion. At the street corner near the Post Office we heard Eugene Wetherington shouting Give the best years of your life to the Marines. We were told that he had been re- cruiting for the last five years. Veterans Alliston, LaMarr, and Rodgers had rejoined the armed services and were near retirement. Their twenty years of service were al- most completed. Wiseman and Dennis had joined forces and purchased the Memorial Hospital, wlhich they were managing. Their slogan read, You bring them, we cure or kill them. We noticed a new shiny truck passing by, driven by Richard Rushing. He had just purchased his new insecticide equipment and had proved it a success. The Jones-Stockton, You bring it, we fill it Riexall Drug Store, owned and operated by James 0. Jones and Brea Stockton, was an old established firm. As we entered the door, Naomi Verlbarg greeted us, stationed behind! a super de luxe fountain, jerking those specials at the rate of one every two minutes. As we had now seen all our old school chums and fhad found them thriving, we departed from dear Metropolis. We boarded another plane and flew into the West to- ward the sunset. We had enjoyed our vacation, but were glad to return to our work in Hollywood where we are now employed,

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1947 -:- -:- -:- ILLOHMET SENIOR PROPHECY We, Sue Kraper and Wilma Leukering have just returned from a tour of the .South Pacific where we entertained the service men. The trip over was rough but we were made comfortable by the lovely hostess, Mary Lou Hood, who told us that on al- ternate weeks Audry Richardson took lher place. The two hostesses were commended for their kind services. We were under the supervision of General Bob Kersey who had distinguished himself as a soldier and as a gentleman. Since we had spent thirty-three months entertaining overseas, we decided to take a vacation. Upon boarding the 'llrans-Continental plane, we discovered that the pilot was none other than the great retired test pilot, Donald Crash Luck. Amid 0lh's and Ah'.s we found that the famous Speed Caldwell, midget racing champion, for five consecutive years was sitting across the aisle. On a ten-minute stopover at Kansas City we visited Cheapie He1ton's chain of Dime stores. It was reported he had made a fortune. Finally we reached that ever thrivin' airport, Metropolis, owned and man- aged by Bonnie Harding. We were met by a committee headed by Norma Budrdenbaum, the first woman mayor of Metropolis, and 'her secretary, Marilyn Hille, After a big ovation we were taken to the exclusive Hotel Hinners, owned by managed by Edward Joe. At the registration desk we saw the smiling face of Larry Laird, clerk at the Hotel Hinners. After chatting a while, Larry rang for a bell boy who was none other than Wayne Dale Verbarg. inquiring about some of our school chums, Wayne told us that our old school buddy, Dorothy June Eickholz, 'had just returned from Africa where she had been on a wild animal hunt. We then proceeded to unpack our clothes and make plans for the afternoon. James Kommer, owner and part-time driver of the Kom- mer's Courteous Cab Line took us on a tour of the city. First, we went to Monsieur Bakehouse's Qexclusive women'sJ Beauty Salon. He'had made famous the Temple Hill Feather Bobl Employed under Bakehouse in the modeling part of his salon was Ray- mond McDowel1 who had opened his modeling agency. Under his direction stars like Vera Skinner and Zelda Sielbeck had been advancced to the rank of professionals. After we left Bakehouse, we came face to face with a large sign which said, Don't forget to visit 'Diamond' Tody Modglin's Show now featuring Bette Pearce with her famous dance, 'The Ou la la Ugh! 'Ilhe tickets were taken by our old friend, Veral Terry. Intrigued, we left our friend, Kommer, and bought tickets from Veral for the great production. After the show we were attracted by a large modern building which had on display the new Cadillac Convertible. As we gazed at the sign, we found this new garage was run by our old friend, Phyllis Farmer. An employee, James E. Jones, was displaying the convertible top. We journeyed to M. C. H. S. to discover that Jane Bull is now a teacher of steno- graphy. Jane told us that students' spelling has really been simplified by the Oakes and Lasslter's EASY DO Spelling Book. The book was completed through excessive research. Our school -paper had become a commercial affair, called, THE NEWS BE- HIND THE NEWS, edited by Lester Mittendorf with Betty Ferguson as star typist and Carline Lawless fthe snooperj out looking for that inside dope. After we left the school, we decided to drive by the ball park. Here we met Moss who is now a millionaire. Hle had made his money with the Brooklyn Dodgers. 'Ilanner, who was with him, has revolutionized baseball and is the only bat girl known in history. While driving, a quick flash on the radio told' us that Ruth Loverkamp had beaten Nancy Smitfh in the rapid speech contest. It was a very close contest. We stopped on the street to buy some withered violets from Alma Ashley only to find it was a blind

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1947 -:- -:- -:- ILLOHMET CLASS OF 1948 GROUP I GROUP II