Metropolis High School - Illohmet Yearbook (Metropolis, IL)

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ILLOHMET § §§ $ 1!)48 CLASS OF Jl'NIOB CLASS OFFICERS Lasley (Secretary). Palmer (President). Hinners (Treasurer). Holt (Vice-president) JUNIOR CLASS The senior class of this year need not have any worries because the junior class will amply fill their shoes. It is well represented in all of the activities around school from the sports line to the principal's office. We may not be the best class the school has ever seen but we are very near it. So we all wish Kood lock to the seniors of this year and watch out for the seniors of the next. %

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ILLOHMET § § § § 1948 SENIOR PROPHECY suit with black patent pumps. They all carried sun flowers. The groom was dressed in a purple suiss dotted suit. The best man. Cletis Wester-man, was resplendent in overalls with a yellow chrysanthemum in his lapel. Also the Reverend was attired in an orange and black striped suit.” On the fourth page we find the sport section. It reads: “Trojans Beat Martians. Coached by Ed Wilson, they attacked the Trojans at MCHS and lost by one point, the Martians with highest score for points being Jean Jessing, with 94‘A points. Jean was carried off the floor one minute before the game was over, due to a broken finger nail. The Trojans famous player. Kathryn Verbarg, with 96 points, fouled out in the first quarter after making ien louls.” Soon hearing the all-aboard, we dropped the newspaper in the nearest depositor and ran to catch our rocket plane to sail off to the planet Uranus. Each year on Uranus the most beautiful girl of the universe is chosen as Miss Solar System. Leroy Teckenbrock. the famous life guard, is a judge and the great painter of pin-ups. Ah! At last the beauties parade across the stage: Miss Mars, or Betty Rushing, the famous Martian bubble dancer: Miss Jupiter or Peggy Nix. the song bird in the cowboy pictures of Trigger Rogers and Roy, the smartest horse in movies; Miss Saturn or Colleen Burrus. one of the beautiful Powerful Models” who has her photo on the cover of Seventy” and Calling All Old-Age Pensioners”: Miss Pluto or Dorothy Tilker, the wife of the wealthv Mv-HanDy-Gandy,” the Arabian prince of Beg-Daddy; Miss Mercury or Wilma Wester-man. the first lady president of the United States on Earth, who writes the column My Nignt” in the Republican Herald: Miss Venus or Alice Peebles who gracefully walks across the stage with all the elegance a model can have—(she was voted number-one woman wrestler of the Solar System): Miss Uranus or Phyllis Kotter, the great dramatic artist of Vaudeville, who made famous the tragical stage play “The Lone Ranger”: and representing Miss Earth. Betty Grable, or without her false teeth, wig, and glass eye, the lovable Florence Grimes. However, for the readers’ disappointment, we won't state the winner’s name. Uranus has other amusements besides beauty contests—for example, the zoo. So let’s go to the Kalama’s Zoo where we find all the queer animals from various planets. The most dangerous animals are the lions, trained and tamed by Brave Boy James Giltner. Next to the lions’ cage are the snakes, and the snake charmer. Miss Wehrmeier, or Rattlesnake Ruby” as she is called. After a long walk through the zoo. we find a refreshment stand, and we purchase one of the famous Bob Hille’s Chilli Bears. Bob. who has the monopoly on ice cream, is the creator of the popular Choke-Chokes named for his ideal girl. Dorothy Sundmacker, who is the famous weatherman. Suddenly a band begins to play and the horse show begins. We can’t miss this. Four lovely, snow-white, broken-down horses galloped out into the ring. Mounted were four lovely snow-white (repetition) haired ladies who are the famous acrobatic team (the ladies I mean). Georgia Barnett, who saddles the horses; Barbara Wallace, who feeds the horses: Edith Kickasola, who brushes the horses; and the amateur member of the trio, Joann Simpson, who does all the stunts. Well, so much for Kalama’s Zoo, and so much for Uranus. Let’s visit Pluto, the little far away planet. Pluto is a place for rest. On Pluto resides the well known, talk-about-the-Solar System, Leonard Finke, the scientist who discovered the new element Finkium.” Pluto is also a great military world with the famous Mirangue Core” organized by Jules Schultetus. Also there are famous women’s armies, such as the Women’s Infantry, led by Alberta Deasel, the heroine of the battle of Bunk Hill. Althy Harris is the general In charge of the Women’s Cavalry. The Rushing Corsets.” Women also are trained in flying service. General Opal Quint, the Miss Buck Rogers.” is general of the women’s bombardiers, noted for their brave fighting and as the inspiration for the song. Coming in on a Jet-Propel and a Snare.” written by Rudean (on the beam) Kersey. Pluto has also a vast nurses’ corporation. The Black and Blue Cross Nurses were organized and perfected by Verna Mae Hille. The time is getting short and since it is nearly sunset, we must go home to the thriving city of Metropolis. In Metropolis many of the enterprises have changed hands. The theatres, The Sack of a Mess, and the Royal Rat Hole, are famous opera houses. Under the managership of Bennie Porter dry goods stores have been bought by Reba Fern Hohman who originated the men’s styles of long shirts and sac suits. Also established in Metropolis are many factories such as the famous factory of Vita-root Hair Tonic.” which makes your hair grow (right out of your head), owned by Mary Scurlock. The Kruger Sugars” is owned by Orval Kruger. Also near by is Everett Lynn’s flour factory, Celophane Girl Flour” put in lovely pastel celophane sacks which can be used for dress material. We can’t pass MCHS without stopping. Many improvements have been made at MCHS A gigantic swimming pool is installed in the cafeteria, with Mary (Dolphin) Sielbeck instructing her class of mermaids. Also a bowling alley is placed in the boiler room, and Wanda (Pin-ball) May Is employed as teacher. Time does fly: thus we must leave. We catch a city bus home and find Anna Mae Wade driving. She tells us she is owner of the Dash Hound Bus Line. Feeling safe, we relax from our long journey.

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-I LI-OH.MET § $ § § 1948- CLASS OF 1949 .Jl'XIOK CLASS Group I Top Row: DeJarnett. Conley. Bremer. Austin. Haverkamp. Fox, Bowman. Grace. McSparin. Fulkerson Second Row: Barfield. Burton. Eckenberg. Blanchard. Hempler. Carlyle. Kingsley. Cougill. Artman. Henderson Front Row: Burchett. Jett. Gowins. Heath. Conger. Giltner, Foreman. Hinners. Holt. Arensman jrXIOR CLASS Group II Top Row: Mr. Cochran. Meinders. Mittendorf. Schneeman. Palmer. Miller. Pansing. Massie. Vogt. White Second Row: Leverett. Souders. Toler. Lasley. Morris. Searles, Lippert. Pansing. Krueger. Stout. Rehlmeyer. Stamine Front Row: Taylor. Peebles. Sampley. Wiseman. Porter. York. Wallace. Shelton. Riley. Taylor. Laird