Milford Township High School - Reveille Yearbook (Milford, IL)

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Hatchet Orahon Years ago on these fertlle plams there lxved many tribes of Indlans of which the Pottowatomxes and Kxclcapoos xnhablted thls partxcular regxon As txme moved on these Ind1ans were crowded out by the more progresslve whxtes who knew the value of the rich resources the earth held In an effort to retaln these choice lands they began to malce raxds on the white settlers There was however a frlendly lndlan Chlef Washeuck who warned the whlte settlers of these attaclcs and If was he who hnally succeeded 1n persuading the Indlans and white men to bury the hatchet and have peace For lnstance thls hatchet lay burned ln the ground during whlch tlme Mllford grew to a thrwmg town whose cltxzens soon reallzed the necessity of erecting a separate buxldlng nn whlch a secondary educatxon lnstutlon would be housed Hence ln 1912 when thxs school bulldmg was dedlcated a hatchet whlch had been un earthed m excavat1on was presented to the graduating class of Milford Town shxp Hlgh School wnth the xdea that lf be handed down by each succeeding graduat mg class to those who are expected to carry on as senlors the following year ust as the Stars and Strlpes are symbol1c of Amerrcan ldeallsm so this hatchet represents all that is sacred to the members of the class of 1934 It was entrusted to our care by the class of 1933 and we have strlven to uphold all that IS noble ln thls school It rs wxth great pleasure that l as representatxve of the senior class now place thrs emblem m your hands with the firm belxef that you will put forth great effort to uphold the tradltxons of our school 1n the same manner that they have been upheld by the classes whnch have gone before you Alumm Entertalns Seniors The Semors attended as guests of the Assoclatxon at the annual Alumm Ban quet whlch was held ln the Hlgh School Audltorlum anuary 3 1933 Thls banquet IS an affaxr of growrng lmportance to all who have attended M T H S Each year more graduates come baclc to the scene of thelr school days to meet their old frrends and classmates Thxs year about two hundred Alumni and Seniors were served a delrclous banquet The usual toasts wxth Mr Stephen A Malo as toast master followed the feastlng Mr Brewer a former Prmclpal of M T H S delwered the address of the evemng which was thoroughly enjoyed by all Additional entertalnment was glven by Maxwell Crawford and Edna Burger The ofhcers for 1933 were nommated Presndent V1rg1n1a Dlsosway V1cePres1dent T B Loveless and Secretary and Treasurer Donald C3llCl!1S and were elected Then all attentxon was turned to the grand march whlch started the dancmg which contxnued far into the nlght The Class of 34 will be proud to belong to such a progressive organrzatlon and we xntend to be farthful members of the M T H S Alqmm Assocxatxon Page Twenty xeven . 9 9 9 9 9 . I . . . 9 . J 9 9 9 . . 1 ,J , - . , . . , . . , . . . ., . 9 9 9 ' 9 - - 9 9 ' , . . . . . . . . .

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To the left IS the firm through which Velma McKee Publlshes the Corn and Hog ournal of Amerxca Accordlng to her theory hogs are not ralsed they make themselves Sometimes I belleve she s right Far ahead you see the c1ty of Cmcmnatl Lucille Stewarts Save Yourself Hospital IS located here M155 Lucllle has presented to sclentlsts the idea that only actxon can cure a person of any malady The hospital IS well equlpped with all kmds of speed and exerclsmg contraptxons Thls hospltal xs qulte a success and will undoubtedly revolutlomze all of meclncal sclence In the distance IS the clty of Chicago The Amerncan Tlddly Wxnks Team composed of three members of your class ts now m action wnth Howard Adwell as manager Frank Bachman and Glenn Gossett have held the publxc ln the palm of thexr hands but Freda Hubner the only woman Tlddly Wxnks player has captured the publlc eye Lets see the outcome of thts contest the stadnum IS crowded It IS now a tue and Freda IS about to sprung her last chip-there If goes right mto the cup She has If the world s champlonshlp There s the World s Fair grounds as one of your classmates IS there we ll have to move to the south and east George Benner IS now a member of Ripley s Oddn torxum representmg the only man who while playlng the trombone can do the snake s Before our eyes IS the Chlcago Theatre-Clyde Bachman s name appears ln the bright lxghts as a tap dancer and he draws crowds from George Raft s performances dal y Moving westward we see Roy Haxton ln Des Moines Iowa ln the business of manufacturing love seats He deslgns them has them made up and trles them out for a period of three weeks three nxghts each week before placmg hls stamp of approval upon them Ghdmg onward we come to the home of ohn Herrlott These vast fields have brought ohn much wealth See the track all the way around the farm He runs every mght not rn order to keep fit but because the place is haunted To your left you see the cnty of Cmaha Vlrgmla Kelley works there She 15 secretary treasurer of the Pa ama Crossword Puzzle Co Our ourney tends toward a close and then we must sadly wend our way home ward but let us not forget Floyd Pltzer and Dorothy Peck Floyd 15 llvmg on a ranch from which he broadcasts daxly as Cowboy ack the Crooner At pre sent he IS trymg to convmce Dorothy that the house needs a lady but she seems to thmk that the younger generatlon needs her worse as she edxts a column for the lovelorn ln the Chlcago Trxbune Oh oh OH' Ohhhl' What have I done to merit these cruel suffering? You ve eaten too freely and indulged too much Who 15 xt that accuses me? It 15 I even I the Indlgestlon Oh Oh' for Mercys sake leave me' And I promxse faithfully never to eat too freely but to exercise daily and l1ve temperately Page I unify ux - ' - et J ' 77 ' ' ' Y Y . . , . . , . . . . . . , ,, . ,,. . . . . . ' v a s ' a . , . . . . , . . 7 7 ' ' Y . . , . . . . . , Y wrxggle. . . , . . . , 7 7 ' 3 , , 3 ' ' IQ J ,, ' ' ff J ,Y x - ' 9 , g . .. . Q! 7 ' , . 9 7 ' , . . , . . , .

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C0ml'T16l'lCemel'1f Processional Invocation God Be With You -VU. G. Tomer Salutatory' Vocal Solo Une of the mother s Plano Solo An If for Girls Anonymous Trombone Solo X aledictorv Miss Lotus Lester Rev. Smith Class of '34 Edna Burger Floyd Pitzer Eleanor Wood Mary Spurgm Kathleen Sloan George Benner Mary Spurgm Presentation of the class of 4 Vernon L Plummer Presentation of Diplomas William Lyons Benediction Rev Davis Recessional Miss Lotus Lester Valecllctory Parents teachers relatives and friends Ar this time of the year all through thes United States people are meeting together for the same purpose that you have come here tonight to observe the graduation of our class from High School I sav our class because in a local sense we are but members of the Milford Township High School, but in a larger sense we belong to the group of young people all over the world who are finishing this second unit of their education in this year nineteen hundred thirty four It is as members of this larger group that we shall sooner or later take our places in the world of men and women Wliat these places are to be what problems and trials we shall have to face no one can say It is however in preparation for this future that we have spent the greater part ot the last twelve years of our lives in school Some of the happiest days hate been spent here Since we first began our e ucation we haye been together As graduates from Grade School we new LXLI'XIlllDg A few days as freshmen taught us an entirely different story Lach year we have tried to gain a lew grains of lenowledge and now at the close ol our our years o seeon ary worle we realize the many opportunities of whici y hate fall d to talee adxantage Ile xi y . H -. . s 1 . Q, ' J . e e - . s s . . s f -fa s N S . . . - s s f . s s e . e - . in 5 3 x v f ' I is - y s . - - Y ss . .s ss - ' s , V . V, s s , ., . '. ., ' ' v . . . v x 1 x Yr r U . y . . . ,. ,, e. - s s , e . . . . L e 4 vs v e is y 4 , 1 ' . V , , L e f ., . - d . , , ,e . '.. s 1 1 I V. Y. s '. , - it L e e 7 . J ,. efe l1iu11 e ef!