Momence High School - Monesse Yearbook (Momence, IL)

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26 SENIOR YEAR ROOK. JOSEPH ALPHONSE GIBE AULT. “His chin hath a little wool, as much as an unripe peach doth wear.” The horizon of Momence, Ill., was brightened by the rising of a new and brilliant “son,” Joseph Alphonse Gibeault, Sept. 6, 1888. Had this son then known, that he was destined to be the President of the class of 1902, no doubt it would have completely shattered his nervous system. Joseph has a reputation, not only as a student, but as an athlete, having won great honor at our annual field meets. The well deserved reputation of the most energetic pupil in the class is due to the fact that he is “always making it interesting” for some one else. ’Tis said that his name is longer than himself, and, owing to his inability to spell it, never, in its entirety, does it appear in print. His favorite song is, “How I like to line up against Kankakee;” his favorite book, “Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush.” Perhaps, some day he will be President of the United States. LAURA JEANNTTE GIBSON. “Appearances deceive.” The earliest chronicles of the doings and sayings of Laura Jeannette Gibson, date back to March 80, 1884. The bloom of youth and the agility of health possessed by Miss Laura, are due to the fact of her beginning life on a farm, where fresh air, vigorous exer¬ cise and early morning calls are never doled out in stinted measure. Her favorite animal is the dog: her favorite song “Forgotten:” her favorite historical character, “Cromwell.” Miss Laura is well informed on current local topics of the day, but her favorite topic is “Boys,” because so “unsusceptible.” Her school life has been full of events too tragical to mention. She hopes some day to be “conductress” of a handcar run by “self will.” LAURA JANE DENNIS. Silence is the best ornament of a woman.” Miss Laura Dennis, otherwise known as “Laura the Silent,” was born about six miles northwest of Momence, June 17, 1884. She joined the class of ’02 in 1900 and is noted for having carried more studies in her senior year than any other member of the class. She has never been in love and never expects to be, as long as she is in her right mind. She holds the honor of being the class poet. All that we know of her, be¬ sides the above, is that she is an exceedingly quiet and reserved young lady. When the din, which she has caused since her arrival on this mundane sphere, shall have ceased, we may be able to collect our thoughts, and state with greater accuracy, the characteristics of Miss Laura.

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SENIOR YEAH BOOK. 25 BOGUS ISLAMD. Bogus Island is situated about fourteen miles southeast of Momence, in McClellan Township, Newton County, Ind. It is a great hill, covering about thirty acres, situated in a plain, once the bed of Beaver Lake. The hill rises abruptly on the east, north, and south, but gradually slopes westward until it sinks into the level plain beyond. About sixty years ago, a company of robbers and counterfeiters came to the island, having been driven out of their own country because of their desperate deeds. They selected this as a hiding place, because there was no ready means of communicating with the outside world. They were in league with a man named Rankins, as desperate a character as themselves, who kept a tavern near where St. Anne now is, and Rankin sent supplies to the edge of the cape where the Islanders took them in boats to their den, He also passed their money on unsuspecting travelers. The country at this time was very wild, those parts not covered with water being thickly wooded. Their route through the woods was marked by cuttings made by axes in the sides of trees. Many trees yet stand with these marks plainly visible. These robbers were finally found by a party of bee hunters who came from the South in search of bees. These hunters had them arrested and they were taken to a prison in Indiana. The once Beaver Lake is now farmed on a large scale, all the water having been drained out years ago, but Bogus Island remains a huge mound of sand. A few pieces of money and several pieces of ancient pottery and Indian arrows have been found here, which leads us to believe that these counterfeiters were by no means the first inhabitants of the place: JUNIOR, SOPHOMORE AMD FRESHMEN PROGRAM. ==== = The Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen gave a program on Feb. 7, 1902, turning over the receipts to the Seniors to be applied on their year book. If any one thinks that there is a small degree of talent in the High School, it must be because he failed to attend this entertainment. The seniors feel very grateful to the other three classes for the help they have rendered. The financial end of such a proposition as this is always the heavy one. If the Juniors, the Sophies, and Freshies keep on inrproving, by the time they are seniors, they may possibly compare favorably with the class of 1902. The Program Was as Follows: piano duet, RECITATION, VOCAL SOLO, RECITATION, PIANO DUET, MANDOLIN SOLO, RECITATION, VOCAL DUET PIANO SOLO, CHORUS ESTHER GRAY, OLIVE MACHESNEY ANNA TEMPLETON CARRIE SPRY .. INA HESS } VIRGINIA TABLER - ( MARIE WENNERHOLM VARNUM PARISH. ..OLIA CHIPMAM CARRIE SPRY, -} LENOIR P1FER ESTHER GRAY

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SENIOR YEAR BOOK 27 JOSEPH A. GIBE AULT. LAURA J. GIBSON. LAURA J. DENNIS.