Momence High School - Monesse Yearbook (Momence, IL)

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SOPHOMORE A. Elic Porter Claude Dubridge George Nichols Harold Smith Arthur G|roux James Crosby Ida Anderson Anna Keeler Audrey Vondersmith Clara Burtt

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Robert Brown Ray Fuller Neil Metcalf SOPHOMORE B. Irma Gordinier Clara Olson Bert Hays Percival Dennis Louise Astle Lillian Butterfield Grace Porter Eva Fish Aurora Hansen Everett Fountain Leon Selby

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JUNIOR YEAR BOOK. Prophecy of Sophomore Class. By Anna Keeler. On account of ill-health, I was obliged to give up my school work and go to Colorado. There I lived on a large ranch, about eighteen miles from the nearest town and two miles from a mail box. It was a dreary place and I did not go to the city very often. Consequently I did not hear much of what was going on in the outside world. But one thing that had interested me very much was the whereabouts of my old class. It was now about seven or eight years since I left Momence and as I heard from no one there, I soon lost track of my class-mates. I was de¬ termined to find out about some of them at least, so I ordered the “Momence Courier” and “Weekly Press,” two excellent newspapers, sent to my address. But this was no help for me. The papers contained no news whatever of any of my class-mates, so I decided to let the matter rest for a time. A short time after, I had a very strange dream. I dreamed that Mabel Popejoy, a member of my old class, was conducting a Young Ladies’ Seminary in the city of B-. This place proved to be only a short distance from the place where I was living. I tried hard to forget the dream, but it was so vividly im¬ pressed on my mind that it was impossible. The next day I obtained one of the City Directories and began searching for my friend’s address. You can well imagine my surprise when I read her name in the Directory. I immediately wrote to her and asked her about the other members of the class. In a few days I received a reply. She was very glad to hear from me and wrote me an exceedingly long letter. She said she had been conducting this Seminary tor almost two years, in which time she had made two visits to Momence. She told me about many of the old class and what they were doing. Georgia Bigoness is now travelling through the country as a temperance lect¬ urer. She has won great fame in this work and has met with great success. James Crosby has taken up the work of a missionary and is now in India. She told me that Arthur Giroux had, a short time ago, married a Junior, and that he and his wife were living together happily on a large farm in South Da¬ kota. Elbe Porter is leader of a large theatrical company, now in Europe, and is known far and wide. Ida Anderson has shown her ability as an author by the many books she has written, her best production being a book entitled, “Woman’s Rights.” George Nichols is an electrical engineer, one of the best in the country. Lack of time prevented Mabel from telling me more about the class, but she said they were most all prospering and doing well, which prompts me to add that there was “Not one dunce among the lot, Not one lesson they forgot. Polished in a high degree As each pupil ought to be, Now they sit in different schools Working out the Golden Rules Of life’s problems, grave and stern, Each and everyone his turn. May success their efforts crown Till they reach their standard high, Where with fame and glory crowned You will find them of the world renowned.