Momence High School - Monesse Yearbook (Momence, IL)

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HAROLD NELSON EVA LILLY MARY LAW GEORGE GRABE BEATRICE BARSALOU LOUISE ASTLE NEIL METCALF GRACE PORTER IRMA GORDINIER HOWARD WALKER IRENE GARRETT MABEL SNOW PERCIVAL DENNIS BEULAH CREMER CLIFFORD CONNOR JOHN STRATTON MARGARET CLEARY CATHERINE MAZUR LESTER POLK CATHERINE HALPIN CECIL SHERWOOD MARIE JACKSON

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THE JUNIOR YEAR BOOK cartoonist for the Record-Herald, at a salary of $1200 per month. Last, but not least, Niel Metcalf has retired from pro¬ fessional athletics in which he has been very successful, and is now a prosperous merchant, conducting a whole¬ sale and retail business in sporting goods. From all we can see that the whole class have not ' failed to make the most of their opportunities and every individual career stands forth as an example of the ad¬ vantages of liberal education. We as a class, can tell all other classes to try to emulate the biggest, brightest and best class that ever existed, the class of 1910. Percival Dennis. —o— A BRAVE DEED. One night while the inhabitants of the city of Chi¬ cago were in their homes, and there was not a sound in the streets, except the noise of the street cars and the rumble of the automobiles, a fierce fire broke out. In a short time all of the firemen were out of the station and hurrying toward the fire Soon they came to a three story building and stopped. The neighboring buildings were lighted up, showing the heads of people protruding from the windows watching the fire. The hose were soon in fighting action, and the men were on the ladders holding them and were extinguish¬ ing each new flame as it burst out. Soon the air was pierced by the loud wails of a mother, who shouted, “Oh, my child, my child! Who will save her?” Looking up the firemen saw a child’s head protrud¬ ing from a window. “Who will save her?” said a fireman. “I will,” said another, quickly, because it is a sin to see such a young one perish, and its a disgrace to us.” So saying, he took a handkerchief and tied it around his mouth and started up the stairs. Moments that seemed like hours passed but still not a sound was heard. Soon Page Number 11 the silence was again broken by the woman who cried, “Oh, my lost child, she has perished!” Then a cloud of smoke and flames broke anew from the last story,in ' which the child was last seen. At last a footstep was heard coming down the stairs and the people shouted, “Hurrah, he is coming!” And out of the thick smoke, the fireman emerged half-blinded and laid his burden in the mother’s arms. The mother kissed her child, with the tears running down her cheeks. Then the men picked the fireman up, but alas, it was too late. They laid then him gently down, as the fireman said in his last breath, “Thank God, I—saved the—child.” One gasp, and the hero was dead. Joseph Rehmer. O

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THE- JUNIOR YEAR BOOK Page Number 13 Seniors (Elo00 Soil George Grabe .. Howard Walker Niel Metcalf Eva Lilly Beatrice Barsalou Margaret Cleary Catherine Halpin Cecil Sherwood Niel Metcalf Howard Walker Percival Dennis Irene Garrett Louise Astle Mary Law Clifford Connor Grace Porter Irma Gordinier Eva Lilly Jonathon Stratton .President Y ice-President Secretary Sergeant-at-Arms Treasurer George Grabe Mabel Snow Beatrice Barsalou Catherine Mazur Beulah Cremer Lester Polk Harold Nelson Marie Jackson Colors — Light Blue and Tan.